1|00:00:03|500|00:00:05|660Okay, hello everybody. 2|00:00:06|640|00:00:15|340We are beginning esoteric astrology adventure number 25, and we have been focusing on page 3|00:00:15|340|00:00:16|82050. 4|00:00:18|040|00:00:27|200And here we have a discussion of dynamic energy related to the Cardinal Cross and also magnetic 5|00:00:27|200|00:00:27|700energy. 6|00:00:27|700|00:00:35|780We only got as far as dynamic energy, and we discussed electric fire in relation to the 7|00:00:37|220|00:00:45|820star or sometimes considered a constellation Sirius, how it traveled through the zodiacal 8|00:00:45|820|00:00:52|380constellations Cancer and Capricorn and expressed through Saturn. 9|00:00:52|800|00:00:58|240This is found particularly in the life of aspirants and probationary disciples later 10|00:00:58|240|00:00:58|700in the book. 11|00:00:59|000|00:01:05|320It describes this particular setup in relation to that group, but it works through the fifth 12|00:01:06|380|00:01:13|320almost liberated hierarchy which has such a commanding relationship with the fifth manifested 13|00:01:13|320|00:01:14|820Hierarchy of solar Angels. 14|00:01:15|140|00:01:21|400It's involved in the Christ consciousness and awakening people to the Christ consciousness 15|00:01:21|400|00:01:24|120as Sirius is sometimes called the cosmic Christ. 16|00:01:25|240|00:01:32|780It competes with Orion for that title, but with respect to Orion it would be a larger 17|00:01:34|220|00:01:36|080expression of that Christ principle. 18|00:01:36|620|00:01:44|160When we talk about the Great Bear, it is expressing through the constellations Aries and Libra. 19|00:01:44|160|00:01:54|160The planet involved is really Vulcan, but it's the Sun veiling Vulcan and we're dealing with 20|00:01:54|160|00:01:57|580the eleventh or unknown, another unknown Creative Hierarchy. 21|00:01:58|600|00:02:03|960One here, eleven is the number up and two is the number down. 22|00:02:05|160|00:02:10|460And unity through effort, we talked about the cosmic astral plane and the task of our 23|00:02:10|460|00:02:17|520particular solar Logos in transiting from the fourth sub-level of the cosmic astral 24|00:02:17|520|00:02:22|680plane to the fifth where Venus has established itself, now working on the sixth. 25|00:02:23|640|00:02:31|080Then we talked about also the Pleiades, perhaps the seven major Pleiades working through Gemini 26|00:02:31|080|00:02:37|570and Sagittarius, whereas the Great Bear stream works for those who are initiates and the 27|00:02:37|570|00:02:40|510Sirius stream works upon probationary disciples and aspirants. 28|00:02:40|650|00:02:45|950The Pleiades works upon disciples per se, as we find out later in the book. 29|00:02:48|050|00:02:53|010And interestingly enough, two signs very much involved in the individualization process, 30|00:02:53|830|00:02:59|450Gemini and Sagittarius, are involved as well as Mercury, the planet of mind and one of the 31|00:02:59|450|00:03:06|290major planets of discipleship, especially discipleship particularly along with Saturn. 32|00:03:06|290|00:03:13|230And there the fourth Creative Hierarchy, we're dealing with the liberated hierarchies, that 33|00:03:13|230|00:03:22|570is the hierarchy of, yes, in which is expressed the desire for duality and we related this 34|00:03:22|570|00:03:28|690fourth Creative Hierarchy on the sixth sub-level of the cosmic astral plane to the sixth manifested 35|00:03:28|690|00:03:33|790Creative Hierarchy on the sixth level of the cosmic physical plane. 36|00:03:33|790|00:03:37|790We talked about the struggle involved with desire. 37|00:03:39|570|00:03:45|990So we are, I think the important thing to realize is that we are receiving inspiration 38|00:03:45|990|00:03:56|690from cosmic astral sources, and even though the energy seems to come from the cosmic physical 39|00:03:56|690|00:04:03|170plane, for instance in the first case through Capricorn, that would be our fifth manifested 40|00:04:03|170|00:04:03|990Creative Hierarchy. 41|00:04:04|610|00:04:08|130In the second case through Libra, that would be our third manifested Creative Hierarchy. 42|00:04:08|670|00:04:14|550In the fourth case through the solar lunar lords, which would be the sixth manifested 43|00:04:14|550|00:04:19|390Creative Hierarchy, even though the energy we are receiving in this way seems to come 44|00:04:19|390|00:04:25|250from those particular sources, really another source and higher source of inspiration connected 45|00:04:25|850|00:04:31|930to these sources on the cosmic physical plane are the hierarchical sources on the cosmic 46|00:04:31|930|00:04:33|370astral plane. 47|00:04:33|810|00:04:38|570Of course, you know, this has to remain in the realm of the conceptual, in the realm 48|00:04:38|570|00:04:43|790of the speculative, because as Master D.K. himself said, and he is the one who has given 49|00:04:43|790|00:04:48|490us all this information, that he does not know what is to be found on the cosmic astral 50|00:04:48|490|00:04:52|770plane because he has not, quote unquote, been there. 51|00:04:53|770|00:05:01|910Although we can imagine that the Christ, who is Neptune in a way, has come in close relation 52|00:05:01|930|00:05:07|970to the cosmic astral plane, he did receive a cosmic touch, perhaps at the sixth initiation, 53|00:05:08|150|00:05:12|530just the way the Buddha received a cosmic touch from the cosmic mental plane. 54|00:05:12|710|00:05:20|770So those two great teachers know something first-hand of what that energy is that is 55|00:05:20|770|00:05:22|610coming from those two higher cosmic planes. 56|00:05:23|490|00:05:31|910Now we move on to, yeah, we move on here to the discussion on the cosmic astral plane. 57|00:05:33|910|00:05:41|730It says, All the above energies are called into play as far as man is concerned during 58|00:05:41|730|00:05:44|810the major initiations and upon the Path of Initiation. EA, p.50 59|00:05:46|510|00:05:50|490We're dealing there with what D.K. calls the three superior constellations. 60|00:05:51|970|00:05:57|910He often lists them in the order of Great Bear, Sirius and Pleiades, although here they're 61|00:05:57|910|00:06:02|610listed in the order Sirius, Great Bear and Pleiades, and that is not insignificant. 62|00:06:04|010|00:06:09|510But we did discuss the idea in the last webinar that the major initiation should be counted 63|00:06:10|190|00:06:16|750from the third initiation, even though quite often they seem to number from our very first 64|00:06:17|030|00:06:17|310initiations. 65|00:06:17|810|00:06:21|810They're called, even the birth of the Christ initiation is called major. 66|00:06:21|810|00:06:28|050But when we're dealing with the three superior constellations, since D.K. told us that the 67|00:06:28|050|00:06:35|350energy from Sirius does not even become recognized until the third degree, we should consider 68|00:06:35|350|00:06:39|590major initiations as beginning with the third. 69|00:06:41|090|00:06:47|090So that was dynamic energy; it relates to electric fire, it relates to the will aspect. 70|00:06:48|090|00:06:54|630So those three great constellations have much to do with the monad in man. 71|00:06:55|490|00:07:01|310But now we're dealing with magnetic energy and with solar fire, and these are the seven 72|00:07:01|310|00:07:07|090solar systems about which we have spoken quite a bit because we did refer to this particular 73|00:07:07|090|00:07:09|210page in another context. 74|00:07:09|910|00:07:17|070The seven solar systems, of which ours is one, travel through the constellations Taurus 75|00:07:17|090|00:07:27|750and Scorpio, and the non-sacred planet Mars is the planetary outlet for these energies, 76|00:07:27|770|00:07:32|450and that has a lot to do with the desire nature and also with the sacral nature. 77|00:07:34|490|00:07:37|530We could question the seven solar systems of which ours is one. 78|00:07:37|630|00:07:44|650They seem to be a constellation within the one about whom naught may be said, just the 79|00:07:44|650|00:07:50|830way these other constellations, let's call Sirius a constellation, the Great Bear and 80|00:07:50|830|00:07:56|010the Pleiades, they are all constellations within the one about whom naught may be said. 81|00:07:56|370|00:08:03|490So I don't think that we should be considering the seven solar systems as including seven 82|00:08:04|010|00:08:04|290constellations. 83|00:08:04|430|00:08:12|350I think they should be considered including seven systems, seven major stars, each one 84|00:08:12|350|00:08:14|190of them with one major star. 85|00:08:15|710|00:08:21|870Otherwise within the seven solar systems the Great Bear would be included and also the 86|00:08:21|870|00:08:25|590Pleiades would be included because they are constellations within the one about whom naught 87|00:08:25|590|00:08:29|930may be said, and Sirius too would be included. 88|00:08:30|630|00:08:37|030So I think it's far more likely that the seven solar systems are indeed solar systems, okay? 89|00:08:37|030|00:08:45|370And they travel through magnetically Taurus and Mars, very involved with sacral expression 90|00:08:45|570|00:08:53|270and through Mars which may well be the sacral center of the solar Logos and they work through 91|00:08:53|270|00:08:55|610the third Creative Hierarchy. 92|00:08:56|850|00:09:02|270It's also a liberated hierarchy and it's called light. 93|00:09:02|920|00:09:07|890Okay, hopefully we are having a good expression here every once in a while. 94|00:09:08|850|00:09:12|730This integrated audio sign comes on; hopefully it is not operative. 95|00:09:15|630|00:09:20|390Its energy is that of light through knowledge. 96|00:09:22|030|00:09:25|510Taurus is definitely associated with the light; it's the mother of illumination. 97|00:09:26|770|00:09:32|810Mars is associated with the fifth ray; it rules the five senses in a way, and it rules 98|00:09:32|810|00:09:35|570the lower concrete scientific mind. 99|00:09:35|730|00:09:40|690It does have a fifth ray component even though it demonstrates very much on the first and 100|00:09:40|690|00:09:43|110sixth rays in an outer expression. 101|00:09:44|570|00:09:54|350So light through knowledge, and it would make sense that this is connected with the sacral 102|00:09:54|350|00:10:03|170center is properly released toward the higher center, the throat center and also the brow 103|00:10:03|170|00:10:07|290center, then the light does break forth. 104|00:10:07|490|00:10:11|890So there's a question here of controlling the sacral energy; there's a great deal of 105|00:10:11|890|00:10:15|130magnetic power that operates through the sacral energy. 106|00:10:15|630|00:10:24|330We cannot necessarily dismiss the idea that seven solar systems are related to the physical 107|00:10:24|350|00:10:25|090system. 108|00:10:25|090|00:10:29|030The solar plexus, it would seem they could be. 109|00:10:29|910|00:10:31|790That has yet to be decided. 110|00:10:33|510|00:10:41|970But the seven solar systems of which ours is one are together, I believe, a major center 111|00:10:42|670|00:10:44|830within the one about whom naught may be said. 112|00:10:45|030|00:10:53|750This is a being, sometimes called the unknown, who has constellations for his centers, constellations. 113|00:10:54|550|00:11:03|790And so which it is, that remains to be seen, but there's the whole question of the light 114|00:11:03|790|00:11:09|270breaking forth, light through knowledge, and that seems to involve a sacral throat relationship, 115|00:11:10|050|00:11:14|730Scorpio and Taurus representing respectively the sacral and the throat, and Mars representing 116|00:11:14|730|00:11:21|170the sacral on its way to Venus which represents the light. 117|00:11:22|230|00:11:28|990Mars rules Scorpio, Venus rules Taurus, Venus a great source of illumination, Mars and Scorpio 118|00:11:28|990|00:11:30|870both having a sacral relationship. 119|00:11:31|990|00:11:39|850So light through knowledge, light through knowledge is the key here. 120|00:11:40|490|00:11:46|290The ray is five and we understand the light that can break forth under the fifth ray. 121|00:11:46|630|00:11:53|450The number down is three as well, three and five, both are mental numbers, mental rays. 122|00:11:55|830|00:11:59|290Okay, well, let's see what else is said here. 123|00:12:00|130|00:12:08|350This is not dynamic energy, this is the energy related to solar fire, and it tells us how 124|00:12:08|350|00:12:15|070this energy stimulates those hierarchies which are in a liberated condition on the cosmic 125|00:12:15|070|00:12:16|430astral plane. 126|00:12:17|370|00:12:26|110We are told that All the above energy is called into play as far as man is concerned whilst 127|00:12:26|110|00:12:29|490he is in training as a disciple and upon the Path of Discipleship. EA, p.50 128|00:12:29|710|00:12:35|890So the Taurus-Scorpio relationship is particularly potent on the path of discipleship, and we 129|00:12:35|890|00:12:45|050know that Scorpio is the major sign of discipleship and the struggles that Mars brings. Mars 130|00:12:45|070|00:12:53|790brings are always found on the path of discipleship, and that the light breaking forth, the blinding 131|00:12:53|790|00:12:59|470light on the Fixed Cross is related to the transition from the Path of Discipleship into 132|00:12:59|470|00:13:00|530the Path of Initiation. 133|00:13:01|530|00:13:08|490But Taurus is a very important sign on the path of discipleship because it gives the 134|00:13:08|490|00:13:16|410highest measure of aspirational idealism, and this is what a disciple does need. 135|00:13:17|130|00:13:20|990So we've had now eight constellations involved. 136|00:13:21|710|00:13:29|430With Sirius we have Cancer Capricorn, with the Great Bear we have Aries Libra, with Pleiades 137|00:13:29|430|00:13:38|470we have Gemini Sagittarius, and with the Seven Solar Systems we have Mercury, and with the 138|00:13:38|490|00:13:40|510Taurus and Scorpio. 139|00:13:40|830|00:13:49|750So we don't have, we don't have Aquarius, we don't have Leo Aquarius, and we don't have 140|00:13:49|750|00:13:51|630Virgo Pisces. 141|00:13:51|750|00:14:02|130There is another liberated hierarchy, the very first, and we do not know which of the 142|00:14:02|130|00:14:06|570pairs of constellations, we can assume that it is a pair of constellations, one either 143|00:14:06|570|00:14:17|810Leo Aquarius or Virgo Pisces, that is related to this twelfth Creative Hierarchy as it pours 144|00:14:17|810|00:14:18|810forth its energy. 145|00:14:19|230|00:14:25|490The twelfth Creative Hierarchy is ruled by Pisces, so we might think that perhaps the 146|00:14:26|330|00:14:30|930Virgo Pisces energy is related to it. 147|00:14:31|770|00:14:40|210There is a, it's called intelligent substance, and when we think of Virgo Pisces we can certainly 148|00:14:40|210|00:14:47|490think of the substantial nature of the sea of matter and of intelligence. Virgo the sign 149|00:14:48|150|00:14:52|550of intelligence and of substance, and Pisces the sign of substance. 150|00:14:52|950|00:15:00|910It is possible, and what the planet would be and how it would express, we are, we are 151|00:15:00|930|00:15:08|690not given, so it's probably not too productive to speculate at this point. 152|00:15:09|910|00:15:17|510Would it be a continuation of magnetic energy or would it be the energy of friction, 153|00:15:17|630|00:15:22|370more substantial energy, the energy of matter perhaps. 154|00:15:23|270|00:15:29|770All right, let us continue. Maybe we've made it off page 50. 155|00:15:31|350|00:15:34|690Possibly. All right, now we are on to page 51. 156|00:15:37|150|00:15:43|870Before continuing with the analysis of the tabulations and showing the inter-relations 157|00:15:43|870|00:15:50|030existing in this particular zodiacal cycle between the twelve signs of the zodiac and 158|00:15:50|030|00:15:55|390the twelve planets, EA, p.51 meaning that perhaps in another zodiacal cycle the relationships might 159|00:15:55|390|00:16:00|530be different between the planets and the signs of the zodiac, there are certain things which 160|00:16:00|530|00:16:06|850I would like to point out here in connection with these zodiacal constellations. They are 161|00:16:06|850|00:16:14|810in the nature of generalisations, but the specific and the particular can be deduced from them. EA, p.51 162|00:16:16|590|00:16:22|310Okay, now everything is shifting and when we talk about this particular zodiacal cycle, 163|00:16:22|510|00:16:30|510what do we mean? Is it a world period? Is it a kind of world period? 164|00:16:30|530|00:16:37|490Related to the solar Logos and a solar system rather than to our particular planet? If so, 165|00:16:37|570|00:16:46|910it would be very long lasting. Does the zodiacal cycle exist? Because the zodiac itself is 166|00:16:46|910|00:16:55|930a kind of wheel which in some way rotates, would that make a zodiacal cycle? And if so, 167|00:16:56|360|00:17:05|810How long is this rotation? It would have to be extremely long, I suspect. Anyway, he tells 168|00:17:05|810|00:17:15|210us there is a zodiacal cycle, and it could also be a kind of a great age associated with 169|00:17:15|210|00:17:22|110our solar Logos. Just as on the Earth we have great ages of one Platonic year, or twenty-five 170|00:17:22|110|00:17:34|030thousand years, so our solar system might have great ages as well. It might have a kind 171|00:17:34|030|00:17:42|250of—our Sun might have a kind of vernal equinox which rotates backwards in some direction. 172|00:17:42|590|00:17:50|170It takes one hundred thousand years approximately, D.K. told us, for the solar atom to make one 173|00:17:50|690|00:18:00|030complete revolution, and that revolution would be, in a sense, through the zodiac of constellations. 174|00:18:00|030|00:18:08|590And we might then divide that zodiac of constellations and its one hundred thousand year cycle by 175|00:18:08|590|00:18:17|330twelve and come up with eight thousand something—each age lasting eight thousand. But there 176|00:18:17|330|00:18:26|450might be other and longer cycles as well. So we're not in a position to understand that 177|00:18:26|450|00:18:39|690type of astrology, but we do realize that the chakric nature of all wheels is probably a 178|00:18:39|690|00:18:47|310fact in cosmic life. And just the way our Sun revolves around the solar system—it's 179|00:18:47|330|00:18:55|010around the Pleiades—we can expect that there, in relation to the zodiacal wheel, there may 180|00:18:55|010|00:19:03|630be indeed a revolution. The stars are moving; the question is, do they move together? So 181|00:19:03|630|00:19:08|750some have speculated on this and come up with certain figures. These figures have to be 182|00:19:09|950|00:19:15|750confirmed. We're dealing with far-out speculations, and after all, we have to learn how to get 183|00:19:15|750|00:19:22|090along on this planet. We have to harmonize the human race. We have to make it an acceptable 184|00:19:22|610|00:19:32|590and accepted part of the planetary evolutionary process. We have immediate tasks ahead of 185|00:19:32|590|00:19:41|450us. I think the thing that we can say is that there are zodiacal ages, processional ages 186|00:19:41|450|00:19:49|230of approximately 2,160 years. They do involve the change of energies. These energies are 187|00:19:49|230|00:19:55|190very real, and they are adapted. They will reach humanity as a whole and individuals— 188|00:19:55|190|00:20:02|830they have to be adapted to. They have to be rightly expressed. With these kinds of planetary 189|00:20:02|830|00:20:09|770movements we can deal. We're entering a processional age of Aquarius, and we're entering a great 190|00:20:09|770|00:20:16|770Platonic year of Aquarius, so the Aquarian energy is something with which we can come 191|00:20:17|490|00:20:27|890to grips. Whether there is a zodiacal axis that affects the entire solar system rather 192|00:20:27|890|00:20:33|310than just one of the planets within it, that's another question. We here are having an age 193|00:20:33|310|00:20:40|570of Aquarius-Leo. On another planet the age may be something different. The vernal axis 194|00:20:40|570|00:20:47|430may be pointing in quite a different direction, but within the solar system as a whole, what 195|00:20:47|430|00:20:56|550particular axis is our solar Logos upon at this time? That would be an overarching, overriding 196|00:20:56|550|00:21:04|470energy superior even to the Aquarius-Leo energy on Earth, but it would affect the solar system 197|00:21:04|470|00:21:12|630as a whole and probably would not be easily sensed by a human being, because the human 198|00:21:12|630|00:21:18|450being doesn't really know the vast history of the solar system, and solar systemic changes 199|00:21:19|070|00:21:26|530would be detected by cosmic beings like the planetary Logoi rather than human beings. 200|00:21:27|130|00:21:33|850So, D.K. is going to make some generalizations, and he wants to point out something in relation 201|00:21:33|850|00:21:43|010to these zodiacal constellations. First of all, I would point out that the twelve planets, governing 202|00:21:43|650|00:21:53|970the twelve houses, EA, p.51—these are divisions of space around the one who has been born in 203|00:21:53|970|00:22:00|390his particular location in space. I would point out that the twelve planets, governing 204|00:22:00|390|00:22:06|470the twelve houses, concern primarily the physical plane expression of the man; EA, p.51—primarily but 205|00:22:06|470|00:22:11|350not exclusively—and when we mean physical plane expression, I suppose we mean systemic 206|00:22:11|350|00:22:18|510physical plane expression, but they do affect as well the astral and mental expression of 207|00:22:18|750|00:22:24|690the man. That is pretty obvious, and that is work within the physical body of the planetary 208|00:22:24|690|00:22:31|630Logos or solar Logos. The houses are related to the third aspect; therefore, they affect 209|00:22:31|630|00:22:40|550potently the personality aspect; EA, p.51 which is the third aspect. their influence, plus inherited 210|00:22:40|550|00:22:48|490karmic conditions, produces those environing states and those circumstances EA, p.51 which are not 211|00:22:48|510|00:22:55|010causes, which give opportunity for the development and eventually the control of the form side 212|00:22:55|010|00:23:00|710of life. EA, p.51 So houses are very form-based; they concern the three lower worlds, and particularly 213|00:23:00|710|00:23:08|450D.K. seems to be saying they concern the very lowest world of physical circumstances. Therefore, 214|00:23:08|450|00:23:15|030they have much to do with karma, and we are placed in those conditions according to our 215|00:23:15|030|00:23:21|770karma. The karma is ruled by Saturn, and Saturn is that planet of the three synthesizing planets 216|00:23:22|480|00:23:30|450which does rule physical conditions. Saturn, in a way, rules the lower part of the systemic 217|00:23:30|450|00:23:35|630physical plane. From another perspective, it rules the entire systemic physical plane, and 218|00:23:35|630|00:23:41|330from another perspective, it rules the entire cosmic physical plane as the correspondence 219|00:23:41|330|00:23:48|910of the physical permanent atom of the cosmic physical plane. So these are the particular 220|00:23:50|430|00:24:00|330forms that surround us and which are determined by our karma; we inherit these. The houses 221|00:24:00|330|00:24:05|910probably give some strong indication of the karmic circumstances which we will encounter 222|00:24:05|910|00:24:13|190and perhaps the outcome of those circumstances. So those are the twelve planets. Now we have 223|00:24:13|790|00:24:19|510seen how the planets can be related to the soul nature as well, and that each one of us 224|00:24:19|510|00:24:27|370is really a monad from a certain sacred planet, and therefore the planets have a monadic influence 225|00:24:27|370|00:24:35|890as well. So D.K. keeps on emphasizing different spheres of influences, different forms of 226|00:24:35|910|00:24:42|130influence for these astrological factors, whether they are planets, zodiacal constellations, 227|00:24:42|130|00:24:52|250or the super constellations, the great constellations. Alright, let's see what we have here. Secondly, 228|00:24:53|250|00:24:59|910the twelve constellations zodiacal constellations, are concerned primarily with the stimulation 229|00:24:59|910|00:25:08|810of the soul within the form. Now, earlier we learned that there was, in fact, a monadic stimulation, 230|00:25:08|810|00:25:16|190but here he is listing it in this way: planets—personality, zodiacal constellations—soul, 231|00:25:16|190|00:25:22|070and probably he will list the three great constellations as related to the monad. Secondly, the 232|00:25:22|070|00:25:25|830twelve constellations are concerned primarily with the stimulation of the soul within the 233|00:25:25|830|00:25:33|090form, producing subjective activity EA, p.51—I suppose activity within the realm of consciousness— 234|00:25:33|330|00:25:39|310which, in its turn, causes changes in the outer expression, through the fusion of the energy 235|00:25:39|310|00:25:46|050of the constellation with the energy of the planets. EA, p.51 So he's not dichotomizing here; he's 236|00:25:46|050|00:25:53|210not drawing a line between zodiacal and planetary function. He's talking about the soul-infused 237|00:25:53|210|00:26:03|570personality as registering two types of energy: zodiacal and planetary. Anyway, there are 238|00:26:03|570|00:26:11|570places in the book where D.K. tells us the zodiacal constellations represent the centers below 239|00:26:11|570|00:26:18|770the diaphragm, and then here the zodiacal constellations represent the soul, and then also the zodiacal 240|00:26:19|250|00:26:27|850constellations are related to the monad. Let us see if we can find that one. I did talk 241|00:26:27|850|00:26:36|070about it earlier: zodiac and monad. You know, there's one. The succession of the greater 242|00:26:36|070|00:26:41|390rounds of the zodiac are a period of approximately 250,000 years. That's related to the monad, 243|00:26:41|390|00:26:47|830but that's not what we're looking for, so let's try “zodiacal and monad,” and there are five 244|00:26:49|630|00:26:55|070zodiacal energies passed through Shambhala and are related to the first ray of will or 245|00:26:55|070|00:27:01|870power and affect the monad. See what I mean? Zodiacal energies affect the souls, zodiacal 246|00:27:01|870|00:27:08|010energies are found affecting the centers below the diaphragm, zodiacal energies are found 247|00:27:09|090|00:27:18|750also affecting the monad. Let's see if there's anything else here. I believe that the zodiacal 248|00:27:18|770|00:27:24|230energy, the descent and re-ascent of the monad or soul, cannot be discovered from zodiacal 249|00:27:24|230|00:27:34|210science. Okay, that is H.P.B. speaking. Okay, well, anyway, I did find the particular reference 250|00:27:34|210|00:27:39|770I was looking for, and it is this one: zodiacal energies pass through Shambhala and are related 251|00:27:39|770|00:27:45|510to the first ray of will or power and affect the monad. So now we have seen that D.K. 252|00:27:45|510|00:27:51|290emphasizes different relationships in different places in the book, but in this particular 253|00:27:51|290|00:27:58|150case, planets in relation to the personality and zodiacal energies in relation to the soul, 254|00:27:58|790|00:28:04|490producing the subjective changes which work out as changes in activity and outer expression. 255|00:28:04|810|00:28:13|210And he's telling us that the union of zodiac and planet are very important, and in astrology 256|00:28:13|210|00:28:19|070we consider them to be such. But when we interpret a planet in a sign, I'm not sure how effectively 257|00:28:19|070|00:28:26|050we say, “Okay, zodiacal energy here represents the subjectivity, and it merges with the planet 258|00:28:26|050|00:28:32|550which represents activity in the field of circumstance,” and how well we interpret it 259|00:28:32|550|00:28:38|190from that particular point of view. Whether we put the zodiac in relation to consciousness 260|00:28:38|190|00:28:43|370and the planet in relation to activity, probably we should not dichotomize too thoroughly. 261|00:28:44|010|00:28:48|650There are ways in which the planet will represent consciousness as well, and the zodiac certain 262|00:28:48|650|00:28:55|230types of activity. And, you know, so a lot of familiarity with this book is needed so that 263|00:28:55|230|00:29:01|430we don't lock onto one statement as if it were not perhaps modified, amplified, or contradicted 264|00:29:01|430|00:29:06|570even in another place—apparently contradicted. With Master D.K., I never say “contradicted.” 265|00:29:07|080|00:29:13|150I will always say “apparently contradicted” because it is my own limitation of thought 266|00:29:13|150|00:29:19|230which makes the contradiction appear. Thus, it is apparent. 267|00:29:20|390|00:29:25|170So we're talking about the fusion of the energy of the constellation with the energy of the 268|00:29:25|170|00:29:33|010planets. The effect produced EA, p.51 of this fusion falls into two stages: EA, p.51 What are these stages? 269|00:29:33|010|00:29:40|170Stage number one: 1. The first stage wherein the sun sign dominates the man and he is gradually 270|00:29:40|170|00:29:45|970fitted to respond to the soul. EA, p.51 according to his sun sign energy. His latent possibilities 271|00:29:45|970|00:29:57|490for this life are unfolded. We are trying to bring latency out into presence. We are 272|00:29:57|490|00:30:01|470trying to bring that which is hidden into expression, that which is undeveloped into 273|00:30:01|470|00:30:07|350development. The effect of the sun sign is sometimes called EA, p.51—this is so important— “the 274|00:30:07|350|00:30:13|350potency of the Sun of Probability.” EA, p.51 We are talking now about the fusion of zodiacal and 275|00:30:13|350|00:30:22|750planetary indicators, and for most people they will be under the sun. The sun will dominate. 276|00:30:22|750|00:30:29|670It is—what should we say?—probable that the sun will dominate. However, it is still a spiritual 277|00:30:29|670|00:30:34|690domination because under this domination the man is being fitted to respond to the soul. 278|00:30:34|950|00:30:44|770Well, when the sun sign and the rising sign are in tense or apparently incompatible relationship, 279|00:30:44|770|00:30:53|170you wonder how that fitting can occur. Sometimes it might occur more easily when there is harmony 280|00:30:53|170|00:30:59|210between the sun sign and the rising sign, but in any case, under your sun sign you are being 281|00:30:59|210|00:31:06|490prepared to respond to the soul. So we have to ask ourselves: how is it that my rising 282|00:31:06|490|00:31:16|790sign or my sun sign has trained me, fit me to respond to the soul? Each will have to 283|00:31:16|790|00:31:24|910have his own answer on that, but looking over a life, over many years perhaps, one can see 284|00:31:24|910|00:31:30|530those energies of the sun sign—how we have responded to them and how they have moved 285|00:31:30|530|00:31:38|490us closer to the spiritual position. Anyway, this very important statement: the potency 286|00:31:38|490|00:31:46|810of the sun of probability. Are you doing the probable? Are you involved with the probable 287|00:31:47|270|00:31:54|490at this point, or are you involved with the possible? Are you an individual that is responding 288|00:31:54|490|00:32:02|810mostly to your sun sign? How can you somewhat objectively assess that? Or are you really 289|00:32:02|810|00:32:07|610responding more to your rising sign, or to some mixture between them, and what is the 290|00:32:07|610|00:32:16|650balance of the mixture if it exists? Obviously, we want to respond in such a way that the 291|00:32:17|190|00:32:24|470rising sign is the main influence upon our consciousness and our behavior, and we should 292|00:32:24|490|00:32:31|970sit back and see whether objectively we can determine which is the major factor. The potency 293|00:32:31|970|00:32:36|330of the sun of probability. So we are talking about the fusion of zodiacal and planetary 294|00:32:36|330|00:32:42|990energies and the second phase, 2. The second stage wherein there is increasing response 295|00:32:43|650|00:32:51|310to the energies, concealed by the rising sign. EA, p.51 Now, why is that word “concealed” there? Of course, 296|00:32:51|310|00:32:59|470there are ray energies which every rising sign conveys, but perhaps there are deeper 297|00:32:59|470|00:33:08|050potentials in this rising sign which are not at all obvious. They are not the kind of thing 298|00:33:08|050|00:33:14|130we express in our normal life, and can we plumb the depths of our rising sign, perhaps consulting 299|00:33:14|130|00:33:21|290its esoteric and hierarchical ruler to learn what potentials are there which may be 300|00:33:21|310|00:33:28|990presently concealed from us or not in the process of expression? And of course, this will 301|00:33:28|990|00:33:36|570take time. They evoke the unexpected EA, p.51 Well, the rising sign in some ways, because it is 302|00:33:36|570|00:33:41|970so much connected with the physical body, evokes some very expected things in the beginning, 303|00:33:41|970|00:33:49|150but they are on a relatively low level compared with the whole gamut of possibilities embodied 304|00:33:49|150|00:33:55|550by the rising sign. So there are certain expectable behaviors from the rising sign, but there are 305|00:33:56|040|00:34:07|970hidden energies which are far more latent and less evident and rarely found in expression. 306|00:34:08|710|00:34:14|550Can we plumb the depths of our rising sign to find out its potentials that we might express 307|00:34:14|550|00:34:20|290that we have not yet expressed? They evoke the unexpected and produce the hastening EA, p.51 308|00:34:20|890|00:34:26|570It's a driving energy—the driving energies of the rising sign. They produce a hastening. 309|00:34:26|570|00:34:32|730of the evolutionary process and the unfoldment of the inner life. EA, p.51 So question yourself: has 310|00:34:32|730|00:34:40|770my spiritual process been hastened to any degree? Has there been an unfoldment of my 311|00:34:40|770|00:34:49|330inner life when I have managed to follow some of the subtler, more concealed, more spiritual 312|00:34:49|330|00:34:57|370aspects of my rising sign? This you can meditate upon. In my own case, I meditate upon the sign 313|00:34:57|370|00:35:03|230Aries sun sign and the sign Cancer rising sign. Very different signs, and I try to see 314|00:35:03|230|00:35:09|290what is the balance between thinking and acting like an Aries person and thinking and acting 315|00:35:09|290|00:35:16|710like a Cancerian, or some combination of the two. The rising sign is termed in the language 316|00:35:16|710|00:35:23|590of esotericism “the Sun of Possibility.” EA, p.51 It's not necessarily probable what you will do 317|00:35:23|590|00:35:30|410with those energies. You may not respond to the highest aspects of them, but they conceal 318|00:35:30|410|00:35:36|310possibilities which will hasten your spiritual progress and which will unfold your inner 319|00:35:36|310|00:35:42|510life, and everybody needs to detect these. If in astrology we do nothing else but determine 320|00:35:43|230|00:35:47|470the right kind of relationship between our sun sign and our rising sign, we will have 321|00:35:47|470|00:35:52|190done something, and that's why it's so important for everybody to know what that rising sign 322|00:35:52|190|00:35:59|010is, because otherwise they're missing a major, major indicator. Something that the solar 323|00:35:59|010|00:36:04|550Angel has apparently arranged in terms of the time of birth, more or less, so that an 324|00:36:04|550|00:36:12|770energy can be used to drive the individual closer to the center of his life, of his spiritual 325|00:36:12|770|00:36:23|410life. So we've seen the planets are more outwardly indicative than are the zodiacal constellations, 326|00:36:23|410|00:36:27|850which are more subjective, having to do with consciousness. There is a union that takes 327|00:36:27|850|00:36:36|090place between them. There are phases of this union, and they occur—they unite in two major 328|00:36:36|090|00:36:41|550phases: one in which the sun sign is dominant, and one in which the rising sign begins to 329|00:36:41|550|00:36:47|110be the dominant. The potency of the Sun of Probability, the sun sign; the Sun of Possibility, 330|00:36:47|350|00:36:52|770the rising sign. So memorize those two things: the potency of the Sun of Probability and 331|00:36:52|770|00:37:02|590the Sun of Possibility. The rising sign is a sun in a way—the triple sun in a way being 332|00:37:03|350|00:37:10|390the sun sign, the rising sign, and the point opposite the sun sign, or the monadic point— 333|00:37:10|550|00:37:16|950the triple sun. And how do we respond to this triple sun? Can we respond to all aspects 334|00:37:16|950|00:37:26|010of it? Probably not completely yet. Round page 52. Through the effect of the energy 335|00:37:26|010|00:37:34|050flowing from the zodiacal signs EA, p.52 from the constellations to the signs, the man is prepared 336|00:37:34|050|00:37:41|110for the “crisis of orientation” EA, p.52 or we might almost call it a crisis of reorientation, because 337|00:37:41|110|00:37:47|090he does reorient himself, or let's just say he learns to face the East, which is his true 338|00:37:47|730|00:37:54|970spiritual nature. the “crisis of orientation” wherein he slowly and gradually reverses his 339|00:37:54|970|00:38:01|790mode of progress upon the wheel of life and begins consciously to travel back to his source. EA, p.52 340|00:38:02|470|00:38:08|990The energies—zodiacal energies—are no longer used in an extroverted, outgoing way exclusively. 341|00:38:08|990|00:38:22|210They are turned in upon the true subject, the soul, and help the man re-face his soul 342|00:38:22|210|00:38:31|070and journey towards his soul. The symbolism of reversal is used to indicate different 343|00:38:31|070|00:38:38|970modes of responding to the zodiacal signs. When you respond in a desirous way according 344|00:38:38|990|00:38:44|290to the desires of the personality, the consciousness is outwardly 345|00:38:44|290|00:38:51|450oriented, the consciousness is extroverted, the external environment is taken as reality, 346|00:38:51|450|00:38:57|710and the true subjective nature is not understood as the reality. But when there comes a different 347|00:38:57|710|00:39:04|870type of response, perhaps according to the esoteric ruler of the sign, then there is 348|00:39:04|870|00:39:11|530a reorientation of consciousness, a withdrawal of it from the outer circumstances. They are 349|00:39:11|530|00:39:19|030deemed to be less real and less desirable than hitherto thought, and consciousness is 350|00:39:19|030|00:39:23|950reoriented towards the subjective center. That is the reversal of the wheel. It is a 351|00:39:23|950|00:39:31|050change in sensitivity. It is a reorientation of consciousness. It may not be, strictly speaking, 352|00:39:31|590|00:39:41|890traveling on the wheel in a different direction. That may simply be a symbol. So this is symbolically, 353|00:39:41|890|00:39:47|510I believe, spoken. He then goes from Aries to Pisces, via Taurus. This is the natural 354|00:39:47|510|00:39:55|830order of the signs: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, etc. He then goes from Aries to Pisces, via Taurus, 355|00:39:55|830|00:40:06|610Scorpio and Capricorn, EA, p.52 So the light of knowledge comes to him—increasing illumination. He fights 356|00:40:06|610|00:40:18|010the struggles of discipleship in Scorpio and becomes the triumphant disciple and is therefore 357|00:40:18|010|00:40:25|170prepared for initiation in Capricorn. So those signs are singled out for illumination, 358|00:40:25|830|00:40:33|430struggle and triumph, and then initiation. instead of moving from Aries to Taurus via 359|00:40:33|430|00:40:43|190Sagittarius, Leo and Cancer. EA, p.52 These are interesting signs to be considered on the non-reversed 360|00:40:43|190|00:40:52|490wheel. In this case, Sagittarius focuses his personality desire. Leo gives him a very strong 361|00:40:52|490|00:41:03|130sense of himself. He becomes a dominant self. And then in Cancer, he establishes a grip upon 362|00:41:03|130|00:41:13|910his environment and clings to it. The ego clings to that of Cancer. But on the other 363|00:41:13|910|00:41:22|470hand, as the Buddhists tell us, our major problem is clinging to non-reality. And so we have, 364|00:41:22|490|00:41:29|070when you are thinking of yourself as an ego, “I am this” or “I am that,” you do cling. And 365|00:41:29|070|00:41:36|730so Cancer has something to do with attachment to the environment. The triplicity of constellations 366|00:41:36|730|00:41:45|070mentioned in these two great routes around the zodiac have a definite and momentous effect 367|00:41:45|550|00:41:51|850and are called “paramount signs of influence.” EA, p.52 So, okay, let's keep this in mind. The “paramount 368|00:41:51|850|00:41:58|670signs of influence” on the reverse wheel are Taurus, Scorpio, and Capricorn. And on the 369|00:41:58|670|00:42:08|610non-reverse wheel: Sagittarius, Leo, and Cancer. Let's just say when desire is rampant and 370|00:42:08|610|00:42:21|050let food be sought, and when the one-pointed desire nature seeks to acquire from the circumstance 371|00:42:23|330|00:42:28|370that which is seen as desirable, that which is envisioned, and when that happens under 372|00:42:29|270|00:42:34|450Sagittarius, a man is deeply immersed. When he is a lower ego, he is deeply immersed and 373|00:42:34|450|00:42:42|490far from liberation. He sees his ego as reality, which is a mistake, and when he is under the 374|00:42:42|490|00:42:48|290influence of the sign Cancer, he is attached, he is clinging, he is very much under the 375|00:42:48|290|00:42:54|330influence of the Four Lunar Lords. So these are paramount signs of influence. There's 376|00:42:54|330|00:43:01|210always something that's paramount, and I think we can somehow find in the book always that 377|00:43:01|210|00:43:08|690signs will be emphasized as paramount here or there. During this process, either of going, 378|00:43:10|050|00:43:16|410responding to the signs as a growing consciousness or responding to the signs as an outgoing 379|00:43:16|410|00:43:25|930personality, During the process the mental principle, the discriminating mind, is developed 380|00:43:27|610|00:43:34|410through the cross of many changes, the Mutable Cross. Finally a man learns not to be the 381|00:43:34|410|00:43:39|070victim and learns that he has a thinking principle and learns that he can order and correlate 382|00:43:39|070|00:43:46|390his environment for a more effective living. During this process the mental principle, 383|00:43:46|410|00:43:53|030the discriminating mind, is developed and in this specific connection (not in a general 384|00:43:53|030|00:43:59|670connection) EA, p.52 when we're developing the mental principle, he's giving us great generalities 385|00:43:59|670|00:44:08|050here, the emphasis is laid upon the influence of Aries, Gemini and Libra. EA, p.52 386|00:44:08|150|00:44:13|770Well, Aries is esoterically ruled by Mercury, Gemini is exoterically ruled by Mercury, Libra 387|00:44:13|770|00:44:22|430comes under the third ray. We're dealing here with various types of rulers, Mercury 388|00:44:22|430|00:44:28|890and Saturn primarily. Libra is very connected with Saturn and also with Venus and Uranus, 389|00:44:29|030|00:44:38|430all of them mental, all of them mental planets. Everything here, every planet connected with 390|00:44:38|430|00:44:44|710Aries, Gemini, and Libra has a strong mental component. Aries, Mars, which rules the five 391|00:44:44|710|00:44:54|150senses, the sensorium, and also the concrete science. Gemini is ruled by Mercury, a mental 392|00:44:54|150|00:45:00|250planet. Venus, the planet of the fifth ray, strongly mental. Earth, the field on which 393|00:45:00|250|00:45:06|310all of this must occur, a third-ray planet temporarily until its second-ray soul takes 394|00:45:06|310|00:45:12|630over. Libra ruled by fifth-ray Venus again, and then by Uranus, which rules the scientific 395|00:45:12|630|00:45:17|250mind and eventually a cult mind, and finally Saturn, a third-ray planet. So when we're 396|00:45:17|250|00:45:26|870dealing about developing the mental principle, Aries, Gemini, and Libra are considered very 397|00:45:26|870|00:45:33|790important. Under that influence the man learns to overcome desire EA, p.52 that's what the mental 398|00:45:33|790|00:45:40|930principle does, through experiment EA, p.52 That's Uranus, isn't it? with and experience of every 399|00:45:40|930|00:45:47|450kind of desire and selfish impulse. EA, p.52 Mars will certainly give desire and selfish impulse. 400|00:45:48|090|00:45:59|750Mars, desire and selfish impulse, and Mercury, Venus, Uranus, and Saturn will provide the 401|00:45:59|750|00:46:09|150learning. Okay, Mercury, Thus gradually, and with infinite pain, Well, okay, what is infinite? 402|00:46:09|350|00:46:15|970You know, I'm quite particular about the use of the word “infinite,” even though maybe 403|00:46:15|970|00:46:20|650I don't even know how it should be used, but let's just say with a great deal of pain. 404|00:46:21|290|00:46:27|610Thus gradually, and with infinite pain, the human soul EA, p.52 that part of the monadic awareness 405|00:46:27|610|00:46:33|890immersed in the four elements, in the four lunar vehicles, the human soul learns to function 406|00:46:33|890|00:46:41|770first as a member of the human family, EA, p.52 and this is done when the love petals are opening 407|00:46:41|770|00:46:47|970up. These are the socially conscious petals. first as a member of the human family, and, 408|00:46:47|970|00:46:53|490secondly as a spiritual entity, the divine soul. EA, p.52 which is the consciousness on the higher mental 409|00:46:53|490|00:47:04|030plane and on the plane of the spiritual triad. Okay, let's see how we're doing here. Right. 410|00:47:06|190|00:47:14|730You will see from the above that certain positions taken by the esoteric astrologer reverse the 411|00:47:14|730|00:47:20|570position of the orthodox astrology of today. EA, p.52 Well, the rising sign, of course, is one of the 412|00:47:20|570|00:47:27|530major reversals, isn't it? I remember when I studied ordinary astrology, the rising sign 413|00:47:27|530|00:47:32|110was considered to be the mask and the sun sign was considered to be the real individual, 414|00:47:32|190|00:47:38|190and this precisely gives the wrong emphasis. Later astrologers like Dane Rudhyar came in 415|00:47:38|190|00:47:43|510and emphasized the specificity of the rising sign and how much it had to do with one's 416|00:47:43|510|00:47:50|090true identity, and this was in the proper direction. 417|00:47:52|110|00:48:00|510The reason for this reversal of the position of orthodox astrology is The reason for this is that in the descent 418|00:48:00|510|00:48:06|170of ideas from the plane of ideas, they become “reversed” upon the astral plane EA, p.52 We sometimes 419|00:48:06|170|00:48:11|250call this the astral reversal, and what it means is that which is desirable appears undesirable 420|00:48:11|750|00:48:20|550and that which is undesirable appears desirable. Let's see here. They become something. I've 421|00:48:20|550|00:48:25|110seen them. Ah, yes. they become “reversed” upon the astral plane and subject to the great 422|00:48:25|110|00:48:32|770illusion; astrology must eventually free itself from this reversal. EA, p.52 Now how to do that? Pay 423|00:48:32|770|00:48:42|770attention to the astrology, astrology of the soul. Pay attention to oneself as a soul. 424|00:48:43|730|00:48:50|210And then instead of pursuing personal astrology all the time and asking what's going to happen 425|00:48:50|210|00:48:55|350to me, and you have a false and illusory me when you're asking that question, we will 426|00:48:55|350|00:49:01|970begin to wonder what's going to happen to a different type of me, a me that is a soul 427|00:49:01|970|00:49:07|790that's part of a soul group that's part of an ashram that's really an expression 428|00:49:07|790|00:49:13|190of the planetary life. It's a different sort of me altogether. Remember at one point 429|00:49:13|190|00:49:17|970on the second ray it says, not “is” but “me,” but it's a capital “me,” and it means that 430|00:49:17|970|00:49:22|810I am identified with all forms of life. It's a very different kind of me than this little 431|00:49:22|810|00:49:32|510old me that is this tiny definite egoistic me in which we have sort of frozen our consciousness 432|00:49:32|510|00:49:39|410as we look at our normal responses and we think that this precisely is what I am, which 433|00:49:39|410|00:49:45|010is a great illusion. From another point of view of course the great illusion is the entire 434|00:49:45|010|00:49:51|970universe at least. That's what Mahayana Buddhism seems to say, but we are talking 435|00:49:51|970|00:50:01|610about misunderstanding things through an astral reversal whereby desire for undesirables 436|00:50:01|610|00:50:09|130becomes paramount, and the Buddha came to correct the desire for undesirables. He wanted 437|00:50:09|130|00:50:14|550us, you know, you can't really get rid of desire entirely. Even the planetary Logos 438|00:50:14|550|00:50:21|770have desire, but let there be at least desire for desirables, and this we call aspiration. 439|00:50:23|670|00:50:27|890This whole question of will and desire is a profound one. A right understanding of the 440|00:50:27|890|00:50:33|910effect of the various energies and forces will make it apparent that, 441|00:50:34|190|00:50:41|730when the conditioning planetary forces, EA, p.52 okay, conditions, 442|00:50:41|730|00:50:48|390outer conditions, this is a beautiful summary, conditioning planetary forces, the expanding 443|00:50:48|390|00:50:56|850energies of the sun sign EA, p.52 oh this is so good, and the driving energy EA, p.52 notice it's a singular 444|00:50:56|850|00:51:02|230in this case, driving energy of the rising sign, why does he call them expanding energies? 445|00:51:03|670|00:51:08|990Because we have planetary forces, we have the energies of the sun sign, plural, and 446|00:51:08|990|00:51:15|410then we have the driving energy of the rising sign. Well, even the rising sign has a few 447|00:51:15|410|00:51:23|650energies in it, you know, ray energies and other ruling planet energies. the driving 448|00:51:23|650|00:51:28|750energy of the rising sign are all being controlled and directed by the illumined spiritual man, EA, p.52 449|00:51:29|250|00:51:34|170which must mean that we are focused at least on the higher mental plane and maybe beyond. 450|00:51:34|170|00:51:41|110you will then have a soul upon the very verge of liberation. EA, p.52 Well, this is so important, 451|00:51:41|650|00:51:49|570you know, what a wonderful paragraph this is. A right understanding of the effect of 452|00:51:49|570|00:51:55|230The various energies and forces will make it apparent that when the conditioning planetary 453|00:51:55|230|00:51:59|290forces, having everything to do with your immediate circumstances and your reaction 454|00:51:59|690|00:52:06|170to them in a quite physical sense, the expanding energies of the rising sign wherein you grow 455|00:52:06|170|00:52:11|530towards your spiritual life, even though you are still very much personal, you're at least 456|00:52:11|530|00:52:18|550growing towards response to spiritual influences, and the driving energies of the rising sign, 457|00:52:18|950|00:52:25|650driving forward to the center of your life, closer to your soul nature and towards the 458|00:52:25|650|00:52:30|810objective which the soul sees for you, closer to the jewel in the lotus, as it were, closer 459|00:52:30|810|00:52:36|510to focusing your consciousness within the causal body, all are being controlled and 460|00:52:36|510|00:52:44|890directed by the illumined spiritual man, and let us say, responsive to the spiritual triad, 461|00:52:45|110|00:52:53|830because we want to be above even the soul nature. You have then a soul upon the very 462|00:52:53|830|00:53:02|430verge of liberation, meaning the very verge of liberation almost, almost to the fourth 463|00:53:02|430|00:53:11|290degree. Eventually the energies of the twelve constellations and-at a final stage of 464|00:53:11|290|00:53:15|950experience and development-of the three great constellations EA, p.52-53 which we just looked at on 465|00:53:15|950|00:53:22|030page 50, namely Sirius, the Great Bear and the Pleiades, which condition the solar Logos, 466|00:53:22|030|00:53:27|170so these great constellations, certainly Sirius does, we know the Great Bear does too, and 467|00:53:27|170|00:53:31|470the Pleiades, absolutely, we revolve around the Pleiades, so these three great constellations 468|00:53:31|470|00:53:40|570do condition the solar Logos, when the energies of the twelve constellations and the final 469|00:53:40|570|00:53:45|730stage of experience and development of the three great constellations, which condition 470|00:53:45|730|00:53:52|730the solar Logos are blended with the innate energies of the seven rays or of the seven planetary 471|00:53:52|730|00:54:01|130Logoi. This marks a point of perfection. EA, p.53 So we have a line-up between three great energies, 472|00:54:03|670|00:54:08|930which are of the superior constellations, and the zodiacal energies, and the planetary 473|00:54:08|930|00:54:21|470energies are great alignment. Okay, of the seven rays and planetary Logoi, this marks 474|00:54:21|470|00:54:29|390the point of perfection. Okay, perfection related to the number four and to the fourth 475|00:54:29|390|00:54:38|910initiation, and in the life of the fourth degree initiate, we need necessarily the four 476|00:54:38|930|00:54:45|610really a connection between the superior constellations, zodiacal constellations, and 477|00:54:45|610|00:54:53|790the planetary energies. Okay, let's see where we are here. Well, we're getting quite close, 478|00:54:54|110|00:55:06|730getting quite close. Okay, so we are looking at perfection in terms of the alignment of 479|00:55:06|730|00:55:13|670the dynamic energies, the magnetic energies, and I suppose we would say the energies which 480|00:55:13|670|00:55:19|070represent fire by friction, which are the planetary energies. This marks a point of 481|00:55:19|070|00:55:27|210perfection. These extraneous energies EA, p.53 extraneous, extraneous to our solar system, (I refer here 482|00:55:27|210|00:55:34|010to those of the major constellations) are relayed to the Earth via the seven sacred 483|00:55:34|010|00:55:42|530planets and the five non-sacred planets, EA, p.53 So, connected with the constellations, connected 484|00:55:43|280|00:55:54|290with the planets, with the constellations, let's call them the superior constellations, 485|00:55:55|520|00:56:03|550are the twelve planets, and they are conduits for the major constellations and also conduits 486|00:56:03|550|00:56:11|430for the zodiacal constellations. And when there is the complete fusion, complete fusion, 487|00:56:11|550|00:56:17|790that always marks the point of achievement, and when there is the complete fusion of the related 488|00:56:17|790|00:56:25|290energies and, therefore, full expression, a great world period comes to an end. EA, p.53 Well, this is 489|00:56:25|290|00:56:33|530far beyond the consummation that we call liberation in the life of man. This is the end of the 490|00:56:33|550|00:56:42|250world. You know, a world period is an ambiguous term. The complete fusion of all sacred and 491|00:56:42|250|00:56:47|810non-sacred planets with the twelve zodiacal energies and with the three superior constellations, 492|00:56:48|570|00:56:56|190this is a solar systemic climax and maybe even is a climax in the seven solar systems 493|00:56:56|190|00:57:02|850of which ours is one. What is a world period in this particular context? It's just on top 494|00:57:02|850|00:57:10|390of it. a great world period comes to an end. EA, p.53 So is he talking about a Mahamanvantara? Is 495|00:57:10|390|00:57:20|830this a Mahamanvantara? In other words, at the end of a Mahamanvantara are all of these 496|00:57:20|830|00:57:29|710things achieved or is it still a greater period? Because to create a perfected adjustment between 497|00:57:29|710|00:57:36|690all the twelve planets that we now have and the twelve zodiacal constellations and the 498|00:57:36|690|00:57:41|790three great super-constellations, this may require even more than a Mahamanvantara. So 499|00:57:41|790|00:57:48|510as I say, the term world period is ambiguous and he is able to give us the sense of a cycle 500|00:57:49|170|00:57:54|930without telling us which one it is. I mean, from a certain point of view, a world period 501|00:57:54|930|00:58:03|810could be a 25,000-year Platonic cycle, a great Platonic year. A world period can be one complete 502|00:58:03|810|00:58:13|870revolution of our sun around the Pleiades. A world period can be even something greater 503|00:58:13|870|00:58:22|650than that, because that's 250,000 years. It can be even a Mahamanvantara, or maybe a series. 504|00:58:22|650|00:58:32|130How many Mahamanvantaras do we have when we combine all of the great Mahakalpas through 505|00:58:32|130|00:58:37|970which the Sotologos has evolved? We have six, or maybe seven Mahamanvantaras. Is that a 506|00:58:37|970|00:58:44|410world period? Anyway, a great world period comes to an end. For a long time during 507|00:58:44|410|00:58:51|870this cycle of reincarnations and periods of manifestation, the human being is conditioned almost entirely by the activity 508|00:58:51|870|00:58:59|190of the non-sacred planets. EA, p.53 I would say until the fifth petal of the Egoic Lotus is unfolded 509|00:58:59|710|00:59:05|850at the first initiation, or thereabouts, the activity of the non-sacred planets is paramount. 510|00:59:06|090|00:59:12|550And if there is activity of other planets, they operate or are appropriated in a non-sacred 511|00:59:12|550|00:59:18|290manner. All right, I think we are—yes, we certainly are at that point. Oh my goodness, 512|00:59:18|290|00:59:30|870just time for The Great Invocation. It's already one hour, so let us sound together the Great 513|00:59:30|870|00:59:39|190Invocation from the point of light within. Okay, here we go. 514|00:59:52|350|01:00:00|430From the point of light within the mind of God, let light stream forth into the minds 515|01:00:00|430|01:00:03|690of men. Let light descend on Earth. 516|01:00:06|330|01:00:12|830From the point of love within the heart of God, let love stream forth into the hearts 517|01:00:12|830|01:00:16|770of men. May Christ return to Earth. 518|01:00:18|830|01:00:25|230From the center where the will of God is known, let purpose guide the little wills of men— 519|01:00:25|810|01:00:28|970the purpose which the Masters know and serve. 520|01:00:32|110|01:00:37|530From the center which we call the race of men, let the plan of love and light work out, 521|01:00:37|530|01:00:42|110and may it seal the door where evil dwells. 522|01:00:43|430|01:00:48|270Let light and love and power restore the plan on Earth. 523|01:01:20|130|01:01:22|870Okay, friends, we are there. 524|01:01:24|010|01:01:39|590We have completed EAA number 25, and we are on some page or other here. 525|01:01:40|530|01:01:43|990Oh, what are we on? Page 53, something like that? 526|01:01:44|690|01:01:50|270Let us—well, I'll call it for the moment—page 53. 527|01:01:51|490|01:01:52|590Yes, it is page 53. 528|01:01:52|890|01:01:59|950We are on page 53, EAA ending page 53. 529|01:02:00|950|01:02:08|530And we will begin with EAA—Esoteric Astrology Adventure number 26—just at the point where 530|01:02:08|530|01:02:13|370we are going to be defining the nature of the non-sacred planets. 531|01:02:13|370|01:02:20|750As you can see, once we left the Cosmic Fire material, well, it can flow with greater ease. 532|01:02:20|930|01:02:28|670That was very difficult Cosmic Fire material, dealing with matters which are far beyond 533|01:02:28|670|01:02:33|270our ken, but we can speculate and think into them together. 534|01:02:34|150|01:02:36|730Okay, so farewell and see you soon.
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