rwcarter
26-07-2010, 06:53
Atalanta sits on her silver throne upon a barren plain. She holds an upright sword in her left hand while she pours water from a jug onto the ground with her right hand.
Atalanta
known as The Huntres because she devoted her time to hunting and became really skilled at it
she was disappointed in love through having too high ideals
her name means unswaying
her father wished for a male heir and he abandoned her on a hill where she was rescued and suckled by a bear sent by Artemis-Hecate
she grew to womanhood among a clan of hunters
Meleager, son of Ares, fell in love with her, but she refused to become a housewife
after winning many contests, her father finally recognized her and promised to find her a noble husband; because she had been told by an oracle that she would be unhappily married, she agreed on the condition that the man must either beat her in a foot race or let her kill him if he lost; as the fastest human on earth, she knew no one could beat her
with Aphrodite’s assistance, Melanion was able to beat her in the footrace and wed her; Atalanta actually loved him, but they lay together in a grove sacred to Zeus, who turned them both into lions; as the Greeks believed lions only mated with leopards, the two were never able to be together again
Overview
the reflective, stable, contained dimension of the element of Air
aloofness and the inability to touch the mind, which can hold onto an ideal of perfection to the exclusion or devaluation of sensual concerns
her identification with the masculine world of the mind and spirit made her fit for friendship, but not for erotic love
regal and dignified, , she is lonely because her ideal of perfection doesn’t allow anything too human to interfere with it
the inherent duality in Atalanta’s story is that while her ideal of perfection may drive love out of her life, it also has a creative side, spurring both her and others to become more than they are
waiting fruitlessly while the water of feeling spills, wasted, on the ground
has loyalty, integrity and the ability to bear sorrow without breaking, but is also emotionally frustrated and isolated because she’s untouchable
the need to prove oneself to someone who is ultimately just beyond one’s reach
expecting perfection because one has been expected to be perfect and failed
Aquarius
concern with the ideals of justice, truth and equality
independent and progressive, often known as great reformers
friendly, tolerant, easygoing and striving towards and ideal of brotherhood yet can also be cold, aloof and with little sympathy
courageous and enthusiastic ideals can turn to stubborn fanaticism
Random Thoughts
pricing oneself out of the market
rigidity and frigidity
a tomboy
to dream the impossible dream
strong shoulders to lean on
The keyword/phrase I came up with in my workbook on 18Aug91 was "idealism".
Rodney
Atalanta
known as The Huntres because she devoted her time to hunting and became really skilled at it
she was disappointed in love through having too high ideals
her name means unswaying
her father wished for a male heir and he abandoned her on a hill where she was rescued and suckled by a bear sent by Artemis-Hecate
she grew to womanhood among a clan of hunters
Meleager, son of Ares, fell in love with her, but she refused to become a housewife
after winning many contests, her father finally recognized her and promised to find her a noble husband; because she had been told by an oracle that she would be unhappily married, she agreed on the condition that the man must either beat her in a foot race or let her kill him if he lost; as the fastest human on earth, she knew no one could beat her
with Aphrodite’s assistance, Melanion was able to beat her in the footrace and wed her; Atalanta actually loved him, but they lay together in a grove sacred to Zeus, who turned them both into lions; as the Greeks believed lions only mated with leopards, the two were never able to be together again
Overview
the reflective, stable, contained dimension of the element of Air
aloofness and the inability to touch the mind, which can hold onto an ideal of perfection to the exclusion or devaluation of sensual concerns
her identification with the masculine world of the mind and spirit made her fit for friendship, but not for erotic love
regal and dignified, , she is lonely because her ideal of perfection doesn’t allow anything too human to interfere with it
the inherent duality in Atalanta’s story is that while her ideal of perfection may drive love out of her life, it also has a creative side, spurring both her and others to become more than they are
waiting fruitlessly while the water of feeling spills, wasted, on the ground
has loyalty, integrity and the ability to bear sorrow without breaking, but is also emotionally frustrated and isolated because she’s untouchable
the need to prove oneself to someone who is ultimately just beyond one’s reach
expecting perfection because one has been expected to be perfect and failed
Aquarius
concern with the ideals of justice, truth and equality
independent and progressive, often known as great reformers
friendly, tolerant, easygoing and striving towards and ideal of brotherhood yet can also be cold, aloof and with little sympathy
courageous and enthusiastic ideals can turn to stubborn fanaticism
Random Thoughts
pricing oneself out of the market
rigidity and frigidity
a tomboy
to dream the impossible dream
strong shoulders to lean on
The keyword/phrase I came up with in my workbook on 18Aug91 was "idealism".
Rodney