Can Soul purpose be considered the same as destiny? In a sense yes, in that we can do very little about it at the personality level, in this lifetime. Our Soul purpose is created by ourselves but was set out in previous lifetimes and is currently unfolding. So in this lifetime we can do little else but align with it and live harmoniously, or try and resist the calling and live disharmoniously! (Even experiencing disharmony may be needed for our Soul's growth!) In our birth chart the rising sign, or ascendant, indicates our Soul purpose. It is our 'Soul Sign'.
Understanding, aligning with and expressing our Soul's Purpose is our Life's work. Many people fulfil their Soul Purpose without even being aware of it, or necessarily being on a particularly 'spiritual' path. Maybe this is what we experience as destiny, when our Soul's journey appears to be beyond the reach of our individual awareness.
For example The Soul Sign of the USA is Aquarius(1), and the Soul Sign of President Obama is Aquarius. Is it a 'coincidence' that the American people chose to elect an Aquarian Soul, to lead a nation (the most influential nation in the world at this time) that also has an Aquarian Group Soul? Especially at this particular point in history when, astrologically, we are entering the Age of Aquarius? Or is it Destiny? Is it an alignment of individual Soul purpose with that of the larger group?
There are examples in every family and community of people living and expressing their Soul purpose without being aware of it. I know a humble, practical, and quite shy businessman who would never consider himself on a spiritual path of any kind. (Nor would he think much of Astrology!) He has Cancer Rising so his Soul purpose is to 'build a lighted house and dwell therein'. He wouldn't consider himself a humanitarian, yet his Aquarian sun sign led him into a form of group service. (Humanitarianism and group service are Aquarian values) In building his business, he employed the people closest to him: friends, family, and neighbours, in a small, poor, community with high unemployment.
Although he didn't set out to 'be a humanitarian' his Aquarian approach to business by recruiting from a group that he already belonged to, had unintended humanitarian consequences. There is now a stable core in this community of people with homes, jobs and families. Without his input who knows what could have happened here in a neighbourhood that was deteriorating into unemployment, drug and alcohol abuse? His approach raised the status of a neighbourhood, created a stable framework, created jobs and brought people together with a shared purpose to form a close-knit and supportive community. The fact that this was done in the context of 'family and neighbours' is an expression of his Cancer Soul: Cancer is the sign of the home and family. So even though he doesn't think of it in these terms he is in himself being, and creating, a 'light' in his community. His home. Perfectly in alignment with his Soul purpose.
If we can be fulfilling our Soul purpose without being aware, is there any point in learning about our Soul purpose and developing awareness? The answer depends on the stage of our Soul's development. For some of us, Soul awareness may not be our path in this lifetime, and so we wouldn't feel drawn to pursue the matter, as in the example of the businessman above. For some the path involves developing conscious awareness of our Soul work and for others this includes a conscious experience of Soul.
It may be true that you are probably fulfilling your destiny anyway, and it may also be part of your Soul work in this lifetime to understand more deeply what that means, and to begin consciously creating your future Soul path: your future destinies!
(1. According to Esoteric Astrologer Phillip Lindsay: "Esoterically, the USA is an Aquarian soul and a Gemini personality. If an esoteric chart was erected, it would be Aquarius rising with a Gemini Sun in the fifth house." See http://www.esotericastrologer.org/EAauthorEssays/EAessaysPGL21ObamasDrama.htm.)
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