Saturday, October 3, 2009

Blaming

In Karkata, Kuja's main weapon becomes the social-emotional device of "blaming". Blaming is a method of psycho-emotionally projecting responsibility from oneself outward to another person or outside force.

According to my favorite English Etymological Dictionary, www.etymonline.com , the word roots of the modern English word "blame" are:

• Old French. blasmer "to speak evil of," from Late Latin. blasphemare "revile, reproach" (cf. blaspheme).

Think of the children's game "pin the tail on the donkey". Kuja-Karkata will subconsciously project one's unexpressed aggression upon any available emotional target, no matter how ridiculous.

A central emotional behavior of Mangala in Karkata in the nativity will be a tendency to blame others in reactive response to the threat of guilt or shame. Chandra (the mother) is by nature a master of guilt, and Mangala being a lean and mean, self-centered athlete does not wish to be encumbered by guilt imposed by others.

Therefore when guilt, shame, and indeed most varieties of social-emotional bondage threaten Kuja's ability to run, hunt, pursue, and win with optimum speed and agility, Kuja simply projects His social responsibility upon Others.

Others may include outside persons, unnamed social or environmental forces, or even the Divine. Others to Mangala are all approximately equal since they are all adversaries and they are all not-my-body, not-me. Expect to encounter increased Blaming and Blaspheming of family members, neighbors, co-workers, other nationalities ethnicities and tribes, other religions and belief systems, as Mangala endures His unusually long tenure in the hostile rashi of Karkata! Mangala in Karkata indicates "emotional conflict with the brother".