Vital energy like a flowing river

21 September 2013 / 15:09:01 GRReporter

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Galy

In the haste of everyday life, we almost never think about fatigue that invades the body and our psyche. And even God took a rest on the Sunday after the six days in which He created the world (or at least it is said so). People were created in order to work and support life on Earth. But Nature has "programmed" us to get tired and need rest, especially sleep.

Today I will dedicate this article to the issue of fatigue. People are rarely interested in which things exhaust us the most and drain our energy quickly. There are certain clichés which however, are not applicable to everyone. We are different and do not get tired in the same way. Various circumstances and activities exhaust us differently. There are people who get very tired if they are talking to someone. And if they are pottering in the garden, they do not feel the same fatigue. Others are just the opposite. And there are also people who may be tired to exhaustion if they sit in front of the computer for two hours, but they would never feel fatigue if they played tennis for two hours.

The recovery time is also different. Sometimes people are not lazy but just need more time to recover. And it does not depend on our age, although of course this also plays a role. Naturally, over the years, our life energy becomes exhausted and we become more "stingy" in terms of spending it and it is more difficult for us to charge our "batteries."

Astrology defines an area (or a house), which indicates losses and costs in life in general and what causes them. This is the twelfth house in the horoscope. According to astrological rules, there is a corresponding twelfth house for each area which contains reasons for a decay and loss when it comes to this particular area.

The Sun in the horoscope is the only major source of vital energy. Without the Sun, life on Earth would be impossible. The same goes for the individual person. The position of the Sun in the personal horoscope shows how much and what type of life energy we have, from where and how we draw it. The Ascendant is what we are as physical objects in space and therefore it is related to our physical reality, especially the body. When we do something, we do it with our body. And it is precisely the body that gives a signal when fatigue appears.

The twelfth house from the Sun and the Ascendant shows the ways in which we spend our life energy and the ways in which we lose it. The symbolism of the sign, in which this house falls, is related to circumstances which quickly absorb it. All the planets that fall there are of importance. But this is a complex issue which it is impossible to cover in this article, and furthermore, it is more specialised.

I must emphasise that I do not mean that we have to avoid fatigue and try not to get tired. Vital energy, like everything else, has to be a continuously moving stream. If we do not get tired, we cannot recover well, we cannot be charged with "fresh" energy. As the saying goes, "One has to work, get tired and relax afterwards." It's just good to be aware of which circumstances most quickly exhaust us in order not to overdo them. It's not healthy to save our energy, but it is not healthy to overwork, either.

It is an interesting fact that the things which quickly exhaust us are our favourites to some extent and we enjoy doing them plus afterwards we sleep better and wake up full of energy. There is no mystery and absurdity in this fact. It is just a natural principle - vital energy should be like a flowing river, we should let it pass through us, charge, discharge/get tired and afterwards recharge. That’s the way life goes. If we block the movement of this river, we will block the flow of our life and diseases will occur. And if you draw too much energy, you will force the natural flow, overwork and, as a result, diseases, will occur.

Now I will give you information about the things that cause the greatest loss of energy and under what circumstances we get tired quickly. The Sun sign shows better how we lose our life energy, while the Ascendant shows the circumstances in which our body signals fatigue. Sometimes there is no harmony between the two and the body often does not give a sign that we're tired, when in fact we have run out of the energy for the day and need a break in order to recover.

Ascendant or Sun in Aries

The twelfth house falls in Pisces. Pisces is the sign of insulation, mind, and self-sacrifice; of being of service to somebody, being at rest or in a meditative state; of dreams, fantasies and spiritual pursuits, as well as of large crowds of people. You become exhausted most easily when you stay in one place and your activity happens in a limited space that is almost deserted; when you are in some kind of isolation and you are forced not to act, but to contemplate. A long meditation would make you much more tired than 3-4 hours’ training in the gym. You get tired when you have to take care of someone, when you are in someone's service or dealing with solving other people's problems; when you engage in spiritual pursuits and stay in places where there is a large crowd of people.