Carl Gustav Jung and Marie-Louise von Franz have been assiduously reflecting on the Mysterium Conjunctionisthe alchemical couple. Their views complement each other. Jung discovers in the Rosary of the Philosophers, the Mystery of the Conjunction of the symbolic couple, in Chapter V : « The King (Sun) and the Queen (Moon), qui s’unissent a la Nouvelle Lune ». A wedding night, alchemical. At the heart of this dark night, the fate of the couple is revealed. The process is initiated, and will only culminate, in a path that is quite close to the analytical cure. Which is all the reflection and demonstration of Jung in his bookPsychology of Transfer.
On his side, in his book Alchemy, Marie-Louise von Franz s’questions on the meaning that the emotions of this New Moon provide, and what it incurs, for the’ future of the couple. Two different and convergent points of view, from this Mysterium Conjunctionis, symbol of the first day of the Meeting, which would decide the fate of the couple : « And very great wonders appear at’hour of conjunction » (soli-lunar). A hidden meaning to decipher in couples of the Twentieth Century ! For the King and Queen S’united for the first time, under the auspices of’une Nouvelle Lune. Guided by Mercury, the hermeneutical god…