The "Tale of the Fisherman and His Wife" tells us Ilsebils Biography:
Ilsebil was the wife of a poor fisherman who one day had the good fortune to catch a talking flounder. Out of respect for his extraordinary talent, he let him free again. As it Ilsebil learned, she sent him back to the beach because she was of the opinion that you could knock out even a consideration for this good deed from the flounder, for example, a flat of reasonable quality, instead of the miserable hole (the "Ollen potty") in which they lived (her husband seemed precarious housing conditions not to disturb yes - well: men). Go to the fisherman and the fish were released to their desire for real. But modest unable to be filled with a desire to send their Ilsebil fisherman coming back to the lake so the fish filled her other requests. You let yourself from the Butt to the mayor, the Queen, the Pope Joan. But remained dissatisfied. Then she tasted the wanton desire to be God, everything has been achieved, and the two finally sat back where she had been sitting at the beginning of the story: In its "Ollen potty".
It is natural to interpret this story as a warning against human arrogance. It is not merely an illustration of the proverb "pride goes before a fall"? It is certainly something. In my view, this explanation does but too short. Where does this arrogance? What exactly is Ilsebils problem?
If we face Ilsebil their partner, something becomes clear. The fishing is big hearted and generous, not calculating: he is simply the Butt again and does not even think that you could ask for this act a bit. He is also pleased with his position, for him it is "okay" - he has not even thought about whether we could improve not habitable. As the fish they gifted with a magnificent house, astonished fishermen, is delighted and says: "How it is to remain, now we will live quite happily." After only a short while, but darkens Ilsebils mood, and she aspires to greater things - and again she sends out the fishermen. The fisherman says to himself: "It is not right." But out of loyalty to the woman, his partner, he has promised in marriage, it blends in their will.
So what is
Ilsebils problem? From the comparison with her husband, it is clear that your problem is the worry. She is incapable of joy, can not enjoy their lives. The care she is driving more and more, contrary to an undetermined destination. On the achievements relax and enjoy it as it exemplifies the Fischer her again and again proposes is not possible for her. The desire for better housing and higher status are just a result from the inability to enjoy life. To admit to this inability does not have to, they projected their problem in the outside world: the conditions are to blame for their dissatisfaction. She tries desperately to change this situation - Because of course they feel that it lacks anything. But after the walk through all the possible conditions they will have to realize that their problem is there because it is in their own lies.
I see the story as a warning against the demon of worry. The vereinseitigte self-care, without the counterweight of the joy of life paralyzed, the highest and most noble drives. Then make the people worry small, robs him of his ideals, the optimism, energy and ultimately all the positive feelings. Only those who enjoy and can look forward to and yet in the heart both humble and generous is remaining, even in this life and hopefully create something substantial progress on a self-chosen path - rather than in the vegetative, in caring for their daily bread, eating, drinking, living, sleeping, clothing, fashion, appearance, reputation and so exhausting. Astrologically Ilsebil
is a Saturn, her husband, a Jupiter image. All listed attributes of man are Jupiter attributes, including the fishing profession (the fish are domicile of Jupiter). The concern, however, is assigned to Saturn. One could argue that had the subject of infinity, here the unlimited growth of power and goods, rather Jupiter nature. But this kind of infinity is not the jovische, from a full, wide heart-creating wealth, but a fruit of narrow-mindedness and Concern. She wears a little compulsive, is ultimately born out of necessity. It would have been chosen for illustration, any other than the treadmill of power.
In that context, the fairy tale, in which the protagonists we (roll) yes, certain gender to identify characteristic features believe the gender issue is an interesting twist: Instead of the well-known polarity of Mars and Venus loads of fairy tales to the families in the light to shed light on the Jupiter-Saturn polarity. Perhaps it also fits into this typology unusual if it has been determined in a joint study by neuroscientists and economists now believe the ill repute testosterone, which Yes we men are slaves and said we should write our Sexgier aggression and, in truth, there appear reversed, it's tilted at a fair, clear and cooperative offers! [1]
is in this light, the biggest danger for the man in the exaggeration of Jupiter principle: the ecstatic, the self-self-on lifting, in the self-denying boundless devotion to an excessive risk-taking and recklessness in dealing with his property, even with all of its existence. The biggest danger to the woman would, however, is to be limited in their life to the realm of necessity to renounce all prospects and higher only by a concern be directed to the everyday and to Basic.
[1] Christoph Eisenegger, Michael Naef, Romana Snozzi, Markus Heinrichs, Ernst Fehr: Prejudice and truth about the effect of testosterone on human bargaining behavior, Nature 463, 356-359 (21/01/2010) - doi: 10.1038 / nature08711.
