1|00:00:03|400|00:00:15|760Hello everybody. We are beginning with Esoteric Astrology adventure number 57. We are approximately 2|00:00:15|760|00:00:25|680on page 129 of the book Esoteric Astrology. We are working with the sign Pisces. Quite 3|00:00:25|680|00:00:35|380an elaborate description. We are just about at 129. Just about there. So we have been 4|00:00:36|280|00:00:47|300discussing preparation for the 12 great tests in 12 signs and that preparation occurring 5|00:00:48|080|00:01:01|880upon the mutable cross and upon the fixed cross as well. Now we move on. Pisces governs 6|00:01:01|880|00:01:10|400the feet Every sign of the zodiac, as we know, governs one of the parts of the body. The 7|00:01:10|400|00:01:16|520areas of the head, the torso, the throat, the Gemini, the lungs and the hands, Cancer, 8|00:01:16|520|00:01:23|520the stomach and the breasts, Leo the heart and the back, Virgo the small intestines, 9|00:01:25|080|00:01:35|460Libra the kidneys, Scorpio the generative organs, Sagittarius the thighs, musculature 10|00:01:35|460|00:01:44|300in general, Capricorn the knees and to an extent the skin, Aquarius the calves and the 11|00:01:44|300|00:01:51|980circulatory system, Pisces the feet and the lymphatic system, and that of course can be 12|00:01:51|980|00:02:02|240elaborated. Let's see. I don't want this to be too loud. That's about right. Pisces 13|00:02:02|240|00:02:07|580governs the feet and hence the whole thought of progress, Go forth into matter. You know, 14|00:02:07|580|00:02:14|280the very first sign in which the first individual incarnation is taken. the whole thought of 15|00:02:14|280|00:02:22|440progress, of attaining the goal, Jupiter confers vision in Pisces and the treading of the Path 16|00:02:23|120|00:02:28|780of Return. When the prodigal son awakens to himself, and the treading of the Path of Return 17|00:02:29|400|00:02:38|100has been the underlying spiritual revelation of the great cycle through which we are passing; 18|00:02:39|080|00:02:45|320Humanity is no longer on a strictly involutionary path. Humanity is about to become the world 19|00:02:45|320|00:02:52|320disciple and in a sense is certainly already the world aspirant, and the more advanced members 20|00:02:52|320|00:02:59|340of humanity certainly are awakening to their spiritual potentials and the fact that the 21|00:02:59|340|00:03:07|380potential spiritual revelation has been obscured by the five senses and in general by that 22|00:03:07|380|00:03:13|860which is not to be considered a principle, at least on our planet and in this solar system. 23|00:03:15|240|00:03:20|360Pisces governs the feet and hence the whole thought of progress. Jupiter is always progressive, 24|00:03:20|540|00:03:28|540Jupiter the main ruler, going from one ring past not, pushing it to the next and always 25|00:03:28|540|00:03:35|400a wider and wider horizon from the perspective of Jupiter. Attaining the goal and the treading 26|00:03:35|400|00:03:43|320of the path of return, the prodigal son awakens and realizes he is in a far country and in 27|00:03:43|320|00:03:51|140a very disadvantaged position and treads then, begins to tread the path of return not only 28|00:03:51|140|00:03:58|460back to the soul which has sent him forth but ultimately to the monad which he is and 29|00:03:58|460|00:04:05|120from which he journeyed as the jiva or the divine pilgrim on the great pilgrimage through 30|00:04:05|120|00:04:11|820five different planes down and up symbolically. and the treading of the Path of Return has 31|00:04:11|820|00:04:18|040been the underlying spiritual revelation of the great cycle through which we are passing; 32|00:04:18|340|00:04:26|140The D.K. is not specific about that particular cycle, but it does suggest that humanity in 33|00:04:26|760|00:04:34|360a sense is reversing the wheel. Let's say humanity is reversing the wheel, and this certainly 34|00:04:34|360|00:04:44|300must be the case since humanity is about to take the first initiation. Of course, naturally 35|00:04:44|300|00:04:49|540not all of humanity, D.K. is very realistic about the figures there, but somehow sufficient 36|00:04:49|540|00:04:58|600of humanity to reorient the race and to provide a type of leaven, a type of rising of the 37|00:04:58|600|00:05:04|140consciousness. So humanity as a whole can be considered the world disciple and the candidate 38|00:05:04|140|00:05:09|800for the first initiation. It is right now the candidate for the first initiation, and 39|00:05:09|800|00:05:17|620when the Christ reappears we are told that that will be the indication that humanity 40|00:05:17|620|00:05:20|360has taken the first initiation. 41|00:05:21|380|00:05:28|700also, in the Piscean Age, the lesser cycle out of which we are at this time moving, 42|00:05:29|700|00:05:44|900a cycle of some 2,160 years or sometimes with overlaps of previous and following ages considered 43|00:05:44|900|00:05:53|620to be 2,500 years, also in the Piscean Age the lesser cycle, see because the greater 44|00:05:53|620|00:06:03|600cycle is much bigger, 25,000 years approximately, or 25,920 if we want to be more exact, the 45|00:06:03|600|00:06:09|040lesser cycle out of which we are at this time moving, it has been the origin of all 46|00:06:09|040|00:06:15|480the teaching given by the world religions anent the various stages of the Path of 47|00:06:15|480|00:06:21|760Return. It's really quite amazing how the symbolism associated with the different constellations 48|00:06:21|760|00:06:27|820and signs of the zodiac manages to work itself into the thought process of the human race 49|00:06:27|820|00:06:35|540and the literature, spiritual or otherwise, which that race produces during that particular 50|00:06:35|540|00:06:46|840time. So Pisces has been behind the symbolism of the path, and so many of us are affected 51|00:06:46|840|00:06:57|580by this path symbolism and we take very seriously the type of path we are treading, always having 52|00:06:57|580|00:07:02|840to remember however that we really are the path. We have descended as a stream of energy, 53|00:07:02|840|00:07:11|460we return as a stream of energy. A path is a stream of energy along which a unit of conscious 54|00:07:11|460|00:07:23|840life travels. Some astrologers hold also that Pisces governs the generative processes. thereby 55|00:07:23|840|00:07:33|600I suppose associated with the sacral center, but D.K. puts a different slant on this. They 56|00:07:33|600|00:07:40|980are essentially correct because once a man is nearing or upon the Path the true path beginning 57|00:07:40|980|00:07:45|860of the first initiation but there being a probationary or aspirational path before that, 58|00:07:46|420|00:07:51|740the true path however being the path of discipleship essentially beginning of the first initiation, 59|00:07:51|740|00:07:56|860they are essentially correct because once a man is nearing or upon the path, he should 60|00:07:56|860|00:08:04|760become increasingly creative in the higher sense and the physical generative processes 61|00:08:04|760|00:08:14|180should give place esoterically to regeneration We have Jupiter as the rulership here. Jupiter 62|00:08:14|740|00:08:19|660in its lower aspect is connected in the Secret Doctrine with the worship of the ancestral 63|00:08:19|660|00:08:26|580gods and the propitiating of the gods of form. The whole idea of “be fruitful and multiply” 64|00:08:26|580|00:08:32|600through the generative process is a Jupiterian type of phenomenon apparently here associated 65|00:08:32|600|00:08:42|540with Pisces as one is only sensitive to impression from the lower worlds. So, but D.K. is talking 66|00:08:42|540|00:08:50|140about a different type of generation rather regeneration, and Pisces is particularly connected 67|00:08:50|140|00:08:58|480with regeneration and to creation upon the mental plane instead of only upon the physical 68|00:08:58|480|00:09:02|700plane. So basically we have a transference here from the sacral center to the throat 69|00:09:02|700|00:09:12|180center, and when you become a regenerated human being, my old teacher used to say to 70|00:09:12|180|00:09:22|380me, he says there must come a time when a man ceases to reproduce his own kind and begins 71|00:09:22|380|00:09:32|500reproducing himself. So this is the transference from generation to regeneration, and I suppose 72|00:09:32|500|00:09:40|980we could say that Pisces with his Pluto rulership cuts the tendency to regenerate through the 73|00:09:41|820|00:09:47|560sacral center and lifts the energy in a Kundalini fashion so the throat center is stimulated 74|00:09:48|560|00:09:56|240as if from Pluto to Saturn ruling the throat center, and the creative life begins to take 75|00:09:56|240|00:10:02|260place and that creative life creates forms which can be infused by the soul and used 76|00:10:02|260|00:10:11|980to lift the consciousness and the consciousness of others. So I guess let us emphasize that 77|00:10:11|980|00:10:19|460word regeneration, and interestingly enough it is a word that has been associated with 78|00:10:19|460|00:10:31|040the Pluto and Pluto as the planet of regeneration or rebirth. So Pluto as regeneration or rebirth. 79|00:10:31|480|00:10:36|980Pluto is also associated with Scorpio, Scorpio with sex, sex with generation in general, but 80|00:10:36|980|00:10:44|800Pluto is the remaking, the death of the old and the birth of the new, and it is a spiritual 81|00:10:44|800|00:10:50|500ruler of Pisces so we can see the connection of Pisces then to regeneration, to the extrication 82|00:10:50|500|00:11:01|120of the consciousness from form and lower forms and to engagement with higher forms which 83|00:11:01|120|00:11:08|300can carry the soul light and for the creation of forms which embody that. We do find Pisces 84|00:11:08|300|00:11:19|020as very imaginative people. Let's put that down. Pisces as imaginative, and imagination 85|00:11:20|020|00:11:33|340used to create forms which can carry soul energy. So we start to build a new world with 86|00:11:33|340|00:11:41|280the Piscean imagination connected to Neptune, and we divorce ourselves from the old world 87|00:11:41|280|00:11:52|280so we generate the higher man in Christ. The higher man in Christ through Neptune which 88|00:11:52|280|00:12:02|260is Vishnu, Christ and the imagination. And to creation upon the mental plane, that's by 89|00:12:02|260|00:12:07|540the throat center instead of only upon the physical plane, so we move from the earth rulership 90|00:12:07|540|00:12:14|240of the throat center to the Saturnian rulership and eventually to Uranian rulership of the 91|00:12:14|240|00:12:18|700throat center, which is interesting because Uranus is one of those planets that transmits 92|00:12:18|700|00:12:29|720from Sirius through Pisces the energy of the second ray strangely. So we have Sirius, Pisces, 93|00:12:29|720|00:12:38|360Uranus, and there's the whole idea of creating the new forms of a higher nature under the 94|00:12:38|360|00:12:45|740Sirian impulse and under the imaginative impulse of Pisces. This higher creative 95|00:12:45|740|00:12:53|320functioning becomes possible under the influence of aspiration and intuition. So there we have 96|00:12:53|320|00:13:05|980kind of a Jupiterian factors and also that which is related to the sixth and second rays. 97|00:13:05|980|00:13:10|100which are the two rays which pour through Pisces: sixth ray, the ray of aspiration; second 98|00:13:10|100|00:13:16|020ray, especially the ray of intuition, though not to leave out any of the rays as possibly 99|00:13:16|020|00:13:20|660intuitive, but especially the two, four, six line. So this higher creative functioning 100|00:13:20|660|00:13:25|520becomes possible under the influence of aspiration and intuition. As we're told in Sagittarius, 101|00:13:25|520|00:13:34|640we shoot the arrow of aspiration and it returns as an intuition. This is the aspiring aspect 102|00:13:34|640|00:13:39|700of Jupiter which has made me at times think, and some other astrologers too, that at some 103|00:13:39|700|00:13:45|160level in the Jupiterian expression, probably a relatively low level, there is an important 104|00:13:45|160|00:13:51|540sixth ray. The sixth ray relating to the sixth plane from below which Jupiter rules, 105|00:13:51|700|00:14:00|240that is the monadic plane. Okay, so a higher creative functioning: the imagination is seeded 106|00:14:00|240|00:14:05|640by the intuition and the imagination begins to take on the form of that which is archetypal. 107|00:14:05|640|00:14:16|020It doesn't always do that, as we realize. The, let's see, the imagination takes on archetypal 108|00:14:19|060|00:14:24|960forms, and oftentimes it simply follows the forms of desire, so that true art can begin 109|00:14:24|960|00:14:31|180when the imagination turns archetypal, as it will increasingly under the impending fourth 110|00:14:31|180|00:14:38|320ray age beginning approximately in 2025 and actually having some sort of beginning at 111|00:14:38|320|00:14:45|140the end of 1924, the Tibetan tells us. So this higher creative functioning, aspiration 112|00:14:45|140|00:14:51|200and intuition This begins to take place when the four esoteric rulers supplement the activity 113|00:14:51|200|00:14:56|960of the two orthodox rulers. It's very interesting because now we have a kind of sequence here. 114|00:14:56|960|00:15:12|500We have two orthodox rulers of Pisces giving way to the four esoteric rulers of Pisces, 115|00:15:12|600|00:15:21|280giving way to the four esoteric rulers of the fixed cross. So you know, at different 116|00:15:21|280|00:15:28|520points in our life in this journey on the path, on that stream of energy which is magnetically 117|00:15:28|520|00:15:35|120oriented towards our point of origin, the path of outgo, the path of incoming and return, 118|00:15:35|480|00:15:42|920on this path we pass through various influences of various energies, and it's important to 119|00:15:42|920|00:15:50|840know at what stage of the path we may be operating and the kinds of influences that we may be 120|00:15:50|840|00:15:59|820subjected to. You know, probably we live our life and we have a routine and various things 121|00:15:59|820|00:16:07|200happen, but how sensitive are we to the changing of energies around us and within us? And do 122|00:16:07|200|00:16:12|180we know when a new energy is coming in? Do we know when something comes over us, when 123|00:16:12|180|00:16:19|340something inspires us or in some way subdues us? Energy sensitivity is one of the great 124|00:16:20|980|00:16:25|500necessities for the esoteric astrologer, for the rayologist, and also of course for the 125|00:16:25|500|00:16:33|020psychologist. It is interesting to note the astrologer Alan Leo, who had a lot of Virgo 126|00:16:33|020|00:16:38|500by the way, but quite a bit of Leo in his chart too. It's a taken name, of course. It is interesting 127|00:16:38|500|00:16:45|500to note that the astrologer, Alan Leo, suggests Neptune as an alternative to Jupiter. That 128|00:16:45|500|00:16:51|960doesn't mean that Jupiter is not to be considered, because definitely it is one of the rulers, 129|00:16:51|960|00:16:58|920and D.K. explains the whole rulership in relation to the Jonah idea and to the binding of the 130|00:16:58|920|00:17:07|860fishes. Neptune as an alternative to Jupiter: He sensed and touched upon a mystery of initiation though he did not realise the magnitude of his discovery. 131|00:17:07|860|00:17:14|840At what level we are not told, but we do not realize the magnitude of his discovery. Well, 132|00:17:14|840|00:17:26|140there are many people, you know, that are Neptunian Pisceans. There are many Neptunian—I better 133|00:17:26|140|00:17:35|260capitalize that. There are many Neptunian Pisceans, but not exclusively, you know. All 134|00:17:35|260|00:17:41|500those rulers mix in, and people are much affected by Neptune when in this sign, but that does 135|00:17:41|500|00:17:47|360not negate the impression of Jupiter upon the average individual in Pisces or the impression 136|00:17:47|360|00:17:53|780of Pluto upon the advancing individual. But Neptune is a pervasive planet. Neptune is 137|00:17:53|780|00:18:00|200pervasive. It does not respect boundaries. It is boundaryless. It manages to seep through 138|00:18:00|200|00:18:10|400apparently dense, hard boundaries as if they were somewhat porous or permeable. Neptune 139|00:18:10|400|00:18:21|760focusses the influence of Pisces as it concerns humanity as a whole and not just the individual 140|00:18:21|760|00:18:27|660man, So in a period in which Pisces is affecting not just the individual, which it of course 141|00:18:27|660|00:18:32|700also does, but affecting humanity as a whole, Neptune will be extremely strong. So let's 142|00:18:32|700|00:18:44|160just see, and let's think: what has been the role of Neptune during the past two thousand 143|00:18:44|160|00:18:52|600years? It has been formidable. It's been an age of great religious pursuit. It's been 144|00:18:52|600|00:18:58|720an age in which the Occidental mystics have appeared. Maybe mystics of all types have 145|00:18:58|720|00:19:07|760had their particular type of quest intensified during the last two thousand years. So Pisces 146|00:19:07|760|00:19:12|380has definitely been the ruler of humanity and, in many ways, the ruler of the planet for 147|00:19:12|380|00:19:20|420the last two thousand or so years, a bit more, and Neptune therefore has been in focus. So 148|00:19:20|420|00:19:30|920we start to look at group astrology and not just individual astrology. but this only takes 149|00:19:30|920|00:19:39|060place towards the final stages of the Path of Discipleship. So the higher type of Neptunian 150|00:19:39|060|00:19:44|580influence, when humanity becomes itself a type of disciple, will be very noticeable, 151|00:19:44|580|00:19:52|040and humanity will not be held by the normal boundaries of consciousness but will be able 152|00:19:52|040|00:19:56|920to slip out and slip through. And the suggestion here is that as a person becomes a higher 153|00:19:56|920|00:20:03|820type of disciple, later in the stages, let's say the second initiation, Neptune becomes 154|00:20:03|820|00:20:15|660very strong. Even at the first degree, Neptune as Christ, as Vishnu, is becoming a factor 155|00:20:15|660|00:20:21|240to be considered. But later there is this slipping away and relinquishment of all that 156|00:20:21|240|00:20:33|800has to do with the lower sub-planes and the usual prism of humanity and the moon in a 157|00:20:33|800|00:20:39|900way, and he can refocus upon the Buddhic plane. So the Buddhic plane is ruled by Neptune in 158|00:20:39|900|00:20:48|180part also with Jupiter and Mercury, and man refocuses at the fourth degree upon the Buddhic 159|00:20:48|180|00:20:58|840plane. So, see, D.K. is certainly not denying the influence of Neptune in the Piscean individual, 160|00:20:58|840|00:21:05|360but he's saying it has a strong relationship to a larger group, and he's also saying that 161|00:21:07|160|00:21:16|100the influence of the science can affect different spheres of identity within the Divine Life. 162|00:21:16|300|00:21:21|260It can affect the individual, the smaller group; it can also affect humanity as a whole; 163|00:21:21|360|00:21:27|300it can affect the planet. And perhaps different rulerships can be found when the different 164|00:21:27|300|00:21:34|860signs relate to wholes of different sizes. Well, that's a speculative thought, but it 165|00:21:34|860|00:21:39|900seems to be borne out here. The final stages on the path of discipleship, let's say third 166|00:21:39|900|00:21:55|940degree, fourth degree, is when we're particularly speaking of this, because at that time, at 167|00:21:55|940|00:22:07|440first disciple, and even as initiate, begins to coordinate the Buddhic vehicle. The coordination 168|00:22:07|440|00:22:10|960of the Buddhic vehicle. Sometimes it seems that it's happening around the second degree, 169|00:22:10|960|00:22:18|300but more actually the man becomes intuitive after the third degree. Today humanity is moving 170|00:22:18|300|00:22:23|080rapidly towards the position of the World Disciple, Not quite there yet, 171|00:22:23|080|00:22:28|280but sometimes D.K. even does refer to humanity as the world disciple, and intuiting this, 172|00:22:28|920|00:22:35|360he suggests Neptune as an alternative to Jupiter. So great discoveries, and of course 173|00:22:35|360|00:22:38|880when the discovery is known for what it is, it's even better, but it's a good thing that 174|00:22:38|880|00:22:44|600it did happen. In other words, we seem to be owing to Alan Leo the idea. Entertained by 175|00:22:44|600|00:22:49|960so many people when they are Piscean or have some strong Pisces in the chart that Neptune 176|00:22:49|960|00:22:58|260really has to be considered. So what we have to think of is the various stages of Neptunian 177|00:22:58|260|00:23:05|620humanity. On a lower turn of the spiral, it seems like humanity is much subjected to the 178|00:23:05|620|00:23:13|100drug culture during the 20th century, and drugs as a means of producing illusion and escape 179|00:23:13|100|00:23:20|520have become pervasive. That is a Neptunian factor, and we can say, well, humanity is searching 180|00:23:20|520|00:23:25|200for a higher type of consciousness through these drug experiences, either that or for 181|00:23:25|200|00:23:31|980escape, but there is some motivation, subconscious motivation, to find something higher, and Neptune, 182|00:23:33|060|00:23:39|180which is not a planet with great roots at all, does seem to lift human consciousness 183|00:23:39|180|00:23:49|860into that which is higher. Okay, so Neptune and the group called humanity ruling in relation 184|00:23:49|860|00:23:54|780to Pisces, the group called humanity, but also capable of being applied to the individual 185|00:23:54|780|00:24:09|160disciple in various ways, low and high, and especially towards the later stages of the 186|00:24:09|160|00:24:15|900cycle. Esoterically, the reason that Venus is exalted in Pisces is connected with the 187|00:24:15|900|00:24:22|100relation of Pisces to the sign Gemini, We had talked about that earlier, showing there 188|00:24:22|100|00:24:27|960are many similarities here. Venus, the esoteric ruler of Gemini, and Venus, the exalted ruler 189|00:24:27|960|00:24:34|040of Pisces, of which Venus is the esoteric ruler, and also in relation to the fact that Venus 190|00:24:34|040|00:24:43|800is the Earth's alter ego and is closely related to the human kingdom. Well, Pisces is the conclusion, 191|00:24:43|800|00:24:52|820and Venus represents the end of the solar angelic project. Let's just say Venus and 192|00:24:52|820|00:25:05|780the climax of the solar angelic project, meaning that the solar angels have taken—have helped 193|00:25:05|780|00:25:10|440with the individualization of man. There are other methods of individualizing, but in this 194|00:25:10|810|00:25:16|240on our planet now in the solar system, the method of divine intervention for individualization 195|00:25:16|240|00:25:25|180under the sponsorship of Venus is used, and they have intervened and stayed with the developing 196|00:25:25|180|00:25:30|460human being, and finally when the human being is in a way exalted at the fourth initiation, 197|00:25:31|840|00:25:39|580their task is finished. So we're looking here: Pisces and the fourth initiation and the 198|00:25:39|580|00:25:49|580conclusion of the task of the solar angels. So the human being is exalted out of the fourth 199|00:25:49|580|00:25:57|820kingdom… well, let's see… exalted out of the need to incarnate. So the human being is exalted out 200|00:25:58|680|00:26:07|460of the need to incarnate, and the solar angels can, as it were, go home to the heart of the Sun or to 201|00:26:07|460|00:26:17|520the central spiritual Sun—either one. So the two brothers are related: soul and personality. It all 202|00:26:17|520|00:26:22|600comes to a climax of the fourth degree, and the fourth degree can easily be taken in relation to 203|00:26:22|600|00:26:29|540Pisces when a great renunciation takes place. Pisces, as we know, is a sign of sacrifice, and 204|00:26:29|540|00:26:35|720in the renunciation we have discussed that. So the greatest of renunciations in terms of the human 205|00:26:35|720|00:26:44|620family is called the fourth initiation: crucifixion, great renunciation. And Venus—the human being is 206|00:26:44|620|00:26:51|040exalted to a very high level. It has become Venusian in its nature, and therefore the Venusian solar angels 207|00:26:51|040|00:27:02|200can return to later be out-breathed in groups to become planetary Logos. So I've hinted a little bit 208|00:27:02|200|00:27:07|680at the vastness of the subject, but D.K. tells us This subject is too vast and complicated to be 209|00:27:07|680|00:27:14|280elaborated here, but the point should be remembered. We are all trying to become like Venus. We are 210|00:27:14|280|00:27:20|720Earth trying to become like Venus, and the Logos of Earth itself is trying to become more like its 211|00:27:21|580|00:27:29|360let us say twin sister, Venus. Venus in a female incarnation and Earth in a male incarnation at 212|00:27:29|360|00:27:35|540this point—and how that varies and alternates, you know, that's all part of the planetary lore. 213|00:27:36|120|00:27:40|560But he tells us we're in a masculine incarnation here on the Earth and Venus in a feminine 214|00:27:40|560|00:27:47|780incarnation for that, and that implies, of course, that we could here on Earth be in a feminine 215|00:27:47|780|00:27:53|160incarnation and Venus could be in a male incarnation. But for the moment, the feminine power is extremely 216|00:27:53|160|00:27:58|880important in relating us to Venus, and Venus is stimulating the higher part of the feminine power. 217|00:27:58|880|00:28:07|660And the new age in which the soul will move towards its exaltation is very much under 218|00:28:07|660|00:28:15|240the sway of the feminine and Venus—the divine feminine, not necessarily, you know, all the kind 219|00:28:15|240|00:28:22|500of ancient goddess lore that we have, much of which probably was pretty retrogressive in Atlantean 220|00:28:22|500|00:28:28|440times, a time of a great matriarchy. So we have a vast and complicated subject to be elaborated 221|00:28:28|440|00:28:39|520here, but we must remember the point. Okay, the fishes—what is the point? Okay, that the reason 222|00:28:39|520|00:28:45|720for the exaltation of Venus in Pisces is related to the sign Gemini. It's kind of as if 223|00:28:45|720|00:28:55|820Pisces completes the Geminian project. Pisces completes the Geminian 224|00:28:55|820|00:29:06|860project with respect to man. The elder brother, Pollux, becomes glorious and is exalted over the 225|00:29:06|860|00:29:15|660lower brother who is shining by reflected light and is also redeemed, and the solar angels have 226|00:29:15|660|00:29:24|540completed their very laborious work involving great abnegation, self-abnegation, and self-sacrifice, 227|00:29:24|540|00:29:31|920which Pisces suggests. So think of it, you know, that the great second cosmic decanate ruled by 228|00:29:31|920|00:29:38|660Pisces and the great second ray which rules that decanate and Venus with its ultimately second 229|00:29:38|660|00:29:46|420ray monad exalted in this second ray sign, indicating the conclusion of the redemptive 230|00:29:46|420|00:29:53|820project which has lifted man from the animal state all the way into being a full member of 231|00:29:53|820|00:30:02|340the fifth kingdom of nature, which reflects the fifth creative hierarchy which is ruled by Venus. 232|00:30:03|340|00:30:08|500Well, we can see, you know, it's the vast, complicated subject. Just about the whole Secret Doctrine is 233|00:30:08|500|00:30:14|100dedicated, or a major portion of the Secret Doctrine is dedicated to this mystery, and D.K. has 234|00:30:14|100|00:30:19|320assured us over and again that we will not solve the mystery of the solar angel, but we get the 235|00:30:19|320|00:30:25|260hints here and there, and we begin to piece it together, and gradually a broader picture of what 236|00:30:25|260|00:30:30|700it really means to be a redeemed human being moving towards Venus, moving towards the heart of 237|00:30:30|700|00:30:38|720the Sun, moving towards Sirius begins to dawn on us. The Fishes in Pisces are bound together, as we 238|00:30:38|720|00:30:45|460have seen,—remember, under Jupiter—and this is a symbol of the captivity of the soul in form, in 239|00:30:45|460|00:30:51|960other words, consciousness simply remains conscious of form and forgets what it itself is. There is no 240|00:30:51|960|00:31:00|460such thing as consciousness of consciousness at this stage, and everything looks objective. So this 241|00:31:00|460|00:31:05|860binding of the fishes is the symbol of the captivity of the soul in form prior to the 242|00:31:05|860|00:31:11|680experience upon the Fixed Cross. in which on which cross the soul comes into its own and is release— 243|00:31:11|680|00:31:22|620the soul comes into its own and is released from captivity to form. In other words, our perceptual 244|00:31:22|620|00:31:28|260range greatly expands and the soul is no longer strictly outgoing, looking only at objects, but 245|00:31:28|260|00:31:34|680begins to realize that it itself is the perceiver. And this is the true reflexive consciousness where 246|00:31:34|680|00:31:43|480the soul can begin to perceive itself. The Twins in Gemini are symbols of the same basic duality,— 247|00:31:43|480|00:31:52|000soul and personality—but the experience of the many changing incarnations… you know that when you 248|00:31:52|000|00:31:57|320say “let instability do its work” in Gemini, it's the sign of great change. but the experience of the many 249|00:31:57|320|00:32:03|940changing incarnations has done its work, and the Band (uniting the two fishes) is in process of 250|00:32:03|940|00:32:13|720dissolution, and this is important during a particular stage, so to produce the freer soul. 251|00:32:13|980|00:32:21|160Now eventually that bondage comes back in under Pisces. It's like a process from bondage in Pisces 252|00:32:21|160|00:32:27|640to the dissolution of the bond during the stage of free determination and the full expression of 253|00:32:27|640|00:32:35|440humanhood, and back into a type of bondage in later Pisces where the form is captive to the 254|00:32:35|440|00:32:44|300soul. The experience of many changing incarnations has done its work on the band, which 255|00:32:44|300|00:32:50|340is a constellation related to Pisces. the Band (uniting the two fishes) is in process of dissolution,— 256|00:32:50|340|00:32:56|400that's Neptune again, isn't it? Dissolving the band, or Pluto cutting the band later, to produce the 257|00:32:56|400|00:33:02|860freer soul. for part of the work of Pluto is—and here is one of those great mantric phrases—to “cut 258|00:33:02|860|00:33:09|860the thread which binds the two opposing lives together.” I have a song about that—not a cheerful 259|00:33:09|860|00:33:20|760song necessarily, but it is a song—and it is about the Lord of death cutting the bond. And it can do 260|00:33:20|760|00:33:26|360this if you think about Pluto in relation to Gemini or Pluto in the third house. The opportunity 261|00:33:26|360|00:33:33|120for cutting the band between the two is strong. Now hopefully the personality is sufficiently 262|00:33:33|120|00:33:42|160free-willed and properly oriented so that it will not go off on its own in a negative tendency, 263|00:33:42|940|00:33:49|400because it has to have its own free will associate itself with the soul. So Pluto is the shears—the 264|00:33:49|400|00:33:57|140sharp shears of sorrow. Death is so often for so many a sorrowful experience because it's experience 265|00:33:57|140|00:34:04|540of loss. Pluto is connected with the whole idea of relinquishment and leaving behind that which 266|00:34:04|540|00:34:12|320one was previously attached, and oftentimes the process is a forced process—forced sacrifice. 267|00:34:12|320|00:34:16|680We can often say—you can think about Pluto in relation to the third petal of the Egoic Lotus— 268|00:34:16|680|00:34:23|960where so often sacrifices are enforced in an unconscious manner. A person is just put through 269|00:34:23|960|00:34:30|240it and made to give up life and well-being and many of the attachments for something higher, 270|00:34:30|240|00:34:46|660and they don't even know really what it is. Okay, it is the task of Venus to reunite the— 271|00:34:46|660|00:34:54|560see, the power to produce relationship between the two, but not compulsion. So there's a voluntary 272|00:34:54|560|00:35:02|220cooperation between the twins. For a long time, the higher of the brothers has cooperated, wanting 273|00:35:02|220|00:35:06|420to help the lower brother, and the lower brother didn't know anything about it. Then the lower 274|00:35:06|420|00:35:12|040brother gets reoriented and is no longer compelled by the soul but chooses of its own free will—in 275|00:35:12|040|00:35:17|660accord—remember how Gemini has that factor of free choice in it—chooses of its own free will 276|00:35:17|660|00:35:24|480and accord to abide by the newly sensed direction and communication of the soul. It is the task of 277|00:35:24|480|00:35:32|000Venus to “reunite the severed lives but with no binding thread.” Therefore, Venus is exalted in 278|00:35:32|000|00:35:39|840Pisces because Venus is related to both Gemini and Pisces, has a very high position in Pisces, 279|00:35:39|840|00:35:50|580and there is a uniting of the two. But we can say that the personality isn't in 280|00:35:50|580|00:35:56|000involuntary bondage to the soul. In other words, the personality has become so oriented to the 281|00:35:56|000|00:36:03|380soul that to do God's will—”not my will but thine be done“—in Pisces is its expressed wish and 282|00:36:03|380|00:36:13|340intention. The soul is not compelling, so the personality is in self-chosen bondage to the 283|00:36:13|340|00:36:18|660soul. Look at the bondage that Sanat Kumara is in in relation to our planet—that is certainly 284|00:36:18|660|00:36:26|080self-chosen. So this is a very important idea. Yes, there is bondage two ways. At first, the soul's 285|00:36:26|080|00:36:33|480bondage to the personality, and the consciousness is very constrained and very preoccupied with 286|00:36:33|480|00:36:39|980non-reality. But later, there is another type of bondage which is based on freedom, and it is the 287|00:36:39|980|00:36:46|640choice of the personality influenced by the soul to bind itself to the soul of its own free will. 288|00:36:46|640|00:36:55|580And thereby, when that act of freedom is well established, then Venus, the solar angels represented 289|00:36:55|580|00:37:01|480by Venus, can return and take on another task because the domestication and the elevation of 290|00:37:01|480|00:37:08|900the human being have been accomplished. Therefore, Venus is exalted in Pisces and at the end of the 291|00:37:08|900|00:37:17|820greater cycle, Now, you know the greater cycle. What is that? So much blinding is going on with the name 292|00:37:17|820|00:37:29|140these cycles, but I would tend to say that one possibility is the end of the solar Logoic 293|00:37:29|140|00:37:36|360manifestation. So the end of the solar Logoic manifestation, the end of the solar system, that 294|00:37:36|360|00:37:44|130can be considered certainly a greater cycle, a Maha manvantara. And all of these planets which 295|00:37:44|130|00:37:51|610represent chakras within the solar Logos' field of expression will have a particular kind of 296|00:37:51|610|00:38:00|310position and function at the end of the Maha manvantara cycle. Right now, particular planets 297|00:38:00|310|00:38:05|690may be occupying the place of various chakras and have certain functions, and those functions 298|00:38:05|690|00:38:12|730can change, just the way, you know, the Christ is an office. Lord Maitreya is in that office now, but 299|00:38:12|730|00:38:17|130his function can change as he moves into a new office and Master Kurumi can take over his 300|00:38:17|130|00:38:22|390function. And so, let's just say that Christ represents a certain chakra with respect to 301|00:38:22|390|00:38:29|690humanity. When his task of world saviorship is completed after 5,000 years, another 2,500 years 302|00:38:29|690|00:38:36|610or so, then Master Kurumi will move into that function and represent that chakra function. So 303|00:38:36|610|00:38:48|610there is mutability among the actual entities with respect to their chakra function. I have said, okay, 304|00:38:48|610|00:38:54|870well, Jupiter is presently, I think, a very strong heart center with respect to the solar Logos, but 305|00:38:54|870|00:39:02|210perhaps Venus will move into that position from its present, possibly solar—it's solar plexus 306|00:39:02|210|00:39:08|670chakra expression—and maybe Jupiter will move up towards the heart of the Sun, and so forth. So 307|00:39:09|570|00:39:17|570entities change function, and chakras are functions. Okay, it is the task of Venus to reunite the 308|00:39:17|570|00:39:22|610severed lives, but with no binding thread. By the time we get into Pisces, the severed lives are 309|00:39:22|610|00:39:30|270indeed reunited, and the personality is captive to the soul, but it's a voluntary captivity. And 310|00:39:30|270|00:39:41|670that is so very important. I'm going to put that down: it's a voluntary captivity, captivity to the 311|00:39:41|670|00:39:52|950soul or solar angel. the Sons of God who are the Sons of Mind are raised up into glory and that 312|00:39:52|950|00:39:56|370can go either way. The solar angels return to the glory of the heart of the Sun, of the central 313|00:39:56|370|00:40:02|450spiritual Sun, and that which has been man in the lower worlds is raised up into a state of 314|00:40:02|450|00:40:07|910glorification into the spiritual triad through that kind of supernova that occurs with respect 315|00:40:07|910|00:40:14|170to the egoic lotus. the Sons of God who are the Sons of Mind are raised up into glory through 316|00:40:14|170|00:40:20|310experience—that's the earth again—and crucifixion—that's platonic—because they have learned to love 317|00:40:20|310|00:40:31|890and truly reason. Truly reason. Wow, this is buddhic terminology. This is buddhic terminology, and love 318|00:40:31|890|00:40:38|590and true reason—pure reason has a lot to do with Venus, of course. Venus is a planet which is 319|00:40:38|590|00:40:44|570increasingly buddhic at this time, more so than the earth, much more so, and is focused on the sixth 320|00:40:44|570|00:40:53|250from the low sub-plane of the astral plane, which is buddhic. So we are given a love and pure reason 321|00:40:53|250|00:40:58|810by the solar angels. They certainly have—being Lords of Manus from before—they certainly have 322|00:40:58|810|00:41:05|650this pure reason, this buddhic quality, and they have the great faculty of love. They have a kind 323|00:41:05|650|00:41:11|070of a second ray and fifth ray combination, or even you might call it a secondary fourth ray and fifth 324|00:41:11|070|00:41:17|830ray combination. So we will be glorified at the fourth initiation, and the returning solar 325|00:41:17|830|00:41:23|650angels will be glorified within the solar Logos, assuming a new function which will lead them in 326|00:41:23|650|00:41:30|530groups to become planetary Logos. The influence of Pisces, Gemini, and Virgo is eventually fused and 327|00:41:30|530|00:41:36|830blended. Well, in Pisces, exaltation of Venus; and Gemini, esoteric rulership; in Virgo, the fall of 328|00:41:36|830|00:41:43|950the solar angels down into matter for redemptive purposes. And interesting there. Now, these are the 329|00:41:43|950|00:41:53|510three second ray signs, aren't they? The three second ray signs. You know, three… three signs. 330|00:41:53|510|00:41:58|950each, or constellations, convey a particular ray, and these are the ones conveying the second ray. 331|00:41:58|950|00:42:05|550The influence of Pisces, Gemini, and Virgo is eventually fused and blended. Symbolically, the 332|00:42:05|550|00:42:11|750cross must always become the line, and the line interestingly is Sagittarius, and 333|00:42:11|750|00:42:20|190then the point. Sagittarius is very much about a line directed towards a point. So the three of 334|00:42:20|190|00:42:28|970these: the material condition in Virgo, and matter is reigning—let matter reign—the discovery of the 335|00:42:28|970|00:42:34|990pairs of opposites in Gemini, and the redemption of the lower of the pairs of opposites through 336|00:42:34|990|00:42:41|810the Piscean influence—all of this is consummated. This is the whole story of man going into matter 337|00:42:41|810|00:42:48|210as a human being and rising out of matter in the exaltation of Venus and Pisces as a full member 338|00:42:48|210|00:42:55|390of the kingdom of God, the fifth kingdom. The influence of Pisces, Gemini and Virgo is eventually 339|00:42:55|390|00:43:02|850fused and blended (symbolically the Cross must always become the line and then the point). Well, 340|00:43:02|850|00:43:08|690one wonders about the mode of becoming the line, but one can certainly see that everything comes 341|00:43:08|690|00:43:15|850inward to the point. Perhaps one axis—perhaps the two axes of the cross have to somehow 342|00:43:15|850|00:43:25|470merge, and then the poles of the merged axes must come in toward the point. Well, anyway, the cross, in 343|00:43:25|470|00:43:30|910my view, as well becomes the pyramid. You know, if you look at a cross and you raise that central 344|00:43:30|910|00:43:38|090point into another dimension, then you have, in fact, the pyramid. The influence of Pisces, Gemini, 345|00:43:38|090|00:43:42|690and Virgo is eventually fused and blended. Symbolically, the cross must always become 346|00:43:42|690|00:43:48|890the line and then the point. Sagittarius, which is governed esoterically by Mother Earth,—and 347|00:43:48|890|00:43:54|110remember, governing means a bit like a reducing valve. You know, not all of Sagittarius can get 348|00:43:54|110|00:44:00|850through any planet or through Mother Earth, so it governs the degree to which the constellation 349|00:44:00|850|00:44:14|230or energy can flow. A ruler or governor governs or rules the extent or degree to which full 350|00:44:15|570|00:44:32|830constellational energy can flow. That's “govern” or “governor.” A ruler or governor is that correct? 351|00:44:32|830|00:44:38|610Governs or rules the extent to which a full constellation energy can flow. Sagittarius, 352|00:44:38|610|00:44:47|790which is governed esoterically by Mother Earth, produces those conditions—these 353|00:44:47|790|00:44:55|290are conditions on Earth whereby the Path itself which is the man—the man is the path and the 354|00:44:55|290|00:45:01|430energy stream which leads to higher dimensions—the Path itself achieves glorification. You can 355|00:45:01|430|00:45:10|250sort of witness or understand a path becoming ever brighter and more radiant and 356|00:45:10|250|00:45:20|270rising into the higher dimensions. The path itself achieves glorification, so there is a radiance 357|00:45:20|270|00:45:26|310which is conferred upon the path—of the path becoming radiant—and as the individual or group 358|00:45:26|310|00:45:33|450treads that path, they become identified with the light at the end of the path. Consequently, you have 359|00:45:33|450|00:45:43|150at the end of the age (I refer here to a greater round of the zodiac and to no shorter cycle),—round of 360|00:45:43|150|00:45:49|430the zodiac. Does that mean, in a way, one complete revolution of the zodiac? Some have thought that 361|00:45:49|430|00:45:59|170zodiac does revolve. Does this mean one complete revolution of the zodiac? It certainly is not 362|00:45:59|170|00:46:07|170anything like a Platonic age, as long as that age may last. It's not anything like 25,000 to 26,000 363|00:46:07|170|00:46:16|330years. The greater round of the zodiac and no shorter cycle: the glorification of Venus, of Virgo, 364|00:46:16|330|00:46:24|070the Virgin, and of Mother Earth—two planets and one constellation—365|00:46:24|070|00:46:32|330and all these are potencies which produce definite changes in the solar system. So a greater round of 366|00:46:32|330|00:46:41|010the zodiac is probably still inter-systemic. A greater round of the zodiac is probably still 367|00:46:42|610|00:46:51|230within the manifestation of our solar system. So, you know, how long really does that require 368|00:46:51|230|00:46:58|490when we have our solar system and associated solar systems revolving around the 369|00:46:58|490|00:47:04|370Pleiades? They have to pass necessarily through each of the signs of the zodiac. It takes 370|00:47:04|370|00:47:10|930250,000 years, but I don't think even that is long enough for what D.K. means by the greater round 371|00:47:10|930|00:47:17|970of the zodiac. It seems to be a climactic point within the solar system itself. Consequently, you 372|00:47:17|970|00:47:23|250have at the end of the age—I refer here to a greater round of the zodiac. Maybe it's not just 373|00:47:23|250|00:47:28|450one; there's more than one, because the article “a” is used. I refer here to a greater round of the 374|00:47:28|450|00:47:35|150zodiac and to no shorter cycle: the glorification of Venus in solar systemic terms, of Virgo the 375|00:47:35|150|00:47:40|170Virgin—because the matter within the solar system will be redeemed and spiritualized—and of Mother 376|00:47:40|170|00:47:46|710Earth, which will have become a sacred planet now when Mother Earth is glorified, has it achieved 377|00:47:46|710|00:47:56|310its what, third or maybe fourth cosmic initiation? So they can truly function as a Kundalini 378|00:47:56|310|00:48:02|330factor in our solar system. Anyway, certainly it is a stage of sacredness for Mother Earth and maybe 379|00:48:02|330|00:48:11|570beyond the glorification of Venus. Venus is almost at the point where it is to be released. Venus may 380|00:48:11|570|00:48:19|110be undergoing it ahead of it. May, like other sacred planets, may lie the second cosmic initiation, but 381|00:48:19|110|00:48:26|550others are coming. So a very high states for Venus and the Earth, though Venus ahead of Earth, and 382|00:48:26|550|00:48:33|090Virgo will represent not the matter in all the cosmos, but the matter in the solar system itself. 383|00:48:33|090|00:48:39|910We might call it the assumption of the Virgin or the etherealization of matter from the previous 384|00:48:39|910|00:48:45|550solar system, which is now in our solar system, the etherealization and upliftment of that matter. So 385|00:48:45|550|00:48:51|150we have a much more etheric solar system, and all of this will happen at some point within our 386|00:48:53|030|00:49:01|570solar systemic cycle, and we call it the end of a greater round of the zodiac. Obviously, 387|00:49:01|570|00:49:06|690there are many things there to be discerned, and D.K. is just hinting, and we cannot know the length 388|00:49:06|690|00:49:13|290of these cycles through the exact time. But suffice it to say, the stage of sacredness is coming for 389|00:49:13|290|00:49:17|930our Earth, a kind of glorification. Our Earth will probably reach the fourth or fifth cosmic 390|00:49:17|930|00:49:25|310initiation in this solar system. Venus will almost certainly reach the fifth cosmic initiation in 391|00:49:25|310|00:49:33|550this solar system, and just as the solar Logos may well do either the fourth or the fifth, but 392|00:49:33|550|00:49:39|410maybe the fifth. And Virgo, who knows what that great constellation will reach in terms of its 393|00:49:39|410|00:49:47|070initiatory process? But at least with respect to the matter of our solar system, it will be glorified. 394|00:49:47|070|00:49:52|750And since we're in a second-ray solar system whose theme is the great radiation of light, you 395|00:49:52|750|00:49:59|490know, the great splendid radiation of light, there will be a glorification of matter in our solar 396|00:49:59|490|00:50:05|490system. They represent these three: two planets and one constellation. They represent the three 397|00:50:05|490|00:50:14|810divine potencies of matter and of substance, plus the force of Sagittarius 398|00:50:14|810|00:50:21|430driving them on to a still greater consummation. Well, which three are we talking about? Because we have 399|00:50:21|430|00:50:29|730had the discussion of three signs which are Gemini, Virgo, and Pisces, and we could add to that another 400|00:50:29|730|00:50:39|870sign. Or we've just had the discussion of three factors: Venus, Virgo, and Earth. They represent the 401|00:50:39|870|00:50:47|950three divine potencies of matter and of substance, plus the force of Sagittarius driving them on to 402|00:50:47|950|00:50:54|690a still greater consummation. We see that Sagittarius is a driving, one-pointed sign, and it is a fire 403|00:50:54|690|00:51:03|570sign. So do we have Venus, Virgo, and Sagittarius being driven on by… Venus, Virgo, and Mother Earth 404|00:51:03|570|00:51:10|090being driven on by Sagittarius? Probably. There is a wide and interesting field of research to be 405|00:51:10|090|00:51:17|810found in the relation of and let's see what those relations are: 1. The planet Venus—ruler of the 406|00:51:17|810|00:51:23|990constellation Gemini. esoterically; 2. The Earth on which we live, called often “Mother Earth.” (interestingly 407|00:51:23|990|00:51:30|470in a masculine incarnation, but probably called because of its third-ray fecundity in its 408|00:51:30|990|00:51:40|390personality ray at least) Mother Earth; 3. The Fish-goddesses of the sign Pisces. which have spawned 409|00:51:40|390|00:51:51|270the descent of the monads or souls; and 4. Virgo, the Virgin. Okay, he indicates how we may enter into 410|00:51:51|270|00:52:02|250this wide field of speculation involving three… involving two planets and two signs of the zodiac. 411|00:52:02|250|00:52:15|010We are moving from Virgo towards Pisces, towards the consummation of matter and its spiritual 412|00:52:15|010|00:52:21|730elevation. So just as in a way Virgo moves towards Pisces, or matter moves towards its release into a 413|00:52:21|730|00:52:33|810higher dimension, so Mother Earth with its great plethora of forms moves towards Venus and towards 414|00:52:33|810|00:52:44|730Gemini. So it moves toward becoming like its elder sister or elder brother, and we'll put Venus in that 415|00:52:44|730|00:52:51|630role. So certainly Pisces is a sign of great consummation, and each one of the signs of the 416|00:52:51|630|00:52:58|230zodiac has a different stage of evolution. We cannot think of them all as equally unfolded, 417|00:52:58|230|00:53:03|690just as we cannot think of stars as equally unfolded, or planets as equally unfolded, or 418|00:53:03|690|00:53:10|030of human beings as equally unfolded. So some play a dominating role in relation to others, and Pisces, 419|00:53:10|030|00:53:15|610as a cosmic decanate and a sign of great consummation, is certainly playing one of the 420|00:53:15|610|00:53:24|930final roles in relation to the signs of the zodiac, constellation of the zodiac, and in relation to our 421|00:53:24|930|00:53:36|750solar system. All right, there are many factors there which we can begin to pursue. Okay, so we've 422|00:53:36|750|00:53:48|150had here in the previous paragraph three constellations becoming as one and in a way driven 423|00:53:48|150|00:53:55|790on by Sagittarius in a way, and we've also had here what looks like two planets and one constellation: 424|00:53:55|790|00:54:02|910Venus, Earth and Virgo, as well possibly driven on by Sagittarius, which is a very purposeful energy 425|00:54:02|910|00:54:11|510always with the goal in sight and involved in this case in that driving forward through space, 426|00:54:11|510|00:54:18|770which is characteristic of the first ray. There are many mysteries there. I'd love to be able to ponder 427|00:54:18|770|00:54:25|150on that for a long time, but then he does indicate that that's exactly what we should be able to do. 428|00:54:26|070|00:54:32|810We are speaking of consummations. Pisces is the sign of consummation. We are speaking of ultimate 429|00:54:32|810|00:54:39|510states and the driving towards ultimate states. Let's say that Sagittarius is the driving influence 430|00:54:39|510|00:54:46|410and Pisces represents the ultimate state. With respect to Earth, Venus represents at least a 431|00:54:46|410|00:54:53|190semi-ultimate state, or that which we are attempting to become. The fish goddesses we reviewed earlier— 432|00:54:53|190|00:54:59|690they are releasing the individual souls. Perhaps they are even in a way releasing the monads as 433|00:54:59|690|00:55:07|910they go forth into the sea of the five lower sub-planes. Gemini and Sagittarius are connected 434|00:55:07|910|00:55:15|550through their ruling planets (because the Earth is more closely related to Venus than to any other 435|00:55:15|550|00:55:20|850planet) All right, there are planetary pairs we know—you know, probably Mars and Pluto are such, 436|00:55:20|850|00:55:27|650maybe Jupiter and Saturn are such, maybe Uranus and Neptune are such, and the Earth and Venus are 437|00:55:27|650|00:55:33|550certainly closely related. Mercury and the Sun are one, although Mercury has a very close relationship 438|00:55:33|550|00:55:40|890to Venus as well. Gemini and Sagittarius are connected through their ruling planets Earth, the 439|00:55:40|890|00:55:50|270esoteric ruler of Sagittarius, or the hierarchical ruler of Gemini. Interestingly, this way: Earth, the 440|00:55:50|270|00:55:57|110esoteric ruler of Sagittarius; Venus, the esoteric ruler of Gemini; and the connection between 441|00:55:57|110|00:56:03|730Gemini and Sagittarius through the two ruling planets, not just through the fact that Earth is 442|00:56:03|730|00:56:09|910involved with both of them. Perhaps by the time that Earth is hierarchically the ruler of Gemini, 443|00:56:09|910|00:56:18|210it will be a lot more like Venus than it is now. and thus again you have the six potencies which 444|00:56:18|210|00:56:26|730produce release from the bondage of form, entered into in Cancer as far as the mass of humanity is 445|00:56:26|730|00:56:32|450concerned (by this I mean the birth of the human kingdom) and in Pisces as far as the 446|00:56:32|450|00:56:39|290individual is considered. Well, that's what I have been quoting, this particular sentence. The—in 447|00:56:39|290|00:56:45|990Cancer you enter into the bondage of form; the mass of humanity does that. But the individual enters 448|00:56:45|990|00:56:51|750into the bondage of form in Pisces. That does seem to be what he is saying, so we have to watch that 449|00:56:51|750|00:57:03|750first incarnation. The individual enters the bondage of form in Pisces, and the bondage of 450|00:57:03|750|00:57:11|170form is the process of incarnation. So I am concluding that that first incarnation for 451|00:57:11|170|00:57:16|990an individual human being has a lot to do with the sign Pisces. So we have been talking about 452|00:57:16|990|00:57:26|470six potencies. There are various policies to look at. Certainly we've had the six potencies 453|00:57:26|470|00:57:34|230of the six planets in relation to the later mutable cross, and they have been Jupiter, Mercury, 454|00:57:34|230|00:57:45|890Venus, the Moon/Vulcan, Earth, and Pluto. But now let's see—does he seem to mean any other 455|00:57:47|250|00:57:56|130potencies here? It is possible that we can be speaking of the entire mutable cross plus Venus 456|00:57:56|130|00:58:04|590and the Earth—another six potencies. Are—okay, “entered into Cancer,” etc. So one way of looking 457|00:58:04|590|00:58:12|930at six potencies—one way of looking at six potencies is the six planets which are the 458|00:58:12|930|00:58:28|930orthodox and esoteric rulers of the mutable cross. The other way is the four signs of the 459|00:58:28|930|00:58:38|790mutable cross and Earth and Venus, and that may be what he is discussing here. They produce release 460|00:58:38|790|00:58:44|650from the bondage of form. Okay, that bears further examination. 461|00:58:46|770|00:58:53|810We have been considering, however, the factor of exaltation, and Venus definitely does seem to be 462|00:58:53|810|00:59:05|390involved. All right, we have reached the point where we will now end this discussion. This is the—as it 463|00:59:05|390|00:59:16|450at the end of Esoteric Astrology Adventure Number 57, and we have gone maybe not very far— 464|00:59:17|190|00:59:24|670oh, okay—up to 131. So we've gone from page 129 to 131. 465|00:59:27|030|00:59:29|710And we will take this up with Esoteric Astrology 466|00:59:30|170|00:59:38|610Adventure Number 58. And for now we will together do The Great Invocation together. 467|00:59:52|010|00:59:59|530From the point of light within the mind of God, let light stream forth into the minds of 468|00:59:59|530|01:00:08|730men, let light descend on Earth from the point of love within the heart of God. 469|01:00:08|730|01:00:14|890Let love stream forth into the hearts of men. May Christ return to Earth. 470|01:00:20|090|01:00:26|090From the center where the will of God is known, let purpose guide the little wills of men, 471|01:00:26|670|01:00:29|450the purpose which the Masters know and serve. 472|01:00:35|270|01:00:40|550From the center which we call the race of men, let the plan of love and light work out, 473|01:00:40|550|01:00:43|530and may it seal the door where evil dwells. 474|01:00:47|270|01:00:53|310Let light and love and power restore the plan on Earth. 475|01:00:56|470|01:00:57|870Um. 476|01:01:05|450|01:01:06|850Um. 477|01:01:26|310|01:01:32|970Okay friends, thank you for your participation and your study, and as I've been, you know, 478|01:01:33|110|01:01:35|990I was thinking about this during The Great Invocation that came to me. 479|01:01:37|630|01:01:49|210We're talking about you have the six potencies which produce release from the bondage 480|01:01:49|210|01:01:50|450of form, 481|01:01:51|090|01:01:56|630Okay, I do believe that Pisces must be included among them, so we're looking at a sixfold list 482|01:01:56|630|01:01:58|710which is not entirely that of the planets. 483|01:01:59|310|01:02:06|010We have to include the Virgo Pisces, Gemini Sagittarius, Venus, and the Earth. 484|01:02:06|110|01:02:08|970I believe those are the six potencies. 485|01:02:10|930|01:02:18|330So here I made this, one of the ways of looking at the six potencies is the six planets which 486|01:02:18|330|01:02:22|270are the Orthodox and the Estrature rules, but the other way is the four signs of the 487|01:02:22|270|01:02:31|710Util Cross, Earth and Venus, and I think this is more likely the story of the release from 488|01:02:31|710|01:02:32|090bondage. 489|01:02:36|610|01:02:41|990Okay, just had to add that, maybe I'll mention it when we begin the next one. 490|01:02:42|430|01:02:48|250Okay good, then that's that for the moment and hopefully all has worked out well and 491|01:02:48|250|01:02:55|770we will see you in Esoteric Astrology Adventure number 58 beginning on page 131 and continuing 492|01:02:56|630|01:02:59|770the discussion of the constellation or sign Pisces. 493|01:03:00|330|01:03:00|990Okay, see you then.