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Esoteric Astrology - The Nature of Esoteric Astrology - The Crosses and the Signs
In our study of the interlocking system of energies, in so far as they affect and condition a human being, the theme of the Three Crosses is of profound and practical interest, especially as they provide those points of crisis wherein a man steps off the ordinary path of evolution and treads the path of discipleship or - after the third initiation mounts a third Cross. It will underlie our thought and all that I have to say. A steady recollection of the twelve basic [85] energies (five major and seven minor which are in reality, and apart from astral reversion due to the Great Illusion, seven major and five minor) will be of value. These work out into human expression via the Lords of the twelve signs and the twelve planetary Rulers. These twelve basic energies emanate from the seven stars of the Great Bear (transmitted through seven stars of the Little Bear); two of them come from Sirius and three from the Pleiades. This set-up (if I may use such an unorthodox term) will be the condition of the major solar sphere of influence at the end of the Great Age of Brahma, as it is esoterically called. In the "interim or interlude of evolution" (which is the inadequate translation of an occult phrase given to a world cycle in the Masters' Archives) these energies are stepped down into forces and are literally sixteen all told - from the angle of manifestation, I would remind you - and make literally: 7 + 7 + 2 = 16 = 7. In these numbers the mystery of our evolutionary process lies hid. Always, however, the emphasis must be laid upon the Rays of Energy and Quality as they pour through the zodiacal constellations and the planets. The new astrology therefore is necessarily based upon an understanding of the rays. The following tabulation is fundamental in its implications in this connection and upon it all that I have to say will be based. Seven stars of the Great Bear are the originating Sources of the seven rays of our solar system. The seven Rishis (as They are called) of the Great Bear express Themselves through the medium of the seven planetary Logoi Who are Their Representatives and to Whom They stand in the relation of prototype. The seven Planetary Spirits manifest through the medium of the seven sacred planets. Each of these seven Rays, coming from the Great [86] Bear, are transmitted into our solar system through the medium of three constellations and their ruling planets. The following tabulation makes this clear but must be interpreted only in terms of this present turn of the Great Zodiacal Wheel (25,000 years):
Tabulations VIII
Ray | Constellations | Planets (Othodox) | Planets (Esoteric)
I. Will or Power | Aries, the Ram Leo, the Lion Capricorn, the Goat | Mars Sun Saturn | Mercury Sun Saturn
II. Love-Wisdom | Gemini, the Twins Virgo, the Virgin Pisces, the Fishes | Mercury Mercury Jupiter | Venus Moon (veiling a planet) Pluto
III. Active Intelligence | Cancer, the Crab Libra, the Scales Capricorn, the Goat | Moon Venus Saturn | Neptune Uranus Saturn
IV. Harmony through Conflict | Taurus, the Bull Scorpio, the Scorpion Sagittarius, the Archer | Venus Mars Jupiter | Vulcan Mars Earth
V. Concrete Science | Leo, the Lion Sagittarius, the Archer Aquarius, the Water-Carrier | Sun Jupiter Uranus | Sun Earth Pluto
VI. Idealism. Devotion | Virgo, the Virgin Sagittarius, the Archer Pisces, the Fishes | Mercury Jupiter Jupiter | Moon Earth Pluto
VII. Ceremonial Order | Aries, the Ram Cancer, the Crab Capricorn, the Goat | Mars Moon Saturn | Mercury Neptune Saturn
It will be obvious to you how much correlating work and how much readjustment of ideas will be needed as the new astrology is worked out into practical usefulness and eventually substituted for that now holding sway. This new astrology really embodies five sciences: [87] The Science of the Rays. The Science of Esoteric Interpretation which is carried out through The Science of Triangles. The Science of the Centers. The Science of Destiny. This latter science will be based upon the four previous ones and will constitute an interpretation of the future which will be founded on a correct understanding of the rays - personal and egoic - of the influence of the triangles - zodiacal, planetary, racial and human. These latter triangles are arrived at by a study of the individual human centers. When all this has been ascertained and worked out in the new style of horoscope which will be later developed, then the Science of Destiny will be applied and the future indications discovered. Of this, the personal progressed horoscope is the embryonic seed. Some indication of relative values can be gained by a consideration of the human triangles as given in A Treatise on Cosmic Fire, which suggested the following: "It would repay the student to contemplate the interesting succession of triangles that are to be found and the way in which they must be linked by the progression of the fire before that fire can perfectly vivify them, and thence pass on to other transmutations. We might enumerate some of these triangles, bearing always in mind that, according to the ray, so will proceed the geometric rising of the fire, and according to the ray, so will the points be touched in ordered sequence. Herein lies one of the secrets of initiation, and herein are found some of the dangers entailed in a too quick publication of information concerning the rays. [88]
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