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Toward A New ScientificAstrology

by Narada Moy, Phd. (penname for Dr. Philip Petersen),

Empyrean Quest Publishers

832 Frayne Ct.

Concord CA 94518

Copyright © 1996 by Narada Moy

All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.



TOWARD A NEW SCIENTIFIC ASTROLOGY

INTRODUCTION: A Bold New Look At Astrology

I. MORE TRADITIONAL TOPICS

1. Prenatal Cycles in Astrology

2. Astrological Keys to the Treasure House of Your Supply

3. Astrology: A Key To Your Health

Health and the Natal Chart

The South Nodal or Body Chart

Transits, Progressions, and Solar Return

4. The Six Basic Astrological Games

5. Pluto

II. LESS TRADITIONAL TOPICS

6. Righting the Axis of Your Identity

7. Your Ancient Astrological History

The Cycle of the Galactic Center

The Cycle of the Supergalactic Center

The Midpoint Cycle

Ancient History and Your Chart

8. The Winding and Unwinding of This Mortal Coil

Significance of Retrograde Planets

9. Power Planets: Harbingers of Success

III. NEW ASTROLOGICAL TECHNIQUES



10. Superprogressions: The Resolution of the Twin Problem

11. Astrological Rebirth

12. Your Cycle For Individual Success:

Planetary Syntax

Horoscope and Cycloscope

13. A New Scientific House System

IV. ESSAYS

14. A Possible Scientific Explanation of Astrology 15. Unveiling Time

Francis Bacon and the Great Pyramid

The Historical Coverup

16. Astronomy and the Unknown

Perspectives on the Universe

Ending At The Beginning

INTRODUCTION

A Bold New Look At Astrology



The development of Astrology has been by no means systematic orsubject to the rigors of the Scientific Method proposed by FrancisBacon. The subject has grown mostly through folklore passed on fromone astrologer to another. Insights gained in an intuitive fashion havebeen codified, and for the most part remain scientifically unverified.

This in no way invalidates the conclusions, but it does not validatethem either.

Until Percy Seymour published his book, Astrology: The Evidence of Science in 1988, no one dared give an explanation as to whyastrology works, from a scientific point of view. The evidence he givesthat magnetic resonance may be responsible for planets and peoplebeing intimately connected is telling, but it is only a beginning.

The final link in the chain has not been forged. It is not yet clear howfluctuations in the magnetic field of the earth feed energy into theneuronal structure of the brain to influence behavior and perception. This final link, I believe, has to do with quantum theory and the natureof the brain. Dr. P. Stephen Petersen begins to explore this in his work, The Quantum Tai Chi: The Dance of Mind Over Matter.

In addition, Astrology has no convincing unifying structure. AlthoughZipporah Dobyns proposes that the code of astrology is a 12 letteralphabet, relating to the twelve signs, their rulers, and houses; therest of astrology is a hodge-podge of tacked on subjects with nosimple vision. For example, where does the Zodiac start? Traditional

astrology places Aries as the ruler of the 1st house. However, Aries, Taurus, and Gemini are mental in character. Do cycles start with themind? What about the spirit: Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces? If oneconsiders conception as the start, perhaps the beginning should be inthe sign of Cancer.

The important unifying concept for Astrology I believe is related themaxim of Hermes Trismegistus: "As above so below". This means thatall cycles mirror one another. They have a beginning, a middle, andan end. Each of 12 phases in this universal cycle may be related tothe 12 signs of the zodiac. Where to begin is discussed later in the

book.

Robert Hand, an astrologer of great accomplishment, has pointed outthat Astrology has four steps it must take to reach maturity as ascience:

1. Define itself.

2. Create an institutional base.

3. Verify scientifically that its techniques are valid, (and reject thosethat are not, I might add).



4. Develop a theoretical framework.

It is to the final step that this book is devoted. However, it is essentialto realize that untested ideas must not be rejected because they areunusual or counterintuitive, but that they must be put to the tests of

experience.

Some of the ideas in this book relate to ideas already withstandingthe test of time, others have been seen to be useful and valid by myown experience, and still others I propose as challenges to theexisting order of Astrology. I am hoping that astrologers will be openminded enough to consider them, try them on for size, and test themrigorously, where possible.



1. PRENATAL CYCLES IN ASTROLOGY

Traditional astrology assigns the moment of conception to the firstpoint of Cancer, or the 6 o'clock line of the Cosmic Clock (Cancer--Capricorn is the first). There are several reasons why this is makessense.

First, the sign of Cancer is ruled by the Moon, and the lunar cycle(from new Moon to new Moon--about 28 days) is mirrored in theovulation cycle of a woman. That is, the cycles are of the samelength, and have the same structure or stages. If we place the NowMoon phase at the onset of menstruation, the Full Moon phase willoccur at ovulation. In this regard it is significant that ovulation andconception, which occur more or less at the same time, are morelikely to occur around the time of the full Moon than at any othertime.*

Second, in the Cosmic Clock, the Cancer line is the meeting of theAlpha Father current with the Omega Mother return. Astronomicallyspeaking, the moon's face is fully illuminated by the light of the sunonce a month when the Sun and Moon are in alignment on either sideof the Earth. Thus, like the meeting of Father and Mother, themaximum light of the Father Sun is reflected to the Earth by the

Mother Moon at full Moon. This is the stage of the lunar cyclecorresponding to conception in the menstrual cycle. Thus in thelunation cycle, the full Moon on the Cosmic Clock could be said to beruled by Cancer as well, although this is not the usual assignment.

*Sheldon H. Cherry, M.D., Understanding Pregnancy and Childbirth

Third, as Maria Montessori points out in The Absorbent Mind, "Manseems to have two embryonic periods. One is prenatal, like that of the

animals. The other is postnatal and only man has this." She issuggesting that there is a period of duration nine months after birth inwhich the spiritual nature of a child is brought out by interaction withhis/her environment. Since conception in Cancer implies birth ninemonths later in Aries, this postnatal gestation takes the child back toCapricorn, the twelve o'clock line of the Cosmic Clock at nine monthsof age.

This cycle is, of course, distinct from the cycle that starts at Capricornat birth, and suggests that the soul may, under normal circumstances,begin its descent into matter 6 months prior to conception when theprenatal cycle was at the 12 o'clock line. This identification allows fortwo complete cycles of the Cosmic Clock to be completed by age nine



months, and suggests that the embodying soul may have its cycle of the soul's descent into matter disrupted as much as 6 months beforeconception. Take, for example, the breakup of a couple intended tohave a child at the end of the 6 month period. Such an event maycause the soul grief as it must stop its pre-conception preparations,

and find a new time to begin another cycle of descent.

The identification of the sign of Cancer with conception begins the"solar cycle" of the Father since the Sun moves through one sign permonth. Although this solar cycle of one month per sign has somesignificance in prenatal development it is the "lunar" cycle of theMother begun at the onset of the mother's menstrual period thatsignals the appearance of major physical change in the embryo, aswe shall see. This cycle begins at menstruation 14 days beforeovulation and consequent conception, and is thus displaced aboutone-half month from the solar cycle.

Thus, one lunar month has elapsed when the solar cycle reaches the6:30 line of the Cosmic Clock, two lunar months at the 7:30 line, threeat the 8:30 line, four at the 9:30 line, five at the 10:30 line and six atthe 11:30 line. At the 11:30 line, the physical features are complete. The last five points on the Cosmic Clock correspond to the five SecretRays which manifest spiritually and physically in the sphere of theMother, or the Womb.

These "lunar" stages in the development of the human embryo can

thus be plotted on the Cosmic Clock:

Time Post-Conception: Line of the Clock: Features:

2 weeks 6:30--Initial cycle Placenta forms,

Cancer--nourisher mother nourishes

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6 weeks 7:30--Secret Ray 1 Heart gives own

Leo--heart, blood blood supply beats

at 2 x Mothers

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10 weeks 8:30--Secret Ray 2 Fingers and toes

Virgo--dealing with formed

physical objects

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14 weeks 9:30--3rd Secret Ray Breathing and movement Libra--HolySpirit (slight kicking)

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18 weeks 10:30--4th Secret Ray Facial features

Scorpio--Visual complete

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22 weeks 11:30--5th Secret Ray Lungs fully formed,

shiny red appearance

It is thus seen that the cycles of the Father and the Mother interweavelike a braid to produce the developing child in the womb. The Fathergives the matrix, and the Mother the timing.

As to the vital question of the day: when does life begin? LIFEmagazine photographer Lennart Nilsson, who has photographed thesestages has said., "I cannot tell you. If I told you only ten days, or twodays, or forty days, it would be wrong. It would. Look at the pictures...

Maybe the first moment of human life, it starts with a kiss." Certainlythe contemplation of such a wonderful cycle must give those thinkingof aborting it, pause.

2. ASTROLOGICAL KEYS TO THE TREASURE HOUSE OF YOURSUPPLY

Just as there are treasure maps to lost chests of gold and gems, soalso it is possible to follow the signposts of your astrology tomagnetize more of the abundance you need. Our treasure map startswith an arrow pointing to the door of the 2nd house, with the



inscription written alongside, "knock and it shall be opened unto you".Be sure to write down the clues that you find at each of the sevenstations on the way to the unlimited treasure. This will be helpful inthe alchemy of self transformation necessary for removing the blocksto your supply.

1. As the natural ruler of the first house is Aries, the natural ruler bysign of the second house is Taurus. To open its door we must masterevery planet in that sign. In some cases, it is the lack of lovemanifested as rebellion that prevents us from getting started on theroad to abundance. Look for planets in your natal chart in Taurus, andwrite down each planet and all of its aspects, including degree, house,and sign of all aspecting planets, making a prayer for the clearing of everything you know about these aspects as they relate to yourpersonal finances. Square aspects (about 90 degrees apart) andopposition aspects (180 degrees apart) are particularly important.

For example, if you have your Moon in Taurus in the eighth house andit is square to your Mars in Aquarius in the 5th, you could make a callfor the transmutation of all childhood records of rebellion, all recordsof verbal abuse of the child, all records of male, female argumentsover romance, sex, and money, and all other blocks to supplyindicated by the aspect. Further indications can be found in thediscussion of individual aspects in beginning astrology books. Thesetypes of records can even prevent us from starting a money-making

enterprise.

Aspects like trines (120 degrees apart) and sextiles (60 degreesapart) represent attainment and opportunities which must be utilizedto bring in abundance. Such 'soft' aspects to planets in Taurus caneven tell us how to begin manifesting necessary supply.

If a planet in Taurus makes no aspects, one way we can extract itsmeaning is to consider it to be in a conjunction (about 0 degreesapart) to the ruler of its sign which is Venus. Thus an unaspectedSaturn in Taurus may be represented by Saturn conjunction Venus, an

aspect you can look up in an Astrology book.

2. If you have no planets in Taurus, write down the ruler of Taurus,which is Venus, and all of its aspects in your chart (degree, house, andsign), and clear them with supply in mind. If Venus forms no aspects,again you can consider it conjunct to the ruler of the sign it is in. Forexample, Venus in Pisces is then considered Venus conjunct Neptune(the ruler of Pisces). A list of signs and their rulers is given at the endof this article. This should be done even if you do have planets in Taurus, as Venus is the 'creative' key to our supply. With these twosteps in hand, you have the key to open the door to your 2nd house,which can be converted into a private vault for the treasure that is



rightfully yours.

3. You may find the 2nd house is empty. Don't be disheartened: on thefar wall is an inscription which everyone has and is the clue to the

next step in our imaginary treasure map. It is the sign on the cusp of your 2nd house. On your natal chart wheel, this is the sign--usuallywritten outside the wheel--at the division of the 1st and 2nd houses.Any planets in that sign, or the ruler of that sign (see table at the endof this article) are keys to how you may 'fill the house withabundance'. For example, if you have Cancer on the cusp, look forplanets in Cancer, or the Moon (which rules Cancer), and work withaspects of these planets. Use the same method we used with Venus instep two, if any of these planets makes no aspects. Consider allaspects of those planets. Don't forget to include degree, sign, house,and meaning in your calls.

4. If there are planets in your second house, the energy held in anysquares and oppositions to them can be released by your calls. Mars,for example, can be transformed from the fierce and restless god of war to become the rising Mother flame, which is the very essence of abundance itself. Trines and sextiles must also be taken advantage of,to fully manifest supply.

5. Jupiter, being the planet of expansion, benevolence, and spiritualabundance, is the key to amplifying the treasures we already have. The concept of the tithe is related to this planetary energy, and isvital to assure a flow from above. When we have found the house inwhich Jupiter resides, we can make calls on the aspects made by theplanet, paying appropriate attention to detail. This plays a part infreeing us to seek new means of amplifying abundance for the benefitof all.

6. Though we have found the house in which Jupiter dwells, we pay

attention to the houses that Jupiter rules: that is, the ninth house, andthe house, if there is one, where Saggitarius is on the cusp. Thesehouses, their significance, and the planets that dwell in them andtheir aspects, give us clues as to the employment we may find whichwill best magnetize great abundance. For example, with Saturnconjunct Uranus in the 9th house in Gemini, a theoretical scientificbent may be turned to advantage. With Mercury unaspected in the4th house and Saggitarius on the cusp, one could work as aconsultant in such a field from the home.

7. The seventh and final key is the key of a positive mental attitude.One step to its achievement is to clear all afflictions to the planet



Mercury in your chart, amplifying all positive aspects. For anunaspected Mercury, assume it conjunct to the ruler of the sign it isin. With 'easy' aspects, there is no room for resting on our laurels. Thedanger of trines, sextiles, and some conjunctions is that we will sitback in our attainment, and let our talents go to waste. We must

strive to be positive, and positively strive.

To assist in clearing the blocks to your supply, and amplifying yourparticular talents, you could make all the calls suggested in the sevensteps daily. To help figure out some of the steps, the signs of theZodiac and their rulers are listed below:

SIGN: RULER:

Capricorn Saturn

Aquarius Uranus

Pisces Neptune

Aries Mars

Taurus Venus

Gemini Mercury

Cancer Moon

Leo Sun

Virgo Mercury

Libra Venus

Scorpio Pluto



Saggitarius Jupiter

3. ASTROLOGY: A KEY TO YOUR HEALTH

How can a person get a sense of their overall state of health fromtheir astrology? An answer lies with three major tools that can assistin determining the location, causes, and interrelation of individualhealth concerns:

1) the Natal Chart, which gives the etheric matrix for your healthstrengths and vulnerabilities in this lifetime,

2) The South Nodal or Body Chart, which can give clues as to thespecific location of these strengths and vulnerabilities, and

3) your current Transits, Progressions, and Solar Return, which providea picture of the healing opportunities and stresses applied to yourbody (or four lower bodies) at a given time.

The following discussion gives an introductory description of how touse these three tools. When following these suggestions, be sure to

look for repeated themes. They are the most likely to manifest.

Health and the Natal Chart

Your Natal Chart has coded in it possible health challenges andbenefits which might appear at any time during your life, dependingon transits, progressions, etc. The most important consideration iswhich planets are involved in Natal aspects. In health analysis, all thefollowing aspects seem to be of almost equal importance in

understanding a problem: oppositions ( )(180 ), conjunctions ( )(0 ),squares ( )(90 ), quincunxes ( )(150 ), and semisextiles ( )(30 ).Sextiles ( ) (60 ) and trines ( ) (120 ) may provide information onhealing opportunities and techniques.

An aspect can be broken down into pairs of planets; and with a healthconcern, one planet in a pair usually relates to the location of theproblem, and the other to the action on that organ or part of the body.One needs to take a holistic view of the chart to know which planetwill represent the location, and which will represent the action at thatlocation. If you know you have an underactive liver and you have,say, Neptune square Jupiter in your Natal Chart, in this case, Jupitercould represent the liver (it rules it) and Neptune the action.



Neptune's action is to hide problems or cause toxicity of the organ inquestion, e.g., the liver.

For other planetary pairs in aspect consider the following rulershipsand actions for individual planets:

Sun Heart and Spinal Chord Regulation of Life forceMoon Stomach, Breasts, Diaphragm, Allergies, fluids, Hypothalamus,Emotions ParasitesMercury Lungs, Hands, Arms, Nerve force, Intestines, Mental BodyCommunication Venus Pancreas, Skin, Veins, Sensual, Thyroid, neckmetabolic, chemicalMars Adrenals, Head, Face, Infections, Spleen, and Blood injuries,inflammations Jupiter Liver, Gall Bladder, Hips, Overactivity ThighsSaturn Bones, Teeth, Brain, Knees, Underactivity, Pituitarydeformation PituitaryUranus Breath, Ankles, Calves, Intermittent Circulation, Central action,chi, Nervous System lack of conscious or unconscious controlNeptune Feet, Etheric Body Toxicity, lack of tonePluto Reproductive System, Colon, Genetic defects, Bladder cancer,eruptions

The signs the Natal planets are in have a somewhat weaker effect

than the planets themselves. The planets that rule the related signsmay be found, and their location or action may be emphasized in thereading of your Natal Chart. (The planetary rulers of signs are given inmost beginning astrology books.) In the aspect mentioned above, if Jupiter were in Aquarius, a subsidiary problem with the liver beingtoxic might be that the toxicity interrupts chi flow, as chi is related toUranus, the ruler of Aquarius. This is just one possibility. It may alsobe that the liver toxicity affects the breath or nervous system, alsoruled by Uranus.

Planets ruling the house cusps have an even less potent effect than

the signs, except in the case of four key health houses: The 1st, 6th,8th, and 12th.

The 1st house, its cusp (the Ascendant), and planets in it relate toyour constitution or potential health concerns present from birth.

The 6th house may reveal possible accute conditions that could ariseunder stress, as well as giving clues to dietary habits. The 8th housegives clues for regeneration and healing. The 12th house givesinformation of the condition of the subconscious mind, and relates tochronic problems.



In addition, if planets make aspects to the 6th house cusp (Kochhouse system is best), their importance in determining the action orlocation represented by an aspecting planet is greatly heightened.

For those who are mathematically inclined, one way to think of therelative weighting of possible problems and areas is by mentallytallying up points for configurations in the natal chart. Record threepoints for a planet in difficult aspect, two for the planet ruling the signit is in, and one for the planet ruling the cusp of the house it is in. Addtwo points if a planet aspects the 6th house cusp. You will then have atotal number of points for each planet. The planets with the largestpoint totals may indicate the most likely problem areas or actions of the planets.

What you know about your body may influence your decision as towhether it is location or action the planet signifies. Further clues willbe provided by the South Nodal Chart.

The South Nodal or Body Chart

Carl Jansky, a respected medical astrologer, pointed to theimportance of the fact that the soul enters the embryo in the wombthrough the top of the head. The South Node ( ) in the Natal Chart

indicates possible strengths, abilities, and karma we come into thislifetime with. In the South Nodal or Body chart, the body is placedwith the head at the South Node. In this chart the South Nodebecomes the new Ascendant. The feet are located at the North Node,and the rest of the body in the houses in between. (See the BodyChart on the next page.) It is interesting that where our feet arepointing tells us where we are walking to, symbolizing our karmicdestiny, and this is an interpretation of the North Node.

The house cusps of the Body Chart are easily determined. Just takethe South Node sign and degree and put it on the Ascendant. Each

successive house cusp is the same degree as the Ascendant, butprogressed one sign of the Zodiac. The natal planets can then beplaced between the appropriate house cusps. The sample chart is leftblank for you to zerox and fill in your own Body Chart Cusps.

Planets in difficult aspects in your Natal Chart will then be in positionson the Body Chart indicative of locations of possible concerns.Location of the planet within the house is important also. Refer to thebody chart for more details.

Houses 1 and 12: head, neck, and thyroid.



Houses 2 and 11: shoulders, arms, hands, lungs, heart, chest, andupper back.

Houses 3 and 10: liver, spleen, pancreas, stomach, adrenals, andmidback. The kidneys occupy these two houses and the next.

Houses 4 and 9: intestines, colon, reproductive system, lower back.

Houses 5 and 8: hips, thighs, and knees.

Houses 6 and 7: calves, ankles, and feet.

Actions indicated in theBody Chart aresometimes reflected tothe opposite side of thebody. It is important torealize that the planet inthe Body Chart indicatesthe action, while thelocation is determinedby the house placement.For example, the Sun inthe 1st house in theportion of the house

corresponding to thethyroid can indicate aproblem with the lifeforce in that gland,particularly if the Sun isinvolved in a difficult

aspect in the natal chart. Your health practitioner can examinepossible problems in more depth and recommend solutions. Planets inthe 6th or 8th houses in the Natal Chart can suggest healingtechniques. Trines and sextiles, which are beneficial aspects, may beof some assistance in finding solutions as well. This is especially so if

one of the planets in the beneficial aspect is also involved in a difficultaspect related to the problem.

Transits, Progressions, and Solar Return

To find out how current stresses might be affecting your body,transiting, progressed, and solar return aspects can be examined. Theanalysis goes much the same way as with the Natal Chart. Theaspects can change the emphasis in the Natal and Body Chartanalysis.



For example, during a period of a few weeks when Saturn conjunctsNatal Sun in the thyroid position of the Body Chart mentioned above,the thyroid may be more underactive than usual, and this could bedetected. In my experience, however, all the charts must beconsidered to reach a clear understanding of what is affecting one's

health at a given moment.

4. THE SIX BASIC

ASTROLOGICAL GAMES

Mom and Dad are at it again. First Mom rearranged the living roomfurniture so that the couch could be under her favorite color print: 'thecolors match', she said. When Dad came home he moved it all backthe way it was, complaining that she hadn't consulted him on theproject. They both went off fuming into separate rooms.

What is there in Mom and Dad's astrology that represents this clash of wills? To answer this we could give a name to the general class of negative behavior for two, and call it a type of codependent game.Codependent behavior is like a dance which leads two people on anegative spiral away from intimacy and satisfactory communication. The nature of the dance may vary from couple to couple, but the endresult is always self destructive for both partners. In astrology, wecould describe many of these types of games, but there are only six

basic types. These types have to do with the six pairs of opposingsigns of the zodiac.

Why opposing signs? When two people are in a relationship, werepresent that relationship, in simplest terms, by the ascendant andthe descendant, which are opposing points in the horoscope. Aspectswhich are oppositions (planets 180 degrees apart) also are in thesame relationship to one another, and are important in deciding howone person relates to another. Both these types of pairs of points areusually found in opposite signs of the zodiac, the one exception beingwhen an opposition aspect finds two planets not exactly 180 degrees

apart and straddling signs. For example, Mars at 28 degrees Aquariusis in opposition to Venus at 3 degrees Virgo. In this example, we couldsay that both the Aquarius-Leo and the Pisces-Virgo polarities cancolor the nature of the planetary energies.

In many cases the games people play are not fully described by theirascendants and planets in opposition. There are several other pointsin the horoscope which also can give a clue, although they have amilder effect unless accented by conjunctions of planets. In mostcomputer astrological charts you can find points labeled VX (vertex)and EP (east point). These are also relationship points. The vertex islike a descendant and its opposing point, the antivertex, is like anascendant. The east point is like an alternate ascendant, and its



opposing point, the west point, like an alternate descendant. Researchhas revealed that they act the same as ascendant and descendantpoints, only their significance is weaker. We might say that theascendant and descendent can represent 'major' relationshipproblems, while antivertex-vertex, east point-west point represent

'minor' relationship problems.

Thus if you could identify the games for these three polarities or axesby the opposing signs that they are in, you could figure out threeimportant areas in which you may play games in relationships,particularly when transiting or progressed planets aspect these chartpoints. (Astrological research emphasizes squares and conjunctions tothe 'ascendant' or 'descendant' end. For example, transiting moonconjunct descendant might trigger a short-lived game playingepisode, since the moon is in aspect to a position for about 12 hours.)Adding any planetary oppositions in your natal chart in the samefashion may give a few more possibilities.

First let's describe the nature of the six basic games related to the sixsign polarities, and then demonstrate how to apply them to yourchart.

1. I can't take it anymore: the Capricorn-Cancer game.

When the ascendant-descendant points, their alternates, or opposing

planets in your chart are in these signs, there can be mental,emotional, or physical abuse of power when the game is stimulatedby transits and/or progressed planets. With this perverted Capricorntype of behavior, the Cancer pole reacts by exhibiting self pity andgiving in to the abuse of power. The Cancer person makes nopermanent attempt to remove themselves from being the object of the abuse. Such abuse can be as mild as criticism, or as virulent asphysical violence.

2. Hard-hearted Hannah: the Aquarius-Leo game.

The Leo end of the opposition represents a person who commitsthoughtless, ungrateful acts which in turn irritate the Aquarius person.Unfulfilled promises can initiate a form of this behavior. You forget tobuy your mate's favorite cereal, after promising to do so that verymorning. Forgetfulness is a form of ingratitude, irritation is self destructive. Your mate gets irritated. This behavior tends to generatemore of the same, and perpetuates a vicious circle.

3. Nagger vs floater: the Pisces-Virgo game.



Either party can start the game. Virgos can be super critical or picky;so can a person represented by a point or planet in Virgo. This maycause the 'Pisces' person to avoid the issue by letting things float: noplanning, no attention to 'trivial' details. An example is the couple inwhich the 'Pisces' person avoids making plans, packing, etc., for a trip

until the day arrives for departure, while the Virgo person expressesfrustration at the lack of planning which extends far beyond the littletrip and into the realm of birthday dinners, home buying, andChristmas card lists.

4. I will--Oh no, you won't: the Aries-Libra game.

This is the game Mom and Dad played in moving the furniture

around. The Aries person is the 'I will' person, while the Libra personexpresses the 'oh no, you won't'. In the process the flow of things in arelationship is cut off. This game is extremely hard on both sides, andrepresents a power struggle in which both egos try to assertthemselves. There is almost a denial of the existence of each othersneeds and identity.

5. Help yourself--don't mind if I do: Taurus-Scorpio game.

One visualizes the destructive treat being offered by the

Scorpio person, and taken by the Taurus person. This is the strictestsense of the word codependence, and requires the Scorpio to be theenabler for the Taurus addiction. Strangely enough, it doesn'tnecessarily take two to play the game. This sick relationship can goon with two parts of ones own personality. You can almost hear thekey words to this game mouthed by a skid row alcoholic. Drugs,alcohol, food, sex, TV, or emotional support for any bad habit can allbe what Scorpio provides Taurus.

6. How could you do this to me? Gemini-Saggitarius game. The

Saggitarius person may be resentful that the Gemini person has notmet some supposed need. The Gemini person continues to ignorefurther needs, and the cycle is perpetuated. For example, a husbandknows better, but buys his favorite honey-sweetened bread, andignores the fact that his wife prefers macrobiotic sourdough. She getsmad, and doesn't buy what he likes next time she shops. Retaliationcan escalate in the severest form of this game.

To see how to use these classes of games in understanding a chart,lets assume that you have Sun opposition Pluto in Virgo and Pisces inyour natal chart. This means that when, say transiting Mars conjoinsthe Pluto, the Virgo-Pisces game may be stimulated in an extremely



aggressive way. If the house placement is third and ninth, forexample, both of which have to do with travel, a wife may find herhusband utilizing the aggressive action of Mars combined with thepower-hungry Pluto, deciding never to plan a trip again, because sheinsists that his lack of planning of details ruins all their vacations.

The same type of analysis works with ascendant-descendant axes,only perhaps with greater impact on a relationship. Very often stresson these polarities can cause health problems in addition to the stressof a codependent game.

One of the keys to understanding ourselves is to understand how weget off the track in relationships, and begin to create distance. Weoften look for people with whom we can play our favorite games.Remember that the ascendant-descendant

polarity is a major possibility, while alternate ascendant-descendantsare minors, and, depending on the planets, oppositions can be majoror minor problems.

How do we break our game habit patterns? By obeying the

following injunctions related to the signs as listed below:

Capricorn Use power properly

Aquarius Love one another

Pisces Master details

Aries Control yourself

Taurus Listen to your conscience

Gemini Be wisely sensitive to others needs

Cancer Maintain harmony and self security

Leo Be grateful and thoughtful

Virgo Be tolerant

Libra Affirm your partner's right to be

Scorpio Don't continually enable an addicted person

Saggitarius Transcend your hurts



Although there are many more virtues to be embodied in relationship,these give a key to overcoming the majority of codependentrelationship games.

5. PLUTO

For several reasons the influence of the planet Pluto has a heightenedimportance in the coming decade. It is closer than the planet Neptuneuntil 1999, but also it is near the cusp of the sign that it rules:Scorpio. Since the orbit of Pluto is far more elliptical than that of Neptune, during a little more than two decades of its 248 year orbit, itis actually nearer to us. The year of closest approach is 1989, andthus the effect of Pluto in astrological charts was at its peak. Thisincludes, by the law of unity, the influence of Pluto in natal,progressed and solar return charts, whatever its position in thezodiac.

The spiritual significance of Pluto is that it represents the

dweller on the threshold. In occult lore, this is the beast composed of the entire accumulated misqualified energy of a person, a country, orthe entire planet. This is a force to be reckoned with, andconfrontations with it lead to victory or defeat. In other words it

applies an irresistible, cataclysmic force. The changes are not suddenas in the case of Uranus, but build up much like a volcano and burst.

Natal Pluto in hard aspect to the Moon, Mars, or Venus, can signifydifficulties in relationships, but those who have mastery over Plutocan use its power for extreme good or ill. It is the planet which rulesmany a cruel politician's natal chart. Martyr complexes, dominationsyndromes, slave driving, and difficulty with the opposite sex all resultfrom aspects of Pluto to planets and other points in the horoscope.

Pluto in the progressed chart is at nearly the same position as in the

natal chart, and thus it is very rare for it to form a new aspect withnatal planets. Its position can be found by looking at an ephemeris forPluto for the number of days after birth equal to your age. Thesecondary progression (progressed chart) is given for the time of thecausative events in the mental world. That influences the presentphysical circumstance. Since energies in the mental body move muchmore quickly that the physical, the matrix for mental life is completedusually within three months after birth.

Pluto in the solar return chart is found by noting its location in theephemeris near the birthday for the year in question. This will beclose enough for comfort. Its position will indicate physical Plutonian



initiations for the individual during the year following, which arecircumstances in the outer world forcing spiritual change.

Transiting Pluto and the aspects it makes with the natal chart dealwith effects that the planetary dweller on the threshold has on the

makeup of the individual, in other words, how mass consciousnessaffects a person. Transiting Pluto is also easy to find in the ephemeris,although it commonly changes about one degree a month.

6. RIGHTING THE AXIS OF YOUR IDENTITY

What astrological attitude will best align your life, so that the light of the Mother, Kundalini, will flow from the base of the spine to thecrown? The key is that the proper alignment of your identity isrepresented by the Nadir (base chakra) and the Midheaven (crownchakra).

In conventional astrology, the Midheaven and Nadir represent thefather and mother, the career and the home, the seat of authority andthe source of nurturing. This corresponds well with the esoteric notion

of the crown and the base. The crown chakra is the that attracts to usthe light of the Divine Father, the I Am Presence, while the basechakra, integrates us with the material world, the Divine Mother, theShakti energy of accomplishment.

It is conventional, on the other hand, to think of the North and SouthLunar Nodes as locating an axis of our past identity--past lives andkarma, if you will. The Lunar Nodes are two points where the nearcircle of the orbit of the Moon crosses the ecliptic or the plane of theapparent path of the Sun about the Earth.

The South Lunar Node represents our attainment from past lives; and,where it is afflicted, shows where there is opposition to outpicturing itin this life. The North Lunar Node is thought to signify a missed karmicstitch, something we must fulfill to get on with our ever-ascendingdestiny. The Lunar Nodes as an axis, then, impel us manifest ourattainment from past lives and balance our karma.

When we pay attention to the signs, degrees, houses, and aspects of the Lunar Nodes, and master them, we are freed from the pastorientation of the axis of our identity, so that we may move on to theidentity reserved for us in this life, and represented by theMidheaven-Nadir axis.



This is much like the righting of an axis of a planet, so that it'sinhabitants can rise to their spiritual destiny. We must 'tend to theaxis', then, righting it from its orientation along the Lunar Nodes to itsorientation along the Midheaven-Nadir.

There are two excellent books by Robert Hand which give excellentinformation on the Lunar Nodes and aspects of planets to them. Thefirst is Horoscope Symbols, in the section on planetary pairs, whichpairs up planets with the Lunar Nodes, giving simple meaning toaspects between the Nodes and a planet. The second is Planets In Transit, where transits to the Nodes are covered. Also Helpful is agood Natal Astrology book like Sakoian and Acker, The Astrologer'sHandbook, which gives the significance of natal aspects to the Nodes. These books are also valuable in delineating aspects to theMidheaven (and consequently the Lower Heaven or Nadir).

The Midheaven in a natal chart, of course, represents what isoverhead at birth, and the Nadir is opposite to that position. Thisforms a line straight through our spine when we are erect, and thusrepresents an impulse given to the newborn infant in the raising of the 'serpent fire' of the Kundalini along the spine. Positive aspects tothis axis, like sextiles and trines, indicate opportunities andattainments which will assist in the raising of that spiritual lightthroughout the infant's lifetime. Difficult aspects, like squares andpossibly conjunctions and oppositions, may create barriers whichmust be overcome to achieve the natives intended spiritual destiny.

The Lunar Nodes, as indicated in the chapter on Astrology and YourHealth, also represents the physical body, which at birth, also bringsinto form past karma and attainment. Thus our goal is to move fromthe bodily consciousness of our past karma to the spiritualconsciousness of our divine destiny: to right the axis of the Nodes tomeet the axis of Midheaven-Nadir.

This righting of the axis may also bring cataclysm in our worlds whenwe don't pay attention to it. Just as for a world whose poles shift,drastic changes may occur suddenly to those unprepared to meet

their God. Working on aspects to the Nodes and Midheaven-Nadir,then, prevents tragic occurrences when meeting the oncoming tide of light in the changing of the Ages from Pisces to Aquarius (happeningnow), and the beginning simultaneously of a new cycle (in 2279 AD)of the center of the Galaxy passing through 0 degrees Capricorn (seenext chapter on Your Ancient Astrological History).

7. YOUR ANCIENT ASTROLOGICAL HISTORY

The Cycle of the Galactic Center



The changeover from the Piscean Age to the Aquarian Age is anextremely important transition. Among the Age changes which occurevery 2160 years it is the one which nearly corresponds to theGalactic Center approaching the 0 degree Capricorn point. This is thebeginning of another 26,000 year cycle related the precession of the

equinoxes, a phenomenon associated with the tilting of the axis of theearth in a direction pointing toward the twelve constellations of thezodiac in succession.

This milestone in earthly cycles is reached in 2279 AD, and marks thebeginning a new vibration coming from the center of the Milky Waytoward Earth. 0 degrees Capricorn signifies a new beginning, relatedto winter solstice, a time when some esoterics say, the parcel of spiritual light from the sun behind the sun for the year is deposited forthe planet. The galactic center, then, will be giving us a new impulsefor another 26,000 years.

What has happened over the last 26,000 year cycle? We can turn toEdgar Cayce and Elizabeth Clare Prophet to find out. Both speak of the final rise of Atlantis which we might believe had something to dowith the last appearance of the Galactic Center at 0 degreesCapricorn in about 23,600 BC (see chart). Both Cayce and Prophet,interestingly enough, date the final fall of Atlantis at about 10,500 BC. This is within about 150 years of the 0 degree Cancer, or halfwaypoint of the cycle of the Galactic Center. This makes perfect sense, asthe 0 degree Cancer position represents the return of the karma

generated in the beginning of the cycle. It always takes 1/2 a cycle forkarma to return. This karma is related to the use of the Galacticimpulse for that cycle.

The final fall of Atlantis was precipitated by misuse of the 'firestone', acrystal used to concentrate and disseminate rays from the sun byinduction.

Further back in the mirror of time we see the first fall of Lemuria (andfirst reforming of Atlantis into separate islands), dated at sometimeshortly after 50,772 BC by Edgar Cayce. Somehow, according to

Cayce, the use of explosives to rid the earth of large animalsdisrupted the volcanic structure of the earth, the axis tilted, coatlineschanged, Lemuria began to sink, and the last of the great Ice Agesbegan. This period is very close to another 0 degree Capricorn transitof the Galactic Center. This cycle culminated at a time correspondingto the first appearance of Jesus on Atlantis, according to ElizabethProphet, in 36,000 BC. This again is a 0 degree Cancer transit.

Thus we find the most important points in esoteric ancient historyaligning with 0 degrees Capricorn or Cancer crossing for the MilkyWay Galactic Center.



Another confirming statement is found in Yogananda's guru, Sri Yukteswar's text, The Holy Science, supposedly inspired by theageless Babaji. He dates the beginning of the Aquarian Age as 2499AD, which is only about 200 years off from the 0 degree Capricorntransit. However, it is more remarkable that Sri Yukteswar says, "the

sun... takes some star for its dual and revolves about it in about24,000 years of our earth--a celestial phenomenon which causes thebackward movement of the equinoctial points around the zodiac."Could it be that the 'star' referred to is the Galactic Center, and thatthe apparent revolution about it is rather the revolution of the earth'saxis with respect to it?

It is interesting to note that although the length of the cycle of precession is about 26,000 years now, it was most probably

24,000 years in about 29,000 BC (by my calculation fromastronomical data)--just prior to the final fall of Lemuria. Thus thefigures given by Yukteswar may have been handed down from thattime, in which Maitreya, the Buddha who is to come, had a mysteryschool we now know as the Garden of Eden (as stated by ElizabethClare Prophet).

The Cycle of the Supergalactic Center

The Supergalactic Center is the gravitational center of the

Supercluster of Galaxies in which our Local Group (our cluster)resides. This is the next step up in the hierarchy to the Central Sun,and its alignment with 0 degrees Capricorn and Cancer should be of significance, releasing a Supergalactic influence on the earth. ThisSupergalactic Center is near center of the Virgo A galaxy, a nearlyspherical globe of perhaps 100 trillion stars. It is the largest galaxy wecan see in the sky.

Its dates are a little more difficult to identify. The 0 degrees Cancerpositions seem to relate to the first two falls of Atlantis in about50,000 and 28,000 BC (the final Fall of Lemuria, according to Cayce).

However, the dates are substantially off, at 56,000, and 30,000 BC. The second fall Cayce identifies with the Flood of Noah. It is alsopossible that there was an early appearance of the Yellow Emperor(esoterically known) near the 4,595 BC date. Again, this is theSupergalactic Center at 0 degrees Cancer.

The Midpoint Cycle

The midpoint between the Galactic Center and the SupergalacticCenter seems to have historical significance as well. The 0 degreeCancer position of it seems to coincide with a Golden Age of about2,000 years in length centered about the appearance of Jesus onAtlantis at about 33,050 BC, according to Elizabeth Prophet. The date



the cycle gives is 33,767 BC. Also significant is the appearance of themystery school of Sanat Kumara, the Ancient of days in what is nowthe Gobi desert, for which Prophet's date is 8,000 BC. This is verynear another 0 degrees Cancer point for the Midpoint at 7895 BC.

Ancient History and Your Chart

The present position of these three significant points release pointsfor cosmic energy in the universe is:

The Galactic Center -- 26.01 degrees Saggitarius

Supergalactic Center -- 1.65 degrees Libra

The Midpoint -- 17.58 degrees Scorpio

Planets in your chart that form aspects with these centers, representyour relationship to the energies which emanate from them, andparticularly relate to the onset and return points of their cycles at 0degrees Capricorn and Cancer. Thus the events on the historical chartthat relate to these positions may have special significance if youhave aspects to them.

For example, if you had a Mars, Saturn T-square formed with the

present position of the Galactic Center, that might signify that youmay suffered a violent death or mishap during the 1st fall of Lemuriaor the final fall of Atlantis.

Neptune trine to the Midpoint might mean that you developed greatspiritual sensitivity, and paranormal ability (or musical talent) in theShamballa, Gobi Desert mystery school of Sanat Kumara or with Jesusduring the Golden Age of Atlantis.

Historical Chart

Galactic Center

0 d Cap 2,279 AD Near beginning of Aquarian Age

0 d Can 10,657 BC Final Fall of Atlantis

(beginning of the Age of Leo)



0 d Cap 23,593 BC Final rise of Atlantis

0 d Can 36,529 BC Jesus first appears on earth

0 d Cap 49,465 BC The first fall of Lemuria

Supergalactic Center

0 d Cap 8,341 AD A new cosmic age

0 d Can 4,595 BC A Chinese Golden Age (Yellow

Emperor)

0 d Cap 17,531 BC

0 d Can 30,467 BC The Great Flood, Final Fall of

Mu. Maitreya's Mystery

School.

0 d Cap 43,403 BC

0 d Can 56,339 BC An early Golden Age on Mu?

Midpoint

0 d Cap 5,041 AD Realists get their karma back.

0 d Can 7,895 BC Sanat Kumara's Mystery School

(Realists destroy it.)

0 d Cap 20,831 BC

0 d Can 33,767 BC Jesus' last on Atlantis

0 d Cap 46,703 BC

8.WINDING ANDUNWINDING: THIS 'MORTAL COIL'

Significance of Retrograde Planets



Point your left thumb upward, and curl the fingers of that hand towardthe palm. This is an ancient symbol for a retrograde planet. From theperspective of earth, a planet goes retrograde when it reverses itsapparent course through the sky.

Normally, a planet revolves about the earth in a prograde motion. Thismay be symbolized by pointing the right thumb upward. If onevisualizes a thread of light extending from the planet to your body, aprograde planet winds the thread about you counterclockwise whenviewed from above. This is in the direction of the curled fingers of theright hand, when the thunb is up. A retrograde planet, however, windsa thread about you counterclockwise, unwinding a portion of theprograde thread it wound before it went retrograde.

The difference between prograde and retrograde may signify windingand unwinding karma, good and bad. When a natal planet isretrograde, it is possible that this means the person will spend alifetime unraveling what they have wound about them in past lives,that is, balancing karma. This karma relates to the significance of theplanet. For example, Mars represents the bad karma of violence,anger, frustration, or, on the other hand the good karma of initiative,leadership, and being in touch with your deepest desires and those of others. In this way a retrograde planet may be a doorway tounderstanding past lives.

Bear in mind that this does not necessarily mean that a retrograde

planet signifies something negative. Only when it is in difficult aspect(square, opposition, etc.) does this indicate that the native createdstressful circumstances for others in past lives, and must experiencesimilar circumstance in this life. An easier aspect (trine, sextile) to aretrograde planet portends the return of the gift of attainment, anopportunity given to others in past lives.

Prograde planets represent circumstances provided for new growth,circumstances that are not karmic, but that God or the universeintend to develop the identity of the soul. Jesus said of a man whowas born blind from birth, "Neither he nor his parents sinned,..., he

was born blind so that the works of God might be revealed in him."

Transiting and progressed planets may be interpreted as individuals orforces in ones life. If they are retrograde, they indicate that theindividual or outer institution is working off karma. If direct, theplanets symbolize persons and groups experiencing interaction withthe native for the purpose of unfoldment. For transits, the windingand unwinding represents outer events. Progressions have a morepsychological character, although the combination of the two mayprecipitate physical events into a person's world.

9. POWER PLANETS



Harbingers of Success

Michel and Francoise Guaquelin, psychologists researching astrology,investigated thousands of charts. They found, to their surprise, thatsuccess in various fields often is accompanied by a natal chart with

the planet related to the employment in a 'power position'. Thesepositions are the 9th and 12th houses in conventional astrology. Thedata seemed to indicate that the middle of these two houses is thepeak position of power for driving a successful career. A discussion of how the house system might be reformed to match this data is givenin the chapter called, A New Scientific House System.

When, as an astrologer, I want to find major keys to a person'smission, divine plan, or successful career, I use the 'power' planets abase. The closer to the center of the 9th or 12th house, the morepowerful the drive to succeed in the related field. Investigating theiraspects, signs, degrees, rulerships, etc., can be very helpful. If nopower planets exist, the successful career must be found elsewhere,and it may indicate that the individual lacks initiative or clarity withregard to a plan for achievement.

In the Guaquelin research, Mars was a power planet for sportschampions. Jupiter often powered successful actors, The moonsuccessful writers, Saturn successful scientists and doctors. Onewould suspect that Venus would relate to artists and creative persons,but no such significance was found. No effect was found for Mercury,

Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, but it may be that those planets work incombination when in the power position.

10. SUPERPROGRESSIONS

The Resolution of the Twin problem

How is it that two people, born at nearly the same time in the samehospital, turn out so differently? Why is it that twins, born minutes

apart, having nearly identical Natal Charts, develop differentpersonalities and lives? Ordinary Natal Charts alone have no power todiscriminate very small time differences, i.e., under a few minutes.

In one minute, for example, the largest motion in a Chart is theAscendant and House Cusps, which move a mere 1/4 of a degree. TheMoon in one minute moves less that 1/100 th of a degree.

To astrologically describe short lengths of time, one could go to adwad system, with 2.5 degrees per sign, and then a subdwad wouldrepresent a little less than 1/4 of a degree, a minute of time's changein the Ascendant. However, such fine subdivision of time would allowfor very little information.



I have found an answer in what I call superprogressions. As Hermes Trismegistus said, "as above, so below". Cycles of time all mirror eachother. An ordinary progressed or secondary chart shrinks time. Onedays motion replaces a year. A day's cycle mirrors a year's cycle. Whynot, I reasoned, expand time instead of shrinking it?

The first possibility is to let a years motion replace a day. This,however, only stretches 1 minute to about 6 hours. Not very useful fornatal chart discrimination.

When one expands one year to the entire cycle for precession of theequinoxes (a cycle of 'ages'), however, an interesting correspondenceoccurs. One minute is stretched to about 18 days. As in a normalprogressed chart this gives time for the inner planets to change. Thusminutes superprogressed give comparable changes to decadesprogressed.

To compare twins, for example, one could superprogress the twin bornlast, and compare his/her chart to the earlier twin. This accents thedifferences nicely, and tell something about their relationship andinteraction, just like a progressed chart tells a person about how theyhave changed from birth.

11. ASTROLOGICAL REBIRTH

It is commonly thought that once born, we are stuck with our natalastrology. The configuration of the planets at the exact time of ourbirth is said to be the backdrop for the outpicturing of the woes andthroes for an entire lifetime.

Recently, I began to question whether I was born at the intendedtime. If, for example, nefarious forces were able to delay a child'sbirth or bring it in prematurely, by as much as days, the natal chart of the infant could be changed. Perhaps unplanned difficult aspectscould be brought into focus. Every two hours off from the intended

birth time puts the planets into successive houses, switching the areaof life to which their aspects apply. Days off switches the aspects forthe Moon, and perhaps the Sun, Venus, and Mercury.

Thinking that this may have been the reason for a difficult life formyself, I began to muscle test, and found that I should have beenborn about 3 days earlier. When I printed out a chart for the timetested, I found that difficult aspects inhibiting my supply, happiness,and writing disappeared, and the good ones tightened up. In addition,my T-square became a single square, and another 'tough' squareweakened considerably. The exact time chosen put Mercury conjunctto the Ascendant in Aquarius exactly conjunct to the Part of Fortune! This was quite fortuitous for an astrological career.



I next reasoned that if this was the timing intended for my birth, thatperhaps I should try affirming it. Here's how I did it.

"In the name of the Christ, I claim, in part or in whole, as God does

will it, the natal chart of (date, time, location) as a replacement for mynatal chart, particularly (name the positive aspects and theirqualities)."

In a few weeks, I noticed remarkable changes in my attitudes,fortune, and opportunities. Before the claim, my work had dropped tohalf time. After, I found a job and a wonderful home in another city,strictly over the phone, without a resume!

It is not always possible to find a chart as nice as the one I found soclose to my actual birth time, but in many cases a much improvednatal astrology can be chosen and adopted with faith in the power of God's will over human astrology.

"I am reborn in the Power of God's intended birth time for me!"

12. *CYCOLOGY: THE SCIENCE OF CYCLES - A NEWASTROLOGICAL VISION

How To Clear the Blocks to your Alchemy

Why does an NFL quarterback have a better 4th quarter, on theaverage, than any other quarter? Why does a particular cook alwayshave problems assembling the ingredients for a recipe, and theneverything goes smoothly? Why does a certain salesman always feelguilty when closing a deal, and at no other time? What is it in a givenperson's Psychology that continually breaks up their relationshipsafter about 6 months?

Each one of these questions refers to a time frame for accomplishingsomething, and although some astrologers may be able to answerthese questions in terms of astrological cycles, there is no accepteduniversal, simple framework for doing so. This work hopes to establishsuch a framework, and show how to use it to understand the orderand nature of energies that a person or nation manifests in differentcycles of existence.

"As above, so below", Hermes suggested as the universal law of timeand space. With regards cycles this suggests that all cycles, long andshort, have the same structure. However, modern astrology, with allits advances, seems to become more complex, particularly when itcomes to the stages of cycles. There is the synodical cycle, which



goes from Aries stage through Pisces stage, Dwads and Decanates,the eight stage lunation cycle, the twenty eight stage Hindu Zodiac,

and the 360 Sabian symbols just to name a few. All these are applied,sometimes by the same astrologer, in penetrating the mysteries of an

individual's astrology.

Some simplification has occurred in utilizing the 12 letters of theastrological alphabet (promoted by Zipporah Dobyns). However, thecomplex and various divisions are first applied to the horoscope,transits, or progressions and then related to the 12 letters (signqualities). This retains the complexity, and ignores the Hermeticinjunction to simplicity: all cycles are alike (to paraphrase).

If all cycles are alike, and we understand the division of a cycle intotwelve perhaps better than any other division*, where in the zodiacshould we legislate cycles to begin? Tradition would probably sayAries, as this is the sign of the First House. Spring planting begins atthe Vernal Equinox, and the cycle of growth begins, so why not Aries?However, Spring planting is something invented by man. The actualplanting of Mother Nature began in the late Fall or early Winter whenthe plant dropped its seed. Some say the Aries thrust initiates cyclesbecause of its 'ram' nature. Then what about the Capricorn mountain'goat'? Its association with the heights suggests spiritual beginnings,and the connection with the beginning of the dormant stage of theseed at Winter Solstice forces us to consider that things may start

before we see any physical change. The Winter Solstice also markedthe beginning of the ancient Hindu year.

Indeed, esoteric lore suggests that all cycles begin with an etheric orspiritual blueprint stage which can only be identified with Capricorn.Certainly this forces cycles to begin with the Father principle of thedeity which is traditionally associated with the sign of Capricorn, andsymbolizes a transcendent energy as far from being material aspossible within the framework of a cycle.

Thus a worthy project begins with a divine inspiration, a Psychologicalperiod with an influx of illumination which brings difficulties to thesurface, and a historical cycle begins with a spiritual 'moving on thewaters'. These forces are all the domain of the 'Father'.

It is not difficult, then, to identify the opposite pole of the cycle withthe Mother, or the sign of Cancer. Her assistance brings projects fromthe blueprint and planning stage to fruition by providing the properenvironment for bringing them forth.

Having established, then, that all cycles in our system should beginwith a Capricorn stage and end with a Saggitarian stage (with theCancerian stage in the middle), it remains for us to integrate this



picture with the paramount symbol of cycles, the circle. Traditionalastrology numbers Aries the first house and then numbers insequence counterclockwise. However, such a direction for cycles runspsychologically counter to the concept of progress which runs withthe clock, not against it. Let us then number our stages clock wise:

Capricorn at twelve o'clock, Aquarius at 1 o'clock, Pisces at 2 o'clock,etc (as on a clock). This structure for the universal cycle was revealedto Elizabeth Clare Prophet as the Cosmic Clock, a basis for a spiritualunderstanding of astrology. It will be used throughout the book,except where it is necessary to translate to traditional astrologicallore to make the concepts clear.

Thus, for example, in the cycle where the planet Pluto transitsthrough the sign of Scorpio, this cycle, which may vary in length from12 to 25 years, will be divided into twelve stages of equal duration:from the Capricorn 'phase' to the Saggitarius 'phase'.

It should be born in mind that this is not the only way of dividing thecycle. One could use a twofold division of Father to Mother; athreefold division of Cardinal, Fixed, to Mutable; a fourfold division of Etheric, Mental, Emotional, and Physical, and so on. However, thedeep study over many centuries of the twelvefold astrological signsmakes this division most fruitful.

Types of Astrological Cycles

There are basically two types of cycles in astrology. One is planetary,the other personal. A planetary cycle is governed by the passage of aplanet or heavenly body through a cycle relative to a position in thesky or another heavenly body. A personal cycle is ruled by thepassage of a transiting or progressed heavenly body (usually aplanet) through areas of the horoscope of a particular individual(natal, helio, progressed, solar return, etc.) The planetary cyclerelates a cycle in the mass consciousness and environment of aplanet. The personal cycle relates movements in the life

circumstances and psychology of an individual which are distinct fromplanetary, but may derive from them.

I. Planetary Cycles

The two major types of planetary cycles are: (A) Zodiacal, relating tothe movement of a heavenly body through the tropical or siderialzodiac in geocentric or heliocentric perspective, (B) Conjunctional,relating to the movement of one heavenly body past another in thesky. It should be noted that although characteristics for the planet asa whole may be delineated from these cycles, even these cycles maybe placed in the context of, say, an individuals natal horoscope, andtheir impact on the person described. For example, the beginning of



the Saturn-Jupiter conjunctional cycle at 9 degrees Libra on January 1,1981, could be placed in a particular house in a person's natalhoroscope to see what area of life this spiritual-financial cycle startsto impact.

Realize that both these types of planetary cycles may be divided into12 phases ala the Cosmic Clock. Pluto through Scorpio, for example,goes through twelve substages from Capricorn to Saggitarius. We willshow how to find a persons interface with these cycles later on. Fornow, we are just giving an overview of the types of cycles.

II. Personal Cycles

Several types of personal cycles present themselves: (A)Environmental: movement of a transiting planet through a house orsign in a natal, progressed, or solar return chart, (B) Behavioral:movement of a progressed planet through a house or sign in any typeof chart, (C) Drive Unfoldment: transiting or progressed planetconjunct to a natal, progressed, or solar return planet begins cycle,(D) Self Assertion: transiting or progressed planet from Ascendant toAscendant in some chart. Each of these cycles can bring theinvolvement of the individual in a project, mode of behavior, orrelationship.

Horoscope and Cycloscope

Astrology utilizes a chart of the positions of the planets in the heavenscalled a horoscope. We will make a chart derived from the horoscopecalled a 'Cycloscope' which tells a person when, in any cycle of acertain kind of activity, a planetary energy will be expressed, and howit will be expressed. Such a chart is useful in many ways, butparticularly in understanding how a person goes about completing aproject. Thus, we will explore what one might call 'AlchemicalAstrology'.

The easiest cycle for which we can build a 'Cycloscope' is theplanetary zodiacal type of cycle in which a transiting planet moves

through a complete sign of the zodiac, traversing 30 degrees. To laythe groundwork for this type of cycle, it is helpful to discuss thenature of the Transit Chart. This chart gives a 'snapshot' of the actualposition of the planets in the heavens at a given time. To utilize thisinformation, these planetary positions are compared to those in theNatal Chart to see how the physical environment is stimulating therelease of karma, encoded in the Natal Chart.

Although transiting planets work to create a planetary environment,people experience this environment in different ways, depending onwhere these planets are in their charts. Two factors which areimportant in assessing the impact on an individual of a planetaryzodiacal cycle are (1) house placement or straddling (sometimes a



sign crosses over into a second house) and (2) the order and type of aspects a transiting planet makes as it passes through a particularsign.

When a transiting planet changing sign, initiating a zodiacal cycle,

some people might call this 'turning over a new leaf'. For example,the planet Pluto moved in the sign of Scorpio in 1984 and as of early1991 has only gone through a little more than two thirds of the 30degrees allotted to that sign. This is indeed an alchemy of transformation of the souls of the planet by an irresistible force (Pluto)in an irresistible way (Scorpio is ruled by Pluto). It is a period of havingto face a portion of the planetary dweller on the threshold which isdifferent for each individual, and depends on each persons' houselocation of transiting Pluto, and natal aspects to it. Transiting Plutoworks through the environment, representing the planetarymomentum of anti-light, forcing people to change by making themface a portion of the planetary darkness. The Scorpio portion dealswith selfishness, sensuality, and the misuse of the vision. The war ondrugs is a good example of this action. It began in about 1984 with anincreased awareness of the damage being done to our society bysubstance abuse. During this period not only the use of drugs is underattack, but cigarette smoking, and alcohol abuse. The important pointwas that this period forced us to look at the problem by bringing toattention the violence, death, and injury of this behavior. While thisspecific example is fine, and many Astrologers would agree with it,what can we say in general about a cycle of this type? First, the

planet transiting through a sign will make aspects to the natal planetsin the order of increasing degrees, irrespective of what signs they arein. Putting it another way, the planet with the lowest degree will beaspected by the transiting planet first, then the planet of next lowestdegree will be aspected, and etc. This is possible because every thirtydegree separation of planets corresponds to an important aspect:semisextile (30 degrees), sextile (60 degrees), square (90 degrees),trine (120 degrees), inconjunct (150 degrees), and opposition (180degrees). This is a very important key. To understand it, note whathappens, say, for Pluto transiting through Scorpio in the sample natalchart on the next page.

First it makes an aspect (semisextile, or 30 degrees) to the NorthNode of the Moon at 1 degree, then to Venus at 3 degrees (sextile, or60 degrees), then to Uranus at 6 degrees (square, 90 degrees). Bearin mind that this does not always occur with ever-widening aspects. This continues for planets of increasing degree until Pluto hasaspected every planet in the chart, at which time it will have passedthrough the full 30 degrees of the sign of Scorpio. I have temporarilyignored the signs and houses of the natal planets and just looked atthe degrees within the sign regions.



This ordering of planetswhich a transitingplanet aspects as itmoves through a sign isthe same for any planet

and any sign! As DorisHebel has found in herresearch reported in herbook, CelestialPsychology, differentaspects of the sameplanets behave in muchthe same way, so muchso that she bases herentire book on theanalysis of planetarypairs, withoutconsidering the aspectsbetween them. Theorder of planetaryinfluences in the samplechart will always beNorth Node, Venus,

Uranus, etc. This will be true not only for cycles initiated by transitingplanets, but also for those initiated by progressing planets. Thuspersonal behavioral cycles can be described by the same type of

analysis, giving the technique psychological applicability as well asalchemical. Some cycles in our lives will match transiting planets,some will match progressing.

To make this pattern clearer, we can plot the thirty degrees a planetpasses through in this type of cycle in a circle, stretching out the 30degrees which is 1/12th of a circle into a full cyclic picture. We showthis generalized cycle outplaying in a clockwise direction, and call thisa Cycloscope. We can thus imagine any transiting or progressingplanet circling once around this circle as it passes through onecomplete sign.

Since the aspects the moving planet makes are less important thanthe planetary energies themselves, we suppress the aspects madeduring this cycle and plot the natal planets around the circle by notingtheir degree only. This is done, taking data from our samplehoroscope. This ignores the sign and house placement, which also isof secondary importance to the planetary energy or force. Althoughthe Cycloscope ignores aspects, signs, and houses, these can bereferred to by keeping the horoscope and transit or progressed chartclose at hand.

However, even when we ignore these factors, the Cycloscope gives usa picture of the order that planetary energies operate in a zodiacal



cycle. Furthermore, we can divide the cycle in twelve portions of 2.5degrees each to give us an understanding of the stages of thisplanetary or personal cycle. Note that the Cycloscope is universal forany zodiacal cycle, giving the order of planetary energies as theyappear in relation to the transiting or progressing planet.

We can then study this universal cycle in detail. First, we will delineatethe stages in: (1) the alchemical cycle, (2) the behavioral cycle. Thealchemical cycle is indicated in Table 1 and the behavioral in table 2. These stages relate the coloration of the twelve signs of the zodiac tothe stages in the particular cycle.

Once the stages are in hand, we can apply them to the interpretationof the Cycloscope. Consicer the cycloscope for our sample horoscope(above):

We can say a lot abouthow this 'person'responds to anytransiting planetthrough any signwithout knowing theplanet or the sign.Looking at the first orCapricorn stage from 0

to 2.5 degrees, we cansay that the firstenergy to hit in thecycle is that of theLunar North Node. TheNorth Node deals withconnections withpeople. Thus we cansay that our native firsttends to pick up ideas for project purpose from coming into contactwith others. Just how this contact 'inspires' can be determined by

investigating the aspects to the North Node in the natal horoscope.However, for simplicity, we will ignore the natal chart for the moment.Next, early in the second Aquarian stage, the native draws on thecreative nature of Venus to formulate a plan. In the third, Pisceanstage of mastering the components of the plan, we find our personfacing the impulsive energy of Uranus. This can lead either to suddendetailed inspiration, or impulsive abandonment of the project. Thenext two stages: 'specifics' and 'development' are planetless, andthus may go rather smoothly. However in the Gemini 5th stage of integrating the plan into a whole the energies of the Moon and Marscome in succession. This person's inner child (the Moon) may eitherbog down and lose interest, or become fascinated; and after it does,



the project moves on with the momentum of Mars, or gets derailed byaggressive attacks in the realm of integrating the plan.

A helpful reference in our study of cycloscopes is Robert Hand'sHoroscope Symbols, particularly Chapter 9: 'Brief Meanings of

Planetary Pairs'. This is particularly useful when we study the transitof a particular planet, since we can combine the transiting planet withplanets on the cycloscope wheel in succession.

13. A NEW SCIENTIFIC HOUSE SYSTEM

The traditional house system in Astrology is a method of assigning theenergies associated with planets in the signs with their aspects, to actin certain compartments of life, so to speak. The First House, forexample is naturally ruled by the sign of Aries and relates to thepersonality and appearance of the person whose chart is beingconsidered. The houses are normally considered to be of lesserimportance than the planets, aspects, and signs.

When Michel and Francois Guaquelin investigated the significance of houses scientifically, however, they found that the placement of planets in the houses brought the planetary energy into prominenceas of significance with regard to career and personality characteristicsonly if the planet were in the traditional 12th and 9th houses (see

Cosmic Influences On Human Behavior, Dr. Michel Guaquelin).Approximately 60,000 charts were used in this study. Their resultswould make sense if the 12th were the 10th house of Capricornrulership, and the the 9th were the 1st house of Aries rulershipinstead of the usual assignment.

This could be accomplished if one placed a 2-sided mirror through thecenter of the traditional 5th and 11th houses, and found new houseassignments in the mirror. This would place the house of Aries,personality, and appearance in the position of 12-1 o'clock on thehoroscope wheel. The house of Capricorn and career would then be

the one just above the position of the horizon in the east between 9and 10 o'clock on a clock fact. Leaving the planets in the samepositions, then, the houses would be assigned as in the Cosmic Clockgoing clockwise from the eastern horizon, the house meaning of Capricorn significance (formerly house 10) coming first. This is areasonable description, since the rising of the sun is utilized as thebeginning of a cycle.

This new house system matches the significance of the former 1stand 10th houses with the power positions in the natal chart, justabove the eastern horizon, and just beyond the zenith. Such anassignment makes not only scientific, but esoteric sense.



Using this new scientific house system is quite simple. It is easiest toname the houses by their sign rulerships. The first house above theeastern horizon we may call the 'Capricorn house', the second the'Aquarius house', the third the 'Pisces house', and etc.

The twelve houses named in this fashion then have the usualsignificance assigned to the sign rulers. For example, the Capricornhouse deals with career, authority, father, and self empowerment.Note that the 5th and 11th houses maintain the same rulership andsignificance, and the 2nd and 8th houses switch significance (not toradical a change, since they both can deal with money andresources). The other houses are reassigned, but with a littleexperience at delineating charts using the new system, one finds it tobe surprisingly more accurate, although more research may beneeded to verify my suspicion that it is a better system.

14. POSSIBLE SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION OF ASTROLOGY

'How does Astrology work?' This is the question most asked of me asan Astrologer and Astrophysicist. If we knew how Astrology works,many of us would have a deeper motivation for studying the subject.After years of contemplating this vital question, here is one possibleexplanation. This article speculates on the steps consciousness, theright and left brain, and the etheric body might take in the return of

karma, signified by the signs in the skies.

An important piece of the puzzle was illuminated recently by ElizabethClare Prophet in her lecture, 'Disciplining the Four Lower Bodies'. Shesaid, "the order in the etheric body is established by the Law of Cycles." What follows is my own personal scientific interpretation of this statement. The etheric body is the memory body, in whichinformation capable of reproducing everything that happens to us isstored. Wilder Penfield demonstrated this when he found that, byelectrically stimulating certain portions of the right brain, completeversions of past experiences were replayed. It was as if the patient

were transported back in time. The real key to time travel, however, isthat it is accessible through God consciousness, and it is dangerous toscientifically tinker with the brain and the programs God has createdfor it.

Aside from time being a state of mind, and therefore relative,Astrology, karma, and the Law of Cycles require that the informationrepresenting events and actions be recorded in an orderly fashion. Tocreate the 'panorama' of returning karma, data from past actions inmany cycles must be retrieved and blended.

Using current knowledge of brain functioning, and considering thekarmic implications of Astrology, the following model for astrological



influence can be constructed. Consider an analogy to the functioningof the right and left brain and etheric body. Think of a computerhooked up to thousands of spirals on which data can be recordedmuch like sound is recorded on a phonograph record or compact disc.Imagine one spiral or 'record' for each astrological combination of two

planets. For simplicity, consider one moving planet (could betransiting) and one stationary planet or position (could be natal). Asthe moving planet moves through one cycle relative to the stationaryplanet or point, the place in the spiral at which information frompresent experience is recorded also rotates through 360 degrees.

The right brain, which scientists have found to be capable of analyzing perceptions frozen in a moment in time, is capable of sorting the data from a moment's experience in the 'now' (momentary'gestalt') into different categories of information. Thus in our model,the 'right brain' part of the computer takes all the information from agiven moment's experience and sorts it according to the qualitiesrepresenting each planetary aspect pair in an individual etheric spiral.A feeling of loving appreciation might be recorded on the Venus-Sunrecords, for example.

The angle on the spiral at which each impression is recorded isimportant, because at a given moment all the information recordedon a straight line radiating from the spiral center is accessed in orderfor the mind and God's consciousness to produce the world in whichwe experience our karmic returns and God's will and mercy. In the

model, God's consciousness is the operator of the computerassociated with the brain, and can program it for mercy, forgiveness,and free will: within the bounds of Karmic Law.

One could picture the right brain portion of the computer accessingthe 'records' by using a laser which quickly scans a radial line on eachrecorded spiral at each moment in time. All recorded information atthe various positions in the cycles that the spiral records are turningthrough, could be gathered by a holographic technique, using theinterference patterns of a laser with the spiral.

This is similar to the accessing of data recorded on a compact disc,and includes all data from each past repetition of a given cycle. Fromthis information, the right brain computer then assembles images andimpressions to be used to assemble the next moment of experience.

These composite images and impressions then must be integratedwith the past moment in time, and converted from karmic 'sowings' tothe opposite polarity of karmic 'reapings'. If someone had a habit of sending out Christmas cards, then impressions of those sendingsmust bring about the receipt of cards at the right times. The sense of order in time and ability to logically reverse the polarity of karma is acapability of the left brain, the logical, time-oriented part of the'computer'. So in our model, the left brain portion of the 'computer'



works with the right brain assembled images and impressions andGod's consciousness to produce the world experienced from momentto moment, in which we sense the flow of the river of time.

15. UNVEILING TIME

Francis Bacon and the Great Pyramid

Nearly 13,000 years ago, a remnant of the high civilization of Atlantisin built the "time capsule" we call the Great Pyramid. Earth science is just beginning to recognize the wealth of knowledge encoded in thisstructure. Not only is the transcendental number, pi, built into itsdimensions, but the mass, diameter, and shape of the earth, thecycles of the ages, and more. It was conceived to pass on spiritualand scientific knowledge to mankind during the present era of transition to what is called "the Aquarian Age" when much of the evilworks committed in the fall of Atlantis return to mankind for

redemption. This return, however, is related to another cycle, asindicated in the previous chapter: the transit of the galactic center tothe point of 0 degrees Capricorn to occur in 2279 AD.

The pyramid is a sign and signet of the hope of the ages: the union of science and spirit in the science of the Divine Mother. It is still hoped,though there is much to lament, that its presence and meaning willcatalyze the onset of a new Golden Age, the 'New Atlantis', as FrancisBacon has called it.

It had also been expected that by now the significance of the

accompanying stone structure, the Sphynx, would be understood bymankind, and the date of its construction known. The human headresting on lion's haunches known as the "guardian of the winds" hasremained an enigma for thousands of years. Its true significance,however, is not difficult to express. Since the knowledge of theprecession of the Earth's axis through the zodiac has been associatedwith certain constellations, whose associated forms do not changerapidly with the ages, the Sphinx was built to represent the transitionbetween ages at the final sinking of the Atlantean continent. It wasbuilt on the cusp between the Ages of Virgo and Leo which each spanabout 2160 years of the 26,000 year cycle of precession of theequinoxes. In it, the axis of rotation of the planet, projected into theplane of itself and its sun, aligns with twelve constellations in



succession. Thus the synthesis of a woman and a lion's formcombines the symbols of the two constellations on either side of thecusp. The Earth seer Edgar Cayce confirms this fact by placing thebuilding of the pyramid at 10,500 B.C. This is the date one wouldcalculate by counting back through the zodiac to that particular cusp

position.

Aside from encoding their own epoch, the builders of the structurealso hoped that at the polar opposite in the cycle of precession, thetransition from the Piscean to the Aquarian Age, the identification of the symbols would be given an extra impetus, and that the dating of the pyramid would follow from the dating of the Sphinx.Unfortunately, many other structures were built in the area in theages that followed, some imitations of the Great Pyramid. Thisconfused the association of the Sphinx with the original pyramid. Atan even deeper level of revelation, built into the Great Pyramid'sstructure itself is a prophecy of the incarnation of Francis Bacon, theone destined to guide the planet to the new Golden Age. The sum of the length of the diagonals of the pyramid in pyramid inches equalsthe period of the precession of the Earth's axis in years. The preciseequality of the two, however, occurs in the year 1560, as the speed of the precession varies slightly over the epochs of time. 1560 isrecognized by some as the birth year of Bacon, the father of thescientific method (others claim 1561). An explanation of the term'pyramid inches' and the calculation leading to this identification isnoted in the work, The Great Pyramid: Signs in the Sun, by John E.

Gangstad. That the connection of Bacon's birth to the construction of the Pyramid was planned, has not been recognized by mankind. Hiswork in the raising of the Earth, and in stimulating scientific progressso that mankind can spend more time in spiritual pursuits should begiven close attention by those who would assist in this work.

The Historical Coverup

One of the most effective means of making sure that the concepts of

the fallen ones are accepted by the general populace and scientificestablishment is by promoting the notion that their latest version of Psi-ence is the most advanced ever known on this planet. Perhaps thegreatest danger to the predominance of the serpent mind and itsconcepts in Earth science is that mankind will awaken to thegreatness and spirituality of science in past ages such as that of theAtlantean and Lemurian civilizations.

The historical attempt to blame the construction of the Great Pyramidon the Egyptian ruler, Khufu, is an example of such treachery. There isconsiderable doubt as to whether a king named Khufu ever existed,and if he did, he lived in a period much more recent than the date of 2500 BC when he was claimed to have constructed the pyramid. In



addition, though cartouches for Khufu and an unknown Knum-Khuf are were found in the sealed internal pressure-relieving chambers of the pyramid, a strong case can be made that the king Khufu, if heexisted, was named after the god which these names represent. (SeePyramid Odyssey by William R. Fix for details.)

It is now certain the Sphinx is over 9,000 years old. The waterweathering on its base could not have occurred at a later epoch, andcould only have been caused by massive flooding.

Other evidence which has not been previously explored by Earthhistorians indicates the existence of an advanced and very ancientscience of astronomy, chronicled in the Hindu writing, SuryaSiddhanta. This book contains many figures and concepts which relateto knowledge of the universe obtained on Earth only in the SuryaSiddhanta is the record of the imparting of a knowledge of astronomyfrom Surya to Asuramaya by means of "a part of himself". Though"Surya" is often translated as sun, it is actually the being than ensoulsthe brightest star in the sky, the local seat of galactic government:Sirius. By a 'part of himself', Surya is referring to his own disciple, asSurya is too exalted to spend time on such matters. The Peruvian cityof Cuzco is named after this disciple. The true dating of this discourse,though historians hotly disputed it in the 19th century, relates to aperiod of time it describes as the end of the Golden Age. Burgess andWhitney, in their translation of the text calculate that age to end2,164,960 years ago. This assumes the yuga or age presented in the

writing to be the one upon which the golden age is based. In actuality,the yuga referred to is the golden age of the 26,000 year cycle of precession of the equinoxes, and thus ended over 12,000 years ago. This chronology thus places the establishment of the science of astronomy well before the building of the Great Pyramid. To be precisein the dating, however, one should realize that the rate of precessionof the equinoxes changes over the larger epochs of time. We thusrealize that Asuramaya was truly an astronomer of the Atlanteanepoch.

What did these ancients know of the skies? The figures must be

examined carefully and compared with "modern" knowledge. To do sowe will explore the subtleties of the Hindu cycles of time.

The smallest basic unit of time in the writing is called a respiration.Aside from the obvious correspondence to the length of a humanbreath, four seconds is very precisely one minute of arc of theapparent revolution of the sun about the earth during a day. If oneconsiders a half breath (inbreath or out breath) this is 1/43,200 of aday. The digits in this figure appear elsewhere in the Hinduchronology, but it is more surprising that this is also one of the mostimportant ratios employed in the design of the Great Pyramid. As firstpointed out by William Fix, the circumference of the pyramidcorresponds to 1/43,200th of the circumference of the earth, and its



height to 1/43,200th of the polar radius. Thus in a way the GreatPyramid incorporates a scale model of the dimensions of the Earth.What is truly amazing is that these figures take into account theflattening of the earth as well, and have not been matched until thelast few decades when satellite measurements of these dimensions

were made. It also may be that the fraction of the day in a breath wasused in engineering this scale.

In building Hindu cycles from the basic unit of time, the respiration,Surya's disciple, Cuzco, points out that "six respirations make avinadi, sixty of these a vinadi, and sixty nadis make a sidereal dayand night." Realizing that a full day is 360 degrees of Earth rotation,that makes a nadi 6 degrees, and a vinadi 1/10th of a degree. Fromthere on, the months correspond to the sun entering one of thetwelve signs of the zodiac, and thus twelve months make a year.

However, a year is also called "a day of the gods". This makes a yearof the gods correspond to 360 Earth years. A possible reason for thechoice of 360 rather than 365.25 is that the ancient year used tocontain only 360 days, with an extra month added in every 5 years.Although one could speculate that the 360 figure was taken from thenumber of degrees in a circle, we have no evidence as to which camefirst. The more important question is whether the text is referring toanother more ancient cycle as Sri Yukteswar in his book, The HolyScience, points out. In the modern version of the Siddhanta 12,000 of the divine years are chosen as the Hindu cycle called the caturyuga,

or Quadruple Age, but Yukteswar indicates that in human years this ishalf of the cycle of the precession of the equinoxes. Thus he claimsthe succession of the four ages in the Caturyuga to occur in 12,000years rather than the 4,320,000 of the Surya Siddhanta. Whether ornot this cycle is related to the precession or a stellar orbit, it is a cycleall its own, to which men on Earth relate, and thus a 12,000 yearcaturyuga is possible. But what of its corresponding cycle, which isthe equivalent in human years: 4,320,000? (By the way, here are ourold friendly digits, 432.) Is this figure there only because it is 1/1000thof a Kalpa, or is it needed to correspond to 12,000 years of the gods;is it the period of revolution of the sun about its dual star, or is there

another meaning? In the Siddhanta, the figure is related to a weakconjunction of the planets in Piscium which occurred in 3102 BC, (thepurported date of Krishna's death), and is said to time the recurrenceof the conjunction including the lunar nodes.

Continuing our study of ever larger cycles, 71 Caturyugas are called aManvantara, said to correspond to the reigns of the Manus (or fathers)of the races of man. This period in human years (we will ignore divineyears from here on) is 308,448,000. It is perhaps more thancoincidental that modern astronomy describes the period of revolution of the sun about the center of the galaxy to be anywherefrom 220 to 270 million years. If the Hindu and modern cycle arerelated, the life cycles of earth were known by the ancients to be



directly related to the cycle of the sun around the galaxy. Thus itmight be proper to call the Manvantara the Galactic Year, with itscorresponding seasons. It is further enlightening to note that thegeologic and biologic ages of history often correspond to multiplesand quarter multiples of this cycle, reminiscent of the 4 seasons of life

experienced on Earth (see chart).

Fourteen Manvantaras, or Galactic Years, are called a Kalpa (Eon). Thelength of years corresponding to 4,320,000,000. This figure is multiplysignificant in modern science. The foremost relation is seen when it isnoted that the writer calls the Kalpa the "day of Brahma", requiring anight of Brahma of equal length. Double this figure is 8,640,000,000. This is, give or take a half a billion years, the lifetime of our sun, atypical star, calculated using our 20th century knowledge of nuclearfusion. It is said in the text that this brings about "the destruction of all that is", and well it might be said of Earth itself during the lifeperiod of its associated star. It is easy to call matching figures acoincidence, but when the exact meaning of the cycle matches aswell, we must say that either the writer of the text had access to theresults of nuclear physics, or had spiritual attunement with a beingwho could provide them. Also the fact that other ancient Hindu textscall this cycle the "solar" Manvantara makes attempts to call thismere coincidence even more ludicrous.

Thus a case can be made for the cyclic and astronomical significanceof both human and divine years to the evolution of the creation. The

divine years relate to the precession of the equinoxes, and the humanto the solar year.

At this point a word must be said about the challenges to the claimedantiquity of the document we are considering. Bentley, in the early1800's made the claim that the Surya Siddhanta was written in the11th Century AD, pointing out that the errors in the modern positionsof the planets converged to the actual positions by use of the systemin the Siddhanta at that time. E. Burgess refuted such a date bydemonstrating that Bentley had neglected the error in the sun'sposition, and noted that this made the date more like 250 AD (give or

take about 450 years). However, evidence that Hindu Astronomypredated Greek is voluminous (see Bailly and Whitney). In fact, one isinclined to believe that though the Surya Siddhanta has beensubjected to minor modifications over the centuries it has come to usfrom a very ancient source.

The Kalpa of 4,320,000,000 years has another important significance.It is of course, almost exactly the length of time the Earth is assumedto have been in existence, using radioactive dating.

However, this is a mere coincidence, since the text points out thatonly 6 Manvantaras and 27 Caturyugas have passed since thebeginning of this Kalpa. This totals nearly a mere 2 Billion years since



creation began, a fact which is claimed in the monologue. This isremarkably close to the length of time life of some form has been onEarth, the earliest bacteria being clocked out at a little more than 2Billion years ago.

According to the Brahma Siddhanta, the Kalpa is also the length of time it takes for a close alignment of the planets in the first point of the Hindu celestial sphere ( Piscium) to reoccur. This gives the pictureof a solar system clock with seven hands (the planets) counting outthe lifetime of the living forms on their worlds. Obviously theexplanation of such things by modern science is completely missing,as is the true reason for the physical spacing of the planets known asBode's Law (see any "modern" astronomy text), although themysterious digits 4, 3, and 2 occur in a mathematical formulation of it. Pythagoras made much of these numbers in his formulation of thetetractys.

It should be noted that the ancient Yoga Vasistha indicates that thiscycle is at different points for different systems of worlds, which againties the Kalpa or day of Brahma to the lifetime of stars.

The Surya Siddhanta goes on to say of Brahma: "his extreme age is ahundred, according to this valuation of a day and a night." Thus thelength of Brahma's life is 864,000,000,000 divine years or311,040,000,000,000 solar years. By extrapolation, this figure musthave something to do with the cosmological expansion, if we now

have faith in Hindu cycle-ology. However, here modern cosmologydoes not agree: a mere 20 Billion years is the maximum time theuniverse has been around in Big Bang parlance. Nevertheless, sciencesuffers at present from a lack of a cosmology to fit all of the facts, andis very much adrift. Inflationary theories, thought up to save the BigBang, cannot produce a mass as large as the "Great Attractor" whichis postulated to exist behind the dust in the Milky Way in the directionof the constellation Centaurus. Galaxies are moving as if in thepresence of a galaxy or mass vastly larger than any observed, and yetrendered invisible because our position in our own dusty galaxy. Isthis the Great Central Sun of occult lore? If so, how did all the galaxies

come into being, and what relationship do they have to such a largegalaxy? Perhaps the understanding of what scientists call "whiteholes" for lack of a better term, would bring this larger cycle and thusthe "Great Attractor" into clearer focus.

"As above, so below." The intonation of Hermes makes clear that eventhe lifetime of Brahma is in reality an outbreath, followed by aninbreath. Is the outbreath a creative appearance and expansion froma monstrous white hole of the very God of the Universe, and whatregulates when the inbreath of that God will withdraw all substancebehind the veil of space and time?



The Siddhanta also gives us a value of the size of the "Brahma-egg".When the researcher uses the value of the Hindu measure, theyojana, given in the text as a certain fraction of the radius of theEarth, he gets the circumference of the 'egg' to be about 10,000 lightyears, which is very close to that of the spheroidal core of our beloved

Milky Way. As this shell is supposed to rotate in a Kalpa, we thus haveanother description of the 4,320,000,000 year cycle.

16. ASTRONOMY AND THE UNKNOWN

Like the two sides of the brain, I guess I have always had two sides tome. One of them ended up being an astronomy instructor andphysicist and the other a professional astrologer and occultenthusiast. Some of my scientist friends have thought these pursuitsto be contradictory and self-defeating. Thus I have found itconvenient, at times, to hide my intuitive side. Nevertheless, therecomes a time in human (and personal) history when the intuitive side(like woman) breaks free and asserts her right to be herself.

This book is my attempt at liberating the side of me that knows thereis more to life than meets the 'scientific eye'. It is unification of theintuitive and logical sides of ourselves I think we all seek--eitherovertly or covertly, and for this to occur, each side must be free toexpress itself.

My seeking is a seeking for truth, something which I feel I have neverfound solely by scientific, or solely by spiritual means. I have foundscientific defects in almost every occult system I have studied,defects which the followers of these systems could not explain to mysatisfaction, sometimes indicating, 'if you knew more you wouldunderstand'. My response to that now is, 'if you knew more you couldteach me'. On the other hand, I have often felt that an acceptedscientific concept was not correct, a line of approach to understandingmysterious observations or results misleading or 'spirituallyunworthy', as Francis Bacon might have said.

In this chapter you will confront the great mysteries of astronomy, butfrom a perspective which has not yet been put into print: that of asojourner in time and space who longs for his home beyond, and seesno crime in talking of scientific theories in terms of their intuitive andspiritual validity. After all, such taboos are merely falling remnants of the male-dominated, scientific, logical society we are supposedlytrying to transcend. Because I believe that human representations of the spiritual reality all have defects, I will not takes sides with anyparticular viewpoint in spiritual matters, but rather embrace what tome rings true in many faiths, creeds, and histories.



More than anything else, the 'unknown' motivated ancientastronomers and astrologers to interpret order into the heavenlychronology. Why should the heavenly bodies be involved in suchlengthy cycles? Did those cycles which measure the lives of men havetheir analogues in those which measure the lives of the gods? Did one

cycle mirror another? These were the questions asked, at least inprinciple, by the ancient Hindu astronomers.

Their answers diverged from those of the 'Sumerians becomeBabylonians'. For the Babylonians, the cycles measuring the lives of men were astrological and of prime importance, as if men were gods. They watched the parallels between events in the sky and events inthe lives of kings and men.

The Hindus claimed that their system of the grander cycles wasexplained by their ancient and cosmic gurus: those who removedignorance by imparting direct knowledge of the sky. The SuryaSiddhanta claims that the god Surya of the sun (or Sirius?) impartedthis knowledge to Asuramaya, a figure who some occult authorsattribute to the civilization of Atlantis.

The Hindu quest for knowledge of all cycles probably predated theappearance of Sumerian astrology. Though it did not challenge theBabylonian form of astronomy directly, the two world views didconflict. The Hindu appreciated the unknown, whereas the 'Nephilim'(a biblical term), who imparted their civilization to the Sumerians,

denied it, rendering human events predictable by pseudoscience of fate rather than prophecy.

The Sumerian, Nephilim philosophy dissected nature into lifelessparts, resulting in Democritus and the atom, while the Hinduphilosophy affirmed life and the unknown by describing 'laya centers',in which energy flows from higher spiritual realms and into thephysical universe, and back again.

This living nature of space and matter has been somewhat recapturedby the modern scientific concepts of the black and white hole,

although even that is done from an atomic, materialistic viewpoint.Wormholes connecting black and white holes must in the rigidscientific view connect from one region of physical space-time toanother. Wormholes do not reflect or connect to a whole, they areonly a part of it.

Why have we been stuck with a dead science brought to us byancient 'fallen' astronauts from planet X? (See The Twelfth Planet byZecariah Sitchin.) Is it because some of their numbers still reside withus and control that science to their advantage? I must speak from myown convictions, and from the prompting of those beyond in theillumined unknown.



And what of the 'lives of the stars', as Sagan calls them, do theyrigidly follow the dictates of 'modern' nuclear physics? Certainly thatphysics is faulty. Witness the paltry numbers of neutrinos that reachus from the sun. Nuclear physics as we know it predicts nearly threetimes that amount. Will spiritual inhabitants of a solar system extend

the life of their sun by drawing to it energy from planes beyond, whichupholds the orb against the collapse ordained by its gravity?

As we seek immortality in a physical form, will we merit theimmortality of our solar system? On this planet, the fascination withdeath as the wages of burdening sin only threatens to draw a peoplefurther into what Maitreya has called "Satanic initiations".

Perhaps we shorten the life of our sun, and yet there is hope. Somerise above, ever higher, the ascending ones worthy of the astronomyof a Narada or Asuramaya, worthy of the descending fire of the Godsof Sirius and the Galactic center, perhaps worthy of the Gods of theVirgo Supercluster or the Great Attractor (possibly the Great CentralSun of old).

PERSPECTIVES ON THE UNIVERSE

In a way, the universe is multifaceted, each facet representing a

perspective, or way of viewing it. Copernicus', and earlier, Aristarchus'perspective placed the sun at the center of the universe. But we nowknow that that perspective is only one in a chain of discoveries thatman's position in the universe is not unique. Galileo observed thatother planets, i.e., Jupiter, are centers of other systems of worlds,some of which we now know are nearly as complex as the solarplanetary system itself. Giordano Bruno lost his life for claiming thatstars are suns and may have worlds in tow, as does our sun. Shapleyindicated that we were not at the center of the clump of stars we callthe Milky Way, and Curtiss confuted his claim that our galaxy is an'island universe' by asserting the nebulae to be other galaxies of

stars.

Einstein put the capstone to the edifice of perspectives by claimingany frame of reference to be valid, and that valid frames of referencemay be moving with respect to each other. Nevertheless, thereappears to be one unique perspective, a frame of reference whichexpands with the ever-separating galaxies.

This unique perspective makes us wonder whether all that happensinside the expanding universe is not in some way related to this'grand view'. Fred Hoyle notes that even the expansion of theuniverse disappears in such a god-like way of seeing things. Rather, itis left to atoms to continually contract in such a picture.



The modern theory of Superstrings leads us to speculate that theuniverse we know and love may be the mere shriveled husk of aformer, much grander universe of 10, 28, or more dimensions, theextra dimensions having curled up in their old age.

The Gauge Theory of physics asserts that characteristics of all typesmay be built into the quantum wave function by adding dimensionsbeyond space and time infinitum. This leaves metaphysicalspeculation wide open.

The panorama of ways of looking at the universe is probably asendless as Arjuna's Krishna-granted vision. Certainly not wellunderstood is how consciousness relates to the physical universe wesee. Proofs of paranormal events abound, yet we do not know whatmakes 'miracles' work. Is it the very nature of the interface of consciousness with the brain? Some scientists are beginning tosuggest that it is. Is the freedom allowed by quantum theorynecessary for the working out of karma for large objects likeourselves? These questions remain unanswered enigmas for thetwenty first and perhaps twenty second centuries, the cuspalcenturies (astrologically speaking) for the transition from the Pisceanto the Aquarian Age.

BEGINNING AT THE BEGINNING

Inherited discrepancies from cosmic patterns are only a fraction of ourdilemma on earth. We must buck the soothsayers and prophets of doom who intend to reflect their own well-understood end onto theplanet we know and love. We are under the grips of their Psi-encewhich is the product of a man conceived to be without God.

Black holes, wormholes, topless and bottomless quarks--the intendedbeauty has been denigrated by names provided by worldly laggards.Can it be restored? Only by determined effort, and a new up-sweepingspiritual direction to our science.

Bacon knew, and we forgot, that our explorations create the universe.It is indeed our alchemy project. Consider the creation of babyuniverses by cosmic tunnels and subsidiary balloons, born of thequantum foam and its uncertainty. Universes appended to universes.

The mother becomes pregnant--her belly expands. Our universe toowas once a baby, a mere fluctuation of the plenum of time and space.Instead of wormholes, speak of umbelical chords, which atappropriate times pinch off, severing the connection between motherand child. Psychically the mother is connected to the child, however,as our universe is attuned to many others, when we part the veil of ignorance.



In another sense, God did not play dice with the universe: he gave it abubble bath, each separate bubble, another world, another monad. This is parthenogenic reproduction, perhaps, were it not for theseeding of the womb of space and time with matter and energy.

The conservation of energy itself says that this energy is in its boundform--matter--come from space.

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