1|00:00:16|720|00:00:18|100Hi, everybody. 2|00:00:19|640|00:00:26|600We are on Esoteric Astrology adventure number 39, and we're getting quite close to completing 3|00:00:26|600|00:00:27|740the introduction. 4|00:00:30|260|00:00:36|820We have been dealing with a very intricate matter, and I've been focusing on pages 5|00:00:36|820|00:00:38|10084 and 85. 6|00:00:38|280|00:00:49|940I had a little mishap with number 37, which was then truncated at 30 minutes, and then 7|00:00:49|940|00:00:59|200I continued with number 38, enlarging on the subject—a very amazing subject, really—concerning 8|00:00:59|200|00:01:05|100the three great constellations: seven sources from the Great Bear, two sources from Sirius, 9|00:01:05|100|00:01:14|200and three sources from the Pleiades, and how these sources, or probably stars, condition 10|00:01:14|200|00:01:18|320the twelve zodiacal constellations and the twelve planets. 11|00:01:20|320|00:01:27|720And whether or not these stellar sources are blinds for still greater sources. 12|00:01:28|140|00:01:34|020That is a question that I've explored quite thoroughly in number 38. 13|00:01:36|500|00:01:41|220So now we're on page 85, and we're ready to move forward. 14|00:01:41|220|00:01:48|940D.K. is telling us that always the emphasis must be laid upon the rays of energy and quality 15|00:01:49|320|00:01:53|600as they pour through the zodiacal constellations and planets. 16|00:01:53|960|00:02:02|380Remember, he so often interchanges the words “constellations” and “signs,” seemingly without 17|00:02:03|360|00:02:06|280special purpose, but who knows. 18|00:02:06|280|00:02:10|460So we have to study carefully, sometimes in the very same sentence. 19|00:02:10|880|00:02:15|920The words “signs” and “constellations” are meant to mean the same thing, so it seems. 20|00:02:16|840|00:02:23|280The new astrology, therefore, is necessarily based upon an understanding of the rays. 21|00:02:24|900|00:02:29|480The rays are always preeminent, and the book Esoteric Astrology is part of A Treatise on 22|00:02:29|480|00:02:31|120the Seven Rays, Volume 3. 23|00:02:31|120|00:02:39|000The following tabulation is fundamental in its implications in this connection, and upon 24|00:02:39|000|00:02:42|020it all that I have to say will be based. 25|00:02:44|240|00:02:50|580So the seven stars… let's see, is it coming up? 26|00:02:50|760|00:02:52|800Tabulation is coming up. 27|00:02:53|600|00:02:56|960Okay, it's Tabulation 8. 28|00:02:57|380|00:03:05|180Seven stars of the Great Bear are the originating sources of the seven rays of our solar system. 29|00:03:05|320|00:03:08|800I think we have to take that at face value. 30|00:03:09|080|00:03:19|720They are very great beings, very great lords of stars. 31|00:03:20|840|00:03:23|760They are embodied by the seven rishis. 32|00:03:24|800|00:03:27|600The seven rishis are the lords of these stars. 33|00:03:28|680|00:03:33|800The seven rishis, as they are called, of the Great Bear express themselves through the 34|00:03:33|800|00:03:41|220medium of the seven planetary Logoi, who are their representatives and to whom they stand 35|00:03:41|220|00:03:43|180in the relation of prototype. 36|00:03:43|180|00:03:52|500So we might say that towards the kind of entity that they are, the planetary Logoi 37|00:03:52|500|00:04:00|160strive, and they model themselves after the seven rishis of the Great Bear. And I think 38|00:04:00|160|00:04:10|200we have to look for, initially, seven sacred planetary Logoi, and perhaps the non-sacred 39|00:04:10|200|00:04:17|400Logoi are also associated with the same star as the sacred Logos of their ray. 40|00:04:17|520|00:04:22|540For instance, if we look at Neptune and say that it may be associated with one of the 41|00:04:22|540|00:04:29|020seven rishis—maybe the star Merak, the sixth-ray star—then perhaps Mars, temporarily 42|00:04:29|020|00:04:34|860on the sixth ray, the planet Mars, temporarily on the sixth ray, is also associated with 43|00:04:34|860|00:04:35|480that star. 44|00:04:35|760|00:04:47|480As I explained in the foregoing discussion in number 38, much depends on which ray of 45|00:04:47|480|00:04:51|640the planet we may be talking about—either the soul ray or the monadic ray. 46|00:04:52|080|00:04:55|880We're not in a position to decide that. 47|00:04:56|880|00:05:03|740And also, much depends upon the rays of the rishis themselves. 48|00:05:04|500|00:05:11|660It probably can't be only one ray, but we're certainly in no position to determine additional 49|00:05:11|660|00:05:13|220rays of the rishis. 50|00:05:13|840|00:05:19|700Of the Great Bear, we are given simply seven rays, and we have to work with that. 51|00:05:20|860|00:05:29|560The seven planetary spirits—which is equivalent to Logoi—manifest through the medium of the 52|00:05:29|560|00:05:30|780seven sacred planets. 53|00:05:30|780|00:05:40|020So indeed, we are talking about the relationship of the sacred planets to the rishis, which 54|00:05:40|020|00:05:43|140are prototypes of the sacred planets. 55|00:05:44|440|00:05:55|160Well, the seven stars are sources of the seven rays, I think especially from the will aspect. 56|00:05:55|620|00:06:04|080It may be that the seven sisters are sources of the seven rays from the intelligence, or 57|00:06:04|720|00:06:06|180activity, aspect. 58|00:06:07|040|00:06:16|680And I'm speculating to think that the seven stars of the Little Dipper, or Ursa Minor, are 59|00:06:16|680|00:06:21|420sources of the seven rays from the soul aspect. 60|00:06:22|080|00:06:28|800Sometimes we might think it would be Sirius, but I do think that a higher counterpart of 61|00:06:29|460|00:06:35|780Sirius will be the seven stars of the Little Bear. 62|00:06:36|940|00:06:44|720Now, how it is that one particular star can work through a number of constellations. 63|00:06:44|720|00:06:56|020What is the relative magnitude of a star in the Great Bear and a constellation, the many 64|00:06:56|020|00:07:04|120stars in a constellation, that really needs to be discussed or at least thought about. 65|00:07:04|920|00:07:13|840From another perspective, if it is correct that the seven stars of the Great Bear convey 66|00:07:13|840|00:07:19|580the rays from the will aspect, and that perhaps the Little Bear and the Pleiades are involved 67|00:07:19|580|00:07:27|940in conveying rays from the other aspect, we might wonder then whether three streams of 68|00:07:27|940|00:07:34|560energy, say for the first ray, you know, the first ray star in the Great Bear, the first 69|00:07:34|560|00:07:40|940ray star in Ursa Minor, the Little Bear, the first ray star in the Pleiades, probably Al 70|00:07:40|940|00:07:52|160Seon, whether those three sources pour through a particular constellation or group of constellations 71|00:07:52|780|00:07:56|240and thus condition them. 72|00:07:57|740|00:08:06|800There is some blind, I think, operating here because we have some, in the Great Bear, some 73|00:08:07|440|00:08:16|180stars of moderate intensity and sometimes they are said to control constellational Lords 74|00:08:16|940|00:08:20|460that would be of still greater intensity and power. 75|00:08:20|620|00:08:31|900In other words, here's the question: how can a Lord of a solar system or the Lord of a 76|00:08:31|900|00:08:36|120star control the Lord of a constellation? 77|00:08:37|600|00:08:41|440That is a question that I think has to be answered and that's why I think sometimes 78|00:08:42|080|00:08:51|080there are blinds where a star, what appears to be a star, stands for an entire constellation. 79|00:08:52|100|00:08:57|900Just like, for instance, Betelgeuse or Betelgeuse, however you want to pronounce it, can stand 80|00:08:57|900|00:09:04|240for the entire constellation Orion and Sirius can stand for itself but it can also stand 81|00:09:04|240|00:09:11|140for a larger solar system, a system of stars. 82|00:09:12|160|00:09:16|920It can stand for a cosmic Logos of much greater scope. 83|00:09:17|760|00:09:21|640And so it goes, these will have to be sorted out as we go. 84|00:09:22|090|00:09:30|740I don't think we're in any position at the moment to say anything definitive about the 85|00:09:30|740|00:09:35|840set up as D.K. calls it, that unconventional word, set up. 86|00:09:36|680|00:09:44|120But as I said, can Logos of stars control Logos of constellations? 87|00:09:44|280|00:09:47|660I guess it just depends on their relative power. 88|00:09:48|320|00:09:56|840The Logos of a star like Antares, which is an incredible supergiant, might well be able 89|00:09:56|840|00:10:05|160to control the Logos of a lesser constellation. 90|00:10:06|080|00:10:17|820Each of these seven rays coming from the Great Bear is transmitted into our solar system 91|00:10:18|380|00:10:23|740through the medium of three constellations, through the medium of… 92|00:10:23|740|00:10:35|460Now this doesn't necessarily mean that the power of the star controls the constellation 93|00:10:35|460|00:10:38|340through which it is transmitted. 94|00:10:39|180|00:10:46|460It's just that the constellations are conduits for the rays and the source of the rays are 95|00:10:46|460|00:10:52|940as given, the seven stars in the Great Bear and perhaps some larger ray constellation 96|00:10:53|740|00:10:57|000behind the seven stars in the Great Bear. 97|00:10:57|820|00:11:03|140Ray constellations behind each one of them, for instance, Alkaid, Benetnasch, the 98|00:11:03|140|00:11:13|020first ray star in the Great Bear might have behind it the entire Great Bear constellation 99|00:11:13|020|00:11:17|860as the real source of the first ray. 100|00:11:18|960|00:11:28|740And so it goes with all the others if we can find a particular great constellation behind 101|00:11:30|880|00:11:34|860and supporting each of the stars in the Great Bear. 102|00:11:35|320|00:11:41|740Then from the point of scope or magnitude, at least to me, it would make more sense. 103|00:11:43|420|00:11:48|700Okay, so each of the seven rays coming from the Great Bear is transmitted into our solar 104|00:11:48|700|00:11:53|440system through the medium of three constellations and their ruling planets. 105|00:11:53|800|00:12:04|620So the ray passes through the constellation regardless of what its rays may be because 106|00:12:04|620|00:12:11|080it can have other rays as well and passes through the ruling planets on three levels, 107|00:12:11|780|00:12:21|520but especially on two levels which are orthodox and esoteric, regardless of what the rays 108|00:12:21|520|00:12:24|500of the planets might be. 109|00:12:26|160|00:12:32|280So that's very interesting, for instance, and we'll see in a minute, if Mercury esoterically 110|00:12:32|280|00:12:39|840rules Aries, the first ray of the Great Bear and the first ray of Aries continue to pass 111|00:12:39|840|00:12:44|320through fourth ray, third ray, fifth ray Mercury. 112|00:12:45|080|00:12:54|820Mercury regardless of its rays becomes a transmitter, not an emitter so much, but a transmitter 113|00:12:54|820|00:12:56|060of the first ray. 114|00:12:56|760|00:13:02|120The following tabulation makes this clear but must be interpreted only in terms of this 115|00:13:02|120|00:13:06|000present turn of the Great Zodiacal Wheel. 116|00:13:06|280|00:13:17|040Now this is a period, probably, which is a lesser period to a world period which we already 117|00:13:17|040|00:13:24|920discussed as possibly being equal to a lesser round, a greater round, or even a Maha Kalpa. 118|00:13:24|920|00:13:32|920Anyway, the Great Zodiacal Wheel called the Platonic Year of 25,000 years. 119|00:13:34|500|00:13:45|480So here is tabulation number 8, and it's a tabulation on which I have spent a great deal 120|00:13:45|480|00:13:49|180of time in esoteric astrology classes. 121|00:13:49|180|00:13:56|000The three first ray constellations: we assume that here we have the ray of will power 122|00:13:56|000|00:14:01|280coming from the star called Benet-Nash, or an alternative name, Al-Khed. 123|00:14:01|480|00:14:07|900It goes through three constellations in which the first ray is considered prominent. 124|00:14:09|020|00:14:18|340Now, in other words, we may not only be dealing with a ray passing through constellations; 125|00:14:18|570|00:14:28|860we may be dealing with constellations which are themselves emitting this ray, and therefore 126|00:14:28|860|00:14:36|980an affinity is set up between the ray from the Great Bear and the constellation itself. 127|00:14:37|160|00:14:48|200In other words, this is to say that there are first ray aspects in Aries, Leo, and Capricorn 128|00:14:48|200|00:14:54|480which attune to the first ray from the Great Bear. 129|00:14:55|520|00:15:05|260Aries, the ram, is in fact the most powerful transmitter of the first ray, so it's the 130|00:15:05|260|00:15:10|860major transmitter of the first ray at this time, though Leo and Capricorn both have aspects. 131|00:15:11|500|00:15:18|500Aries is the type of will that's called the will to create; Leo, the will to fulfill; Capricorn, 132|00:15:18|500|00:15:21|920the will which conquers death. 133|00:15:23|600|00:15:26|840All three of them emphasize the will strongly. 134|00:15:28|240|00:15:36|260Aries is ruled by Mars for its assertiveness and fighting spirit, and Mercury as the birthplace 135|00:15:36|260|00:15:38|620of ideas, with Aries ruling the head. 136|00:15:38|620|00:15:44|780I think, you know, I should only speak briefly of these matters; it's possible to enlarge 137|00:15:44|780|00:15:45|740quite a bit. 138|00:15:46|680|00:15:53|520Leo is ruled by the Sun, which in the orthodox position may well be veiled for Jupiter, because 139|00:15:53|520|00:15:58|760Jupiter and the Sun have a very close relation, and the Sun is considered the eye of Jupiter 140|00:15:58|760|00:16:05|320mythologically, and the Sun veiling Neptune in its esoteric mode. 141|00:16:05|320|00:16:13|440We're not talking here about the hierarchical rulers, although they will, I think, be important. 142|00:16:13|660|00:16:20|760Capricorn is ruled by Saturn both orthodoxly and esoterically, so the difficulties of life 143|00:16:20|760|00:16:28|240on Earth and the necessity to learn about the law and follow the law and be punished 144|00:16:28|240|00:16:32|980if one breaks the law through karma—be punished through karma if one breaks the law—this 145|00:16:32|980|00:16:38|020is the initial Saturn, and the later Saturn has to do with attunement with the divine 146|00:16:38|020|00:16:44|500plan which emanates away from the atomic plane over which Saturn rules. 147|00:16:45|280|00:16:53|320So the first ray, regardless of the rays of these planets—initially Mars 6, Sun 2, Saturn 148|00:16:53|320|00:17:01|2603—the first ray is passing through each of these planets, and it started with the Great 149|00:17:01|260|00:17:07|780Bear and passed through the constellations which probably have a good measure of first 150|00:17:07|780|00:17:16|140ray in them, the Great Bear first ray augmenting the first ray found within these constellations, 151|00:17:17|360|00:17:23|120and then passing through planets, two of which do probably have a first ray component: Mars 152|00:17:23|120|00:17:31|240perhaps a first ray soul or a first ray—finally a first ray monad, just like the Earth perhaps— 153|00:17:32|380|00:17:44|300and Saturn a first ray—some say personality, some have speculated soul. Saturn has a powerful 154|00:17:44|300|00:17:49|560first ray connected with it, thus is resonant with the first ray coming from the Great Bear. 155|00:17:50|560|00:17:59|840When we go to the second ray, which may be considered emanating from the star Mizar, 156|00:18:01|980|00:18:13|080M-I-Z-A-R, we have three constellations: Gemini itself shaped like a two, very resonant; Virgo, 157|00:18:13|080|00:18:20|320the major constellation through which the second ray passes; and Pisces, perhaps still 158|00:18:20|320|00:18:29|400more major in the sense that Pisces is one of three cosmic decanates, each of which is 159|00:18:29|400|00:18:35|980associated with one of the rays of aspect, and Pisces especially with the second ray 160|00:18:35|980|00:18:44|500and with the Christ. Virgo, however, is considered practically to be the main sign to which the 161|00:18:44|500|00:18:52|720second ray comes, but ultimately Pisces may be more powerful. And we are assuming then 162|00:18:52|720|00:18:59|180that within the Lords of these constellations is a strong second ray component which will 163|00:18:59|180|00:19:05|420make it resonant to the second ray coming from the second star of the Great Bear, Mizar. 164|00:19:07|460|00:19:20|200Mercury, Mercury and Jupiter are the orthodox rulers, and Venus, the Moon and Pluto are respectively 165|00:19:20|190|00:19:31|810the esoteric rulers. Mercury-Venus: Mercury in relation to Gemini giving facile intelligence 166|00:19:32|400|00:19:50|180and much mobility; Venus esoterically giving the magnetism which can draw the pairs of 167|00:19:50|180|00:19:58|900unity is preserved. When we look at Virgo, we have Mercury, the acute intelligence in 168|00:19:58|900|00:20:07|520matter, a very material mind. But we have the Moon, and it says veiling a planet. I don't 169|00:20:07|520|00:20:15|140know whether D.K. had given the planet veiled here, but it is Vulcan, and later he discusses 170|00:20:15|140|00:20:24|240that. But it's not Vulcan alone; it's also Neptune. Jupiter is the initial ruler of Pisces, 171|00:20:24|240|00:20:33|760and Pluto the esoteric and also hierarchical ruler. The Moon veiling Vulcan shows how much 172|00:20:33|760|00:20:41|940Virgo is involved esoterically in the formative power, the building of forms which can embody 173|00:20:41|940|00:20:52|360high spiritual principles. Jupiter confers a general benevolence and a general will to 174|00:20:52|360|00:21:01|740participate in all that can be responded to sensitively. The Pisces person so often feels 175|00:21:01|740|00:21:11|920engulfed by circumstances, and Jupiter is not only a planet of benevolence and opportunity 176|00:21:11|940|00:21:19|260and expansion; it is a planet of being engulfed and overwhelmed. But eventually Pisces has 177|00:21:19|260|00:21:29|420to learn the lesson of detachment to which Pluto contributes its ray of death. This is 178|00:21:29|420|00:21:36|940emerging in the life of the disciple when he is responding to the higher energies and 179|00:21:37|540|00:21:49|940is trying to detach himself from his conscious and unconscious preoccupations. Well, okay, 180|00:21:49|940|00:21:56|240and we would want to include the hierarchical rulers, but in another chart we will do so. 181|00:21:57|060|00:22:05|200The third ray of active intelligence is also here, and it's operating through three signs 182|00:22:05|200|00:22:11|280in which we presume, or three constellations that the third ray is active. Cancer bringing 183|00:22:11|280|00:22:17|160in the—well, at least the third and seventh ray are transmitted through it. Libra, the 184|00:22:17|160|00:22:26|280third ray is transmitted, and Capricorn, the first, third, and seventh ray are transmitted. 185|00:22:27|480|00:22:34|780The orthodox ruler of the Cancer is the Moon, indicating the mass consciousness and the 186|00:22:34|780|00:22:43|880lunar nature in all of its blindness. But Neptune esoterically brings in increasing sensitivity 187|00:22:43|880|00:22:50|960which allows the Cancer native to transcend the imprisonment in the lunar vehicles and 188|00:22:50|960|00:22:58|640become sensitive to fields of energy which are far beyond the lunar vehicles. Cancer 189|00:22:58|640|00:23:05|300is the main conduit of the third ray for the average individual, just like Capricorn is 190|00:23:05|300|00:23:17|320the main conduit for the third ray for disciples. Libra, the sense of equilibrium, the balance, 191|00:23:18|820|00:23:31|740the sign of karma, the adjustments which have to occur, and the mathematically manipulative 192|00:23:31|740|00:23:38|800and skillful third ray, extremely intelligent, helping to make those adjustments. The third 193|00:23:38|800|00:23:47|120ray is one of the major means promoting the mathematics necessary to the Lords of Karma 194|00:23:47|120|00:23:57|400in order to make their adjustments. Venus is the exoteric ruler, the orthodox ruler, 195|00:23:57|400|00:24:05|300and uniting the pairs of opposites both horizontally and vertically. It's the power of attraction 196|00:24:05|300|00:24:17|100which makes relationship desirable and possible. Uranus, however, is related to—is the esoteric 197|00:24:17|120|00:24:24|780ruler related to Libra—has to do with a different use of the sacral center altogether and with 198|00:24:24|780|00:24:34|420relationships defined on the basis of authenticity and not merely on pleasantness and attraction. 199|00:24:35|160|00:24:42|440We have two authentic beings seeking to come into relationship for mutual enhancement, and 200|00:24:42|440|00:24:49|480they will not compromise their true nature, their authenticity symbolized by Uranus. For 201|00:24:49|480|00:25:00|220Capricorn the goat, we have the same principle operative, only here we have intelligent activity 202|00:25:00|220|00:25:07|640in the world—that's the first Capricorn—and later under the second Capricorn, we have intelligent 203|00:25:07|640|00:25:15|400activity in the carrying forth of the divine plan. Now, you know, I think we realize there's 204|00:25:15|400|00:25:22|320so much that can be said about these particular positions, but we are giving them just kind 205|00:25:23|500|00:25:35|340of an initial exposure, and I'm sure you are aware of many of these meanings. All the three 206|00:25:35|340|00:25:45|500synthesizing planets we see are active in relation to the third ray when we are considering 207|00:25:48|570|00:25:55|940the third ray when we are considering the soul level. When we reach the fourth ray, we 208|00:25:57|600|00:26:04|220have constellations—Taurus, Scorpio, and Sagittarius—which are transmitters. The major 209|00:26:05|400|00:26:11|340constellation through which the fourth ray is transmitted and perhaps emitted is Scorpio 210|00:26:11|340|00:26:17|540the scorpion, at least at this time. The fourth ray is the only ray given coming through Taurus 211|00:26:17|540|00:26:25|820the bull; it's the only ray with its great love of beauty. I probably should have said, 212|00:26:25|820|00:26:34|580regarding the other constellations, why this particular ray passing through it is suitable, 213|00:26:35|340|00:26:45|060but the great love of beauty through the eye and through the ear makes Taurus or aligns 214|00:26:45|060|00:26:54|000Taurus with the fourth ray. Scorpio suggests the ray of struggle; it suggests the constant 215|00:26:54|000|00:27:02|600battle and crisis in which the Scorpio person finds himself, or which the energy of Scorpio 216|00:27:02|600|00:27:09|480promotes. Sagittarius actually has three rays coming through it: the fourth, fifth, and sixth. 217|00:27:10|920|00:27:17|300Fourth is not the major ray coming through Sagittarius; fourth is the major ray coming 218|00:27:17|300|00:27:24|560through Scorpio. With respect to Taurus the bull, the average planet Orthodox is Venus. 219|00:27:26|240|00:27:35|300Taurus loving all things which are pleasant, comfortable, attractive, beautiful—of course, 220|00:27:35|300|00:27:43|500that's only one side of it. There is a will side here as well, involving Vulcan, and for 221|00:27:43|500|00:27:53|740the disciple and also for the initiate, Vulcan gives that power in Taurus to persist and 222|00:27:53|740|00:28:05|080to race forward towards the goal once Vulcan gets started. Yes, Vulcan is connected ultimately 223|00:28:05|080|00:28:12|000with the heart of the sun and Taurus with the blinding light, so under this combination 224|00:28:12|000|00:28:21|740of energies we seem to have the power to enter the light and to fuse it with love. We have 225|00:28:21|740|00:28:30|900double Mars as the rulers of Scorpio; it's a sign of great battle and struggle, a sign 226|00:28:30|900|00:28:42|620of great difficulty but of possible triumph. So the warfare of the exoteric Mars can be 227|00:28:42|620|00:28:51|720quite bloody and unconscionable and simply aggressive, driven by desire to be able to 228|00:28:51|740|00:29:02|300bear. But the Mars which rules Scorpio esoterically can have high principles, nobility, courage, 229|00:29:02|840|00:29:13|660valor, ability to stand and fight for one's principles. With Sagittarius the archer, the 230|00:29:13|660|00:29:19|380fourth ray has to do with the great human experiment. It has to do with the eternal 231|00:29:19|380|00:29:28|380quest Sagittarius of the fourth ray type. It also has to do with the fact that the fourth 232|00:29:28|380|00:29:35|120kingdom of nature was created through the good offices of Sagittarius coming in touch 233|00:29:35|480|00:29:49|360with the angelic evolution related to Gemini. So Jupiter gives the general idea 234|00:29:49|380|00:29:59|280of expansive quest and exploration to the Sagittarius, and Earth speaks of the necessity 235|00:29:59|280|00:30:11|860to treat the Earth as a living being, a living animal in a way, and to help the Earth tread 236|00:30:11|860|00:30:19|360its particular path. Okay, so the Earth is the second ray of the Earth. The second ray 237|00:30:22|120|00:30:27|600of the Earth. Sagittarius is ever the seeker, and the human being is the sensitive seeker 238|00:30:28|260|00:30:36|040as well. There would be no humanity without animal man represented by Sagittarius coming 239|00:30:36|040|00:30:49|360in touch with the Geminian solar angelic evolution. Jupiter is needed to expand the search to 240|00:30:49|360|00:30:59|220power is the beauty, fourth ray beauty of the Earth itself and the need to celebrate 241|00:30:59|220|00:31:06|240that beauty of a planet on its way to sacredness. I sometimes think of Sagittarius in terms 242|00:31:06|240|00:31:11|560of the National Geographic consciousness: go somewhere, see the extraordinary beauty 243|00:31:11|560|00:31:18|580of the planet and get it in images, bring it back, have people celebrate it as well. 244|00:31:19|860|00:31:25|600When it comes to the fifth ray, well, let's see—maybe I should list them, perhaps I did. 245|00:31:25|780|00:31:31|500Third ray comes through Alioth according to present hypothesis. Fourth ray through Magrez, 246|00:31:31|500|00:31:45|320which is the star at the—which links to the handle of the dipper—and the fifth ray is 247|00:31:45|320|00:31:56|980Polaris. It's working through three constellations in which the fifth ray can be understood as 248|00:31:57|560|00:32:05|860prominent: Leo the lion, which draws the ring past knot of that which is the self and that 249|00:32:05|860|00:32:13|200which is not. The fifth ray draws that discriminating line between the self and the not-self. It 250|00:32:13|200|00:32:22|400helps one know what is the self and what is not the self. Sagittarius is the spirit of 251|00:32:22|400|00:32:32|120exploration, so often found in the fifth ray that will undertake various adventures in 252|00:32:32|120|00:32:43|180order to discover. They share the urge for discovery. When it comes to Aquarius, 253|00:32:44|050|00:32:52|040we're dealing with a technical fifth ray knowledge of all kinds of subtle energies and the beneficence 254|00:32:52|040|00:32:59|760of that knowledge poured forth upon the human race so that its condition can be improved 255|00:32:59|760|00:33:08|460by science. Now, you know, I think we have to say that at this time, at least, or in this 256|00:33:08|460|00:33:16|500world period, or perhaps during this turn of the great Platonic wheel, which is a shorter 257|00:33:16|500|00:33:24|060period of time, these constellations are the recipients of a particular type of ray energy. 258|00:33:24|060|00:33:31|240But we know that even on the Earth all the rays are found in quite strength, so we have 259|00:33:31|240|00:33:38|120to suspect that on all planets all the rays are found, though some are prominent, and with 260|00:33:38|120|00:33:46|520respect to the Lords of all the twelve constellations, all rays will be found within them, though 261|00:33:46|520|00:33:53|980some more prominent at a certain time and perhaps more stably prominent, just the way 262|00:33:53|980|00:34:03|720Our Sun has quite a stable second ray, even though it has many other rays within it, all 263|00:34:03|720|00:34:12|040the other rays as expressed with the various planetary Logoi. So even as I say, the stars 264|00:34:12|040|00:34:20|360of the Great Bear likely have more than one ray. The Lords or Rishis - why should they be 265|00:34:20|360|00:34:27|400any different than every other being in cosmos, which is a trinity and has at least three 266|00:34:27|400|00:34:34|900major rays? We don't know how far these Rishis have evolved, however, so we don't know, as I 267|00:34:34|900|00:34:40|880said before, which ray we are dealing with. Leo, in relation to the fifth ray, is ruled 268|00:34:40|880|00:34:50|460by the Sun. That's the idea of bringing illumination and shedding light on many subjects, which 269|00:34:50|460|00:34:57|320the fifth ray can do, and that is shared with the illuminated power of the Sun. The Sun 270|00:34:57|320|00:35:07|960is the veil of Neptune in its second place, and there is here a story of the solar angels. 271|00:35:07|960|00:35:14|180The Sun, Neptune, and Venus are all connected. It's the heart of the Sun, Neptune, and Venus 272|00:35:14|860|00:35:22|120which are relating to the solar angels or their higher prototypes, and the solar angels 273|00:35:22|120|00:35:32|340are particularly qualified by the second ray, but also the fifth ray of manus. So on the 274|00:35:32|340|00:35:38|600higher mental plane, a fifth ray, second ray center is formed, and it is a luminous, radiant, 275|00:35:38|600|00:35:47|060Sun-like center which is fed by the power of Buddhi, which the Sun veils. When it comes 276|00:35:47|060|00:35:54|100to Sagittarius, Jupiter, the planet of expansion, to expand the range of exploration and study 277|00:35:54|580|00:36:00|340for the sake of the fifth ray. When it comes to the Earth is the root of Sagittarius, our 278|00:36:00|340|00:36:07|320major study at this time in the fifth ray sense is that which can be found upon the 279|00:36:07|320|00:36:13|680Earth. We are studying the Earth and its environment, its subtle environment as well, of course. When 280|00:36:13|680|00:36:17|900you get the fifth ray and Sagittarius together, you've got the telescope, don't you? I mean, 281|00:36:17|900|00:36:27|000people like to look out into space and, using the fifth ray, discover something about those 282|00:36:27|000|00:36:34|520far distance sources. You know, they know about speeds and rotations and spectral colors and 283|00:36:34|520|00:36:42|560movements. Sagittarius is that telescope, and the fifth ray is the attitude we use as we 284|00:36:42|560|00:36:47|840meticulously study what the telescope reveals. And from another perspective, it's the microscope. 285|00:36:47|840|00:36:56|100You know, if you - it's a long way from the scale that we find ourselves expressing within to 286|00:36:56|100|00:37:01|900the tiniest unit that is apparent within the microscope. It's quite a journey down there, 287|00:37:01|900|00:37:11|920and that's all part of the Earth as well. The planet Uranus is the ruler of concrete 288|00:37:11|920|00:37:17|720science and occult science. In the sense that it rules concrete science, it shares a position 289|00:37:17|720|00:37:27|780with Mars, but Uranus tends to make the investigation more subtle and less crude. Mars deals with 290|00:37:27|780|00:37:35|200the science of the obvious. So, you know, Mars had - I may be experiencing a little difficulty 291|00:37:35|200|00:37:42|880here. Okay, hopefully not. We will see. This happens regardless of what I do. It has to do with 292|00:37:42|880|00:37:51|920GoToWebinar itself. Alright, Mars rules the outer type of science, and when we look at 293|00:37:51|920|00:38:00|620the way physics was pursued, it was pursued through the five senses. But when the five 294|00:38:00|620|00:38:11|060senses were greatly extended through instrumentation, then Uranus had more to do with it - the greater 295|00:38:11|060|00:38:18|560technical expertise dealing with hidden factors. Uranus was there. So Uranus is a scientific 296|00:38:18|560|00:38:28|420planet, and it allows for the scientific improvements which Aquarius will bring, because Aquarius 297|00:38:28|420|00:38:34|140is very strongly related to the fifth ray. I mean, when we look at these constellations 298|00:38:34|140|00:38:42|940or zodiacal constellations, we have to say, do they contain within their monad, soul, or personality 299|00:38:42|940|00:38:54|680the ray in question? To me, it makes sense as a hypothesis that they would, that they would - 300|00:38:54|680|00:39:04|780reason for the resonance between them and the ray of the Rishi concerned. But of course, 301|00:39:06|780|00:39:12|060yeah, there's so much to say here. The fifth ray is passing through the Sun, which has no 302|00:39:12|060|00:39:18|560fifth ray per se, except the Sun does because it contains all the rays. It's passing through 303|00:39:18|560|00:39:23|960Jupiter - not a fifth ray planet. It's passing through the Earth - not a fifth ray planet. Uranus 304|00:39:23|960|00:39:31|960has in relation to it much fifth ray, but as stated, Jupiter does not. The same goes 305|00:39:31|960|00:39:38|280for these other planets. The fourth ray is passing through Venus. Well, we might think 306|00:39:38|280|00:39:44|360it has some of the harmony. Vulcan definitely does. The fourth ray passes through Mars. Does 307|00:39:44|360|00:39:50|100Mars have fourth ray? Well, it certainly has conflict, but it doesn't seem to have the will 308|00:39:50|100|00:39:57|540to resolve the conflict. And as we know, the sixth ray can get itself in many conflicted 309|00:39:58|240|00:40:04|080situations, so we don't only need to look to the fourth ray to find conflict. The fourth 310|00:40:04|080|00:40:09|900ray passes through Jupiter. Well, sometimes the glyph of Jupiter looks like the number 311|00:40:09|900|00:40:17|960four, and there are fourfold force units connected with Jupiter, but it does not seem to be one 312|00:40:17|960|00:40:23|540of its prominent rays. The fourth ray passes through the Earth, probably in one of the lower 313|00:40:23|540|00:40:28|440vehicles of Earth. The fourth ray can be found, and it is the fourth major planet from the 314|00:40:28|440|00:40:36|600Sun. I realized that I hadn't done this part of the analysis. The third ray passing through 315|00:40:37|280|00:40:45|100the moon—yes, the moon is the symbol of third ray matter passing through Neptune. Well, Neptune 316|00:40:45|100|00:40:51|160is considered the God of reasoning, but probably that's pure reason. But Neptune has a trident, 317|00:40:51|160|00:40:58|880and the trident is a threefold structure, so Neptune is also connected with the ocean of 318|00:40:58|880|00:41:06|520matter, which connects it with the material third ray. Active intelligence of the third 319|00:41:06|520|00:41:13|280ray passes through Venus. Well, sometimes Venus is connected with the throat center and is 320|00:41:13|280|00:41:24|800sometimes considered a kind of monadic permanent atom. It may find itself in the role of a monadic 321|00:41:24|800|00:41:31|600permanent atom with Earth as the mental unit. So then that's a ray three position with Earth 322|00:41:31|600|00:41:40|900in a ray five position—interestingly. But normally the activity of Venus is not an especially 323|00:41:40|900|00:41:48|020third ray activity. I can't find any third ray in its vehicles, though when linked with 324|00:41:48|020|00:41:54|280Saturn, Jupiter and Saturn—and Jupiter, Saturn will represent the first aspect, Jupiter the 325|00:41:54|280|00:42:00|240second, and Venus the third. Active intelligence through Uranus—yes, one of the rays of Uranus 326|00:42:00|240|00:42:08|360can well be the third ray. It is certainly a planet of mobility, constant movement, of 327|00:42:08|360|00:42:17|980migration, and so forth. Usually a change of scene, a change of place, is correlated with 328|00:42:17|980|00:42:24|340Uranus. The third ray through Saturn—yes, it's a third ray monad and perhaps the third ray 329|00:42:24|340|00:42:32|640also appears in other of its vehicles. Did I take the second ray through Mercury? Well, 330|00:42:32|640|00:42:39|900the fusion which Mercury gives segues into the second ray, but it's not per se a second 331|00:42:39|900|00:42:46|280ray planet—far too mobile. The second ray passing through Venus—yes, Venus probably has a second 332|00:42:46|280|00:42:53|160ray personality, may well have it, and certainly a major second ray monad, though it's a sub- 333|00:42:53|160|00:42:59|640monadic ray. I hypothesize as the sixth, and D.K. virtually says so. A love-wisdom second 334|00:42:59|640|00:43:05|720ray passing through the moon—not really, but the moon is really Vulcan, and Vulcan is connected 335|00:43:05|720|00:43:10|560with the heart of the Sun, ultimately the fourth ray in the heart of the Sun. And Vulcan is— 336|00:43:11|180|00:43:17|560the moon is really also Neptune, which is one of the reasons that the Christ individual, 337|00:43:17|560|00:43:23|700Christ, can be born in Virgo. So Neptune is a second ray monad. The second ray, of course, 338|00:43:23|700|00:43:32|860passes through Jupiter—yes. But Pluto has none of it, and so how interesting that love-wisdom 339|00:43:32|860|00:43:41|220will be served by this planet Pluto as it passes through that planet to reach us. So 340|00:43:41|220|00:43:50|380regardless of the destruction which may have occurred, the second ray is lying behind it 341|00:43:50|380|00:44:01|920and as well as the second ray of Pisces. So Pluto, though a dark and red planet bringing 342|00:44:01|920|00:44:09|040death and separation and detachment and the cutting process, does it all, I think, for a 343|00:44:09|040|00:44:15|060second ray purpose, or at least is used in that way. I think I talked about—did I talk 344|00:44:15|060|00:44:19|720about the first ray coming through Mars? Yes, it may have a first ray soul. First ray through 345|00:44:19|720|00:44:26|140Mercury—no, but still it is passed. First ray through the Sun—not really, except that the 346|00:44:26|140|00:44:33|040Sun holds a dominating first ray position in our solar system. First ray through Saturn— 347|00:44:33|040|00:44:38|860yes, Saturn, the first ray being either the personality ray, or some consider it to be 348|00:44:38|860|00:44:46|020the soul ray. So now I've caught up on that. It's easy to leave things out, unfortunately. 349|00:44:47|300|00:44:55|480The idealism and devotion of the sixth ray coming through the star Merak—this is one 350|00:44:55|480|00:45:06|940of the bottom stars of the Dipper. Virgo has that great devotion to the child and to the 351|00:45:06|940|00:45:13|840child in the womb, and that long-lasting persistence of the sixth ray. Sagittarius has the vision 352|00:45:13|840|00:45:21|660of the goal and the idealism to reach that goal, so it is one of the most idealistic signs, 353|00:45:21|660|00:45:31|000and it idealizes what it envisions. There is much sixth ray eventually at the Ajna center, 354|00:45:31|880|00:45:40|800and Sagittarius is found at the Ajna center too, opening up the vision. Pisces—yes, “I leave 355|00:45:40|800|00:45:47|300my father's home,” and turning back, I save—the devotion to the act of saving and that 356|00:45:47|300|00:45:53|600great devotion of a lord of ceaseless and persevering devotion who went forth into the 357|00:45:53|600|00:46:00|700five lower worlds, dedicated, devoted to save the lower lives. So the sixth ray is found 358|00:46:00|700|00:46:10|780in each as a probable ray in the equipment of each of these zodiacal lords and the zodiacal 359|00:46:10|800|00:46:20|180Mercury orthodoxly gives the intelligence in matter and perhaps a dedication to the 360|00:46:20|180|00:46:28|700improvement and refinement, purification of matter done in skillful means. The moon is 361|00:46:28|700|00:46:37|460here found and I think as the esoteric ruler, but it particularly veils Neptune. Neptune 362|00:46:37|460|00:46:45|720has to do with that perfectionism and idealism found in the sixth ray and also found in Virgo. 363|00:46:45|720|00:46:56|700I will say that although the moon veils Vulcan in Virgo, I would say yeah, in terms of perfecting 364|00:46:56|700|00:47:05|440the form, Vulcan will be found. The persistence to shape and mold and perfect the form according 365|00:47:05|440|00:47:14|260to a high ideal. When it comes to Neptune, the idealism is more the devotion to the Christ 366|00:47:14|260|00:47:21|900principle. Can the sixth ray find any component in Mercury? Not really. Mercury is that intelligent 367|00:47:21|900|00:47:31|540sign which usually debunks some of the far-fetched ideals, ideas that idealists have. Can the moon 368|00:47:31|540|00:47:38|060be found displaying the sixth ray? Well, the moon is the mother and the mother has the 369|00:47:38|060|00:47:45|400devotion to the form. Probably in what the moon was as the lord of the third chain, there 370|00:47:45|400|00:47:51|320was not much sixth ray except that the number three, its chain number, is related to the number 371|00:47:51|320|00:47:56|580six. You know, D.K. says do take two ones and make them two and find the relation of the 372|00:47:56|580|00:48:00|940first and second ray. Do take two twos and make them four and find the relation between 373|00:48:00|940|00:48:06|380the second and fourth ray. Do take two threes and make them six and find the relation between 374|00:48:06|380|00:48:15|460the third ray and the sixth ray. This Jupiter is a very idealistic planet. It has an up and 375|00:48:15|460|00:48:23|320optimistic attitude. It pursues the vision. Jupiter envisions. Sometimes I've even thought 376|00:48:23|760|00:48:29|800that the personality ray, not much discussed in relation to the sacred planets, for Jupiter 377|00:48:29|800|00:48:36|920could even be the sixth ray personality, six or seven. It probably is. And the earth, well, 378|00:48:36|920|00:48:41|240is there sixth ray in relation to earth? Well, we have an astral condition on the earth which 379|00:48:41|240|00:48:50|600is not resolved, and we have probably quite a devoted astral body for the planetary Logos, 380|00:48:50|600|00:48:59|780and maybe this is somehow expressed through Sanat Kumara's great devotion to the Earth, 381|00:48:59|800|00:49:05|960to salvation. He is the highest example of the teaching force and also probably of the 382|00:49:05|960|00:49:12|240saving force upon our planet, and the monads who that are directed by him and are 383|00:49:12|240|00:49:23|100a part of him carry that devotion to making the earth a sacred planet. So it is possible 384|00:49:23|100|00:49:28|240to consider the sixth ray in relation to earth, but not one of the major rays which are one, 385|00:49:28|240|00:49:38|180two and three. So yes, there is a way for the sixth ray to pass conveniently through or 386|00:49:38|180|00:49:47|420resonantly through these two planets. When we deal with Jupiter, it is the general benevolence 387|00:49:47|420|00:49:53|760of the helpful Pisces, and we deal with Pluto, it is bringing about the needed detachment 388|00:49:53|760|00:50:00|500so that the next cycle in Aries can begin. Can the sixth ray pass through Jupiter? Yes, 389|00:50:00|500|00:50:07|710we've already said so. It has that up, idealistic, visionary, “I can reach the goal, can do” confident 390|00:50:08|460|00:50:13|640attitude. What about Pluto? Well, we've read that Pluto is connected with the solar plexus 391|00:50:13|640|00:50:18|440which is ruled by the sixth ray, and there is some kind of incredible fanaticism involved 392|00:50:18|440|00:50:24|580with Pluto that is more than just the first ray. I sometimes consider it a first ray, sixth 393|00:50:24|580|00:50:32|980ray planet, whereas Mars is a sixth ray personality possibly with the first ray soul. I do wonder 394|00:50:32|980|00:50:39|680whether Pluto is a first ray personality possibly with a sixth ray soul. We know that it, that 395|00:50:39|680|00:50:45|440Hades is really found by entering through the solar plexus. It's somewhat the astral 396|00:50:45|440|00:50:53|180plane, and Pluto allows us to go down into the depths of the solar plexus. Yes, we're going 397|00:50:53|180|00:51:02|160to have time. Ceremonial order, the great seventh ray coming through the star Fegda and perhaps 398|00:51:02|160|00:51:09|840whatever other greater constellation may represent it, may represent because, you know, yes, as far 399|00:51:09|840|00:51:16|020as our solar system is concerned, these rays come from the Great Bear, the seven stars, but 400|00:51:16|020|00:51:22|080if you think more deeply about it, septenates are universal and there have to be even great 401|00:51:22|080|00:51:28|960galaxies ruled by the seventh of the septenates. Would they be called rays at that high level? 402|00:51:28|960|00:51:36|010Well, ray is a good term, at least for us, but the seven great beings who stand before the 403|00:51:36|010|00:51:45|510ultimate throne of the Universa Logos display the seven qualities of divinity, and many great 404|00:51:46|170|00:51:53|730clusters of galaxies and galaxies and, you know, super ordinate kinds of structures will 405|00:51:53|730|00:52:03|750display one or other of these septenary rays. So there are definitely great constellations 406|00:52:03|750|00:52:10|870and structures behind each one of the seven rays. As a matter of fact, you know, if you go 407|00:52:10|870|00:52:20|950to page 1084, 1085 of Cosmic Fire, we're going to find out that the masters can somehow gauge 408|00:52:20|950|00:52:31|810and they somehow know the energy quality of galaxies. And I wouldn't be surprised if some 409|00:52:31|810|00:52:37|570of the great energies pouring through space are coming from galaxies that are attuned 410|00:52:37|570|00:52:43|950to a particular ray. Even the arms of galaxies probably have a connection with the fundamental 411|00:52:43|950|00:52:53|510septenates. Well, Aries the Ram loves regimentation and marching and simultaneous coherent order— 412|00:52:53|510|00:53:01|790you know, perfect form in action with a somewhat militant attitude and, you know, a certain kind 413|00:53:01|810|00:53:10|110of energy within it. As for Cancer, it gives us the form on the seventh plane; it gives 414|00:53:10|110|00:53:15|950us the dense physical form and ceremonial orders, particularly related to the dense physical 415|00:53:15|950|00:53:23|070vehicle. As for Capricorn, it is the sign through which the greatest amount of the seventh ray 416|00:53:23|070|00:53:29|710comes. Sagittarius, most of the sixth ray, as I said. Aquarius, coming most of the fifth ray, 417|00:53:29|710|00:53:36|110but Leo presently. Scorpio, most of the fourth ray. Cancer for the mass, most of the third. 418|00:53:36|110|00:53:42|570Capricorn for the disciples, most of the third. Virgo, most of the second, but Pisces very strong. 419|00:53:42|570|00:53:50|110And Aries, most of the first ray. So Capricorn is that lawful, perfect structure—that perfection 420|00:53:52|010|00:53:59|690of form and of relationship in form. It is the greatest form in the universe, and it is 421|00:53:59|710|00:54:06|050the great embodiment of the divine idea in perfectly structured relationship upon the 422|00:54:06|050|00:54:13|430physical plane. Capricorn the unicorn—the unicorn is the unicorn because the Kundalini has risen. 423|00:54:14|050|00:54:24|130The horn of the unicorn is a spiral, and that can be allied somewhat to the spiraling action 424|00:54:24|130|00:54:31|830of the rising Kundalini. So the seventh ray can make the goat, through the rising of the 425|00:54:31|830|00:54:39|150Kundalini from the seventh center downward, in response to the call of the first ray of 426|00:54:39|150|00:54:44|110purpose from the head center and even from the directing power of the first ray at the 427|00:54:44|110|00:54:51|010Ajna center. Well, you know, the conflict of Aries the Ram—always getting into fights, fighting 428|00:54:51|010|00:54:59|010for life, fighting for survival. But, you know, in the—we have to consider this not from the 429|00:54:59|010|00:55:04|530first ray perspective but from the seventh ray that passes through it. Mars doesn't have 430|00:55:04|530|00:55:10|930much of the seventh ray, although every planet has every ray to a degree. But there's a degree 431|00:55:10|930|00:55:17|510of militancy which goes along with the order, and the military and the militant groups often 432|00:55:17|510|00:55:23|310have order very strongly connected with them when it comes to the seventh ray. And Mercury— 433|00:55:23|310|00:55:31|870not really, except that the birthplace of divine ideas will touch the archetypes which must 434|00:55:31|870|00:55:39|530descend onto the physical plane and be embodied in perfect archetypal order within the world 435|00:55:39|530|00:55:46|010of becoming, even as they are in the world of being. So that Mercury passes through this— 436|00:55:46|510|00:55:54|050passes the seventh ray through it—brings ideas about how this perfection of form upon the 437|00:55:54|050|00:55:59|970physical plane can be accomplished. The seventh ray passing through the Moon—well, the Moon 438|00:55:59|970|00:56:05|770is the symbol of all ritual and all cycle. This concerns itself with the third ray as 439|00:56:05|770|00:56:13|470well as with the seventh. The Moon is the mother of the form; the Moon embodies the higher energies. 440|00:56:13|830|00:56:20|530The different phases of the Moon—we operate ritualistically with respect to the Moon, even 441|00:56:20|530|00:56:28|210in our breathing exercises, in our approach to the full moon and our—in our succeeding 442|00:56:28|870|00:56:33|270expression following the full moon. All is ritualized according to the Moon. Seventh ray 443|00:56:33|270|00:56:39|390is very connected—even the color violet. The Moon is associated, along with Cancer, with 444|00:56:39|390|00:56:45|050the color violet, and that's the color of the seventh ray of ceremonial order. What about 445|00:56:45|050|00:56:51|850the seventh ray in Neptune? Well, not really, except an interesting thing here: that when 446|00:56:51|850|00:57:01|530we look at Neptune as veiling the Christ, it is a planet whose desire moves towards 447|00:57:01|530|00:57:06|690manifestation on the cosmic physical plane. And there is—you know, I'm always losing that 448|00:57:06|690|00:57:14|290reference, but—oh, is it page 300? I'm just gonna take a wild shot here, a wild shot in 449|00:57:14|290|00:57:22|910Esoteric Astrology—whether it's page 300 or not. But there is—if it isn't, it's—well, it's 450|00:57:22|910|00:57:32|410near page 300—where Neptune is associated with the base of the spine center. Certainly, 451|00:57:32|410|00:57:39|750well, there it is, isn't it? It's page 301: the Sun with the head center, the Uranus with the 452|00:57:39|750|00:57:52|550heart center, and Neptune with the base of the spine center. Now, to try to explain that— 453|00:57:52|550|00:58:01|890has to do with the relationship of desire to manifestation. Central sun, heart of the 454|00:58:01|890|00:58:06|110sun, physical sun. Normally we would consider Neptune related to the heart of the sun. Indeed 455|00:58:06|110|00:58:16|510it is, but in this particular tabulation which relates to a later degree, the awakening of 456|00:58:16|510|00:58:20|590the seventh center, the center of the base of the spine by the soul working through the 457|00:58:20|590|00:58:25|870first or highest head center and producing as a consequence the surging upward of Kundalini 458|00:58:25|870|00:58:30|410fire. This is a late degree of evolution. This in turn produces a fusion with the higher 459|00:58:30|410|00:58:36|770forces. When this takes place, the three major centers in the body are the head, the heart, 460|00:58:36|770|00:58:46|010the base of the spine. This is found in political work and central spiritual son. This is a very 461|00:58:46|010|00:58:49|930profound chart. I'll have to really go over that. Hopefully by the time we get there I'll 462|00:58:49|930|00:58:56|510know what I'm talking about. The heart of the sun: Mercury and Uranus. The base of the spine: 463|00:58:56|510|00:59:06|170I can see Saturn ruling the lowest center, and Neptune. Interestingly, it is a planet of 464|00:59:06|750|00:59:11|770rising power. It doesn't have a lot of roots, although associated with the root chakra is 465|00:59:11|770|00:59:17|650interesting. Perhaps some of the elevation of the energy found in the root chakra is 466|00:59:17|650|00:59:26|490correlated with Neptune. Well, okay, so the seventh ray is just what Neptune does not have, 467|00:59:27|370|00:59:33|510and just what Neptune needs. But the whole idea that if you have a strong enough desire 468|00:59:33|510|00:59:40|210or wish, it can manifest, unites the sixth and seventh ray and ceremonial order. Saturn rules 469|00:59:40|210|00:59:44|450the entire cosmic physical plane, which is the seventh cosmic plane. It rules the entire 470|00:59:44|450|00:59:50|170etheric physical plane generically. That is the seventh plane, although it rules most of 471|00:59:50|170|00:59:56|030all the dense level of the systemic physical plane. But Saturn certainly has a lot to do 472|00:59:56|030|01:00:03|080with the seventh ray. So as it passes through, we can see the resonance there. I've 473|01:00:04|510|01:00:10|210sometimes thought that the personality ray of Saturn could be the seventh. Some people 474|01:00:10|210|01:00:16|830have said one. Well, you know, does Saturn have two third rays? That's the big question. It 475|01:00:16|830|01:00:21|350certainly has a third ray monad. One way of looking at it is a third ray monad, third-ray 476|01:00:21|350|01:00:26|790soul, first-ray personality. Another way of looking at it is a third ray monad, first-ray 477|01:00:26|790|01:00:32|310soul, seventh-ray personality. Certainly in all matters of organization, Saturn is supreme. 478|01:00:32|310|01:00:39|090All right, well, we have gone hastily through this magnificent chart, and when we add the 479|01:00:39|090|01:00:43|770hierarchical rulers to it, it will become even more interesting. But my purpose here 480|01:00:43|770|01:00:49|230is to talk about how a ray from the Great Bear, from a star on the Great Bear, perhaps 481|01:00:49|230|01:00:56|010backed up by some huge constellation, can pass through three particular constellations through 482|01:00:56|010|01:01:05|710which it is attuned, with its power being transmitted through those constellations, 483|01:01:05|710|01:01:11|370probably because the constellations have a resonant ray, maybe the same ray, that same 484|01:01:11|370|01:01:17|910ray passing through a number of planets, many of which do not have resonance with the ray 485|01:01:17|910|01:01:22|510they are conveying. I mean, every time you look at Mercury and you say, “My God, it's conveying 486|01:01:22|510|01:01:27|550the power of the first ray. How does it do that?” Well, well, let's just say, well, you have 487|01:01:27|550|01:01:32|210to—it's the mind, and you have to obey the mind, and the mind is the director. We can probably 488|01:01:32|210|01:01:40|070find ways in which we can correlate the ray passing through these planets, which are the 489|01:01:40|070|01:01:46|830rulers of the constellations, even though those planets don't have the ray that is passing 490|01:01:46|830|01:01:52|590through them and thus are not resonant in that manner. Well, I'm sure we're at the end. 491|01:01:52|590|01:02:01|070Now we are really at the end: one minute, one hour and one minute. So let us sound the Great 492|01:02:01|070|01:02:16|070Invocation together. When the number 68 comes up, I know I'm right, and we are getting very 493|01:02:16|070|01:02:23|030near, the very near the end of the introduction. I can see Aries coming up in just a few 494|01:02:23|030|01:02:31|050paragraphs. So that'll be 40 or 41 webinars that are on this wonderful introduction, which 495|01:02:31|050|01:02:35|650has such profound ideas that so many of them are difficult to grasp. But we need to try 496|01:02:35|650|01:02:42|670to grasp things in the large way in order to understand the outlines of esoteric astrology. 497|01:02:53|550|01:03:01|050From the point of light within the mind of God, let light stream forth into the minds 498|01:03:01|050|01:03:11|830of men. May light descend on earth. From the point of love within the heart of God, let 499|01:03:11|830|01:03:26|890love stream forth into the hearts of men. May Christ return to earth. From the center 500|01:03:26|890|01:03:32|850where the will of God is known, let purpose guide the little wills of men, the purpose 501|01:03:32|850|01:03:41|810which the masters know and serve from the center which we call the race of man, that 502|01:03:41|830|01:03:53|610the plan of love and light work out, and may it seal the door where evil dwells. Let light 503|01:03:53|610|01:03:57|970and love and power restore the plan on earth. 504|01:04:30|170|01:04:41|810Okay friends, we have reached page 86. Page 86, page 86, page 86, page 86, page 86, page 86. 505|01:04:42|510|01:05:07|570Okay, this is number 39, EAA 39, ending on page 86 and starting—that's 86—and 506|01:05:07|570|01:05:20|170starting, I believe, on page 85, 84, 85. We haven't really covered too much ground, but there's 507|01:05:20|170|01:05:25|250some pretty profound charts here that we have to deal with. Okay, so we will say farewell 508|01:05:25|250|01:05:34|470now, and we will take this up at the next time. That may be a while before I can do much again, 509|01:05:34|470|01:05:38|990but we have plenty going for ourselves, don't we? Okay, see you then. Bye bye.
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