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I’m not an expert on the mythology of Lilith, but as she is holding sway over the Cardinal Cross just now I did a bit of research.  You won’t find Lilith in the bible, but I had a vague notion of her being Adam’s first wife.  That story comes from Hebrew rather than Christian sources, where she it is told she was created at the same time and from the same earth as Adam.   The word lillith has definite connotations of night (Hebrew), wind (Sumeria) and serpents (Mesopotamia).  Even as far back as ancient Assyria the word lilith conjured up a darker predatory side of sexuality ~ the succubus and her masculine counterpart the incubus.

She has a history of being demonic and inspiring fear, particularly around having our sexual energy sucked out of us against our will.  Very interesting!

Lilith by John Collier courtesy Wikimedia Commons

I was curious to see Lilith’s take on the missionary position.  I had heard that she left Adam because he demanded that she lay down and think of … well probably not England, but my understanding was that Lilith was accustomed to a much more active role and not just in the sexual aspects of her relationships.

Of course the missionary position is not necessarily a passive position for women, but I was thinking about the woman connecting to the earth (on the bottom) and the man as active creator (controlling the process from above).  This seems a perfect reflection of the early christian teachings on gender.

In fact, there is much evidence that the so-called missionary position has been used for millenium.  The Kagaba natives in Colombia preferred it because of the stability it offers; they believed that if the woman moved during intercourse, the earth would slip off the shoulders of the four giants who held it up above the waters.  But generally the more matriarchal a culture the less likely they were to extoll the virtues of the missionary position.

The early christians were all in favour.  Or at least those who weren’t celibate were encouraged to use it by those who were.  The medieval Catholic Church believed it was less animalistic than some of the alternatives and Thomas Aquinas believed it to be the only position that didn’t invoke sinful lust.  Which of course would be a dreadful thing!

Malinowski in his 1929 book The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia, records the nearly universal use of a totally different position among Trobiand Islanders [and] …” that caricatures of the missionary position are performed around … campfires, to the great amusement of the natives”

Lilith conjunct Mars, Saturn and the Super Galactic Centre is an activator not only to the way women and men relate to each other sexually but also the way culture informs gender roles and stereotypes.

Saturn’s involvement brings in the Pluto connection (Pluto currently in Saturn’s realm of Capricorn).  Pluto is in a long term relationship with Haumea, the Creator Goddess of Hawaii who, like the Trobiand Islanders, would most likely would find the missionary position highly amusing.   And then Venus is conjunct Makemake in the channel that connects our sacral centre (sexual energy) with our solar plexus (emotions).   A powerful gate of sexuality.  The natives of Rapa Nui were very free and open in the expression of their sexuality, shockingly so to the Europeans who arrived all gussetted up in their uniforms and fancy sailing boats.

This is not necessarily a raunchy energy, a lot of it is happening in Virgo.  And with Pluto and Saturn playing their parts it is more about building powerful new ways of relating rather than bodice ripping and crazy bonking.  I have no doubt it is going to have massive ramifications as women bust down the last vestiges of the wall that has been built to keep us from our masculine aspects.  And as men bust through into the truth of their inner relationship with the feminine, particularly their deep fear and anger.

(Much of the material for this post came from Wikipedia).