Five Archetype: Soul Octave

principle of insight

Archetype FIVE is part of the Social triad.
The Archetypes in this triad form the foundation for Mental Belonging.
Each is expressed within the Divine, Nature, & Human Octaves.

Five is a story of inner and outer, of micro and macro. As a divine idea, Five is the self-referential intelligence of existence expressed in the Hermetic axiom, “As above, so below.” Inner reality is made visible by outer reality, and vice versa.

The Five Archetype at the Soul Octave is Divine Wisdom and the Principle of Insight. Wisdom is not the accumulation of outside information, it is a lived understanding that arises through inner experience.

This card is an invitation to deepen your understanding of outer reality by deepening your perception of inner reality. As you contemplate the geometry in this card, notice how the interior pentagon and the exterior pentagon reflect each other. Like your own inner and outer worlds, they reveal the self-similar nature of life. In this way, when you perceive the sacredness of Earth you also recognize something of Heaven.

Archetype Five Contemplation: Reflective Nature of Reality

• Find something in the natural world to contemplate—you can do this from memory, but direct physical encounters may be better for this activity.

• Next, jot down a few words that describe what you’re contemplating, considering how it looks, feels, behaves, etc.

• Now, close your eyes and consider whether at least some of the qualities you’ve jotted down somehow apply to yourself too. Get curious about how this creature/event/element/place in the natural world reflects some aspect of your own inner or outer nature.

• When considered deeply, it’s possible to discover your relatedness to everything.

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