RS : Ancient Myths
But now consider something else that is remarkable. As Venus has her house in Taurus, Mars his house in Aries, so in Pisces Jupiter has his house. And Jupiter is connected with the development of the human brow, forehead. Man can become great with this earth-culture in this fifth post-Atlantean epoch, precisely because in an independent human manner he can ennoble and grasp through the forces of his head that which was brought to him from the opposite side in earlier post-Atlantean periods. Hence Jupiter has to perform the same service to man in the fifth epoch as Mars had to perform in the fourth. And one could say that in a certain respect Mars was the rightful King of this world in the fourth post-Atlantean age. In the fifth he is not the rightful king of this world because nothing can really be attained through his forces in the fifth post-Atlantean epoch — in the sense of this fifth epoch. On the other hand what can make this epoch great must be brought about from the forces of the spiritual life, world-knowledge, world-conception. Man is shut off from the heavenly forces, he is confined in the materialistic period. But in this fifth post-Atlantean age he has the greatest possibility of making himself spiritual. No age has been so favourable to spirituality as this fifth epoch. Courage must only be found to drive the money-changers out of the Temple. Courage must be found to confront with the real, abstractions and things estranged from reality, to set against them full reality and therewith the spiritual reality.
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RS : Earth and Its Future
Man is approaching a condition in which he will have a self-conscious image consciousness* appropriate for such perceptions. On the one hand, the coming development of earth will raise the present life of conceptions and thoughts to an ever higher, more delicate, and more perfect condition; on the other hand, the self-conscious image consciousness will gradually develop itself during this time. The latter, however, will attain full life in man only on the next planet into which the earth will transform itself, and which is called “Jupiter” in mystery science. Then man will be able to enter into intercourse with beings which are completely hidden from his present sensory perception. It will be understood that not only does the life of perception thereby become totally different, but that actions, feelings, and all relations to the environment, are completely transformed. While today man can consciously influence only sensory beings, he will then be able to act consciously on very different forces and powers; he himself will receive what to him will be fully recognizable influences from very different realms than at present. At that stage there can no longer be any question of birth and death in the present sense. For “death” occurs only because the consciousness has to depend on an external world with which it enters into communication through the physical sense organs. When these physical sense organs fail, every relation to the environment ceases. That is to say, the man “has died.” However, when his soul is so far advanced that it does not receive the influences of the outside world through physical instruments, but receives them through the images which the soul creates out of itself, then it will have reached the point where it can regulate its intercourse with the environment independently, that is, its life will not be interrupted against its will. It has become lord over birth and death. All this will come to be with the developed self-conscious image consciousness on “Jupiter.” This state of the soul is also called the “psychic consciousness.”
*The combination, “self-conscious image consciousness,” may appear odd, but it probably best expresses the state of affairs. If one wished, one could also say, “image self-consciousness.”
The seven stages of consciousness are thus expressed in the course of the development of mankind in seven planetary developments. At each stage, the consciousness must now pass through seven subordinate conditions. These are realized in the smaller cycles already mentioned.
This is the course of the development of consciousness: at first it begins dimly; one perceives nothing of other objects and beings, but only the inner experiences (images) of one's own soul; then perception is developed. At last the perceptive consciousness is transformed into a creative one. Before the condition of earth goes over into the life of Jupiter — after the fourth earthly cycle — there are three more smaller cycles to be passed through. These serve for the further perfection of the consciousness of earth in a manner to be described in the following essays, when the development of the smaller cycles and of their subdivisions will be described for all seven planets. When, after a period of rest (Pralaya), earth has changed into Jupiter, and when man has arrived on the latter planet, then the four preceding conditions — Saturn, Sun, Moon, and earth condition — must again be repeated during four smaller cycles; and only during the fifth cycle of Jupiter does man attain the stage which has been described above as the real Jupiter consciousness. In a corresponding manner does the “Venus consciousness” appear during the sixth cycle of Venus.
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Looking at Jupiter in the Microcosm
The seven stages of consciousness are thus expressed in the course of the development of mankind in seven planetary developments. At each stage, the consciousness must now pass through seven subordinate conditions. These are realized in the smaller cycles already mentioned. Rudolf Steiner
It will become apparent how man can only truly understand himself when he knows his own development. Rudolf Steiner
Jupiter rules Sagittarius by day & Pisces by night.
The Descent of the Soul : in the Sphere of Jupiter there is developed the power of putting into practice (vis agendi)
Jupiter – The Benefactor and Educational Planet
Jupiter represents the profound side of the mental life: it stands for speculative thought and for the spiritually expansive side of human nature. In particular Jupiter offers an index of the moral nature of the person and of the degree to which he will respond enthusiastically to life and its responsibilities. The responsibilities themselves may come from Saturn, but how they are shouldered depends very much on Jupiter. Jupiter is mature and expansive, good hearted and merciful, majestic and magnificent. The planetary colours of Jupiter is purple, violet, indigo, sky-blues, 'deep tones of midnight sky'.
Jupiter period A future evolution of Earth when humanity having learned the lessons relating to objective consciousness in the present cycles will attain to self-directed picture consciousness. The evolutionary development of this period will reach a very high level.
Jupiter’s Twelve Year Returns
Jupiter’s place, the zodiac sign and house, in a birth chart represents the power of judgement and good fortune. One can say Jupiter is Wisdom just as Venus is.
The sign Jupiter is placed in at birth keeps its power, but where the sign changes to at age 1 is very important. Then, the sign one is in twelve years later, at age 13, 25, 37, 49, 61, 73, 85 is also important.
The Wheel is really a Jupiter wheel, taking twelve years for him to be in all of the twelve signs. When one has lived the twelve years it takes Jupiter to go around, another round of the chart begins. One is back to the first place where activity is instilled at the ages indicated above. Jupiter’s sign at this birthday indicates what he will continue to promote.
His place, by sign and house indicated, shows where one will do the most. Jupiter showers one with the blessings of the sign and house.
To do this, look at the birthchart and see where Jupiter is, the sign and house, this is the directing point from where the other points build on. With a Ephemeris look at what sign Jupiter is in eg. Birthdate is 01.01.1960 (note Jupiters position) Now look at one year later ie 01.01.61 (note Jupiter’s position)
Twelve years later ie age 13; 01.01.1973 see in a ephemeris what sign (and house) Jupiter is in. Now look at the birthchart at where this sign is placed eg. If Jupiter is in Pisces in the year 1973 (random example and not checked) look at where Pisces is placed in the birthchart; in what planet and in what house.
If Pisces is in Venus in the sixth house look; this is where Jupiter’s key will be turned on for the next twelve years. Also look at where Libra is placed (Venus being the ruler of Libra) this placement will tell and further direction.
This placement Pisces in Venus in the sixth house where one will have judgment and good fortune – amounting to wisdom.
Brief breakdowns of Jupiter in the signs (not including houses which must be combined always together with individual Sun and Moon sign)
Jupiter in Aries – gives high-spirit, energetic mind, on the look out for new progressive ideas.
Jupiter in Taurus – gives a kind and sympathetic nature, attracts wealth and a generous disposition to aid in philantrophic ideas.
Jupiter in Gemini – gives literary ability, an inventive mind, an attraction toward the occult.
Jupiter in Cancer – gives a kindly and courteous disposition, a most fruitful and vivid imagination, dreamer, occult, mystical years.
Jupiter in Leo – gives a noble nature, self-reliance, loyalty, self-restraint, compassion, mercy, justice, virtues excelled.
Jupiter in Virgo – gives caution, analysis, a practical nature with a faculty for discriminating between the seeming and the real, arriving at facts by sifting the truth from error.
Jupiter in Libra – gives a loving and sympathetic disposition, a conscientious, sociable and benevolent nature, popularity is encouraged, success in business and public life.
Jupiter in Scorpio – shows a tendency toward investigation, an ardency, a self-reliant nature, constructive-resourceful mind, efficiency in practical everyday occupations.
Jupiter in Sagittarius – gives fortune and general success in life, a broad and philosophical mind, a reverent and religious disposition.
Jupiter in Capricorn – creates an ambitious nature, self-reliant and self-controlled with a desire to rise to a top position of authority and also the ability to dictate wisely and well.
Jupiter in Aquarius – is an indication of general success in life, it gives a humane optimistic, original and philosophical mind, romanticism and possibly unconventionality.
Jupiter in Pisces – gives a charitable, sympathetic and hospitable nature – loving music, art and literature. Increase of sensitiveness in the nature results in psychic experiences and this person becomes a student of the occult subjects.
-Jupiter in occult houses and in water signs may cause amounts of psychic abilities.
This is a general outline of Jupiter and Returns; further meditation on this magnificent and majestic planet in the twelve signs may be done. It is interesting to contemplate the year between 0 and 1 years of age.
Jupiter
Caryn, thanks for this - I can hear the "Jupiter" part of Holst's "Planets" now whenever I read this.
Can you explain for an absolute beginner like me what "in what sign and in what house means..."? I think I understand that the signs are the twelvefold division of the heavens into the zodiac, roughly aligned with the physically visible constellations, but what are the houses again...?
And what does it mean to say that Jupiter rules Saggitarius by day and Pisces by night?
Astronomy
Hi Tim
Thanks for your questions. I would like to spend a bit of time on this before I answer - we must be clear about the movement and rotations of the Planets in Zodiac as well as in the House divisions which are to be imagined as a Grid division under (or over) the Zodiac constellations with the twelve house divisions ruled by a Planet.
Twelve Houses are ruled by the ten (traditional) Planets wherein the Zodiac travels through as well as the Planets in their cycles. The House which is ruled by the Planet and the Zodiac which is ruled by this Planet is where the natural energies are at home. Three Zodiac signs are allocated two ruling Planets ie. Scorpio - Mars day / Pluto night; Aquarius - Uranus day / Saturn night; Pisces - Neptune day / Jupiter night. This rulership is evolving for example when Uranus was discovered it was given to Aquarius - not without reason - the discovery of Uranus was at a time when electricity was implemented and Aquarius is very much the speed of light Zodiac.
Contemplating the day and night rulership may be part of this evolving - what is clear in the day, to be clear in the night. There is also the Planet Chiron (the wounded healer) and Apollo which should be looked at - venturing into allocating a Zodiac sign to them. Natural history and science will be an advancement in this regard in what is shown and discovered.
As mentioned I would like to spend more time on this mainly looking at the Precession of the Equinox - which is the movement of our celestial heavens however, in the meantime Rudolf Steiner spoke about the movement of the Planets in his 'Inner Impulses of Evolution VII' and here he drew diagrams on the Planet movement which are well worth studying. He speaks of history up front in this lecture and goes into the movement of the Planets - (His lectures never cease to amaze me the way he opens and by the end of the lecture it flowers in the most wonderful way!)
The diagrams in this lecture are worth looking at: http://wn.rsarchive.org/Lectures/InnerImpul/19161001p01.html
Thanks Tim - what a wonderful poem and picture.
Houses
Hi Caryn,
Thanks, I am trying to download those lectures but the pictures are being stubborn for some reason - anyway, I'll get them properly soon!
So coming from my smattering of conventional astronomical understanding, I have this idea that the visible Zodiac constellations go through a complete rotation (more or less?) in the course of one year. Does that mean that each constellation is thought of as returning to its house at a certain date each year, for example in (Northern) springtime?
And is the idea of the House then lined up with the Precession of the Equinox you mentioned? Which means I think that as of sunrise in spring (?) in a certain year the sun rises in a different House and constellation and this is what is called the dawning of a new Age in astrological terms, as in 1/12th of a "Great Year"?
Apollo
Hi Tim, yes exactly this and the cosmic dance in the Great Year is told in the Mythical stories; even as we see in the Bible. Let us look at Apollo, the son god and the sun of Jupiter -
Apollo
How charming is divine philosophy!
Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose,
But musical as is Apollo’s lute.
Milton
The Olympic Council
Phoebus Apollo – the sun god Apollo lives in the realm of music, poetry and medicine. His symbols are the lyre, arrows and sun chariot.
Jupiter fell in love with Latona, a daughter of the Titans and to Jupiter Latona bore twin children, the sun god Apollo and the moon goddess Diana. For a time Latona and her children dwelt in the mountain glens of Pieria, a favourite haunt of the Muses. There the nine sisters taught Apollo the art of music and song, until in time, instead of being their pupil, he became their master. But he did not as yet have the lyre, which Mercury later presented to him. When both Apollo and Diana were full-grown they went to Mount Olympus, and took their places among the high gods.
Apollo was the god most beloved by the Greeks, and around him they wove many legends. His friendship with Hyacinthus, son of the king of Sparta; Marpessa, a mortal maiden, his two sons Phaethon, who drove his father’s sun chariot, and Aesculapius whose education was instructed to Chiron, one of an odd race of divinities, called centaurs. They were represented as half horse and half men, and were said to have been the offspring of a mortal named Ixion and a cloud. Chiron was the wisest and noblest of all the creatures. Apollo, the Shepard of king Admetus, Admetus and Alcestis, the slaying of the python
Apollo in the Bible;
Acts 18:24-26
‘And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John. And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.’
Acts 19:1
‘And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples.’
1 Corinthians 1:12
‘Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.’
1 Corinthians 3:4-6
‘For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are you not carnal? Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.’
1 Corinthians 16:12
‘As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come unto you with the brethren; but his will was not at all to come at this time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time.’
Titus 3:13
‘Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that no-thing be wanting unto them. And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.’
Now we see Apollo is a son of Jupiter; the cosmic dance unfolds ever so gracefully-
The Fixed Star Castor is also called Apollo (or Helios)
Castor, the alpha of constellation Gemini, set in the head of the mortal twin, sometimes called Eques.
The Galatic point, where the plane of the solar system cuts the plane of the Galaxy located on the axis 15 deg Sagittarius and Gemini – see also solar apex.
Gemini esoteric ruler is Venus
Aquarius esoteric ruler is Jupiter.
The lawyer mentioned in Titus – Zenas – may be Libra who rules law. Libra’s esoteric planet is Uranus.
Apollon; has been seen as a transneptunian hypothetical planet – relating to expansion, science, commerce and peace.
God of the golden bow,
And of the golden lyre,
And of the golden hair,
And of the golden fire.
Keats
Apollo and Christ
Thanks for this Caryn - this makes me wonder how Apollo as a sun/son god is related to the Christ. What do your study of Astrosophy, your own experiences, understandings and intuitions tell you about this?
The Christ
A beautiful question Tim, thanks - if I may reply;
The Christ is larger than this and encompasses all. St. John 1:1 ‘In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word is God’. Christ is the Son of God, Apollo is a sun god - a Christ Initiate – can we see the difference? St. Luke 1:31 ‘And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS, He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest:’ St. Matthew 28:18 ‘And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.’
John Jocelyn- For an approach to this consciousness, we need an enlarged- a cosmic –concept of the Christ, the sublime Sun Spirit who incarnated in Jesus of Nazareth from the Baptism till the Mystery of Golgotha, when he become the Spirit of the Earth and ‘The Lord of all the heavenly forces upon Earth.’ Christ is the being who in the Sun Period selflessly gave himself up in devotion to the Twelve Voices of the Word of Worlds, which kindled in him such Light that he can say, ‘I am the Light of the World.’ He belongs to our cosmos as a whole and spreads life throughout our entire universe. For those who direct their thought to him during waking life, he becomes their guide through the cosmos during sleep and between death and rebirth. The Midnight Sun; The Spiritual Sun.
Think of the vast difference between man and mineral! Yet man is only three stages above the mineral. Try to conceive of the sublimity of beings who are nine, eight, or even seven stages above man. These supersensible beings, the highest of the Spiritual Hierarchies, are called the Seraphim, Cherubim, and Thrones – the First Hierarchy.
It is they who comprise the twelve differentiated groupings which we call the Zodiac, which forms as it were, the womb of our solar system. As a teacher was once a student and as a mother was once a child, so these exalted divine beings came from an earlier solar system in which they passed through their lower stages, until they were so advanced that their solar system could be transformed into our Zodiac and they could rise to mighty, creative, cosmic deeds and make the great sacrifice which gave birth to our solar system. Beyond them is the Divine Trinity, the Threefold Unity, the Godhead, who gave the ideas and aims for the new solar system to the Seraphim. The Seraphim inspired the Cherubim to apply their highest wisdom in making the plans workable, so that the Thrones, in turn, could transform into active reality by pouring out their own being.
There is no chance or accidental coincidence in the recurrent reflection of the heavenly pattern in earthly life. We find it in the twelve sons of Jacob, the twelve tribes of Israel, the twelve disciples of Christ Jesus and the twelve Knights of the Round Table.
St. John 14:1-6 ‘Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.’
Rudolf Steiner in Occult Science – an outline, speaks about the Sun Being, the Christ, who appointed leadership to the Saturn leader, to the Jupiter leader, to the Mars leader, to the Venus leader, to the Mercury leader – Christ Initiates and the sons thereof (The Olympic Council - may we say) together with the Seraphim, the Spirits of Love, the Cherubim, the Spirits of Wisdom and the Thrones and the Hierarchies whom dwell with God.
St. Mark 4:30 ‘And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what comparison shall we compare it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth; but when it is sown, it growth up, and become greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.’
St. Matthew 6:33 ‘But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.’
Thanks Tim.
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