 In Revelations we are told, "And there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God." These lamps, burning before the throne, are the seven planets of our solar system. These seven spirits are eternally involving and evolving the seven active Principles of the Universe. Each planet has its own particular individual physical force and this physical force exerts a spiritual influence in accordance with the nature of the individuality in the family of planets. Saturn radiates substance of form, Jupiter radiates power or expression, Mars radiates energy or courage, Venus radiates harmony or love, Mercury radiates intelligence or mind, Uranus radiates genius or intuition, Neptune radiates spiritual causation or inspiration. Here then are the seven immense power houses generating and radiating all that is, all that ever was or ever can be. With the seven basic notes or tones every possible combination of music can be made, so with these seven primal forces every possible combination can be brought about. Your ability to express, is therefore, simply your ability to absorb. You can give only in proportion as you are enabled to receive—no more, no less. You can draw forth that which you have the capacity to discern. You can adjust yourself to those planes of existence only of which you are conscious. This is true upon all planes of existence: physical, mental, moral, or spiritual. Your physical sensations depend upon your degree of sensitiveness. Your sympathies go to those who can appreciate your motives. You are in harmony with those only who are upon your plane of intellectual comprehension. You appreciate the morale of others only as your own understanding has been awakened. The principle of Saturn is manifest in scholars, philosophers, priests, hermits, all such melancholy and reserved persons who lead a solitary and retired life and are more disposed to contemplation than to action; but as contemplation precedes action and as thought precedes speech, so the merchant, the manufacturer, the banker are all dependent upon the contemplation of the inventor, the artisan, and the architect; likewise, the statesman and the orator receive their ideas and policies from the philosopher, the one finding and the other executing. By virtue of their organic structure, the planetary orbs are gigantic batteries through which spiritual energies seek manifestation. They represent principles which coexist throughout all forms of material expression. The same mind which incites the planet in its mutation to form certain aspects affects every action in a corresponding ration, because every atom is a concrete expression of spiritual energy and is endowed with magnetic responsiveness in perfect accord with certain activities which constitute its Divine harmony. The planetary complexion of the heavens at birth may therefore be accepted as the correct measurement of your psychical value in the Universal economy. For this reason, your ego, upon the moment of birth, attracted those influences only that are in harmony with your spiritual requirements. This does not necessarily imply fatalism or predestination because you partake of the nature of the whole, and are consequently potentially limitless. For this reason if you have a clear knowledge of the astral conditions which surround you, you may relate with those which are constructive and desirable and repulse those which might bring about adverse conditions; while on the other hand if you have no knowledge of the conditions that the celestial orbits are providing, you will drift blindly and consequently may be entirely unprepared to successfully cope with conditions when they arrive. As the various celestial bodies are constantly sending forth emanations which must necessarily correspond with their character, all space holds in suspension not only all of these characteristics, but the new characteristics both of the chemical changes caused by the combination and absorption of the emanation of two or more bodies. Thus, the influences that reach you and to which you respond are magnetic influences caused by the various combinations of the celestial bodies as they pass and repass in their various orbits. The Cosmos contains the sum and substance of the essence of all the celestial bodies, and this essence contains the totality of Being, and as a part cannot disassociate itself from the whole, every individual must necessarily partake of these characteristics. Saturn represents the formative principle. Jupiter represents the spiritual principle. Mars represents the aggressive principle. Sun represents the vital principle. Venus represents the love principle. Mercury represents the intellectual principle. Moon represents the emotional principle. These are the seven norms which are active in every impulse and which constitute the Divine essence which enters into and becomes the virtues as well as the faults, and graces as well as the perversions of all organic life; they are responsible for every manifestation of form throughout the mineral, the vegetable, or the animal kingdom. At birth you were a drop out of the ocean of the universe, and, as such, are chemically identical with that ocean at the time of extraction. As every atom in the universe is a concrete expression of spiritual energy and is endowed with a magnetic responsiveness to the activities which constitute Divine harmony, the vital moment is the psychic key by which you may ascertain the exact relationship which you bear to the whole. From iron to steel and then to gold is the stairway you must climb. Life is a progress, life is earnest, life is real—and you must either refine your life or delay your progress. The Earth turns on its axis once in twenty-four hours. It is clear, then, that it will pass the whole circle of the Zodiac once each day. This circle of the Zodiac through which the Earth passes each day has been divided into twelve zones. These zones represent the limitations or opportunities appertaining to your daily life, while the celestial signs relate to the sum total of you experiences. The planets represent the causes which alternately remove or establish conditions and experiences. The first zone governs your environment, your disposition, and your self-interests—in a word, your personality. The second zone governs your financial affairs and monetary prospects. The third zone, your relatives, travel, and the general state of your objective mind. The fourth zone, your residence, your home life, your parents, and the conditions at the close of life. The fifth zone, your social affairs, your love affairs, and your children. The sixth zone, your health, your employment, and your psychic tendencies. The seventh zone, your marriage or business partner and your individual qualities—in a word, your individuality. The eighth zone, wills, legacies in which you may be interested. The ninth zone, long journeys, foreign affairs and the general state of your subjective mind. The tenth zone, your profession, honors and ambitions, and mental and moral conditions generally. The eleventh zone, your ability to make friends and acquaintances. The twelfth zone, unseen troubles and misfortunes, emotional tendencies. So far as the physical plane is concerned, the twelve divisions of the ecliptic called zones may be regarded as powers brought into activity by the influence of the Sun upon the Earth. They are all differentiations of cosmic force acting in the earth's aura and kept active by the vibrations set in motion by the Sun and differentiated by the various planets as shown in the following table:
It will be seen why the rays of the Sun are capable of refraction in the seven prismatic colors. The principle of Venus is the same, be it expressed as love in the human emotions, or as the active basis of copper in the metallic kingdom: it will always respond to kindred vibrations. The principle of Mercury is intelligence or mind. As the luminiferous ether is impregnated by the archetypal ideas, so does Mercury enter into and quicken the sulphurous property of the material principal in you, which is significant of the intellect—the restless reaching out for the unattainable, the unfoldment of the aspirations of your soul. The influence of Jupiter makes you magnanimous, generous, fond of learning, a lover of outdoor spoils. If Venus is the impinging force, you will be loving, kind, and possibly sensual; all depending upon the dignity of the planet at the time of nativity. If Saturn is your ruling planet you will be patient, reserved, and economical. The characteristics which the vibrations from the planets stimulate may be summarized as follows: Mars: impulsive, courageous, aggressive, active, perceptive, impatient, and contentious. Venus: loving, amiable, affectionate, charitable, sensuous, fond of pleasure, artistic, and sociable. Mercury: imaginative, studious, sharp, witty, persuasive, logical, and oratorical. Sun: noble, generous, faithful and sincere, ambitious and proud. Moon: receptive, mutable, impressionable, changeable, yet refined and ingenious. Jupiter: generous, noble and sincere, compassionate and religious, courteous, just, honorable, prudent, and faithful. Saturn: perceptive, apprehensive, economical, reserved, constant and patient, laborious, reflective, and innately chaste. Uranus: original, abrupt, erratic, romantic, bohemian or metaphysical turn of mind and antiquarian tastes. Neptune: psychic, emotional, romantic, plastic, dreamy, innately mystical, and indifferent to worldly matters. It is apparent that your temperament, disposition, and personality will depend upon in which of the zones your ruling planet is found. You may wonder why the Sun in the first zone at birth will bring long life, honor, and vitality: or Mercury in the second zone brings success in literary and scientific pursuits: why should Mars in the first zone endow one with a distinguished appearance and martial bearing; why should Venus in the tenth zone indicate a brilliant and successful marriage; why should Jupiter in the fourth zone indicate success in real estate operations: and why should Saturn in the same zone indicate loss in the same business? The reply is, why, if the brain be disturbed in a certain zone, will the memory be affected: if it be disturbed in another zone, why will the sense of sight be affected: in still another, why will the ability to reason be destroyed? The brain consists of a large number of nerve fibres and power does not consist in their number or size of the strings alone, but upon the length; and so the character of the vibration, and this wave length depends upon the station or zone from which it is broadcast. And finally, it must never be forgotten, that Science is empirical, results depend upon experimentation. A physician will not tell one that by cutting away a certain part of the brain the memory will be destroyed, until this has been found to be true by actual experimentation; and likewise, statements concerning the resultant activities of the planets in the various zones are not theories or guess work, but the result of actual knowledge derived by observation through thousands and thousands of experiences which have taken hundreds of years to secure and classify; and what is still more interesting, such information may be verified by any one at any time, for you may easily secure a natal chart and watch the effects of the planets as they transit the zones. If you do this, you will never again doubt the effect of Jupiter on your financial affairs, or of Venus upon your social and love affairs. The greater the difficulty, the more glory in the surmounting of it; Skillful pilots gain their reputation, from storms and tempests. —Epicurus |
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