"Man acts as though he were the shaper and master of language, while in fact language remains the master of man." ~ Heidegger
I think I have discovered an astrological 'reason' for our intuited connection between the concept of authority and the lordly 'printed word'. If Genesis were written by semeiologist Charles Peirce, it would perhaps start like this: "In the beginning was the Representamen......and it was God! "
Tangible 'things', stuff we can 'get a handle on', are apparently like astrology's Earth signs in nature. This system of representing the psyche of man, in the Zodiac's philosophical circle, shows us that an object is most like a material resource, and, so, a lot like what the sign Taurus means in general--'stuff' that is available for intake and use. But, to use something, we have to put something of ourselves into the process...that which is well cared for, serves us best, and so forth. Well, as Heidegger pointed out, we do have a vital relationship with objects, the role of their interpreter, the assigner of their uses, and so forth. This is the practical application of our intellect in general. This Virgo-like function of our psyche's working innards is the decision making capability of Capricorn's godlike executive function. So, a word is assigned to represent an object only if we make some kind of an interpretation of the object as a stimulus. No wonder that when we 'name' something our ego feels the sense of ownership growing, and an overlording mastery starting to set in. Pick a good label and we *own* that what-cha-ma-call-it, whatever it is, this no matter what reality has to say about such things in the long run...:)
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