The Twelve Houses Quotes

“A man is allowed to visit Heaven and Hell. In Hell, he sees a large gathering of people sitting around a long table set with rich and delectable food. And yet these people are miserable and starving. He soon discovers that the reason for their dreadful state is that the spoons and forks provided for them are longer than their arms. As a result, they are unable to bring the food to their mouths and feed themselves. Then the man is shown Heaven. He finds the same table set out there, with the same extra-long eating utensils. But, in Heaven, instead of just trying to feed their own selves, each person uses his or her spoon and fork to feed one another. They are all well-fed and happy.”
― Howard Sasportas, The Twelve Houses: Exploring the Houses of the Horoscope

“Jung: we only discover what supports us when everything else we thought supported us doesn’t support us anymore.”
― Howard Sasportas, The Twelve Houses: Exploring the Houses of the Horoscope

“we all have a tendency to become so ‘caught up’ and identified with activity and external happenings that we neglect and lose touch with the ‘I’ that is there underneath it all. We are so engaged in what we are seeing, what we are feeling, or what we are doing, that we forget about the ‘I’ that is doing the seeing, having the feelings or performing the actions.”
― Howard Sasportas, The Twelve Houses: Exploring the Houses of the Horoscope

“the Sun is the kind of hero we are, but the Ascendant is the quest on which we must embark. The Sun is why we are here; the Ascendant is how we get there.”
― Howard Sasportas, The Twelve Houses: Exploring the Houses of the Horoscope

“the planets show what is happening, the signs how it is happening, and the houses where it is happening.”
― Howard Sasportas, The Twelve Houses: Exploring the Houses of the Horoscope

“Never measure the height of a mountain, until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was. Dag Hammarskjöld”
― Howard Sasportas, The Twelve Houses: Exploring the Houses of the Horoscope