Channels 47-64: Channel of Abstraction

Transmutation, alchemy

The energy to be aware of abstract images or knowledge and clothe them in a finished concept. People who will always try to understand life from their own experience. Summary of the Gates in  Rave Chart Structure: Center: Ajna Circuit: Sensing The Channel of Abstraction (47-64) Quarter (III): Duality Deity: Harmony Physiology: Neocortex (Cerebral cortex) Additional notes: Abstraction, sensations Holders of this Gate are under tremendous pressure to create concepts and explain past experiences. They arrange all the pictures in their head, trying to combine them in the same way as an artist puts together a collage. If they are patient, they can create something uplifting out of what was a complete confusion. Usually, such people understand someone else's past experience much better than their own, and are able to realize what makes sense and what does not. Without the 64th Gate, they will always be waiting for a flash of inspiration that will bring temporary relief from their mental pressure. Lines — six stages of development of this energy and possible extremes in its manifestation: Line 1 Taking stock. Saturn exalted. The ability in times of hardship to concentrating on eradicating the negative factors that have led to oppression. Realizing that negative thoughts have to be eradicated. Neptune in detriment. The delusion of seeing oppression as an exclusively external phenomenon with often disastrous results. The sense that the world is against you. Line 2 Ambition. Saturn exalted. The ambition and drive to overcome personal oppression in order to achieve security. Realizing that to be busy is mentally healthy. Mercury in detriment. An indecisiveness in times of personal oppression, whether to apply intelligence to recovery or accept its weight to take advantage of other prevailing conditions that may only be temporary. The inability to sense when and which activity is healthy. Line 3 Self-oppression. Jupiter exalted. The conscious and well integrated being whose natural right action will eventually come to see the unfoundedness of its oppression. The eventual realization that one is really o.k. Mars in detriment. A self-oppression so highly energized that it may prove irreversible and destructive. Extreme difficulty in realizing one's self-worth. Line 4 Repression. The constraints of external oppression. Saturn exalted. The strength of identity that even in times of the most powerful oppression can maintain its resources and to some extent ensure their survival for the benefit of others. A sense of identity that can be maintained despite external conditioning. The Moon in detriment. When robbed of its light, the Moon is lost in darkness; barely able to nourish itself, let alone others. The identity overwhelmed by external conditioning. Line 5 The saint. This position has special significance and there is no planet in detriment. Venus exalted. The gift in times of oppression to maintain without hypocrisy a harmonic relationship with one's oppressors, while providing aid and succour to the oppressed. Realization at its most exalted. Acceptance of the weight of the abstract process and the grace that naturally follows. No polarity. No planet in detriment. Line 6 Futility. A difficult position for which there is no exaltation. No polarity. The Sun in detriment, where the strength of will alone may find a way to adapt and survive, but without hope of ever overcoming the oppression. Life as an ordeal stripped of realization. 47 — 64 The Channel of Abstraction A Design of Mental Activity and Clarity Ajna Center This is the Center of Mental Awareness, which is responsible for how a person thinks and processes the information, inspiration and thoughts that come to his head.

Imagination, vision

The energy of abstract thinking, which is the fuel for your imagination to work. People with highly developed imaginations and constant pressure to look for meaning in the past. Summary of the Gates in  Rave Chart Structure: Center: Head Circuit: Sensing The Channel of Abstraction (47-64) Quarter (III): Duality Deity: Harmony Physiology: Epiphysis (pineal gland) Additional notes: no A transition, like a birth, requires a certain strength to go through it. Such people should accept their confusion as part of life. Here visual perception takes an abstract path: their minds are filled with pictures and memories of the past. The task of the holders of this Gate is to wait for the mental pictures to line up in some semblance of order. On a mental level, these people are always trying to find an explanation for their past experiences. An active 47th Gate helps to transform confusion into a coherent strategy or concept that turns past experience into present inspiration. Lines — six stages of development of this energy and possible extremes in its manifestation: Line 1 Conditions. Venus exalted. In penetrating to the center, the understanding that instills the necessary harmony to survive disorder. Amongst the confusion, the difficulty in finding the point. Mars in detriment. The powerful temptation when having transition in sight, to hasty action. An urge to act when you think you have made sense of the confusion. Line 2 Qualification. Venus exalted. An inner development which recognizes what qualities are essential for transcendence and the awareness that without them, action will fail. Inner development that can end the confusion over what makes sense. The Moon in detriment. Constantly in action, it wastes the very qualities and resources that it will need. Get- ting lost in the confusion and burdening the psyche. Line 3 Overextension. Saturn exalted. The wisdom to recognize when one has not the necessary resources to complete transition. Such timely awareness may give it a chance to seek assistance. The wisdom to accept confusion as a temporary state, that will be resolved in time or through others. The Moon in detriment. The risk of a superficially confident personality that when transition collapses, there is no one to turn to. Overconfidence that the Fates will be kind on demand. Line 4 Conviction. The Moon exalted. Symbolized by its phases, the Moon is assured of transition convinced by its very process that it will triumph. The assuredness that confusion is a process that results in realization. Mars in detriment. Where force and energy alone cannot overcome doubt. Where the confusion is so energized, assuredness brings no relief. Line 5 Promise. Venus exalted. The values promised in any new order are demonstrated through harmonic interactions with others. This strengthens the justification for the struggle. Confusion over which values and relationships can bring harmony. Jupiter in detriment. A tendency in trying to justify the struggle by focusing exclusively on the failure of the old order that cannot demonstrate the quality of the new. Focusing on the past confusions about values and relationships. Line 6 Victory. Mercury exalted. The mental assuredness, that knew that victory was inevitable, thus making triumph sweet but not reason for excess. The mental gift of enjoying the confusion and its diversity of data. Venus in detriment. Like the story of the Trojan Horse, it can be dangerous to get carried away in celebration, least one looses vigilance and perspective. With all the diversity of data, it is easy to lose perspective. 47 — 64 The Channel of Abstraction A Design of Mental Activity and Clarity Head Center This is the center of mental pressure. It is an internal source of thoughts and inspiration. The pressure of the Head Center makes people solve global issues, think about the meaning of life, their purpose and everything that happens in their daily lives.