1|00:00:09|520|00:00:24|460Hello everyone, and this is our Esoteric Astrology adventure number 10. We're on page 21 of Esoteric 2|00:00:24|460|00:00:38|660Astrology, and we have just been considering the idea of the centers being involved in 3|00:00:38|660|00:00:44|860the reversal of the wheel.

Now I have a quotation which I've shown you before, but every time 4|00:00:44|860|00:00:55|300we have the mentioning of the wheel going in a clockwise manner from Aries through Pisces 5|00:00:55|300|00:01:03|860to Aquarius versus the wheel going in a counterclockwise manner as normally considered from Aries to 6|00:01:03|860|00:01:10|220Taurus to Gemini, we have this question of what that actually means for the human being.

7|00:01:11|020|00:01:22|580And this is the quotation which I think is of great value and which we can read: “I have 8|00:01:22|580|00:01:32|560several times used the phrase, 'pass through the centers and forms.' This concept necessitates 9|00:01:32|560|00:01:41|060the idea of distributing centers to which incoming energies may go, and from which they 10|00:01:41|060|00:01:50|200may pass out again as radiation. Some idea of this might be grasped if I gave you the 11|00:01:50|200|00:01:57|280new proposition, new to you, though old to esotericists, of the centers in the human 12|00:01:57|280|00:02:05|360etheric body. The four centers above the diaphragm, the heart, throat, ajna and head 13|00:02:05|360|00:02:12|420centers, are basically and primarily receiving centers.” Now this at first, of course. “The 14|00:02:12|420|00:02:19|440centers below the diaphragm, the base of the spine, sacral, solar plexus and spleen centers, 15|00:02:19|440|00:02:27|460are galvanized into activity by the four higher receiving centers. This when accomplished 16|00:02:27|460|00:02:36|600demonstrates as personality and physical magnetism and influence until the time comes when there 17|00:02:36|600|00:02:46|480is a reversal in the way of passing as a soul around the zodiac. This is symbolized as the 18|00:02:46|480|00:02:54|820revolution of the sun around the zodiac from Aries to Pisces instead of the reverse movement 19|00:02:55|720|00:03:06|240from Aries to Taurus. This is repeated in the human frame, and the four lower centers 20|00:03:06|240|00:03:14|760eventually return that which has come to them. They thus reverse the process normally followed 21|00:03:15|320|00:03:22|140by the undeveloped human being, and the centers above the diaphragm become radioactive, dynamic 22|00:03:22|140|00:03:28|680and magnetic. This is an intricate occult study and is concerned with the response of 23|00:03:28|680|00:03:34|500the etheric body to the incoming energies. It relates finally the lowest center at the 24|00:03:34|500|00:03:39|800base of the spine to the highest center, the head center.

This is a correspondence to the 25|00:03:39|800|00:03:44|440relation of the earth to the sun. Think this out.” Well, we'll be getting actually to this 26|00:03:44|440|00:03:51|800quote since it is from Esoteric Astrology, page 25, but we do see the practical effects 27|00:03:51|800|00:04:03|560of the reversal of the wheel.

When symbolically the sun is moving from Aries through Pisces 28|00:04:03|560|00:04:16|300to Aquarius, the higher centers receive the incoming energy, but they pass it through 29|00:04:16|740|00:04:23|300to the lower centers which are stimulated, and then you have the personal and physical 30|00:04:23|300|00:04:32|560magnetism. However, when the refinement of the human energy system becomes such that 31|00:04:32|560|00:04:42|520the higher centers begin to develop, they act as magnetic centers drawing the energy 32|00:04:42|520|00:05:02|540of the lower chakras upward, and man reverses the kind of magnetism that he expresses. And 33|00:05:02|980|00:05:10|700there are probably energy flows within the human energy system which demonstrate this 34|00:05:10|700|00:05:22|000kind of reversal. So at first, the lower chakras are the object of attention.

I believe there's 35|00:05:22|000|00:05:28|360another quote someplace in the teaching, I'll try to find it, where it talks about passing 36|00:05:28|360|00:05:34|980through, that they are not really stimulated. See, the higher centers certainly are not 37|00:05:35|680|00:05:44|860stimulated in any significant sense at the beginning of the evolutionary process, and 38|00:05:44|860|00:05:52|440while man is considered to be an average and personality-centered human being, the lower 39|00:05:52|440|00:06:02|840centers are indeed stimulated. Later, and only later, once the lower centers return 40|00:06:02|840|00:06:10|920what was given to them initially to the higher centers, then there is stimulation. And I 41|00:06:10|920|00:06:16|380would say that the incoming energies at that time begin to stimulate the higher centers 42|00:06:16|380|00:06:22|300in such a way that they draw the energy upward from the lower centers.

43|00:06:23|420|00:06:35|760Okay, so let's see. We are at this point.

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This reversal of the way 44|00:06:35|760|00:06:43|020a man travels through the signs of the zodiac will necessitate a readjustment of the method 45|00:06:43|020|00:06:51|820employed by astrologers when they are casting a horoscope of senior aspirants, of disciples 46|00:06:51|820|00:07:01|100and of initiates. EA, p.21

I think before one becomes a senior aspirant, he cannot really utilize 47|00:07:01|180|00:07:17|060the energies of the sacred rulers, the esoteric rulers. There is a sense in which people simply 48|00:07:17|060|00:07:26|960respond differently to the potentials of any zodiacal sign or planetary deity according 49|00:07:26|960|00:07:35|820to the type of development that they have undergone. One can get, as it were, the best 50|00:07:35|820|00:07:42|920and the worst out of the sign. There are lower potentials in any sign and higher potentials, 51|00:07:43|680|00:07:53|000and just like any deity, a planetary lord or a zodiacal lord has a whole range of developmental 52|00:07:53|000|00:07:59|020issues. There are aspects of his nature which are far more highly developed and aspects 53|00:07:59|020|00:08:09|680which are less developed. We could say that the human beings who have not developed will 54|00:08:09|680|00:08:18|080respond more to the less developed aspects of the planetary lord or the zodiacal lord, 55|00:08:18|080|00:08:24|900and that the highly developed human beings will respond to the more highly developed 56|00:08:24|900|00:08:30|620aspects of the planetary lord or zodiacal lord. Now, that's one way of looking at it. 57|00:08:31|200|00:08:38|120The other way is simply that the planetary lord or zodiacal lord has a certain type of 58|00:08:38|120|00:08:48|060radiation which stimulates different forms in different ways, and that low form of radiation 59|00:08:48|080|00:08:56|980forms adapt that energy in a low way, and high forms adapt that energy in a higher way.

60|00:08:59|080|00:09:07|980 According, therefore, to an individual's point of evolution upon the Path or (in other words) 61|00:09:08|740|00:09:15|320the individual's place upon the wheel of life, EA, p.21

�that's an interesting idea, we'll look at 62|00:09:15|320|00:09:21|540it�

the practising astrologer will arrange the interpretation of the horoscope. EA, p.21

This 63|00:09:21|540|00:09:32|140place upon the wheel of life… well, the greatest wheel of life extends from the monad down 64|00:09:32|140|00:09:40|760through the five worlds and returning, ascending through the five worlds and back to the monad. 65|00:09:41|410|00:09:48|870We're not so interested in the position upon that great wheel of life until a man is individualized 66|00:09:50|000|00:09:56|760and is already on the upward arc�life is on the upward arc. But there will be, from 67|00:09:56|760|00:10:04|100the point of individualization to the point of returning on that wheel to the monad, different 68|00:10:04|100|00:10:10|860types of positions, and for a long time the man is simply treading the path of evolution 69|00:10:11|540|00:10:21|260and not even the path of aspiration or of probationary discipleship or of discipleship 70|00:10:21|260|00:10:28|900or of initiation. So there are positions on that particular wheel, and that's how I interpret 71|00:10:28|900|00:10:35|540an individual's place upon the wheel of life. Another way of interpreting this is whether 72|00:10:35|540|00:10:41|400the wheel is symbolically going clockwise for the average individual or personality, 73|00:10:41|400|00:10:48|900or counterclockwise for the individual who is beginning to respond to the soul and the 74|00:10:48|900|00:10:58|540subtle spiritual energies. So anyway, horoscopes will be arranged differently according to 75|00:10:59|580|00:11:08|880the individual's place or degree of evolution.

It will require the work and the thought of 76|00:11:08|880|00:11:16|120the intuitive astrologer, EA, p.21

The New Astrology is an intuitive astrology, although well based 77|00:11:16|120|00:11:22|180upon foundational facts. It will require the work and the thought of the intuitive astrologer,

78|00:11:22|180|00:11:29|920dependent upon soul contact and much meditation, EA, p.21

�maybe even five hours of meditation upon a 79|00:11:30|020|00:11:38|900client, just as you are to meditate for five hours upon one for whom you are going to discuss 80|00:11:38|900|00:11:48|340and express healing energies�

to determine the processes of astrological interpretation 81|00:11:48|960|00:11:56|220for those who are active and living souls at some one or other of the final stages upon 82|00:11:56|220|00:12:05|180the Path. EA, p.21

Well, you know from the time we have what may be called the first initiation, 83|00:12:05|180|00:12:18|320we are really in the final stages of the millions-of-years-long path of human development.

So, 84|00:12:18|340|00:12:28|100we are to learn to become intuitive astrologers. We are to meditate upon our clients, not just 85|00:12:28|100|00:12:36|260toss off one chart after another, but pause perhaps with a photograph or whatever you 86|00:12:36|260|00:12:42|340may know about the client you are to meet, whether you are meeting that client in person 87|00:12:42|340|00:12:51|740or over the computer in some way. So, much meditation required. In order to know what 88|00:12:51|740|00:12:57|800method of astrological interpretation we are going to use when people are coming alive 89|00:12:57|800|00:13:12|320as souls, we really interpret the house positions differently. We interpret the signs of the 90|00:13:12|340|00:13:23|300sign influence differently. We interpret aspects differently. We have a whole new set of rulers 91|00:13:23|830|00:13:31|060of which Orthodox Astrology knows very little�maybe finding out a little now. We have two 92|00:13:31|060|00:13:37|960sets of such rulers, and these rulers will relate to the way the individual responds 93|00:13:38|600|00:13:46|060to the sign of the zodiac, whether as an average individual or whether higher potentials within 94|00:13:46|060|00:13:55|700his nature will be stimulated by these energies.

The casting of the horoscope of the average man 95|00:13:55|700|00:14:03|760or the undeveloped man presents no such difficulties. EA, p.21

Well, you know, sometimes I think it presents 96|00:14:03|760|00:14:12|240difficulties to a person who is steeped in esoteric astrology because the approach to 97|00:14:12|240|00:14:22|660interpretation is to draw out the soul potentials, and such an astrologer can miss the fact that 98|00:14:22|660|00:14:28|900the average person is simply interested in personality issues and can make the mistake 99|00:14:28|900|00:14:38|720of attempting to apply spiritual interpretations to someone who is not interested in such things 100|00:14:38|720|00:14:48|320or responding to such energies. It might be added, in addition, that the signs of the 101|00:14:48|320|00:14:54|540zodiac� Okay, let's look at this. We seem to be having the same problem here.

It might 102|00:14:54|540|00:15:01|620be added in addition that the signs of the zodiac are concerned primarily 103|00:15:02|600|00:15:10|860with the life expression of the Heavenly Man (as far as our planet is concerned) and therefore 104|00:15:10|860|00:15:17|940with the destiny and life of the planetary Logos. EA, p.21

Well, okay, the Tibetan says different 105|00:15:17|940|00:15:30|340things in different places. He's giving the zodiac here a very elevated influence so that 106|00:15:30|340|00:15:38|000it affects the planetary Logos particularly. As a matter of fact, I think that could certainly 107|00:15:38|000|00:15:44|620be said of the constellations of the zodiac, whether the signs of the zodiac should be 108|00:15:44|620|00:15:52|000brought into the same category. Okay, that's possible, but they are definitely methods 109|00:15:53|400|00:16:03|640of adapting the energy of the zodiacal constellations of stars to the use of the planet and of the 110|00:16:03|640|00:16:14|600beings upon the planet such as man. Anyway, there are methods as well in which the zodiac, 111|00:16:15|060|00:16:24|340certain planetary deities within our solar system, affect the destiny and life of our 112|00:16:24|340|00:16:32|400planetary Logos who is a non-sacred planetary Logos. Anyway, he's trying to draw a distinction 113|00:16:32|400|00:16:39|700here between the signs of the zodiac and the planetary lives. Now, we have to be careful 114|00:16:40|540|00:16:53|420because the word “signs” doesn't always necessarily mean signs, nor does “constellations” necessarily 115|00:16:53|420|00:16:59|400mean constellations. There are different ways of using these words. So we could be talking 116|00:16:59|400|00:17:06|480about the stellar influences even when the word “signs” is used. We will have to study 117|00:17:06|870|00:17:13|460the context to see if this is the case.

So we're talking about the signs of the zodiac 118|00:17:14|200|00:17:22|160and their effect upon the planetary Logoi, the heavenly men.

They are also concerned 119|00:17:22|960|00:17:31|980with the great man of the heavens, the solar Logos. EA, p.21

Well, in this case, we certainly are 120|00:17:31|980|00:17:39|200not talking about those fields of energy surrounding our planet that we call signs. 121|00:17:40|440|00:17:49|680We are definitely at this point talking about the constellational Logoi, the lords of the 122|00:17:49|680|00:17:57|700various zodiacal and other constellations. I did mention earlier in this series that 123|00:17:57|700|00:18:05|220the solar Logos himself might have fields of energy�twelve fields of energy surrounding 124|00:18:05|920|00:18:14|860the sun which would act in a similar way to those fields of energy surrounding the earth. 125|00:18:15|620|00:18:26|200Those fields of energy we tend to call the signs, as they are methods of receiving, adapting, 126|00:18:27|040|00:18:36|940and expressing constellational energy for the particular being involved. So anyway, 127|00:18:37|300|00:18:45|520the signs of the zodiac have a high influence upon planetary and solar Logoi.

I refer in 128|00:18:45|520|00:18:53|440this last instance to their effect as it makes itself felt in the solar system as a whole EA, p.21

129|00:18:53|440|00:19:02|000and with this effect there are few astrologers at this time fit to deal. EA, p.21

I suppose, in the 130|00:19:02|000|00:19:14|000Department of Astrology in Hierarchy. Then they will be fit to deal with them. All right. 131|00:19:15|460|00:19:23|150Certainly we cannot understand the effect of the various zodiacal constellations 132|00:19:23|600|00:19:30|340on the planet Saturn, on the planet Jupiter, the planet Venus. We don't really know their 133|00:19:30|340|00:19:38|140zodiac or when it begins or at what stage of the zodiac they are passing through at 134|00:19:38|140|00:19:43|620the moment. For instance, our planetary Logos is passing through a period when the constellation 135|00:19:43|620|00:19:51|300Aquarius is about to become extremely powerful in the developmental life of our planetary 136|00:19:51|300|00:19:57|820Logos. But this is not necessarily the case for many other planets who may be entering 137|00:19:57|820|00:20:07|840into different ages altogether. And our solar Logos as a whole, thus affecting all planetary 138|00:20:07|840|00:20:19|220Logoi, may be in a certain zodiacal stage. He may be in the age of Scorpio or Taurus 139|00:20:19|220|00:20:28|700or Leo or some other one of the zodiacal constellations, thus affecting the whole solar system. So indeed, 140|00:20:29|520|00:20:39|520we are not fit to deal with such possibilities, or at least to ascertain their true nature, 141|00:20:39|520|00:20:48|820except we can speculate.

I would remind you that the lives who inform these great constellations EA, p.21

� 142|00:20:48|820|00:20:57|920well there it is, there are lives, there are planetary� there are zodiacal lords, there 143|00:20:57|920|00:21:04|820are lords of the constellations.

Some people think that the constellations are just aggregations 144|00:21:04|820|00:21:13|120of stars and are not necessarily informed by some great life the way our solar Logos 145|00:21:13|480|00:21:20|040is informed by a great life or our planetary Logos. No, the constellations are informed 146|00:21:20|040|00:21:33|140by far greater lives than inform any one normal star. Perhaps there are abnormal, immense stars 147|00:21:33|140|00:21:42|720like Antares, incredibly vast, the lord of which is a stupendous life equal to that of 148|00:21:42|720|00:21:47|980a constellational lord of a smaller constellation. But these are speculative matters.

I would 149|00:21:47|980|00:21:56|160remind you that to the lives who inform these great constellations

and whose radiation-150|00:21:56|720|00:22:01|960dynamic and magnetic- EA, p.21-22

first ray and second ray in a sense, outgoing and ingathering,

151|00:22:02|340|00:22:12|700reaches our Earth, this effect is incidental and unnoticed. EA, p.22

Well, okay, how much? How much 152|00:22:12|920|00:22:24|380do we notice our effect upon one of our cells? Do we notice our effect upon a cell in our 153|00:22:24|380|00:22:40|900body? Or upon an atom for that matter? We do not. I suppose it is capable, a great 154|00:22:40|900|00:22:51|340and tiny unit. After all, the planetary Logos does seem to come in touch with an initiate 155|00:22:51|790|00:22:58|940at a certain degree. An initiate is a tiny unit, but normally this effect is unnoticed 156|00:23:00|550|00:23:08|900by the greater life.

The primary effect that the lords of these great constellations have… 157|00:23:08|900|00:23:16|940You can see he is talking about lords of constellations and not just about signs, which are more like 158|00:23:16|940|00:23:25|620energy, devic energy fields. The primary effect that they have is upon our planetary 159|00:23:25|620|00:23:38|880Logos and this effect reaches us through Him, EA, p.22

Okay, we do not invoke or importune or seek 160|00:23:38|900|00:23:48|580somehow to reach the constellations per se. There is a chain of command.

It involves 161|00:23:48|580|00:23:57|060the planetary, the solar Logos and certain other planetary Logos, and finally our planetary 162|00:23:57|060|00:24:06|980Logos, and these great energies reach us through him,

pouring through that great planetary 163|00:24:06|980|00:24:16|060centre to which we have given the name of Shamballa. EA, p.22

This is very important. The energies of constellational 164|00:24:16|060|00:24:27|620Logoi reach us through the solar Logos, solar Logos, and ultimately through Shamballa. And 165|00:24:27|620|00:24:35|540it is there that they are gathered together for specific use under what we have called 166|00:24:35|540|00:24:42|840the Law of Assembly, which D.K. deals with in some of his other books, I think, perhaps 167|00:24:43|800|00:24:53|960in DINA 2. So we, in a way, these great lives are touching us, but there is a whole transformational 168|00:24:53|960|00:25:02|500chain in which the energies are stepped down until they can finally be used by lives such 169|00:25:02|500|00:25:12|020as we are. It is, this type of energy…

It is, therefore, capable of evoking the major 170|00:25:12|580|00:25:25|460response from the monads, EA, p.22

Okay, so the zodiacal constellations… Well, let's just say the zodiacal 171|00:25:26|420|00:25:38|440constellations affect primarily the monads, which are cells in the planetary Logoi rather 172|00:25:38|440|00:25:44|360than human beings. Okay, the primary, the major response. Now, you know, we all undergo 173|00:25:45|300|00:25:51|670zodiacal responses � no question about it � but the major response is felt on the monadic 174|00:25:51|670|00:26:02|730level, and what that response may be we will only know when we can again focus as totally 175|00:26:02|730|00:26:11|010aware monads.

and these monads express themselves through the kingdom of souls and through the 176|00:26:11|010|00:26:19|950human kingdom; EA, p.22

Okay, so there is your chain of command from the monads to the souls to 177|00:26:20|370|00:26:29|050the human being, from monads to souls to the human beings. It consequently… Let's see, 178|00:26:29|710|00:26:35|510how does this go? And the monads express themselves through the kingdom of souls and the human 179|00:26:35|510|00:26:42|190kingdom.

it consequently expresses itself through the Hierarchy EA, p.22 we might say the hierarchy 180|00:26:42|190|00:26:49|930of souls and through humanity as a whole. EA, p.22

So in a way, the constellations, the monads 181|00:26:49|950|00:27:02|970and the constellations of the zodiac express through great wholes, such as the hierarchy 182|00:27:02|970|00:27:10|890of souls and such as humanity consisting of the many personalities. We are to think of 183|00:27:10|890|00:27:19|930them in terms of wholes.

This is a point of real importance and should be noted and connected 184|00:27:19|950|00:27:27|230with all the teaching you have had upon this most interesting theme of the three major 185|00:27:27|230|00:27:35|990planetary centres. EA, p.22

And by that we mean Shamballa, Hierarchy, and humanity. And what we are saying 186|00:27:35|990|00:27:49|110here is that the signs of the zodiac as constellations affect these three. Okay,

It is the work of 187|00:27:49|110|00:27:59|310the zodiacal influences to evoke the emergence of the will aspect of the Heavenly Man and 188|00:27:59|310|00:28:08|930of all monads, EA, p.22

This is a higher type of purpose than we usually think of when we are thinking 189|00:28:08|930|00:28:19|090of the effect of the zodiacal signs or constellations on our life, our personal life.

And so the 190|00:28:19|110|00:28:26|090will aspect all the way through � the will aspect of all monads,

souls and personalities 191|00:28:29|270|00:28:36|950who constitute the planetary body of expression. EA, p.22

So let's make that connection of the zodiac 192|00:28:36|950|00:28:44|930of constellations with the will. We'll put in capital letters there just so it is prominent. 193|00:28:45|930|00:28:55|210Now, is he saying therefore that the Dragons of Wisdom, the planetary Lords, have the purpose 194|00:28:55|210|00:29:14|910not so much of evoking the will but more of evoking love-love wisdom in some way? Is

195|00:29:14|910|00:29:21|570This statement means but little to you today but it will mean much to those 196|00:29:21|570|00:29:29|410students who, in a few decades EA, p.22 what is a few? will study what I am here saying. EA, p.22

Well, here 197|00:29:29|410|00:29:35|970we are, certainly a few decades later, maybe seven or eight decades later. How much does 198|00:29:35|970|00:29:43|170it mean to us? We must think of the zodiac of constellations in terms of the process 199|00:29:43|170|00:29:50|530of evoking the will primarily of the monad, but also of the soul and also of the personality. 200|00:29:51|430|00:29:58|250And that means that this first aspect of divinity, which we are now in process of developing, 201|00:29:58|250|00:30:05|450is definitely fed by or stimulated by the zodiac of constellations. Let's get that in 202|00:30:05|450|00:30:13|150our mind firmly so we can think of the real purpose of this type of zodiacal energy 203|00:30:13|850|00:30:21|530in the life not only of the human being, yes, but in the life of the planet.

Well, think 204|00:30:21|530|00:30:32|930of it: these are constellational Logoi, greater by far than solar Logoi, who are immense as 205|00:30:32|930|00:30:39|590far as the human being is concerned. So this idea that the Lords of the constellations 206|00:30:40|370|00:30:51|330evoke the will in planetary Logoi and in man is � makes sense, it is reasonable.

Properly 207|00:30:51|330|00:30:56|790understood, it accounts for much that is happening in the world at this time. EA, p.22

I think what he 208|00:30:56|790|00:31:05|850is talking about here are the constellation Lords of Leo, Pisces and Capricorn, who certainly 209|00:31:05|850|00:31:13|070at the time that this was written had an immense effect upon the human family as a 210|00:31:13|070|00:31:20|770whole and still continue to do so. So we are connecting the zodiacal energies with 211|00:31:20|770|00:31:32|290the will; we are connecting the zodiacal energies with great wholes. Now, later in A Treatise 212|00:31:32|290|00:31:37|570on White Magic � well, it actually was written earlier � he does discuss the manner in which 213|00:31:37|570|00:31:45|150the signs of the zodiac are related to the lower nature of man. But then is he talking 214|00:31:45|150|00:31:52|550about the signs of the zodiac and not so much about the energy of the constellational Lords?

215|00:31:53|650|00:32:02|270There's a great Jacob's ladder of entities with which we are concerned, and we are going � 216|00:32:02|290|00:32:08|130and we cannot possibly see all the way up this ladder. We are just beginning to understand 217|00:32:08|130|00:32:16|010the rungs that are a little bit below humanity and a few of the rungs that are a little bit 218|00:32:16|010|00:32:30|930above. And really our vision does not extend very far, except perhaps speculatively.

As 219|00:32:30|930|00:32:38|650these influences pour through our planet and thence to the centres of force upon the planet, 220|00:32:38|810|00:32:45|770they produce a dual effect: EA, p.22

Well, the centers of force can be considered as kingdoms or 221|00:32:45|770|00:32:53|390as certain cities, let us say. There are different ways of looking at the planetary centers. 222|00:32:53|610|00:33:00|910And I suppose they can also be considered as chain Lords and chain Lords.

223|00:33:03|230|00:33:12|170Okay, they produce a dual effect. So let's see what he has in mind.

1. They produce an effect 224|00:33:13|130|00:33:21|890upon advanced man, EA, p.22

. Now he is referring to man. Also, there are more centers in the planet 225|00:33:21|890|00:33:27|470than man is. Man is just a very minute center, but now he has come right back to man, which 226|00:33:27|470|00:33:40|850is, after all, our greatest interest. “The proper study of mankind is man,” we have been told. 227|00:33:42|110|00:33:50|310Okay, they produce an effect upon advanced man,

galvanising the centres above the diaphragm 228|00:33:50|310|00:33:57|450into activity and enabling him to respond to the radiation and the activity of the Hierarchy. EA, p.22

229|00:33:58|310|00:34:05|050So this is again related to what we were discussing. The advanced man receives incoming 230|00:34:05|050|00:34:12|810energies and does not pass them on and through to the lower centers as the unadvanced man 231|00:34:12|810|00:34:20|070does. They are trapped, in a way, in the higher centers, which are great magnets for these 232|00:34:20|070|00:34:27|450energies, and the lower centers have been subdued. So that is what happens with these constellational 233|00:34:27|470|00:34:35|290evolutional energies, no matter how they may be mediated for the advanced man. And

234|00:34:35|290|00:34:44|9502. They produce an effect upon unevolved man, enabling him to function as an ordinary, unenlightened 235|00:34:44|950|00:34:50|270human being. EA, p.22

So there these energies are passed right through; they are received by the higher 236|00:34:50|270|00:34:54|830chakras, but as they are not very developed, not very magnetic, yet they are passed right 237|00:34:54|830|00:35:00|990through to the chakras, which are powerfully developed, and there they express themselves.

238|00:35:02|030|00:35:11|330It should be noted here, however, that all the energies-zodiacal, 239|00:35:12|030|00:35:20|450systemic, and planetary-have a definite effect upon all the lives in all forms in 240|00:35:20|450|00:35:29|910all kingdoms of nature. EA, p.22-23

Okay, well, the Tibetan is stratifying the major impacts of these 241|00:35:29|910|00:35:36|010energies, but he is saying they are, after all, pervasive, and there is not a single life 242|00:35:36|010|00:35:41|310in any form in all the kingdoms of nature which are not affected by them. So we have 243|00:35:41|310|00:35:50|430a pyramid, in a way, where the greater effect is on the higher aspects of the pyramid, and 244|00:35:50|950|00:35:59|950an effect does trickle through and affect the lower aspects. Maybe every atom in nature.

245|00:36:00|770|00:36:09|350Nothing can escape these radiatory and magnetic influences. The goal of evolution for humanity 246|00:36:09|350|00:36:14|950is to become consciously and livingly aware of the nature of these energies and begin 247|00:36:14|950|00:36:21|570to know them and to use them. EA, p.23

Well, he really is talking about the importance of astrology 248|00:36:22|680|00:36:33|450and astronomy to humanity. So let's call this the importance of astrology to humanity. 249|00:36:36|800|00:36:41|910There's something amazing about astrology. Just everybody is interested in it on some 250|00:36:41|910|00:36:48|150level. Whether they want to dismiss it, whether they want to believe in a childish presentation 251|00:36:48|150|00:36:53|510of it, or whether they really study it, there's something captivating about these particular 252|00:36:53|510|00:37:01|690energies, and we do want to come into rapport with them. So we who study esoteric astrology 253|00:37:01|690|00:37:08|270and who pass it on to human beings who may not know much or anything about it are actually 254|00:37:08|270|00:37:16|170performing a service because it is the conscious goal of humanity to become aware of them. 255|00:37:16|930|00:37:23|970And livingly aware�what does that mean? I guess that means that we can begin to respond 256|00:37:25|170|00:37:32|590in a vital way to the energies that we recognize. It doesn't just remain theoretical; it impacts 257|00:37:32|590|00:37:38|890our emotional body, even more importantly it impacts our etheric body, and we can feel 258|00:37:38|890|00:37:45|090the presence and the transmission of these energies. Some Gemini effect is going on here. 259|00:37:45|670|00:37:54|050My image wants to turn into two images. I can't stop that from happening, but when I 260|00:37:54|050|00:38:02|330do notice that, I try to return to my unitary self if it does exist.

Okay,

This is the field 261|00:38:02|330|00:38:09|090of occultism as the Hierarchy has always told men. EA, p.23

And what does that mean? Occultists try 262|00:38:09|090|00:38:19|730to be aware of subtle energies. Occultists become aware of subtle energies and use them 263|00:38:19|730|00:38:27|130in service. This is what the true spiritual occultist does. So we're entering a fifth 264|00:38:27|130|00:38:34|970ray age in a way. Aquarius does express the fifth ray. It is a ray which passes through 265|00:38:34|970|00:38:41|050that constellation or is transmitted by that constellation. And we are really going to 266|00:38:41|050|00:38:52|030become aware of the names and effects of particular energies and their interactions during this 267|00:38:52|030|00:39:03|450also seventh ray age of Aquarius.

It might be stated that the disciple 268|00:39:03|450|00:39:09|650has to become consciously aware of the planetary influences and begin to use them for the carrying 269|00:39:09|650|00:39:17|330out of soul purpose. EA, p.23

Now this is the very first thing that has to happen: consciously 270|00:39:17|330|00:39:24|150aware of the planetary influences and begin to use them for the carrying out of soul purpose. 271|00:39:24|490|00:39:34|550Okay, our first approach then is to the planets and how these planets, representing different 272|00:39:35|290|00:39:43|290functions in our nature, different psychological dynamics and principles in our nature, can 273|00:39:43|290|00:39:51|910be used for carrying forth the soul purpose of which we are becoming increasingly aware 274|00:39:52|490|00:40:03|110through meditation, study, and service.

The initiate has to be aware of the zodiacal influences 275|00:40:03|490|00:40:10|710which emanate from outside of the solar system altogether. EA, p.23

Now we're not talking about just 276|00:40:10|710|00:40:18|430the effect of the signs; we're talking about how the signs receive and adapt the energies 277|00:40:18|430|00:40:27|190of the great constellation lords and make those energies available to human beings. 278|00:40:27|470|00:40:33|750So let's get that firmly in our mind. Disciples approach the planets and how these planets 279|00:40:33|750|00:40:39|770may help with the carrying out of soul purpose. The initiates, while not ignoring the planets 280|00:40:39|770|00:40:48|950as we will see that there are many initiatic functions of the various planetary Logos, 281|00:40:49|110|00:40:54|210so we don't ignore them, but the initiate has to become aware of the zodiacal influences 282|00:40:54|210|00:41:02|290which, as far as we are concerned, ultimately emanate from the constellational lords. And 283|00:41:02|290|00:41:09|650no wonder it has been possible for certain astrological researchers to definitely statistically 284|00:41:09|650|00:41:17|890prove the effect of the planets in the life of a human being, while not so able to prove 285|00:41:17|890|00:41:27|610statistically the effect of the zodiacal constellations. Perhaps if the sample being used were a sample 286|00:41:27|610|00:41:37|270of initiates, if such a sample could be large enough, the effect of the zodiacal constellations 287|00:41:37|270|00:41:45|790through the signs could be statistically proven. So anyway, planets and signs. Let's see where 288|00:41:45|790|00:41:56|930we are here. Okay, we have a little more time.

These can be recognised as EA, p.23

Okay, so we're 289|00:41:56|930|00:42:06|410talking about planetary influences, we are talking about zodiacal influences, zodiacal 290|00:42:06|410|00:42:13|930influences operating on everybody and everything, but especially important for initiates, and 291|00:42:13|930|00:42:23|390planetary influences especially important for disciples. Okay, so these energies can 292|00:42:23|390|00:42:33|410be recognized in the following way. If I could just… My computer wants to do strange things.

293|00:42:34|290|00:42:42|870a. A vibration, registered in one or other of the seven centres. EA, p.23

Now, if we were to turn 294|00:42:44|070|00:42:54|970to Esoteric Astrology, page 517, we would see that the Tibetan is going to give us the 295|00:42:54|970|00:43:02|170ways in which the planets are connected with the different chakras. There we see Pluto 296|00:43:02|170|00:43:07|050head center going all the way down to the base of the spine, and here for disciples 297|00:43:07|050|00:43:15|190and initiates we see the various sacred planets connected with the various chakras. Okay, 298|00:43:15|950|00:43:27|110but now D.K. is talking about something which he does not, as far as I know, clearly tabulate 299|00:43:27|110|00:43:35|970at any point: the effect of zodiacal constellations on the various centers. Now, we know that 300|00:43:35|970|00:43:43|390every sign of the zodiac, or constellation of the zodiac, rules a different bodily part, 301|00:43:43|510|00:43:49|930and therefore we can associate these parts of the body with various chakras. That we 302|00:43:49|930|00:43:57|090can do. But there are other ways of considering the relation of zodiacal constellations 303|00:43:57|110|00:44:06|930to the chakras. For instance, let's say that the first ray is particularly connected with 304|00:44:06|930|00:44:15|810the head center. Well, let's look at the first ray constellations: Aries, Leo, and Capricorn, 305|00:44:15|950|00:44:23|030and find the ways in which they are associated with the crown chakra and with the head in 306|00:44:23|030|00:44:28|230general, and these ways can be found. When we think about the heart center we normally think about 307|00:44:28|230|00:44:38|710the second ray. Well, let's look at the ways that Gemini, Virgo, and Pisces can be connected 308|00:44:38|710|00:44:43|930to the heart center, and we'll do the same with the throat center in terms of Cancer, 309|00:44:44|110|00:44:51|410Libra, and Capricorn, and so forth, going all the way down the normal seven-fold chakric 310|00:44:51|790|00:45:01|790system.

I have said, and I do believe it is correct, that�okay, there's the electricity 311|00:45:01|790|00:45:09|070failing out, okay�that every sign of the zodiac, every planet can be related to every 312|00:45:09|070|00:45:15|130chakra, and I do believe there are ways of relating every sign of the zodiac to every 313|00:45:15|130|00:45:20|970one of the centers as well. I think this would be important because there are many, many 314|00:45:20|970|00:45:27|470thousands of years when people are simply focusing through their solar plexus center, 315|00:45:27|570|00:45:33|010or one of the lower chakras, and therefore the many different signs under which they 316|00:45:33|010|00:45:39|450are born have to have an effect upon the major chakras through which they are expressing. 317|00:45:40|270|00:45:46|370But archetypally, according to the ray they express and a few other associations, there 318|00:45:46|370|00:45:53|070will be certain signs of the zodiac which are more prominent in relation to certain 319|00:45:53|070|00:46:01|210chakras than others. So anyway, these influences can be registered as a vibration. They can 320|00:46:01|210|00:46:13|810be registered as the

b. A revelation of a particular type of light, conveying a specific colour to 321|00:46:13|810|00:46:22|530the initiate. EA, p.23

Well, okay, this gets into the details. D.K. did give to one of his groups 322|00:46:22|530|00:46:29|130a kind of color formulation. Whether that formulation was specifically from him or whether 323|00:46:29|130|00:46:37|810he adapted it from another source, I don't know, but here's how it goes: Aries, carmine 324|00:46:37|810|00:46:50|570red; Taurus, deep blue; Gemini, yellow; Cancer, violet; Leo, orange; Virgo, yellow again; Libra, 325|00:46:50|570|00:47:03|470indigo�that's an unusual one; Scorpio, crimson; Sagittarius, rich blue; Capricorn, green; Aquarius, 326|00:47:03|470|00:47:19|250turquoise; and Pisces, lavender. Okay, now he also gives us on page 329 and 330 of Esoteric 327|00:47:19|250|00:47:32|330Astrology the seven types of�the twelve types of light, one from each of the signs: Aries, the light of 328|00:47:32|330|00:47:40|530the self; Taurus, the penetrating light of the path; Gemini, the light of interplay; Cancer, 329|00:47:40|730|00:47:48|950the light within the form; Leo, the The Light Of The Soul (LOS); Virgo, the blended dual light; 330|00:47:50|010|00:47:57|910Libra, the light that moves to rest; Scorpio, the light of day; Sagittarius, a beam of directed, 331|00:47:57|910|00:48:05|150focused light; Capricorn, the light of initiation; Aquarius, the light that shines on Earth across 332|00:48:05|150|00:48:13|590the sea; and Pisces, the light of the world. So, we're talking about how we can experience 333|00:48:14|350|00:48:20|330these vibrations when they touch our energy system, and of course now one will be tempted 334|00:48:21|330|00:48:32|430to relate the particular type of light that we have just discussed to the particular color 335|00:48:32|990|00:48:40|150for each sign of the zodiac and perhaps, you know, like the light of life, Carmine Red, 336|00:48:40|990|00:48:48|750or the light of interplay for Gemini, Yellow, or the light within the form, Violet, and 337|00:48:48|750|00:48:55|790so forth. I think through those associations we could learn a great deal.

These constellational 338|00:48:56|450|00:49:03|490influences and planetary influences will also be sounding in our consciousness as

c. A peculiar 339|00:49:03|490|00:49:15|310note. EA, p.23

Now, H.P. Blavatsky gave the notes, certain notes. She gave Mars to Red, the Sun 340|00:49:15|310|00:49:21|230to Orange, well, Mars to Red and the note C, the Sun to Orange and the note D, Mercury 341|00:49:21|910|00:49:31|230to Yellow and the note E. She gave Saturn to Green and the note F. She gave Jupiter 342|00:49:31|230|00:49:37|550to Blue and the note G. She gave Venus to A and the note Indigo. She gave the Moon, 343|00:49:37|850|00:49:45|290which is, we can consider it, the veiling Uranus, to the color Violet and the note B. 344|00:49:46|030|00:50:01|390So, the notes which are related to the particular planets are perhaps more solidly discussed 345|00:50:02|600|00:50:08|910and less ambiguous in their assignments. As for the notes for each sign of the zodiac, 346|00:50:09|110|00:50:14|390there's different ways of doing this. You can do this via the chromatic scale and there 347|00:50:14|390|00:50:20|990are, you know, twelve half-steps in the normal octave, and you could say, well, Aries is 348|00:50:20|990|00:50:31|570C and Taurus is C sharp and Gemini is D and Cancer is D sharp or E flat and so forth. 349|00:50:31|790|00:50:36|030That's one way of doing it, but maybe not the best way. There's another way that you 350|00:50:36|030|00:50:44|370can proceed around the circle of fifths. G is five notes from C to D. G is five notes 351|00:50:44|390|00:50:51|210from C. So maybe if you began at Aries and C, you'd go five notes and you'd find the 352|00:50:51|210|00:50:57|410note G, which we would relate then perhaps to Taurus, and then we'd go up five more 353|00:50:57|410|00:51:02|350notes and we'd find the note D and we'd relate that to Gemini. That's one way of 354|00:51:02|350|00:51:11|350doing it, but these correspondences have not been confirmed. And as you study them, there 355|00:51:11|350|00:51:19|570are many ways in which some of the findings are contra-indicated in other ways, so I would 356|00:51:19|570|00:51:30|450not settle upon any way yet of knowing what is the peculiar note of a zodiacal constellation 357|00:51:30|450|00:51:39|730or sign.

It's a most intriguing study in the Law of Correspondences, and I think that 358|00:51:39|730|00:51:43|930when the fourth ray, the fifth ray and the seventh ray get together, then we're going 359|00:51:43|930|00:51:49|790to be able to get to the truth of this matter. I've written a paper on some of these things, 360|00:51:49|970|00:51:57|770but I still consider the matter inconclusive. I do believe that Aries relates to the note 361|00:51:57|770|00:52:08|330C and to the color red, but it's more difficult when it comes to assigning the other signs 362|00:52:08|330|00:52:15|250of the zodiac.

Now here, the influences of the constellations and the planets also can 363|00:52:15|250|00:52:23|910appear as

d. A directional sound. EA, p.23

That's a tantalizing idea because it's a sound that 364|00:52:23|910|00:52:32|550is pointing in a peculiar direction which should be followed, presumably to get the 365|00:52:32|550|00:52:41|730most out of the vibration. It has something to do with the will, and will with direction 366|00:52:41|730|00:52:50|170and with the path. A sound which if followed leads you in a certain direction upon a certain 367|00:52:50|170|00:53:00|250path. We'll have to leave this for occult inquiry later on, but hold the idea of what 368|00:53:00|250|00:53:07|330might be the nature of a directional sound. In other words, it's not simply a sound, 369|00:53:07|650|00:53:17|190it evokes the will to follow, the will to pursue where that sound will lead.

We often 370|00:53:17|190|00:53:22|070times hear stories of following the light, okay, even if the light leads you into a swamp 371|00:53:22|070|00:53:28|750like the will of the wisp does, but there may also be ways of following a sound, or 372|00:53:28|750|00:53:38|370having the sound point to a certain dimension, in a certain direction, which can be entered 373|00:53:38|370|00:53:48|750if the sound is followed. Okay, well, just a little more then. The whole story of the 374|00:53:48|750|00:53:55|770zodiac, whoop, whoop, where am I here?

The whole story of the zodiac can be picturesquely 375|00:53:55|770|00:54:04|530yet accurately summed up in the following statement: There are three books which the 376|00:54:04|530|00:54:13|650three types of human beings study and from which they learn: EA, p.23

1. The Book of Life-Initiates-the 12 constellations. EA, p.23

The Book of Life is studied 377|00:54:13|650|00:54:22|770by initiates and refers to the twelve constellations or stars ruled by twelve lords of these twelve 378|00:54:23|490|00:54:27|770constellations. This is the Book of Life, obviously it's relating to the first ray, 379|00:54:28|130|00:54:32|650and we saw that the primary effect of the constellations was upon the planetary Logos 380|00:54:32|650|00:54:38|490themselves, and the primary effect in man was upon his monadic aspect, though all other 381|00:54:38|490|00:54:44|910aspects were touched. Then there is

2. The Book of Wisdom-Disciples-the 12 planets. EA, p.23

the Book of Wisdom, which applies to disciples and 382|00:54:44|910|00:54:51|490the twelve planets that are involved, and if we use such a term as wisdom, we must include 383|00:54:51|490|00:55:00|470the higher influences of the planets and their esoteric and hierarchical rulerships. And 384|00:55:00|470|00:55:07|070let's just say that life is related to Atma and the monad, that wisdom is related to Buddha 385|00:55:08|090|00:55:15|270and the unfoldment of pure reason, and apparently the planets can tell us something about that, 386|00:55:15|270|00:55:23|030then the planets can help us open up the wisdom potentials of the Egoic Lotus.

Then 387|00:55:23|030|00:55:32|770there is

3. The Book of Form or of Manifestation-Humanity-the 12 Creative Hierarchies. EA, p.23

the Book of Form, or of Manifestation. This refers to humanity as a whole, not to 388|00:55:32|770|00:55:37|850those who are yet aspiring, and the twelve Creative Hierarchies which are responsible 389|00:55:37|850|00:55:45|250for building the vehicles of humanity are the types of lives involved or that are related 390|00:55:45|270|00:55:52|810or revealed in this particular book. So this is related to the vehicles, to the vehicles. 391|00:55:54|010|00:56:08|290And here the Book of Wisdom is related to soul and to Buddhi, and the Book of Life is 392|00:56:08|290|00:56:20|370related to spirit, monad, Atma, yes, and to Atma.

Okay, well we'll come back to this, 393|00:56:21|150|00:56:30|770and we have not time now for this summation, but we are into a very interesting area of 394|00:56:30|770|00:56:38|270the preliminaries. We've studied now a few more pages, and as we go into the next section 395|00:56:38|290|00:56:43|970it will be easier to move along hopefully a little more rapidly because many of the 396|00:56:43|970|00:56:56|470foundations will have been presented already. So as we have been doing in this series of 397|00:56:56|470|00:57:04|470Esoteric Astrology Adventures, we will always end with The Great Invocation, our most effective 398|00:57:04|470|00:57:10|290instrument in promoting the externalization of the hierarchy and the reappearance of the 399|00:57:10|290|00:57:16|770Christ. Excuse my voice; it's a little bit rough right now.

This is the third adventure 400|00:57:17|490|00:57:24|050today. You have to make hay while the sun shines. So it's a rainy day, it's perfect. 401|00:57:24|050|00:57:54|030Okay.

“From the point of light within the mind of God, let light stream forth into the 402|00:57:54|030|00:58:10|010minds of men. May light descend on earth. From the point of love within the heart of God, let love stream 403|00:58:10|010|00:58:18|690forth into the hearts of men. May Christ return to earth. 404|00:58:28|450|00:58:36|830From the center where the will of God is known, let purpose guide the little wills 405|00:58:36|830|00:58:41|990of men, the purpose which the masters know and serve. 406|00:58:51|430|00:59:00|990From the center which we call the race of men, let the plan of love and light work out, 407|00:59:02|230|00:59:06|750and may it seal the door where evil dwells. 408|00:59:13|110|00:59:21|390Let light and love and power restore the plan on earth.” 409|00:59:28|550|00:59:29|950Om.

410|00:59:38|510|00:59:39|910hmm 411|00:59:44|310|00:59:45|710hmm 412|00:59:55|810|00:59:56|790hmm 413|01:00:01|090|01:00:14|450Okay, thank you everyone. So this is the conclusion of our work with the Esoteric 414|01:00:14|450|01:00:32|570Astrology Adventure number 10 on the 21st of June at about 8:30 p.m., and we will 415|01:00:32|570|01:00:40|110see you again. I'll get this sent out as rapidly as I can. Hopefully it will be 416|01:00:40|110|01:00:47|630useful for your studies, especially enlarging the sense of connections and 417|01:00:48|350|01:00:54|270links between the different factors and the different dimensions, undertaken 418|01:00:54|270|01:00:59|550hopefully under the influence of some measure of pure reason, and hopefully 419|01:00:59|550|01:01:09|990able to induce in us the listener some appreciation for inclusive reason and 420|01:01:09|990|01:01:15|090pure reason. So farewell for now; we'll see you later.