(iii) What Died on that Day?

Just as Huxley and Lewis are symbolic of a something greater than themselves, so too is Kennedy. Where Huxley and Lewis correspond well to the heads of the serpents, JFK is well suited to the central shaft, upon which can be superimposed the symbol of the Sword.

The Sword symbolizes Will. It is a symbol of masculine power, an extension of virility, a strong focus of inner energy directed outwards onto the world stage.

It is the symbol of kings. An intact Sword represents the spiritual integrity of the King – an inner core in complete alignment.

Two weeks after having made the symbolic connection between the three men (Huxley and Lewis representing the snakes, Kennedy the Sword) I am chatting to a friend with an interest in astrology. I bring up the coincidence of Huxley, Lewis and Kennedy dying on the same day, of which my astrologer friend hadn’t been aware. She says, “I wonder what died on that day.”

The phrase sticks: what died on that day? If all three men were symbolic for something else, is there a deeper symbolic meaning in their passing?

Just a few days later, while reading a book called Iron John, I come to a section entitled The King in His Three Realms, in which a triad of archetypes is explored: the Earthly King, the Sacred King and the Inner King.

The Huxley-Lewis-Kennedy triad immediately springs to mind.

Huxley, with his rationalist approach and connection to Darwin, is ideally suited to the Earthly King. Lewis, as a Christian, could be affiliated with the Sacred King. Which leaves Kennedy as the Inner King.

The hunch is rewarded just five pages on when, remarkably, JFK gets a mention - not only in connection with the Inner King but also with the symbolism of the Sword. The relevant paragraph feeds into the evolving symbolism in three key ways.

The paragraph provides an answer to the question of “what died on that day.” On November 22, 1963, a symbolic sense of kingship died.