12th house is the house of expenditure
and losses; it is the house of distant remote places; it is also the house of
liberation, meditation and transcendental experience; it is house of addictions
too; it also represents loneliness; it is also the house of sleep and
bed-pleasure (sexual union), and 12th house is one of the most
spiritual houses.
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The
highest level of liberation from bondages naturally involves loss, sometimes,
total loss.
Sex
(often performed in lonely privacy of the bed room) is also loss of vitality
and individual identity, during orgasm we feel like being in meditation also -
so sex can also lead to spiritual experiences.
Intoxication
similarly helps us to get disconnected from the physical realm and creates
possibility to connect to another realm. That is why many sadhus smoke
marijuana.
When
we go away to a distant land, that is also a kind of disconnection.... that may
give loneliness, and may inspire us to meditate and rise spiritually.
Similarly
sleep and dream.
But
a word of caution:
The
liberation from bonds can lead to highest spiritual evolution OR
it can lead to a state of uncontrolled behaviour that violates all norms of
society.
So,
unless properly regulated, an active 12th H may give addiction to too much of intoxication,
senseless-sex, drugs, uncivilized behaviour... etc.
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Post
Script:
This
post was my "random thoughts" on the 12th house... I do not mean to
disregard the importance of other houses that also play a role in actual
working of the 12th house
"4th
H - 8th H - 12th H" together form a Trine of houses
that are very important for our spiritual evolution...
9th
H also plays a role... as our gurus come from the 9th house...
5th
house is also important... as all spiritual evolution requires us to be devoted
to our cause, and we also need to have the immense ability to love...
And
last but not the least... the 1st house (the person) is also Very
important.
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NOTE:
I had originally written this article in the "12th House Astrological
Group" on 15th Feb 2020 on FACEBOOK.