Labors of Hercules – The Course
Preview
The Labors of Hercules Explore the Journey of the Awakened Soul through the Astrological Signs! Hercules, like us, was both divine and human and His tasks, the Twelve Labors, are our spiritual endeavors. Exploring and understanding the myths unfolds the psychological and spiritual endeavor the soul strives to accomplish in each zodiacal sign.
Labors of Hercules – The Myth in Aries
In this labor, Hercules rushes forward to capture the mares. His impulsive, enthusiastic, and headlong dive into action helps us to understand how the Aries influenced personality acts. It is an active, bold, and energetic sign, and for Hercules, there is no fear of challenge or the battle. Hercules acts here as the representative of the soul and begins this journey with a bold fearlessness that is typical of Aries.
Labors of Hercules – The Myth in Leo
The personality in Leo is tasked with transformation so that it can be used for the expression of the soul. In this myth, Killing the Lion of Nemea, we learn what it means to pursue, capture, and harness the personality so that it can be an effective instrument of the soul. The process of gaining control of the personality is fierce, cunning, and requires a focused pursuit of the shadow aspects of our identity.
Labors of Hercules – The Myth in Gemini
The Personality in Gemini has the essential task of mastering communication. This means learning to know who you are communicating with, how they receive your messages, and how to understand them. In this Labor, Hercules struggles to recognize and follow his own inner spiritual voice over the instructions of a false and deceptive teacher. The apples of wisdom are available to him when he is able to rightly recognize his spiritual promptings and act with compassion.
Labors of Hercules – The Myth in Cancer
Cancer is a sign that connects deeply to the collective. While for the personality centered Cancerian this resonates for the intimate family unit, in the spiritually mature Cancer, it opens them to the family of man. In this Labor for Cancer, Hercules demonstrates how instinct is transformed into intuition so that our creative force can be brought into the realm of the sacred.
Labors of Hercules – The Myth in Virgo
Hercules and his encounter with the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyte, brings us for the first time to the first real step into the spiritual realm. In Virgo, there is attention to order, organization, and purification of form. The divine feminine is the source of all manifested matter. When we balance the impulse of creation of the masculine with the feminine power to create, then the true expression of spirit can manifest.
Labors of Hercules – The Myth in Taurus
The Soul in Taurus seeks to transform desire, possessions, and sensual fulfillment into enlightened living. Art, the beauty of form, and the world of substance are all central to the Taurean nature. But the spiritual perfection in Taurus occurs when the Taurean begins to see that all matter is, in fact, part of the great garment of God in manifestation.
Labors of Hercules – The Myth in Libra
In this labor, Hercules is told to capture the wild boar, a symbol of the desire nature. He is told to time to eat and rest, an important aspect of a balanced life. But, as Hercules connects with friends and they eat and drink, conflict arises with the result being the death of his friends, the symbols of physical strength and wise thought. He goes on to capture the boar at the top of the mountain and brings him to Eurystheus.
Labors of Hercules – The Myth in Scorpio
In this labor, Killing the Lernaean Hydra, Hercules demonstrates the necessity for the hero to venture into the dark, destructive, and terrifying depths of the psyche. Only there do they meet and confront their shadow elements so that they may be brought into the light for transformation.
Labors of Hercules – The Myth in Sagittarius
Hercules rids the countryside of the noisy, disruptive, and ravenous Stymphalian Birds in this lesson. Through his Labor, Hercules demonstrates the importance of using the mind with directed purpose and intention so that thoughts become focused arrows for the soul's purpose.