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Also by Kevin B. Burk
Astrology: Understanding the Birth Chart
Te Complete Node Book
Te Relationship Handbook:How to Understand and Improve Every Relationship
in Your Lie
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in Your Lie
Astrology Math Made Easy
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Relationship
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Astrological Relationship Handbook:How to Use Astrology to Understand Every Relationship
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in Your Lie
Anger Mastery: Get Angry, Get Happy
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Book design and cover design by Kevin B. Burk.
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Contents
The Secret of Bulletproof Happiness .......................... 1
Practical Astrology ...................................................... 6
The Context of Consciousness ......................................13
Archetypal Astrology: Meet the Planets .................. 26
The Three Things Astrologers Need to Learn fromSuccessful Bank Robbers ..............................................51
Planets, Signs & Houses: The Grammar of theLanguage of Astrology .............................................. 55
Essential Dignities and the Board of Directors......... 60
Why You Cant Interpret the Moon in Libra ............. 64
How to Use Astrology to CreateBulletproof Happiness ............................................... 71
Spiritual Practices ...................................................... 79
Whats Next? .............................................................. 99
Online Natal Astrology Class ......................................... 101
Archetypal Astrology: The Heros Journey ..............116
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The Secret of
Bulletproof Happiness
A
young woman is walking down the street one night
and sees an elderly man on his hands and knees under
a street lamp. She asks him whats wrong, and he tells
her that hes looking or his lost car keys. She oers to help him
nd them (wouldnt you?), but ater a ew minutes o ruitless
searching, the young woman is ready to give up.
Tey dont seem to be here, she says. Where did you last
have them?
Te old man points down the street and answers, Backthere, near my car.
I you lost them back there, why are you looking or them
here? she asks.
Te old man replies, Because the light is better.
Yes, its an old joke, and youve probably heard it beore. But
what you probably didnt know is that this old joke illustratesthe Secret o Happiness.
Te reason that you spend your lie looking or happiness
and never nding it is that youre looking or happiness in the
wrong place.
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Like most people, youve been looking or happiness where
the light is better, in the outside world. But you wont ndhappiness in the outside world because theres no room or it:
the outside world is lled with too much kryptonite.
Bulletproo HappinessTink about a time in your lie when you elt happy. Im not
talking about Christmas-bonus-check-happy, either. Im talkingabout winning-the-lottery- or alling-in-love-happy.
Didnt you eel like you could do anything? You could leap
tall buildings in a single bound and stop a speeding train without
breaking a sweat. You elt invulnerable and invincible. You elt
like bullets would just bounce o your chest like raindrops.
When youre really happy, you eel like youre Superman.
And just like Superman, you y out into the world,
expecting that everything will continue to be wonderul and
perect. But suddenly, something goes horribly wrong. All o
your strength disappears, and you plummet to the ground like
a brick, crashing into the street. You look up and see someonepointing a gun at you.
Ordinarily, you would laugh this o. Youre Superman.
Youre invulnerable. Bullets cant hurt you. But then you notice
the glowing green rock, and you know youre in serious trouble.
Superman is only super as long as he stays away rom
kryptonite. All it takes to turn the Man o Steel into a helplessvictim is a tiny green rock. And as long as theres kryptonite in
the world (and theres a lot o it), Superman isnt bulletproo.
And neither is your happiness.
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The Secret of Bulletproof Happiness 3
The Kryptonite Conundrum
Youre not happy because youre looking or your happinessin the outside world, and the outside world is lled with
kryptonite. No matter how happy you are right now, you know
that happiness could disappear at any moment. You could get a
phone call rom your boss, or a text message rom your mother,
or a registered letter rom the IRS. You could miss your train,
or spill your coee, or lock yoursel out o your apartment. Or,you could just turn on the television and watch the news.
As long as there is kryptonite in the world, you will never be
completely happy. Your happiness will always be eeting, and
vulnerable and conditional.
Most people look at this problem and see two options.
Te rst option is to try to get rid o all o the kryptonite. Not
even Superman could do this. Teres just too much kryptonite
out there. And yet many people devote their lives to this, trying
to change the entire world so they can nally be happy.
Te second option seems more reasonable. You cant get rid o
all o the kryptonite in the world, but you might be able to avoidit.You can build your own Fortress o Solitude and protect yoursel
rom any possible exposure to kryptonite. Tis is also a waste o
time. Te more protection you create, the less happy you eel.
Tere is, however, a third option, although ew people know
about it.
You can become immune to kryptonite.Its possible to reach the point where the kryptonite in the
world no longer has any aect on you or your happiness. No
matter what happens in your lie, you are always completely happy.
You can experience happiness that is completely bulletproo.
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But rst, you have to start looking or your happiness in the
right place.
Where Does Happiness Live?Happiness isnt something you can nd in the outside world;
happiness is a state o mind. Te source o your happiness is
within you.
Tis is a radical concept, and you might want to take a ewminutes to consider it beore you read on. It may be difcult or
you to accept, and you might not have a personal reerence or
it (yet). Nevertheless, its true. In act, its rue with a capital .
In order to nd true happiness, you have to look inside
yoursel and thats scary. Te light is terrible, its hard to see,
and you have no idea what might be lurking in the shadows.
But most o all, its scary because its new and unamiliar, and
you dont know how to go about it.
Tats why youre reading this book. Tis book is specically
designed to give you the tools and guidance that you need to
begin to look inside yoursel so you can connect with the sourceo your happiness.
But theres an even bigger challenge thats keeping you rom
being completely happy:you dont know what true happiness is.
Why You Dont Know What True
Happiness Is YetHas anything you thought would make you happy actually
made you completely happy? Sure, when you get the things that
you want, youre oten happy or a little while, but nothing you
think will make you happy actually does.
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The Secret of Bulletproof Happiness 5
Not only have you been looking in or happiness in the
wrong place, but also you dont actually know what yourelooking or. You dont know what true happiness is because
youve never been truly happy.
rue happiness has nothing to do with external conditions.
rue happiness is completely bulletproo. And no matter how
happy you think youve been, true happiness eels even better.
For now, youll have to take my word or it. Its not possibleto convey this experience in words. Te only way or you to
know bulletproo happiness is to experience it. But once you
experience it, youll understand what Im talking about and
youll never again settle or anything less.
Happiness: How Do You Get ThereFrom Here?Tis book is designed to show you one way that you can create
bulletproo happiness or yoursel. Ultimately all roads (on the
inner path) lead to happiness. Some roads, come with better
directions.Tis path to happiness uses astrology to help you to navigate
rom where you are now to happy. Tis particular approach
to astrology is unique, and dierent rom anything youve
encountered beore. Tis is practical astrology.
By the time you nish reading this book, you will knowhow
to use practical astrology to create bulletproo happiness.
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Practical Astrology
What you care about is happiness. In act, thats allyoucare about. No matter what it is that you want, the
reason you want it is that you believe that when you
get what you want, youll be happy.
Youre interested in astrology because you believe that
understanding astrology will make you happy. Unortunately,
youre wrong.
Understanding astrology will not make you happy. At least
not on its own.
Astrology is a tool. It can help you to get rom wherever you
are now to happy, but only i you use it.
In order or you to be able to use astrology, it has to bepractical. Most astrology is impressive, and ascinating, and
lled with interesting details and mystical insights, but when
you get right down to it, theres nothing you can actually do
with that inormation. Its not practical. You cant actuallyuseit,
and a tool that you cant use is pointless.
Practical astrology is astrology that you can use. You canuse it to gain clarity and insights into the direction o your lie.
You can use it to nd elegant solutions to any challenge youre
acing. But most importantly,you can use practical astrology
to create bulletproo happiness.
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Practical Astrology 7
Practical astrology ollows three simple steps:
. Create a context.. Get specic.
. ake action.
Well take a brie look at each step in this chapter, and explore
them in greater detail in the rest o the book.
Create a ContextOne o the keys to creating bulletproo happiness is to understand
the relationship between contextand content. Context is the big
picture; its what gives meaning to the content. I you dont have
a clear understanding o the context, the content makes no sense.
For example, say that you were running while holding an
inated piece o leather, or throwing an inated piece o leather
to another person while trying to cross a white line and score
points. Without the context o ootball, this content would be
silly and pointless.
Te actions you take and the goals and objectives you have in
your lie are all content. Everything that you have ever wanted orpursued is content. What gives your lie meaningis the context.
Te true context o your lie is happiness. Tis is a very big
goal, however, and its not possible to get there in a single step. You
have to narrow your ocus, creating a series o smaller contexts and
intermediate goals that will guide you to your ultimate objective
o happiness.You get into trouble when you lose sight o the bigger context.
You become so ocused on the intermediate goals like nding
the perect romantic partner, accumulating large sums o money,
1 Many might argue that the content is silly and pointless even with the context o ootball.
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or becoming amous and well respected in your eld that you
orget why youre pursuing those goals in the rst place. Te onlyreason you care about these things is that you believe that theyll
make you happy. However, they wont. As long as your happiness
is based on external conditions, it wont be bulletproo. Your
perect romantic partner could leave, you could lose your money,
and ame only lasts or about minutes.
In order to create a true path to happiness, youll have to letgo o all o your goals and belies (or the moment) and go back
to the drawing board.
We begin with the ultimate context o happiness. In
Chapter , youll learn that your level o happiness is determined
exclusively by your level o consciousness: the higher your level o
consciousness, the happier you are. So within the ultimatecontext
o happiness, we nd the smaller context o consciousness. Well
be using astrology rom within the context o consciousness (and
happiness), which eliminates everything in astrology that isnt
practical or doesnt help you to become happy. And well narrow
the context o astrology even more by ocusing exclusively onthe context o the birth chart(or natal chart). In later chapters,
youll learn how to apply classical techniques within this context
in a way that is empowering, and that allows you to choose how
you experience and express your chart. Tats how you create
bulletproo happiness.
Get SpecicCreating a context sets the stage, but its only a blueprint. It
gives you a clear overview o your objective, and some idea o
what it will look like when its completed.
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But what do you do next? Where do you begin? When you
look at the big picture, it can be overwhelming. Teres just toomuch to take in. Tats why you need to narrow your ocus
even more. You have to break the project down into smaller and
smaller chunks.
You have to get specic.
And you do that by asking a question.
Bear in mind, the quality o the answers you get dependson the quality o the questions you ask. I you want specic,
practical answers, you have to ask specic, practical questions. I
the question is too big, the answer wont have any practical value.
Case in point: as Douglas Adams revealed, the ultimate answer to
the question o Lie, the Universe and Everything is .
Instead o thinking big, you need to think small. Dont look
or answers that have universal applications. You dont need an
answer that will be true or thousands o years. You need an
answer that is true right now, and that addresses your current
situation. When youre at the bottom o a ight o stairs, you
dont worry about how to jump to the top; you just gure outhow to take the next step. When you only ocus on whats right
in ront o you, eventually, youll reach your goal.
Take ActionI youre looking to astrology, that means you have a problem. It
doesnt matter what the circumstances o the problem seem tobe. From the bigger context, all problems are the same problem:
youre not happy.
You turn to astrology because astrology is a tool that can
help you to x your problem and become happy.
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When you understand how to use astrology, you can identiy
the precise nature o your problem, and get a clear, specicpicture o it. But knowing what your problem is doesnt x the
problem. Nothing changes at the level o the chart. You have
to take the precise, specic inormation that youve mined using
astrology and do somethingwith it.
I you want to change your lie and become happy, you have
to take action.But more than that, you have to take the right action. And
its not what you think it is.
Albert Einstein said, You cannot solve a problem rom the
level o consciousness that created it. You must learn to see the
world anew.
aking action rom within your current reality wont change
anything. What youll learn is how to use specic Spiritual
Practices to change the vibration o your consciousness, which
in turn, changes your reality. Astrology can help you to identiy
exactly which Spiritual Practice is the most appropriate or you
at any given time.In Part , youll learn six simple, yet immensely powerul
Spiritual Practices that can help you to move into Right
Relationship with each o theAstrological Archetypes. Tese
are the only actions you need to take in order to expand your
consciousness, and create completely bulletproo happiness.
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Part 1
Create a
Context
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The Context of Consciousness
What you really care about is happiness. Happiness is
the context o your lie, and your ultimate objective.But what is happiness, really?
o understand the ruth about happiness, youll have to
explore some very Big Concepts. Happiness is the result o
your level o consciousness. But more than that, your level o
consciousness determines what you experience as real.
ake your time reading this chapter. I youre new to this,
dont try to grasp everything at once. Each time you read this
chapter or learn about these concepts, theyll become more
amiliar to you, and youll understand them on a deeper level.
But dont skip this chapter, either! Te Big Concepts in
this chapter are what help set up the context so you can createbulletproo happiness.
The Kingdoms o ConsciousnessWhen it comes to Big Concepts, consciousness is one o the
biggest. But the context o consciousness is what allows you to
understand and experience bulletproo happiness.A simple denition o consciousness is the vibrational
requency o your thoughts. Your thoughts determine how you
perceive and experience the world. When you change how you
think about an experience, it changes the experience.
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14 How to Create Bulletproof Happiness Using Practical AstrologyRev. Dr. Michael Beckwith (whom you might know rom
Te Secret) popularized a model o consciousness developed byhis mentor, the late Dr. Homer Johnson. Tis model divides
human consciousness into our kingdoms. Each Kingdom
o Consciousness represents a unique experience o reality
(Figure 1).
First Kingdom is Victim Consciousness, and its where
you, and most o the rest o the world, spend most o your time.When youre in First Kingdom, things are done to you.
Second Kingdom is where you begin to take back your
power and maniest things using reason, logic and the linear
mind. In Second Kingdom, things are done byyou.
Tird Kingdom represents higher spiritual states. Tey are
nonlinear, and beyond both the world o orm and the Law o
Cause and Eect. In Tird Kingdom, things are done through you.
Fourth Kingdom contains the realms o consciousness
known as enlightenment. Beckwith says in Fourth Kingdom,
things are done asyou.
At any given moment, your experience o the world andmore importantly, how happy you are with it depends on
which Kingdom o Consciousness youre in. Tink about a time
when you were depressed, and remember how the world looked
to you then. Now, think about a time when you were in love,
and remember how the world looked.
Te world didnt just lookdierent based on how you wereeeling; the world actuallywasdierent. o understand why this
is true, we need to explore the nature o reality itsel.
1 I disagree with this, because when you reach the levels o consciousness o Fourth Kingdom,
there is no longer ayou or things to be done as.
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Figure 1: Kingdoms of Consciousness
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14 How to Create Bulletproof Happiness Using Practical AstrologyThe Nature o Reality
o begin with, Id like you to consider that there are two dierentkinds o reality: the Big R Reality and the little r reality. Te
Big R Reality is innite. It contains everything in the world.
Your little r reality is nite. It contains everything inyourworld.
Your little r reality is a very small part o the Big R Reality
(Figure 2).
Tink o it this way: the Big R Reality contains everything.Everything includes experiences like poverty, war and oppression.
I accept that these things exist in the world; however, they dont
exist in myworld. I dont have any personal experience o them.
Teyre not a part o my little r reality, and theyre probably
not a part o your little r reality, either.
Are you with me so ar?
Because your little r reality contains only the things
that you personally experience, what you experience as real is
determined by where you put your attention. I you dont notice
something, you dont experience it, so its not real to you. What
you do notice lls your entire reality.Youre a lot like a radio. No matter how many dierent
stations are broadcasting, a radio can tune to only one requency
at a time, and that requency determines what kind o music it
will play. I you pick a rock station, your little r reality will
be lled with rock music. As long as you stay tuned to that
requency, youll never hear any classical music.How happy you are with this depends on whether or not
you enjoy rock music. I you like rock music, youll be happy.2 Some people have suggested that reality television should be included as a third type o
reality. Tis is silly because reality television does not, in act, depict anyones experience o
reality. One o the Real Housewivesclaims to have a pet unicorn.
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reality
Big R
Reality:Everything
in the World
little r reality:everything inyourworld
Figure 2: The Nature of Reality
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14 How to Create Bulletproof Happiness Using Practical AstrologyI you dont like rock music, and would preer to listen to
classical music, you wont be happy. o become happy, youwould have to change your requency and tune to a classical
music station.
Ready or the next bit?
Consider the chair (or soa, or bed) youre sitting on now. Its
completely real to you. Its solid, and its supporting your weight.
You can see and eel it. You can hear it. You can smell it. You caneven taste it, i youre into that sort o thing. But the truth is that
theres almost nothing there but empty space. I you looked at
that chair through an electron microscope, youd realize that its
just a lot o molecules oating around, not touching each other.
Teres no reason why you shouldnt all through the chair.
Te reason you dont all on the oor (or through the oor,
because the oors just a lot o empty space, too) is that you tell
yoursel that the chair and the oor are solid. In act, the reason
that you believe that you can see, eel, hear, smell and/or taste
the chair is that you tell yourselyou can. Tere is a voice in your
head that narrates and describes every single experience to you,and thats what makes the experience real.
Te act is that you know something is real because you tell
yourselit is. Everything you experience in your little r reality
is a story. Its all made up o words.
Still with me? Good. Tis next part may be a bit o a stretch.
You may want to sit down.Just because something is real, doesnt mean its true.
Your little r reality is subjective. No matter what you
3 Tat is, i you still believe that theres anything there or you to sit down on. Or with, or that
matter.
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experience, it always eels equally as real. When you dream, it
eels completely real. When you wake up, thatscompletely real,too. You cant compare two experiences and say that one was
more real than the other.
ruth, on the other hand, is objective. You can compare two
experiences (both o which eel equally as real), and see that one
is more truethan the other.
Each time you take a step back and see the bigger picture,you expand the context o your story. Remember, the Big R
Reality includes everything. When you expand the context o
your story, you make your little r reality bigger. Te more your
little r reality includes, the more closely it resembles the Big R
Reality, and the more true it is.
The Science o TruthDr. David R. Hawkins was the oremost researcher in the eld o
human consciousness. All o Dr. Hawkins research is based on
the science o applied kinesiology, also known as muscle testing.
Its been extensively documented that the bodys acupuncturesystem has the ability to tell i something is benecial or harmul
to the body. When in the presence o something that supports
the body, the acupuncture system gives a positive response, and
the muscle being tested is strong. When in the presence o
something that is harmul to the body, the acupuncture system
gives a non-response, and the muscles go weak.Te breakthrough that ormed the basis o Dr. Hawkins
research was the discovery that muscle testing can be used
denitively to tell the dierence between truth and alsehood in
any context or situation. Te acupuncture system o the body
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14 How to Create Bulletproof Happiness Using Practical Astrologygives a strong response in the presence o truth, but does not
respond in the presence o alsehood.All o Dr. Hawkins ndings have been documented and
repeated hundreds o thousands o times, in multiple situations
and contexts. Te results are consistent both when testing
the arm strength o a nave subject and when measuring an
involuntary reaction in the human eye (the pupil dilates or a
raction o a second in the presence o alsehood).Using applied kinesiology, Dr. Hawkins developed a Map
o Human Consciousness. Tis map includes the ull range
o little r realities that can be experienced by humans. Te
calibrations on the scale o consciousness go rom (the lowest
amount o energy needed or something to be alive) to ,
(the highest possible consciousness that can be experienced
in human orm; this is the level o consciousness o Christ,
Krishna, and Buddha, and only a ew individuals in the history
o the world have attained it). Te scale is logarithmic, which
means that each time it moves up a point, its actually a actor o
. In other words, its not , , , , , its , , , ,,,, ,, etc. Even a one-point increase represents a
massive increase in energy.
Ive taken this map and combined it with the model o the
Four Kingdoms o Consciousness, as you can see in Figure 3.
Each point on the map represents its own little r reality,
dened by the amount o available energy. Dr. Hawkinsalso determined the emotions and eelings that are the most
dominant at the dierent levels o consciousness. Youll notice
that the less energy available, the less attractive those little r
realities are.
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Figure 3: Combined Map of Consciousness
FirstKingdom
Second
Kingdom
Third
Kingdom
Fourth
Kingdom
FirstKingdom
200 Courage175 Pride
250 Neutrality
310 Willingness
350 Acceptance
400 Reason
540 Joy
(Unconditional
Love)
700 Enlightenment
150 Anger
125 Desire
100 Fear
75 Grief
50 Apathy
30 Guilt
20 Shame
Integrity
500 Love
600 Peace
Second
KingdomTruth
Falsehood
Third
Kingdom
Fourth
Kingdom
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14 How to Create Bulletproof Happiness Using Practical AstrologyWhat Dr. Hawkins discovered is that the critical point on
the scale is at calibration level . Anything that calibratesbelow causes the acupuncture system to go weak. Anything
that calibrates above causes the acupuncture system to go
strong. Notice that everything that calibrates below alls
within First Kingdom or Victim Consciousness. In Victim
Consciousness, you encounter Pride, Anger, Desire, Fear, Grie,
Apathy, Guilt and Shame, which coincidentally is also the nameo the worst law rm ever.
Power vs. ForceEverything that calibrates below represents orce, while
everything that calibrates above represents increasing levels
o power. Understanding the dierence between power and
orce is one o the keys to creating bulletproo happiness.
Force is inherently weak. Force does not have enough
energy to sustain itsel, so it consumes energy. Force is always
looking outside o itsel or survival. Force moves in a negative
(downward) direction. It is destructive, and does not support lie.Force always creates a counter-orce; there is always something
working against it.
Power, on the other hand, is strong. Power has enough
energy to sustain itsel. Power is sel-sufcient. Power, in act,
creates energy. Power moves in a positive (upward) direction.
Power is creative, and nurtures and supports lie. And there isno opposite to power. Power is ree to grow and expand because
there isnt anything working against it.
Its so important to understand the dierence between
power and orce, because anyaction taken rom First Kingdom/
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Victim Consciousness/Lack Consciousness uses orce, and will
always be counter-productive.
What Consciousness Has to Do withHappinessSo what does all o this have to do with happiness? Everything.
Your level o consciousness determines your level o happiness.
Remember, the source o your happiness is within you, not inthe outside world. Te little r reality that you experience is a
perect match to your level o consciousness and your level o
happiness.
Te only way to increase your level o happiness is to move
upward on the map o consciousness. Te more energy you
have, the better you eel, and the happier you are.
Dr. Hawkins calibrated the rate o happiness at each o the
levels o consciousness. Te level o Shame () has only a %
rate o happiness; Guilt () has a % rate; Apathy () has a %
rate; Grie () has a % rate; both Fear () and Desire ()
have a % rate; Anger () has a % rate; and Pride ()has a % rate o happiness. As soon as you step out o Victim
Consciousness and move into integrity in Second Kingdom at
the level o Courage (), the rate o happiness more than
doubles to 55%. When you begin to eel truly Sae and reach
the level o Neutrality (), the rate o happiness is %, ve
times greater than it is at the level o Anger.Te Map o Consciousness and the model o the Four
Kingdoms o Consciousness are valuable tools. All you need4 And a 78% chance o a all.5 David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D., ranscending the Levels o Consciousness: Te Stairway to
Enlightenment(Sedona, AZ: Veritas Publishing, 2006), 30.
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eeling. You can then choose the next better-eeling thought andmove up the scale one level at a time.
What Astrology Has to Do WithConsciousness
All you really need to do to become completely happy is to
choose the best-eeling thought currently available to you.Tis is simple, but not always easy.
In order to be able to choose the best-eeling thought
currently available to you, you need to be in the Present
Moment. You spend less time in the Present Moment than
you think.
Accompanying you on this human experience is an ego. Te
ego is sometimes reerred to as the monkey mind. Te monkey
mind is like a tree ull o monkeys. Its always chattering away,
jumping rom branch to branch, and making so much noise
that its difcult to stay anchored in the Present Moment so that
you can choose the best-eeling thought currently availableto you.
It is possible, however, to quiet the monkey mind. Trough
years o dedicated training and consistent meditative practice,
you can train the monkey mind and reduce the chatter, making
it easier or you to be in the Present Moment and choose the
best-eeling thought currently available to you.You can also quiet the monkey mind by giving it a banana.
Te monkey mind wants to know about things. Te
monkey mind wants to explore, and wants to question, because
it believes that knowledge is the path to happiness. Te monkey
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mind doesnt like things to be simple. Te monkey mind likes
a certain amount o complexity. Te trick is to nd that sweetspot, where theres just enough complexity to keep the monkey
mind occupied, but not so much that it gets rustrated.
Tats where astrology comes in.
Astrology will occupy your monkey mind, and give you lots
o new inormation to think about. Tis particular approach
to astrology, however, will provide you with lots o very high-vibration thoughts and concepts, almost all o which will
eel much better (and represent greater levels o ruth) than
the thoughts you would otherwise be thinking. But most
importantly, this approach to astrology is contained within the
context o consciousness (and happiness). You will learn how to
use astrology to help you to move up the scale o consciousness,
so you can experience bulletproo happiness.
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Archetypal Astrology:
Meet the Planets
Astrology is a very big context. It includes a number
o dierent branches, each o which is concerned
with answering dierent types o questions. All they
have in common is that they all use the same set o symbols.
Weve already narrowed the context o astrology by ocusing
exclusively on Natal Astrology and the birth chart, but even
thats not specic enough. Well be working within the context
o a specic approach to Natal Astrology that Ive developed,
calledArchetypal Astrology.
In the system o Archetypal Astrology, the seven personalplanets are theAstrological Archetypes, and each one relates to a
specic aspect o your little r reality. Te context o Archetypal
Astrology makes it much easier to identiy the specic elements
o your little r reality that are keeping you rom experiencing
bulletproo happiness. Tis approach comes rom Tird Kingdom,
where things are truebut not necessarilyreal.Mars isnt in the sky, or in your chart. Mars is one o the
seven voices in your head. I you dont believe me, wait until the1 Other astrologers who work with archetypes (and call their work archetypal astrology) in-
corporate non-astrological archetypes. Ive claimed the name Archetypal Astrology or my
system because it uses the actual planets as the archetypal energies.
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next time someone cuts you o in trafc, and then say hello to
Mars (hes the one making the creative hand gestures). And thatjudgmental, critical voice in your head? Tats not the voice o
God; thats the voice o Saturn.
Instead o trying to change the conditions in your little r
reality, you will learn to move into Right Relationship with each
o the planets through specic Spiritual Practices (which youll
nd in Chapter ). Tis is how you change your vibration, raiseyour level o consciousness, and create bulletproo happiness.
Teres another very big advantage to this system. Once
youre amiliar with the seven personal planets, you know %
o everything you need in order to create your own detailed,
specic, practical interpretations o any chart. In act, once
youve met the Astrological Archetypes, you have the ability
to interpret any planet in any sign without resorting to
keywords or cookbook interpretations.
But beore you can do any o this, you have to create the
context and meet the planets.
The Planets in the Kingdoms oConsciousnessRemember how your experience o reality depends on which
Kingdom o Consciousness youre in at the time? Well, your
experience o each Astrological Archetype also depends on your
current Kingdom o Consciousness.Without the context o consciousness, its impossible to
predict how a person might experience a given planet in his or
her chart. Tis is the reason that most astrology interpretations
are so vague and generalized. When you combine astrology with
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the context o consciousness, however, the range o expression or
each planet comes into ocus. Moving into Right Relationshipwith each Astrological Archetype helps you to advance through
the levels o consciousness. Tis changes how you experience
that Astrological Archetype, and, o course, increases your level
o happiness.
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THE SUN
The
HERO
The Sun: The Hero
Te Sun is the Archetype o theHero, and the process o moving
into Right Relationship with the
Sun is the Heros Journey. Te
Heros Journey is a story in act,
its theStory. It includes both your
little s stories and the Big SStory o your lie. Te Heros
Journey is a quest to nd the
answer to the question, Who am
I?Te Sun represents your Big S
Sel, and the ultimate answer to this question.
While the Sun is who you truly are, its not who you
think you are. You think you are merely your ego/body and
your little s sel (Mars). As you begin to move into Right
Relationship with the Sun, you become aware o your Big S
Sel, and eventually recognize the ruth o your own Unity
with All Tat Is.On a practical level, you experience the Sun when you
encounter your Personal Standards o Integrity. Your
Personal Standards o Integrity arepersonal, which means that
they dont matter to anyone else. Tese are the qualities and
values that dene and shape who you are as an individual. Tey
represent subtle and specic distinctions that other peoplerarely notice or appreciate.
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The Sun in First Kingdom
When you are in First Kingdom, the answer to the questionWho am I? is, I am a victim.
echnically, its not possible to experience the Sun rom
First Kingdom. Te Sun is the essence o integrity, and integrity
doesnt exist in Victim Consciousness. In First Kingdom, you
cant recognize the Big S Sel. You identiy completely with
your ego/body and your little s sel.Te idea that you yoursel could be a hero is unthinkable in
First Kingdom. In act, when youre in Victim Consciousness,
you look or a hero to come rescue you.
The Sun in Second KingdomOnce you step out o Victim Consciousness and into Second
Kingdom, you can begin to connect with the Sun. When you
ask, Who am I? in Second Kingdom, the answer is, I am the
master o my ate and the captain o my soul.
Second Kingdom is where the Heros Journey begins in
earnest. You admire other people as heroes, and you strive toembody their best qualities. Tis is how you discover your
Personal Standards o Integrity. As you advance through Second
Kingdom, you look or recognition rom other people or your
accomplishments and or your integrity.
The Sun in Third KingdomTe transormation when you move into Tird Kingdom is
subtle, yet proound. How you do things doesnt change: youre
still motivated by your Personal Standards o Integrity. Whats
dierent is whyyou do things. In Tird Kingdom, you begin
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to appreciate that the Source o your Happiness is within you.
You no longer care about what other people think o you. Yourvalues begin to shit, and you may nd that you are less and less
interested in the material world.
When you experience the Sun rom Tird Kingdom, you
live in the Present Moment, and you eortlessly choose the
best-eeling thought currently available to you. You begin to
identiy ully with your Big S Sel. Te answer to the questionWho am I? is I am a multi-dimensional, eternal being having
a human experience.
The Sun in Fourth KingdomTe Sun is the only planet that can be said to exist in Fourth
Kingdom, although the Sun that is experienced rom Fourth
Kingdom is the integrated Sel. All o the individual Astrological
Archetypes have merged, and all sense o little s sel has
vanished. Only the Big S Sel exists. Tere is no longer a sense
o separation rom the Divine.
Fourth Kingdom marks the beginning o the Enlightenedand ranscendent states o consciousness. Its the ultimate goal
o Te Heros Journey, although it takes many lietimes to reach.
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Saturn: The Judge
Saturn is the Archetype o theJudge. Saturn represents the Law,
at least within the context o the
Story. Specically, Saturn represents
the Law o Cause and Eect,
which governs the world o orm,
and is the highest Law in SecondKingdom. Saturn represents all
limits, boundaries and restrictions,
including your perceptions o time.
Without Saturn, you would
not be able to connect with the Sun and discover your Personal
Standards o Integrity. Ater all, your Personal Standards o Integrity
are limitations. Saturn is responsible or the eeling o discomort
you experience when you cross a boundary and step out o integrity.
While the other Archetypes express by saying Yes, Saturn is
the Archetype that says No. Tis can be unpleasant, especially
when you experience Saturn rom First Kingdom. But the truth is,Saturn is supporting you in your pursuit o happiness. Saturn
closes doors because exploring whats behind those doors would
be a waste o your time: those doors dont lead to your happiness.
Every time Saturn says No, youre one step closer to connecting
with your Big S Sel and becoming completely happy.
Saturn is your Inner Parent. Your experiences with yourouter parents orm the basis or how you experience Saturn. As
you move into Right Relationship with Saturn, you learn how to
reclaim your power rom the authority gures in your lie.
SATURN
The
JUDGE
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Saturn in First Kingdom
Te experience o Saturn rom First Kingdom can be summed upas, I ought the law and the law won. You automatically give
your power away to authority gures. You avoid accountability
at all costs because you ear being punished or your mistakes.
When you encounter Saturn in First Kingdom, the punishment
is death or a rst oence.
In order to move out o First Kingdom, you have to bewilling to be held accountable. You must literally throw yoursel
on the mercy o the court.
Saturn in Second KingdomWhen you experience Saturn rom Second Kingdom, the highest
law o the land is the Law o Cause and Eect. You begin to
accept accountability or your actions and your intentions.
Because youre experiencing Saturn rom a place o integrity,
the entire dynamic o the relationship transorms. You nally
understand that i you dont cross the boundaries or break the
laws, you dont get punished. Ironically, the more you respectthe limits and boundaries o Saturn, the reer you eel.
Saturn in Third KingdomWhen you experience Saturn rom Tird Kingdom, the highest
law o the land is the Law o Attraction. You recognize the
truth o the Law o Cause and Eect, which is that absolutelyeverythingthat you experience in your little r reality is efect.
Te causeis your level o consciousness.
Limits and boundaries arent arbitrary; theyre a part o the
vibrational requency o each level o consciousness. When you
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raise your consciousness and tune to a dierent little r reality,
you experience a dierent set o laws and boundaries.In Tird Kingdom, nothing is set in stone with Saturn, and
miracles are possible. When you experience Saturn rom Tird
Kingdom, you truly appreciate that Saturn works or you.
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THE MOON
The
REFLECTION
The Moon:
The RefectionTe Moon is the Archetype othe Reection. Te Moon reects
the light o the Sun, and like all
reections, it distorts and lters
the essence o the Source, depicting
a acet, a shadow, some singleelement o the original or deeper
exploration and understanding.
Te Moon is in charge o your
memories o who you truly are:
the Big S Sel that you are in the process o rediscovering. Te
Moon contains everything you experience as your unconscious
and your subconscious.
Te Moon is your Emotional Guidance System. Tis is
how you navigate the levels o consciousness, turning away
rom little r realities that eel unpleasant, and turning towards
little r realities that eel good.Its critical to understand the source o eelings. Feelings
dont arise because o conditions in your little r reality. Feelings
spontaneously arise because you are tuned to a specic level o
consciousness. Te Law o Attraction then creates experiences
that ll your little r reality that are a match to that specic
vibration. Feelings arent the efecto things you experiencein your lie; theyre the causeo the things you experience.
When you dont like what youre eeling, all you need to
do to tune to a higher requency o consciousness is choose
the best-eeling thought currently available to you. Most o
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the time, instead o choosing a better-eeling thought, you try
to change the conditions in your little r reality. Tis keepsyou tuned to that specic requency, which only intensies the
painul and unpleasant eelings.
In order to lessen the pain you experience, you create a story
about the eeling. When you combine a eeling with a story, you
get an emotion. Emotions are less intense than eelings, because
when you experience an emotion, youre not ully present. Parto you eels the eeling, but part o you tells the story.
Te problem is that emotions keep you stuck in your little s
story and your little r reality. And the more you identiy with
your little s story, the more time you spend in First Kingdom/
Victim Consciousness.
When you move into Right Relationship with the Moon,
you repair your Emotional Guidance System, and begin to
eel your eelings. Tis allows you to navigate the levels o
consciousness and become truly happy.
The Moon in First KingdomWhen you experience the Moon rom First Kingdom, youeel unsae. Your Emotional Guidance System is shut down
completely. You are largely unaware o what youre eeling; what
youre conscious o eeling is ear, anxiety and stress.
In First Kingdom all eelings are emotions. When you
experience an emotion, you automatically react, which reinorcesthe story and keeps you trapped in Victim Consciousness.
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The Moon in Second Kingdom
When you experience the Moon rom Second Kingdom, youeel Sae. When your Saety Needs are met, you are able to step
out o Victim Consciousness and into integrity. Anytime the
balance in your Saety Need account drops below the minimum
level, you dive back into Victim Consciousness.
In Second Kingdom, your Emotional Guidance System
begins to unction. Gradually, you begin to experience moreeelings than emotions. You discover that you have the ability to
respond, rather than to react. Tis allows you to stay in integrity
or longer periods o time.
The Moon in Third KingdomWhen you experience the Moon rom Tird Kingdom, you eel
completely surrendered. Your Emotional Guidance System is
ully unctional. You rarely encounter emotions; instead, you
experience eelings, which you immediately release. Te only
action you take is to turn away rom unpleasant eelings, and
turn towards good eelings.
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Mars: The Warrior
Mars is the Archetype o theWarrior. Te Warrior sees the
world in black and white. Te
Warrior chooses an objective and
then ollows the most direct path
to reach that objective, overcoming
any obstacles in the path withsingle-minded ocus and utter
disregard or the consequences.
Mars, the Warrior, is the part o
you that wants things and that goes
ater the things that you want. What Mars lacks is perspective.
Mars only wants to expend energy in a ocused and directed
manner. Te Warrior doesnt care what hes ghting or; he only
wants to experience the sheer joy o channeling energy. Mars
cares about Power; however, part o Mars path is to discover the
dierence between orce and the true Power that comes rom
higher levels o consciousness.While the Sun is the Big S Sel, who you trulyare, Mars
is the little s sel, who you thinkyou are. Mars is in charge o
your ego/body, the vehicle you operate while youre having your
human experience. Mars is in responsible or protecting your
physical body by meeting your Physiological Needs (air, ood,
water, shelter and sleep). In order to protect the body, the egomust be exquisitely sensitive to any vibration that is detrimental
to lie. Tis is why the ego lives in First Kingdom.
Mars is unique among the Astrological Archetypes because
Mars always maintains a presence in First Kingdom. Mars in First
MARS
The
WARRIOR
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Mars in Third Kingdom
When you experience Mars rom Tird Kingdom, you encounterthe ruth that the Power is in the Present Moment. Mars in
Tird Kingdom is the Peaceul Warrior: there is nothing to ght.
In Tird Kingdom, the ego seeks transcendence.
In Tird Kingdom you meet Captain Mars, and in the
higher levels o Tird Kingdom you can even encounter the op
Brass. You understand that creation only requires that you alignwith the proper requencies. Te actions that Private Mars takes
in the world o orm dont change; however, the motivations
and intentions behind those actions change dramatically. In
Tird Kingdom, you are no longer motivated by the things that
you want, because you lack nothing.
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VENUS
The
BELOVED
Venus: The Beloved
Venus is the Archetype o theBeloved. Wherever you experience
love or appreciation, you nd
Venus. Venus is the archetype
who determines your values.
Appreciating and aligning with
your values is an essential parto embodying your Big S Sel.
Values are what give meaning,
purpose and direction to the
Heros Journey. Venus is what
motivates you to embark on the Heros Journey in the rst
place. You set out on your own, you ace challenges, pass tests
and claim your greatness because doing so will bring you into
closer relationship with Te Beloved. Love, ater all, is the most
powerul and important power in the Universe.
When considering Venus, you have to understand the
dierence between what you valueand what you desire. Desireis the provenance o Mars. Desires are wants, and originate
in First Kingdom and the world o orm. Values are eternal
qualities o the Divine. Teyre abstract concepts that include
Abundance, Balance, Beauty, Freedom, Harmony,Joy, Love,
Order, Peace, Power, UnityandWisdom. Teyre not things
you can go out and get. Teyre always present in all things. Youjust have to notice them.
Although the Core Values represent the highest and most
direct experience o Venus and the Beloved, theyre not how
you encounter Venus on a daily basis. Te Core Values operate
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rom Tird Kingdom, which is non-linear and beyond orm.
Tis means theyre true, but theyre not necessarilyreal.In your little r reality and the world o orm, Venus is in
charge o your Validation Need Account. When you receive
a deposit in your Validation Need Account, you eel loved
and appreciated. Te love and appreciation is conditional,
however. Its based on appearances and circumstances in your
little r reality, and i those circumstances change, the love youexperience could be taken away. Your happiness doesnt become
bulletproo until you experience Venus rom Tird Kingdom.
Venus in First KingdomWhen you experience Venus rom First Kingdom, Venus is in
service to Mars (who is in charge o First Kingdom). What you
value is what Mars wants, which is power, or more accurately,
control over the conditions in your little r reality. You value
things like money, sex, ame, and the envy o others because these
things represent power to you. In First Kingdom, everything
has a price, including love.
Venus in Second KingdomWhen you experience Venus rom Second Kingdom, what you
value is status. Relationships, and meeting your Validation
Needs, become increasingly important. You care about what
other people think o you. You value intangibles like respect,success and approval, but you still look or these in other people.
Te experience o Love in Second Kingdom is conditional, and
generally limited to special relationships, such as romantic
partners, close riends, and amily.
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Venus in Third Kingdom
When you experience Venus rom Tird Kingdom, what youvalue is Love. Te transormation in your lie is both subtle and
proound. You begin to be motivated by your Core Values, and
this permanently alters how you engage in your lie. As you
advance through the levels o consciousness in Tird Kingdom,
Love becomes Unconditional, and happiness becomes
completely bulletproo.
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Mercury:
The StorytellerMercury is the archetype othe Storyteller. Most people
underestimate the power and
importance o story. Your lie and
all o your experiences are nothing
but a story. You are immersed,engrossed and transported by the
story. Te story seems utterly real;
and yet, no matter how real the story
appears, it is, underneath, merely a
story. What you experience as real is nothing but a collection o
well-chosen words declaimed by an expert Storyteller.
Story is what drives you. Story is what you live or. But,
as important as story is, you seldom give any thought to the
Storyteller. In order or there to be a story, there must be one
outside o the story who tells the tale and lies the lies and
transports you with words and images to ar away worlds.Mercury is the part o you that tells the story. Mercury is the part
o you that narrates your lie. Mercury is the part o you that
convinces you that everything that you experience is absolutely
real. And Mercury is the part o you that lies, and then convinces
you that those lies are true. Mercury is not merely the archetype
o the Storyteller: Mercury is also the archetype o the rickster.Everything in your little r reality is a part o your story,
and your story is made up o your thoughts. Everything in your
story is real, but its not necessarily true. I you dont like the
way that your story is unolding, you have the power to change
MERCURY
The
STORYTELLER
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the Storyteller. When you question your story and move intoRight Relationship with Mercury, you choose better-feeling
thoughts. Raising the vibration of your thoughts expands your
consciousness, which in turn shifts the context of your story.
When you experience your story from an expanded context, it
feels better.
Mercury in First KingdomWhen you experience Mercury from First Kingdom, the story
you tell is a tragedy. You only experience the little s story,
which keeps you playing small. You gather evidence to support
the beliefs that Im right, and Its not my fault. Tis keeps
you trapped in Victim Consciousness. Your thoughts and the
story feel very stressful.
Mercury in Second KingdomWhen you experience Mercury from Second Kingdom, the story
you tell is a grand adventure. Although you mostly experiencethe little s story, you begin to catch glimpses of your Big S
Story, and that inspires you to grow. Te biggest change in
Second Kingdom is that you are willing to learn and willing
to be wrong. In Second Kingdom, knowledge is power, and
your thoughts, and the story you tell, feel empowering.
Mercury in Third KingdomWhen you experience Mercury from Tird Kingdom, the story
you tell is a comedy. You pursue your Big S Story and release
the little s story. In Tird Kingdom, you are able to recognize
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and appreciate the game o the Heros Journey. You become the
author o your own story. When you change the words, youchange the world.
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JUPITER
The
DREAMER
Jupiter:
The DreamerJupiter is the archetype o theDreamer. In traditional astrology,
Jupiter is associated with growth
and expansion, but all growth and
expansion begins with dreams.
Dreams are where you escapethe illusion o your little s sel
and enter the realm o innite
possibility. Dont expect all o your
dreams to be enjoyable, however.
Sometimes you have to conront your ears in order to grow.
Jupiter supports you by expanding the context so that you can
move rom the little s sel to the Big S Sel.
Mercury provides the content o your story, but Jupiter
provides the context. Te context is what gives the story meaning.
In order to move into Right Relationship with Jupiter, you
must appreciate the dierence between antasy and imagination.Both antasy and imagination involve dreaming about
something you would like to experience. Imagination is creative
and activates the Law o Attraction. Fantasy, however, is not
creative. When you antasize, you push your dream arther away
rom you. Te dierence between antasy and imagination is
aith, which is also the domain o Jupiter.
Jupiter in First KingdomWhen you experience Jupiter rom First Kingdom, the dream
is either a antasy or a nightmare. You antasize about escape
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rom the pain o Victim Consciousness, but you lack the aith
to move out o it on your own. Jupiter makes everything bigger,and in First Kingdom, what you experience is big lack. Tere
are endless possibilities o how things could go wrong, so you
nd it hard to even make an eort.
Jupiter in Second Kingdom
When you experience Jupiter rom Second Kingdom, thedream is o the possibilities o your Big S Story. You have
aith in the Big S Sel (and your personal sel), and know
that you can grow and expand as an individual. You access the
power o imagination, as you develop aith and expand your
consciousness.
Jupiter in Third KingdomWhen you experience Jupiter rom Tird Kingdom, you are
completely surrendered to the creative process. You know that
all you need do is plant the seed; you dont have to make it
grow. In Tird Kingdom, you have aith in (and o) whatevername or concept you have o God. You truly know that you are
innite and innitely powerul. You know that your thoughts
and belies create reality.
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The Three Things Astrologers
Need to Learn from
Successful Bank Robbers
Lets say you wake up one morning and decide to rob a bank.
You get dressed, brush your teeth, and drive around until
you nd a bank that looks like it has a lot o money in it.
You walk in the ront door and ask to see the money. Much to
your surprise, the manager doesnt give you the combination to
the vault and oer to bring you a latte. Instead, youre tossed out
on the sidewalk by armed guards who lock the door behind you.
Assuming that you actually wanted to rob a bank, you
would never go about it that way. Even a novice bank robberknows you cant just waltz in the ront door and expect the
bank to hand over all o its money to you. Robbing a bank
takes planning and strategy. Even the most inexperienced bank
robber always knows three things in advance:
. What youre looking or.
. How to get it.. How to get out.
Interpreting a chart is exactly like robbing a bank. You cant
just wander in o the street and expect the chart to give up any
useul or practical inormation.
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Once youve established the context, you have to get specic;
and the rst step o getting specic is creating a plan. Te detailswill vary rom plan to plan, but when it comes to robbing
banks and astrology every plan will cover these three points.
Know what youre looking or.A successul bank robber always has a specic target in mind.
Its not enough to go ater some diamonds that are stored in asaety deposit box. A successul bank robber plans to steal the
amous Vomissimant Diamond, which is kept in box in
the upper quadrant o the south wall o the bank vault.
Its the same thing with astrology. Te quality o the answers
that you get out o the chart depends on the quality o the
questions you ask beore going in. Te only way to get practical,
specic answers is to ask practical, specic questions.
Te best way to narrow the scope o a question and make it
more specic is to limit the context o the question. Asking, What
do I need in my relationships? is too vague. Its the equivalent
o wandering around the Saety Deposit Vault hoping someoneorgot to lock his box. On the other hand, asking, What do I
needright nowrom my boss in order or me to eelvalued and
appreciated at work, targets a specic box.
Until you have a specic, ocused, targeted question, dont
even look at the chart.
When you create a context and get specic, it allows youto get precise, specic answers that have immediate, practical
value. And the best part is, once you have your precise, specic,
practical answer, you can expand the context and apply that
answer to other, similar questions.
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For example, knowing what you need rom your boss in
order to make you eel valued and appreciated at workwillhelp you to understand what you need rom your romantic
partner in order to eel loved and appreciated at home.
Know how to get it.Once a bank robber knows his target and where to nd it, he
chooses the right tools or the job, and uses only those tools. Itdoesnt matter how many years he spent learning how to crack
a sae, i the diamond isnt being held in a sae, he wont use any
o his sae-cracking tools. He may know six dierent methods
o opening a locked saety deposit box, but hell only use one. A
bank robber cares about getting the best possible results in the
shortest possible time.
Astrologers nd this particularly challenging, because there
are so many dierent techniques, and so many dierent ways to
look at the chart. Tis conusion is the result o a lack o context
and a lack o a specic, ocused objective.
When you begin with a clear understanding o the contextand progress to a specic, ocused question, which technique to
use becomes obvious. And when youre absolutely clear about
which technique to use, you wont waste any energy second-
guessing yoursel or your interpretations.
Know how to get out.A successul bank robber knows how (and when) to get out. Te
longer he spends in the bank, the less chance he has o getting
out alive. Its not possible to get allo the valuables out o the
bank at once. Dont be greedy. ake just what you can carry
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and get out ast. You can always come back another time to get
something else.Its the same thing with the chart. You can only escape with
one practical piece o inormation at a time. I you get greedy
and try to do too much at once, youll get bogged down and you
wont make it out o the chart alive.
When you consider your situation rom the contexts o
happiness, consciousness, and Archetypal Astrology, thereason youre not happy is that youre out o alignment with
one o the Astrological Archetypes. When you look at the chart,
the question youre asking is, Which planet is causing the
problem? Te answer to this question isnt always obvious, so
you may have to use some specic interpretation techniques to
nd it. But once you identiy the problem planet, youre done
with the chart, and its time to get out.
Remember that nothing changes at the level o the chart.
Once youve gotten a practical, specic answer, you need to
take it into your lie and act on it. Te only actions you will
take will be Spiritual Practices to help you to move intoRight Relationship with the specic planet thats causing the
challenges in your lie.
Youll learn all o the Spiritual Practices in Chapter . First,
you need to learn how to identiy a problem planet.
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Planets, Signs & Houses:
The Grammar of theLanguage of Astrology
One o the reasons that its so difcult to learn astrology
is that very ew people approach astrology rom the
correct context. Learning astrology is exactly like
learning a oreign language. Most astrologers try to master the
language o astrology by memorizing phrases and keywords,
and this is why theyre not uent in the language.
In order to truly speak astrology, you have to understand therules o grammar and sentence structure. Once you understand
how the dierent parts o speech in astrology t together, youll
nd it easy to create your own sentences without having to rely
on a phrase book.
The PlanetsEverything in astrology comes down to the planets. Everything.
In act, once youve gotten to know the seven personal planets,
you know % o everything you need to become uent in the
language o astrology.
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Without the planets, you cant create a sentence in astrology.
Te planets are the nounsand the verbso astrology. Planets tellyou who and what.
No matter what the question, no matter what the situation,
an interpretation alwaysbegins with aplanet.
Since youve already met the planets, we can move on.
The SignsIn the language o astrology, the signs are the adjective and
adverbs. Tey modiy the nouns and verbs. Signs tell you how
and whya planet expresses. However, the signs do not in any
way alter the undamental nature o a planet.
Saturn is always Saturn. Saturn alwayscares about boundaries,
structure, orm, authority and responsibility. When Saturn is in
Pisces, Saturn does not stop caring about boundaries, structure,
orm, authority and responsibility. Granted, Saturn in Pisces
may not be very eective at maintaining (or even recognizing)
boundaries; however, even in Pisces, Saturn still cares about
boundaries.Pisces modies how and why Saturn expresses. Saturn in
Pisces cares about dierent boundaries than Saturn in Aries
does. Saturn in Pisces has a dierent management style than
Saturn in Leo. Adding the energy o the sign to the planet
allows you to get more detailed, specic inormation about how
that planet expresses. You can get a clear understanding o howa sign inuences a planet by looking at the signs elementand
modality.
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The Four Elements
Each sign belongs to one o the our elements, Fire, Earth,AirorWater. Te element o a sign tells you which plane that sign
belongs to, and in turn, gives inormation about what motivates
any planet in that sign.
Te element oFire is all about taking action, expending
energy, and expressing identity. Fire is lie and spirit, and its a
very active element. Fire signs make planets ocused and intensein their expression.
Te element o Earth expresses on the material and
physical plane. Planets in Earth signs care about practical,
tangible results, and they preer to operate in the world o orm.
Te element oAir represents the mental, social and
intellectual plane. Planets in Air signs are more comortable
with abstract concepts, ideas and theories than they are with
practical implementation.
Te element oWater represents the emotional and spiritual
plane. Planets in Water signs care the most about eelings, and
usually care more about what lies beneath the surace than theydo about how things appear.
The Three ModalitiesEach sign also belongs to one o three modalities, Cardinal,
Fixed, or Mutable. Te modalities inuence both how a planet
expresses, and why the planet expresses.Cardinal signs initiate action. Planets in Cardinal signs
are very motivated, and love to start something new; once the
novelty wears o, however, they tend to lose interest. Planets in
Cardinal signs act in order to express their individual identity.
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Fixed signs are about sustaining and maintaining things.
Planets in Fixed signs have tremendous stamina, and love a slow,steady routine. Tey are oten stubborn, and very resistant to
change. Te reason or this is that planets in Fixed signs are
undamentally concerned with sel-worth.
Mutable signs are about completion. Planets in Mutable
signs are very exible and adaptable. Tey do have a tendency
to take on too many things at once, however, and can becomeoverwhelmed and scattered. Planets in Mutable signs act in
order to grow, to heal, and to evolve.
The HousesHouses are the last major part o speech in the language o
astrology. Each house represents a dierent area o lie, and
when you include the houses in a sentence, they tell you where
a planet expresses.
Te First House relates to who you are as an individual.
Te Second House is everything that belongs to you,
including your talents and resources; its the deault house oyour money, nances and material worth.
Te Tird House relates to your childhood, siblings,
early education, and your immediate surroundings, as well as
communication, writing, and your personal (private) spirituality.
Te Fourth House is your oundation: it contains your
home, your amily, your ancestors, and it represents your ather;its also the house o real estate and property.
1 In classical astrology, the Father is the 4th house and the Mother is the 10th house. Modern
astrology reversed these in an attempt to get the planets, signs and houses to line up as a part
o the Astrological Alphabet. Tere is no inherent connection between Cancer and the 4th
house, and thereore no reason to assign the Mother to the 4th when she belongs in the 10th.
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Te Fith House is the house o children, creativity, gambling,
love aairs, and sex; its where you express your individuality, haveun, and look or attention rom others.
Te Sixth House is your daily job and your physical routine;
it contains everything that you need to do on a regular basis to
maintain a physical body; its also the house o illness.
Te Seventh House is the deault house o other people in
one-to-one relationships. Specically, seventh house relationshipsare contractual relationships, including marriage, although as
soon as two people live under the same roo, the relationship has
moved rom the th house to the seventh house. Its also the
house o open enemies.
Te Eighth House is the house o other peoples stu; it relates
to shared resources, death, taxes, inheritance, and the occult.
Te Ninth House is where you encounter higher education,
organized religion, philosophy, long-distance travel, publishing,
and cross-cultural experiences.
Te enth House is the most public part o your chart; it
relates to your career (lie path), your role and contributions tosociety, and your mother.
Te Eleventh House is where you encounter your riends
and your peers, and where you spend time participating (and
creating) in groups.
Te welth House is your shadow sel: its visible to everyone
except you. Its where you go to meditate and connect with yourinner guidance. It also relates to prisons, institutions, and hidden
enemies.
2 Te idea that sex belongs in the 8th house is a Freudian construct and doesnt show up until the
1930s. Te only sex that belongs in the 8th house requires a leather wardrobe and a sae word.
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Essential Dignities and the
Board of Directors
Now that youre clear about the context and youre amiliar
with the basic grammar o the language o astrology,
youre ready to learn how to get reallyspecic with your
interpretations by working with the Essential Dignities.
Te Essential Dignities are an ancient system o evaluating the
relative strength o a planet at any given degree o a sign. Tey
are the heart and soul o classical astrology, but modern astrology
ignores them completely.
Tere are ve dierent Essential Dignities: Rulership,
Exaltation, riplicity, erm and Face. Rulership, Exaltation andriplicity are sign-based and dont vary by degree. Te planets that
have dignity by erm and Face, however, depend on the specic
degree o the sign. Generally, youll need to look up the Essential
Dignities using either Ptolemys able o Essential Dignities, or
myE-Z Essential Dignity Card.
In recent years, there has been a renewed interest in classicalastrology, and more astrologers are aware o the value o the
Essential Dignities, especially when working with predictive
astrology. Te challenge is that the traditional applications o the
1 Available or $9.95 plus shipping at http://www.EZDignity.com.
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Essential Dignities ocus on the relative strength or weakness
o the planets. In the context o a horary or an event chart, this
is useul and valuable inormation. In the context o a natal chart,
however, its not.Te system o Archetypal Astrology includes the Board o
Directors model, a new approach to working with Essential
Dignities in the context o a natal chart. Tis not only allows or
incredibly specic interpretations, but also eliminates the need to
memorize keywords or cookbook interpretations. Youll simply
use your understanding o the planets to get detailed, specic andpractical inormation about any planet in any sign.
You will not nd this technique anywhere else. Its
something that Ive developed over a number o years, and its a
undamental part o Archetypal Astrology.
Figure 4: E-Z Essential Dignity Card
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The Board o Directors
Tink o each sign as a corporation.A corporation is involved in a particular type o business.
Te element and modality o the sign determine the type o
business. For example, Libra is aCardinal Air sign. Because
its a Cardinal sign, Libra is concerned with the question o
individual identity. Because its an Air sign, Libra operates
on the mental, intellectual, abstract and social realm, and islargely concerned with making connections.
A corporation has a CEO, who is the public ace o the
company. Te Ruler o the sign is the CEO. Te planet that
rules a sign is literally the boss o that sign. Any planet in a
sign has to check with the Ruler o the sign or guidance and
direction about what they want and how they can express.
Balance,Harmony,
and Justicesince 500 B.C.
7LIBRA
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But a corporation also has a Board o Directors. Te planets
that have Essential Dignity or the specic degree o a signmake up the members o the Board o Directors or that degree.
Te Board Members operate behind the scenes, and inuence the
policies that the CEO shares with the public. As powerul as the
CEO is, the Board o Directors can sometimes out-vote the CEO.
Each Board Member has a xed number o votes, depending
on which Essential Dignity they represent. Te Ruler (CEO)gets votes; the planet with Exaltation gets votes; the planet
with riplicity gets votes; the planet with erm gets votes;
and the planet with Face gets vote.
Its common or one planet to hold multiple seats on the
board, which gives that planet additional votes. For example,
Saturn is Exalted in Libra, giving Saturn a minimum o votes
on the Board o Directors. In a day cart, however, Saturn also
has riplicity, which gives Saturn an extra votes or a total
o votes enough to overrule the CEO (Venus) with only
votes on the board.
What this means is that a planet in Libra where Saturn hascontrol o the Board o Directors will express dierently than a
planet in Libra where Venus is in charge.
Do you see how valuable this inormation is? Without this
inormation, its virtually impossible to create a detailed, specic
and practical interpretation. Tis is why so many astrologers
struggle with interpretations.Its also why its impossible to interpret the Moon in Libra.
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Why You Cant Interpret the
Moon in Libra
Its not possible to interpret the Moon in Libra.
Tis doesnt stop most astrologers rom trying, o course.
A typical cookbook interpretation o the Moon in
Libra would include phrases like balanced emotions, and
enjoys harmony and beauty, and probably some reerence to
the importance o eelings in relationships.
What, precisely are you supposed to do with that inormation?
Its vague, its too general, and it has no practical value. And the
reason or that is that the question What does the Moon in
Libra mean? is vague, general and impractical.Beore you can interpret the Moon in Libra, you have to
dene a context, and then come up with a specic question.
You need to dene exactly why you need to interpret the Moon
in Libra. In these examples, well approach the Moon rom the
context o Saety, and ask the question, What does the Moon
in Libra need to eel Sae?Well consider three dierent Moons at similar degrees o
Libra and answer this question using Essential Dignities and the
Board o Directors.
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