May 29 2008
The Emperor becomes Mars
This archetype represented by this card is related to the Empress, only in this case we are focussed on manipulating ideas associated with the male form. Here, the idea is implanted that the male is an aggressive, warlike, aloof, turdhead with no connection to those around him and no concern for the well being of anything outside his own individual skin. He is cold. He is hard. He is “the king.” There is no sign of life around this fellow at all, nor ever will there be should he choose not to transform. He is the quintessential authority figure, the epitome of the cosmological penis head. I suppose we could call this the penis head archetype, not only because of the ideational and behavioral content of the archetype, but because of how victims of this archetype like to hold, display, or wear symbolic representations of their commitment to the penis head. Consider the long, slender, phallus in the hands of the emperor.
Astrology buffs will notice the association of this card with Mars. The reasons for this are explained in The Book of the Triumph of Spirit.
In contrast to the archetype in the “old book” we have the Halo/Sharp archetype. The Halo/Sharp archetype begins the job of transforming/greening the male energies. The truth is, Mars/the male form is capable of supporting life regardless of any “natural” gender. Because of the disjuncture in the body that this greening can cause, we progress slowly.
It is important to note here that the transformation is inevitable. As the next few decades of transformation proceed, we will see the literal greening of the red planet. In fact, we will eventually discover (as Ali, a young muslim boy genous, told my wife), there use to be a vibrant civilization on mars before the Anu colonizers so thoroughly raped and ruined it that it became impossible for it to sustain any life at all). Of course, it will rebuild though. In fact, because of the availability of new energies, it is now in the process of terraforming itself. As this occurs, NASA may be surprised, but you won’t be.
The greening that results from the transformation of the male archetype will be reflected in a gradual, at first, but subsequently revolutionary transformation of the male role on this planet. The silliness of the old Mars, in all his violent stone and metal isolation and gory glory will be gone forever, replaced with the gentle, loving, and nurturing hand of the true father (and good riddance I might add).
Personally, I would consider The Emperor archetype, and it’s association of hierarchy, authority, and aggression with the male form, as one of the lynchpins of the old world authoritarian and hierarchically structured System. Strip away the foundation for authority, hierarchy, and violence and the system collapses like a house of cards.
