I haven’t started with the PAC course, but I started putting on quite a bit of weight since I started studying astrology about 7 years ago. I have been trying to consciously feel the changes that happen for the past couple of years. I have outlined some succinct thoughts below using the planets in numerical order as shown in the box in some of Ernst’s notes -
- We start with the Sun.
- Something makes us change our flow (Moon).
- Moon’s child Mercury helps us make the necessary connections via Mars.
- Since we are now connected to more than before, we start becoming Jupiter (getting heavy).
- Since Jupiter is ‘fall from Grace’ on our path, it leads to Saturn via Venus.
- That brings us to Rahu and a new way of being.
- And so it continues into Neptune, but I won’t go into it here.
Jupiter is what breathes life into us. Since we live in the physical world, one of the ways we find sustenance is through food besides other things. The mind or Moon or our ego creates blocks that block the natural flow of the ‘breath of life’. Once a connection is made through Mercury, the block is removed and we can now breathe a bit better. That in turn means that we don’t need the same type of sustenance in terms of food as before. Jupiter is 5 denoting change. Every breath we take changes something within us. But, it takes time for it to become conscious of the changed needs within our physical body. Most of the time we follow a habit and that includes the habit of food. The habit is subconscious, we do it by default. Unless that habit is broken or allowed to be broken, we are connecting better within ourselves, but also taking in the same from outside, which leads to weight gain.
Depending on what we let go of (Saturn) and if it’s the right thing to let go of, determines the weight loss. I haven’t gotten back to my usual weight, but I also know that I haven’t built up enough strength to remove from myself that which is stuck to me. Every time when the right thing detaches, the weight just drops. Let me know if anything changes once you start experimenting, so I will know if I am on the right track.
I have been studying several courses very intensively for the last 2-3 months and indeed gained a few kilos, which is not typical for me. It could also be the body's attempt to ground us more, in a sense. Like a physical reaction to an intense spiritual and intellectual focus. Planning to do much more sports in the summer and bring more balance into the picture 🙂
Since Rahu is in Aries I have been training like crazy, I'm so physically fit it's kind of crazy, I dance or train all the time, I had to take some brake, only thing stopping me was pain or fear that I'm doing too much. But weight management is an issue still, more physical activity cause me more hunger. And when I don't train it's too much thoughts in my mind, like a race toward freedom with astrology. The book Ernst recommended in the PAC course help me focus in the right direction, sometimes more than the course, now I'm more drawn to the course. Reading help me focus I guess or too much computer times makes me go crazy 😀 either way it's not always easy to find Balance (Ketu in libra)