a more ancient twin flame concept with salvific value
as an astrologer i think that any two charts with strong 8th or 12th house aspects (e.g., mars over the 8th house, or sun trine pluto) can mimic the effect of being with a twin. they can also have all the same ‘benefits’ of being with your twin, such as being a catalyst to a spiritual awakening. the theory draws most of its evidence from psychics and channellers. but the concept of having a twin soul has been a part of many spiritual worldviews from the beginning of time but it is truly only recently, through a new age cult in the mid 20th century, that it was brought forth as a basis for lifelong relationships. the effects of this idea though have been predominantly toxic and stray heavily from non-dualistic (union with self) eastern spirituality which much of the new age is based on. it’s sad to see because the idea keeps you from fully appreciating the people who are already in your life. it instead latches your sights elsewhere, usually onto someone never there.
the oldest concepts of twin soul that i have read, as well as heard and experienced is the idea that your twin is somebody who’s essentially a spirit guide who is never not desiring you. they represent the Universe/Source/All-Mother/All-Father’s unconditional love for you, and a part of you that isn’t fully incarnated. they don’t “balance” you out but instead represent your most beautiful potential. the virtues, traits, and beauty that are latent within you but which are accessible to you through them. the goal of every lifetime is to unite with them more fully by suffering well, growing in wisdom, growing in love and understanding for everyone in your life and the world. their energies are ultimately meant to be integrated within yourself.
i like these older concepts better because they speak of your twin soul as not being out there having fun away from you, but as being with you always. they’re never not loving you. they’re always guiding you or helping you out in your darkest moments. that has more “salvific value” to me (to use a modern gnostic phrase) than the idea that they’re an asshole in the 3D but their higher selves love you and want to be with you. from what i’ve found it is very often the case that the energies we’re receiving when we’re in these toxic relationships is from that twin angel shining so much brighter in the dark, and not from the person we’re dealing with. based on this older concept from the nag hammadi coptic texts, a twin soul cannot treat you badly because they hold your godliest traits and energies. the twin soul is connected to no other incarnated human being but yourself. they can only incarnate through you.
i believe we can have life partners that mimic being with a “twin flame.” we can be with somebody incarnated physically, but this relationship is based on soul agreements. if you’ve loved in another lifetime, you will want to say hello to each other again and perhaps even promise to keep each other company. sometimes souls choose not to incarnate unless another soul they hold dear incarnates as well. it is not the same as the relationship with your twin angel, which you can only have one of, and who is only interested in you, and who is ultimately you. the reason a lot of people have been saying you can have many twin flames is because of the general unspecific nature of the the ‘twin flame’ experience they speak about which can easily be mimicked by a number of factors like certain interactions in synastry (or a composite yod towards venus in the 8th house which i’ve experienced ;/).
it is possible to have someone you’re destined to be with, but they will be autonomous. working on ourselves does not magically lead to them growing spiritually (common tf idea). they must decide that for themselves. i think holding out for who we think is our twin flame for years and even decades can make you appear to have avoidant traits, it doesn’t open your heart to what’s in front of you. it doesn’t center you, or save you. you lose so much respect for yourself in the process.
i believe that whatever you call it we have a being of pure love always with us, that have been with us in every lifetime, who holds our best energies and our highest potentials with them. that relationship can certainly be sexual and romantic (a seer i follow mentioned that she has a satisfying sexual relationship with hers) but bottomline is it’s an energetic union not a physical one. and they incarnate through you. they’re not outside of you. there’s no other you walking around choosing everything and everyone else but you. they’re already here, but do we want to face them?
