• Planetary Ruler : ʘ The Sun ʘ
• Tree of Life Pathway : Chesed – Gerburah
• Keys : Integration of Instinct and Intellect | Power | Fortitude

Kneeling firmly grounded in front of a radiant pyramid, her right palm is face down above a golden lions crown, with the palm open and fingers spread. Through this hand she conducts and channels the power and instinct of the lion, an energy which ascends strongly through her body. Her right arm is upheld in a salute, around which is wrapped a serpent. She is crowned with the sigil of Leo, ruled by the Sun, and she transmits the energy she is conducting through her body with the fortitude and strength of the pyramid behind her. At either side she is watched by Thoth, the creator of Language and the Arts, and Anubis, guide of the Underworld.

Her proximity to both the snake and lion reveal the close relationship with instinctual awareness which lies close to the center of her source of power. More so, here is instinctual awareness filtered and processed through our uniqueness to focus and transmit power. So Strength illuminates another duality / polarity – at one end animal instinct, or the intelligence of the body , and the other end rationality, or intelligence of the mind. Through this way, our full beingn-ess is brought into harmony unlocking access to this Strength she embodies.

Outwardly, Strength enables us to lift and move material. Inwardly, Strength is expressed as resilience – to not only endure challenges but also to work with them – to lift and move emotional or psychological material. Strength then affords us the capacity to do Work – both outer, as in the reshaping of our material environment, and the inner – the transformation of our emotional landscape.

However, this is a thread which runs even deeper, for strength is an expression of power, most readily felt as resonance between ourselves and our environment. This is True Power – expression of energy that is both effective, ie intentional, and affective, ie transformative, within ourselves and our environment.

Strength leads from the union of instinct ( the gut ) and intellect (the mind). This union creates alignment with the source of power which is perpetually present and available for each of us to choose throughout our uniqueness. I come here to establish and maintain contact to this source of Power, and promote Strength.