Spirit of Astrology

Spirit of Astrology is dedicated to providing information about the principles of this ancient science, and to indicate something of the art of applying what is known of the subtle powers that affect human culture and all life on our planet.

There is much to show the validity of astrology, whether it is applied to understanding human nature, health, psychiatry, or the potentiality for arriving  at best outcomes when the ‘climate’ of cosmic influences are harmonious. Research has been extensive in many areas of human interest and we will present many interesting features and positive developments in the science.

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In your Birth Chart the ‘aspects’ record the relationships of the Planets’ positions at your birth.

They indicate clearly the converging forces and energies that become anchored when we take our first breath . They influence the ‘mix’ or the individual recipe or blueprint of our character.

The aspects at our Birth influence our personality to the extent that they programme our particular tendencies, talents, responses and also our motivations, expressions and inclinations. They also are involved in our health.

Traditional wisdom in astrology confidently points to and interprets these characteristics. Few would argue with some of the common features that are recognized in the science between those born in under the same zodiacal Sign. Even more similarities are observed when their Charts show similar planetary relationships.

The most prominent relationships are those described by the degrees and angles as the positions of the planets are placed in the 360 ͦ  Chart or complete circle of western astrology. Basically these placements will point to harmonious or conflicting life elements and circumstances, factors of ease and plenty, or disease and privation.

We all learn from every quarter and experience in life but at first glance it would seem as if some aspects are blessings and others are misfortunes. However, we must be careful not to exaggerate the power of these relationships as they are interpreted, to the point where we consider we are favoured by some and are victims of others.  We always possess free will – that is the blessing and sometimes the problem of being human and capable of creating our own life and fate.

The traditional basic aspects are determined by the degrees of placement in the Chart.

Conjunction  – where two planets are very closely sharing the same position in the heavens – from 0 ͦ  to 3 ͦ. This must be individually considered according to the planets involved, but usually has the potential for strength.

Opposition – 180 ͦ  between implies conflict or antipathies or energies that must be blended and strain dissolved.

Trine – 120 ͦ  is a relationship of harmony and power

Square – 90 ͦ  indicates difficulties and personal effort required in particular areas of oneself and also circumstances

Sextile  –  60 ͦ  a pleasantly harmonious blending but not as potent as the Trine

Semi-square – 45 ͦ usually indicates negatives or difficulties

We consider these relationships first as we learn to understand and interpret the effect of them upon our own personality and upon the events and relationships in our own lives.

This is important to do before we study more profoundly how to cope with and develop our good fortune and how to redirect the bad elements.  Then we are better equipped to understand others.

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Reference to the five elements of nature has been understood since ancient times to mean earth, water, air, fire and ether. Although western philosophers have debated this interpretation and scientists now would query the need for the addition of others, these five allow us to consider their existence in nature, and to recognize the different spheres or elements in our in our own personality and being. Oriental astrology names them differently.

In childhood each of us reacts different to external realities of nature. One child will show a love of the earth and material things; another will relate well to water; another has the need for air and the outdoors; and one will love to play in the sunshine and be fascinated by fire. The fifth element is universal as we all feel conscious of the need for love and to express to a greater or lesser degree our own affection through harmonious behaviour.

Negative behaviour of an infant can offer a further demonstration of the proportion of an element in its nature. When it is upset a child will tend to revert to contact with the element where he feels most comfortable.  For instance ………….

a dominant earth child will throw himself in tantrum on the floor or ‘throw things’

a water child will resort to tears, need a drink of water or will enjoy a swim

an air child will use the lungs to cry and sometimes struggle from a cuddle to go free

a fiery child will demonstrate anger and often seek to retaliate or to hurt something or someone

a more ethereal child will seem older and wiser about life and seem more composed

All children will in time respond to soothing comfort, kindness and loving care of the integrating fifth element.

As human beings we possess all nature’s components within ourselves. These five major elements are cultivated, directed or changed as time goes by until they are all integrated and the life energies used appropriately. Many of the differences between people can be explained by the symbolism associated with earth, water, air, fire and ether and the proportion of each element represented in their personality or character.

Relating to great Nature outside ourselves, the ideal would seem to be that we accept and relate to each external element harmoniously so that we could enjoy mountains and earth, oceans and water, fresh air in nature’s vast environment, and the heat and comfort of firesides and sunshine.

If we could indeed achieve all this in our personal nature we would likely be seen to be practical and down to earth, as well as emotionally balanced and creative, mentally keen and communicative, enthusiastic and idealistic and with all the elements blended in wholeness, well being, loving kindness and inner peace. A  perfect and high aim indeed!

Traditional ideas and customs related to the sky have developed and held since prehistoric times. Our fascination continues and is reflected in legend and culture of the different nations. The sky continues to hold our interest today. Symbols and legends provide our consciousness with an anchor for our own creative thoughts about the galaxies, suns, planets and stars that are known to exist outside our own world.  Some of us will even aspire to become travellers in these spheres.

Celestial bodies we observe as stars are known poetically as ‘Flowers of the Sky”. As earth flowers bring special qualities, colours and influences to our earthly days so the stars provide us with a focus on beautiful lights, qualities and thoughts of a more rarefied spiritual life.

In some cultures it is believed that once a virtuous person dies physically, the soul takes its place amongst the billions of lights in the heavens – an idea that is beautiful and very appealing to those who suffer bereavement.

Because there has always existed a natural tendency to associate the light of the heavens with the divine, with spiritual blessings and grandeur, it is understandable that the opposite qualities are associated with the fiery core of matter of our lowly earth. So we are in the habit of considering heaven as ‘up there’ and hell as ‘down below’.  But in this, our own concepts as we seek universality must mature to arrive at our own level of understanding.

As we study astrology and astronomy and study the “Flowers of the Sky” we have the opportunity to inject beauty into our purpose in seeking greater beauty beyond in the far flung, mysterious and impersonal reaches of space.

For some time scientists have reported firm indications that the Moon possesses the element water.

In Astrology water has always stood for the unconscious mind, the emotions and the feeling nature of humans and all sentient beings. The Moon’s influence is equivalent to the qualities of water, even though astronomers have considered it to exist without any of this element in its physical make-up.

In practical research by our scientists, efforts to understand the Moon stem from a more materialistic standpoint.

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Fusion not friction is the key to harmony between opposites. To have opposites not desiring a harmony and blend is to recognize two different and incompatible entities.

In our symbol of the Sun and the Moon that together function to maintain life for us on our planet, we have a clear lesson to learn that needs reflection in human relationships. The Sun represents the male and the Moon the female principle. We depend upon these celestial bodies equally just as human life depends upon male and female interchange.

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An address by Gerrit Janssen, 20^th century occultist

The more thoroughly we enter into the study of esoteric Astrology, the nearer we approach the realm of the Angelic hosts or Devas about whose evolution humanity knows so little. Although it lies at the root of all things connected with both science and religion and is inherent in the biblical teachings, we generally possess only vague ideas about a spiritual kingdom parallel to our material one.

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There is always a common thread capable of weaving into a bond of understanding between two people of the same sign and although sometimes subtle, it will be there for the parties to build upon or to deny.

There are also the natural affinities and antipathies between people of different signs because of diametrically opposed points of view, of themselves and of the universe around them. Awareness of the fundamental differences allows choices for contact with or avoidance of some personality types.

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PLANETS

Surya, or Ravi             Sun

Chandra-Indu             Moon

Budha                            Mercury

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Most of us have difficulty in conceiving enormous ranges of volume or proportion.

Human lifetimes rather readily encompass repeated actions, earnings, and lifetime financial figures that we can assess if we choose – whether it is getting out of bed, numbers of meals, sporting participation, hours of training or practice of crafts or skills and so on but usually everything, including our bank balance, involves hundreds, thousands, rarely millions and only occasionally could a miser be able to sit down and count his trillions!

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Thanks to NASA and all the wonderful science and technology involved, we are able to see images of our neighbouring planets in a new light ( with some colour enhancement ).

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