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ROSICRUCIAN CHRISTIANITY ASTROLOGY COURSE:
ASTROLOGY LESSON NO. 19B:
READING THE HOROSCOPE [continued]:
The personal characteristics given by Sagittarius rising and Jupiter as life
ruler have been given in the preceding pages and need not be repeated here.
The Moon, the most impressionable of the planets, is located in the sign of
Cancer. We find the characteristics of the Moon is in this position on page
226, as follows: "The Moon in Cancer gives a disposition which is kind, so-
ciable, and sympathetic, but indolent and averse to effort whether physical,
moral, or mental. These people love to drift with the tide. They are often
sensitive to psychic conditions. This position also gives a love of home
and its comforts."
The Moon has a sextile of Mars, which gives great vitality and a strong
physique. It also gives a resolute, courageous, energetic and ambitious
character, and makes the native resourceful and constructive.
The Moon has a conjunction of Neptune, which indicates strong psychic
faculties and also a talent for music.
NO. 6 THE MENTALITY:
Mercury governs the reasoning faculty of the mind, and the Moon rules the
faculty of the creative imagination. In this case we find Mercury with two
adverse aspects, namely, the square of Jupiter and the square of Saturn. We
find the former described on page 212, as follows: "Jupiter square Mercury
gives a vacillitating and wavering disposition so that the person cannot
easily make up his mind when more than one course of action is open. People
with this aspect often lose their opportunities through procrastination and
lack of judgment.
Since Jupiter is the planet of optimism and since the square indicates an
excess of the qualities conferred by the two planets square to each other,
it follows that Jupiter square Mercury gives an over-optimistic trend of
mind and leads the native into unwise and excessive expansion of the enter-
prises in which he may be engaged.
The square of Saturn to Mercury is found on page 210: "Saturn square
Mercury gives a desire to study the occult, but it impels one to gerret out
nature's secrets for personal power or gain. It makes the native bitter and
sarcastic and sometimes subject to melancholia."
Saturn square Mercury confers the power of concentration, because Saturn
is the planet of contraction, and when the mind stuff of which the mind is
composed is held to a point by the contractive power of Saturn, the result
is the ability to concentrate. Thus Saturn square Mercury gives the power
of analysis and detail work in general, but the motive is likely to be self-
ish.
The Moon, the other factor ruling the mentality, determines the strength
of the creative imagination, that is, the capacity for mental image-making.
WE have given above some of the effects of the Moon in Cancer and the Moon
in aspect to Neptune and Mars. These need not be repeated here. In addi-
tion we may say that Mars sextile the Moon adds power to the creative
imagination, and gives the ability to construct mental images and endow them
with considerable life and force. Thus this aspect is likely to give the
native a creative, constructive turn of mind and enable him to devise new
methods of meeting any particular type of situation. The conjunction of
Neptune brings the inspiration of this planet to bear upon the image-making
faculty of the Moon, and therefore we may confer a degree of genius.
Another element which strengthens the mentality is to be found in the
fact that Mercury is dignified in Virgo, a mental sign. However, Mercury is
retrograde, which detracts somewhat from its force. Mars, the planet of en-
ergy, placed in the mental sign of Virgo stimulate the mind and gives keen-
ness to the faculty of discrimination.
NO. 7: GENERAL CHARACTER AND DESTINY AS INDICATED BY THE OTHER PLANETS,
TOGETHER WITH THEIR SIGNS, ASPECTS AND HOUSES:
Jupiter sextile Uranus is delineated on page 301, as follows: "It gives
a broad, humane disposition and a tendency to delve into the occult arts and
sciences. It gives a promise of prosperity in life. The person is honest
and sincere, and likely to benefit from influential friends. This position
gives executive ability and success in connection with institutions of
learning."
Jupiter is dignified in Sagittarius and placed in the 11th house, thereby
indicating many friends. Uranus in the first house gives an original, in-
ventive, and altruistic personality, although the influence of this planet
is weak end on account of its being retrograde. These two planets reinforce
each other in their respective fields. We have Saturn in opposition to Ju-
piter, however, which tends to offset somewhat the good effects of Uranus.
We find Saturn opposition Jupiter delineated on page 299: "This gives a
different, vacillating mind, distrustful of others, and inclined to drift
with the tide." Saturn is the planet of contraction and therefore of crys-
tallization. Its opposition to Jupiter limits somewhat the benevolent, op-
timistic tendencies of the native, and tends to make him fearful of his fi-
nancial position and to fear failure unduly. Saturn is the stabilizer, but
in adverse aspects it over does the matter and makes the person too cautious
and too fearful. These characteristics will be more or less in evidence in
this horoscope. The result will be that Saturn will limit the friendships
which are conferred by Jupiter in the 11th house, and prevent them from be-
ing as satisfactory and profitable as they otherwise might be.
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Saturn in the 5th house in Gemini stabilizes the mind, since Gemini is an
intellectual sign. But Saturn's contractive influence shows up the affairs
of this house, namely, those having to do with education, publication,
speculation, and children. The native will be too fearful about all these
matters, and therefore will not go ahead and fully succeed, although he has
the analytical ability of the methodical Saturn to do so.
The trine of Uranus to Saturn helps the matter out very materially and
prevents the opposition of Saturn to Jupiter from becoming very serious. It
brings the intuition and inventiveness of Uranus to bear on the affairs of
the 5th house, and tends to counteract the crystallizing, overcautious ten-
dencies of Saturn. For further discussion on this point see Lesson 19C.
These three aspects, namely, Jupiter sextile Uranus, Jupiter opposition
Saturn, and Saturn trine Uranus are among the strongest in the chart, and
are quite largely the key to the chart. The success of failure of the life
will hinge upon them.
Venus is placed in the heart sign of Leo in the 8th house. Venus is the
planet of love, attraction, social affairs, and art. The fire of Leo will
emphasize these matters considerably, but the square of Saturn will hold
them in check. Saturn square Venus is delineated on page 187, as follows:
"This aspect makes the native underhanded and scheming to gratify his pas-
sions, often in an unusual manner. The person is usually a demon of jeal-
ousy, who makes life a burden for the marriage partner on account of his
suspicious nature. People with this affliction are also exceedingly avari-
cious. They have poor business judgment, and are therefore liable to losses
and failure." This aspect tends to prevent the native from getting very
much satisfaction from his social relations.
NO. 8: HEALTH:
The health is largely ruled by the Sun, Moon, Ascendant, and the 6th
house. The Sun in Leo gives a great deal of vitality, and the Moon, which
governs the reproductive and assimilative functions, being sextile to Mars,
the planet of energy, gives a strong constitution. Sagittarius rising lacks
somewhat in recuperative power, but still is wiry and flexible. The 6th
house, governing health and sickness, has not planets in it. It is ruled by
Mercury, the ruler of Gemini, the sign on its cusp. Mercury is square to
both Jupiter and Saturn; therefore we may conclude that the native will be
of a nervous temperament, and will be likely to have more or less ill health
through on by worry induced by these two aspects. The nature of ill health
is likely to be mental, although this in time might communicate itself to
the physical organism if it is not checked. The native can break up this
tendency, however, by realizing his proneness to excessive worry, and if he
does this, ill health can be largely avoided.
NO. 9: HOUSE AFFAIRS:
The 1st, 5th, 6th, and 11th houses have been previously considered. The
7th house, ruling partnership, marriage, and one's relations with the public
is occupied by the Moon and Neptune. Both these planets are intercepted in
the sign of Cancer. This means that their influence is latent and will into
be brought out actively in the life until by progression they have moved out
of the interception. (This occurs at about the age of two years). The Moon
is strong by being dignified in Cancer, and Neptune is exalted in Cancer.
The Moon is also sextile to the planet of energy, Mars. Therefore, the af-
fairs of the 7th house are likely to be very successful, and the success
will be due quite largely to the inspiration of the native, which enables
him to do the right thing at the right time. In the dealing of the native
with the public he is likely to come into contact with women, signified by
the Moon, to a greater extend than with men. His relations with the public
might be in connection with some phase of occultism or mysticism, signified
by Neptune. The marriage partner will be of the dreamy, inspirational type.
The partnerships which the native forms will have a good chance of success.
The 8th house is occupied by four planets, namely, the Sun, Venus, Mer-
cury, and Mars. The 8th house rules the money which one obtains by inherit-
ance. It also rules regeneration, and when strongly occupied as in the
present case, the thoughts of the native are likely to turn toward regen-
eration. He is therefore likely to get away from the materialistic life and
make considerable progress in evolution toward the higher ideals. The plan-
ets in this house, however, are weak, and therefore results will not be as
great as would otherwise be possible. As stated above, the Sun is
unaspected, Venus has a square of Saturn, and Mercury has a square of Saturn
and of Jupiter. The last named aspect is likely to bring litigation in con-
nection with legacies and prevent the native from realizing much from them.
Mars has about half of its influence in the 8th house and the other half in
the 9th, since it lacks only two and one-half degrees of being on the cusp
of the 9th house. The orb of a house, extending backward, is five degrees,
and Mars is practically in the center of this area. It will therefore im-
part energy to the affairs of both the 8th and 9th houses.
In the latter house it will tend to make the native active in matters
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having to do with law, philosophy, or religion, also long journeys. The
sextile of Mars to the Moon will bring the creative imagination to bear on
these affairs and help to make them successful. When we have a planet in a
house, that planet is the principal determining factor with respect to the
affairs of that house, and in such a case the nominal ruler of the house is
secondary and given much less consideration. In the case of the 9th house
Mercury is the nominal ruler since it is the ruler of Virgo, but the well
aspected Mars, having half of its influence in this house, will be the
dominating factor.
The 10th house, governing the profession and one's standing in the com-
munity, is ruled by Venus, the ruler of Libra on the cusp. Venus, as noted
above, has a square of Saturn, and therefore the native will be considerably
hampered in his vocational work by the jealousy and mistrust of Saturn. He
will defeat his own best interests by his suspicion and selfishness. His
professional work is likely to be of an artistic character, indicated by Li-
bra; it might be architectural drafting or work of a similar nature.
The 12th house, that of ripe destiny, is ruled by Jupiter, the ruler of
Sagittarius on the cusp. Jupiter's aspect, previously considered, are both
favorable and adverse. Therefore the destiny which is to be precepitated in
the present life of the native will vary in character. Some will be advan-
tageous and profitable, and some may involve him in confinement and sorrow.
The finances obtained by the efforts of the native are indicated by the
2nd house, ruled by Uranus and Saturn, the co-rulers of Aquarius. The as-
pects of these two planets have been previously analyzed. On the whole the
finances are likely not to be very satisfactory. They will flunctuate more
or less on account of the tendency of Uranus to sudden action. Also the
fearfulness of the native will prevent him from being as successful as he
otherwise might be.
The 3rd house, ruling the lower mind, brothers and sisters, and short
journeys, is ruled by Jupiter. Therefore its affairs are likely to fluctu-
ate in accordance with the aspects of Jupiter previously discussed. The na-
tive will profit however, through his brothers and sisters.
The 4th house, governing the home, old age, and the mother, is ruled by
Mars, the ruler of Aries on the cusp of this house. Mars is well aspected
by the Moon; therefore the affairs of this house will have considerable en-
ergy devoted to them, and the creative imagination will help to make them a
success. The mother will be of much help and inspiration to the native.
The 6th house, in addition to having an influence on health and sickness,
rules service, that is, the work which one performs in the world for remu-
neration. It also rules one's relations with employees. This house has
Gemini, a literary sign, on its cusp, indicating a liking for literary work.
Mercury as rules of this house, square to Jupiter and Saturn, indicates
little success along this line, however, and also trouble and worry in deal-
ing with subordinates.
NO. 10: PARALLELS:
The parallels have principally to do with health and sickness. Space
does not permit us to consider them here. The student may look in "The Mes-
sage of the Stars" for the meaning of the various parallels indicated in the
index given in Lesson 19A.
NO. 11: SUMMARY:
We have now to balance or synthesize the various elements noted above so
as to arrive at a net or composite judgment regarding the character and des-
tiny of the native. In general, this horoscope has the usual proportion of
good and bad conditions in it, and therefore it will give the native a great
deal of interesting and valuable experience and enable him to make real
progress in evolution. When a horoscope is composed entirely of benefic as-
pects, the life is likely to be too easy. The native acquires what he wants
with very little effort, and therefore is likely to be a lack of incentive
to action. Obstacles bring out the power of the spirit, and in overcoming
them progress in evolution is made.
This native has the optimism and vision of Jupiter, the intuition and in-
ventiveness of Uranus, and the energy of Mars to support him in all his un-
dertakings. Saturn's efforts in his behalf are divided: part of the time
Saturn will be constructive, but at other times he will be too contractive,
fearful, and selfish. The bad aspects of Mercury are likely to make the na-
tive somewhat narrow-minded and pessimistic. Jupiter and Uranus, however,
will help to overcome these tendencies. The image-making power of the Moon
and the inspiration of Neptune will powerfully support the native in all his
enterprises.
This lesson will be followed by Lesson 19C, which will be devoted to an
analysis of aspects by the use of keywords. In the present delineation we
have given the net results, but we have not gone into detail as to how we
arrived at them. This is where the student has the greatest difficulty.
Therefore, the next lesson has been designed to give him a method of
analysis, step by step, so that he may form his own conclusions in regard to
the nature and effects of an square and become able to delineate
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independently. This is very necessary in order to make him self-reliant in
his delineations and bring him to the point where he can use his power of
analysis to ascertain the message which any horoscope has to give.
For more detailed information in regard to the effects of the planets of
this horoscope in their signs and houses together with their aspects see
"The Message of the Stars"..
WORK FOR THE STUDENT:
In the horoscope for September 15, 1912, which you aspected and indexed
in lesson 19A, give a complete delineation of the personality, which depends
upon the following factors:
Leo on the Ascendant.
The well aspected sun as life ruler.
The moon in Scorpio.
The moon sextile the sun.
Consult the MESSAGE OF THE STARS, if you have it, also preceding lessons
Nos. 10 to 19, for general information on these four factors. Then do some
original thinking in order to synthesize or blend the information thus ob-
tained so as to get the net result. Send this delineation to us; we will
criticize it as to its correctness, and return it to you together with Les-
son 19C.
ASTROLOGY LESSON NO. 19C:
READING ASPECTS BY THE USE OF KEYWORDS:
On page 407 of the "Message of the Stars" a table of planetary keywords
is given for the various planets, both in favorable and adverse aspect.
These keywords represent the boiled-down essence of the planets. On page
405 the following passage occurs in regard to the use of keywords in connec-
tion with the delineation of a horoscope: "When the student has mastered
the meaning of the positions and aspects of the various planets, he may with
the greatest of ease give a good delineation of the effect of each aspect by
combining the keywords in the table and ELABORATING UPON THEM."
This lesson will be devoted to carrying out this idea. It will include a
complete set of keywords for all the planets, signs, and houses. It will
also work out two aspects by the use of keywords, namely, Uranus sextile Ju-
piter and Saturn opposition Jupiter, showing how one may arrive indepen-
dently at the net results which were obtained in Lesson 19B.
Before we proceed, however, let us get a few fundamental conceptions in
regard to what a horoscope shows. Astrology is the Clock of Destiny, but
the horoscope does not create anything for us. The planets merely galvanize
into action the tendencies which we have within us. They impel in a certain
direction, but they do not compel. The human will is superior to astro-
logical influence. The will cannot be gauged in advance; therefore we can
never be certain that the astrological influences will work out entirely
according to rules, because we cannot tell to what extend the will of the
individual may interfere with them.
The rank and file of humanity, however, may be relied upon to respond
quite closely to astrological influence. In the main only those who have
begun to consciously direct their evolution are able to set it aside and
thus rule their stars. The student of astrology by his very study of the
subject and the endeavor to apply his knowledge is beginning to direct his
evolution, and therefore is becoming able to rule his stars. If astrology
is made the subject of fatalism, that is, a belief in a fixed fate, it be-
comes a curse rather than a blessing. THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY OUT OF THE CON-
DITIONS BROUGHT ABOUT BY ANY ASPECT; THEREFORE WE NEED NOT REGARD OUR FATE
AS FIXED AT ALL. Moreover, astrology is a science of probabilities; any
square is susceptible of several interpretations. Therefore it behooves us
not to make any hard and fast, ironclad delineations of the horoscope, for
it we do we are very likely some time to be mortified by their failure to
materialize. Astrology is exceedingly valuable as an index to character,
and since character is destiny, the horoscope gives us a general index of
our destiny; but in general it has many possibilities of interpretation.
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APPLICATION OF KEYWORDS:
Every planet, every sign, and every house has certain characteristics and
a certain field of action which may be expressed by keywords. Farther on is
given a table of keywords. You will notice that there are three sets for
the planets and three for the signs. The first set gives the basic nature
and field of action. The second gives the positive variations or qualities
which result from right use of the planetary vibrations. The third gives
the negative variations or qualities which result from misuse or excess.
The basic keywords apply in all cases no matter whether the square is
benefic or adverse. The positive qualities are brought into action by the
benefic aspects, that is, the sextile and trine and the benefic conjunctions
noted in the table in Lesson 19A. The negative qualities are brought out by
the adverse aspects, namely, the square and opposition and the adverse con-
junctions in the table.
The Table of Keywords gives only the more important characteristics of
the planets, signs, and houses. As you progress in your study of the sub-
ject, you will continually add new keywords and qualities to this list.
There are also keywords for the aspect itself, that is, for the sextile,
square, etc. The keyword of an aspect is usually a verb indicating action.
You will learn the keywords of the aspects when we come to delineate a por-
tion of this horoscope.
TABLE OF KEYWORDS:
SIGNS:
ARIES:
BASIC KEYWORDS:--Self-esteem, initiative, pioneering.
POSITIVE QUALITIES:--Courage, enterprise.
NEGATIVE QUALITIES:--Self-will, temper.
TAURUS:
BASIC:--Determination, harmony, earthiness.
POSITIVE:--Endurance, thoroughness.
NEGATIVE:--Argumentativeness, obstinancy.
GEMINI:
BASIC:--Intellectuality, literary ability.
POSITIVE:--Versatility.
NEGATIVE:--Changeability, superficiality.
CANCER:
BASIC:--Love of home.
POSITIVE:--Sympathy, tenacity.
NEGATIVE:---Clannishness, timidity.
LEO:
BASIC:--Vitality, affection
POSITIVE:--Nobility, loyalty, leadership.
NEGATIVE:--Arrogance, cruelty, vanity.
VIRGO:
BASIC:--Service, mental qualities.
POSITIVE:--Purity, discrimination, hygienics.
NEGATIVE:--Criticism, introspection.
LIBRA:
BASIC:--Capacity for partnership, art.
POSITIVE:--Balance, justice.
NEGATIVE:--Indecision, lack of poise.
SCORPIO:
BASIC:--Sex, healing, secret forces of nature, military affairs.
POSITIVE:--Regeneration, courage.
NEGATIVE:--Discord, passion.
SAGITTARIUS:
BASIC:--Aspiration, philosophy, religion.
POSITIVE:--Idealism, philanthrophy.
NEGATIVE:--Dogmatism, bigotry.
CAPRICORN:
BASIC:--Position, honors, ambition.
POSITIVE:--Authority, organization, justice.
NEGATIVE:--Pride, suspicion, pessimism.
AQUARIUS:
BASIC:--Humanitarianism, universal friendship, scientific methods.
POSITIVE:--Cooperation, diplomacy, progressiveness.
NEGATIVE:--Impracticableness.
PISCES:
BASIC:--Unity, ripe destiny, sensitiveness to the superphysical.
POSITIVE:--Compassion, inspiration, mysticism.
NEGATIVE:--Dreaminess, psychism, sorrow.
PLANETS:
SUN:
BASIC KEYWORDS:--Individuality, life, ambitions, those in authority, men.
POSITIVE QUALITIES:--Generosity, dignity.
NEGATIVE QUALITIES:--Laziness, despotism.
MOON:
BASIC:--Personality, imagination, fecundation, change, the public, women.
POSITIVE:--Magnetism.
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NEGATIVE:--Dreaminess, visionariness, vacillation.
MERCURY:
BASIC:--Reason, speaking, writing.
POSITIVE:--Quick-wittedness, dexteriety.
NEGATIVE:--Restlessness, demagogy, dishonesty.
VENUS:
BASIC:--Attraction, love, social activities, beauty.
POSITIVE:--Artistic ability, harmony.
NEGATIVE:--Laziness, sensuality.
MARS:
BASIC:--Dyanamic energy.
POSITIVE:--Constructiveness, enterprise.
NEGATIVE:--Destructivenss, temper, friction.
JUPITER:
BASIC:--Expansion, ideation, optimism, law.
POSITIVE:--Benevolence, vision, success, popularity.
NEGATIVE:--Extravagance, indolence, over-confidence.
SATURN:
BASIC:--Contraction, persistence, caution, system.
POSITIVE:--Faithfulness, analysis, discipline, tact.
NEGATIVE:--Crystallization, obstruction, avarice, fearfulness, limitation.
URANUS:
BASIC:--Altruism, intuition, originality, sudden action.
POSITIVE:--Inventiveness, independence.
NEGATIVE:--Eccentricity, irresponsibility.
NEPTUNE:
BASIC:--Superphysical entities, divinity, occultism.
POSITIVE:--Inspiration, spirituality.
NEGATIVE:--Delusions, fraud, mediumship.
HOUSES:
1st--Early environment, personality, physical body.
2nd--Finance.
3rd--Lower mind, short journeys, brothers and sisters, speaking and writing.
4th--The home, the mother, old age, lands and mines.,
5th--Pleasure, education, children, publications.
6th--Service, health and sickness.
7th--Partnership, marriage, the public, the fine arts.
8th--Inheritance, cause of death, regeneration.
9th--Higher mind, religion, law, long journeys.
10th--Profession, social standing, the father.
11th--Friends.
12th--Ripe destiny, mysticism, institutions for unfortunates.
GENERAL NOTES:
Planets represent the driving forces of the horoscope.
Signs represent the static forces, which color and modify the influence
of the planets.
Planets in signs indicate the character and inner capacities.
Planets in houses given the circumstantial details of the life.
READING BY KEYWORDS:
In Lesson 19A we worked out the aspects and other elements for a horo-
scope erected for New York City, Sept. 15, 1912, 2:00 a.m. In Lesson 19B
this horoscope was delineated by reference to the "Message of the Stars."
We will not take two aspects in the chart of Lesson 12 (Aug. 10, 1912, 4:00
p.m.) and analyze them in detail by the use of keywords.
NO. 1--URANUS SEXTILE JUPITER:
The sextile is a harmonious aspect and indicates that good judgment is
used in all the matters ruled by these two planets so far as it may not be
offset by other aspects of an adverse character. Therefore we use in addi-
tion to the basic keywords the positive set of qualities for both Uranus and
Jupiter and also for the two signs in which they are located, namely, square
and Aquarius. We will not consult the Table of Keywords above. From it we
note the following keywords and qualities:
JUPITER:
BASIC KEYWORDS:--Expansion, ideation, optimism, law.
POSITIVE QUALITIES:--Benevolence, vision, success, popularity
SAGITTARIUS:
BASIC KEYWORDS:--Aspiration, philosophy, religion.
POSITIVE QUALITIES:--Idealism, philanthropy.
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We now have to to combine the keywords and qualities of Jupiter with
those of Sagittarius to find some of the characteristics and activities
given thereby. In doing this it is necessary to exercise some ingenuity to
select and blend into a key sentence the keywords that will produce a rea-
sonable and probable result. Upon examination we conclude as follows: The
POSITIVE Jupiter in Sagittarius gives vision (Jupiter) that may be exer-
cised along the lines of religion (Sagittarius), or philosophy (Sag-
ittarius),with success (Jupiter) therein. Also there may be aspiration
(Sagittarius) for the law (Jupiter) and a high idealism (Sagittarius) in its
practice.
We will next apply the above method to Uranus in Aquarius. From the
Table of Keywords we obtain the following:
URANUS:
BASIC KEYWORDS--Altruism, intuition, originality, sudden action.
POSITIVE QUALITIES--Cooperation, diplomacy, progressiveness.
Selecting and blending keywords from this list that seem to fit together
we conclude that the POSITIVE Uranus in Aquarius gives original
(Uranus) methods of developing and carrying out humanitarian (Aquarius)
projects and obtaining the cooperation (Aquarius) of others in these
projects. The altruism (Uranus) and progressiveness (Aquarius) of the
native lead him to develop along the lines of universal friendship
(Aquarius), that is, to make all humanity his friends.
Next we combine the keywords of Uranus and Jupiter to ascertain the kind
of character and activities given by this aspect. We conclude as a result
that this person is of the altruistic (Uranus), inventive (Uranus)
type, and that the corresponding qualities will be exerted along benevolent
(Jupiter) lines and the maintenance of law (Jupiter), with general
success (Jupiter) resulting.
We will now look at the keywords for the houses containing these two
planets. The keywords for the 1st house as found in the table are: early
environment, personality, and the physical body. The keyword for the 11th
house is "friends." Combining the keywords of the POSITIVE Jupiter with
those of the 11th house, we find that this position gives vision
(Jupiter) in selecting friends (11th) and success (Jupiter) in friendships
(11th). Combining the keywords of the POSITIVE Uranus with those of the 1st
house, we conclude that the native has a very original (Uranus), altruistic
(Uranus) personality (1st), and is likely at times to be quite un-
conventional (Uranus). Sudden action (Uranus) is also shown due to the
restlessness of Uranus.
When two planets are tied together in an aspect, it results in a mutual
action and reaction between the affairs of the two houses containing them.
In this case there will be such an action and reaction between the 1st and
11th houses. Briefly, the action of the 1st house affairs upon those of the
11th will be as follows: The original (Uranus) progressive (Aquarius)
personality (1st) of the native will make (sextile) for him friends (11th)
of an optimistic (Jupiter) idealistic (Sagittarius) type. Note that se-
ven keywords are used, namely, one for each of the two planets, the two
signs, and the two houses, also one for the sextile, which is a verb de-
noting ACTION. This is called the "sevenfold combination of keywords." The
reaction of the 11th house affairs upon those of the first is as follows:
The benevolent (Jupiter) philosophical (Sagittarius) friends (11th) of the
native will help (sextile) him in his original (Uranus) humanitarian
(Aquarius) projects, and the direct effect upon him will be an improvement
in his personality (1st) due to the help he has given to others.
(It should be noted here that since Jupiter is in 5:38 of Sagittarius, it
is only 4:22 from the cusp of the 12th house. Since the orb of a house is 5
degrees, extending backwards, it will be seen that a small percentage of
Jupiter's influence, roughly 10%, will be exerted in the 12th house. We
will not investigate this, however.)
This finishes the itemized delineation of the aspect. It is not a com-
plete delineation, however. Many other deductions could be made, but it
goes far enough to illustrate the method and give the student an idea of the
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principles involved. It yet remains to summarize all the above items into a
concise paragraph, using nontechnical language, leaving out all astrological
terms, and avoiding repetition of the same thought. We will leave this to
the student to do as an exercise in synthesis. Please send this to us at
the same time that you send the delineation asked for at the end of this
lesson.
NO. 2.--SATURN OPPOSITION JUPITER:
The opposition is usually a somewhat inharmonious aspect; therefore in
delineating it we will use the basic keywords but combine them with the
negative qualities instead of the positive. This applies both to Saturn and
Jupiter and the signs which they occupy. The basic keywords of Jupiter are:
expansion, ideation, optimism and law. The negative qualities are:
over-confidence, extravagance, and indolence. The basic keywords of Sagit-
tarius are: aspiration, philosophy, religion; the negative qualities are:
dogmatism, bigotry. Selecting the keywords which will naturally blend, we
arrive at the conclusion that the NEGATIVE Jupiter in Sagittarius gives the
native a tendency to over-confidence (Jupiter) and thus to expand
(Jupiter) too rapidly in matters connected with philosophy or religion
(Sagittarius). He is also extravagant (Jupiter) and dogmatic (Sagittarius),
and pursues his studies in the above subjects in an indolent (Jupiter)
manner.
Following this same method to determine the NEGATIVE nature of Saturn in
Gemini, we blend the basic keywords which we find in the table with the
negative qualities. As a result we conclude that this person will be per-
sistent (Saturn) in literary (Gemini) pursuits; but his contracted (Saturn)
mental (Gemini) condition will make his literary (Gemini) product su-
perficial (Gemini), and limit (Saturn) his success in this field.
Proceeding similarly with the negative aspect of Saturn opposition Jupi-
ter, using the basic keywords and the negative qualities in the table, we
deduce the fact that this aspect limits (Saturn) the benevolent
(Jupiter) tendencies of the native, obstructs (Saturn) his vision (Jupiter),
and in general handicaps (Saturn) him in his work; also the indolence
(Jupiter) of the native subtracts from his persistence.
Next we examine the negative effect of these two planets in their respec-
tive houses. Combining the basic keywords and negative qualities of Jupiter
with the keywords of the 11th house, we conclude that some of the friends
(11th) who will be attracted under this aspect will be of the extravagant
(Jupiter), indolent (Jupiter) type. Combining the basic keywords and ne-
gative qualities of Saturn with the keywords of the 5th house, we see that
the native will be limited (Saturn) in matters connected with pleasure
and children (5th), and he will meet obstructions (Saturn) in activities
connected with education and publications (5th).
The action of the 11th house affairs upon those of the 5th will be as
follows: The extravagant (Jupiter), bigoted (Sagittarius) friends (11th)
which the native naturally attracts to himself, so far as this aspect is not
neutralized by others, will interfere (opposition) with his success in pub-
lishing (5th) his literary (Gemini) works by causing him to lose his na-
tive caution (Saturn) and become careless. The reaction of the 5th house
affairs upon those of the 11th is as follows: The avarice (Saturn) of
the native in intellectual (Gemini) pursuits connected with educational
(5th) projects will cause (opposition) the loss of prosperous (Jupiter),
idealistic (Sagittarius) friends (11th). Note that sevenfold combination of
keywords is used in both cases in this paragraph.
This delineation of Saturn opposition Jupiter is very elementary in char-
acter; many other conclusions could be formed regarding this aspect. The
delineation should be summarized in the same manner that was used in sum-
marizing Jupiter sextile Uranus. Please send us this summary along with the
preceding one.
It will be noted that the two aspects delineated above are quite contrary
in character. This is where the judgment of the astrologer must come in to
determine which one will dominate and how much of the influence of each will
be felt. In order to determine this we look to ascertain the relative
strength of Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus. Jupiter is strong because he is
dignified in Sagittarius and because he is the ruler of the horoscope. Also
Jupiter is above the horizon, while Saturn is below it. Planets above the
horizon have greater freedom of action than those below and are not so
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hampered by fate. Therefore we may conclude that Jupiter is stronger than
Saturn, and therefore will quite largely be able to overcome the limiting,
contracting influence of Saturn. Another factor in the situation is that
both Saturn and Jupiter are supported by Uranus, the former by a sextile and
the alter by a trine. Uranus is strong by being dignified in Aquarius and
located in the 1st house. Therefore the intuition of Uranus will be used by
the native to overcome the restricting saturnine influence.
Hence we may conclude that Jupiter, supported by Uranus, will dominate
the situation quite largely and hold the obstructing, limiting qualities of
Saturn in check, forcing Saturn to bring forth many of his positive
qualities instead of the negative. The native will nevertheless at times
yield to the saturnine inclinations and thereby obstruct his own best inter-
ests and get into a pessimistic frame of mind as a result. But this will be
only temporary; the expansive optimism of Jupiter will always win out in the
end, and good will prevail over evil.
When we have two aspects of an opposite nature, as in the present case,
it does not mean that one will neutralize the other. The two will appear
alternately from time to time in the disposition of the native. The effects
in the outer world, however, signified by the houses, may be quite largely
neutralized; that is, the benefic aspect may dominate the adverse one to
such an extent that the latter will not produce marked detrimental effects.
But the two phases of the character will persist and manifest alternately
until the lower is mastered.
The above reading of a positive and a negative aspect has been done in
such a manner as to afford the student a key to the whole matter of delinea-
tion. It is only necessary to apply the above method to all the other as-
pects, using the keywords which apply in each case and combining them to ar-
rive at conclusions. If the student can do it once, he can do it any number
of times. After he has mastered the principles involved in reading and bal-
ancing a pair of conflicting aspects, he is quite capable of reading an en-
tire chart, because it is largely a repetition of the same process. At the
end all the departments of the horoscope must be similarly balanced so as to
determine how any department may modify the influence of the others and thus
affect the net result.
WORK FOR THE STUDENT:
To see that you have mastered to some degree the principles set forth
above, will you please delineate by the use of keywords the following as-
pect, which occurs in our chart:
Mars in Virgo in the 8th house, sextile to the Moon in Cancer in the 7th
house.
ASTROLOGY LESSON NO. 20:
THE MEASURE OF AMENABILITY TO PLANETARY VIBRATIONS:
PART I:
When judging a horoscope it is of prime importance that we take into con-
sideration the social and racial standing of the individual, for configura-
tions which are of great significance in the horoscope of an educated Cauca-
sian may mean little or nothing in the figure of a Chinese coolie, and vice
versa. Neglect of this factor would inevitably lead to false conclusions,
as we shall now explain.
It is a mystic maxim that the lower in the scale of evolution a being is
placed, the more certainly he responds to the planetary rays, and conversely
the higher we ascend in the scale of attainment the more man conquers and
rules his stars, freeing himself from the leading strings of the Divine Hi-
erarchies. This yoke, however, was not placed upon man in order to restrain
him needlessly, but just as we in our ordinary life restrain a child from
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doing things in its ignorance which would hurt it and perhaps cripple it for
life, so also are we restrained by the Divine Hierarchies through the plan-
etary aspects in such a manner that we do not hurt ourselves beyond recovery
in the experiences of life.
But coupled with this guidance there is of course a measure of free will,
which grows as we evolve. The child in our midst has really very little
free will; it is subject no only to its parents but to the servants, if such
there be in the household, and to everybody with whom it is associated; all
exercise control over it for its own good. As the child grows, this measure
of restraint is by degrees relaxed; in the course of years the child will
learn to exercise its free will.
This method has been followed by the Divine Hierarchies in the case of
man. Infant humanity was absolutely guided by divine rules without having
any will at all. "Thus shalt thou do, or not do," were injunctions laid
upon them which must be implicitly obeyed, otherwise the divine displeasure
was at once shown by such strenuous manifestations as appealed to infant
humanity's mind, namely, lightning, thunder, earthquakes, and visitation of
great plagues. This was for their collective guidance. For individual re-
straint there were strict laws, commandments, and ordinances. Tribute must
be paid continually to the Divine Leader and offered upon the altar as sac-
rifices; for every offense against the law a certain sacrifice of material
goods must be made. FEAR was the dominant keynote of that dispensation, for
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom."
This regime was carried on under the planetary influences of MARS and the
MOON. Mars, being the home of the dominant Lucifer spirits, gave to mankind
th energy necessary that evolution might be accomplished. This Martian en-
ergy was of the very greatest importance, particularly, of course, in the
earlier stages. The Moon, which is the home of the angels under their di-
vine leader, Jehovah, gave to infant humanity the childlike brain mind which
is amenable to rulership, and bends itself readily before authority.
These rays with those of Saturn were the only planetary rays which
affected mankind as a whole during the Lemurian Epoch. If a horoscope were
erected for any of the people who lived then, it would be unnecessary to en-
ter the other planets, because the people of that day could not have re-
sponded to their rays. Even today a great part of mankind has not evolved
very far beyond that point. A large class are dominated principally by
these planetary rays.
Under their impulses these people act with automatic certainty in a spe-
cific manner, and it is possible to predict exactly what they will do under
a certain aspect of these planets, because they live entirely in their emo-
tions and are scarcely, if at all, responsive to the intellectual vibrations
of Mercury. Neither can they appreciate such emotions as are signified by
Venus or its higher octave, Uranus; they respond solely to the lower nature,
the animal passions. They move under the impulses of Mars and the Moon re-
specting sex and sustenance. Their pleasures are of the lowest and most
sensual nature; they live like animals, altogether in the physical; their
creed is, "Eat, drink, and be merry." Their desires run chiefly to "wine
and woman," for they have not yet awakened to the charm of song. Neither
has beauty had a chance to enchant the savage heart at this stage of devel-
opment, for that comes from the Venus rays which are beyond such people.
Woman is to the man of this stage only a beast of burden and a convenience.
Meanwhile "Father Time," represented by the planet Saturn, keeps the
score and wields over them the whiplash of necessity to drive them forward
on the evolutionary path, meting out to each the fruits of his labor at the
harvest time between lives. When the man has cultivated the savage virtues
of bravery, physical endurance, and the like, he dreams in the postmortem
existence of new fields to conquer; he sees where he was lacking and why his
desires were frustrated because of lack of implements. Gradually the con-
structive Martian ray and the Saturn cunning fertilize the lunar brain which
he is building, so that in time he learns to make the crude implements nec-
essary for the attainment of his primitive ambitions. Even today we see the
same cunning traits of character, the same crude crafts displayed by the
lower races for the purpose of irrigating land, mining ores, or milling
grain as in the case of primitive man. All those earliest implements were
the result of the planetary rays of Saturn, Moon, and Mars, impinging on the
undeveloped brain of infant humanity.
A little further along the path of evolution, in the Atlantean Epoch, the
Lords of Venus and the Lords of Mercury came to the earth for the purpose of
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giving a further impulse to man's mental and emotional development. It was
the task of Venus to combat the lower emotions and raise the brutish animal
passion of Mars to the softer and more beautiful Venus love. She was to add
BEAUTY to STRENGTH, and to attain that ideal the Lords of Venus fostered the
plastic arts, painting and sculpture. These were not taught to the general
public at that time. The ideals which are to be developed in a race are al-
ways first taught to the most advanced ones in a mystery temple. At that
time Initiation included no spiritual instruction, but consisted of an
education in the liberal arts. Sculpture taught how the beautiful might be
incorporated in physical form; it called attention to the body, and ideal-
ized the softly curved lines. The result is now incorporated in our own
race body, for it should be thoroughly understood that in a mystery school
and ideal is not taught today simply to be forgotten tomorrow or the next
generation, but ideals are inculcated so that in time they may become part
of the very life, soul, and body of the race.
It may be objected that our art is degenerating compared with what is
shown in Hellenic arts, but this is positively not so. It is rather that we
have not yet attained to the highest ideal. In ancient Greece the mystery
temples occupied a much more prominent position than today; the beautiful
form was then idolized to the detriment of the mind, notwithstanding the
fact that Greece had a Plato and a Socrates.
The Lords of Mercury, who had charge of the development of mind at the
time when the Lords of Venus exercised their great influence on the emo-
tions, had not then been able to make a universally strong impression on
early humanity. We are well aware even today that it is wearisome to think
but it is easy to follow the emotions. At the present time the middle class
of the West is much further advanced than were the ancient Greeks, because
of the influence of these two planetary rays in our lives. Woman naturally
excels in the highly imaginative Venus faculty, because of her part in the
creative function, which faculty aids in molding the body of the race. On
that account her figure has the graceful curves which naturally express
beauty, while man has the worldly wise intellect fostered by the Lords of
Mercury, and is the exponent of reason, the creative agency of physical
progress in the world's work.
We always long for, admire, and aspire to what we lack. In days of sav-
agery when kicks and cuffs were her daily fare, woman longed for a caress
from her lord. The Venus ray gave her beauty and made her an adept in the
feminine arts, which have conquered the masculine heart, so that now man
plays the role of protector on the plea that woman is not mentally compe-
tent. Meanwhile he is becoming that which he admires in her: he is more
gentle and kind; Venus is conquering Mars. But the Mercury delusion of in-
tellectual superiority needs another influence to conquer it, and this,
woman is now attracting by her aspiration for it. As she mastered Martian
brutality by Venus beauty, so also will she free herself from Mercurial
bondage by Uranian intuition.
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LESSON NO. 21:
THE MEASURE OF AMENABILITY TO PLANETARY VIBRATIONS:
PART II:
To primitive man, driven by the whiplash of saturnine necessity when not
by the animal lust and passions of Mars and the Moon, the world looks
gloomy. Fear is the keynote of his existence--fear of animals, fear of
other men, fear of the nature forces, fear of everything around him. He
must ever be watchful and on the alert; vigilance is eternally the price of
safety. But when evolution makes him amenable to the influence of Venus and
Mercury, they soften his emotions and brighten the mentality. He begins to
feel love and reason as factors in life.
The Sun also begins to brighten his outlook upon life, and sunshine in
the nature of man during this phase of his evolution partially dispels the
cloud of Saturn. Thus, by degrees, as he evolves and becomes responsive to
the music of the spheres, one string after another of the celestial harp
strikes a kindred chord in the human soul and makes man amenable to its vi-
brations. Thus as a tuning fork which is struck awakens the music in other
tuning forks of even pitch within reasonable distance, so the planets in our
solar system have in evolutionary succession struck various chords that have
found an echo in the human heart.
But the strings on the celestial Lyre of Apollo are not all in harmony;
some are in actual discord. While man responds to certain cries, he must
necessarily remain at least partially unresponsive to others. In fact, be-
fore it is possible to respond perfectly to the rays of Venus it is neces-
sary for man to conquer Mars to a considerable degree and bring him under
control, so that certain undesirable martial traits in his nature are kept
in the background while others, which may be valuable, are retained. The
Venus love which is willing to give all for the loved ones cannot dwell side
by side in the heart with the Mars ray which demands all for self. There-
fore the savage must learn to conquer himself in a certain measure ere he
may become the more civilized family man of modern times.
Under the unrestrained rays of Mars and the Moon parents bring children
into the world and leave them to take care of themselves almost as animals
do, for they are products of animal passion. The females are bought and
sold as a horse or a cow, or else taken by force and carried away. Even as
late as the mediaeval Dark Ages, the knight often carried away his bride by
force of arms, practically in the same manner that the male animals battle
for possession of the female at mating time.
Thus we see that the first step toward civilization requires that a man
conquer one or more of the planets to a certain degree at least. Unbridled
passion such as is generated by the primitive Mars ray is no longer
permissable under the regime of modern civilization. Neither the tenant
that "might is right" any longer admissable, save in wars when we return to
barbarism. The Mars quality of physical prowess that at one time made it a
virtue to attack others and take away property, is not longer admired in the
individual. It is punished by various means according to the law, though it
is still effective as far as nations are concerned, who go to war under this
primitive impulse for territorial aggrandizement. However, as said, Mars
has been conquered to a great degree in civil and social life in order that
the Venus love might take the place of the Mars passion.
As previously noted, the children of primitive man were left to their own
resources as soon as they had been taught to defend themselves in physical
warfare. With the advent of Mercury another method is observable. The
battle of life nowadays is no longer fought which physical weapons alone.
Brain rather than brawn determines success. Therefore the period of educa-
tion has been lengthened as mankind has advanced. Education now mains prin-
cipally at mental accomplishments because of the Mercury rays which accom-
pany the Venus development of modern civilization. Man sees nature from a
more sunny side when he has learned to respond to the Sun, Venus, Mercury,
Mars, Moon and Saturn, even if only in a very slight measure.
But although the various stages of evolution have gradually brought man
under the dominance of a number of planetary rays, the development has been
one-sided, for it has aimed to foster interest solely in things in which he
has a proprietary right: HIS business, HIS house, HIS family, HIS cattle,
farm, etc., are all vitally important and must be taken care of. HIS pos-
sessions must be increased, if possible, no matter what happens to the pos-
sessions, family, etc., of anyone else; those are not his concern. But be-
fore he can reach a higher stage of evolution, it is necessary that this
desire to appropriate the earth and retain it for himself if possible, give
way to a desire to benefit his fellow men. In other words, egotism must
give way to altruism. Just as Saturn by wielding the whiplash of necessity
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over him in his primitive days brought him up to his present point of
civilization, so also Jupiter, the planet of benevolence, is destined to
raise him from the estate of man to that of superman, where he will come un-
der the Uranian ray with respect to his emotional nature, where passion gen-
erated by Mars will be replaced by compassion, and where the childlike con-
sciousness of lunar origin will be replaced by the cosmic consciousness of
the Neptunian ray.
Therefore the advent into our lives of the Jupiterian ray marks a very
distinct advance in human development. As taught in THE ROSICRUCIAN
COSMO-CONCEPTION, we are to advance from out present Earth Period into the
Jupiter Period, and therefore the Jupiterian ray marks that high stage of
altruism which will then by a prominent factor in our relations, with one
the other. It will be easily understood that before we can readily respond
to the rays of Jupiter, we must in a measure cultivate altruism and conquer
the Egotism that comes through the Mercurial reasoning power.
We have learned to conquer some of the phases of Mars and the Moon and we
may have also learned to conquer some of the lower phases of Mercury and Ve-
nus. The more we have overcome these the better we are able to respond to
the highest vibratory forces emanating from these planets. Yes, if we
strive earnestly we shall some day be able to overcome even the highest
stage of the Venus love, which love always attaches itself to an object
owned by us. We love our children because they are ours; we love our hus-
band or wife because he or she belongs to us; we take pride, Venusian pride,
in their moral characteristics, or Mercurial pride in their accomplishments.
But Christ set a higher standard: "Unless a man leave his father and
mother, he cannot be my disciple." The idea that we should neglect our fa-
ther or mother or that we must hate them in order to follow Him was far from
His mind, of course. But father and mother are only bodies; the soul that
inhabits the body of the father or mother is to be loved, not the mere
physical garment. Our love should be the same whether a person is old or
young, ugly or beautiful. We should look for beauty of the soul, for the
universal relationship of all ouls, and not mind so much the relationship of
the bodies. "Who is may mother and my brother?" asked Christ, and pointed
to His disciples, those who were at one with Him in His great work. They
were closer to Him that anyone else could be through mere physical relation-
ship. This attitude constitutes an upward step from the Venus love, which
places the emphasis on the physical garments of the loved ones and leaves
out of consideration the soul that is within.
The Jupiterian love on the other hand, takes cognizance only of the soul,
regardless of the body it wears. The Mercurial or reasoning phase of men-
tality is also changed by response to the altruistic Jupiter. Cold calcula-
tion is then out of the question. One who feels the expansive ray of Jupi-
ter is big-hearted where his emotions are concerned, also big-hearted where
the things of the world are concerned. "A jovial fellow" is an apt
expression to describe such a man. He is welcomed and loved by everyone he
meets, because he radiates not the common selfishness, but a desire to ben-
efit others that breed in us a feeling of trust, diametrically different
from the sense of distrust we indistinctively have when we come in contact
with a Saturn-Mercury man.
It is a matter of actual experience with astrologers endowed with
spiritual sight that every man's planetary rays produce certain colors in
his aura, in addition to the basic color which is the stamp of the race to
which he belongs. The man with the thin, sickly blue of a commingled Saturn
and Mercury is to be pitied rather than censured for the avarice and gloom
which are his constant attitude of mind. He sees everything in the world
through that auric mirror which he has created around himself; he feels that
the world is cold, hard, and selfish, and therefore that it is necessary for
him to be more selfish and more cold in order that he may protect himself.
On the other hand, when we see the divine blue ray of Jupiter tinted per-
haps with the refined gold of the Uranian nature, we realize how differently
such an exalted individual must view the world from the usual sordid way of
seeing and judging things. Even those who have the faintest Jupiterian
tinge are in a world filled with sunshine and blooming flowers everything in
nature is gay and glad. And by looking at the world through such an atmo-
sphere they call forth from other sources a similar response, as the tuning
fork previously mentioned generates a similar vibration in another of even
pitch.
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LESSON NO. 22:
THE MEASURE OF AMENABILITY TO PLANETARY VIBRATIONS:
PART III:
After what has been said it will not be difficult to understand that the
Uranian characteristics, in which love becomes compassion, give a wisdom
that is not dependent upon reasoning and a love that is not fixed upon one
object alone but includes all that lives and moves and has its being. These
are similar to the characteristics that are to be evolved by humanity during
the Venus Period when perfect love will have cast out all fear, when man
will have conquered all the lower phases of his nature, and when love will
be as pure as it is universally inclusive.
When these Uranian vibrations are felt by advancement in the higher life
through aspiration, there is great danger that we may disregard the restric-
tions of law in anticipation before we are really ready to govern ourselves
by the law of love divine: namely, that we may disregard the laws that are
in the world; that we may not render unto Ceasar that which is Ceasar's,
whether in obedience or coin; that we may not be careful to avoid the ap-
pearance of evil; that we may think that we have so far transcended the
stage of ordinary humanity that we can live as super-humans; that the pas-
sion of Mars has in our case been changed to Uranian compassion, which is
sexless. Under these misapprehensions many people who endeavor to tread the
path disregard the laws of marriage and enter into relationships as soulmate
or affinity. They feel the Uranian ray but cannot quite respond to its sub-
lime purity; therefore they experience a counterfiet Venusian sensation
which usually ends in adultery and sex perversion, so that instead of the
natural animal passion of Mars having been transmuted to the compassion of
Uranus, it has a matter of fact degenerated into something that is far worse
than the fullest sex expression of the Martian ray performed in a frank and
proper manner.
This is a danger that cannot be too strictly guarded against, and it
behooves everyone who endeavors to live the higher life not to aspire to the
Uranian ray until he first becomes thoroughly imbued with the altruistic vi-
brations of Jupiter; for more misery is brought into the world by those who
have aspired too high and fallen low than by those who are not sufficiently
aspiring. That pride goes before a fall is an ancient and very true prov-
erb, which it behooves everyone of us to take to heart.
The Christ took part in the marriage at Cana. Marriage is a regular
Christian institution and must exist until abolished in the kingdom to come
the bodies we will have then will not wear out and therefore there will be
no need of marriage to generate new ones. Let it also be understood that
the minister who marries people cannot really mate them. The finding of the
true mate should be done before the marriage ceremony is performed and not
after.
As we have seen, Mars, Venus, and Uranus mark three stages in the emo-
tional development of man. During the stage where he is only amenable to
Mars, animal passion rules supreme, and he seeks unrestricted gratification
of all his lower desires in the intercourse with his fellow men but par-
ticularly with the opposite sex. During the stage where he becomes amenable
to the rays of Venus, love softens the brutality of his desires, and the
animal passions are somewhat held in leash. He is even, under the higher
phases of this planet, ready to sacrifice himself and his desires for the
benefit and comfort of the loved ones. When he has evolved to the point
where he can feel the ray of Uranus, the passion of Mars gradually turns to
compassion; then the love of Venus, which is only for one particular person,
becomes all-inclusive so that it embraces all humankind regardless of sex,
or any other distinction, for it is the divine love of soul for soul which
is above all material considerations of whatever nature.
The mentality also evolves through three stages according to the amena-
bility of the person to the vibrations of the Moon, Mercury, and Neptune.
While man is only amenable to the Lunar influence, he is childlike and eas-
ily guided by the higher powers which have led him through the various
stages mentioned in the previous lesson. Under the stellar ray of Mercury
he gradually develops his intellectual powers and becomes a reasoning being.
As such he is placed under the law of cause and effect and made responsible
for his actions, so that he may reap what he has sown, and learn thereby the
experiences which life has to teach him under the present regime.
Being inexperienced, he makes mistakes in whatever direction is indicated
by the afflictions to Mercury in his horoscope, and consequently he suffers
a corresponding penalty of sorrow and trouble. If he has not the mentality
to reason about the connection between his mistakes and the sad experiences
growing from them during his lifetime, the panorama of life which unfolds in
the post-mortem state makes this clear, and leaves with him an essence of
"right feeling" which we know as conscience.
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This conscience keeps him from repeating past mistakes, when the feeling
generated has become sufficiently strong to overbalance the tendency to
yield to the particular temptation which caused him suffering. Thus he
gradually develops a spiritual consciousness which is above and beyond human
reason, but which nevertheless is also connected with reason in such a man-
ner that he who has this cosmic consciousness knows the reason why such and
such a thing is and must be, and why he ought to perform a certain action.
This cosmic consciousness is developed under the ray of Neptune, and dif-
fers from the intuitional right feeling developed under the ray of Uranus in
the following very important particulars: The person who has developed the
Uranian quality of intuition arrives at the truth instantaneously without
the necessity of thinking the matter over or reasoning, but is unable to
give anything but the result; he cannot connect the various steps in logical
sequence whereby the final result was reached. The man or woman, however,
who develops the Neptunian faculty also has the answer to any question im-
mediately, and in addition is able to tell the reason why that answer is the
proper and right one.
The faculty of intuition built up from the Martian base of passion,
through the Venusian stage of love, and through the Uranian ray of compas-
sion depends upon the ability of the person involved TO FEEL VERY INTENSELY.
By love and devotion the heart is attuned to every other heart in the uni-
verse, and in this way it knows and feels all that may be known and felt by
other heart in the universe; thus it shares the divine omniscience that
binds our Father in Heaven to His children, and through the direct heart to
heart touch with that omniscience the person obtains the solution to what-
ever problem is placed before him.
The noblest men of all ages, Christian saints of the most transcendant
spirituality, have attained their wonderful development through the
spiritual rays of Uranus because of the intense feeling of oneness with the
Divine, and with all that lives and breaths in the universe.
But there are others who are not thus constituted, and they are not able
to walk this path. These through the Moon, Mercury, and NEGATIVE:-- have
developed their intellects and attained the same result PLUS THE NEPTUNIAN
POWER OF IDEATION.
This is a very important point, and it is only brought out in the Western
Wisdom Teaching, for while it was formerly taught that the spirit involves
itself in matter and thereby crystallizes itself into form which then
evolves, the Western Wisdom Teaching tells us that there is in addition a
third factor in universal advancement, namely, EPIGENESIS, the faculty
whereby the spirit may choose a course that is altogether new and indepen-
dent of what has gone before. We see the expression of this in all kingdoms
relative to form, but in the human kingdom epigenesis expresses itself as
genius, a creative instinct which makes man more akin to the Divine than any
other of his accomplishments. This is developed under the Neptunian ray
when that planet is well placed in the horoscope. There is of course also
such a thing as evil genius, a destructive faculty developed under an af-
flicted Neptune.
Only the most sensitive people in the world feel the rays of Uranus and
Neptune at the present time. To feel these vibrations the connection be-
tween the dense physical body and the vital body, which is made of ether,
must be rather loose, for when these two vehicles are firmly interlocked,
the person is always of a materialistic turn of mind and cannot respond to
the higher and more subtle vibrations from the spiritual world. But when
the rays from these two planets impinge upon a person whose vital body is
loosely connected with the physical, we have what is called a sensitive.
The direction and quality of this faculty depend upon the placement and the
aspects of the two planets mentioned. Those who are particularly under the
domination of an adverse aspect of the Uranian ray usually develop the more
undesirable phases of clairvoyance and mediumship. They easily become the
prey of entities from the invisible world who have no regard for their
victims' desire, even if in a weak manner they should protest.
Such mediums are generally used in simple trance communications, and in a
few cases known to the writer have lived very beautiful and happy lives be-
cause of their implicit belief in the spirits that dominated them. In these
cases the spirit controls were of a better class than usually met with. But
as this Uranian faculty is built up through Mars and Venus, passion is
prominent in such natures, and under the influences of obsessing spirits
many of these people are driven into gross immorality. Vampirism and kin-
dred disreputable practices are also engendered by a perverse use of the
uranian ray in mediums.
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LESSON NO. 23:
THE MEASURE OF AMENABILITY TO PLANETARY VIBRATIONS:
PART IV:
Neptune may be said to represent the invisible worlds in their more
positive aspects, and those who come under the adverse aspects of this
planet are, therefore, brought into touch with the most undesirable occu-
pants of the invisible worlds. Actual obsession whereby the owner of a body
is deprived of his vehicle takes place under the ray of Neptune, and no ma-
terializing seance could ever be held were it not for this stellar vibra-
tion. Magic, white or black, can never be put to practical use save under
and because of this Neptunian vibration. Apart from this ray it would re-
main theory, speculation, and book learning. Therefore the Initiates of ev-
ery Mystery School, spiritual seers who have full control of their clairvoy-
ant faculty, and astrologers are amenable in varying degrees to the ray of
Neptune. The BLACK MAGICIAN and the HYPNOTIST, who is a twin brother to the
former, are also dependent upon the power of this stellar ray for use in
their nefarious practices.
The highest human development at the present time, namely, the soul
unfoldment which is undertaken in the Mystery Temples through Initiation, is
directly the result of the Neptunian Ray. For just as evil configurations
with Neptune are particularly required to enable a man to unfold by Ini-
tiation all his soul powers and become a conscious agent in the invisible
world. Let us remember, however, that good or evil configurations are not
the result of chance or luck. The horoscope shows the tendencies of the
coming life; it shows what we have earned by our past living and therefore
what we are entitled to in the present life.
Moreover, it should always be kept in mind that THE STARS IMPEL BUT THEY
DO NOT COMPEL. Because a man or woman has an evil configuration with
Neptune or Uranus, it is not unavoidable that they should go into active,
evil mediumship or black magic and thereby make life harder for themselves
in the future. Their opportunity to do so and the temptation will come at
certain times when the heavenly time-markers point to the right hour on the
clock of destiny. Then is the time to stand firm for the good and for the
right. Being forewarned through a knowledge of astrology, one is also fore-
armed and may the easier overcome when such an aspect culminates.
Thus we have seen in the three continued articles on this subject that
man is amenable to the planetary rays in an increasing measure as he ad-
vances through evolution; but the more highly developed he becomes spiritu-
ally, the less he will allow the planets to dominate him, while the younger
soul is driven unresistingly along with the tide of life in whatever direc-
tion the planetary vibrations propel him. It is the mark of the advanced
soul that he keeps the true course regardless of planetary vibrations. Be-
tween these two extremes there are naturally all gradations. Some are ex-
cessively amenable to the rays of one planet, and the bark of life of such
men and women is driven upon the rocks of sorrow and suffering that they may
learn to evolve within themselves the will power that will finally free them
from all domination by the ruling stars. As Goethe, the great mystic, said:
"From every power that holds the world in chains.
Man frees himself when self-control he gains."
It may be asked: Have we run the gamut of vibrations when we have
learned to respond to all the seven planets which are mythically represented
as the seven strings of Apollo's sent as the seven strings on Apollo's Lyre?
In other words, is Neptune the highest vibration to which we shall ever re-
spond? The Western Wisdom Teachings tell us that there are two more planets
in the universe which will be known in future, ages, and that, these will
have an influence in developing qualities of so transcendant a nature that
we cannot now understand them. The number of Adam, man or humanity, is
nine, and there are nine rungs upon the stellar ladder by which he is as-
cending to God. Up to the present time he has climbed only five of these
rungs, namely, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, and even the vi-
brations of these he has not by any means learned. Uranus and Neptune are
slowly coming into our lives; they will not become active in the same manner
and to the same degree that, for instance, the moon and Mars are at the
present time, until many ages have passed. But even when we have learned to
respond to them, there are two more of which we shall know something later
on. It is the opinion of the writer that these two are probably not felt by
any except those who have graduated from the Greater Mystery School and the
Hierophants of that sublime institution.
In concluding this article, on the amenability of man to planetary vibra-
tions we quote from THE ROSICRUCIAN MYSTERIES a part of the article on
"Light, Color, and Consciousness".
"Truly, GOD IS ONE AND UNDIVIDED. He enfolds within His being all that
is, as the while light embraces all colors. But He appears threefold in
manifestation, as the white light is refracted in three primary colors,
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blue, yellow, and red. Wherever we see these colors they are emblematical
of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. These three primary rays of divine
life are diffused or radiated through the sun, and produce LIFE, CONSCIOUS-
NESS, AND FORM upon each of the seven light bearers, the planets, which are
called the "Seven Spirits before the Throne." Their names are Mercury, Ve-
nus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and unconscious. Body's law would indi-
cate that Neptune does not belong to our solar system, and the reader is re-
ferred to SIMPLIFIED SCIENTIFIC ASTROLOGY by the present writer for
mathematical demonstration of this contention.
"Each of the seven planets receives the light of the sun in a different
measure according to its proximity to the central orb and the constitution
of its atmosphere. The beings on each, according to their stage of develop-
ment, have affinity for some of the solar rays. They absorb the color or
colors congrous to them, and reflect the remainder upon the other planets.
These reflected rays bear with them an impulse of the nature of the beings
with whom they have been in contact.
"Thus the divine light and life come to each planet, either directly from
the sun or reflected from the six planets. As the summer breeze which has
been wafted over blooming fields carries upon its silent, invisible wings
the blended fragrance of a multitude of flowers, so also the subtle influ-
ences from the GARDEN OF GOD bring us to the mingled impulses of all the
Spirits, and in that vari-colored light we live and move and have our being.
"The rays which come directly from the sun are productive of spiritual
illumination; the reflected rays from other planets make for added con-
sciousness and moral development; and the rays reflected by way of the moon
give physical growth.
"But as each planet can absorb only a certain quantity of one of more
colors according to the general stage of evolution there, so each being upon
earth--mineral, plant, animal, and man--can only absorb and thrive upon a
certain quantity of the various rays projected upon the earth. The remain-
der does not affect it or produce sensation any more than the blind are con-
scious of light and color which exist everywhere around them. Therefore
each being is differently affected by the stellar rays; and a knowledge of
the science of astrology, a fundamental truth in nature, is one enormous
benefit in the attainment of spiritual growth."
Besides the stellar vibrations which we have discussed in the foregoing
there is one of vital importance to which all mankind is responsive, namely,
that of THE LUNATION OR NEW MOON. The progressed planets may be regarded as
the hour hand of a clock. They mark the year when certain events are due
according to their positions and their aspects and our amenability to their
vibrations. By them the destiny or opportunity in store for mankind is
forecast; but unless the moon, which corresponds to the minute hand in our
illustration of the clock of destiny, moves along through the houses of the
horoscope by progression and gives her consent by acting as a focus for the
planetary vibrations, these would never take effect upon humanity.
Besides the actual progression of the moon and the planets in the horo-
scope at the rate of a day for a year, there is, as said in the first para-
graph, THE LUNATION, which occurs each month in a different sign of the zo-
diac by a conjunction of the moon with the sun. Whenever this conjunction
occurs within three degrees of an aspect to any one of the planets in the
natal horoscope, the effect of the configuration will be felt during the
month governed by this lunation, provided of course that the person is re-
sponsive and amenable to that particular stellar influence. For instance,
if a lunation were trine to Neptune in the horoscope of a Hottentot or Bush-
man, you would find no effect from this configuration; but if on the other
hand, this configuration occurs in the horoscope of an advanced mystic,
there will be certain definite spiritual experiences of a beautiful nature
during that month.
The influences of these lunations may be divided into three classes ac-
cording to whether they affect the moon, Mars or Saturn at birth, producing
physical results; the sun, Venus, or Mercury, producing social, moral, and
mental effects; or Jupiter, Uranus, or Neptune which would act upon the
spiritual nature.
The results produced under the vibrations of a new moon will naturally
depend upon the aspects. Squares and oppositions give trails and troubles..
Sextiles and trines give pleasures of a nature consonant with the planetary
aspects.
The ordinary lunation does not produce effects for more than one month.
But if the lunation happens to be an eclipse, the effect will be felt for a
full year from the time of its occurrence. Every time that year when a
lunation falls in square to the place of the eclipse, it will re-awaken the
evil, if any, experienced at the time when the eclipse, it will re-awaken
the evil, if any, experienced at the time when the eclipse occurred.
Similarly, if the original lunation was good, then every formation of
sextile and trine to its place will bring correspondingly good results.
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