The Dragon

You know how to pool resources with other people and also draw from everything that is shared with others. The Naga in South East Asia are dragon-like serpents who dwell in springs, lakes and rivers and control all water, from cloud and rain, to floods.

In old China, the Shen-Lung dragon controlled the rain and Ti-Lung controlled the streams and rivers. These are very similar ideas. In North American Indian culture, dragons are water deities and live in lakes and rivers.

You supply, renew, replenish and share – everything that is essential in life (just like water). You may also feel quite at home in the sea, in a river, in a spa, in a bath, in a swimming pool, or at your local watering hole – the pub.

You have the vital, flowing energies of the dragon known to the French as the Wyvern. Winged dragons in alchemy show Mercury, the elan vital. Mercury is, of course, connection and communication in astrology.

The Green Dragon in alchemy is the spirit or life. The Red Dragon is the chaos that becomes the Philosopher’s Stone.

Both apply to you and your life. There is always something potentially chaotic about a large, widespread community of people sharing the same space. From this randomness though, comes the life force. Dragons in alchemy show spirit and soul – and above all – energy. And that’s you.

The most famous dragon in alchemy is the ouroboros. The caption ‘All is one’ is attached to it. It has also been described as the Agathos Daimon or Good Spirit.

This describes you and your group. Of course, the group can change at any time, or there may be groups, ensembles, communities, teams, clubs, bands, charities, societies, associations, unions (and so on) which overlap.

The buried treasure which dragons traditionally guard, is whatever nourishes and sustains the people in your circle. What is hidden below the surface is a great mystery, because we only ever see the surface – no matter how impressive that is. What lies beneath is protected.

In China, a dragon guarded a pearl. In the West, dragons guarded the golden fleece. In the legend of Siegfried, the dragons guarded immortality. The source of your collective energy is precious and special. It sustains all of you and is in turn, fed by something spiritual or sacred. Perhaps religious.

The dragon is the cloud which thickens overhead before droppings its fertiziling showers,’ according to the Dictionary of Symbols (Penguin). It is rather like the Ace of Cups in the Smith-Waite Tarot. You carry the life force and share it too. It’s what we need to grow.

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