ALANOKEN'S COMPLETE' ASTROLOGY ALANOKEN'S COMPLETE ASTROLOGY REVISED EDITION BANTAMBOOKS TORONTO NEWYORKLONDON SYDNEY AUCKLAND ALANOKEN'SCOMPLETEASTROLOGY.REVI SEDEDITION ABantamBook /August1988 Thematerialcontainedinthisbookwasoriginally publishedbyBantaminthreeseparatevolumes. AS ABOVE.SOBELOW CopyrightIC1973byBantamBooks.Inc. THEHOROSCOPE.THE ROADAND ITSTRAVELERS CopyrightI!:J1974byAlanOken ASTROLOGY: EVOLUTION AND REVOLUTION Copyright@1976byAlanOken FirstRevisedBantamtradeedition/ Augus,1980 Second RevisedBantamtradeedition/ August1988 Illustrationsonpages 436. 437,439, 441 . 443, 485, 490,and 497 byRheaBraunstein. All rightsreserved. Copyright@1980.1988byAlanOken. Coverphotographcopyright@1988byImageBank/AlainChoiset . No part of thisbook may bereproduced or transmilled . inany formor byanymeans , electronic or mechanical, inc/uding photocopying,recording,or byanyinformation storageand retrieval system,withoutpermissionin writing fromthepublisher. Forinformationaddress:BantamBooks. LIBRARYOFCONGRESS Libraryof Congress Cataloging-In-PublicationData Oken,Alan. [Completeastrology) AlanOken'scompleteastrology.-Rev.ed ..2ndrev.Bantamtrade ed. p.cm. Originallypublishedinthreeseparatevolumes:Asabove.so below.c1973; thehoroscope,theroad, anditstravelers.IC1974; Astrology:evolutionandrevolution,@1976. Bibliography:p. Includesindex. ISBN0-553-34537-0 I.Astrology.2.Zodiac.3.Horoscopes.I.Title.11 .Title: Completeastrology. BF1708. 1.0341988 133.5-dc I98810587e lP Published simultaneouslyintheUnited Statesand Canada BantamBooksarepublished byBantamBooks ,adivisionof Bantam DoubledayDellPublishingGroup,Inc.Itstrademark,consistingof the words"BantamBooks"andtheportrayalof arooster.isRegisteredin U.S. PatentandTrademarkOfficeand inothercountries.MoreaRegis-trada.BantamBooks,666FifthAvenue,NewYork ,NewYork10103. PRINTE DI NTHEUN I TEDSTATESOFAMER I CA FG0987654321 For thelIlewGroupof Worlle to detect with the naked eye. To do so, youwould have to know where to look,and have exceptionally keen vision and a clearsky.Whenobservedbytelescope,Uranusisseenasagreen-214 tintedorb.It isthethirdlargestplanetinthesolarsystem;witha diameterof 29,300milesitisvastenoughtocontain50Earth-sized globes. LikeSaturn and Jupiter, Uranusisa gaseousbodywhose poles are flattened by the speed of its axial rotation. It has a very short day (103A Earth hours)and a long" year"(equal to 84of our own).Uranus isso far fromthe Sun that it receives almost nolight and heat ; from its very coldsurface(about-300F.),theSunwouldappearonlyasavery small,bright disk. The most interesting factwhich astronomers have discovered about Uranusisthetiltof itsaxis.Earth,Mars ,Saturn,andNeptuneare tiltedtowardtheSunatanglesof from23to29degrees.2 Uranusis tiltedsome98degreesto the plane of itsorbit.Thismeans that some-timeswesee Uranus with its equator pointing at us , and at other times wefaceitsnorth pole.Uranushasfivemoonswhichcircletheplanet aroundtheplaneofitsequator.Whenitspoleistiltedtowardthe Earth, it would appear that its fivesatellites arerevolving inhead-on, concentric circlesaroundit. Other data mass15timesthatof Earth density32%of Earth' s gravity1.09 timesthat of Earth II. SYMBOLISM, MYTHOLOGY, AND HISTORY OF URANUS WhenwepassSaturn' sorbit and continueoutwardintospace,we comeacrossthelastthreemembersof theSun' sfamily.Astrologers call them the" planets of the higher octave. "It is important to discuss themeaning of thisphrase inorder toobtain aclear understanding of theesotericprincipleswhich thesethreeplanetsembody. The firstseven lights3 represent the forcesof lifewhich affect each personindividuallyaswellasthehumanracecollectively.Oncewe touch upon the influence of Uranus , the eighth planet , we find that he, hissister Neptune, andhisbrother Plutosymbolizevibrationsof cos-micenergywhichaffectMankindasawholebutdonotnecessarily toucheachbeingon apersonal level. Thelower octave planets aredirectlyconcerned withMan' sphysi-cal and moral evolution, but the higher octave bodies have a frequency whichisgearedspecificallytoMan'sspiritualandgenericevolution. Thisdoesnot mean that Uranus , Neptune, and Pluto willnot produce physical manifestations in the visible world; weshall soon see they do. Butthenatureoftheirproductivityissuchthatitiscreatedbya generationof individualsrather than by one person. I Moore , The Planets,p.140. 20f theotherplanets,Jupiter' saxialinclinationis3degreeswhilethoseof Mercury, Venus,andPluto areuncertain. 3Sun, Moon,Mercury, Venus , Mars, Jupiter, andSaturn. URANUS-LIGHT OF ILLUMINATION215 MercuryruleslogicbutUranus ,itshigheroctave,rulesintuition. Many people, for example,have at one timeor another hada"flash" thatUncle Jack was going to phone them,and fifteenminutes later he did.Butveryfewindividualscanconsciouslyandconsistentlyhook themselvesupto this"flashbox."Some peoplewhohave this gift are afraidofit.Othersletitrunwildandbecomebesiegedbyfalse hunches,wildschemes,or' even worse,byhallucinations.Stillothers take thisaspect of mind, disciplineit , trainit ,andbring itunder their complete control.The latter havebeenvariouslytermedclairvoyants or crazies, psychicsor psychos,occultistsor kooks ,seers or sinners, thenomenclaturedependinginpart onwheninhistoryandwhereon Earthsuchindividualshaveappeared. Whatwemustrealizeisthathumanevolutionhasfarfromcom-pleted its course. Man has not reached hisperfected and designed state of being.Man hasonly activated his fivephysical senses but there are at least twometaphysical senseswhichliedormant withinhim.Those whoareintuitivelyperceptivearesaidtobepossessedof a" sixth sense." This isliterally true. The sixth sense isintuition.Mankind as a wholeisjustawakeningtoitspresence,butithasyettobecomea common faculty for all to utilize consciously. One of the main purposes of astrological and occult studiesisto awaken the latent sixth sense in those who are ready to use it constructively for their own evolution and forthe furtherdevelopment of humanity. Uranus isthe planet which embodies thesixth sense.Its energy, as well asthat of theother twohigher octaveplanets,isbeginning tobe feltpersonallybyagrowingnumber of people.Mankindispreparing itself for the infusion of this aspect of the life-force and we are the first generation who are able to respond to it en masse. Wemay not acquire the ability to fullyassimilate allof the deeper ramifications of the sixth sense,butitsdevelopmentisleavingimpressionsonthecollective unconsciousnessof humanity.Its presencewillbe passed on to future generationswhowill,in their time, ripen it andbring it to fullmatura-tion.Oncethisprocessisactualized,Manwillbereadytomakehis nextstep forwardtowardthefulfillmentof hiscollectivedestiny:the development of theseventhsense. Uranuswasdiscovered almo.st two-hundredyearsagothroughthe powers of aUranian instrument , thetelescope, the work of aUranian mind, Galileo.The rays of Uranus allow Man to goone step further by taking him out of his personal concerns and desires and lifting him up to alevelof awarenessthroughwhichhemayfunctioninanobjective sense for Mankind.Thus Uranus symbolizes Man' s liberation fromthe bondageofthepersonalityandsignifiesthepowerwhichmaybe achievedthroughthecollectedenergiesof trulyindividualizedsouls workingtowardaconsciousconnectionwiththeSourceof Life. The glyph for Uranus ijI stands for the joining together of the soul of Man(onesemicircle)withthedivinesoulof finitemanifestation(the other semicircle).4 The twosemicircles rest on either side of the cross. 4Seethesymboli smof the Moon,pp.182-184. 216ASABOVE, SO BELOW Thismeansthatthelinkingof thehumanwiththedivineleadstoa greaterevolutionarygrowthonEarth.The littlecircleistheforceof the energizing and vivifying Spirit whose life-flow makes it all possible. The astrologyandastronomy of theancientswasbased on the first seven, visible planets , and we find relatively little about Uranus in their writingscomparedtothemultitudeof informationabouttheprimary septet.AlthoughUranuswasonlyrecentlydiscovered,itspowers were not unknown to the seers of the mystery schools and the temples of the past.Many of the initiated astrologer-priests of Egypt,Babylon, Israel , Greece, etc. , knew ofthe existence of Man' s other, latent facul-tieswhichcouldnotbeattributedtothecharacteristicsof theseven knownplanets. Uranusdoes, haveaplaceintheancientheavenbutheisnot,of course, representedbyaphysicalbody as areZeus , Aphrodite,Ares, etc.TheHindusknowhimasthegreatgodVaruna,"theUniversal encompasser,theallembracer... Space,themakerof Heavenand Earth, since both manifested out of hisseed. " 5In this and inthe more "modern"mythologyof theancient Greeks,weseethatUranuspar-takes of the attributes of theSolar Force, forheisan active creator, a power fromwhomother godsareformed.Thisismoreclearlyillus-tratedbytheGreek legendof Ouranos. Ouranos (a name meaning " heaven") was the oldest ofthe gods.He waswedto Ge (the Earth goddess)and among their other divine prog-eny,theyproducedKronos(Time).Ouranoswasatyrant,forhedid notallowhischildren. toseethelightof daybutburiedthemdeep withintheEarth.HowOuranoswasoverthrownbyKronoswasre-latedinthepreviouschapter;atthispoint ,wewillspeakaboutthe symbolismbehindOuranos' sactions. Thechildren of the gods(that'sus)areburied indarknessuntilthe passage of time (evolution) can bring their consciousnesses out into the light.The life-force is, needJess to say, very potent. Man ismuch more afraid of the Light than he isI)f the Dark and will always shield his eyes againstatruthwhichisbroughttohimprematurely.Hewillthrow stonesatitorevencrucifyitinordertoremaininthecomfortable shadow of hisignorance.But that ishumannature andManmust not becondemnedforhisunconsciousness.Hecananddoescondemn himself forthe conscioususeof thedark forceswithinhim. Nomatter whathismotives , theold" man, "Ouranos,wasprotec-tiveof hisoffspring.The light of consciousnessiselectrical innature, andif youput200voltsof energyinto a fuseonlycapable of handling 100volts ,youblowit.SoFatherOuranosputhischildrenintothe darknessof theEarth(materialform)sothatthroughTime(Saturn), theycouldlearnhowtocopewithincreasedvoltagesof truth.Thus theywouldnot only remain alive but alsobe filledwith added life. The Greek culturewasabitsanguineandso,naturally, areitsmetaphors. But weare themodern children of Ouranos andwe are filledwiththe life-force of this deity which surges within us.Wemust , therefore, take SBlavatsky,TheSecretDoctrine,2:268. URANUS-LIGHT OF ILLUMINATION217 care in our useof thispower, forweare but evolutionary infants.We mustmakesurethatwearewellgroundedbythelightningrodof Ouranos. Saturn, however, remains the symbol of the realization of our limitationsandtheteacherof thebalancedunderstandingof material values. III. URANUS IN THE NATAL HOROSCOPE Muchof thenatureofUranus'svibrationshasalreadybeendis-cussed inthischapter.We just want to adda fewmorewordshere in order tobring theeighth planet abitmoredown to Earth. If an individualisdevelopedtoa point wherehecan useUranus's lightinapersonalsense,hewillfindhimself inventive,intuitive,and awareof futurepotentialsinhispresentcircumstances.Thisisespe-cially true if at the time of one's birth Uranus is well placed in the 'sky in relationtoMercury.Thisisanindicationof genius(if therestof the map concurs), for here intuition is well matched with the words it needs toexpress itself in thepractical experiencesof life. Those peoplewhoarehighlyinfluencedbyUranus,i.e.,whohave an abundanceof planetsinAquariusor Uranusinclosecontact with theSun and Moon in thenatal chart,will findthat they areextremely independent, self-willed, and are therefore reluctant to be dominated or controlledbyanyexternalrulesandregulations.6 TrueUraniansare idealisticandwork fortheimprovement of hUQlanity.Theyarenever satisfiedwithpasttraditionsorpresentrealities.Theyarerevolu-tionarybynature. If Uranus is in close contact with Mars or the Sun in the horoscope, therecanbeaviolentstreakinone'scharacter.WhenUranusis configuredwithJupiter,itgivesthetypeofpersonwhoiseverin search of wisdom andwho is likely to join occult groups in hissearch. If Uranus isclosely associated with Venus, the resultant vibrations are thoseof theromanticinsearchof theunconventionalinloveandthe surrealistic inart andbeauty. IV. URANUS'S ASTROLOGICAL RULERSHIp7 1.Colors:Light blues,silverywhite,electricandglaringhuesand stripesof many colors. 2.Stones,gems, and metals:Amber, jacinth, uranium, and accord-ing to Manley P.Hall,the gemsof the Sun and Venusto some degree. 6Inorder toestablish thepositions of theplanets ,inone's horoscope,anaccurately cast mapof theheavensforthedayandtimeofbirthmustbeerected.Thisprocessis completelyexplainedinPart II of thepresent edition. 7Seep.179. 218ASABOVE, SOBELOW 3.Herbs . plants. and trees:AsUranus belongs to the higher octave planets,itismoreconcernedwiththementalandspiritualrealmsof consciousness than with the physical (animal,plant, and mineral king-doms).For this reason, no known species of flora (at least to the writer) isassignedtoitsrulership. 4.PlanetaryAgeof Man:Uranusdoesnotruleanyspecificage periodbutismorecloselyassociatedwiththedevelopmentofthe intuitional facultieswhichmayor maynot arise within an individual's lifetime.ItsrelationshiptoMan' schronologyfromanumerological viewpointisverysignificant.Uranustakes84yearstocompleteone orbitaroundtheSun.Assuch,itstays7yearsineachof thetwelve signs.Twelve isanumber of completion while 7 represents change. In additionto theplanetary divisionsof one's life-span,there is also this importantcycleof 7whichaffectsone'spassagethroughlife.Atthe end of each 7 years there is a significant transitional phase. If the reader will reflect a moment on his or her life and review the years 6-8,13-15, 20-22,27-29,34-36,etc. ,theimportanceof thecyclewillbecome apparent.Themost consequentialof these 7soccur at the completion offour rounds or every 28years (4 being the number of crystallization). Now letushavealook at thenumbers: 4x7=28(2+ 8=10;1 + 0=1) 8x7=56(5+ 6=11;1 +1=2) 12x7= 84(8+ 4=12;1 + 2=3) Thesethreemajorlifeperiodscorrespondto(1)theperiodof the establishment of Self, the growth from birth to man or womanhood; (2) theperiodofexpansionofSelf,thecultivationofoneselfinone's chosen fieldof creativeself-expression and one's roleasaparent and spouse;and(3)theperiodof contraction,theattainmentof goalsor theirloss(dependingonone'spreviousactivities),thereapingof re-wardsandthepayingof debts,thepreparation forthesoul'spassage intotheether. 5.Anatomyandphysiology:Uranusrulesthosepartsof theeye which,whendeveloped,canseethehumanaura.Italsohassome influence over the nervous system, especially in the electrical impulses whichpassbetween thenervecells. 6.Occupations:Uranusrulesinventors,astrologers,numerol-ogists,andtheoccultsciencesingeneral.Itisalsoassociatedwith professions dealing with aviation, electricity, and the natural and social sciences.Itsinfluenceispronouncedinallaspectsof computerpro-grammingandtechnology,spaceprojects,electronicmusic,andin manytechnologicalprofessionswhichwilldevelopinthe future. 7.Dayof theweek:None. 8.Sign:Aquarius. URANUS-LIGHT OF ILLUMINATION219 v. KEYWORD CONCEPTS FOR URANUS 1.The intuitivefaculties-sixth sense. 2.The destroyer of oldideologies,concepts,andstructures. 3.Thebohemian,thebeatnik,thehippie,thenonconformist. . 4.Therevolutionary,theanarchist,thehumanitarian. 5.The forceforthe awakeningof higherconsciousness. 220ASABOVE,SOBELOW 29 NEPTUNE-LIGHT OF INSPIRATION Ibegintosingabout Poseidon,thegreat god,mover of theearthand fruitlesssea,god of thedeepwhois alsoLordof Heliconandwide/EgtE... Hail, Poseidon,Holderof theEarth,dark-hairedlord!0 blessedone,bekindlyinheartandhelpthosewho voyageinships! -Homer I. NEPTUNE IN THE SKY Neptune isabillionmilesfartheraway fromEarth than isUranus. Thus it is totally invisible to the naked eye. Its distance makes it impos-sibletoobservemuchofitssurfacemarkings:evenwhenviewed through the most powerful telescope, all that one can see of Neptune is afaint,greenishspherewithdimpolarregionsandalightercolored band arounditsequator. Neptune, like Jupiter,Saturn, and Uranus, isa giant planet, but it is the smallest of the four.Sources vary on its diameter, some putting it at closeto28,000miles,others,about31,000.Neptune'sgreatdistance fromtheSungivesitaveryextendedorbit,sothatone"year"on Neptuneisequaltoalmost165of ourown.Unliketheotherthree giants,whosedaysareabout10Earthhours,Neptunehasadayof about15hours. What maybe more interesting to the reader than alistof unproven figuresisthe story of Neptune's discovery.After Uranus wassighted, astronomerssetaboutplottingitsorbit.Theyfoundtheirendeavors 221 difficult:Uranuswouldsometimesarriveaheadof orlagbehindits predicted route throughtheZodiac. In the early1840s,two astronomers,Adams of England andLever-rier of France, proved mathematically that another, as yet unseen body must bethecauseof Uranus'sirregularities.Each planet inthesolar systemaffectstheothersdueto itsgravitationalforce,andUranus's perturbationscouldnotbeaccountedforbytheforcefieldsofits knownneighbors.Following calculationswhichweresuppliedtohim byLeverrier,aGerman astronomer,Johann Galle, foundNeptune on September 23,1846. Other data distance fromtheSun (mean) no.of moons mass density temperature 2.794billionmiles 2 17timesthat of Earth 40%of Earth's -330 F II. SYMBOLISM, MYTHOLOGY, AND HISTORY OF NEPTUNE Neptune's glyphWis a pictograph ofthe trident held inthe hands of theLordof theOceans.Onamoreesotericlevel ,wefindthatthe symboldepictsanotherimportantconceptinevolution.Herewesee that the semicircle of thesoul ispierced bythe cross of matter,result-ing in a three-pronged fork.Each prong symbolizes an aspect of human consciousnesswhichistobepurifiedbyNeptune'sdivinewaters. Theseaspectsarethephysicalbodyanditssenses,theastral(emo-tional) body and its desires, and the lower mental body and its egocen-tric thoughts. The symbol can therefore be interpreted as follows:Man is given his earthly life experiences in order to elevate these three areas of hisbeing to amorerefined level. Thereisavariationof thisglyphwhichastrologersalsouse-W. HereweseethatthesemicircleispiercedbytheSun'sstaff of life, freeingthepersonalityfromsubjectiveconsiderationsandallowingit to manifest itself unselfishly.The littlecirclerepresents theSpirit and the total statement of this glyph may be said to illustrate the principle of Spiritpenetratingintoconsciousness.Thisgivesrisetoinspirational visions,compassion,andutterlyunselfishfeelings. Neptune iseven moreof amysteriousbody thanUranus, forNep-tune wastotally invisible to the eyes of the ancients.Its principles and powers,however,wereknowntothem,although,aswithUranus, comparativelylittleisrecordedaboutthisaquaticbeingasaper-sonified deity.To theHindus,Neptune is Idapati("the Master of the Waters"),andisalsoidentifiedwithNarayana("theMoveronthe Waters"), an aspect of the godVishnu(Jupiter).The astrologicalsys-tem of planetary assignationsbearsout the latter relationship,forbe-foreNeptunewasdiscovered,Jupiter wasthe lordof itssign,Pisces. 222ASABOVE,SOBELOW Jupiteristherulerof horses ,andthesemajesticanimalsarealsothe petsofNeptune,especiallyinancientGreecewhereNeptunewas calledPoseidon. AccordingtotheGreeks,whenouruniversewascreateditwas dividedintothreerealms.Zeus-Jupiterwasgiventheheavens , Hades-Plutowaschargedwiththenetherworld,andPoseidon-Neptuneruledtheoceans.Hewasalsogiventheisland-continentof Atlantisashis" pieda terre."Inthemidstof theislandwasahuge mountain on top of which dwelt three earthlings:Evenor,Leucipe his wife,andtheirdaughterCleito.Poseidonbecameinfatuatedwiththe girland together they produced ten sons. The oldest wasAtlas: it was inAtlas ' shonorthatPoseidoncalledthecontinentAtlantisandthe surroundingocean theAtlantic. TheGreekgodswerenotoriousrakes,promiscuousbynature. Poseidon,wefind ,wasalsowedtoAmphitrite, fromwhomtheir son Tritonwasborn. The Romansalso gave their Neptune an appropriate wife-Salacia, the goddessof salt water. Atthispointthestudentof astrologymaybesomewhatconfused aboutNeptune'struegender.Aswesee,theGreeksandRomans depicteda distinctlymaledeity.When a forceispersonified asagod, thenatureandpersonality of that deityaredirectly relatedto the cul-turewhichproducedit.But,asweshallseeinsectionIII ,Neptune embodiesseveralhighlyreceptive,femaleprinciples.Itisaplanet whichrepresentsthemostexaltedattributesof thefemaleaspectof divinity-Love. The Greeks and Romanswere male-oriented civiliza-tions , and assuch were more likely to give masculine personae to,their gods. Weshouldunderstandthatnothing isall feminineor allmasculine. Withinoneistheother.Thisisthe principleexpressed intheChinese philosophy of ying andyang.Although each of the planets isprimarily maleor female(except forMercurywhichisthe truehermaphrodite), they will express their opposite polarity when in signs contrary to their nature.ThustheMoonbecomes amoreactive forceinAriesor Gem-ini ,Marsbecomesamorepassiveone inCancer or Pisces,etc.2 III. NEPTUNE IN THE NATAL HOROSCOPE Neptuneisthehigheroctaveof Venus.Thelatteristheplanetof personal love, for Venus offers her heart but demands a heart in return. In thisrespect , the individual who ishighly influenced byher rays can sufferfromarelationshipwhichisone-sided.Thiscannothappento the true Neptunian, for he does not love from a personal standpoint but fromaself-sacrificingone.TheNeptunian lovesforthesakeof shed-'ThemaleaspectisWisdom. 2Traditionally,themaleplanetsareSun,MercurywheninGemini ,Mars ,Jupiter, Saturn,Uranus,andPluto.ThefemaleplanetsareMercurywheninVirgo,Venus, Earth,Moon, andNeptune. NEPTUNE-LIGHT OF INSPIRATION223 ding Light anddemandsno external rewards for thehumanitarian ser-vicesheperforms.Neptune' sjoyisingiving,whileVenustakes pleasure insharing. Asmost individualscannot respondto thehigher qualitiesof Nep-tune' s vibrations, we find that in the natal horoscope ofthe vast major-ityofpeople,Neptune' sinfluenceisstronglymodified.Insteadof clearingapathsothatthetruepsychicvisionsandmysticalinspira-tionscanmanifestthemselvesthroughaperson' semotionalnature, Neptunemakesoneanunrealisticdreamer.Whenitsinfluencepre-dominates in a horoscope, the individual can be quite lazy, unnecessar-ilysecretive,andescapist.Neptunedislikesphysicalworkandfeels constrainedbyearthlyresponsibilities.Onewhohasnotcontrolled Neptune' srayswilllosehimself infantasy.Neptuneisthemaster of disguise; the planet' s negative vibrations result in deception, fraud, and destructive self-indulgence.Neptune at itsworst isthe embodiment of delusion,morbidity,phobias,obsession,andeven satanism. Neptune'sinfluenceisprimarilyinvolvedwiththeemotions,and when these are purified in an evolved soul the results are as beautiful as negativeaspectsareheinous.Neptuneisthecelestialmusician,the forcewhichmakesmendreamwhilehearingabeautifulsymphony. Ne.ptuneisalsothe patron 'of the ballet andt ~ edance ingeneral , who causesthedancertomergehimselfwithrhythmandtobecomean extension of thesound.Neptune inspires theartist' s creative imagina-tion, while Venus gives him the form and the medium through which he mayexpresswhathefeels . Onamorespirituallevel ,Neptunecanbringtheindividualinto contactwiththoseMasterSoulswhogoverntheevolutionarypro-cessesoftheUniverse.Neptunebringsinspiredwriting,prophetic visions,andtherealizationof cosmictruthswhichgofarbeyondthe powers of reason. Thus Neptune is the planet of the clairvoyant and the mystic. Edgar Ca-yce,knownas" thesleepingprophet;"wasan individual blessedbyNeptune' sexaltedvibrations.Whileheslept,hishigher consciousnessbecamethevehiclethroughwhichtheMastersspoke. Cayce,of course,wasahighlyevolvedPiscesandwasnaturallyre-sponsiveto theraysof hisrulingplanet. IV. NEPTUNE'S ASTROLOGICAL RULERSDIpa 1.Colors:Lavender,mauve,sea-green,aquamarine,smokygray, etheric colors, andthecolorsof thematter of whichdreamsarecom-posed. 2.Stones,gems,and metals:Coral ,aquamarine,ivory,platinum, neptunium, andpossiblyradium. 3.Herbs,plants,and trees:Neptune rulesplants which are used as 3Seep.179. 224ASABOVE,SOBELOW intoxicants,suchasCannabissativa,thecocaleavesfromwhich cocaineisproduced,theopiumpoppy,devil'sweed,peyote,and psilocybinmushrooms.Inthisarea,Neptunemayalsoexertsome influenceover thecoffeebean andtobacco.Neptunehascorulership with the Moon over many herbs and plants which possess occult prop-erties,aswellasthebeautiful orchid. 4.PlanetaryAge of Man:None. 5.Anatomyandphysiology:Neptunerulesthepinealglandand thosepartsof thenervoussystemwhicharereceptivetopsychicim-pressions.Neptune isalso influential in the functioning of the chakras (thepsychiccentersof bodilyenergy)andthehumanaura. 6.Occupations:Neptuneisassociatedwithprofessionsdealing with oils, perfumes, and cosmetics; dance, film, and the arts in general ; anesthetics,drugs(especiallythesmugglingofillicitdrugsacross bodiesof water),andalcohol ;andallfacetsof shipping.Onanother level , Neptune isthe planet of psychologists,mediums , psychic work-ers,healers,philosophers , andblack andwhitemagicians. 7.Dayof theweek:None. 8.Sign:Pisces. v. KEYWORD CONCEPTS FOR NEPTUNE 1.The dreamer,theartist,themusician,the filmmaker. 2.The great deceiver. 3.Psychicpowers. 4.Themystic,spiritualist, andprophet. 5.Thebestower of UniversalLove. NEPTUNE-LIGHT OFINSPIRA nON225 30 PLUTO-LIGHT OF TRANSCENDENCE Iam theresurrection and thelife:he that believeth in me,thoughheweredead,yet shall helive: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. -John 11: 25-26 Verily,verily,Isayuntothee,Except amanbeborn again,hecannotseethekingdomof God. -John 3:3 I. PLUTO IN THE SKY Pluto isthelast knownmember of theSun' scosmic familyand the most mysterious.Itsorbit is,on theaverage,some3,666billionmiles fromthe Sun. Anobserver on Plutowouldsee the Sun as just another brightstar.Evenwiththeuseof theworld'slargesttelescope,Pluto appearsasnothingmorethanasmall,yellowishdisk.Noneofits surfacemarkingscanbeseen,exceptforminormodulationsinits abilitytoreflectlight. Pluto'sorbitisofspecialinterest,foritisinclinedmorethan17 degreestotheeclipticandissoirregularthatittakesfrom13to32 years foritto pass through asign.If youcouldstand on theSun, you 226 wouldsee the firsteightplanetsrevolvingaroundyouinmoreor less concentricellipses.Pluto,however,wouldnothaveaconcentricel-lipseoutside of Neptune'sorbit but anangular onewhich, at timesof itsclosest approximation to the Sun (perihelion),would actually lie35 millionmilescloser totheSun thanNeptune' sperihelion. Pluto'sdiscoveryin1930,alsoduetotheperturbationsof Uranus, raised more astronomical questions than it answered.The detection of Neptune seemed to account for the peculiarities of Uranus' s orbit, but asastronomerscontinuedtoobserveindependentUranus,itstilldid not arrive at certain predetermined points on schedule.This ledto the assumptionthat therewasyetanotherplanetarybodycausing altera-tionsinitsorbitalmovements.Astronomers aswellasastrologersare motivatedbyUranus'sintuitionalvibrationsandPercivalLowell,an Americanastronomer,setaboutfindingwhathecalled" PlanetX. " Lowellwasworkingwithaveryprimitivetelescope camera (theyear was1905)andhecouldn'tlocatehis"X"factor.Hedid,however, cometothefollowingconclusionsbasedontheuseof mathematics: 1.Hestatedthattheplanetwouldbesmall.(Pluto'sestimateddi-ameter isonly3,600miles.) 2.He calculated that it would orbit in a period of282 years. (Pluto's actualperiodis242years.) 3.Hepredictedthat"PlanetX"wouldbefoundabout4billion milesfromtheSun.(Thisiscorrect.)l Lowelldiedin1916buthisworkwastakenupbytheastronomer ClydeTombaughwho,onFebruary18,1930,conclusivelysighted Pluto. Astronomersfinditdifficulttocorrelatethesizeof Plutowiththe natureof theperturbationsitcausesonUranus,aplanetmorethan eight times its size.Yet, small as it is , Pluto affects the motions of both NeptuneandUranus.Scientistsfeelthattodoso,Plutomustbean extremely dense body (12times that of Earth)andpossess apowerful gravitationalpull.Toresolvethisdilemma,scientistshave hypothesizedthatPluto' sobservablelightisonlyareflectionofa brightpatchof itssurfacenearitscenter.Thisarea,theysay,issur-rounded by a much larger and darker region. Hence Pluto may be many timeslargerthanEarthandthuslargeenoughtocausetherecorded perturbationsof itstwoneighborsinspace.2 'Thenineteenth-centuryoccultistThomasBurgoyne(Zanoni)andtheearly-twentieth-centuryastrologer-theosophistAlanLeobothmadementionof Plutoanditsattributes over 30, and12,yearsrespectivelybeforeitsphysical discovery.Leo evencalledPluto bynamemorethanadecadebeforeits" official"baptism(Leo diedin1918). 2Moore,ThePlanets ,p.154,pointstothistheoryasanopinionof somemodernas-tronomersandMayo, TheAstrologer'sAstronomical Handbook ,p.68,says," ... re-centobservations(1965)nowsuggestthatPlutomaybemuchlargerthanpreviously thought--4 ~ +~ 9&>47R(positionatbirth) Venus:26~15 06 26~09(positionatbirth) THE PLANETARYBLUEPRINT371 Mars:311\.40 03 311\.37(positionatbirth) EXERCISE Copy the Horoscope Calculation Sheet, Part IIa and replace the figures listed forJoy's birthwiththeonesyouhaveobtained forthe above A.M.birth. II.THE PROPORTIONAL LOGARITHM METHOD FOR CALCULATING THE PLANETS If the reader has obtained a Table of Diurnal Planetary Motion, he or shecanskipthenextfewpagesdevotedtologarithms.Aftercom-pletelymastering the diurnal-motionsystem, thestudent mayproceed to examine logarithmswithoutriskof confusion. It shouldalsobestatedthat ,unlessexactanddetailedworkisre-quired(usuallyassociatedwiththemanyaspectsof prognosticatory work) ,theplanetsmaybe"calculatedtothenearest fulldegree.Thus beginning students can extend their mental computations of the propor-tional movements of theslower planets to the faster-moving ones. It is agoodidea,however,tomasteroneof thesetwotechniques,espe-cially when it comes to determining the position of a planet on the cusp of asign(suchastheSuninJoy' shoroscope)or thepositionof the Moonbecauseof thetremendousdistanceitcovers(relativetothe other planets)inonetwenty-four-hourperiod. The advanced student will findmany uses for logarithms and should becompletely fluentintheiroperation. Despiteitsformidableappearance ,theTableofProportional Logarithmsisquitesimple.Thestudentisalreadyfamiliarwiththe processof equatingtimewithmovement(arc)throughtheuseof the Diurnal Table of Planetary Motion. The logarithmic table fillsthe same function; onlythemethod of calculationisdifferent. If youexaminethelogarithmictable,youwillseethatdownthe left-handsideisacolumnheadedMin.,followedbythenumbers0 through59.Alongthetoparethenumbersfrom0through23.These digitsstand forminutesof timeor minutesof arc andhoursof timeor degrees of arc respectively. Thus wehave a complete conversion table. To calculate the positions of theplanets through theuse of logarithms, wemustproceed as follows. Step1.Determinethedistancetheplanetstraveledinthe24-hour periodbetweenthenoonpriortobirthandthecomingnoon,GMT. Findthecorresponding logarithmforthisamount of movement. Step2.Determinetheintervalbetweennoonandthetimeof birth andfindtheequivalentlogarithmforthisamountoftime .The 372THE HOROSCOPE:TOOLFORSELF-AWARENESS logarithm of the interval isa const&nt throughout allthe calculations in onehoroscope.It isthusreferredtoas the permanent logarithm. Step 3.Add thelog foundinthe secondstep to the log foundin the firststep, regardlessofwhetherthebirthisA.M.orP.M. Step 4.Check the resulting sum ofthe logs with the Table of Propor-tionalLogarithmsto findtheequivalentindegreesand/orminutesof arc. Step 5.Addthis figureto thenoonposition of the planet if the birth time,GMT,wasintheP.M.hours.Alternately,subtractthisfigure fromthe noonposition of the planet if the birth time, GMT, was in the A .M.hours . Theresultisthepositionoftheplanet forthetimeof birth. A.CALCULATING THE POSITIONS OF THE PLANETS FOR AP.M.BIR,.,H . Letuspracticebycomputingthelocationsof theheavenlybodies forJoy' snatalchart throughtheuseof logarithms.(Inthisandinthe coming example of anA.M.birth,weshall onlycompute the positions ofthefaster-movingplanets.Thepositionsoftheslower-moving bodiescan alwaysbe calculatedmentally. ) Thelog oftheinterval (lOh6m)equals.3759 (permanent log). 1.Sun. dailymotion +permanent log logof motion = 1" 00'=log1.3802 .3759 1.7561=1.7604 (nearest logintable)=25' Wenowaddthisamount(25'of arc)totheSun'spositionatnoon, GMT. 29IT\.17 +25 =29IT\.42(Sun' spositionatbirth) CheckingthisresultwithourcalculationsfromtheTableof Diurnal PlanetaryMotion,wesee thatthesums arethesame. Let uscontinue thisprocess with the Moon, Mars , Venus , and Mer-cury. 2.Moon. dailymotion + permanent log logof motion = 150 12'=log.1984 .3759 .5743=.5740 (nearest log)= 60 24' We obtained this figureby determining that the sum of the two logs was THEPLANETARYBLUEPRINT373 Table5:ProportionalLogarithms HoursorDegrees Min.01234567891011121314151617181920212223 o3.15841.38021.0792903177816812602153514771426038023388301026632341204117611498124910150792058003780185 13.1584.3730.07560763679809416252379582045736365693451188777582 22.8573.3660.0720898345845997305344887529985230325289410785737179 3.6812.3590.06855928698520443680689246252747853703817068"75 4.5563.3522.06498935105573103528736286412022438134099977666472 52.45941.34541.0614891276926741596153004726422037663355298026352315201717381476122909960774056303610169 6.3802.3388.05808888742649528917125949742910123472259270595866 7.3133.3323.05466557.12377908045242682405082968218866565563 8.2553.3258.0511423966982569469941964536621800032564178463525260 9.2041.3195.04781922841359908838295613229519982060138059494857 102.15841.31331.04448796760466705902524946824180373033232950260789199317161455120909770756054603450153 11.1170.3071.04117375875658903973722316450284891151057352424250 12.0792.3010.037851704278296464161038259679840747016949393947 13.0444.2950.034528522866195556090333917479024311976545353544 14.0122.2891.03130635145509464902329727856974169838936242323241 151.98231.28331.0280868375186600584351994638414136953291292125802264196916941434118909580738052903290138 16.9542.2775.024861016587328929338884157559658930855434252635 17.9279.2719.021639748473207920258178096954608526825031222232 18.9031.2663.0185176759096911177471036449558022784727181929 19. 8796.2607.0153859551465797590309676528975844507617744324151625 201.85731.25531.0122857374346532578651494594410236603258289125532239194616711413117009390720051103130122 21.8361.2499.009152171974398540945352854734416709663517080919 22.8159.2445.0061300105632977864646804229366305623213050616 23.7966.2393.00300973846492522068793939743623325801582809010313 24.7781.23411.00008487687840 .10597132336831182754139754240604980010 25 1.76041.22890.9970846673516465572951004551406336253227286225262213192216491393115009200702049502960107 26.7434.2239.99404535511850904255182056200817458846170699919204 277270.2188.9910241838068134481114so1503134084421395889001 28.7112 29.6960 301.6812 31.6670 32.6532 33.6398 34.6269 351.6143 36.6021 37.5902 38.5786 39.5673 401.5563 41.5456 42.5351 43.5249 44.5149 451.5051 46.4956 47.4863 48.4771 49.4682 501.4594 51.4508 52.4424 53.4341 54.4260 551.4180 56.4102 57.4025 58.3949 59.3875 .2139.988103022S56957125400408450921980836 .2090.98528382728612846116323597013904930332 1.20410.982383617270639856735051450840253590319528332499218818991627 .1993.979441548562"4244991783892793839423 .1946.97652138725132911077832188789019 .1899.97370022594023820270761683738514 .1852.970882790646291374399563701077688010 1.18060.968082597190633356185003446639873556316428042472216418751605 .1761.965239742007499457794957279867597101 .1716.962519590755968449724251936154661597 .1671.959781994362948575406435458756496292 .1627.95707928827465325729398151445788 1.15840.954281597112626955634956442439493522313327752445213918521584 .1540.9515407097565247154215267040344879 .1498.94882081434137073408206435294375 .1455.9462016631312843992701145830243871 .1413.943580815018201890193495085324193466 1.13720.940980627035620555094909438239123488310227472419211418291562 .1331.93834320619354980074058130964114092558 .1290.935623058088489065389775893609042053 .1249.9330046990687781. 57906883300320991649 .1209.93057985755566724982617724239820951145 1.11700.927979666960614354564863434138753455307127192393209018061540 .1130.92544745314553336848651388850236 .1091.9228293018354424604159078280179732 .1053.92031015062435165335530277759328 .1015.91787891006094142608462847269672708823 1.09770.915378736885608154034817430038383421304126912367206517841519 .0939.912854716953930842923115358562617915 .0902.9104365657824799842408287956567410 .0865.90791841457289761701227451517006 .0828.9055002733618068093395166846466S02 8038099285870098 76340588818394 1372113009020685047802800091 6826089881747788 63239478717485 59199174687182 55158770646779 1351111108830667046102640076 47078064586173 43037660545870 3910997256515567 35956853485164 1331109208650649044402480061 27886146414558 22845742374255 18805439343952 14765035313548 1310107208460632042802320045 06684329242942 02643925212639 1298613521182336 94573218142033 1290105308280614041102160030 86492411081327 82452108041024 78411704010721 7437140103980418 1270103408100597039402010015 6630069491019712 61260390889409 5722079987849106 53189583818803 5743.We then searched the Table for the number which comes closest . to.5743.Under theheading 6we foundthe figure.5740,which corre-sponds to 24on the left-handside under the heading Min.Wecan thus conclude that log5740isequalto 624'of arc. Wenowaddthisamount to theMoon'spositionatnoon, GMT: 6II58 +624 =12II82or13II 22(positionatbirth) 3.Venus. dailymotion + permanent log log of motion =113'=log1.2950 .3759 1.6709=1.6670 (nearest log)= 31' Wenow addthisamount to Venus'positionatnoon,GMT. 26~15 +31 =26~46(positionat birth) 4.Mars. dailymotion + permanent log logof motion =38'=log1.5786 .3759 1.9545=1.9542 (nearestlog)=16' Wenow addthisamount toMars'positionatnoon, GMT. 3fTl,.40 +16 =3fTl,.56(positionatbirth) 5.Mercury. Sincethisplanet istravelingretrograde,wemustreversetheprocess and subtract the equivalent movement inminutes of arc fromits noon, GMT,position: dailymotion +permanentlog logof motion Thus: 9~4 ~ 27 =1 03'R=log1.3590 .3759 1.7349=1.7270 (nearest log)= 27' = 9~1~(positionatbirth) 376THEHOROSCOPE:TOOLFOR SELF-AWARENESS B. CAL(:ULATING THE POSITIONS OF THE PLANETS FOR AN A.M.BIRTH Thereis onlyone important differencebetween calculating an A.M. and calculating aP.M.birth through logarithms.The equivalent motion indegreesand/orminutesof arcistobesubtractedfromthenoon, GMT, position of the planet. The result is , of course, the location of the planet at birth.Wemust add the equivalent motion to the noon,GMT, positionof anA.M.birthonlywhen theplanet isretrograde. Inordertoclearlyillustratetheabove ,wehavedrawn' upthe Horoscope Calculation Sheet, Part lIb. and filledin the blanks with the correct figuresforthesamplebirthat10:06A . M.GMT. EXERCISE Copy the Horoscope Calculation Sheet Part lIb and replace the figures listedfortheA.M.birthwiththeonesyouhaveobtained forJoy' s P.M.birth. C.CALCULATING THE PART OF FORTUNE The Part of Fortune (also called the " Pars Fortunae"or "Fortuna") isoneof manysuch" Parts"inthehoroscope contributed byArabian astrology. 3 It founditsway into Western astrology through the infusion of MoslemthoughtduringtheMiddleAges. The'Part of Fortune is fallinginto obsolescence in the work of many astrologers , but it isstill commonly used. Along with quite anumber of mycolleagues and contemporaries, Ibelieve that it isavalid contribu-tiontothejudgmentof thewholenatureof agivenhoroscope.You may wi sh to experiment with it to see its effects on your own chart and others' . A very simple and sure method of checking the significance of thePart of Fortune istonote what transpireswhen other planets form conjunctions or oppositions to its position by transit.(This will be fully explainedinchap.8.) The symbol forFortuna isthe crosswithin the circle:$. According toDeVore,inhisEncyclopediaof Astrology(p.187),thisisalsothe modernsymbol fortheEarth, the ancient Chinese glyph for " a field ," andtheEgyptian hieroglyph for"territory." The interpretive valueof thisPartisimpliedinitsname,fortheHousepositioninwhichitis foundisanindicationof aspecialareaof lifewhichmaycontainor contributetomaterialbenefitsfortheindividualconcerned. The Part of Fortune bears the same mathematical relationship to the Ascendant of the chart as does the Moon to the Sun. This means that if youwere to add up the degrees separating the Ascendant from the Part of Fortune, you would arrive at the same sum asyouwould if you were 3Some of these are The Part of Spirit, The Part of Marriage, The Part of Divorce, and The Part of Commerce, THE PLANETARYBLUEPRINT377 Horoscopecalculationsheet Part lIb:Calculation of the planetary positions(proportionallogarithms) A.M.HM GMT ofBirth:10:06[P.M.]Interval before(or after)noon,GMT:-154 Date of Birth:Nov.21,1972PermanentLogarithm:1.1015 0 ) ~ !j? ~2! 810'51 a.Comingnoonposition29TT1J176rr5810;(l36R 26:0:15 3TT1J40?18rr3h . b.Previousnoonposition28TT1J1621 ~389;(143R 25:0:013TT1JOl JtI21:0:08 c.Movement in 24 hours.1001'15020'53'R10 14'39'W4;(146 d.Log.ofmovement1.37300.19461.43411.28911.5673 ~ 3:0:51 e.Permanentl o g ~1.10151.10151.10151.10151.1015Q1910'23 f.Sumofd.ande. 2.4745 1.29612.53562.37062.6688U1923 g.Nearestlog.2.45941.29502.55632.38022.6812 E92 2 ~ h.Travelin Interval5'10 13'4'R6'.3' i.Add toP.M.birth;29TT1J176rr589;(143R 26:0:15 3TT1J40 Sub.fromA.M.birth -5-113-6-3 Reverseif retrograde+4R j.Positionsatbirth29TT1J125rr459;(147R 26:0:09 3TT1J37 toaddupthenumberof degreesseparatingtheMoonfromtheSun. Thisisexpressedintheformula ::0: E9:Asc.Thisrelationshipis symbolic of Fortuna' s material sphere of influence because the Ascen-dantisthepointofcontactbetweentheindividualandhisorher physical environment.Thusthe Part of Fortune furtherserves to sup-port the individual' s efforts to relate to the world in which he lives in a materialsense, just astheMoonhelpstheindividualtorelatetothe environment throughthereceptivenatureof theemotions. In order to calculate the Part of Fortune we followthe formula:+ Asc.- 0= EB. In other words , the position (by degrees ofthe ecliptic) of theMoonplusthepositionof theAscendant minusthepositionof DiagramJ J:ThePart of Fortune. theSunwillgivethepositionof thePart of Fortune.Let usillustrate this formula by determining the locationof Fortuna in each of our two sample horoscopes. Wemust firstchange the zodiacal positions of the Sun,Moon,andAscendanttodegreesof thecircle.Thisisquitea simpletask, for each degreeof the Zodiac of Signshas aname aswell asanumber.Thus2Taurusisthe32nddegreeoftheecliptic(30 degreesof Ariesplus 2 degrees of Taurus);19Leo isthe139th degree of theecliptic(30degreeseachof Aries,Taurus,Gemini ,andCan-cer= 120 degrees, plus19degrees of Leo=139 degrees) . Diagram'11 shouldmakethisquiteclear. Thus,equatingthepositionsof Joy' sSun,Moon, andAscendant,we comeupwiththefollowingfigures : Sun=29ITl.42=239 42' Moon=13II 22 =73 22' Asc.=10II30=70 30' THEPLANETARY BLUEPRINT379 Returning totheformula:MoonplusAsc.minusSun=Fortuna, Moon=73 22' +Asc.=7030 14352" Wenotethat theSun'spositionis23942'.Tocompletethissubtrac-tion,wesimply add awhole circle of 360 to thesum of theMoonand Ascendant andthensubtract theSun' sposition: 14352' + 36000 50352 - 23942 =26410',or 24~10(Part of Fortune) If thisisunclear,referbacktothepreviousdiagram.Notethat0~ =240.Thesumwereachedfromcompletingourformulawas264 to',resultingintheposition of 24~10forFortuna. What do we do if the position for Fortuna works out to be more than 360degrees?Wesubtract awholecircleof 360 fromthetotal. EXAMPLE Ascendant190020;Moon2 4 ~ 1 7 ;Sun10'd17. FORMULA MoonplusAscendantminusSun equalsFortuna. 24~17= + 190020 = 26417' 34920 61337 - 10'd14=- 4014 57323 - 36000 PROCEDURE Fortuna213 23' ,or 3fTl.23. ComputingthePart of Fortune forthesampleA . M .birth,theposi-tionsof theSun,MoonandAscendant areasfollows: Moon=5 II 45=65 45' +Asc.8fTl.13=21813 28358 Sun=29fTl.12=- 23912 Fortuna44 46'or 45=15Taurus EXERCISES 1.Find thePartof Fortune forthe followingcoordinates: 380THE HOROSCOPE:TOOLFORSELF-AWARENESS ' a.Asc.10'tI14; Moon24~17; Sun190020. b.Asc.24~17;Moon190020; Sun10'tI14. c.Asc.10'tI14;Moon190020;Sun 24~17. 2.FindthePart of Fortune inyourownchart. 3.If the horoscopes offriends are available to you,make a study ofthe positionsof Fortuna ineachof theirchartsandnotewhatsignifi-cance, if any, thisPart playsinthe livesof theindividualsinques-tion.Recordtheresultsof thissurveyinyournotebook. D. INSERTING THE PLANETS WITHIN THE WHEEL Let uslistonceagainthepositionsof theplanets,nodes ,andFor-tunaaswehavecalculatedthemforJoy' sbirthchart.Puttingthemin theirzodiacalorder(fromearliestpositiontolatest)willallowusto clearlyseetheir ,locationsandavoiderror. J)13II22, 0'3I1J,.56 ~18II2 ~029I1J,.42 ~19$W4~52 ~3!!i!!52~9~1 ~ IiI21!!i!!12EB24~ 0 398THEHOROSCOPE: TOOLFORSELF-AWARENESS Me makes the square in a tighter orb. Saturn separates from the square ~DMetotheMidheavenwithPlutoalsosquaringthisimportant point.~wD~ ;IiI D~ e.Sextile.Therearenoplanetarysextilesinthishoroscopebut Mars and Mercury make very exact sextiles to the Ascendant while the Sunmakesawide,separatingsquareto thesamepoint.0?;l* Asc; Ow* Asc . .f.Inconjunction.Therearenoinconjunctions(1500 angles)inthis horoscope. g.Semi-square.ThisaspectisquitenumerousinMr.Kennedy' s natalchart.TheSun applying toUranus ; Neptuneseparates fromthe Midheaven; theMoonseparatesfromtheMidheaven;Neptunesepa-ratesfromPluto;theMoonseparatesfromPluto;Venusappliesto Mars and Mercury in awide, separating semi-square from Venus . 0L IiI;W L Me;1)L Me;W L ~ ;1)L ~ ;~L0;?;lL . ~ . h.Semi-sextile.MarsandMercuryarebothapplyingtothesemi-sextileof SaturnwhileSaturnseparatesfromtheAscendantandthe Sunwidelyseparates fromSaturn:0?;l>"F2 ;"F2>Asc; Ow:>"F2 i.Quintile.Venusmakesanalmostexact ,applyingquintileto Saturn:~{::r(orQ)"F2 . ~ 2 2 27 ~151------....;....-----127D15 'Y'22 Diagram14:AspectsinEdwardKennedy's Chart. QUESTIONS I .What is the difference between an applying and a separating aspect? 2.In the following examples, which ofthe planets applies , which sepa-rates? THE GEOMETRYOF THE SPHERES399 1. 10'Y'0~15~ 2.1f:14"ri6'it10fill 3.~19II8016~ 3.How can you easily find an opposition? a square? a trine? a sextile? aquincunx? 4.Whenmayyouextend planetaryorbs(threereasons) ? EXERCISES 1.Find two degrees of the Zodiac which are semi-square to the follow-ingpositions: 1.024~3.06fill 2.ill 21bl4.~19~ 2.Find two degrees of the Zodiac which are quincunx to the following positions: 1.IiI1fTl,.3. 27:0 2.012~4.~0:::::; 3.Makesureyouare completely familiarwith theSummary Table of Aspects. OPTIONAL THEMES FOR CONTEMPLATION AND MEDITATION 1." TheMeasurementof Consciousness" 2." ThePath of Self-Dedication" 400THEHOROSCOPE: TOOLFORSELF-AWARENESS 44 INTERPLANETARY RELATIONSHIPS At this point inour study, wehave covered the nature of the planets andthevariousanglesinwhichtheymaybeconfigurated in thenatal chart.Letustabulateandsynthesizetheresultsof thismaterialby presenting abrief synopsisof what the planets indicatewhen they are joined together bymajor aspects.To fullyappreciatethischapter and place its contents in the proper perspective, several points should pre-facethislist. 1.Aspectsarealwaysmodifiedbyotheraspects;thereforeallas-pects must be carefully weighed and correlated before final judgment is passed. The abilitytodothistakestime, experience, and patience. 2.Aspects are alwaysmodified by the signs in which the planets are placed. 3.Aspects are alwaysmodifiedby the Houses inwhichthe planets areplaced. 4.Ourapproachtoastrologyplacesmoreemphasisuponthe planets involved ina configuration than on theangle connecting them. Anyconfigurationof theSunandJupiter,forexample,willbringa certain amount of excess into thelife.Weknow that the trine of these twobodiesmayleadto creative productivity through the proper chan-neling of such excess,while the square of these planets usuallyresults inwastefulness.A person with the square, who has achieved a level of awareness inwhich he or she is at work rechanneling the energy repre-sentedbythischallengingaspect ,canconceivably transmutesuchan angle into amore flowingone through conscious control.The purpose of knowingone' shorosc()peistheabilitytotranscend it. Anencyclopediawithacompendiumof examplechartscouldbe compiled about allthe facets of all the aspects.What I am presenting is some insight into thenature of the interplanetary relationships gleaned from personal study and experience. I have, where possible, included a " name"for many of the aspects in order to facilitate the conceptualiza-tionoftheirsignificance.Iwouldalsorecommendthatthestudent consultthefollowingtextsinorder togaintheadditionalopinionsof thesewiseteachersconcerningtheinterplanetaryrelationships:As-trology:TheCosmicSciencebyIsabelHickey;TheAstrological As-pectsbyCharlesE.O.Carter; and AstrologybyJeff Mayo. 401 I. ASPECTS OF THE SWIFTER.MOVING PLANETS A. The Aspects of the SUD 1.Sun-MoonKeywords:Will-Feelings . a.00))WILLUNITESWITHFEELINGS. This might appear to be aharmoniousconfiguration,but onthewhole it doesnot allow foran objectiveapproachtolife,sincegoalsareusuallytoopersonally oriented. In short, it becomes extremely difficult to get a good perspec-tiveon oneself andseeoneself asothersdo." Me-Me." b.6*))WILLWORKSWELLWITHFEELINGS. This aspect leads tocooperativeeffortsbetweentheindividual'sexternalenvironment and his inner drives. People usually want to help such a person achieve his goals,while the individual with such a configuration often seeks to be helpfultoothers."Me and thee. " c.06.))WILLFLOWSWITHFEELINGS.Thisaspectdenotesan easyadjustmenttolifeand,unlessotherindicationsaretothecon-trary, indicates a smooth life.A good relationship between the creative drive and receptivity to the environment appear to successfully express thisdrive.It can,however,contributetolazinessunless0and! orQ arestrong."Me fortheeand thee forme. " d.00))WILLCHALLENGESFEELINGS.Thisconfiguration ,de-notesarestlesslife,alwaysinsearch of endlessexperiences,withan innerconflictbetweenwhatonewantsandthemeansof achieving one'sgoals.Thisisoneindicationof tensioninchildhoodor general difficulty with the opposite sex. This aspect asks the individual to focus on life'spurposes." Meagainstthee." e.08))WILLVERSUSFEELINGS.Thisaspectprovidesatre-mendoussenseof objectivity,asthepersonmustalwaysbeawareof others.Inthisrespecttheindividualcanfeelthatthenatureof the environmentandassociatescanserveasadetriment,toachieving goals.Obstaclesarepresentedexternally,therebydemandingconsis-tency andstrength." Meor thee." f.0NOTINASPECTWITH)).Thisconfigurationindicatesthe possibilityforwastingagreatdealofenergyonnonessentials.The individualmustconstantlyalignhisor her forcesandconsolidateap-proaches to life in order to avoid dissipation." Meor thee?"or " Beat-ingabout thebush. " 2.Sun-MercuryKeywords:Will-Communication. AsMercury can only be amaximum of 28degrees away fromthe Sun, noaspectotherthantheconjunctionor semi-sextilecanbeformed. One rule to remember when judging the relationship between these two bodies is:the further Mercury is from the Sun, the better. If Mercury is 402THEHOROSCOPE: TOOLFORSELF-AWARENESS closerthan8degreestotheSun,theindividualhasadifficulttime depersonalizing his thoughts so that a wider spectrum of understanding can be made possible.Mercury isreally at itsbest when in a sign other than theSun,sinceit then gives an individual amuchwider andmore comprehensiveapproachtolife. 3.Sun-VenusKeywords:Will-PersonalMagnetism. At themost,Venus can be 48degrees away fromthe Sun.Thismeans thatonlytheconjunctionandsemi-squareaspectscanbe formedbe-tweenthesetwobodies. a.00