Occult Cosmology

Zodiacal Archetypes The Lords of the zodiacal constellations then are archetypal Lords associated with the three worlds of evolution but not originating within them. They are Lords of time and space and direction. They are present wherever incarnation occurs, from an atom to an idea to a galaxy.

They provide the context for incarnation. They exist therefore in pairs. The Lord of Aries and the Lord of Libra arise together, as do all the other pairings. They do not exist without each other. The three Crosses they form ‘crucify’ the soul—pinning a portion of its awareness on the wheel and cycling it through time and space.

Strictly speaking, incarnation from a cosmic perspective refers to all those entities expressing on the twelve lowest planes of the cosmic system, which encompasses not only the cosmic physical plane but also the lowest five subplanes of the cosmic astral.

Existing astrological charts place the emphasis upon the placement of the Sun, Rising Sign and moon. These are Earthcentric charts and serve those who are awakening as personalities and striving for soul identification. The esoteric astrology is designed for disciples up until the Third Degree. At the Third Initiation the identification of the disciple moves definitely and definitively into the soul/triad. This is one definition of initiate—one in whom there is a definite movement into identification with the triadal soul. The centre of gravity, if you will, is now in the triad and not in the personality—the identity has been liberated from its long exile in the three worlds. At this time the most correct astrological chart would be heliocentric. The sun or soul is now at the centre and not the Earth or personality. From a heliocentric perspective the Earth now appears in the chart at the point opposite the ‘Sun Sign’. The linking of the Sun Sign with its polar opposite via the Rising Sign is a process therefore that assists in making the transfer of identity into the soul possible.

The shift from an Earth-centric to a heliocentric chart will not affect too greatly the placement of the outermost planets because the Earth is relatively close to the sun from their perspective. It will radically alter the placement of the inner, personal planets however, 202