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The Seven Sins

for Marilyn Monroe, born on 1 June 1926

Introduction

This is a short extract from Liz Greene's "The Seven Sins". The complete report of 40-50 pages can be ordered as an E-Horoscope or a bound booklet in the Astroshop. This horoscope analysis - using the insights of astrology and psychology combined with the tools of advanced computer technology - offers you an astrological portrait which is uniquely and individually focussed and which aims at providing greater self-knowledge.

Is the twenty-first century really a time when we can talk about sin? Is sin necessarily something that reflects a religious world-view, or might it be a fundamental psychological dynamic that has profound meaning in terms of our compulsions, our struggles with our own tendencies toward destructiveness, and our efforts to contribute something creative to life?

The concept of the Seven Cardinal Sins is a very ancient one, and long predates what we now think of in Western cultures as a medieval and grossly outdated list of offences against the dictates of religious orthodoxy. If we are to understand within a psychological framework what it might mean to sin, and what kind of profoundly complex and potentially transformative themes underpin older and often highly misleading interpretations, we will need to look more deeply at each of the Cardinal Sins and its expressions in individual character and life.

The challenges of the Seven Sins don’t disappear with age, nor lessen with experience. What can change at any time in life, with effort and inner exploration, is our consciousness, and our capacity to recognise the subtle ways in which our inner compulsions can impel us to express the very best as well as the very worst within us.

The First Sin: Envy

The first chapter is about envy and the associated struggles. Liz Greene shows how you can find an inner authenticity that provides deep self-esteem throughout life.

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The first Cardinal Sin is Envy. In Latin they called it 'Invidia'. Envy is not as simple as just wishing you had something someone else has, or wishing for qualities you see in another person but feel that you yourself lack.

Envy has to do with your capacity to accept certain limitations on the ways in which you build the foundations of your self-confidence; if you can work with those limitations rather than ignoring them, then Envy can provide the bricks and mortar that help you to feel you have firm ground to stand on throughout life.

Learning to live in the moment

Dealing with Envy in a creative way requires calm realism and an acceptance of the world of human failings, imperfections, and fears. And that does not come easily to you. Your dreams of life take you beyond ordinary limits and the pressures, responsibilities, and routines of everyday tasks, and your aspirations are likely to be focused on the future and on the fruits of your creative imagination rather than on living each moment with an appreciation of ordinary [...]

The pitfalls of being popular

You enjoy the company of others, and find inspiration in sharing your thoughts, feelings, and beliefs. You don't like being alone, and you may suffer considerable anxiety when you are thrown back on your own resources without the approval of the group. Your gregarious personality is a great asset. But you may be contemptuous of those loners who prefer not to engage with the crowd, and who are not likely to attend every party. You may feel critical and even suspicious [...]

In the full version, this chapter contains eight other topics.

The Second Sin: Gluttony

The second chapter is about gluttony and how to discover a powerful inner aspiration that opens new dimensions of awareness. In the full version, this chapter contains ten topics.

The Third Sin: Wrath

In the third chapter, Liz Greene shows how you can transform rage and resentment into courage and self-affirmation. In the full version, this chapter contains nine topics.

The Fourth Sin: Pride

In the fourth chapter, Liz Greene explores the sin of Pride and how you can learn to experience inner self-love. In the full version, this chapter contains seven topics.

The Fifth Sin: Lust

In the fifth chapter, you can find out how the sin of Lust can be turned into a profound inner sense of beauty and joy. In the full version, this chapter contains nine topics.

The Sixth Sin: Deceit

The sixth chapter deals with the sin of Deceit and the way you can develop a worldly wisdom that allows an ethical adaptation to life.

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Deceit, the Sixth of the Cardinal Sins, was known as 'Avaritia' in Latin. The term Deceit, usually referred to as Avarice in medieval descriptions of the Sins, is based on a much older text that calls it 'the machinations of evil cunning'.

The sin of Deceit is neither simple lying nor simple greed. It is the urge to use trickery, and can accompany a sense of superiority because successful perpetrators of Deceit believe that they are cleverer than other people and therefore entitled to dupe them. Yet the acute intelligence, perspicacity, subtlety, and depth that successful Deceit requires could also, if combined with integrity and compassion, generate something we might call Worldly Wisdom.

[..] This is not calculated Deceit, but reflects a democratic attitude toward knowledge that, in itself, is highly idealistic. But in the real world, the work that others put into developing their ideas may leave them angry and aggrieved if their contributions aren't acknowledged. You have many mental gifts; make sure you back them up with integrity and respect for others' feelings and creative offerings. You need a vocation in which you can express your mental gifts to as wide an audience as possible. You also need constant change and stimulation, and you are likely to change direction several times [...]

Go tell it on the mountain

You need a vocation that can offer the larger community the benefit of the ideas and skills you have worked hard to develop. But you may be so ambitious and eager to be recognised as clever that you justify being devious in the pursuit of your goals. You may be affected by early experiences that have made the desire to be respected a compulsion rather than a vocation. Try to look more deeply at your background and the ways in which parental relationships may have affected [...]

In the full version, this chapter contains five other topics.

The Seventh Sin: Sloth

Chapter seven is concerned with transmuting apathy and depression into serenity and acceptance of life's cyclical nature.

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The last of the Seven Cardinal Sins was known as Sloth, but earlier texts present it as 'Tristitia', which means Sadness. It was also called Indolence, and sometimes by the Latin term 'Acedia', which means Apathy. The fact that there have been so many different terms used for this last of the Sins suggests that it is a complex human expression with deep roots that need a subtler, more psychological understanding to reveal its nature.

Apathy might sometimes reflect laziness; but it might also reflect deep unhappiness, dissatisfaction, and loss of faith and trust in life. But the ability to accept and move with the cycles of time in a spirit of grace, attentiveness, and loyalty to your inner dreams can transform Apathy into an immensely valuable quality: Serenity.

Rest stops on the journey

Your powerful imagination impels you to move forward toward the exploration of new possibilities. You acknowledge mundane realities only if you can see a meaningful reason for them, or if they help to open the doors to inner realities. Otherwise you prefer to avoid entanglements with the responsibilities and limits of the physical and emotional worlds. You are an impatient person, and your vision rushes ahead far more rapidly than your instincts and feelings do. You are [...]

The image in the mirror

Your sense of emotional security depends on relationships, personal as well as professional, and you need others to provide you with a steady flow of warmth, empathy, and affection. You may encounter many ups and downs as you search for special individuals who can give you responses that make you feel protected and safe. Once you find them, you can be tenacious about holding on, even if you feel discontented. But you may not acknowledge the central role others play as [...]

In the full version, this chapter contains nine or more other topics.

Conclusion

The Seven Sins have always been a powerful metaphor for the ways in which humans 'go wrong' in life. The Sins began as a story of the planetary journey of the soul into incarnation, but they were appropriated and given a particular moral slant by religious authorities, and have remained deep in human consciousness as impulses that, even in this apparently liberal twenty-first century, still have the power to make us feel bad about ourselves.

In an era when deeper questions about the meaning and nature of life have been given definitive answers by science, sociology, and politics, it might be important to remember that the word 'sin', albeit abused by so many religious doctrines, means 'injury' or 'transgression': an injury against the unfolding patterns of life itself. Yet the Seven Sins are also very much more. Each of them conceals an immensely creative human impulse. If we are prepared to understand their roots rather than simply indulging in an orgy of guilty self-loathing, they could help us to fulfil the highest potentials of which we are capable.

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Title: The Seven Sins
Author: Liz Greene
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