ARIES – The RAM
21st March – 19th April
The Light of Life Itself
Ruling Planet : Mars
House: 1st
Hemisphere Position: Northern / Positive
Polar Opposite: Libra
Quadruplicity: Cardinal
Element : Fire
Colour : Red
Stone : The Amethyst
Keywords: Born leader, strong, determined, forceful, aggressive, irritable, energetic – Pioneer.
Goal
Aries is a sign which constitutes both a ‘birthplace of ideas’ and a field of much endeavour and striving, where the impulse of the spirit in overcoming can be triumphant and the intention and will are developed. The month of Aries is a good time for beginnings, for initiating projects and for cultivating and cooperating with-
Creative activity on all levels
Vision of the goal
Idealism and aspiration
Determination
Will-to-good
Knight Aries
Proper Preparation
To be guarded against: Fanaticism, strife, selfish will, the glamour of power.
Message of the Soul:
‘I come forth and from the plane of mind I rule.’
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TAURUS – The BULL
20th April – 20th May
The Penetrating Light of the Path
Ruling Planet : Venus (night)
House : 2nd
Hemisphere Position : Northern / Negative
Polar Opposite : Scorpio
Quadruplicity : Fixed
Element : Earth
Colour : Emerald Green
Stone : The Hyacinth
Keywords: Strong (weight solid), slow, patient, careful, tenacious, reliable, dependable, possessive – Banker / Finance
Goal
The overcoming of desire and attainment of detachment. Desire has a primary function in the evolution of man, urging him to put his latent energies into action and develop his faculties. But it also attaches him to people and things. Satiety and repulsion gradually bring about detachment and eventually liberation and transmutation into illumination.
Knight Taurus
Intelligent Openness
To be guarded against: The tendency to persist to the point of obstinacy, to be faithful and upright to the point of bigotry, and to be over-conservative in ideas and methods.
Message of the Soul:
‘I see, and when the eye is opened, all is illumined.’
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GEMINI – The Twins
21st May – 20th June
The Light of Interplay
Ruling Planet : Mercury (night)
House : 3rd
Hemisphere Position : Northern / Positive
Polar Opposite : Sagittarius
Quadruplicity : Mutable
Element : Air
Colour : Yellow
Stone : The Chrysoprase
Keywords: Argumentive, self-contradictory, intellectual, emotional, two view points, mood changes, inventive – Influencing.
Goal
The function of fluidity is the great lesson of this sign. The crystallized, rigid forms of personality must be broken and the bonds of attachment cut, the lower forces must be transformed and transmuted, and the centre of consciousness transferred to ever higher levels. All this requires a high degree of flexibility transferring consciousness to higher levels and the establishing of soul control.
Knight Gemini
Positive Thinking
To be guarded against: Vacillation between the opposites, diffusion of effort, changeableness
Message of the Soul:
‘I recognize my other self and in the waning of that self I grow and glow’
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CANCER – The CRAB
21st June – 22nd July
The Light within the Form
Ruling Planet : Moon
House : 4th
Hemisphere Position : Northern / Negative
Polar Opposite : Capricorn
Quadruplicity : Cardinal
Element : Water
Colour : Silver Blue
Stone : The Topaz
Keywords: Caring, sensitive, romantic, protective, home loving, over involved, introspective – Home and family affairs.
Goal
Paramountly creation or expression on the form level, transmutation of sensitivity, resolution of isolation, service to the whole. The opportunity and form of service of this sign is summarized clearly by the soul’s message. In it lies opportunity to create ‘a lighted house’ not only on the form level but on higher levels also – a form which will irradiate light, be it a home, an enterprise, a artistic production or the personal life.
Knight Cancer
Extreme Alertness
To be guarded against: The building of a hard shell and withdrawing into it and hiding in it instead of creating a ‘lighted house’ and shining forth its light. Over-sensitivity; being swayed by mass-consciousness. Rigidity and slowness to move.
Message of the Soul:
‘I build a lighted house and therein dwell’
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LEO – The LION
23rd July – 22nd August
The Light of the Soul
Ruling Planet : Sun
House : 5th
Hemisphere Position : Northern / Positive
Polar Opposite : Aquarius
Quadruplicity : Fixed
Element : Fire
Colour : Orange, yellow
Stone : The Beryl
Keywords: Strong, independent, masterful, leaders, proud, haughty, patronizing, courageous, honest, loyal - Organiser
Goal
The opportunities with which Leo confronts humanity and for which it provides the necessary energy are mainly connected with –
Development of the individuality. This leads from-
Collective to individual consciousness,
The will to dominate others into the will to self-mastery,
Personality sensitivity into soul awareness,
Self-assertion into selfless assumption of true leadership and the
sacred trust of right rulership.
Leo offers the opportunity for achieving self-rule and consciousness of the true Self.
Knight Leo
Total Involvement
To be guarded against: Self-centeredness, over-emphasis of personal sensitivity and awareness of the ‘one at the centre’, wrong use of power.
Message of the Soul:
‘I am That and That am I’
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VIRGO – The VIRGIN
23rd August – 22nd September
The Blended Dual Light
Ruling Planet : Mercury (day)
House : 6th
Hemisphere Position : Northern / Negative
Polar Opposite : Pisces
Quadruplicity : Mutable
Element : Earth
Colour : Deep Green
Stone : The Chrysolite
Keywords: Common sense, intelligence, quite, dependable, not leaders, conscientious, neat, careful - Commerce
Goal
Gemini brings the opportunity for achieving harmony between soul and form. Through silent activity the slow emergence of soul vibration and the eventual expression of soul through form. The nurturing function of the Mother and the utilization of form for spiritual purposes give a keynote of service; this aided by the stimulus of positive energies, persistence, endurance and continuity of effort.
Knight Virgo
World Service
To be guarded against: Pre-occupation with form, detail and the mundane; over attachment and possessiveness.
Message of the Soul:
‘I am the Mother and the Child. I, God, I, matter am’
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LIBRA – The SCALES
23rd September – 22nd October
The Light that moves to rest
Ruling Planet : Venus (day)
House : 7th
Hemisphere Position : Southern / Positive
Polar Opposite : Aries
Quadruplicity : Cardinal
Element : Air
Colour : Pale Blue, Pale Pink
Stone : The Sardius
Keywords: Well balanced, comparisons, peacemakers, hard to make decisions, diplomatic, peace, beauty – Co-operation
Goal
Libra offers the path of choices. Under its influence we learn to make decision rightly and remain poised between the pairs of opposites with which the path of evolution is beset; life is conducted with some sort of order and balance. The goal is to establish equilibrium, achieve that point of central stillness at which the decision of the Scales is made. It also provides the point for reorientation, refocusing and redirection of effort for the next moving forward on to a higher plane.
Knight Libra
Inner Vision
To be guarded against: Indecision, fluctuation, apathy, failure to evoke the will to choose and the follow the way that has been determined upon.
Message of the Soul:
‘I choose the way that leads between the two great lines of force’
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SCORPIO – The SCORPION or The EAGLE
23rd October – 21st November
The Light of Day
Ruling Planet : Mars (day) Pluto (night)
House : 8th
Hemisphere Position : Southern / Negative
Polar Opposite : Taurus
Quadruplicity : Fixed
Element : Water
Colour : Maroon, Deep Red or Lavender
Stone : The Sardonyx
Keywords: Unusual, complex, powerful, egocentric, secretive, passionate, dark side - Passions
Goal
Reorienting and transmuting the lower energies for higher purposes. There are said to be nine tests-
On the physical plane: sex, physical comfort, money
On the astral plane: fear, hate, ambition
On the mental plane: pride separativeness, cruelty
These nine tests confront humanity as a whole as well as the individual, and can take in three stages-
- Recapitulation, the facing and dissolving of all the impressions and tendencies from the past in the light of the soul.
- Recognition of the points of crisis and of the corresponding tests which confront us and their overcoming. It is worth remembering that the habit of confronting
crisis is long established in the consciousness of humanity.
- Transmutation and sublimation of lower forms into higher energies. Strength results from testing.
Knight Scorpio
Self sacrifice from the lower Scorpion to the higher Eagle
To be guarded against: Sense of duality and opposition; inherent and instinctual glamours and tendencies are apt to rise up in Scorpio, where the battle between the opposites is joined.
Message of the Soul:
‘Warrior I am and from the battle I emerge triumphant’
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SAGITTARIUS – The ARCHER
22nd November – 21st December
A beam of directed, focused Light
Ruling Planet : Jupiter
House : 9th
Hemisphere Position : Southern / Positive
Polar Opposite : Gemini
Quadruplicity : Mutable
Element : Fire
Colour : Royal Blue or Purple
Stone : The Smaragdus
Keywords: Integrity, openness, maturity, success, cheerful, enthusiasm, restless, honest – Explorer, Missionary
Goal
Sagittarius is the sign of discipleship and discipline with its energies of one-pointedness, dedication and intuitive aspirations. It offers opportunity to take control of the lower self, to see the spiritual goal (vision), aim towards that goal and, reaching it, then catch the vision of the next point to be attained.
Knight Sagittarius
High Aspirations
To be guarded against: Over-expansiveness on the lower levels, and over-optimism; attraction to anything new; preoccupation with material pleasures instead of spiritual goals.
Message of the Soul:
‘I see the goal. I reach that goal and then I see another’
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CAPRICORN – The GOAT or The UNICORN
22nd December – 19th January
The Light of Initiation
Ruling Planet : Saturn
House : 10th
Hemisphere Position : Southern / Negative
Polar Opposite : Cancer
Quadruplicity : Cardinal
Element : Earth
Colour : Dark Grey, Brown, Black or Silver
Stone : The Chalcedon
Keywords: Natural leaders, confident, ambitious, hardworking, strongwilled, tradition, control emotions - Boss
Goal
Capricorn is often considered the most ‘earthly’ of the earth signs, presenting the struggling soul with an unending up-hill climb it offers continual opportunity to
transcend the form life. It confronts its subject with supreme challenge and testing, but holds even if hidden, the way to the ‘Light Supernal’ of the mountain top. Among the special tasks in Capricorn are: the conquest of matter, elevation (of consciousness) and liberation (from the past in order to be free for higher and more spiritual life); the overcoming of pride and ambition, and the eventual experience of the mountain top (illumination). This last has two aspects:
The experience of utter loneliness and darkness, and preparation is made for this through many lesser experiences of it on the mountain path, the lessons of solitude. Illumination and realization. But this should not be thought to complete the way; light connotes the overcoming of darkness, and the disciple who reaches the light recognizes the need to return and give himself in service as the message of the soul makes clear
Knight Capricorn
Conscious Control
To be guarded against: Ambition and glamours connected with materialism and achievement. Over-emphasis of form.
Message of the Soul:
‘Lost am I in Light supernal, yet on that Light I turn my back’
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AQUARIUS – the WATER CARRIER
20th January – 18th February
The Light that Shines on Earth, across the Sea
Ruling Planet : Uranus (day) Saturn (night)
House : 11th
Hemisphere Position : Southern / Positive
Polar Opposite : Leo
Quadruplicity : Fixed
Element : Air
Colour : Turquoise or Golden
Stone : The Sapphire
Keywords: Complex, strong, charming, quite, well mannered, independent, shocking, altruism, service, creative, non-conformity - Friendships
Goal
Control of emotional oscillation, achievement of stability and balance between opposites, and of right relationship, control of extraversion. There is a strong tendency for extraversion on all personal levels for those under Aquarius; they are extraverted mentally through their thirst for knowledge, emotionally owing to their sensitivity, strong affections and social sense, and physically through their tendency to act in order to utilize technical means. Spiritually they also tend to extraversion through their fundamental inclination to serve. Joy is one of the characteristics which we are promised will be expressed in Aquarius. It is a magnetic quality and is linked with the emerging consciousness of the whole. It can therefore be evoked in Aquarius. But the great keynote of this sign is service, which, in its true sense, is a science consisting of many vary methods and extending not only to humanity, but to the lower kingdoms and also the higher realms. A significant factor in the Solar System and a station of light which will serve not only our planet but the Solar System and the seven Solar Systems of which ours is one. Such are the cosmic vistas of which we can become aware in Aquarius.
Knight Aquarius
Illumined Effort
To be guarded against: The strong tendency towards extraversion and freedom; over-activity; constant search for outer diversion; imbalance between inner and outer life.
Message of the Soul:
‘Water of life am I, poured forth for thirsty men’
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PISCES – The FISHES
19th February – 20th March
The Light of the World
Ruling Planet : Neptune (day) Jupiter (night)
House : 12th
Hemisphere Position : Southern / Negative
Polar Opposite : Virgo
Quadruplicity : Mutable
Element : Water
Colour : Pure White
Stone : The Jasper
Keywords: Gentle, shy, imaginative, aimless, confused, help others, sympathetic - Sympathies
Goal
The special gifts of Pisces are sensitivity, fluidity and liberation. The tasks it presents therefore include-
Domination and right use of sensitivity, control of fluidity and synthesis of the dualities found in every human being – between head and heart, mind and love, will and wisdom. Death of forms that bind and limit and the consequent release of the indwelling life; Service – the directed intention to service and recognition of the processes of liberation is the mainspring of the life of service. Development and right use of the Will. Liberation and transformation of-
Negativity into positive soul infusion
Psychic sensitivity into spiritual perception
Self-pity into compassion
Self-preservation into detached world service
Knight Pisces
Ultimate Union
To be guarded against: Passivity and negative tendencies such as self-pity and self-concern, vacillation, lower psychic receptivity and mediumship.
Message of the Soul:
‘I leave the Father’s Home and turning back, I serve’
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The Elements
Fire
Fiery, warm, sunny, idealistic, artistic, energetic, excitable, passionate, headstrong, hot headed, hot tempered, inspirational.
Aries – Leo – Sagittarius
Earth
Earthy, solid, materialistic, constant, cautious, dependable, diplomatic, practical.
Taurus – Virgo – Capricorn
Air
Mental, intellectual, reasoning, analytic, idealistic, communicating, sometimes coldly logic or head in the clouds, aspirational.
Gemini – Libra – Aquarius
Water
Emotional, sympathetic, deep feeling, romantic, artistic, spiritual, receptive, sometimes hypersensitive, perceptive.
Cancer – Scorpio – Pisces
The Quadruplicities
Cardinal
Mark the beginning of each season and have the idea of a new start.
Aries – Cancer – Libra – Capricorn
Fixed
Are in the middle of each season and denote stability and dependability.
Taurus – Leo – Scorpio – Aquarius
Mutable
Mark the change from one season to the next, from the old to the new, flexibility and adaptability.
Gemini – Virgo – Sagittarius – Pisces
The Northern Hemisphere is shown at the bottom of a natal chart.
The Southern Hemisphere is shown at the top of a natal chart.
Positive is also known as masculine: extrovert and assertive tendencies.
Negative is also known as feminine: receptive and sensitive qualities.
The Houses
1st: Temperament, You, beginning, appearance, initiative, self-assertion.
2nd: Finances, personal money, uniqueness, personal property, family.
3rd: Ideas, mental decisions, trips, communication, brothers and sisters.
4th: Home, environment, closing years, securities.
5th: Courtship, speculation, pastime, children, stage.
6th: Employment, health, tasks, service, detailed work.
7th: Spouse, partnerships, the public.
8th: Expenditure, death and legacies, bonuses, intangibles.
9th: Philosophy, abstract theories, spirituality, foreign affairs.
10th: Profession, honour, reputation, prominence.
11th: Associates, friends, open social groups, change and reform.
12th: Personal growth, subconscious effort, psychic reception.
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