1|00:00:03|920|00:00:15|280Hi everybody, we are about to begin Esoteric Astrology Adventure number 58. 2|00:00:15|280|00:00:19|600I believe that is correct; yes, we've ended 57. 3|00:00:20|840|00:00:31|140We were talking about six potencies which produce release from bondage, from the bondage 4|00:00:31|140|00:00:38|140of form entered into in Cancer as far as the mass of humanity is concerned 5|00:00:38|900|00:00:42|260(by this I mean the birth of the human kingdom) as a whole. 6|00:00:42|680|00:00:46|740and in Pisces as far as the individual is considered. 7|00:00:48|200|00:01:01|760There does seem to be a little bit of possible contradiction there, as D.K. does say here that 8|00:01:03|740|00:01:13|780Cancer is opening the door into mass life, and then he seems to say that the very first 9|00:01:13|780|00:01:18|740incarnation is taken in the sign Cancer. 10|00:01:21|640|00:01:28|820By that I mean he says the very first human incarnation was always taken in this sign, 11|00:01:28|820|00:01:37|260which has been recognized down the ages as the doorway into life of those who must know 12|00:01:37|260|00:01:37|860death. 13|00:01:39|340|00:01:45|960And so we have to contrast that statement about the very first incarnation with the 14|00:01:45|960|00:01:53|950statement here that, as far as the individual is considered, he enters into form for the 15|00:01:53|950|00:01:56|930first time in Pisces. 16|00:01:58|210|00:02:03|450And by entry into form, I presume this means entry into incarnation. 17|00:02:04|590|00:02:11|230The six potencies—I proposed there were two ways to look at them, but increasingly I feel 18|00:02:11|230|00:02:18|060that the way to consider the six potencies which produce release from the bondage of 19|00:02:18|060|00:02:28|380form, are Venus and Earth as two planets, and then the four constellations on the mutable 20|00:02:28|380|00:02:29|260cross. 21|00:02:30|860|00:02:33|320I think there's a very close connection here. 22|00:02:34|340|00:02:40|640The pairs of opposites called spirit and matter can be related to Pisces and Virgo, depending 23|00:02:40|640|00:02:42|540on which way you want to look at it. 24|00:02:42|540|00:02:51|160Sometimes Pisces can represent spirit and Virgo can represent matter, or it can be reversed, 25|00:02:51|160|00:02:56|940and water is matter is Pisces, and Virgo is the ruler of the plane of spirit, monadic 26|00:02:56|940|00:02:57|380plane. 27|00:02:58|380|00:03:05|780So that is a major pair of opposites, and it has to do with the highest aspect of man and 28|00:03:05|780|00:03:06|640his lowest aspect. 29|00:03:06|640|00:03:14|100Then we understand that through the rulership of Venus and the Earth, we are bringing in— 30|00:03:14|100|00:03:19|620we have four potencies so far—we're bringing in Gemini and Sagittarius, with Gemini ruled 31|00:03:19|620|00:03:24|200by Venus and Sagittarius by the Earth. 32|00:03:25|940|00:03:32|340And here we have a pair of opposites which relates not so much to spirit and matter, but 33|00:03:32|340|00:03:39|160to soul and personality, for in a way Gemini rules the soul and Sagittarius the personality. 34|00:03:40|720|00:03:55|000We have the esoteric factor in the Venus rulership of Gemini, and there we find the solar angel. 35|00:03:55|000|00:04:03|680So we have the animal factor in Sagittarius, ruled by the Earth or hierarchically by Mars. 36|00:04:03|940|00:04:08|160We have animal man of the third kingdom represented by Sagittarius. 37|00:04:08|320|00:04:15|200We have the angelic winged kingdom represented by Gemini. 38|00:04:15|200|00:04:24|280And so the interplay between them produced individualization, represented by Leo, or the 39|00:04:24|800|00:04:32|060light coming into expression first as a tiny point and then growing into the personal ego 40|00:04:32|060|00:04:39|400and finally into the higher self and eventually universal self-realization—all of that under 41|00:04:39|400|00:04:39|980Leo. 42|00:04:39|980|00:04:48|240So, here are the six potencies which produce release from the bondage of form. 43|00:04:49|140|00:04:57|960First, upon the plane of Earth, we have the man of form; we have the animal man in relation 44|00:04:57|960|00:05:03|040to Sagittarius and the Earth, but that animal man aspires. 45|00:05:03|040|00:05:12|460He aspires towards something higher; he aspires towards the Geminian state in which the higher 46|00:05:12|460|00:05:18|980brother—I recognize my other self, and in the waning of that self I grow and glow—in 47|00:05:18|980|00:05:25|220which that higher brother becomes effulgent and man enters the true soul state. 48|00:05:25|640|00:05:31|720He is deeply embedded in matter because Venus has fallen into matter. 49|00:05:31|720|00:05:40|340This is the sign of the solar angels having fallen into matter and thereby serving, and 50|00:05:40|340|00:05:47|640eventually we have the exaltation of Venus rising into Pisces when the work of the solar 51|00:05:47|640|00:05:56|400angels is consummated, and then man is prepared to begin to live the life of the triad, which 52|00:05:56|400|00:06:01|480is an extension of the monad with which Pisces can be strongly associated. 53|00:06:02|200|00:06:06|620“I leave, I the monad, leave my father's home and turning back I save.” 54|00:06:07|260|00:06:16|320It's interesting when we consider Venus that it has a relationship with Virgo, which is 55|00:06:16|320|00:06:23|200its fall, with Gemini, which represents the soul state, and with Pisces, which represents 56|00:06:23|200|00:06:24|960the liberation of the soul. 57|00:06:24|960|00:06:32|460And then opposite Gemini we have Sagittarius, in which the Earth is found but not Venus. 58|00:06:32|720|00:06:35|520The Earth is found as an esoteric ruler. 59|00:06:35|800|00:06:44|080So three of the constellations of the mutable cross are closely related to Venus, and one 60|00:06:44|080|00:06:45|540of them is not. 61|00:06:45|720|00:06:51|820One of them is more related to the animal nature, so in a way we have a condition of 62|00:06:51|820|00:07:02|160the fallen Venus in Virgo representing the very beginning of the life of animal man who 63|00:07:02|160|00:07:03|560has entered the human kingdom. 64|00:07:04|380|00:07:10|040We have Sagittarius representing animal man who began to aspire towards a higher state. 65|00:07:10|880|00:07:18|040We have the opposite sign of Sagittarius in which the soul magnetically draws the embedded 66|00:07:18|040|00:07:23|380consciousness towards a higher state of consciousness, its own soul consciousness. 67|00:07:23|600|00:07:29|620We have the solar angel working magnetically, and finally from the very fallen state we 68|00:07:29|620|00:07:36|080have the exalted state with Venus in Pisces where freedom is achieved, the freedom of 69|00:07:36|080|00:07:43|540the solar angel to return to its home within the sun, its temporary home at least, and man 70|00:07:43|540|00:07:50|680to rise up to the feet of the solar angelic kingdom and become a winged creature, one 71|00:07:50|680|00:07:56|480who is free from the lower elemental life, one who from the perspective of the higher 72|00:07:56|480|00:08:03|900lives is no longer considered to be an elemental life but has his wings conferred at the fourth 73|00:08:03|900|00:08:11|980initiation and therefore can fly in the plane of air, and that is the Buddhic plane, and from 74|00:08:11|980|00:08:20|320a higher perspective all of the cosmic ethers represent the winged kingdom in which the 75|00:08:20|320|00:08:22|000consciousness can fly. 76|00:08:22|900|00:08:32|160So that's the story of bondage which the Earth and Virgo represent and liberation which Gemini 77|00:08:32|160|00:08:42|300and Venus and finally Pisces represents—complete liberation of the soul from the lower kingdoms. 78|00:08:44|600|00:08:57|140Okay, now we can move on to esoteric astrology adventure 58. In pointing out the significance 79|00:08:57|140|00:09:07|100of the above facts, I am not considering the orthodox astrological reasons for the exaltation 80|00:09:07|100|00:09:12|720and the fall of certain planets in certain signs, and that is actually somewhat mathematically 81|00:09:12|720|00:09:24|740based as there are degrees of fall and exaltation, and they usually have to do with explanations 82|00:09:24|740|00:09:29|600which are not very occult—do not concern the soul or spirit. 83|00:09:30|360|00:09:37|320I am concerned with the effect of the waxing and the waning influence upon the subject, man. 84|00:09:37|320|00:09:54|440 So the planets have influence which waxes and wanes, and there is an effect, 85|00:09:54|440|00:10:02|200and some of these influences lift a man very high and some seem to hold him in a state 86|00:10:02|200|00:10:03|740of suppression. 87|00:10:04|180|00:10:13|700So we're dealing with psycho-spiritual reasons for exaltation, falls, and detriments. 88|00:10:14|040|00:10:19|320We have to consider the soul nature and spirit nature of man, and this of course ordinary 89|00:10:19|320|00:10:26|740astrology, whereas it may hint at that occasionally, does not explicitly deal with man the ego 90|00:10:26|740|00:10:33|620on the higher mental plane and man the spiritual triad and man the monad on the monadic plane. 91|00:10:33|980|00:10:41|100It deals mostly with man the personality and his fate in the lower three worlds. 92|00:10:41|900|00:10:49|860Bear this in mind and—at the same time—remember that we are occupied with the 93|00:10:49|860|00:10:57|580Great Illusion which it is the major task of man in this particular world cycle to master and dissipate, 94|00:10:57|580|00:11:03|100man becoming the world disciple. And you know sometimes when he talks about the great illusion 95|00:11:03|760|00:11:11|080we don't have to consider the entire universe, although in a way the Brahman certainly do 96|00:11:11|080|00:11:15|780consider the entire world to be the Maha Maya or the great illusion, but we can consider 97|00:11:15|780|00:11:23|460the three lower sub-planes of the cosmic physical plane. 98|00:11:24|220|00:11:30|820In other words, the dense physical body of the solar Logos is considered the realm of 99|00:11:30|820|00:11:39|620the great illusion, and it is our task to master this and to dissipate this and begin to live 100|00:11:39|620|00:11:46|360more according to the principles that are found in the second solar system, begin to 101|00:11:46|360|00:11:55|540live the cosmic etheric life no longer trapped by the energy residuals of the previous solar 102|00:11:55|540|00:11:56|100system. 103|00:11:57|000|00:12:03|580So we are occupied with the great illusion. It is our task to dispel and dissipate that 104|00:12:03|580|00:12:09|660illusion of this particular world cycle and so to inaugurate the reign of the Real. 105|00:12:11|080|00:12:18|840Very memorable kind of phrase due to the alliteration, the reign of the real. 106|00:12:19|860|00:12:20|800Where does the real begin? 107|00:12:21|000|00:12:29|960You know, from the perspective of the second solar system the real begins on the Buddhic 108|00:12:29|960|00:12:37|360plane which is in the cosmic etheric body of the solar Logos. 109|00:12:38|020|00:12:39|260That's where the real begins. 110|00:12:39|520|00:12:50|660Buddhi with its emphasis upon pure reason and straight knowledge and intuition is the 111|00:12:50|660|00:12:57|960great place of the clear, cold light which is no longer confused by Maya glamour and 112|00:12:57|960|00:12:58|400illusion. 113|00:12:59|820|00:13:07|860It is the revelation of the Real which is the task all initiates undertake after the 114|00:13:07|860|00:13:12|920final experience of the twelve final tests in the twelve signs. 115|00:13:13|740|00:13:19|280He talks about these twelve tests as if they are kind of a unified experience. 116|00:13:19|280|00:13:29|680Now, to reveal the real, we recall the nature of the five initiations, and there are five 117|00:13:30|320|00:13:33|240words which are associated with each of these initiations. 118|00:13:33|500|00:13:36|280The first, for the first initiation, is “know.” 119|00:13:37|220|00:13:38|920For the second initiation, “express.” 120|00:13:39|800|00:13:43|500For the third initiation, and this is germane here, “reveal.” 121|00:13:44|660|00:13:53|900And then for the fourth, it is the crucifixion, “destroy,” and then for the fifth initiation, 122|00:13:53|900|00:13:59|200“resurrect,” even though the real resurrection occurs at the seventh initiation. 123|00:13:59|360|00:14:06|160There's a kind of resurrection out of the lower twenty-one sub-planes which occurs at 124|00:14:06|160|00:14:07|740the fourth initiation. 125|00:14:07|740|00:14:13|600So the revelation of the real fits very well with the third initiation, 126|00:14:15|180|00:14:19|200the keynote or keyword of which is “reveal.” 127|00:14:20|160|00:14:24|800It is the revelation of the real which is the task of all initiates until after the 128|00:14:24|800|00:14:30|400final experience of the twelve final tests in the twelve signs, and presumably these tests— 129|00:14:30|400|00:14:40|120I presume—will they will occur before the fourth initiation. 130|00:14:42|240|00:14:50|080Hercules, the disciple becoming the triumphant disciple, is not demonstrating the life of 131|00:14:50|080|00:14:58|520the fourth initiation particularly—maybe in the final labor where he's saving the red 132|00:14:58|520|00:15:07|060cattle in a chalice, the cattle of Geryon. Perhaps that is a bit like world saviorship. 133|00:15:07|900|00:15:14|540But generally, he is not moving quite as far as becoming a master of the wisdom. 134|00:15:15|740|00:15:24|040So I think the twelve tests—I suspect—must occur leading to the fourth initiation. 135|00:15:25|020|00:15:33|260Therefore, when we find that the power of Mercury is lessened in Pisces—that's initially—and 136|00:15:33|260|00:15:39|620that it finally “falls” in that sign, so we have two stages there: lessening and fall. And D.K. is speaking 137|00:15:39|620|00:15:49|000of diminishment and the final bondage of the faculties—the ordinary faculties of 138|00:15:49|000|00:15:49|300Mercury. 139|00:15:49|640|00:15:55|580So we have two stages here until it finally falls in that sign. what is the esoteric and 140|00:15:55|580|00:15:56|380spiritual meaning? 141|00:15:58|560|00:16:00|440Well, let's see what he says. 142|00:16:01|340|00:16:07|060We know, of course, that Mercury in Pisces can be found on the chart of some various 143|00:16:07|060|00:16:16|540devout individuals. They will have a great capacity for intuition, although their normal reasoning, 144|00:16:16|540|00:16:24|780rational process may not be so evident. It's more an intuitive process, and it seems to 145|00:16:24|780|00:16:32|120be the fall of the lesser modalities of Mercury that we are talking about. Every fall is an 146|00:16:32|120|00:16:34|900exaltation; every exaltation can be a fall. 147|00:16:35|900|00:16:36|900Simply, what does it mean? 148|00:16:38|200|00:16:43|320that after the stage of initiation in Capricorn,—look at Mercury in relation to the third decanate 149|00:16:43|320|00:16:48|600of Capricorn along with the Sun and Vulcan—that after the stage of initiation of Capricorn, 150|00:16:48|600|00:16:55|800as the result of the reversal of the wheel and the consequent experiences, which occurred 151|00:16:55|800|00:17:05|300in one sense many lives before this third initiation, and after the triumph of Scorpio, 152|00:17:05|300|00:17:12|240in which Mercury is also powerful, being the hierarchical ruler, and the mind has two phases 153|00:17:12|240|00:17:17|780to pass through—the control of the emotions and the illumination—the power of the mind 154|00:17:17|780|00:17:24|120is very strong in Scorpio, and I think quite strong in Capricorn because 155|00:17:24|120|00:17:30|980of the third decanate. The power of the mind lessens steadily—the mind per se, let's call 156|00:17:30|980|00:17:35|940it that, because, you know, intuition is the transcendental mind—so it's the mind per se. 157|00:17:35|940|00:17:42|480the power of the mind lessens steadily till finally (like other aspects of form life 158|00:17:42|480|00:17:47|540in the three worlds)—so here he is talking about the concrete mind, obviously concrete 159|00:17:47|540|00:17:53|620mind—it comes to an end and its meaning and illuminating aspects between soul and physical 160|00:17:53|620|00:18:03|540brain are no longer required. because we have direct contact between the soul and physical 161|00:18:03|540|00:18:11|360brain and between the intuition and physical brain. So mind as a mediator, Mercury as a mediator 162|00:18:11|360|00:18:23|620translating into symbols and various mediatory forms the direct vision and knowledge of the 163|00:18:23|620|00:18:29|620intuition, that is no longer needed. The man comes definitely into full soul consciousness 164|00:18:30|920|00:18:39|700without the reasoning mind as a mediator. Let's put that in without the—and we'll put this 165|00:18:39|700|00:18:48|220reasoning mind as the mediator, he will be subject then to pure reason. But pure reason 166|00:18:48|220|00:18:57|520is not reasoning occurring in time and under sequential Saturn. The man, coming definitely 167|00:18:57|520|00:19:05|560into full soul consciousness, requires now no mediator but deals directly himself with 168|00:19:05|560|00:19:14|960his emanating source. So we have the physical brain and the soul in direct connection, and 169|00:19:14|960|00:19:23|540even direct connection with the spiritual triad. Mercury is then met with again 170|00:19:23|540|00:19:35|420under another name, this time as the Sun, mediating between the higher aspects—soul and spirit—for 171|00:19:35|420|00:19:53|520Mercury and the Sun are One. Now this is interesting. Now Mercury is then the ruler of Boötes. Mercury 172|00:19:53|520|00:20:06|120between the monad and the soul on its own plane. Through Mercury, the mind is illumined and relation 173|00:20:06|120|00:20:12|300is established between personality and the soul. That's usually how it operates before the fall occurs As 174|00:20:12|740|00:20:21|100Mercury, the Sun—the mediator—shifts to a still higher plane It's interesting about the Sun is 175|00:20:21|100|00:20:25|780because when you look at the position of the Sun in the double diamond—hate to take a little 176|00:20:26|300|00:20:33|660bit of a detour here—but if we go over to page 610 and we see the position of the Sun, we 177|00:20:33|660|00:20:40|080will see it in a mediating position, a transforming position. It is mediating between the very highest 178|00:20:40|080|00:20:47|000influences and the lower influences. This is the—this is the double—this is the double diamond, okay? 179|00:20:48|620|00:20:54|140So the mind is illumined at first, and the first function of Mercury, and relation is established 180|00:20:54|140|00:20:59|860between personality and soul. We don't get direct soul impression; perhaps we get mentally mediated 181|00:20:59|860|00:21:09|220soul impression. The Mercury translates the soul impression through symbols and words and other 182|00:21:09|220|00:21:15|040mediatory forms. But Mercury, as the Sun, the mediator, shifts to a still higher plane—that's the 183|00:21:15|040|00:21:20|860monadic plane—and is no longer mediator between two different stages in consciousness such as 184|00:21:20|860|00:21:29|000soul and personality consciousness, but between life which is not consciousness per se, which is 185|00:21:29|000|00:21:34|920not consciousness, and consciousness itself; this is a very different matter and effects the higher understanding. Mercury does this, and even Jupiter in Gemini 186|00:21:34|920|00:21:40|400does this as well. This will necessarily be incomprehensible to you at present for it is 187|00:21:40|400|00:21:49|480not a mediatorship between differences but a fusion of what is already related. Are you any the 188|00:21:49|480|00:21:57|280wiser for that statement? So here we have—well, I wonder if we are any—if we are any wiser. Let's 189|00:21:57|280|00:22:03|040just say spirit and soul are already related. Certainly spirit and soul are definitely 190|00:22:06|000|00:22:17|340related, for spirit has—capitalized it—spirit has—whoop—and spell it correctly—has taken up its 191|00:22:17|340|00:22:28|820place as the central fire in the jewel—in fire in the jewel in the Lotus. So they are definitely 192|00:22:28|820|00:22:36|600related. But now there is, via Mercury—since Mercury and the Sun are one—a fusion between 193|00:22:36|600|00:22:44|820spirit and soul, and this is occurring. This fusion between spirit and soul occurs after 194|00:22:45|060|00:22:57|940the third initiation and is consummated at the fourth initiation, and still more fully fulfilled— 195|00:22:57|940|00:23:04|320and still more fulfilled at the fifth—because the spiritual triad is still active at the fifth 196|00:23:04|320|00:23:11|460initiation, and spiritual triad is the real soul. So we're not mediating here between two aspects 197|00:23:11|460|00:23:21|080like—let us say—let's see—let's look at this again here. This—this is no longer a media— 198|00:23:21|080|00:23:26|240mediatorship between two different stages of consciousness, but between life, which is distinct 199|00:23:26|240|00:23:34|360from consciousness. D.K. talks about moving onward into life. He says past a certain point it is not 200|00:23:34|360|00:23:40|520consciousness that we are interested in acquiring, although even great Logoi have consciousness, but 201|00:23:40|520|00:23:50|480a penetration, an onward movement into life itself. Mercury has a high function here as a mediator 202|00:23:50|480|00:24:00|200between life and consciousness per se. So Mercury, in relation to nirvanic mind—even beyond 203|00:24:00|200|00:24:07|140transcendental mind—a kind of mind associated with the nirvanic plane or the atomic plane, is 204|00:24:07|140|00:24:17|520bringing the will, the life aspect, fully into consciousness and is a transmitter of sort of 205|00:24:17|520|00:24:23|620higher quality or a higher principle and enlivening principle. Mercury is so often involved 206|00:24:23|620|00:24:30|000with enlivening. It is involved with the etheric body, the vital body, which is the great enlivener 207|00:24:30|000|00:24:36|660of the physical body, and there is the whole question of enlivening the egoic body by the 208|00:24:36|660|00:24:43|480revelation of the content of the jewel in the Lotus, which is a direct presence of the monad. 209|00:24:47|180|00:24:54|360Okay, so Mercury in a way becomes the Sun, and the—so, you know, from a certain point of view, 210|00:24:54|980|00:25:02|340the monad is the Sun as well, but the Sun is considered a sort of a triadal mediator between 211|00:25:02|340|00:25:08|460The supreme spirit really there is the Sun, and then three aspects of the Sun and as the triad. 212|00:25:08|460|00:25:14|700And then the egoic Lotus is the Sun, and then the personality is the Sun, and even the physical body 213|00:25:14|700|00:25:22|020considered as a kind of a Sun etherically. So there are different aspects of the Sun. Mercury 214|00:25:22|020|00:25:29|340and the Sun are one, especially in its Buddhic functioning. You know, one seeks to ponder on 215|00:25:29|340|00:25:43|200these things in great depth and persistently. Now we have reached that point. Yeah, well, I'll, you know, 216|00:25:43|200|00:25:52|680one day I'll send all this to you with the notes. But of course you can freeze your screen 217|00:25:52|680|00:25:59|840at any point and you can see what is here. So maybe there's not so much urgent need for that. 218|00:25:59|840|00:26:10|980We've come to the question of the decanates now, and the decanates in relation to Pisces. Let's see, 219|00:26:10|980|00:26:20|620here we have to go up a little bit. Yeah, the one, two, three wheel of consciousness is the fourth 220|00:26:20|620|00:26:28|100wheel of form by reversing the decanate order on the wheel of consciousness. Then there's the 221|00:26:28|100|00:26:35|460wheel of form, which Nicholas Nelenn, how he sees it. He's a very fine astrologer in all of these 222|00:26:35|460|00:26:41|460matters and in general, of course. And to a degree, decanates, then the Alan Leo decanates are 223|00:26:41|460|00:26:48|180there and the Sepharial decanates are there. The Alan Leo decanates we remember are based upon 224|00:26:48|180|00:26:55|280the rulerships of the triplicity in which a particular sign is found. Like Aries is found 225|00:26:55|280|00:27:01|520in the fire triplicity: Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius. So the rulers of Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius will 226|00:27:01|520|00:27:09|040be important decanate rulers. When it comes to Sepharial, he is proceeding rather sequentially 227|00:27:09|040|00:27:21|120outward from Saturn, it seems, and moving inward: Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun. How does he go? Mars, Mars, 228|00:27:21|120|00:27:32|660Sun, and Venus, Mercury, Moon. That is his usual method. Yeah, Venus, Mercury, Moon. Then he goes out 229|00:27:32|660|00:27:39|940again, the longest period being that of Saturn. Next shorter is Jupiter, next shorter is Mars, next 230|00:27:39|940|00:27:47|820shorter is the Sun period, geocentrically considered around the Earth. At least it's an appearance. It 231|00:27:47|820|00:27:53|220appears that these planets are revolving around the Earth in a certain period, but really they are 232|00:27:53|220|00:28:00|080revolving around the Sun. Otherwise the Sun couldn't be included, as the Sun is in fact appearing to 233|00:28:00|080|00:28:10|960revolve around the Earth from the geocentric perspective. Okay, so let me… yes, I'll do it this 234|00:28:10|960|00:28:27|980way and we'll make it just a little… yeah, that'll be good. Okay, all right. Oops. Okay, hmm. Yeah, there 235|00:28:27|980|00:28:39|980we go. Okay, now let's see what D.K. says about this, and we'll look at some other charts I've created 236|00:28:39|980|00:28:48|880for this. The same symbolic mode of interpretation must govern also our understanding of the three 237|00:28:48|880|00:28:57|920decanates. Both Leo and Sepharial give a list of the decanates and between them there is 238|00:28:57|920|00:29:06|100much resemblance but there is, however, an important difference. Leo approaches the closer to 239|00:29:06|100|00:29:11|420the esoteric interpretation of astrology — and that's a general statement — whilst Sepharial 240|00:29:11|420|00:29:17|920is purely exoteric. says the Tibetan. Although occasionally Sepharial's decanates are accepted 241|00:29:17|920|00:29:25|280as the truly esoteric ones, as in the case of Gemini. According to Sepharial, the three 242|00:29:25|280|00:29:32|400decanates are governed by Saturn—Jupiter—Mars, Now let's take a look at that. Here are the 243|00:29:32|400|00:29:41|540Sepharial decanates, and we'll go down and we have right here… here is Pisces in its color lavender, 244|00:29:41|540|00:29:50|840and we have Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars. That's the… and you see how we are coming inward from Saturn to 245|00:29:50|840|00:29:55|880Jupiter, Jupiter, Mars, Mars to the Sun, and so forth, with a shortening of the period around the 246|00:29:55|880|00:30:05|180Earth. Okay, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars. And D.K. essentializes the meaning very well, you know, and 247|00:30:05|180|00:30:12|840in short statements: “They're governed by Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars, presenting to the undeveloped 248|00:30:12|840|00:30:21|060man who is still not working on the wheel of consciousness, presenting opportunity to 249|00:30:21|060|00:30:29|480work off karma — and that would probably be found in the third decanate, which for the average man 250|00:30:29|480|00:30:37|080is entered as if it were the first decanate — “and to be successful Jupiter in doing so.” So presenting 251|00:30:37|080|00:30:43|820the opportunity to work… now whenever you find the word “work,” watch for Saturn. Saturn to work off 252|00:30:43|820|00:30:51|080karma and to be successful in so doing — that is Jupiter — and indicating the method employed, that 253|00:30:51|080|00:31:10|000of conflict and of war. So Mars gives the opportunity to work off karma through conflict. Okay, so 254|00:31:10|000|00:31:23|740Alan… so this is… we see here we can see here the method. Let's see, this is Pisces. Okay, there's 255|00:31:23|740|00:31:32|420different ways of doing this. The Sepharial decanates are found here: Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. 256|00:31:32|420|00:31:41|200Now, from another point of view, we could consider them to be Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars. See Sepharial. 257|00:31:43|580|00:31:50|980Sepharial - what he did, he always considered the counterclockwise order. He was never reversing the 258|00:31:50|980|00:31:58|020order. So when we're talking about the first decanate in the usual sense, we're dealing with 259|00:31:58|020|00:32:05|380zero to ten degrees. Well, Sepharial puts Saturn in that position, from 10 to 20 Jupiter, and finally 260|00:32:05|380|00:32:18|640the third - the 20 to 30 - would be Mars. But of course, what really happens here is that we enter as an 261|00:32:18|640|00:32:23|900average individual the sign from the opposite angle, and so we have Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn 262|00:32:23|900|00:32:29|540instead of Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars. When you're dealing with the decanates, you have to be willing 263|00:32:29|540|00:32:37|680to turn the wheel in both directions at the same time and not to look for a totally clear 264|00:32:37|680|00:32:47|640definition of each decanate space, but as D.K. says, they are fluid. So you see how I've arranged these. 265|00:32:49|560|00:33:00|140One of the ways of operating here… Let's see what further D.K. says. He - D.K. - gives us Jupiter, moon, and 266|00:33:00|140|00:33:07|800Mars, as we'll see in a minute. And so it's possible to reverse these and have the average man entering 267|00:33:07|800|00:33:12|660in the third decanate, which for him is the first, with Mars, then going through the moon, and then 268|00:33:12|660|00:33:21|460Jupiter. And then, as the wheel is reversed and as the man begins to aspire, then the normal clockwise - 269|00:33:21|460|00:33:29|700counterclockwise - order of the planets would be Jupiter, moon, and Mars. You see the - you see how I've 270|00:33:29|700|00:33:36|560done it with this kind of green star representing the mind and the lower integrating personality 271|00:33:36|560|00:33:44|880and the blue star representing complete spiritual fulfillment. These particular charts, I think, can be 272|00:33:44|880|00:33:55|780studied with profit. So let's see what else D.K. says here. Leo gives us Jupiter, the Moon 273|00:33:55|780|00:34:02|880and Mars. Now, Alan Leo again is always operating in the counterclockwise version, just like Sepharial 274|00:34:02|880|00:34:09|720is. We have to lay these planets out in the counterclockwise version, which means from 0 to 10, 275|00:34:09|720|00:34:19|78010 to 20, 20 to 30, and then move backwards or clockwise in the case of the average individual 276|00:34:19|780|00:34:28|600who is responding to these planets - to these decanates - in a way that strictly affects his 277|00:34:28|600|00:34:34|920personality and not his soul or spirit. So Leo gives us Jupiter, the moon, and Mars. He indicates, 278|00:34:34|920|00:34:41|340therefore, - and D.K. will essentialize here - He indicates, therefore, the success which is incident 279|00:34:41|340|00:34:48|900to proved discipleship</wrap> So that is experienced in relation to the first decanate in Pisces, 0 to 10, 280|00:34:48|900|00:34:56|780and consequent readiness for initiation, the seeing of the vision with which Jupiter rewards the 281|00:34:56|780|00:35:04|080disciple, Okay, so all of these things pertain to the first decanate. He gives us Jupiter, the moon, 282|00:35:04|080|00:35:10|340and Mars, and so here is success - that's the Jupiterian word - which is incident to proved 283|00:35:10|340|00:35:16|940discipleship. So in that first decanate, we are proving that we have made many relinquishments 284|00:35:16|940|00:35:24|180and are ready truly for the life of service and even eventual saviorship. the success which is 285|00:35:24|180|00:35:29|820incident to proved discipleship and consequent readiness for initiation, because Jupiter is 286|00:35:29|820|00:35:35|820always an expansion of consciousness, and when that expansion of consciousness has been achieved, the 287|00:35:35|820|00:35:41|720man is initiate before he is initiated. So he is sustaining a certain expansion of consciousness; 288|00:35:41|720|00:35:47|220he proves he is ready, therefore, for initiation, and he sees the vision of that which lies ahead. 289|00:35:47|220|00:35:56|460Jupiter always is the planet of vision. The second ray is related closely to eyesight and to seeing 290|00:35:56|460|00:36:02|740things in a synthetic manner. With the eye, we can see many factors simultaneously - far 291|00:36:02|740|00:36:08|300more than we can hear and discriminate - and we are able to see them all in relation. That is synthesis; 292|00:36:08|300|00:36:13|640that is the second ray - the second ray type of synthesis. the seeing of the vision with which 293|00:36:13|640|00:36:19|180Jupiter rewards the disciple, and the experience - now he's moving to the second decanate - 294|00:36:19|180|00:36:26|100the experience which Vulcan confers. Now, why Vulcan? Because he had mentioned the moon. So what is 295|00:36:26|100|00:36:35|700involved here? Vulcan has been hitherto hidden, - hidden by what? Hidden by the moon, right? Hidden 296|00:36:35|700|00:36:41|220by the moon. but its influence has steadily superseded all lunar control, In other words, 297|00:36:41|220|00:36:52|560the spiritual will - the spiritual will - overcomes lunar instinct. its influence has steadily 298|00:36:52|560|00:36:58|420superseded all lunar control, for the personality or form side of life is lost to sight in the 299|00:36:58|420|00:37:04|720radiance of the Sun, the soul. Now, Vulcan and the sun are also - unlike Mercury in the sun - are also, 300|00:37:04|720|00:37:14|900remember, Vulcan a planet of blinding - blinding light. And when it is said of Taurus that it 301|00:37:14|900|00:37:22|200confers blinding light, it's the light of Venus - is not the blinding light; it's the light of Vulcan. 302|00:37:22|200|00:37:28|460which is so close to the Sun and produces that overpowering light experience which is experienced 303|00:37:28|700|00:37:36|620at the enlightenment or the third initiation, as Saint Paul experienced it. It's a mixture of the 304|00:37:36|620|00:37:44|580first ray with the power of light. So the personality of form side of life, which is the 305|00:37:44|580|00:37:53|740moon, is lost to sight in the radiance of the Sun, the soul represented by Vulcan. Represented by 306|00:37:53|740|00:38:04|800Vulcan, The light of Vulcan and the light of the Sun are one light and these three—Mercury, 307|00:38:04|800|00:38:08|460Vulcan and the Sun—are one. Then there's the Sun, and these three—Mercury, Vulcan 308|00:38:08|460|00:38:15|640and the Sun—stand for a synthesis and a radiance which eventually dims the light of Mercury and it 309|00:38:15|640|00:38:22|900“falls” into the background and Vulcan too becomes invisible and only the Sun remains. Now we also 310|00:38:22|900|00:38:35|720meet—we also meet Mercury, Vulcan, and the Sun in the last decan of Capricorn. We will be studying 311|00:38:35|720|00:38:43|540that, and that is an initiatory decanate where the Sun finally is the major ruler and when the 312|00:38:43|540|00:38:49|560person conquers the mountain at the third initiation. So in this particular case, we have 313|00:38:49|560|00:38:57|260another reason for the sort of fall of Mercury, and it's related to the second decanate, as is 314|00:38:57|260|00:39:08|200Vulcan. So the moon is lost to sight, the mind falls away, the spiritual will of Vulcan recedes into 315|00:39:08|200|00:39:17|600the presence of the spirit, which stands for—which the Sun stands for. We have consequently a vision 316|00:39:17|600|00:39:25|340of the Sun, the experience of the personality and effort, which is the mode of attainment 317|00:39:26|460|00:39:32|740governed by Mars. So the experience of the personality and effort are the mode of attainment 318|00:39:32|740|00:39:39|880governed by Mars, and this is the final decanate. So we have a great vision in the second decanate, 319|00:39:39|880|00:39:51|140a great vision. In that light, we shall see a greater light, and that's the light of Vulcan 320|00:39:51|140|00:39:59|620and the Sun. So we really find—whoops, disappeared there—we really find four 321|00:40:00|060|00:40:06|020planets involved in the second decanate: four planets involved in the second decan. 322|00:40:07|300|00:40:15|740We have the Moon, we have Mercury, which is falling away in the blinding light of Vulcan, 323|00:40:16|480|00:40:22|960and then we have the presence of the Sun. So we have successful discipleship under Jupiter—first 324|00:40:22|960|00:40:28|700decanate. We have a great vision, an experience of liberating light in the second decanate, 325|00:40:28|700|00:40:36|640and we have this ongoing battle: the experience of the personality, which is the mode of attainment 326|00:40:36|640|00:40:44|880governed by Mars. It is an application through effort of all that is seen—an application through 327|00:40:44|880|00:40:53|500effort of all that is seen in the second decanate—and it is a preparation for moving forward into 328|00:40:53|500|00:40:59|360Aries, which interestingly, from Alan Leo's perspective, has a first decanate ruled by Mars, 329|00:40:59|360|00:41:06|420but from the perspective of the Tibetan, it is a Jupiter rulership, strangely enough. 330|00:41:06|420|00:41:13|600So Mars is preparing the way. Mars in the last decanate of Pisces is preparing the way 331|00:41:14|080|00:41:20|760for this expansive Jupiterian experience in the first decanate of Aries, and also there is a Venus 332|00:41:21|680|00:41:29|900rulership that D.K. hints at, as given by Alan Leo, in that first decanate of Aries. Let's look at this. 333|00:41:30|680|00:41:35|740Well, you know, you could—well, you can write a whole book on the decanates, and 334|00:41:35|740|00:41:43|160esoterically this has been done. I think Stephen Pugh has done a very good book on the decanates 335|00:41:43|160|00:41:52|220called “The 72 Faces of Man,” and other people have offered important speculations. So here we have 336|00:41:52|220|00:42:04|000three constellations related to the three decanates of Pisces, and there are given in 337|00:42:04|000|00:42:09|460“The Labors of Hercules” three extra-zodiacal constellations, each one of them related to 338|00:42:09|460|00:42:15|640particular constellations. So the band that ties the fishes together, Andromeda the chained woman, 339|00:42:15|640|00:42:24|900and Cepheus—or Cepheus—the king are the three associated extra-zodiacal constellations. We can 340|00:42:24|900|00:42:29|880ask ourselves, “Well, look, is it legitimate to associate one of these constellations with one 341|00:42:29|880|00:42:36|400of the decanates?” Well, there are three and three, and perhaps there is a kind of special emphasis 342|00:42:37|020|00:42:42|940with one of these constellations associated with one particular decanate. However, I would say that 343|00:42:42|940|00:42:50|060if you are a Pisces, you have the possibility of experiencing all three constellations, just the way 344|00:42:50|060|00:42:56|540if you are an Aries individual, you have the possibility of experiencing Cetus the sea monster, 345|00:42:59|660|00:43:06|240Cassiopeia the enthroned queen, and Perseus the hero. All of them are open to you, but there might 346|00:43:06|240|00:43:14|780be a particular emphasis in a particular life. So the band—the band, the Antahkarana, the Sutratma, 347|00:43:14|780|00:43:25|000the band holding the fishes together—the lower Antahkarana. And if we consider the higher fish 348|00:43:25|000|00:43:30|420to represent soul and the lower fish to represent personality. So it is a band of consciousness 349|00:43:30|960|00:43:38|840and also a band of life. And Andromeda is the chained woman, and she has to be released by the hero 350|00:43:38|840|00:43:46|680Perseus. And Cepheus is the king. It's not a very prominent constellation, but it has a high 351|00:43:46|680|00:43:57|680representation as a Sanat Kumara or the planetary Logos. Now, if we move upward a little here, 352|00:43:57|680|00:44:09|160let's see if I push this over to the other side. I can do that, and then I would… perhaps I might… 353|00:44:12|220|00:44:19|760I could possibly… excuse me for a second as I make my… just a little bit big here. 354|00:44:19|760|00:44:27|040It automatically goes to the right-hand side, so I don't think I can do anything about it. 355|00:44:27|040|00:44:35|180Maybe I can… maybe I can… yeah, I think I can, and I will. So I'll try to switch this around, and it'll 356|00:44:35|180|00:44:41|240be a little peculiar perhaps. All right, I'll be looking from a different direction, but in any 357|00:44:41|240|00:44:54|020case, we should be able to see just a little better. Now, moving this away slightly, we come to 358|00:44:54|860|00:45:04|780the wheel of consciousness. This is what is given by the Tibetan, okay? And he gives 359|00:45:05|780|00:45:19|080Jupiter, the Moon, and Mars, and also this is veiling Vulcan. Now I see here that we have the Sun and 360|00:45:19|080|00:45:25|620also involved in the third decanate. So let's see why that should be the case. We have, consequently, 361|00:45:25|620|00:45:30|520a vision of the Sun, the experience of the personality, which is the mode of attainment 362|00:45:31|480|00:45:38|340governed by Mars. So only the Sun remains. I think that perhaps this is not correct. 363|00:45:38|920|00:45:46|120I'm going to change this, or at least question this for the moment, and I'm going to put a line 364|00:45:46|120|00:45:52|500through it because it looks to me like this vision of the Sun… well, let's just say that 365|00:45:54|260|00:46:01|700the Sun and Mercury… if the Sun is the personality and Mercury is the mind, they are involved in 366|00:46:01|700|00:46:16|100falling away. But I'm not exactly sure that that's the way it should be done. All right, so here's the 367|00:46:16|100|00:46:24|620Jupiter, the Moon, and Mars. So we are envisioning the Sun from Jupiter. We are looking towards the 368|00:46:24|620|00:46:31|000Sun or the soul. The Moon is veiling Vulcan, suggesting the emergence of the Sun with 369|00:46:31|000|00:46:39|280Mercury falling away. And Mars is the planet of battle, leading to the final Sun of spirit which 370|00:46:39|280|00:46:48|820Cepheus represents, with Mercury falling away. Now, down a little bit later in this chart, 371|00:46:50|580|00:47:00|440I go through six different methods of considering these decanates, and I'm going to make this a 372|00:47:00|440|00:47:07|860little smaller. Okay, now we're not so concerned with the physical, strictly physical Lemurian 373|00:47:07|860|00:47:15|500approach. All of this is here, and you can freeze your screen at any time to read it if you want to. 374|00:47:16|000|00:47:23|020The emotional is here, and that is the Atlantean state. We're not so concerned with that specifically, 375|00:47:23|680|00:47:37|160nor are we concerned exactly with the lower mental personal aspect. We are moving in a… 376|00:47:37|160|00:47:47|440we are moving from Mars to the Moon and thence to Jupiter. But when we reach, in fact, the point where 377|00:47:47|440|00:47:55|020a reversal takes place and the person becomes an aspiring, spiritually oriented personality, we begin 378|00:47:55|020|00:48:07|760with Jupiter. And here we are… Jupiter's rule… okay… okay, here we are… yeah. 379|00:48:11|720|00:48:18|900Okay, here is the height. Here is Jupiter applied to the aspirational, higher personal, integrating 380|00:48:18|900|00:48:27|480personality. We are still under the basic Jupiter rulership of Pluto, and we are still on the latter 381|00:48:27|480|00:48:36|360part of the mutable cross. But we are coming increasingly under Pluto. This is the initial 382|00:48:36|360|00:48:42|820phase of “I leave the father's home,” and turning back, “I save.” And from Esoteric Astrology 333, 383|00:48:43|320|00:48:48|740we learned that the man is becoming the advanced man. He becomes sensitive to soul. He becomes 384|00:48:48|740|00:48:54|840the mediator between the soul and personality. So under this general Jupiterian phase, the man 385|00:48:54|840|00:49:00|460expands his outreach towards service and helpfulness, which he does under Jupiter. 386|00:49:01|540|00:49:06|160He grasps the importance of service and begins to offer himself to others 387|00:49:06|600|00:49:15|720in self-sacrifice. He begins to demonstrate the urge towards self-abnegation, using incipient Pluto 388|00:49:15|720|00:49:21|900to detach from his involvement—his desirous involvement—with the physical plane. And via 389|00:49:21|900|00:49:28|220Neptune, which begins to come into focus because he is turning into a disciple, via Neptune his 390|00:49:28|220|00:49:35|040sensitivity to others is rapidly growing. Let's see where we are in terms of time. Okay, well, we 391|00:49:35|040|00:49:43|300may not make it here. We'll do the best we can. Now we start to apply the decanate rulers, and 392|00:49:43|300|00:49:51|320on the counterclockwise wheel, which is the reversed wheel, we have Jupiter ruling the first, 393|00:49:51|900|00:50:00|700the Moon-Vulcan ruling the second, and we have Mars, which I say is struggling towards the 394|00:50:00|700|00:50:08|760Sun, with Mercury meaning less and less. So now we are becoming an advanced man, and we are under the 395|00:50:08|760|00:50:17|100First decanate of Jupiter from zero to ten degrees: the advanced man sees a broader vision 396|00:50:17|100|00:50:22|560of divinity and believes. These are words, Jupiterian words. The advanced man sees a broader 397|00:50:22|560|00:50:29|200vision of divinity and believes in the reality of the spiritual dimensions of life. He's not yet 398|00:50:29|200|00:50:34|780soul conscious, but he knows there is this higher source and higher power. He's oriented towards it, 399|00:50:34|780|00:50:42|340wants to include it. The influence of the band - we are going to apply the band to the first decanate 400|00:50:42|340|00:50:49|060in a specific sort of way - and the influence of the band connects his personal life with his 401|00:50:49|060|00:50:56|240increasing experience of inner spiritual dimensions. So we have Jupiter dominant 402|00:50:56|240|00:51:02|720because it is the exoteric ruler and it is still operative on the mutable cross, and Pluto is 403|00:51:02|720|00:51:10|640beginning to phase in. And let's see what else we say here: through all decanates, though all decanate 404|00:51:10|640|00:51:15|140rulers can be associated with the personal aspirational phase, Jupiter, ruler of the first 405|00:51:15|140|00:51:21|080decanate of the wheel of consciousness, is especially associated with the personal aspirational phase. 406|00:51:21|080|00:51:28|100I don't have to go into all the details here. I think you can get the idea. Now, for this aspiring 407|00:51:28|100|00:51:32|780human being who is not yet the disciple, we move into the second decanate, and how would it operate? 408|00:51:33|380|00:51:36|720Well, we have the second decanate ruler as the moon as Andromeda, 409|00:51:38|480|00:51:44|960veiling Vulcan. Vulcan, by the way, is a breaker of chains. It is a forger of chains and the hammer 410|00:51:44|960|00:51:52|800which breaks the chains. So Vulcan can lead to extreme attachment as well as detachment. These 411|00:51:52|800|00:51:57|580sacred planets can be operative in the early phases. So applying the decanate ruler of the 412|00:51:57|580|00:52:02|340moon veiling Vulcan to this particular stage of development of the advancing man, what do we have? 413|00:52:02|340|00:52:09|740The advancing man learns to bring his personality vehicles into shape. 414|00:52:10|860|00:52:17|180Vulcan shapes things up under the impress of the higher will, which is beginning to make its impact - 415|00:52:17|180|00:52:22|700something higher than the strictly personal will - or he aligns his personal will with what he senses 416|00:52:22|700|00:52:30|940as a higher will. Under the influence of Andromeda, he learns to bind the unsuitable expression of the 417|00:52:30|940|00:52:40|700lunar vehicles. He learns to hold them so that they can no longer dominate. They are in bondage. 418|00:52:40|700|00:52:53|220These lunar vehicles must be in a state of bondage to the soul. 419|00:52:54|580|00:53:02|500And so the power of Vulcan is a binding influence. It disciplines these vehicles. I'm not going to 420|00:53:03|180|00:53:09|380go through the other parts - you can read them yourself. Then we reach the third decanate, and 421|00:53:09|380|00:53:13|940we're applying the decanate ruler Mars, which is struggling towards a kind of final sun 422|00:53:13|940|00:53:23|340represented by Cepheus, with mercury falling away and meaningless in the general glory of the sun. 423|00:53:23|340|00:53:30|780I want to kind of look one more time at what it says here, because, you know, as D.K. writes about 424|00:53:30|780|00:53:37|300the decanates, he can be very elusive. We have mercury, Vulcan, and the sun stand for a synthesis 425|00:53:37|300|00:53:42|220and a radiance which eventually dims the light of mercury as it falls into the background, and Vulcan 426|00:53:42|220|00:53:50|060too becomes invisible and only the sun remains. We have, consequently, a vision of the sun, the 427|00:53:50|060|00:53:59|240experience of the personality, and effort. Now, this vision of the sun - this is, I want to say, this is 428|00:53:59|240|00:54:06|540Jupiterian, looking towards the second decanate. We have the vision of the sun, 429|00:54:06|540|00:54:17|660the experience of personality - and this is the moon giving way to Vulcan and the sun. This is the moon 430|00:54:18|200|00:54:28|420giving way to Vulcan and the sun. In other words, there is a high radiance occurring - and effort, 431|00:54:28|420|00:54:32|820which is the mode of attainment governed by Mars as we are struggling towards that 432|00:54:32|820|00:54:39|720final synthesis. We can see the language is elusive. I'm going to read it all again 433|00:54:40|260|00:54:49|600because I think that it is just very interesting. So Alan Leo gives us Jupiter, the moon, and Mars. He 434|00:54:49|600|00:54:54|340indicates, therefore, the success - that's Jupiter - which is incident to proved discipleship and 435|00:54:54|340|00:55:00|620consequent readiness for initiation, the seeing of the vision with which Jupiter rewards the 436|00:55:00|620|00:55:06|860disciple. We're still in the first decanate. and the experience which Vulcan confers. 437|00:55:06|860|00:55:12|880with the Vulcan being veiled by the moon. Vulcan has been hitherto hidden, but its 438|00:55:12|880|00:55:18|340influence has steadily superseded all lunar control, for the personality or form side of life is lost 439|00:55:18|340|00:55:27|720to sight in the radiance of the Sun, the soul. So that personality, which is the moon, and even 440|00:55:28|340|00:55:33|900what Vulcan - how Vulcan replaces the moon - is lost to sight in the radiance of the sun, the soul. 441|00:55:33|900|00:55:40|840So we have Vulcan replacing - we have Vulcan replacing the moon, and the sun replacing Vulcan. 442|00:55:41|400|00:55:53|520Vulcan replaces—sorry—the moon, and the sun replaces Vulcan. Then we have the light of the 443|00:55:53|520|00:55:59|160Vulcan and the light of sun are one light, and these three—Mercury, Vulcan, and the sun—stand for 444|00:55:59|160|00:56:04|020a synthesis and a radiance which eventually dims the light of Mercury as it falls into the 445|00:56:04|020|00:56:08|700background, and Vulcan too becomes invisible and only the sun remains. And when it says only the 446|00:56:08|700|00:56:22|360sun remains, it seems to hint that finally the result of the decanate experiences in… experiences 447|00:56:23|920|00:56:34|400in Pisces gives us the final sun, which is Shambolic. It is Cepheus. It is Sanat Kumara. 448|00:56:34|400|00:56:40|960Okay, we have consequently a vision of the sun, and that is Jupiterian, and then we have the 449|00:56:41|820|00:56:46|960experience of the personality, which is the moon, but it gives way to Vulcan and the sun 450|00:56:46|960|00:56:58|220and effort… and effort towards what? You know, the sun is exalted in… in Aries, and the sun 451|00:56:58|220|00:57:07|680is exalted in Aries, and through Mars we move towards that exaltation. 452|00:57:09|320|00:57:18|720So Mars is fighting to reach the blazing synthetic sun which Cepheus represents. It is the Shambolic 453|00:57:18|720|00:57:26|320synthesis, and there… there are a great many battles found in this last decanate. Even as you're passing 454|00:57:26|320|00:57:32|240through the decanates as the moon moves through the sign in a two and a half days or two days—let 455|00:57:32|240|00:57:40|920us say—we can feel the changes as the decanates occur. So, you know, there is veiled language here, 456|00:57:41|440|00:57:45|740and I would like to say that, you know, it's possible to be completely clear about it. I 457|00:57:45|740|00:57:51|000would love to be completely clear, but that is not the case at the moment. Okay, so… 458|00:57:52|320|00:58:00|560So I'm now… I'm going to say I'm going to erase the line that I put through this, 459|00:58:00|560|00:58:09|360and I'm going to call this a “final sun”—final sun. And if here, veiling Vulcan, I will say 460|00:58:09|810|00:58:20|120which gives way to the sun replacing Vulcan. So Mars fights its way towards a final sun, 461|00:58:20|120|00:58:29|320and Mercury falls back. Okay, now of course we could take the Sepharial approach as well 462|00:58:29|320|00:58:34|260and look at Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars—whether we should go… be going forward or backward. 463|00:58:35|000|00:58:41|880Sepharial would say bondage from… from 0 to 10, some degree of success 464|00:58:42|880|00:58:48|660under Jupiter, and then finally Mars. How did D.K. put it? Let us take a look. 465|00:58:50|180|00:58:59|180Uh, he says… uh, three decanates… uh, from Sepharial: you can work off karma, you can be successful in 466|00:58:59|180|00:59:04|800working off karma. So you're faced with difficulty from 0 to 10; from 10 to 20, you're working off 467|00:59:05|560|00:59:12|740the karma successfully, and you're doing so through conflict. But if we want to think about the 468|00:59:12|740|00:59:20|840reversal of the wheel, then we would enter using Sepharial's rather exoteric descriptions. We would 469|00:59:20|840|00:59:27|900enter with Mars, proceed to Jupiter, and end with Saturn. And of course, that ending with Saturn can 470|00:59:27|900|00:59:38|460be a condition of very strong karmic bondage. All right, well, we are there, and I'm going to have to… 471|00:59:39|080|00:59:47|260I'm going to have to begin with the decanates again at some point. We have reached the point 472|00:59:48|320|00:59:51|420where we have been analyzing 473|00:59:53|800|01:00:00|420the aspiring man in relation to the clockwise decanates given by Alan Leo and the Tibetan, 474|01:00:00|420|01:00:09|820which are Jupiter, then the moon, Vulcan—implying the sun as well, because Vulcan is replaced by 475|01:00:09|820|01:00:16|860the sun—and finally Mars and the struggle, I would say, towards a still greater sun. What we have yet 476|01:00:16|860|01:00:25|360to do is to discuss the decanates for… of Pisces for the disciple who is now coming into the 477|01:00:25|360|01:00:38|040influence of Pluto and for the initiate. Okay, well, let's see. I think you can get a good idea of what 478|01:00:38|040|01:00:42|900is going on there, so that's what we'll take up—that's what we will take up next. You know, Pisces 479|01:00:42|900|01:00:50|560is a very elusive sign, and I see that the Tibetan himself is being rather elusive in considering 480|01:00:50|560|01:00:59|480these things. I want to see whether… yeah, here is the wheel, and I'll take a look at what Nicholas 481|01:00:59|480|01:01:08|040has done and look at… there's so many… so many things here. He's given us the Sepharial decanates, 482|01:01:08|040|01:01:16|740so we sort of enter via Saturn, go to Jupiter, and then Mars, which is ruling the final… the final 483|01:01:16|740|01:01:24|300decanate of Pisces. But actually, Sepharial would have done it differently, but Nicholas did it this 484|01:01:24|300|01:01:31|620way, bringing in the clockwise dimension. And then we have Jupiter, moon, Vulcan, and then we have Mars 485|01:01:31|620|01:01:37|980with the sun and Mercury implied. Now, whether the sun and Mercury should be related to this blinding 486|01:01:37|980|01:01:43|480light Vulcan experience, or whether it should be related to the final decanate—that is, I would say, 487|01:01:43|480|01:01:48|640up in the air. Okay, I hope I haven't been too confusing here regarding these decanates. Take 488|01:01:48|640|01:01:55|940a good look at this wheel, and you can sort of take a snapshot of it on your computer, and I think you 489|01:01:55|940|01:02:05|440will understand some important aspects. None of us who are theorizing about the decanates agree with 490|01:02:05|440|01:02:12|060each other entirely. D.K. has left a very fluid condition in which we have to use our interpretive 491|01:02:12|060|01:02:20|040abilities, but in general the Alan Leo decanates are Jupiter, the Moon, Vulcan, and Mars, and somehow 492|01:02:20|040|01:02:27|340in the last two decanates the Sun and Mercury—the Sun growing and Mercury falling away—are implied. 493|01:02:28|520|01:02:33|200So now we will have The Great Invocation. 494|01:02:37|620|01:02:40|160And yes, okay. 495|01:02:44|180|01:02:47|660From the point of light… from the point of light within… 496|01:02:51|820|01:02:54|740Okay, now that won't work. I have to do it in a different way. 497|01:02:54|740|01:02:55|640Okay. 498|01:02:57|780|01:03:07|840There we are. Okay, The Great Invocation, and we have taken ourselves now to esoteric… the 499|01:03:07|840|01:03:19|460end of the esoteric astrology adventure number 58. Okay, and EAA 58, 500|01:03:19|460|01:03:24|540and we are on page… 501|01:03:26|760|01:03:39|080Well, we're on a page somewhere here… 133. So we have moved from page 131 to 133—page 131 to 133. 502|01:03:39|660|01:03:41|560Okay, The Great Invocation. 503|01:03:53|440|01:03:54|100Oh. 504|01:04:00|080|01:04:03|560From the point of light within the mind of God, 505|01:04:03|560|01:04:10|400let light stream forth into the minds of men. Let light descend on Earth. 506|01:04:12|700|01:04:18|480From the point of love within the heart of God, let love stream forth into the hearts of men. 507|01:04:19|120|01:04:21|780May Christ return to Earth. 508|01:04:24|220|01:04:27|660From the center where the will of God is known, let purpose 509|01:04:27|660|01:04:33|480guide the little wills of men—the purpose which the Masters know and serve. 510|01:04:35|660|01:04:40|800From the center which we call the race of men, let the Plan of Love and Light work out, 511|01:04:41|360|01:04:44|560and may it seal the door where evil dwells. 512|01:04:46|500|01:04:51|600Let Light and Love and Power restore the Plan on Earth. 513|01:05:16|560|01:05:17|280Oh. 514|01:05:32|520|01:05:38|680Okay, friends, that will take us to the end of esoteric astrology adventure number 58. 515|01:05:40|060|01:05:47|380And we will continue with 59 in the interesting matter of the decanates and try to see how it is 516|01:05:47|380|01:05:57|340that even Vulcan is gradually replaced by the Sun—the power of the Sun—at the end of the 517|01:05:58|080|01:06:06|580Pisces decanates, given the fact that Pisces-Aries… Aries-Pisces will one day be a single sign, 518|01:06:06|580|01:06:16|720uh, perhaps in a zodiac of 10. We are dealing with the powerful influence of the Sun as it grows as 519|01:06:16|720|01:06:26|720the representative of spiritual Shambolic synthesis at the end of the Pisces experience. Okay, so 520|01:06:27|280|01:06:35|240we will see you then for the next one, and there's a lot to study. Okay, bye-bye.