The Prostitute thrives most bountifully in subtle ways and in ordinary, everyday circumstances. It comes into play most clearly when our survival is threatened. Its core issue is how much you are willing to sell of yourself—your morals, your integrity, your intellect, your word, your body, or your soul—for the sake of physical security. This archetype dramatically embodies and tests the power of faith. If you have faith, no one can buy you. You know that you can take care of yourself and also the Divine is looking out for you. Without faith, however, you will eventually meet the price you cannot turn down. The majority of Prostitutes, men and women, are either in bad marriages or in miserable jobs. Their inability to move out of their toxic environment is totally tied to economics.
All power, whether from lottery winnings or spiritual visions, will draw to you some outside opponent who will try to buy, use, or contaminate you. When Jesus was met by Satan as he prayed and fasted in the desert, Satan offered to give him the entire physical world in exchange of the power Jesus had within him. Likewise, every time you take one step on your path of personal empowerment, you will meet someone who will want to buy a piece of your Soul to render you less powerful and them more powerful.
Confronting the Prostitute within you transforms this archetype into your guardian. It will watch over your relationship to faith. Think of the Prostitute as the ally who puts you on alert every time you contemplate shifting your faith from the Divine to the physical. Anytime you are in a crisis of faith, try to become mindful of your thoughts and fears.
Reference: Caroline Myss (Sacred Contracts)
The Prostitute can present itself with a Selective Hearing, that is, when you hear only what you want to hear.
The Prostitute appears when you begin to believe that you could order your life if you ‘just’ had the money to control the world around you—and to buy just a bit, of everyone in it. It appears when you stay in a relationship that is not good, only because you don’t want to be alone. It appears when you are asked to do something unethical or illegal “for the good of the company”. People who are meant to bring out the Prostitute ‘in you’ represent the most painful relationships. Because Prostitute interactions make us confront our fears of Survival, they are often terrifying and humiliating.
In the light aspect, we make decisions and choices from truth, where personal integrity is more important than security and material gain. The Prostitute governs integrity. What challenges are you experiencing related to living or following your truth? Where in your life are you caving to seduction and control by others?
All power, whether from lottery winnings or spiritual visions, will draw to you some outside opponent who will try to buy, use, or contaminate you. When Jesus was met by Satan as he prayed and fasted in the desert, Satan offered to give him the entire physical world in exchange of the power Jesus had within him. Likewise, every time you take one step on your path of personal empowerment, you will meet someone who will want to buy a piece of your Soul to render you less powerful and them more powerful.
Confronting the Prostitute within you transforms this archetype into your guardian. It will watch over your relationship to faith. Think of the Prostitute as the ally who puts you on alert every time you contemplate shifting your faith from the Divine to the physical. Anytime you are in a crisis of faith, try to become mindful of your thoughts and fears.
Reference: Caroline Myss (Sacred Contracts)
The Prostitute can present itself with a Selective Hearing, that is, when you hear only what you want to hear.
The Prostitute appears when you begin to believe that you could order your life if you ‘just’ had the money to control the world around you—and to buy just a bit, of everyone in it. It appears when you stay in a relationship that is not good, only because you don’t want to be alone. It appears when you are asked to do something unethical or illegal “for the good of the company”. People who are meant to bring out the Prostitute ‘in you’ represent the most painful relationships. Because Prostitute interactions make us confront our fears of Survival, they are often terrifying and humiliating.
In the light aspect, we make decisions and choices from truth, where personal integrity is more important than security and material gain. The Prostitute governs integrity. What challenges are you experiencing related to living or following your truth? Where in your life are you caving to seduction and control by others?
Identifying The Shadow Prostitute
-“I tell people what they want to hear”
-“I did it to feel safe and protected”
-“I appear to be what others expect of me”
-“I need status and approval”
-“I can’t provide for myself”
-“Everybody wants a piece of me”
-“I compromise because I can’t be alone”
-“A comfortable lifestyle is paramount”
-“Following your bliss doesn’t pay well”
-“I tell people what they want to hear”
-“I did it to feel safe and protected”
-“I appear to be what others expect of me”
-“I need status and approval”
-“I can’t provide for myself”
-“Everybody wants a piece of me”
-“I compromise because I can’t be alone”
-“A comfortable lifestyle is paramount”
-“Following your bliss doesn’t pay well”