Sue Moon’s Blog

Celestial Timings posted this as part of the 1st of July happenings. It is about Mars and Venus joining in the twin sign of Gemini. Enjoyed remembering my favorite hero of all time, Captain Kirk.
The Good Twin/Bad Twin duality is worthy of contemplation. There is an original Star Trek episode that first aired in October of 1966 called the “Enemy Within”. A transporter malfunction splits Captain Kirk into two captains, the Good Captain and the Bad or evil Captain. It is a brilliant example of why we must integrate our shadow side. Spock notices the Good Captain is losing his power to make decisions and concludes it is an opportunity to examine the roles of good and evil. The evil side of Captain Kirk displays very decisive thoughtless hostility, lust, brutality and violence. His positive side expresses compassion, love and tenderness but lacks the decisive power necessary for in-the-moment decisions. Spock observes that Captain Kirk needs his dark side to make the decisions an exceptional leader is able to make. It is Kirk’s so-called evil side when properly disciplined and integrated that is vital to his strength and ability to be a star ship captain.
Eventually the Good Captain Kirk realizes he does need to be reunited with his “evil” side and yet is greatly repulsed by the idea. At this point, Dr. McCoy assures him, “We all have our darker side – we need it – it’s half of what we are. It’s not really ugly – it’s human.” He goes onto say that Kirk’s dark side is what makes Captain Kirk who he is because his strength and ability to command exists in his dark side. Without his dark side Kirk is confused, forgetful and unable to make decisions. Kirk’s good side was able to recognize that he needed to reintegrate with his dark side. However, his dark side remained stubbornly convinced that he did not need the good side and tried to kill it off.