Here is the horoscope of a woman who has Virgo on the Ascendant, and common
signs on all four of the angles. Mercury, the life ruler is conjunct with the
lady Venus, in the humane sign Aquarius, showing a nature which was most
loveable and kindly, one who loved all and never suspected evil in anyone;
but, sometimes these trusting ones, who think everyone is as honest as they
themselves may come to a period in their lives when they too must be tried.
All who are on the path of spiritual endeavor must be tested as to their
strength of will, for God can advance only those who are strong and able to
carry the burdens of backward humanity; hence, all who aspire to become chosen
ones must expect that the Teachers who take care of God's higher work must try
and try their aspirants. For the same reason that an athlete must strengthen
his physical muscle, so must the aspirant also strengthen his spiritual
muscle.
Although this woman had common signs on the angles, which is an indication
of wavering and changing, still with the Sun in Capricorn conjoined to Venus
and Mercury the ideals were very high, and the danger lay in the adverse
aspects to the Sun from cardinal signs; first, there are the squares to Sun of
Neptune and the Moon, then the opposition of Uranus. These are strong aspects,
which being also in angles, were very hard to overcome. In addition, the
square and opposition aspects of the Moon with Uranus and Neptune from the
first, seventh, and tenth houses, is another dangerous configuration for one
to overcome who has common signs on the four angles.
This woman was "disturbed day and night" by entities from the Desire World.
Her first contact with these entities occurred after she had visited and sat
in a spiritualistic circle. From that time her life was made miserable by
constant disturbances from these desire entities.
She has other aspects, however, which, when she made the effort, helped her
to overcome. Saturn is very strong in Capricorn its own sign, and Saturn is
also semisextile Venus and Mercury in Aquarius and sextile the progressed
Moon, 3:58 of Scorpio. The Sun is trine Pluto which is well placed in the
eighth house. These planetary positions and aspects led this woman to The
Rosicrucian Fellowship to ask for healing, which she received.
This man has the energetic sign of Sagittarius on the Ascendant with
Jupiter, the life ruler, in its own sign in the 12th house, in conjunction
with the nervous and erratic Uranus. These two planets are also in conjunction
with the Dragon's Head which is of a Jupiterian nature. They are afflicted by
a square of Mars, from the sign Pisces, also a parallel of Neptune and Saturn.
With these afflictions of Jupiter ruling the arterial blood, in the two
Jupiterian signs, Sagittarius (hips) and Pisces (the feet), what may we expect
but that the arterial blood would be obstructed in the limbs? As the action of
Uranus is spasmodic, it shows that at certain times only does this young man
suffer with cramping of the motor nerves. But we find Saturn, the planet of
obstruction, strong in its own sign of Capricorn, ruling the knees, afflicted
by the square of the Moon from near the Midheaven, also by the square of
Mercury in Aries. As the joints of the body are largely ruled by the sign of
Capricorn, especially when Saturn is placed in this sign and afflicted, we may
expect a lack of power in and control of the lower part of the body.
We find Neptune, the planet ruling the spinal canal and the spinal spirit
fire, square to the life-giving Sun. This aspect acts upon the body as a
disconnected wire would upon a telephone; there would be no response. The
vital fluids cannot flow freely through the spinal column; and the upper and
lower parts of the body may be likened to two disconnected wires. This boy
could not walk without support of crutches; but this affliction was very
slight until he reached the age of seven years when the progressed Moon
reached the conjunction of the radical Saturn; then he lost entire control of
his limbs.
We are told in Galatians, 6th chapter, 7th verse, that whatsoever a man
soweth, that shall he also reap. The question might be asked, "How could this
poor young man be held responsible for something that came upon him as a
baby?" We are told that this life is not all, that we have lived many lives,
and that we are born to parents with whom we have made ties in previous lives.
They are the instruments through which we are to receive our lessons. As we
look into the life of the poor soul we see this exemplified. He has been
attracted to parents who could give him a certain body, the archetype of which
he himself was the builder. We note in the horoscope that the Moon is
afflicted in the 9th house by the opposition of Mercury, and Saturn is square
to both Mercury and Moon, indicating a drunken father and a nervous and
neurasthenic mother.
May the poor boy born into this miserably afflicted body learn his lessons,
as afflictions are to the soul what fire is to gold — a refiner. Surely the
experiences in this life will bring him much purification and soul growth.
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