The Secret of Your Soul Code (28 Lunar Mansions). Part 3 - The Rat (Mouse)

Do you know your Chinese sign? You might think you're a fiery Tiger or a serene Rabbit, but when it comes down to it, you recognize completely different reactions within yourself. The answer is harsh but relentlessly logical: The sign of the year you were born in is merely your outer mask and the superficial engine by which you present yourself to the world. Though you might think you're a fiery Tiger or a calm Rabbit, you often exhibit completely different reactions. The truth is stark but undeniably logical: the sign of your birth year is merely your outer mask and the superficial façade you present to the world.

Your true, raw identity is stored in the deepest layer of your personal source code (Astrotype). This pivotal first line from the heavens is called the Lunar Mansion, or one of the 28 Lunar Rulers. While everywhere else you play a role for your surroundings, your Lunar Ruler reveals the pure essence of your soul, hidden talents, as well as your most secret weapons and shadows. It shows who you are when you are completely alone and fighting for survival.

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PART 3: LUNAR RULER No. 11 – THE RAT / MOUSE (Emptiness)

When tactics are more important than passion, and egoism cleverly hides behind self-sacrifice.

Element and Polarity: Yang Water (+)

General Characteristics and Strengths: If the Rat (often also called Mouse) is the hidden essence of your soul, you are a person with immense curiosity, constantly yearning for knowledge and aiming damn high. Your ultimate weapon is cynicism combined with lightning-fast, almost brilliant reactions. You are a perfect master of survival. You feel most at home in urban environments; that is your natural habitat. You are a true pragmatist – you will always prefer newspapers and real information over poetry, pipe dreams, and ideals. Your forte is business, information networks, and collaboration. If you see sound sense and clear profit in it, you are capable of risking even the biggest transactions and diving into large-scale entrepreneurship. Although you are tough pragmatists, you surprisingly have an excellent sense of harmony, rhythm, colors, and forms, which is why Lunar Rats very often become excellent musicians, dancers, and artists.

Weaknesses and Shadows: Your biggest shadow is hidden manipulation. You easily get along with your surroundings, but sooner or later you begin to use people around you for your own goals and needs. You often don't exchange deep opinions with others, but rather gossip and intrigues. For your soul, everyday tactics are always superior to deep passions. However, your absolute masterpiece is how you perfectly mask your own egoism and predatory nature – outwardly, you present them as completely perfect and bulletproof ingenuousness and self-sacrifice towards others.

Love and Intimacy: Here, ancient texts speak uncompromisingly. Intimacy and sex are very often merely a matter of current need for the Lunar Rat. The Rat frequently perceives them as a means, or even a weapon, in their life's struggle to get ahead. They possess enormous sexual and vital potential, but very often and exceptionally skillfully sublimate this into their creative activities – whether it's the world of art, tough business, or high politics.

Gender Specifics (Polarity of Male and Female): Since the Rat is an energy of Yang Water (+), its manifestation has immense drive, predatory instinct, but also the ability for water to adapt to the shape of its container.

• Men (Rats): They are brilliant strategists. Their Yang Water gives them unstoppable energy that quietly but powerfully undermines obstacles. In the world of business or career, these are men who can calmly calculate who is advantageous for them. They keep their true plans to themselves and masterfully play the role of a good guy until they achieve their goal.
• Women (Rats): Charming and dangerously intelligent beings who can use their charm and communication skills as a deadly weapon. They can be perfect hostesses and devoted friends, but they never lose sight of their own benefit. They quickly uncover the weaknesses of others and know exactly which strings to pull to get what they want without casting a bad light on themselves.

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Want to learn more about the ancient secret teaching of Ham Yu? Start here:

The Teachings of Ham Yu (Part 1). Feng Ren Shui: Humanity as the Center of Cosmic Balance