1|00:00:02|980|00:00:04|800Okay, hi everybody. 2|00:00:07|540|00:00:16|160We are entering our Esoteric Astrology adventure number 30. 3|00:00:19|760|00:00:27|900And we have been talking about the coming of the Solar Angels, and D.K. said he placed 4|00:00:27|900|00:00:36|500that stupendous happening in the age of Gemini, age of Leo, Cancer in Gemini really, but beginning 5|00:00:36|500|00:00:47|960in Leo, some 21,688,345 years ago. 6|00:00:48|720|00:00:54|260And we have determined that we are speaking of precessional ages. 7|00:00:54|260|00:01:00|960This is what we mean by the Sun in Leo or the Sun in Gemini. 8|00:01:01|120|00:01:13|920We do not mean the month because it took about 5,000 years for the Sun to move from Leo to 9|00:01:13|920|00:01:21|880Gemini, and that's just about right when considering, as D.K. sometimes does, an average precessional 10|00:01:21|880|00:01:24|980age as 2,500 years. 11|00:01:26|000|00:01:29|500That's probably 2,160 with overlaps. 12|00:01:31|850|00:01:39|520Then we are told the door was closed upon the animal kingdom, and this was in middle 13|00:01:39|520|00:01:51|800of Lemurian times, but 3 million years before the man, animal man, awakened to the event 14|00:01:51|800|00:02:00|400that happened and the hierarchy, or Shambhala as we wish to think of it, was established 15|00:02:00|400|00:02:07|760because of the coming of the Lords of the Flame, Sanat Kumara and his 104 Kumaras, 16|00:02:07|760|00:02:11|380which established the hierarchy of that time. 17|00:02:12|900|00:02:25|460We went as far as page 64, and moving on now, D.K. tells us It has been stated that Sagittarius 18|00:02:25|460|00:02:35|800governs human evolution, as the Sun was in that sign. When the Hierarchy began its Approach 19|00:02:35|800|00:02:39|800in order to stimulate the forms of life upon our planet. EA, p.64 20|00:02:39|900|00:02:43|380But again we have to ask what is meant by the hierarchy. 21|00:02:43|620|00:02:47|500Perhaps we mean the hierarchy of solar Angels. 22|00:02:49|890|00:03:02|080On the other hand, this has some interesting ideas connected with it. Sagittarius, however, 23|00:03:02|080|00:03:06|500governed the period of the subjective approach. EA, p.64 24|00:03:07|360|00:03:15|920The Sun was in Leo when physical plane individualisation took place as a result of the applied stimulation. EA, p.64 25|00:03:16|800|00:03:29|960So it is the date of individualization that we are given in this 21,688,345 years, and 26|00:03:29|960|00:03:36|300even earlier perhaps, was a Sagittarian subjective approach. 27|00:03:36|940|00:03:49|900Although there is interestingly a line: “Arrow says shot forth.” 28|00:03:49|900|00:04:02|300This is from A Treatise on White Magic, and it tells us that the sons of God shot forth 29|00:04:02|300|00:04:05|660like arrows from the bow. 30|00:04:05|840|00:04:09|720Now that's a very Sagittarian imagery. 31|00:04:10|340|00:04:14|060It has to do with the process of individualization. 32|00:04:15|820|00:04:21|460“The forms received the impulse and lo a God was born. 33|00:04:22|280|00:04:25|480The tiny babe knew not the great events.” 34|00:04:25|840|00:04:36|000So are we dealing with Sagittarius, Scorpio, Libra, Virgo? That is 10,000 years if we use 35|00:04:36|000|00:04:40|160the 2,500 year span to indicate a precessional age. 36|00:04:40|980|00:04:44|080Here it tells us a little bit about that individualization. 37|00:04:44|600|00:04:51|540The Sun was in Sagittarius when the first human tendencies struggled to the fore, presumably 38|00:04:51|540|00:04:52|780in animal man. 39|00:04:53|120|00:05:00|460The stage of animal man was completed, and when Sagittarius was dominant from our planetary 40|00:05:00|460|00:05:08|320standpoint—I'm using the words with care—so does that mean a great precessional age 41|00:05:08|320|00:05:10|200from a planetary standpoint? 42|00:05:10|960|00:05:17|040The great event of individualization took place, but the brain of the then human being 43|00:05:17|580|00:05:23|540failed to register what had happened, and then the words of the old commentary: “The sons 44|00:05:23|540|00:05:26|760of God shot forth like arrows from the bow. 45|00:05:27|780|00:05:31|760The forms received the impulse and lo a God was born. 46|00:05:31|940|00:05:33|600The tiny babe knew it not.” 47|00:05:33|600|00:05:36|120This took place 21 million years ago. 48|00:05:36|240|00:05:37|860This is a rounding off, of course. 49|00:05:38|820|00:05:43|660Cycles passed, and when at a later date the Sun was in Leo approximately 18 million years 50|00:05:43|660|00:05:52|140ago, the first instances of coordination between brain and mind took place, and the human being 51|00:05:52|140|00:05:53|640was definitely self-conscious. 52|00:05:54|000|00:05:56|060He registered his individuality. 53|00:05:56|780|00:06:03|220The figure for the first date, though exactness is not possible in a system of mutations such 54|00:06:03|220|00:06:07|800as ours, are 21 million 688 thousand 345 years ago. 55|00:06:09|260|00:06:15|200These figures, he says, are useless at this time, for they can neither be proved correct 56|00:06:15|200|00:06:19|420or incorrect, but later investigation will prove their usefulness. 57|00:06:19|620|00:06:24|440So Sagittarius governs human evolution, for it symbolizes progress towards a conscious 58|00:06:24|440|00:06:24|900goal. 59|00:06:25|580|00:06:30|100Leo governs the human consciousness in the human kingdom, for the energy pouring through 60|00:06:30|100|00:06:32|300it enables man to say “I am.” 61|00:06:32|300|00:06:43|000Well, when we go back here to Esoteric Astrology, it does seem to say that the individualization, 62|00:06:44|200|00:06:50|300Let's see, the great approach of the hierarchy to our planetary manifestation took place. 63|00:06:50|960|00:06:54|200Let's see if we can find this here. 64|00:06:54|240|00:07:00|460I earlier gave the hint upon which definite astrological computation can be based. 65|00:07:00|460|00:07:05|320When I gave the time of the “Great Approach” of the Hierarchy to our planetary manifestation 66|00:07:06|120|00:07:19|280when individualisation took place that event occurred 21 million years ago and at that 67|00:07:19|280|00:07:20|620time the Sun was in Leo. 68|00:07:20|780|00:07:28|140What he tells us, the Sun was in Leo at that time and the Sun was also in Sagittarius. 69|00:07:28|140|00:07:36|440So you begin to wonder whether we are talking about a great age of Sagittarius, a Platonic 70|00:07:36|440|00:07:45|680year of Sagittarius, when the processional age was that of Leo going to a smaller processional 71|00:07:45|680|00:07:51|780age of Cancer and then Gemini, because otherwise there seemed to be some contradictions. 72|00:07:54|580|00:08:01|960as the Sun was in that sign. when the Hierarchy began its Approach in order to stimulate the forms of life 73|00:08:01|960|00:08:02|800upon our planet. EA, p.64 74|00:08:03|140|00:08:08|380Now, another way of viewing this is that 10,000 years before the actual individualization, 75|00:08:09|540|00:08:15|380whatever hierarchy means, I think the hierarchy of solar Angels actually, Sagittarius was 76|00:08:15|380|00:08:19|040the sign governing a lesser processional age. 77|00:08:19|040|00:08:25|220So we either have this great processional age of 25,000 years ruled by Sagittarius during 78|00:08:25|220|00:08:33|600which the lesser age of Leo was the time of individualization followed by the lesser age 79|00:08:33|600|00:08:42|820of Cancer and Gemini, or we have the idea that a subjective approach occurred 10,000 80|00:08:42|820|00:08:47|920years before the individualization in Leo and that was governed by Sagittarius. 81|00:08:47|920|00:08:54|960But D.K. definitely does connect Leo with that figure 21,688,345. 82|00:08:56|020|00:09:02|400So anyway, he tells us Sagittarius, you see it's not as straightforward as we may think. 83|00:09:02|960|00:09:06|860Sagittarius, however, governed the period of the subjective approach. EA, p.64 84|00:09:07|040|00:09:13|500The Sun was in Leo when physical plane individualisation took place as a result of the applied stimulation. EA, p.64 85|00:09:13|500|00:09:23|620But up here, D.K. tells us that I placed that stupendous event as happening 21,688,345 years ago. 86|00:09:23|620|00:09:25|680At that time the Sun was in Leo. EA, p.64 87|00:09:26|560|00:09:34|440So he seems to be talking about a subjective approach involving Sagittarius at that figure 88|00:09:34|440|00:09:40|580and also an objective individualization involving that figure. 89|00:09:40|580|00:09:46|640And I have suggested the ways to try to solve that problem. 90|00:09:48|880|00:09:56|480The sun was in Leo in one respect, but from another respect Sagittarius may have ruled 91|00:09:56|480|00:10:06|860the age and he does say, let's see how does he say it here, the figure for the first date, 92|00:10:07|860|00:10:13|940though exact it's not possible, or 21,688 and Sagittarius is definitely involved, here's 93|00:10:13|940|00:10:15|220all the Sagittarian energy. 94|00:10:15|940|00:10:25|440But notice, Sagittarius was dominant from the planetary standpoint and does that mean 95|00:10:25|440|00:10:29|380a great age from the planetary standpoint. 96|00:10:29|380|00:10:41|600So this is unresolved, but at least we know that some 21 million years ago there was a 97|00:10:41|600|00:10:53|500Great Approach which occurred and that until the Sun was in Leo again, 3 million years 98|00:10:53|500|00:11:03|240later, the brain of animal man did not awaken to the manner in which it had been stimulated 99|00:11:03|240|00:11:11|700and the “I” consciousness was not established even though the link was made between the 100|00:11:11|700|00:11:15|760solar Angel and the brain and the solar Angel and the mind. 101|00:11:16|130|00:11:28|700So there was a latent “I am” consciousness which later awoke, here it is, the brain of the 102|00:11:28|700|00:11:35|420then human being failed to register what happened, cycles passed and at a later date again the 103|00:11:35|420|00:11:41|820sun was in Leo, how interesting, approximately 18 million years ago. 104|00:11:42|820|00:11:49|980We wonder, you know, whether it was 17 million and something because we are told that the 105|00:11:49|980|00:11:56|400temple of Ibez, which was the first Shambolic outpost, was established some 17 million years 106|00:11:56|400|00:11:57|080ago. 107|00:11:57|860|00:12:06|020The first instances of coordination between brain and mind took place and in his consciousness 108|00:12:06|020|00:12:14|880upon the physical plane the man could register that he had a mind and that he was an individuality, 109|00:12:15|380|00:12:17|580the sense of “I-ness” grew. 110|00:12:19|720|00:12:25|880Okay, so I think we've explored the possible discrepancies there. 111|00:12:31|000|00:12:36|520as the Sun was in that sign. when the Hierarchy began its Approach in order to stimulate the 112|00:12:36|520|00:12:42|920forms of life upon our planet. EA, p.64 from the planetary viewpoint, from the planetary perspective. 113|00:12:43|600|00:12:47|880Sagittarius governed the period of subjective approach and you wonder whether subjective 114|00:12:47|880|00:12:59|920approach means that which set up the circumstances for the actual individualization which was 115|00:12:59|920|00:13:07|200later, millions of years later, recognized by the consciousness of the human being. 116|00:13:08|060|00:13:13|580So I guess what we have to determine is whether we're dealing with the great age of Sagittarius, 117|00:13:13|580|00:13:20|500or whether we're dealing with a lesser age and the subjective approach occurred: Sagittarius, 118|00:13:20|680|00:13:26|720Scorpio, Libra, Virgo, followed by individualization in Leo which was completed in Gemini, which 119|00:13:26|720|00:13:33|080would have made a half circle of the zodiac from Sagittarius completed in Gemini. 120|00:13:33|540|00:13:35|180That would make sense too. 121|00:13:36|460|00:13:45|560Yes, let's take a look up here, because I think he says that it was in Gemini when the 122|00:13:45|560|00:13:47|960final crisis took place. 123|00:13:48|520|00:13:55|680So if we look at smaller processional ages, instead of introducing the idea of the big 124|00:13:55|680|00:14:11|560one, then we have a period of some 7 times 2,500, a period of some, let's say, between 125|00:14:11|560|00:14:18|00015,000 and 17,000 years for the entire process to occur. 126|00:14:18|960|00:14:23|700D.K. tells us we can't do much with these figures. I know some people who have tried valiantly 127|00:14:23|700|00:14:28|920to do that, but we will be given the information when we need it. 128|00:14:29|220|00:14:36|280The Sun was in Leo when physical plane individualisation took place as a result of the applied stimulation. EA, p.64 129|00:14:37|180|00:14:47|660And we can ask, okay, was this 10,000 years before individualization? 130|00:14:48|120|00:14:49|000We can ask that. 131|00:14:49|000|00:15:01|440The Sun was in Gemini when this Approach was consummated by the founding of the Hierarchy 132|00:15:01|440|00:15:02|500upon the Earth. EA, p.64 133|00:15:03|380|00:15:06|480Now, you know, hierarchy was not here. 134|00:15:07|300|00:15:15|360As we understand hierarchy, which were the great beings accompanying Sanat Kumara three 135|00:15:15|360|00:15:19|480million years later after the first Sagittarian approach. 136|00:15:19|860|00:15:25|820It seems there is some repetition going on here. 137|00:15:26|020|00:15:33|380We have two signs mentioned, they are Leo and Gemini, and apparently Leo and Gemini. 138|00:15:34|320|00:15:45|340So we know that hierarchy was founded about 18 million years ago with the coming of the 139|00:15:45|340|00:15:54|740Sun to himself, came to himself when the Sun was in Leo three million years plus after 140|00:15:54|740|00:16:01|280the time the Sun was in Leo when he was individualized at the 21 million year period. 141|00:16:01|940|00:16:07|800So at first we have, at the 21 million year period we have physical individualization 142|00:16:07|800|00:16:15|500finally consummated in Gemini, and then we have three million years plus later, man awakening 143|00:16:15|500|00:16:23|740to himself in Leo, and the approach of the hierarchy consummated in Gemini. 144|00:16:23|880|00:16:33|440Because after all, it was, as man was awakening to the fact that “I am,” hierarchy 18 million 145|00:16:33|440|00:16:35|340years ago was approaching. 146|00:16:35|340|00:16:39|540So I think that puts everything into the proper chronology. 147|00:16:40|180|00:16:48|980The Sun was in Gemini when this Approach was consummated by the founding of the Hierarchy 148|00:16:48|980|00:16:49|520upon the Earth. 149|00:16:49|900|00:16:56|360Hierarchy was not founded on the Earth 21 million years ago, and if there was a hierarchical 150|00:16:56|360|00:17:00|340approach at that time, it was the Creative Hierarchy of solar Angels. 151|00:17:00|880|00:17:07|220This is one of the great secrets which the Masonic Rituals EA, p.64 in a way ruled very much 152|00:17:07|220|00:17:13|760by Gemini, typify, for the symbol of the sign, Gemini, is the source of the concept of the 153|00:17:13|760|00:17:17|020two pillars, so familiar to Masons. It might therefore be stated that, symbolically speaking, EA, p.64 154|00:17:18|720|00:17:26|040Okay, so I hope we have that picture of an original event under Sagittarius, a kind of 155|00:17:26|040|00:17:31|620subjective approach, then individualization, physical individualization occurring when 156|00:17:31|620|00:17:38|440the Sun was in Leo and consummated when the Sun was in Gemini, the final Crisis of Individualisation 157|00:17:38|440|00:17:44|380during that 21 million year ago period, when the Sun was in Gemini, then go forward another 158|00:17:44|380|00:17:49|900three and a half million years or so, and you have the Sun again in Leo, man awakens 159|00:17:49|900|00:17:53|560to himself, and then the hierarchy is coming. 160|00:17:54|360|00:18:03|620They are arriving from the Venus globe of the Venus chain in the Earth scheme, and that 161|00:18:03|620|00:18:12|420is consummated with the founding of hierarchy when the Sun is in Gemini, presumably 18 million 162|00:18:12|420|00:18:13|140years ago. 163|00:18:13|780|00:18:20|020One of the great secrets of the Masonic ritual, because in a way Masonry signals to us that 164|00:18:20|020|00:18:28|380hierarchy has come to Earth, has opened the door for animal man to progress and walk through 165|00:18:28|380|00:18:36|220eventually the pillars of wisdom, go through the pairs of opposites and enter the temple 166|00:18:36|220|00:18:36|900of initiation. 167|00:18:37|280|00:18:46|040And even in Lemurian times, the temple of initiation existed, although the initiations 168|00:18:46|040|00:18:56|900offered were very primitive compared to what we now expect as the true monastic initiations, 169|00:18:57|260|00:19:00|200starting with the birth of the Christ in the heart. 170|00:19:00|900|00:19:13|780I think it's necessary to read D.K. so carefully, because in the way he uses his language, a 171|00:19:13|780|00:19:19|500Straightforward interpretation is not always possible. 172|00:19:21|260|00:19:29|580Okay, so we have physical plane individualization when the Sun is in Leo, and maybe a long time 173|00:19:29|580|00:19:30|100later. 174|00:19:31|740|00:19:37|160One Gemini period did follow that physical individualization, but now comes another Gemini 175|00:19:37|160|00:19:41|580period much, much later, as far as I can see, with the actual founding of the hierarchy 176|00:19:41|580|00:19:44|360on Earth 18 million years ago. 177|00:19:45|400|00:19:48|500All right, I hope that's clear; it's certainly clear to me. 178|00:19:49|360|00:19:56|7801. Leo governs the E⟍ A⟍ degree. EA, p.64 D.K. has used these words, so it does mean “entered apprentice.” 179|00:19:59|840|00:20:07|520And in a way, the very first initiation of humanity, of animal man, is becoming the self-conscious 180|00:20:07|520|00:20:08|180human being. 181|00:20:08|180|00:20:18|020This was achieved 18 million years ago, although Leo also governed the first physical individualization, 182|00:20:18|420|00:20:23|880which was not registered by animal man. 183|00:20:24|840|00:20:31|480“The tiny babe knew not…” How does it say? “The tiny babe knew not the great event.” 184|00:20:32|560|00:20:43|8602. Gemini governs the F⟍ C⟍ degree. EA, p.64 I'm not sure why they draw them this way—a fellow 185|00:20:43|860|00:20:52|680craft degree. It is the degree involving the second aspect of divinity, and it is connected 186|00:20:52|680|00:20:58|300with the astral body, just the way the E⟍ A⟍ degree is connected more with the physical 187|00:20:58|300|00:20:58|620body. 188|00:20:58|620|00:21:06|280We become an entered apprentice in relation to the star Sirius at our fifth initiation, 189|00:21:07|880|00:21:13|440and we become, I suppose, an F⟍ C⟍ fellow craft in relation to the star Sirius at our sixth 190|00:21:13|440|00:21:22|560initiation, and maybe something of a master mason at the seventh initiation, which is 191|00:21:22|560|00:21:26|300also, from the Sirian point of view, the transfiguration. 192|00:21:26|300|00:21:33|700But really, there's more to a master mason than the third degree—really. As a matter 193|00:21:33|700|00:21:39|400of fact, a master mason degree transcends the third degree. 194|00:21:39|500|00:21:44|800There are other degrees to be inserted, such as the mark degree, that has more to do with 195|00:21:44|800|00:21:45|680the third initiation. 196|00:21:46|480|00:21:54|480Master mason has more to do with actual mastership. It's given in two parts, and one involves 197|00:21:54|480|00:21:56|880the crucifixion and the other involves mastership. 198|00:21:57|940|00:22:09|3003. Sagittarius governs the degree of M⟍ M⟍ up to the episode of the raising of the Master, EA, p.64 the degree of the Master Mason —there should be like 199|00:22:09|300|00:22:15|540triangular dots there—up to the episode of the raising of the master. 200|00:22:17|240|00:22:23|560and that Capricorn governs the final part of the ceremony and the degree H⟍ R⟍ A⟍ EA, p.64 It's sometimes 201|00:22:23|560|00:22:25|360called the Holy Royal Arch. 202|00:22:27|400|00:22:33|680All of this information, of course, is easily available to anyone who wants to research 203|00:22:33|680|00:22:39|700the matter. It's not a deep, dark secret, but of course, the actual procedures of the initiation 204|00:22:39|700|00:22:47|500ceremonies are not for public consumption. They are retained among masons, generally 205|00:22:47|500|00:22:47|940speaking. 206|00:22:49|240|00:22:57|320So Sagittarius-Capricorn is a unit governing master mason and Holy Royal Arch, and that 207|00:22:57|320|00:23:04|380is the climax, the peak of attainment, and by that time, mastership, or the symbol of 208|00:23:04|380|00:23:07|740mastership, has been reached. 209|00:23:08|100|00:23:13|840So the fourth and the fifth degrees are symbolized there. 210|00:23:14|300|00:23:23|840The F⟍ C⟍ degree is really a symbol of the second degree, the mark degree is the symbol of the 211|00:23:23|840|00:23:32|760third, and Sagittarius-Capricorn involves the fourth and the fifth degrees, with the 212|00:23:32|760|00:23:41|140two ceremonies—master mason and Holy Royal Arch H⟍ R⟍ A⟍—being contiguous. 213|00:23:41|140|00:23:48|060Of course, in Masonic lodges, they're never given altogether. One still has more work 214|00:23:48|060|00:23:55|420to do after the master mason degree before being able to apply for participation in that 215|00:23:55|420|00:23:56|200final degree. 216|00:23:56|760|00:24:03|640As masonry has evolved these days, many degrees have been written. The Scottish Rite exists, 217|00:24:03|640|00:24:15|940the York Rite exists. Thirty-two degrees have been written, and let's see, 30 of them go beyond 218|00:24:15|940|00:24:19|240the first three degrees of the Blue Lodge. 219|00:24:20|760|00:24:26|680And so, borrowing from the York Rite and from the Scottish Rite—the York Rite usually being 220|00:24:26|680|00:24:34|260considered to consist of so-called Christian degrees—we are able to bring together five 221|00:24:34|260|00:24:42|620major degrees: the entered apprentice, the fellow craft, the mark degree, the master 222|00:24:42|620|00:24:44|840mason degree, and the H⟍ R⟍ A⟍ degree. 223|00:24:46|140|00:24:57|600D.K. has written a fair bit about this in his book—what's it called? It's the Foster Bailey 224|00:24:57|600|00:25:00|880book, The Spirit of Masonry. 225|00:25:01|320|00:25:08|500It is always confusing to the beginner who has not yet a developed and trained intuition 226|00:25:09|260|00:25:16|440to reconcile the seeming discrepancies and apparent contradictions which appear in the 227|00:25:16|440|00:25:18|240teaching of the Ageless Wisdom. EA, p.64-65 228|00:25:19|400|00:25:26|520There D.K. says it; he says it for all of us, and for as long as we will be studying his 229|00:25:26|520|00:25:33|220work, there are seeming discrepancies and there are apparent contradictions. 230|00:25:35|440|00:25:44|300And these are the results of the limitations of our own intuition, our own reasoning power, 231|00:25:44|460|00:25:45|540our own experience. 232|00:25:46|780|00:25:53|860This same difficulty will be met with in the science of astrology and some reference to 233|00:25:53|860|00:26:00|860the matter is in order at this point. EA, p.65 how to reconcile the seeming discrepancies and 234|00:26:00|860|00:26:02|380apparent contradictions. 235|00:26:02|380|00:26:07|420I always use those words, or I try to. I don't ever say this is a contradiction, or I don't 236|00:26:07|420|00:26:14|320mean to say that. This is an apparent contradiction, I usually say, or a seeming contradiction. 237|00:26:14|820|00:26:17|080I have to train myself to do that; I think we all do. 238|00:26:18|040|00:26:20|680So the same difficulty is met in the science of astrology. 239|00:26:21|600|00:26:28|060I would remind you of the occult truism which states that interpretation and right understanding 240|00:26:28|060|00:26:32|760are based upon the stage of the development of the individual. EA, p.65 241|00:26:33|360|00:26:41|260This is, of course, the basis of illusion. So many people have a limited mind and consciousness 242|00:26:42|010|00:26:49|160and interpret according to their perception and understanding, but their interpretation 243|00:26:49|160|00:26:58|640is seen as erroneous by more fully developed minds and broader, deeper consciousnesses. 244|00:26:59|680|00:27:05|680H.P.B. remarked in The Secret Doctrine that for some people the highest principle of which 245|00:27:05|680|00:27:11|520they can be consciously aware might be a very low one for another person. EA, p.65 246|00:27:11|780|00:27:16|800I mean, you know, the masters live in the world of atma-buddhi-manas, and we talk about 247|00:27:16|800|00:27:26|000what they might mean and on occasion may be fleetingly touched by the vibrations which 248|00:27:26|000|00:27:28|340are associated with them. 249|00:27:29|560|00:27:37|300So we do not have full awareness of that realm in which they consistently live, and certainly, 250|00:27:37|840|00:27:43|920you know, look at the animal, even our pet dog or whatever. What do they know of our 251|00:27:43|920|00:27:48|180thinking process or of the intuition, etc.? 252|00:27:48|320|00:27:49|140What do they know? 253|00:27:51|060|00:27:52|080Let's see something here. 254|00:27:52|320|00:27:53|280Yeah, that's it. 255|00:27:53|820|00:27:54|000256|00:27:55|400|00:28:04|200The constellations and the planets which govern them EA, p.65 people I suppose, may, and do, have one 257|00:28:04|200|00:28:11|780effect upon the mass EA, p.65 ruled by Cancer and the Moon, and another upon the average individual 258|00:28:11|780|00:28:16|520man, and still a third effect upon the disciple or the initiate. EA, p.65 259|00:28:16|620|00:28:24|600There's a whole range of possible responses to the various planets and signs of the zodiac, 260|00:28:24|600|00:28:31|380and all depends upon the quality of the form receiving impression. 261|00:28:32|320|00:28:33|360Let's put that down. 262|00:28:33|360|00:28:45|480And all depends upon the quality of the form receiving impression. 263|00:28:47|530|00:28:56|040As the various energies and forces circulate throughout the etheric body of our solar system, 264|00:28:56|040|00:29:05|120their reception and effect will depend upon the state of the planetary centres EA, p.65 —now that 265|00:29:05|120|00:29:09|020can be the planets themselves considered as centers or the centers within the planets— 266|00:29:09|100|00:29:15|520and upon the point of unfoldment of the centres in individual man. EA, p.65 267|00:29:15|840|00:29:25|560Our planet has the same number of chakras in a way as does the individual man, and only 268|00:29:25|560|00:29:32|760those zodiacal energies or even energies from fellow planets in the system can be correctly 269|00:29:32|760|00:29:38|640received by our planetary Logos such as his stage of development. 270|00:29:38|860|00:29:41|180He's not quite there yet. 271|00:29:41|900|00:29:47|920So only certain centers in our planetary Logos are active, and those that are active are maybe 272|00:29:47|920|00:29:51|640not fully unfolded because our planetary Logos are still non-sacred. 273|00:29:52|360|00:29:54|120He's not a sacred planet. 274|00:29:54|120|00:30:01|220He's not an initiate of high degree among the planetary Logoi. 275|00:30:02|020|00:30:03|820Really, he's only a first degree initiate. 276|00:30:03|960|00:30:08|320He's working towards his second cosmic initiation. 277|00:30:08|340|00:30:15|340That is not too high an initiation among the planetary Logoi, and the sacred planets and 278|00:30:15|340|00:30:23|660synthesizing planets are more highly advanced, although some of the greater planets are less 279|00:30:23|660|00:30:30|860fully unfolded—the nature is less fully unfolded in our solar system than it will be later. 280|00:30:33|900|00:30:39|240Okay, so the reception and effect of these various energies will depend upon the state 281|00:30:39|240|00:30:44|180of the planetary centers and upon the point of unfoldment of the centers of the individual 282|00:30:44|180|00:30:47|900man, and all of us are very different in that respect. 283|00:30:49|340|00:30:52|680For some of us, doors are closed; for others, doors are opened. 284|00:30:52|680|00:30:55|320It all depends on chakra sensitivity. 285|00:30:56|280|00:31:03|640That is why the various charts and tabulations can differ so widely 286|00:31:04|270|00:31:09|300and different planets can appear as ruling the constellations. EA, p.65 287|00:31:09|380|00:31:13|640He's making a case for the esoteric rulers. 288|00:31:13|640|00:31:22|040A case for the esoteric rulers and hierarchical rulers. 289|00:31:22|540|00:31:27|180There seems to be no fixed rule and the student gets bewildered. EA, p.65 290|00:31:27|240|00:31:33|880Well, the mind tries to achieve a definite fixity to preserve its sense of organization, 291|00:31:33|880|00:31:36|720but the truth is much more fluid. 292|00:31:36|880|00:31:43|040So after we pass through the stage of mental fixity and have clarity and organization, we 293|00:31:43|040|00:31:52|080might be able to venture into the true fluid relationships of things without becoming confused. 294|00:31:53|140|00:32:04|140Orthodox, yeah, so planets, different planets are conduits for different ranges of qualities 295|00:32:04|960|00:32:06|940within the constellations. 296|00:32:07|280|00:32:11|860I mean, let's see, from the constellation Aries, let us say the constellation the Lord 297|00:32:11|860|00:32:17|620of Aries, certain types of energies can pass through the planet Mars. 298|00:32:18|740|00:32:27|000But different energies still related to Aries can pass through the planet Mercury, and still 299|00:32:27|000|00:32:30|760higher and different energies can pass through the planet Uranus. 300|00:32:31|460|00:32:38|260Not all of the wide range of zodiacal energies can pass through each of the three rulers. 301|00:32:38|940|00:32:51|540And when you look at Mars, Mercury and Uranus, there are different degrees within each, within 302|00:32:51|540|00:32:53|440the energies received by each of them. 303|00:32:53|600|00:33:01|440Like there may be low Ariesian qualities passing through Mars or higher or middling, and the 304|00:33:01|440|00:33:05|020same for Mercury and the same for Uranus. 305|00:33:05|020|00:33:15|300So it's a very complex and fluid picture of changing relationships, and only a lot of experience 306|00:33:16|000|00:33:23|520with these energies and with the forms of life affected by the energies can help us 307|00:33:24|000|00:33:27|100keep track of them and not lose our way. 308|00:33:28|720|00:33:34|200So as D.K. says, there seems to be no fixed rule and the student gets bewildered. 309|00:33:34|200|00:33:40|820Orthodox astrology posits one set of planetary rulers, and they are correct as far as the 310|00:33:40|820|00:33:42|180mass of humanity is concerned. EA, p.65 311|00:33:42|580|00:33:49|560And they are even correct as far as we are concerned, because although they are superseded 312|00:33:50|660|00:33:53|940by the esoteric rulers, they are not entirely superseded. 313|00:33:54|700|00:34:04|180And their responses which they rule are added to the responses which the esoteric rulers 314|00:34:04|200|00:34:05|000rule. 315|00:34:05|580|00:34:11|960So the superseding is not complete, but the greater gathers in the lesser. 316|00:34:12|460|00:34:20|960And I suppose we might be able to say that the hierarchical ruler gathers in the types 317|00:34:20|960|00:34:27|040of responses which are associated with both the orthodox and the esoteric rulers. 318|00:34:27|260|00:34:29|200The greater always includes the lesser. 319|00:34:29|200|00:34:37|360D.K. goes on, But the disciple, who lives above the diaphragm, EA, p.65 so in other words, basically 320|00:34:37|360|00:34:49|960what he's saying here, the mass, let's get that straight, the mass lives below the diaphragm. 321|00:34:50|560|00:34:51|820He's saying that. 322|00:34:52|600|00:35:01|320And so the solar plexus is the brain for such, and the solar plexus with its sixth ray 323|00:35:01|320|00:35:07|980association with both Mars and Neptune, is very connected with the sign Cancer, which 324|00:35:07|980|00:35:10|260is the ruler of the mass consciousness. 325|00:35:10|440|00:35:16|400But the disciple, who, and I think all disciples do, who lives above the diaphragm, responds 326|00:35:17|000|00:35:18|900to another combination. 327|00:35:18|900|00:35:26|220In other words, it's the combination of both the orthodox ruler and the esoteric ruler 328|00:35:26|220|00:35:31|820added, and maybe even some impression from the hierarchical ruler. 329|00:35:32|520|00:35:37|220The disciple who lives above the diaphragm responds to another combination and it is 330|00:35:37|220|00:35:40|620with these that I shall principally deal. EA, p.65 331|00:35:41|980|00:35:48|880So D.K. is trying to instruct us concerning how we can, how we can deal with the diaphragm, 332|00:35:49|420|00:35:59|160respond to the higher aspects of zodiacal potential, aspects higher than those we are 333|00:35:59|160|00:36:08|440likely to respond to, ruled only, when ruled only by the exoteric ruler of the zodiacal 334|00:36:08|440|00:36:08|860sign. 335|00:36:09|160|00:36:15|040I'm sure that many of us, you know, we know what the esoteric ruler of our sun sign may 336|00:36:15|040|00:36:15|360be. 337|00:36:15|360|00:36:21|040We know what the esoteric ruler of our rising sign may be, and we have thought about that, 338|00:36:21|360|00:36:25|720and we have said, look, do I respond only to the exoteric ruler? 339|00:36:26|240|00:36:31|020Like if I'm a Cancer-rising person, do I respond only to the moon? 340|00:36:31|120|00:36:32|700Do I not also respond to Neptune? 341|00:36:32|980|00:36:42|780If I'm a Sun and Aries individual, do I respond only to Mars as the ruler of Aries? 342|00:36:42|780|00:36:45|460Do I not also respond to Mercury? 343|00:36:46|160|00:36:50|900In my own case, Mercury is an Aries, it's at the top of the chart, and it's the esoteric 344|00:36:50|900|00:36:51|920ruler of my sun sign. 345|00:36:52|020|00:36:56|560I certainly have recognized in myself the response to Mercury. 346|00:36:56|680|00:37:02|380As a matter of fact, all of these webinars and talking through the books and all of that 347|00:37:03|090|00:37:10|180are very much the result of an elevated Mercury in Aries as the esoteric ruler of the sun 348|00:37:10|720|00:37:11|080sign. 349|00:37:11|840|00:37:19|220That is why the three charts here given do not appear to coincide. 1|00:00:02|980|00:00:04|800They are drawn up to express the situation in regard to three groups: EA, p.65 351|00:37:29|740|00:37:36|960Well, three charts — I think by that he means the rulers, three types of rulers in relation 352|00:37:36|960|00:37:38|200to any sign of the zodiac. 353|00:37:38|200|00:37:44|780So these charts or tabulations, which are following, are drawn up to express the situation 354|00:37:44|780|00:37:46|100in regard to three groups. 355|00:37:47|000|00:37:52|660The first: the exoteric ruler, 1. The mass of people who conform to orthodox and recognised 356|00:37:52|660|00:38:00|300astrological conclusions. EA, p.65 and presumably those who live below the diaphragm. 357|00:38:03|180|00:38:05|000Difficult word to spell. 358|00:38:06|080|00:38:13|620Okay, then come the 2. Disciples and advanced individuals, conforming to the conclusions 359|00:38:13|620|00:38:24|500of esoteric astrology. EA, p.65 and when esoteric astrology is introduced, then automatically the esoteric 360|00:38:24|500|00:38:32|400rulers of the signs are introduced, and we have to learn how to respond to them and fuse 361|00:38:33|220|00:38:39|440their energies with the higher potentials of the orthodox ruler. 362|00:38:40|460|00:38:45|500I think when we think about ourselves, we will realize we have not necessarily ceased 363|00:38:45|500|00:38:53|000to respond to the exoteric ruler of our sun sign, or even our rising sign, but hopefully 364|00:38:53|000|00:39:01|140we have begun to respond to the more positive aspects of that exoteric ruler. 365|00:39:02|000|00:39:08|900And then the third aspect of the tabulation is 3. The Creative Hierarchies, giving the interim 366|00:39:08|900|00:39:15|800situation in this world cycle. EA, p.65 — whatever a world cycle may be — the Creative Hierarchies 367|00:39:15|800|00:39:21|480have certain relationships, certain connections to the signs of the zodiac. How big is the 368|00:39:21|480|00:39:35|280world cycle? Is it a round, or a… is it a kalpa, is it a mahakalpa, mahakalpa? Well, 369|00:39:35|760|00:39:36|640something of that nature. 370|00:39:37|260|00:39:44|000We're never told what that world cycle or world period is exactly. Sometimes we learn 371|00:39:44|000|00:39:51|460that the name “world period” or “world cycle” is applied to a specific, um, meaning, or 372|00:39:51|480|00:40:00|060duration of time, but we cannot be sure that D.K. always means that particular duration 373|00:40:00|060|00:40:04|740of time when he mentions the word “world period” or “world cycle.” 374|00:40:05|720|00:40:21|320Okay, so let us see here, um, next. Okay, now we reach this big tabulation. This is 375|00:40:21|320|00:40:27|760something that so many of us have studied, I'm sure. Um, excuse me, when we first picked 376|00:40:27|760|00:40:35|960up the Esoteric Astrology book, we wondered at these alternative rulerships, we tried 377|00:40:35|960|00:40:41|000to figure out what they meant, we memorized them — probably some of us have completely 378|00:40:41|000|00:40:47|440memorized them, which is good for an esoteric astrologer. I would say not only good, absolutely 379|00:40:47|440|00:40:55|020necessary. Notice he says here “the constellations and the planetary rulers” — he's talking about 380|00:40:55|020|00:41:00|480the lords of the constellations and the lords of the planets which relate to each other. 381|00:41:01|560|00:41:15|180So um, I wonder, uh, yeah, I can see that, um, that this needs maybe a little bit of 382|00:41:15|180|00:41:22|400adjustment here. So I'll just, uh, turn this off for a second and I'll make these adjustments 383|00:41:22|400|00:41:33|760so it's easier to see. Okay, um, we're dealing here, uh, I think it's better to look in the 384|00:41:33|760|00:41:45|160Esoteric Astrology book because they're laid out quite well, and we're dealing with the 385|00:41:45|160|00:41:50|720Constellations and Planetary Rulers in connection with Ordinary Man EA, p.66 so the constellation is 386|00:41:51|560|00:42:01|800listed. And I think, um, what we really should have here is the idea, the same ruler. The 387|00:42:01|800|00:42:09|460ruler is way over on the other side. Constellation, ruler, ray, and related to. So the constellation, 388|00:42:09|460|00:42:16|740the first one is Aries, its ruler is Mars. Mars is a 6th-ray planet, probably in its personality, 389|00:42:17|020|00:42:24|220because I think when we're dealing with a non-sacred planet, uh, their personality rays 390|00:42:24|220|00:42:36|400are given. That's the hint because, uh, we see, uh, Earth is given. Um, well, I guess 391|00:42:36|400|00:42:44|160Earth is never an orthodox ruler unless perhaps a co-ruler of Taurus in a way. It has a particular 392|00:42:44|160|00:42:51|920relationship to the, uh, constellation Taurus. Uh, Aries and Scorpio are related because 393|00:42:51|920|00:42:58|520they are both ruled by Mars. Mars is non-sacred, therefore italicized. Uh, probably I will 394|00:42:58|520|00:43:06|380not linger, uh, for a long time, uh, on these particular relationships because we'll be 395|00:43:06|400|00:43:12|440dealing with them all through the book. The constellation is Taurus. Its Orthodox 396|00:43:12|440|00:43:19|100ruler is Venus. It conveys, in the soul sense, I believe, the 5th ray. And the other planet 397|00:43:19|100|00:43:24|860ruled by Venus is Libra, so Taurus and Libra have a strong connection. Notice the angle 398|00:43:24|860|00:43:34|500of 150 degrees separating Aries and Scorpio. If you move clockwise with the zodiac 399|00:43:34|500|00:43:41|380and the angle of 150 degrees separating Taurus and Libra if you move counter-clockwise. So 400|00:43:41|380|00:43:47|240the 5th ray is found through Venus in relation to both of these signs. With Gemini, the Orthodox 401|00:43:47|240|00:43:55|920ruler is Mercury. It is, from the soul perspective, I believe, a 4th ray, a 4th 402|00:43:55|920|00:44:03|220ray planet. And it's related to Virgo in a square. Virgo is also exoterically ruled 403|00:44:03|220|00:44:09|580by Mercury. These, of course, I think you are quite familiar with if you studied 404|00:44:09|580|00:44:15|420a little bit of astrology. But the relations are all very important. In many ways, 405|00:44:15|720|00:44:20|780in many ways, the great science is the science of relations and astrology seems to be an 406|00:44:20|780|00:44:28|960aspect of this science of relations. Cancer is ruled by the Moon, which is 407|00:44:29|660|00:44:38|260considered a non-sacred planet, thus italicized. The Moon is the veil for an undiscovered 408|00:44:38|260|00:44:48|200non-sacred 4th ray planet, and it has no relation. There is no other constellation ruled 409|00:44:48|200|00:44:53|880in the exoteric sense by the Moon. It's out of relation. Leo is ruled by the Sun. Of course, 410|00:44:53|880|00:45:00|000you can't really say the Sun is non-sacred. The Sun is the most sacred Logos in the whole 411|00:45:00|000|00:45:06|520solar system. But we are talking about the Sun as a veil for an undiscovered 2nd 412|00:45:06|520|00:45:17|240ray non-sacred planet. And there is no other constellation which is ruled by the Sun. 413|00:45:17|510|00:45:24|820With the Moon there is, I mean, in the hierarchical sense Aquarius, in the esoteric sense Virgo, 414|00:45:24|940|00:45:33|180but not the Sun. The Sun rules only in Leo, and so we begin to think that the constellation 415|00:45:33|180|00:45:44|620Leo has a very special and unique relationship to our particular solar Logos. Virgo 416|00:45:45|200|00:45:51|680is just a reversal of what we saw above. Mercury is the ruler. Libra, a reversal of what we 417|00:45:51|680|00:45:58|780saw above, the Libra-Taurus relationship. Scorpio, a reversal of what we saw above, the Scorpio-Aries 418|00:45:58|780|00:46:07|860relationship. Now we enter the realm of Jupiter. Jupiter, we have Sagittarius relating 419|00:46:07|860|00:46:13|500to Pisces. Both are ruled exoterically by Jupiter, and Jupiter from the solar perspective 420|00:46:13|500|00:46:21|300is, I believe, that's the hypothesis anyway, the sacred planets, when they are given 421|00:46:21|300|00:46:28|920a ray, the soul ray is what is given. So Sagittarius relating to Jupiter, relating to Pisces, 422|00:46:29|040|00:46:34|840both ruled by Jupiter, and down here we see the same in reverse, Pisces, ruled by Jupiter 423|00:46:34|840|00:46:42|500related to Sagittarius, they are a square apart, just the way Gemini and Virgo 424|00:46:42|500|00:46:52|700are a square apart. That's a unique relationship because the mutable cross is given, and these 425|00:46:52|700|00:46:59|980planets, these signs ruled by the same planet are a square apart and form the mutable 426|00:46:59|980|00:47:06|460cross. Capricorn is ruled by Saturn in the orthodox sense, and no other constellation 427|00:47:06|840|00:47:15|460is ruled by Saturn in the orthodox sense. Saturn is expressing the third ray, perhaps 428|00:47:15|460|00:47:22|180from the soul level. We certainly know that Saturn expresses the third ray monadically. 429|00:47:22|380|00:47:36|440If you turn to Esoteric Psychology, Volume 1, page 420, you will see the monadic, the 430|00:47:36|440|00:47:43|260monadic of the first three planets, Uranus ray 1, Neptune ray 2, Saturn ray 3. 431|00:47:44|200|00:47:51|040Aquarius in the orthodox sense is ruled by the highly unorthodox planet Uranus, which 432|00:47:51|040|00:48:00|160conveys from the soul perspective the seventh ray. And there is no other constellation ruled 433|00:48:00|160|00:48:08|240by Uranus exoterically. And so we have, you know, different relationships are established 434|00:48:08|700|00:48:17|480from the exoteric perspective. We have Mars Scorpio, we have Taurus Libra, we have Gemini 435|00:48:17|480|00:48:28|040and Virgo, they all have rulers that are related to the two, identical in the two. Sagittarius 436|00:48:28|040|00:48:39|020Pisces rulers that are shared. But not Capricorn, not Aquarius. So this is the, these are the 437|00:48:39|020|00:48:46|020exoteric rulers with which we are largely familiar, and of course, you know, you have 438|00:48:46|020|00:48:51|620to say there will be a relationship between Mars and Aries. One is more an external battle, 439|00:48:51|620|00:49:00|380one is more an internal battle perhaps. Taurus and Venus are both related in terms of the 440|00:49:00|380|00:49:11|560appreciation of beauty and balance. They both have the eye. Gemini and Virgo are related 441|00:49:11|560|00:49:19|660through intelligence of Mercury. And Jupiter, rather Sagittarius and Pisces are both related 442|00:49:19|660|00:49:27|860to, by the expansion of contact, the expansion of consciousness, ruled by Jupiter. The others 443|00:49:27|860|00:49:39|520have no relation. Okay. Now let's take a look at the next tabulation, and what is said here. 444|00:49:40|320|00:49:46|740a. The non-sacred planets are italicised. EA, p.66 Remember there are five of them, and they usually are 445|00:49:46|740|00:49:54|360connected with the development of the personality rather than relating the personality to the 446|00:49:54|360|00:50:06|320soul. In point b. All the rays are represented except the first. This is interesting, as the 447|00:50:06|320|00:50:13|660mass of the people move within their horoscopes and the will aspect is latent but unexpressed. EA, p.66 448|00:50:13|660|00:50:22|180So it is the will that makes a great difference in how we live our lives, and when we're on 449|00:50:22|180|00:50:29|280the common or mutable cross we are pretty well driven up and down the land. We are forced 450|00:50:30|780|00:50:39|560by certain currents of energy to respond in a particular way, and we cannot oppose those 451|00:50:39|560|00:50:45|840streams of influence by our will. We pretty much are compelled, and that's why the first 452|00:50:45|840|00:50:53|600ray is missing. As D.K. says, this is interesting. Tabulation 5: we are looking at unorthodox 453|00:50:53|600|00:51:02|480astrological relationships. We are looking at Constellations and Planetary Rulers 454|00:51:02|480|00:51:09|540in connection with Disciples and Initiates EA, p.66 as they are in 455|00:51:09|560|00:51:16|000that. It's interesting that the esoteric rulers that we are now going to look at apply 456|00:51:16|000|00:51:23|160also to initiates. Initiates of what degree? First or second, but maybe the true meaning 457|00:51:23|160|00:51:27|940of the word initiate is also being used. Maybe we're talking about the third degree initiate 458|00:51:27|940|00:51:34|380as well. Usually when we're talking about third degree initiates, we begin to be able 459|00:51:34|380|00:51:43|440to think in wholes. Such initiates can think in wholes and can therefore respond to hierarchies 460|00:51:43|440|00:51:49|180as a whole and to the rulers of those hierarchies. But for now we're dealing with the esoteric 461|00:51:49|180|00:51:59|380rulers, so constellation ruler, ray, and related to. And this time, notice we're not saying 462|00:51:59|380|00:52:10|820that. Same sign. Above we said same ruler. Same ruler: we were talking about a planet, 463|00:52:11|100|00:52:22|000so we connected the different signs according to a ruler which they shared. Really this 464|00:52:23|040|00:52:27|840should be over here, but I'm not sure I can make it happen. Well, maybe I did make it 465|00:52:27|840|00:52:38|880happen. Yeah, I did make it happen. Okay. Same ruler, so the signs are united by ruler. 466|00:52:39|940|00:52:51|980But now, here below, the ray is preeminent. Same ray. And when we're dealing with the 467|00:52:53|360|00:53:01|680astrology and rayology, the ray seems to take prominence. The ray is a higher order of energy 468|00:53:02|360|00:53:09|760than the planet itself. The planet is used by the ray. Well, in a way the planets are 469|00:53:10|500|00:53:17|120related to the sources of the rays, which for our purposes are the seven stars of the 470|00:53:17|120|00:53:25|620Big Dipper, and the seven stars are the prototypes of these planetary Logos. So these ray sources 471|00:53:25|620|00:53:32|080are the prototypes, and the ray has the preeminent place. There would be other ways, of course, 472|00:53:32|760|00:53:41|700we might be able to relate them according to ruler as well, but the ray suggests a second 473|00:53:41|700|00:53:49|640ray mode of understanding relationships and astrology, with its signs and its rulers, 474|00:53:49|780|00:53:55|860suggests a third ray way of understanding relationships. And in our particular second 475|00:53:55|860|00:54:04|080ray solar system, the second ray method is to be followed and considered preeminent. 476|00:54:04|470|00:54:17|980So Aries is ruled by Mercury, its ray is the fourth, and Virgo is also connected to the 477|00:54:17|980|00:54:25|200fourth ray because its esoteric ruler is the Moon, which is the fourth ray, expresses the 478|00:54:25|200|00:54:31|720fourth ray whatever the Moon is really expressing, the undiscovered fourth ray planet. Taurus 479|00:54:31|720|00:54:38|960is ruled by Vulcan, and we'll discuss how that is so as we get to the chapters. It's 480|00:54:38|960|00:54:45|380the ray of Vulcan. Probably the sole ray is the first ray, and since Pluto is esoterically 481|00:54:45|380|00:54:54|580ruled by… If Pisces is esoterically ruled by Pluto, then the ray is the same. Gemini 482|00:54:54|580|00:55:00|980is esoterically ruled by Venus, but there is no other planet of which we know that distributes 483|00:55:00|980|00:55:07|340the fifth ray, so Gemini… Gemini here, I hope I said that. Gemini ruled by Venus, Gemini 484|00:55:07|340|00:55:16|560is not related to any other sign via a shared ray. Cancer is ruled esoterically by Neptune, 485|00:55:17|140|00:55:23|520which from this whole perspective expresses the sixth ray, and since Mars is esoterically 486|00:55:23|520|00:55:30|960ruled by… Since Scorpio, pardon me, Scorpio is esoterically ruled by Mars, then the ray 487|00:55:31|610|00:55:39|160which is sixth ray, then the sign Cancer and Scorpio are related by the rays of their rulers. 488|00:55:40|460|00:55:49|340Leo is ruled by the sun, which expresses exoterically the second ray, but Jupiter is the ruler of 489|00:55:49|340|00:55:57|300Aquarius esoterically, and Jupiter expresses the second ray, so Leo and Aquarius are united 490|00:55:57|300|00:56:04|120or related via the second ray. Virgo is ruled by the fourth ray moon, and here we have a 491|00:56:04|120|00:56:10|940repetition of its connection to Aries, ruled by fourth ray Mercury. Libra is ruled esoterically, 492|00:56:13|560|00:56:20|740I have to go slower, I think I'm going to get my tongue tied here. Libra is ruled esoterically 493|00:56:20|740|00:56:29|640by Uranus, the seventh ray, and we know of no other seventh ray planet per se. Well, 494|00:56:29|820|00:56:34|080you know, there are speculations, but of the planets we know, there are no other seventh 495|00:56:34|080|00:56:43|060ray planets, and so Uranus, Libra then is not related to any other sign via the ray. 496|00:56:43|640|00:56:52|940Gemini and Libra, however, are related, as we see in the tabulation on pages 332 and 333. 497|00:56:53|700|00:56:58|920So you can turn there if you're interested. Scorpio and Cancer, again, that's repeated. 498|00:57:00|040|00:57:08|460Sagittarius is esoterically ruled by the Earth, and since Capricorn has the esoteric ruler 499|00:57:08|920|00:57:14|900of Saturn distributing the third ray, then they are both related, Sagittarius and Capricorn, 500|00:57:15|340|00:57:22|800through that third ray, passing through their two rulers, Earth and Saturn. And then there's 501|00:57:22|800|00:57:28|540the reversal of the same, Capricorn related to Sagittarius via the third ray. This mode 502|00:57:28|540|00:57:34|480of thinking is very important, because these are soul connections, or connections which 503|00:57:34|480|00:57:42|360can help bring out the soul. Aquarius and Leo, again, are repeated, and Pisces and Taurus, 504|00:57:42|680|00:57:49|440again, are repeated. So this is a different kind of, different kind of connection via 505|00:57:50|660|00:58:03|700the ray. Now we might have, yeah, Aries doesn't share any other, it doesn't, Mercury is not 506|00:58:03|700|00:58:09|100the esoteric ruler of anything but Aries, and Vulcan is not the esoteric ruler of anything 507|00:58:09|100|00:58:16|880but Taurus, so, you know, whereas Aries and Scorpio in the first tabulation both shared 508|00:58:16|880|00:58:27|360Mars as the ruler, Aries does not share any ruler, the same ruler, Mercury, with any other 509|00:58:30|420|00:58:33|680constellation, esoterically. Alright, so, let's move on to the next tabulation, which 510|00:58:34|660|00:58:40|810I think that's pretty clear, but the implications, of course, we must look in the horoscope and 511|00:58:41|360|00:58:49|680attempt to discover how relationships between these planets, between these constellations, 512|00:58:50|790|00:58:58|000may draw out a particular ray. For instance, if we have Leo planets and Aquarius planets, 513|00:58:58|000|00:59:03|940we have to realize that those two signs are related via the second ray, and perhaps have 514|00:59:03|940|00:59:10|640an ability, esoterically, to draw forth the second ray. If we have Aries and Virgo related 515|00:59:10|640|00:59:16|720to each other, we have to realize the esoteric fourth ray relationship, and how harmony through 516|00:59:16|720|00:59:23|240conflict may result from the interplay of the two. So it's a different way of thinking, 517|00:59:23|840|00:59:31|700as far as exploring all these ways of thinking, there is still much to be, much to be learned. 518|00:59:32|560|00:59:41|720Alright, I think we are there, yes, we certainly are there. Let us sound The Great Invocation 519|00:59:41|720|00:59:49|240now. It's a little bit dark in this room, and I'm not typing too clearly. 520|00:59:53|440|01:00:00|240Yeah, alright. So, Om. 521|01:00:08|720|01:00:15|320From the point of light within the mind of God, let light stream forth into the minds 522|01:00:15|320|01:00:23|220of men, let light descend on earth. From the point of love within the heart of God, let 523|01:00:23|870|01:00:33|840love stream forth into the hearts of men, may Christ return to earth. From the center 524|01:00:33|840|01:00:41|460where the will of God is known, let purpose guide the little wills of men, the purpose 525|01:00:41|460|01:00:49|760which the masters know and serve. From the center which we call the race of men, let 526|01:00:49|760|01:00:57|360the plan of love and light work out, and may it seal the door where evil dwells. Let light 527|01:00:57|360|01:01:18|080and love and power restore the plan on earth. Om. Om. 528|01:01:23|120|01:01:35|400Om. Om. Om. 529|01:01:35|980|01:01:49|740Okay friends, good, we are, we've completed EAA 30. Let's see, I think we've completed 530|01:01:49|760|01:02:04|660I have to put it here even though it's not so, yeah. We have completed, right, yes, this 531|01:02:04|660|01:02:14|260is it. Pluto, Pluto, first ray, etc. We have completed EAA 30 and Esoteric Astrology Adventure 532|01:02:14|260|01:02:29|28030, and we are on page, I assume, 66. I'll work that through. I believe we are on page 533|01:02:29|280|01:02:43|46066, yeah 66, and if we run to 67, I'm not sure, I don't think so very soon, yep, very 534|01:02:43|460|01:03:02|160soon to 67. Okay, and EAA 29 was page 64, so we have moved from page 64 to 66. Okay, 535|01:03:05|660|01:03:13|440yes, okay, 64 to 66. And we will continue to move from page 64 to 66, and we will continue 536|01:03:13|460|01:03:25|060to carry on with number 31. Continuing with these very, very interesting tabulations, 537|01:03:25|300|01:03:34|200very important tabulations, I guess I appreciated to a greater extent the fact that, uh, esoterically, 538|01:03:34|980|01:03:43|440certain signs were ray related, rather than related by rulers. 539|01:03:44|200|01:03:52|780Related by rulers. Okay, so for the time being, we will say farewell, 540|01:03:53|200|01:03:54|180and on to number 32.
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