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it can seem a little backwards if you think about it too hard. when we turn one year old, we have completed our first year and entered our second. but in terms of this 21-year cycle, we are just at the number 1. the reason for this, is that in this philosophy, during each year, we tend to exhibit traits that we have archetypically mastered.
so zero, in certain philosophies, represents the Fool, or Fool-Child (hence the label applied to that post). it is, almost invariably, a time of experimentation and curiosity, tinged with a modicum of naïveté.
The Elder and Unknown was born towards the end of my 22nd year, so for a few weeks out of each year, we are at common points in our respective 22-year cycles. of course, i am already forty now, so in my second tromp through this cycle, i am at eighteen, which is governed by the Moon. currently, The Elder and Unknown is still seventeen, and thus exhibiting her Star qualities until her eighteenth birthday.
while i only find this philosophy an intriguing side-note, ever since she was born, it has been a continual point of consideration for me, if for no other reason than what a fool i was at the point of my life in which she was conceived. i have never, ever regretted The Elder and Unknown, but i have most certainly regretted that i could not be with her and know her and help guide her. i’m not sure i would have been the greatest parent in the whole wide world, but i always wanted the chance to try.
the Moon is, to me, one of the more intriguing archetypes on the cycle of 22. it is a reflective time, and of course, that means introspective. that is what prompted this blog, after all. but i cannot afford to be completely wrapped up in introspection, either. which is kind of funny, because the first time you hit eighteen in the cycle, the way our society is set up, introspection is often one of the farthest things from any eighteen-year-old’s mind. or, okay….at least it was for me.
okay, enough metaphysical stuff. i’ve got to get back to work.
