So many times, people are told that they have met their twin soul, soul mate, or twin flame, and then are broken hearted when it doesn’t last. 

Most of the time, they were told correctly and their inner feelings verified it, but instead of bringing relief to life’s tribulations, they were intensified. 

An answer lies in understanding the primary relationship between mates and twins and how they fit into this Earth adventure.

First, Earth is a many faceted experiment centering on spiritual growth and development set in an environment of absolute free will.  There was a known element of risk, consequently, only the most experienced and adventurous souls volunteered.  There have never been any new souls on earth, only souls new to earth.

Nothing could have prepared us for that leap through the wall of white fire into the earth’s biomatrix.  Its atmosphere of fear and anger was stifling, the bodies were confining, didn’t work right and they just didn’t fit. 

All memory vanished.  That wouldn’t have been so bad except for an absolute knowing that it had been there and was missing.  It was a screaming vacuum that demanded to be filled with anything that came our way.

Worst of all was the feeling of suddenly being alone: of having been shattered into a million different pieces scattered to the wind. 

Where once we, as soul families, had roamed the expanse of creation at will: we were now alone.  No longer were we as one mind talking to itself.  We would not even recognize each other in human form, except that each carries a unique family tone and an equally unique personal tone.  Only our Twin Soul has the exact same tone as ourselves, but we all carry a family tone as well.

Tone might be described as two identical instruments playing the exact same note, one with a masculine essence: the other with a feminine essence.  Resonance between family or twin tones creates a strong, magnetic, attraction.  Naturally, it is the strongest between Twin Souls.

A Twin Soul is the other half of self. 

We each have only one of them.  We literally split in half entering the Earth biomatrix.  Fraternal twins might even be a better description because the halves are far from being identical. 

Actually they are opposites. Mirror images only to the extent that each reflects what is missing in the other.  Imagine an intense lightning bolt striking a tall tree. The tree splits down the middle, from top to bottom. Its still alive, rooted deep in the earth, each half begins sprouting new limbs, and leaves, reaching skyward, reproducing what had been lost. 

Figure 1, is presented in the classical I Ching manner, representing energetic content of the division.  One half contains masculine qualities with a touch of feminine while the other half is predominately feminine with a touch of the masculine. 

Like the lighting struck tree, each would grow individually, regenerating the missing half.

Being opposites and individually unbalanced, its no wonder we lived in almost constant emotional storms. Emotion and feelings provide the driving force to transform energy from one state to another.  We had retained all our prior ability to manipulate energy, but of course we didn’t remember and we had no experience to draw from.

Characteristics of each energy are listed below.  My preferences are listed with each, but each astrologer will have his/her own personal preferences.  Remember though, these descriptions are based on classical I Ching descriptions and do not necessarily follow Western astrology.  Personally, when looking at planetary character, I find it very helpful to consider the dwad placement.  (Its interesting to note that the Master Jesus chose his twelve disciples in order of zodiac opposites, as indicated by a study of their recorded personalities.)

HEAVEN: Yang energy from the Creator.  It is relentless, moving in a straight line or contracting toward a center.  It is the source from which all other energies are derived. 

In the presence of emotional detachment (peace) it is completely balanced within itself and has neither opposite nor opposition.  It is the energy called unconditional love and accepts all forms of expression without restriction..  It is readily transformed from one quality to another, by human emotion.

None of the other energy expressions can exist alone.  They can only exist in the presence of their opposites.  The flow of one energy automatically sets its opposite balancing energy into motion.

Heaven energy is all around and has no sign or planetary reference.

EARTH:  Yin energy balances Heaven when in the presence of emotional attachment.  It expands in all directions from a center, moving in a spiraling enfolding manner.  It is the cradle from which growth and new life spring forth.  The balance of Heaven and Earth energy is the means of balancing all the others.

LAKE:  Yang.  Balanced by Mountain. Peaceful on the outside it reflects everything around itself, its calm surface hides whatever mighty creature may reside unseen, and unsuspected within its depths, ready to spring forth without warning.   (Is anyone ever sure what lurks behind Scorpio’s mask?)

MOUNTAIN: Yin.  Balances Lake energy, it is rooted deep into the earth, standing peacefully; it offers no resistance yet it is immovable, withstanding all onslaughts.  It is the watershed that fills the lake, and is slowly worn away, eroded, by water and wind. 

FIRE:  Yang.  Balanced by Water and arising from deep within, it moves in a straight line.  A powerful, consuming force destroying all in its path, it can explode like a navy cannon firing an explosive charge through the gridwork of mans four lower bodies, ripping holes and leaving a trail of debris behind it.  It is balanced by Water, but if the fire is hot enough, no amount of water can control it.

WATER: Yin.  Peaceful and unassuming or a roaring tsunami, it will assume the shape of any container.  It can be hard and cold in the form of ice, or as elusive as steam, either of which can split the hardest stone. 

THUNDER: Yang.  Balanced by Wind, it is a massive vibration born deep within, blasting outward with explosive suddenness, expanding in all directions with the power to disrupt the bonds of matter itself.

WIND:  Yin.  It can move in any direction, up, down, or to the side.  It can move in a straight line or circular path, and range from a gentle cooling breeze to a full-blown hurricane or tornado leaving a wake of destruction in its path.

We had to learn from trial and error, paying attention to inner feelings for guidance when the storms subsided for a while.  It wasn’t easy; nothing on Earth was what it appeared to be with human eyes.  It was only natural that twins would experience and entirely different range of experiences and their share of mistakes. 

They grew apart, perhaps even becoming more opposites from each other.  Over the years and various incarnations, they would be drawn together only to separate again pursuing individual paths.

Re-embodiment always included a choice of gender and took place within the soul family if at all possible.  At any given time, a Twin Soul might be a child, sibling, father, and mother or located on the other side of the Earth, making relationships very unlikely.

Relationships between Soul Mates are much more likely to occur.  We each have many of those.  They include all the members of our Soul Family.  More than likely many are now numbered among your friends, acquaintances and family members.  This makes it far more likely to find someone who fits the criteria, and still has that magnetic attraction. 

Twin Flame relationships occur in two categories and are most likely to happen between soul mates, members of the same family.  It is when bodies of energy are in exact resonance with each other.  At any given time, we each have two or three different possibilities.  The magnetic attraction is intense and their passion will light up the countryside.  Longevity depends upon the degree to which they share a common goal and their willingness to assist the other.

The real Twin Flame relationship exists only with our other half, the Twin Soul.  We left our footprints among the stars and our names were written there eons ago.

As pointed out earlier, they maintain a strong connection even though they may be emotional opposites. 

Even if they have progressed to emotional maturity and completion, there are many reasons why a physical relationship is not possible.  A Twin Flame relationship will never cause hurt or harm for another.  The odds are getting pretty steep aren’t they? 

But shift we now to a parapet view beyond these feet of clay where the magic of love is revealed new each day.  There is neither East nor West, border nor breed nor birth, when a twin flames call resounds through heaven and earth.  Be there rock to the left and rock to the right and low lean thorn between, “Yes!” is the instant answer to that prayer, and none shall intervene.

After the call, though nothing be seen as face to face, a physical presence is not required.  From this moment on, your twin flame is with you constantly.  For in their own realm the twin flames reunite in a dance of love beyond the intensity of two super novas coming together.

Regardless of their location on earth or even between embodiments, each can assist the other to grow and complete.  All that is needed is intent to assist and envelop the twin in the flow of your love and feel the love from the twin. 

If the one you are with is not your twin flame, begin to treat them as if they were. We are infinite in scope and exist in each other.  See your twin flame around and through them, extending love to the flame.  This allows the twin flame to begin expressing through them. 

Expand this technique to include all around you, strangers, friends, organic and inorganic objects. It is a universal principle.

When each twin has completed them selves individually, they will rejoin each other as compliments, each complete in every way.  “Compliment” is best described by the Sanskrit word Namaste meaning: “When I am in that place within me where all creation resides and you are in that place within you where all creation resides, we are one.”

A fourth type of relationship might be called Karmic in nature, and is based on rips, dents, tears and holes in the four lower bodies.  Instead of vibrating on the same frequency, it is more like the beat frequency of instruments playing out of tune: a sort of discordant harmony. 

Each senses the other has ‘filled’ areas in their four lower bodies that the other is missing.  Of course they are not likely to form a lasting relationship.  Each will change over time and eventually withdraw all the love they once shared with the other.

There should be no big mystery about karma.  It is only a collection of mistakes in qualifying energy.  As in the split tree, energy from source nourishes the soul, while energy from the Earth nourishes the body.  Energy entering the body acquires human qualities (emotion) and then becomes a force.  For every force there is a reaction.  Genuine love is needed to govern a force.  Love, if not genuine, becomes a repellant.

Energy qualified with feelings below those of joy are of the octaves of fear. And are stored like envelopes in our four lower bodies.  Their presence slows the overall vibration rate.  Karma is nothing more than packets of energy with emotional labels attached.  These are accumulated over many different embodiments and carried over in the four lower bodies.

Each packet vibrates at its own level.  It can be stirred to life by resonance with other energies indicated by normal astrological methods.  They first make their presence known through feelings that arise from within, without any drama stimulation.  The purpose is to become aware of their presence and clear them away before they saturate the emotional body and produce outer drama.  These are the chains of the past that influence the now where the future is determined.

Very often, when we are at our lowest emotionally, a stranger pops into our lives.  Perhaps for a day or even a season or two, but whatever the time span, it is just long enough to help us pull out of the Sargasso Sea of despair.   Whatever the problem may be, and no matter how many tons of emotional concrete we have buried hurtful emotions, the attraction is forcefully enough to break through.  Naturally, it’s a Soul Mate.  Its also a Soul Mate who shows up to give us the most hell in life, just to draw our attention to some aspect of self that is ready to be cleared.

A lasting and beneficial relationship with a Twin Soul or a soul mate can only come about when both have become sufficiently spiritually awake to understand cause and effect and are willing to help each other along their chosen paths.  A swordsman knows that if his hand is empty then his sword is alive.  To hold it tightly is to choke its life.  The same principle holds in a spiritually based relationship.

Our adventure is drawing close to graduation time.  It has taken much longer than the estimated fourteen thousand years.  We have searched the Earth from one end to the other and experienced everything.  It is now time to focus on the inner clearing.  Each and every one of us is here at this particular time because we wanted to be here for that graduation.

Many people immediately envision the night winds howl when Chiron walks about.  But Chiron actually represents an inner energy standing  ready to help clear away karmic debris.

Any aspect or transit has a dual nature, but how the energy will be used is up to a choice of free will.  Use it, or be used by it.

Uranus, representing the masculine higher mind is now marching through the sign of Pisces, sometimes called the “Queen of drama.”  Pisces is empathic. 

Uranus offers Pisces the freedom to once again stand behind the short wall and observe with compassion rather than empathically adsorb feelings from others, including the clutter of the astral plane.  Once the focus of Saturn is learned, we are able to experience the freedom of Uranus.

Neptune, representing the feminine higher mind, is working its way through Aquarius.  It might even stimulate a little more gracefulness to the number three klutz of the universe.  However, it is a call to warm up the absent minded coldness of Aquarius with a little compassion.

Neptune and Uranus are seeking peace.  Peace is only possible when Yin and Yang qualities are brought into balance.  That balance is found, only when we stand on the razor edge of the line between balanced yin and yang.

Standing in the void of emotional detachment, we oppose nothing and attract no opposition toward us.

Emotional detachment is the void, it is the place where nothing changes, yet it is the place from which all creation begins.

Once the scales of balance are tipped in either direction, the wheels of change are set in motion and something is going to happen.

Peace can never be achieved by opposing war or injustice.  It can only be achieved by being peace within:   allowing the light of peace to radiate throughout the dark corners of the universe, transforming all in its radiance.