Book IV Study Group

[3D Sunset]

then wouldnt all the other complexes (mind, body) have to be like that.

Not at all. Ra says that many of the archetypes have a male or female polarity associated with them, but he never says they all do.

Questioner: Why is the male and the female nature different?

Ra: I am Ra. When the veiling process was accomplished, to the male polarity was attracted the Matrix of the Mind and to the female, the Potentiator of the Mind, to the male the Potentiator of the Body, to the female the Matrix of the Body. May we ask if there are any brief queries before we close this working?"

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Ra: I am Ra. Your question is certainly interesting and your confusion hopefully productive. We cannot learn/teach for the student. We shall simply note, as we have previously, the attraction of various archetypes to male and to female. We suggest that this line of consideration may prove productive.

Although there are various patterns, images and associations found across the card of the Major Arcana, I think we should not force them into our interpretations. Better to let each card speak to us as it will, and then we shall hear whatever is best for us to hear.

3D Sunset