Being passive, Vav/Vau ו does by not ‘doing’. Vau ו doesn’t impart energy forcefully; she releases it. Vau ו is not Zayin ז- S/he doesn’t “Lose” energy creating; Vav/Vau ו doesn’t talk back. Talking is using one’s voice as a tool.
Mute, s/he lets go no insults but she remembers and absorbs.
His/her energy flows in accordance to those she/he deems “higher”- his/her judges and teachers who ‘know’ more than s/he. But s/he can shut down,in his/her way, as available, to block, thwart, and limit environs’ energies from further coming into him/her. This might look like forgetfulness or other inattention.
Stirred up but nowhere to go, without Zayin ז and sense of opportunity, Vav/Vau ו creates little that is lasting- other than thick skin.
This requires periodical shedding when the skin no longer fits.
Skin we all leave behind. Shed skin consists of resolved and unresolved, hormonally-modulated emotional responses from intercourse, I mean inter-locution, with other beings.
We will meet others who get “feelings” from us – even during inadvertent encounters- both pleasurable and not. And they will too, to some extent, be shared reciprocally (not the actual feelings = but an e-motion of sorts). Then our- and their, skin will change again.
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Stifled too long, s/he may “go postal” and lash out using his/her unhoned, so dull from lack of use and skill, Zayin ז -wounding his/herself and others -perhaps an underling. [1]
Or, might numb when given the opportunity. (Thank G-ddess for wine, and other intoxicants- including narcotics. [2])
But when Vav/Vau ו is dimmed, obedience can wither and fade – then Qoph ק shrinks and Shin ש sputters. Vav/Vaus ו might ‘shut down’ a receptor system so as not to ‘receive’ anymore -a version of feedback inhibition, dulling senses and leading to “depression”. S/he might get the “dwindles”. This is a version of ‘choosing’, so in a sense using one/s Zayin ז passively.
In this case, because done less visibly, maybe I should say Zain ז – as you can see, his symbol is the same.
Then Vau ו chooses by quitting or being quit. S/he can turn his/her back and be unsupportive. Let another make it happen. S/He might even create welts and bruises on his/her body from his/her externalized (and projected) Zayin’s ז we-a-pon used against him/her. This might look like stigmata from “domestic violence”.
In his/her state of frailty- be that in the body, mind, or spirit, Vav/Vau ו depends on a world of animal hu(e)-mans, especially of the red ray, while she’s bee-leafing she’s a somatic lesser. In this state she’s more susceptible to another’s implicit power. This is his/her illusion and delusion (not to say threats aren’t real, they just don’t have to be).
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Vau ו manifests by giving “wrong” responses when a tirade hits. Perhaps s/he thwarts a bully’s plan with caveats and nay-saying (if the bully listens at all).
Perhaps she’s not supportive of his timeline. Or doesn’t do a thing that doesn’t agree with her.
Perhaps today, she has a headache and so can’t go out and do the thing, even if she said she wanted to.
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Vav/Vau ו, with time’s seasons and changing elements, can make ‘mistakes’, some call them mutations. This might look like aberrancy- creating another result than soma sought.[3]
Instead of always causing harms and dis-ease, some aberrancy can give vigor- might even be more pleasing and fruitful- in another location- away from the being’s source. (Sometimes it seems the Universe conspires to break up families – because it absolutely does.)
This could be happen “accidentally” – but really reflects unbalanced pressures in the substrate milieu- to much of this or too little of that ‘nutrient’.
Aberrancy is favored especially when a population is under strain. (See the essay, “deformity”; I’m not going to link to it since WordPress links are so inelegant.)
With these changes, Vav/Vau ו might even evolve to thrive in a new niche – perhaps create a whole new lineage which survive with the new conditions. Yes, this happens-even for plants and animals!
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Luckily for us hu(e)-mans, we are neither plant nor beast – but both and more than the two. Without exception, we can tap into Divine Inspiration – whenever we want to – granted this is easier for some of us to do than others.
Nonetheless, practice makes perfect – and we learn fast when it’s fun.
Anything “fun”, is of our fifth house – which is in a lovely trine (ease) to the cusp of our personality =Ascendant sign. The fifth house rules heart, creativity, and the energy of children and childlike wonder- what we find attractive and romantic from an innocent perspective. Thus is anything that awakens our heart. You could say L’ove – as these are which support our Orphic Egg. (I’m referring here to a vision I had visiting the “Snake G-ddess”, another essay.)
While on the surface, I may seem Vav/Vau ו-like – and trust me, I can be riveted, as I’ve been finely hewn from my ancestor’s dreams and wishes, I still create my reality using my Zayin/Zain ז of truth, light, and connections.
From the Universe’s perspective, we are here for ourselves- to create and do our missions- and go on quests.[4]
No one is on another’s timeline – though we may feel confused and think so. Maybe we thought we were here for them, our children or spouse, but we aren’t- despite what you may have overheard listening to confused elders.
We are here to have fun doing what we l’ove with whomever our heart chooses.
While our minds might think everything’s OK, our Vav/Vau ו doesn’t lie.
When stressed, Vav/Vau ו broadcasts discomfort with looks and affect; not needing to articulate or use words – everyone around can ‘see’ her changing. Maybe s/he faints or falls down.
With that, “she”- since I’m referring to our mute soma receptive vessel; vessels hold and contain, they do not do. Vav/Vau ו provides conductive insulation all the while under hormonal, prostaglandin, cytokine, and neurotransmitter influences. “Her” goal, is that we regain contentment -so our king heart once again feels happy, balanced, and successful.
She’ll make you blush and have hot flashes- or give you sweaty palms and palsies. S/he will change and make us spectacle- before we even know what’s going on. (Our soma self is a few millisecs ahead of our conscious brain.)
To correct course, Vav/Vau ו will do anything to get attention – and to get you from your “bad habits”- the ones you’ve been told aren’t good for you by those you bee-leave l’ove you.
And to get you removed from those who are cruel to you and your soma self.
You could say she’s passively aggressive by her ways of breaking down, and at just the wrong moment.
In the end, she will win – even if it means killing you first.
[1] Our underlings, actually underlyings, are those we depend on for integrity. Who or what these are = our sixth house- so pets, domestics, and our diets. Subjects we might have thought less important or take for granted- but turns out they’re necessary for our competence. Perhaps we’ll throw our Blackberry or iPhone. Maybe we’ll kick the dog.
In polarized dualistic societies, we’ll punish anyone considered lessors so woman, minorities, aged, and children especially.
[2] Narcotics, narc otics =sleeping ears – and are way to make our heart numb and slumbering despite toxic words around us. Pharma’s drugs, especially painkillers and anxiolytics, keep us in our places of safety and the known- when we can’t otherwise escape. This is genuinely what drugs are here for!
[3] De-via-ncy= away from self’s healing path (in a specific form of entity)
[4] Quests and higher Ed are 9th house activities. Higher education is anything that we l’earn from beyond elementary school and always involves the ‘medicines’ of a 7th house “stranger”. You see how defeating it is to train your children that stranger=danger. They are taught (also taut) to be afraid and f’ear others who are their teachers. Sure unknown individuals are just that – unknown, but if you regard each other as divine teacher from source, you’ll gain so much more!
