Twelve
Equal Pie Shaped Pieces
One only has
to look at the sky to be able to see that some
constellations are much larger than others. Astronomers
have found stars which could not be seen with the naked
eye, forming parts of constellations. Thinking of the
heavens as a great sphere, these "areas" of the
constellations can be drawn fairly accurately. They come
in all sizes and shapes.
There are a
number of days of our yearly orbit when the Sun is
between the Earth and any one of the zodiacal
constellations. Since each constellation is of different
size and since the ecliptic passes through larger or
smaller portions of each constellation, the Sun is
between the Earth and each zodiacal constellation for
varying periods. For example, more days (44 days) are
spent with the Sun between the Earth and the largest
constellation, Virgo, than are spent with the Sun between
the Earth and the smallest constellation, Scorpio (7
days). If you look at the map of the zodiacal
constellation in Figure 4, you can see that Scorpio is
not so much smaller than Virgo, it is that the ecliptic
passes through just a small corner of Scorpio.
In the far
distant past we have had fewer and greater numbers of
constellations in our zodiac. 2100 years ago, there were
12 constellations in our zodiac. At present our ecliptic
passes through 13 constellations, the usual 12 and
Ophiuchus. Within a few hundred years the ecliptic will
no longer pass through Scorpio but will also include
Orion.
Most
astrologers use a different system to determine the size
of our zodiacal constellations. The ecliptic (360º)
is simply divided up into twelve equal segments (of
30º).
To recap,
most astrologers make their calculations of the positions
of the stars in our zodiac based on the sky as it was
over 2100 years ago. Also, most astrologers assign
approximately 30 days (30º of the ecliptic) to each
of twelve signs. Astronomers make calculations based on
the sky as it is by observation at the present time.
Astronomers take into consideration both the physical
size and position of the constellation in the sky and the
current position of the constellations in our year, our
calendar.
The
Five Days of the Full Moon
The moon is
regarded in Esoteric Astrology as a decaying
lifeless form which is the remnant of a previous
incarnation of the Logos of our planet. That fact stands
behind the idea that the moon represents the past and
materiality. As you know, the moon orbits the Earth
approximately every 28 days. The plane of the orbit of
the moon is essentially the same as the Earth's ecliptic
plane. Its orbit will therefore bring the Moon close to a
position exactly between the Sun and the Earth. Viewed
from the Earth, the Moon looks dark at that time and we
call it a new moon. Astrologically, the new moon could be
thought of as a time when the Sun is energizing and
thereby emphasizing the material aspect of
Creation.
Fourteen
days later the Moon orbits to the nearly exact opposite
position of the Sun, i.e., where the Earth is between the
Sun and Moon. From the Earth at that time we see the
complete irradiation of the Moon and we call it a full
moon. Astrologically the full moon could be thought of as
a time when the material aspect of Creation is out of the
way, leaving us open to the unimpeded inflow of spiritual
(solar) energies.
"Symbolically
speaking, the period of intensest meditation of our
planetary Logos comes around at the full moon period each
month; just as you have your daily meditation so He in
His high place, has His cyclic point of contact. This
produces the pouring in of radiance and the entering in
of energy both subjective and objective. For all true
students, therefore, their work on the mental plane is
facilitated; they are enabled then to meditate more
successfully and to attain realisation with greater
ease." Esoteric Healing, p. 341
"The two
days preceding the full moon are called the "days of
renunciation and detachment,... days of a most intensive
effort in service, leading to the renunciation of all
which could hinder our usefulness as channels of
spiritual force. ... on the day of the Festival [Full
Moon] itself we simply regard ourselves as the
...custodians of, as much of that inflowing spiritual
force as we can possibly hold.... On the two succeeding
days, (the days of distribution) the focus of our
attention will be steadily turned away from ourselves but
also from the inner subjective planes to the outer world,
and our efforts will be to pass on, or to pass through,
that measure of spiritual energy that may have been
contacted." Esoteric Psychology II,
p.686-687
The
Signs and the Constellations
"It has been
remarked by a profound astrological expert Who works with
the Masters of the Great White Lodge that "when humanity
comprehends the distinction between the signs and the
constellations, understands the nature of the polarity of
energies and responds to the three cosmic Realities, the
twelve cosmic Energies and the seven planetary Impacts
and the interplay of the twelve Creative Hierarchies,
then and not till then, will a radiant light be seen and
the destiny of our solar Logos be finally determined."
Behind this statement are to be found three meanings: one
for average intelligent man, another for disciples, and a
third one for initiates above the third degree."
Esoteric Astrology, pp. 270-271
"These are
points which astrologers would do well to consider. I
would remind students again that when speaking of signs I
am referring to the influences of the constellations as
they are represented by the signs, calling to your
attention that in the great evolutionary process and
owing to certain shifts and astronomical-astrological
discrepancies, the Sun is not in the constellation to
which a particular sign refers at any given moment."
Esoteric Astrology, p. 410
"In the
understanding of the significance of the distinction
between constellations as galaxies of stars, and signs as
concentrated influences will come fresh light upon the
science of astrology. This is fundamentally connected
with the difference between the relation of a ray energy
to the triangle of constellations and the human relation.
More I may not say but this will give a hint to the
intuitive astrologer." Esoteric Astrology, pp.
621-622
"...These
are astronomical facts. The interpretation of the
symbolism attached from ancient days to these
constellations is as old as religion itself. Whence came
the signs, and how the meanings and symbols associated
with them came into being, is lost in the night of time.
They have existed in men's minds and thoughts and
writings for thousands of years, and are our joint
heritage today." From Bethlehem to Calvary, pp.
63-64
"A hint is
here conveyed to you anent the world period into which we
are now entering and it will be increasingly apparent to
you (if you reflect upon my words) why we are progressing
into a sign wherein the ranks of initiates will be
greatly augmented. In the stage of initiation, the
energies of the signs and their constellations (shall I
say attendant constellations&emdash;it expresses the
situation more accurately than the usual mode of saying
it) come through in a purer form and in a more direct
line than upon the Path of Discipleship and the earlier
stages of evolutionary development. The initiate is
responsive to planetary, systemic and certain cosmic
influences and becomes&emdash;if I might so express
it&emdash;a lens through which "the many lights which are
energy itself" can stream and thus be focussed upon our
planet. To these energies, the initiate tunes his
consciousness and thus becomes a planetary server."
Esoteric Astrology, pp. 268-269
Space
Is An Entity
"It is wise
to remember that 'space is an entity'&emdash;as H.P.B.
expressed it. When he so defined space, he gave humanity
one of the most important hints it has ever received. The
realisation of the existence of this entity leads to a
practical recognition of the aphorism that "in Him we
live and move and have our being." It explains the
necessity for the esoteric teaching anent planetary
centres and the planes as states of consciousness. The
disciple then begins to study himself in relation to this
"all-enveloping Entity," to ascertain the "direction"
from which the various energies (which empower his life
and motivate his actions) come, and to familiarise
himself gradually in "the location of these power
stations and of those radiant centres of light
which&emdash;founded by the divine Creator&emdash;are the
sources of life and the origin of light and knowledge."
... The disciple moves always in a world of energies;
they make an impact upon him from many and varying
directions. He has to learn which energies should be
rejected and those to which he should be receptive; all
these energies are moving in space and are in reality the
life-aspect of the space-entity; all are determined by
the time factor with which the disciple must familiarise
himself. On the other hand, the process is reversed at
times. The disciple learns to use energies&emdash;located
and found by him in space&emdash;within a set time and
then to direct them accurately (via the ajna centre) into
the work and into the group which is under hierarchical
influence, through his own immediate efforts. Ponder on
this, for in these words lies hid much illumination."
Discipleship in the New Age II, p.
396-397
"It might be
profitable to point out that the entire universe is
etheric and vital in nature and of an extension beyond
the grasp of the greatest mind of the age, mounting into
more than astronomical figures&emdash;if that statement
even conveys sense to your minds. This extent cannot be
computed, even in terms of light years; this cosmic
etheric area is the field of untold energies and the
basis of all astrological computations; it is the
playground of all historical cycles&emdash;cosmic,
systemic and planetary&emdash;and is related to the
constellations, to the worlds of suns, to the most
distant stars and to the numerous recognised universes,
as well as to our own solar system, to the many planets,
and to that planet upon which and in which we move and
live and have our being, as well as to the smallest form
of life known to science and perhaps covered by the
meaningless term "an atom." All are found existing in
Space&emdash;Space is etheric in nature and&emdash;so we
are told in the occult science&emdash;Space is an Entity.
The glory of man lies in the fact that he is aware of
space and can imagine this space as the field of divine
living activity, full of active intelligent forms, each
placed in the etheric body of this unknown Entity, each
related to each other through the potency which not only
holds them in being but which preserves their position in
relation to each other; yet each of these differentiated
forms possesses its own differentiated life, its own
unique quality or integral colouring, and its own
specific and peculiar form of consciousness.
...We speak
at times of an expanding universe; what we really mean is
an expanding consciousness, for this etheric body of the
Entity, Space, is the recipient of many types of
informing and penetrating energies, and it is also the
field for the intelligent activity of the indwelling
Lives of the Universe, of the many constellations, of the
distant stars, of our solar system, of the planets within
the system, and of all that constitutes the sum total of
these separated living forms. The factor which relates
them is consciousness and nothing else, and the field of
conscious awareness is created through the interplay of
all living intelligent forms within the area of the
etheric body of that great Life which we call
SPACE.
...Each form
(because it constitutes an aggregated area of substantial
lives or atoms) is a centre within the etheric body of
the form of which it is a constituent part. It has, as
the basis of its existence, a living dynamic point which
integrates the form and preserves it in essential being.
This form or centre&emdash;large or small, a man or an
atom of substance&emdash;is related to all other forms
and expressing energies in the environing space, and is
automatically receptive to some, and repudiates others
through the process of non-recognition; it relays or
transmits other energies, radiating from other forms, and
it thus becomes in its turn an impressing agent.
...Again,
each point of life within a centre has its own sphere of
radiation or its own extending field of influence; this
field is necessarily dependent upon the type and the
nature of the indwelling Consciousness. It is this
magnetic interplay between the many vast centres of
energy in space which is the basis of all astronomical
relationships&emdash;between universes, solar systems and
planets. Bear in mind, however, that it is the
CONSCIOUSNESS aspect which renders the form magnetic,
receptive, repudiating and transmitting; this
consciousness differs according to the nature of the
entity which informs or works through a centre, great or
small. Bear in mind also that the life which pours
through all centres and which animates the whole of space
is the life of an Entity; it is, therefore, the same life
in all forms, limited in time and space by the intention,
the wish, the form and the quality of the indwelling
consciousness: the types of consciousness are many and
diverse, yet life remains ever the same and indivisible,
for it is the ONE LIFE.
The sphere
of radiation is conditioned always by the point of
evolution of the life within the form; the correlating,
integrating factor, relating centre to centre, is life
itself; life establishes contact; livingness is the basis
of every relation, even if this is not immediately
apparent to you; consciousness qualifies the contact and
colours the radiation. Thus again we are returned to the
same fundamental triplicity to which I gave the names of
Life, Quality, Appearance in an earlier book.* A form is
therefore a centre of life within some aspect of the
etheric body of the Entity, Space, where a living
animated existence, such as that of a planet, is
concerned. The same is true also of all lesser forms,
such as those found upon and within a plane."
Telepathy and the Etheric Vehicle, pp.
178-180
The
Great Illusion
"I have
frequently referred to the fact that the entire science
of astrology is based upon a non-existent condition. It
has no basis in material fact and yet is eternally based
on truth. The zodiac is, as you well know, the imaginary
path of the Sun in the heavens. It is therefore largely
an illusion, from the exoteric point of view. But at the
same time the constellations exist, and the streams of
energy which pass and repass, intermingle and interlock
throughout the body of space are by no means illusions
but definitely express eternal relationships. It is the
misuse of the various energies which has created the
illusion. This illusory path is consequently as much a
reality to humanity today as are the personality
illusions of any individual. These illusions are due to
the polarisation of the individual upon the astral
plane.
It is
interesting also to note in this connection
that&emdash;due to the precession of the
equinoxes&emdash;a fourth type of force is brought to
bear upon the planet and man, but one which is seldom
recognised and given due place in the horoscope. The
month and the sign, or the place of the Sun in the
heavens, do not really coincide. When we state, for
instance, that the Sun is "in Aries" it conveys an
esoteric truth but not an exoteric fact. The Sun was in
Aries at the beginning of this great cycle, but it is not
in exactly the same position today when it is 'found' in
that sign." Esoteric Astrology, p. 63
"...starting
with the basic fact of the Great Illusion it should be
remembered that the accuracy of astrological prediction
and interpretation will be based upon three
factors:
1. The
potency of the thoughtforms which have been built up in
connection with the twelve signs. These thoughtforms were
originally constructed or anchored upon the mental plane
by the Hierarchy in Atlantean days and they have steadily
gained in power ever since. They serve as focal points
for certain forces and enable the individual, for
instance, to be in touch with great reservoirs of energy
which then definitely condition him.
2. The
intuition of the astrologer. The casting of the horoscope
serves to put the astrologer en rapport with the
individual, but this is of small service to either party
unless the intuition and sensitivity of the astrologer is
actively present.
3. The
capacity of the astrologer in any specific period to
respond to the changes which are all the time taking
place, such as the gradual shifting and changing brought
about by the precession of the equinoxes, or the slow
shift of the pole of the planet. To this should be added
that&emdash;as man evolves&emdash;the mechanism of
response or the vehicles of consciousness likewise
steadily improve. His reactions, therefore, to the
planetary influence and to the energy of the various
constellations change with equal steadiness and allowance
must be made for this." Esoteric Astrology, pp.
68-69
I would have
you bear in mind that time and energy are interchangeable
terms upon the inner planes. Time is an event, and an
event is a focussed expression of force of some type or
kind. Exteralization of the HIerarchy, p. 347
The
Individual Horoscope
"Certain
factors which astrologers should bear in mind, and
certain conditions they are only too apt to forget, may
however be briefly noted. For the sake of clear
understanding we will simply tabulate a number of
statements which should be studied with care by the
average investigator in this field. I cannot here write a
treatise on the energies with which astrology should
deal, sorely as such a treatise is needed.
Astrologers
concern themselves primarily with three types of
energy:
a. The
energy of the constellation in which the Sun is posited
at the time of birth.
b. The
rising sign to which the man should respond.
c. The moon
which governs his form aspect, and particularly the
physical form.
The energy
of the particular constellation or sign in which a man is
born is more deeply significant than has ever yet been
suggested. It embodies or indicates his present problem,
sets the pace or tempo of his life, and is related to the
quality of his personality. It governs, if I may so
express it, the rajasic or activity aspect of his life
during incarnation.
The
ascendant or rising sign indicates the line along which
his energy as a whole can flow if he is to fulfill the
purpose of any incarnation. This, of course, if rightly
handled. It holds the secret of his future, and in its
symbolism and understanding he can find the clue to his
life problem and an indication of what he can be and
achieve. It presents to him the type of force which will
enable him to succeed. This, when duly consummated, might
be regarded as producing the sattvic, or harmony aspect
of his life, for when it plays its part and is utilised,
it produces harmony with the will of the soul during any
particular incarnation.
In the moon
influence, we have indicated the native's past. It
summarises the limitations and handicaps under which he
must work, and therefore might be regarded as embodying
the tamasic aspect of matter, or that which "holds back"
and which&emdash;if permitted to influence
unduly&emdash;will produce inertia. In the body with
which man is equipped lies hid the secret of past
experience, and every lunar form through which we have to
arrive at due expression is in itself the product or
synthesis of all the past. Let me see if I can put the
present truth about astrology in such simple guise that
they who know naught of this intricate science may
understand.
The birth
month indicates the day of opportunity. The door stands
open. The particular month in which a soul comes into
incarnation is indicated to that soul by the month in
which it passed out of incarnation in a previous life
cycle. If it, for instance, died in the month governed by
the sign Leo, it will return into incarnation in the same
sign, picking up the thread of experience where it left
it, and starting with the same type of energy and the
peculiar equipment with which it passed away from earth
life, plus the gain of thought and conscious onlooking.
The quality of the energy and the nature of the forces to
be manipulated during life are indicated to the soul in
this way.
The rising
sign, embodying another type of energy, should wax in
strength during the incarnation, for it indicates the
nature of the soul force that the incarnated son of God
is seeking to wield through the medium of a particular
personality, possessing certain
characteristics.
The
influence of the moon is primarily physical. The prison
of the soul is thus indicated. The handicaps to be met
are thus secured; the type of body or of bodies through
which the force of the native's sign and the quality of
the energy which will bring him to his goal are thus
defined. Through the medium of the lunar lords and what
they have given him as the result of past experience down
the ages must he express himself upon the physical
plane.
Owing to the
precession of the equinoxes, a situation is brought about
in which a fourth type of force makes itself felt. The
sun is, in reality, many degrees away in the great round
of the heavens from where it is stated to be, as far as
the greater zodiac is concerned. This is, of course, from
the standpoint of time. As the sweep of the sun through a
constellation covers a period of approximately two
thousand two hundred years, the shift in the course of
the centuries is very slight..." A Treatise on White
Magic, pp 434-438
"In casting
the horoscope of a human being who is born in a
particular month, however, it should be borne in mind
(which it seldom is) that now the month and the sign do
not coincide at all. The sun is really not in Leo, for
instance, during the month of August. The correct
interpretation therefore of a chart is largely
psychometrical and dependent upon the thought-form of the
constellation which has been built up for ages by the
astrologers. Energy follows thought. For thousands of
years certain types of energy and their consequent
qualifying effects on substance and form have been
considered to be thus and so. Therefore, thus they are,
except in the case of the highly evolved, of the true
aspirant who has oriented himself, and is thus escaping
from the wheel of existence and beginning to govern his
stars, and so is no longer under their rule and
domination.
Astrology
now deals primarily with the personality for whom the
horoscope may be cast and with the events of the
personality life. When, through meditation and service,
plus the discipline of the lunar bodies, a man comes
consciously and definitely under his soul ray, then he
comes as definitely under the influence of one or other
of the seven solar systems, as they focus their energy
through one or other of the constellations and
subsequently one or other of the seven sacred planets.
... Our solar system, as you know, is one of seven. When
a man has arrived at this point in evolution, birth
months, mundane astrology, and the influences which play
upon the form aspect become of less and less importance.
This circle of solar systems affects paramountly the soul
and it becomes the focal point of spiritual energies.
This is the problem of the soul on its own
plane,&emdash;responsiveness to these types of energy,
and, of them, the personality is totally
unaware.
The signs
which fall therefore into the four categories of earth,
water, fire and air, concern primarily the man who lives
below the diaphragm, and who utilises the lower four
centres:&emdash;the centre at the base of the spine, the
sacral centre, the solar plexus and the spleen. The inner
group of seven major or systemic energies produce their
effect upon the man who is living above the diaphragm,
and work through the seven representative centres in the
head. Four of them focus through the throat centre, the
heart centre, the ajna and head centres. Three are held
latent in the region of the head centres (the thousand
petalled lotus) and only enter into functioning activity
after the third initiation. It will be evident therefore
how complicated from the standpoint of the horoscope (as
well as of the individual problem) is this meeting of the
energies of two types of constellations in the case of
the man who is neither purely human nor purely spiritual.
The ordinary horoscope is negated. The horoscope is not
possible as yet of delineation. The only horoscope, which
is basically and almost infallibly correct is that of the
entirely low grade human being who lives entirely below
the diaphragm and is governed by his animal nature
alone." A Treatise on White Magic, pp
436-438
The
Vehicles of Response
"This
[Virgo] is the sixth sign and of it the
six-pointed star is the ancient symbol, portraying as it
does the process of involution and also that of
evolution, carried to the point of balance, expressed for
us in the relationship of Virgo to Libra. You will note,
if you consult the dictionary, that astronomically Virgo
is regarded as occupying the place in the heavens where
Libra is to be found. This is all part of the great
illusion which astrology finds hard to grasp. There is a
constant moving and shifting in space; the precession of
the equinoxes is both a fact and an illusion. The whole
process and its interpretation is dependent upon the
intellectual point in evolution of the race; the
responsiveness of man to the planetary forces and to the
influence of the zodiacal signs is dependent upon man's
vehicles of response and upon the mechanism of reception
with which he enters into incarnation. The heavens, the
constellations, signs and planets mean one thing to the
Hierarchy and another thing to the astronomers and still
another thing to the astrologers, whilst they are simply
bewildering galaxies of light to the average citizen. I
feel the need to remind you of this and to point out to
you that astronomical facts are only relative as regards
the true and factual nature of that about which
scientific pronouncement is made; they are declarative of
life and potency but not as science and the average man
understand them. From the standpoint of esoteric truth,
they are simply embodied Lives and the expression of the
life, the quality, the purpose and the intent of the
Beings Who have brought them into manifestation.
Esoteric Astrology, pp. 256-257
"...the main
function of the planets is to be distributing agents for
the energies emanating from the zodiac as they converge
within our solar system and become attracted to our
planet. Students need to understand more thoroughly than
they do that the basis of the astrological sciences is
the emanation, transmission and reception of energies and
their transmutation into forces by the receiving entity.
The energies of the various signs are attracted by the
different planets according to their stage of development
and by what is esoterically called 'ancient relationship'
between the informing entities of the planets and of the
constellations. This relation exists between beings and
is founded on a Law of Affinity. It is this law of
affinity which produces the magnetic pull and the dynamic
response between constellations and planets within the
solar system and between some particular planet and the
forms of life upon another planet and the "impending
energies," as they are called, which are being received
from some major source. The capacity to receive and
profit by the planetary energies (themselves received as
emanated from some constellation) is dependent upon the
point in evolution which determines the receptivity and
the responsiveness of the mechanism of reception. This
constitutes an unalterable law and accounts for the power
of certain planets which may have hitherto remained
undiscovered and which have therefore had little to do
with evolution up to the present, owing to the
unresponsiveness of the forms of reception. The planets,
the energies and forces have existed all the time but
have remained ineffective and consequently undiscovered
owing to the non-existence of the needed instruments of
response. They will, therefore, have no effect upon the
life and history of an individual and only become potent
and 'magnetically informing' when a man has reached a
certain point of development and is becoming sensitive to
higher influences and is in preparation for the treading
of the path. This readiness indicates that his response
apparatus (the threefold personality) is more sensitive
than is the case with the average person, and can respond
to a higher range of vibrations than would otherwise be
possible. Herein also lies the distinction between the
sacred and the non-sacred planets. The Lords of the
planets (the ray Lives or planetary Logoi) are also, on
Their own level, unequally developed and some of them are
further advanced upon the cosmic path of spiritual
unfoldment than are others; Those Who are definitely upon
the Cosmic Path of Discipleship are regarded as informing
sacred planets, whilst Those Who are upon the Cosmic
Probationary Path are expressing Themselves through
non-sacred planets. ...it is all a question of developed
reception and sensitivity." Esoteric Astrology,
pp. 266-268
Astrology
and the Centers
"It might be
added in addition that the signs of the zodiac are
concerned primarily with the life expression of the
Heavenly Man (as far as our planet is concerned) and
therefore with the destiny and life of the planetary
Logos. They are also concerned with the great man of the
heavens, the solar Logos. I refer in this last instance
to their effect as it makes itself felt in the solar
system as a whole and with this effect there are few
astrologers at this time fit to deal. I would remind you
that to the lives who inform these great constellations
and whose radiation &emdash;dynamic and
magnetic&emdash;reaches our Earth, this effect is
incidental and unnoticed. The primary effect that they
have is upon our planetary Logos and this effect reaches
us through Him, pouring through that great planetary
centre to which we have given the name of Shamballa. It
is, therefore, capable of evoking the major response from
the monads, and these monads express themselves through
the kingdom of souls and through the human kingdom; it
consequently expresses itself through the Hierarchy and
through humanity as a whole. This is a point of real
importance and should be noted and connected with all the
teaching you have had upon this most interesting theme of
the three major planetary centres. It is the work of the
zodiacal influences to evoke the emergence of the will
aspect of the Heavenly Man and of all monads, souls and
personalities who constitute the planetary body of
expression. This statement means but little to you today
but it will mean much to those students who, in a few
decades, will study what I am here saying. Properly
understood, it accounts for much that is happening in the
world at this time." Esoteric Astrology pp.
21-22
"Students
need to understand more thoroughly than they do that the
basis of the astrological sciences is the emanation,
transmission and reception of energies and their
transmutation into forces by the receiving entity."
Esoteric Astrology, p. 266
"Shamballa
receives energy from various solar and extra-solar
Entities or centres of emphatic and energetic life; i.e.,
from Venus, from the Central Spiritual Sun, from the
current conditioning constellation through which our sun
may be passing, from the Great Bear and other cosmic
centres. Sirius, so important a factor in the spiritual
life of the planet, brings its energies to bear direct
upon the Hierarchy, and energy from Sirius does not
normally enter our planetary life via Shamballa."
Discipleship in the New Age II, p. 520
"... the
planetary atom also revolves orbitally around its solar
centre. This is its expression of rotary-spiral-cyclic
action, and its recognition of the divine central magnet.
... It... brings it under the inflowing streams of energy
from what are termed the zodiacal constellations which
reach the planetary scheme via the great centre, the Sun.
...all can be regarded as the swirling tide of
intermingling currents, with numerous focal points of
energy demonstrating here and there, yet in no way static
as to location." A Treatise on Cosmic Fire, pp.
1056
The
Basis of Esoteric Astrology
"...the
subject of esoteric astrology ... It is intended to
launch the new astrology which is founded on the soul and
not on the personality. Orthodox astrology sets up a
chart which gives the fate and destiny of the
personality, and when that personality is little evolved
or is only of an average development, it can be and often
is amazingly correct. It is not so correct, however, in
the case of highly developed people, aspirants, disciples
and initiates who are beginning to control their stars
and consequently their actions; the events and the
happenings in their lives then become unpredictable. The
new and future astrology endeavours to give the key to
the horoscope of the soul, as it is conditioned by the
soul ray and not by the personality ray; enough has been
given by me to enable astrologers, who are interested and
of the new inclination, to work out the future from the
angle of this new approach. Astrology is a fundamental
and most necessary science." Discipleship in the New
Age, pp. 779-780
At this
stage in the unfoldment of the human consciousness, there
is little that I can say further anent the Science of
Triangles. I have hinted at the entire structure of
living, moving, focussing and transmitting light
triangles which should underlie (and eventually will
underlie) the manifested universe. I have pointed out
certain relations between the various constellations, the
esoteric planets and our Earth. I have shifted the
approach of the astrological student away from the world
of tangible happenings, precipitated events, and personal
characteristics (which are distinctive of exoteric modern
astrology) into the world of conditioning energies,
controlling incentives, impulses and causes, and have
thus laid down the basis of an inner esoteric astrology
which must govern this ancient science in the future. I
have emphasised in your consciousness, the web of light
and energy which is the recipient of zodiacal and other
extra-systemic forces and I have pointed to the first dim
outline of the astrology of the soul and of the unfolding
consciousness of man. I have presented to you some
esoteric facts which must for a while at least remain
hypotheses and theories to the average astrologer and
probably unwelcome ones at that; I have made statements
which are of necessity revolutionary in nature and,
therefore, disturbing, if not apparently untrue or based
on premises which deny all that the modern astrologer has
worked out and hitherto held dear. In this connection two
of these ideas are basic where the astrology of the soul
is concerned:
1. The
reversal of the life of the disciple upon the Wheel of
Life, by means of which his progress becomes
anti-clockwise.
2. The
influence of the rising sign which is held by the
esoteric astrologer to indicate soul possibility and
direction, versus the personality opportunity, offered by
the nature of the vehicle of response." Esoteric
Astrology, pp. 496-497
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