only one thing. Become fluid in your perceptions.

Think about the game of

Scrabble, in which you have seven letters, from which numerous words can
be made, depending on the depth of your vocabulary.

Now let’s interpret this triad as it would apply to an area of your life
about which you might be seeking guidance. Say you’re looking for
insight into the nature of your relationship with your spouse or partner.
Keep in mind two things: The fifth house rules creativity, sexuality, love
affairs, good luck, and surprises. And the archetypes in this complex apply
to you, not to your partner. This is how your interpretation might sound:

“At the Chronos level, the Hermit in the fifth house could
signify how I tend to forget that I need to keep space for myself.
In relationships, 1 often lose sight of that need, and as a result I
may fall into the role of Servant. As a good Servant, I try to please
my partner with no consideration for my own needs. But then I
become the resentful, angry Servant, which can call up the shad-
ow Hermit, and so I become brooding and psychically with-
drawn.

“The Cosmic significance of the Coward implies that on a

deep level I’m fearful of relationships. As I recognize that and
embrace the Coward archetype as an ally, it warns me when I’m
about to run away from something or someone | need to face.
Once I accept that, I can then see that freely choosing to be of

- Service to a partner can be a source of great pleasure and satisfac-

tion for both of us, and doesn’t have to be seen in a negative light.
But that requires my being brave enough to insist on space and
time alone to feed my Hermit.”

Some Sample Complexes

The following examples of archetypal complexes are meant to give

you a template to which you can refer as you learn the system. Remember
that these instructions are to be applied in the same way to each of the
houses and the archetypal patterns in those houses, even though the sig-

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nificance of each house is distinct from all the others. Above all, remem-
ber that this is merely a basic interpretive system. You are the source of
your own creativity and imagination. No tool can provide that skill; the
best these directions can do is inspire you to develop your own prodigious
skills of perception and imagination. Rather than choose a particular
question to which to apply the insights in these examples, we’ll look at
them in a general fashion.

The first examples of complexes come from the wheels cast by a man
we'll call Brian. We’ll look at the triads of archetypes that appeared in his
first house and his tenth house. Remember that these are basic presentations
of Brian’s relationship to the meaning of the light and shadow side of these
archetypes. How they may be applied to the specific subject about which he
might be seeking guidance would be up to him to determine, possibly with
help from the other players.

Chronos Wheel, First House: Ceacher

The first house corresponds to the persona and ego. The first house on
the Chronos Wheel relates to the physical level of daily life, reflecting the
actual details and material experiences that have had an obvious influence on
the development of- your ego and self-image. And, so, the Teacher archetype
in this house represents the fundamental nature of Brian’s persona or ego. His
self-image was strongly influenced by his academic experiences with teach-
ers who modeled for him personas of power that emerged from having an
intimate relationship to knowledge. As a child, Brian’s association with
knowledge represented a means through which he could attain self-esteem
and empowerment. From his earliest formative years, the symbolic meaning
of the Teacher provided direct currents of influence on how his persona
would evolve. As an adult, he projects the image and energy of the Teacher.
For instance, people can easily imagine Brian in the role of a Teacher because
his persona is so comfortable in this archetypal pattern. And, for the record,
although Brian is primarily a writer, part of his work does involve teaching.

Don’t leave out the shadow. One description of the shadow side of the
Teacher is a need to play that role in all circumstances, projecting onto