Esoteric Astrology – Vol. 3: Esoteric Astrology, #3

By Douglas M. Baker

Esoteric Astrology – Vol. 3

Houses Ten, Eleven and Twelve

The Theory, Interpretation and Practice.

This publication takes a new and revitalised look at astrology. It is simple to understand, yet remains a powerful          

tool, capable of providing a solid foundation for the comprehension of this broad and magnificent subject.

This textbook, like most of Dr. Baker's printed books, eBooks and DVDs, enhances your studies via many charts, lists, tables and images (over 100 in this one). This major work is a very comprehensive introduction for those who want to study this subject in earnest, and for the more advanced student it will serve as an essential reference manual.

In today's computer-based world it is no longer necessary to spend hours calculating a horoscope when the most modest PCs can do it in seconds, and with 100% accuracy! Consequently the needless paraphernalia, usually associated with learning astrology, has been stripped away. Emphasis is placed on the application of astrology to the unique problems of the modern world, its use as a method of revealing purpose and meaning in life, and ultimately as a key to the psychosynthesis of personality.

The horoscope is described in comprehensive detail, with special attention given to the esoteric ruling planets of the zodiac signs, which are more relevant than orthodox rulers in the charts of spiritually-minded people. The new rulers also accommodate the immense changes in external conditions and inner consciousness that have occurred in the last hundred years and are related to a new range of experience which the brain registers as the externa of the modern world. The significance of karma is represented for it gives dramatic effect to our daily actions, and the third factor of esoteric psychology, lying beyond our understanding of heredity and environment, is given full prominence.

This integrative and enriching work can be read alone, as a fascinating introduction and foundation to the New Astrology, or can be followed up with the author's extensive range of astrological books and video tapes, audio lectures and the all-embracing Dictionary of Astrology for the 21st Century. Together they provide a complete system for the professional and novice alike, containing efficient and extraordinary techniques of interpretation which have never been used before and which halve the time required to assimilate and practise astrology.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Baker eBooks Publishing
• Release date: Apr 19, 2022
• ISBN: 9781625691491

Douglas M. Baker

Dr. Douglas M. Baker. English born and raised in South Africa has done extensive scientific research into those hinterlands of the mind which one might call psi-semantics. He graduated in the Arts & Humanities in South Africa and qualified in medicine at Sheffield University (UK) in 1964. Having taught in the East End schools of London for 10 years, he began his tour of the Western world giving lectures and seminars in Esoteric Healing, Esoteric Anatomy, Esoteric Astrology, Esoteric Psychology, Esoteric Science and Metaphysics. He, more than any other, set in motion the trends towards alternative methods of medicine which have transformed that field in Britain today. As medical advisor to the De la Warr laboratories in Oxford, he undertook research into Biomagnetism and quantum physics their effects on the human aura and dark matter, producing the book by the same name in conjunction with George de la Warr. Through the years he has given more than 15,000 lectures and attracted people from all over the world to his Esoteric Science Festivals and International Summer Schools staged in America, Canada, England, Switzerland, Italy, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. His transformative experiences during the Second World War, when twice severely wounded, set the pattern for his life long investigations into the Powers Latent in Man. His extensive esoteric writings are said to be the largest collection in the world produced by a living author. He has written over 100 books, many of which have been translated into the 9 European languages at https://www.douglasbaker.com, and his list of downloadable MP3 audio lectures available at www.douglasbaker.org, include 500 live lectures given around the world and on a vast range of subjects. He has led the field in esoteric astrology, producing with a team, his magnum opus, a Dictionary of Astrology for the 21st Century in three volumes. This is in addition to the already existing 11 volume set of books on the same subject.

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Table of Contents

Esoteric Astrology – Part 3

Houses Ten, Eleven and Twelve

A special note to eBook readers:

LIST OF ASTROLOGICAL SYMBOLS USED IN THIS BOOK

Planetary Rulers

THE TENTH HOUSE

THE MORPHOLOGY OF THE TENTH

Where the Mountain Goat Resides.

The Mountain Goat

RAYS IN THE TENTH HOUSE

Planets Retrograde in the Tenth House.

SATURN, LORD OF KARMA, SYNTHESIZER OF PERSONALITY

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, Poet *

Key Phrases for Scorpio in the First

DAFFODILS

Vincent Van Gogh, painter.

DWIGHT EISENHOWER

The Sign of Capricorn

Mythology and the Impersonal

Mythology

Capricorn And Projection

THE ELEVENTH HOUSE

THE PLANETARY LORD OF THE ELEVENTH

Capricorn the Fish-God

Why Uranus Is Not Ruler Of Aquarius

The Moon Veiling Another Planet

EXAMPLE HOROSCOPE : Mrs. Margaret Thatcher.

THE TWELFTH HOUSE

THE MORPHOLOGY OF THE TWELFTH

VULCAN IN THE TWELFTH

Vulcan, Esoteric Ruler of Taurus And Lord of the Second House

Vulcan in The Twelfth

W. Randolph Hearst

Comments:

THE CHART OF JEREMY THORPE

Soul’s Purpose

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ESOTERIC ASTROLOGY – PART 3

HOUSES TEN, ELEVEN AND TWELVE

The Theory, Interpretation and Practice

by

Dr. Douglas M. Baker

B.A., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.

First Printed Edition: 1979

This Edition 1996

Copyright© 1979 D. M. Baker

Printed Version ISBN 9780906006412

Little Elephant,

High Road, Essendon,

Herts, AL9 6HR, England.

This is the only authorized eBook of the printed edition.

© Copyright Dr. Douglas M. Baker 2014

eBook ISBN 9781625691491

Published by Baker eBooks Publishing

Many audio lectures and some of the images and charts used here can be downloaded in higher definition for free from our website https://www.douglasbaker.org.

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A SPECIAL NOTE TO EBOOK READERS:

This volume contains a large amount of astrological glyphs embedded within the text. The sales page preview might not be able to show these but your reading device will as long as you leave the Font settings at Original or Publisher Font. Font size adjustments work fine with the glyphs. To allow the greatest number of reading devices to display this eBook, we used the free flowing layout and show the glyphs right above the text they belong to.

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Editor

LIST OF ASTROLOGICAL SYMBOLS USED IN THIS BOOK

˜ Sun

Ìp Mercury

z Vulcan

„ Venus

À Earth

¶ Mars

Ô Jupiter

Ê Saturn

¬ Uranus

• Neptune

Þ Pluto

¢ Moon

_ Related to

e Square

f Trine

i Opposed

a Conjunct

d Sextile

h Inconjunct

Z Intercepted

ý On Cusp

X Retrograde

T Trensm. Asc

s Aries

} Taurus

‡ Gemini

‘ Cancer

› Leo

¥ Virgo

¯ Libra

¹ Scorpio

à Sagittarius

Í Capricorn

× Aquarius

á Pisces

PLANETARY RULERS

Note: Per Esoteric Astrology by Alice A. Bailey, Lucis Press, London and New York.

THE TENTH HOUSE

THE FISH GOAT

THE MORPHOLOGY OF THE TENTH

In Scorpio (Eighth) and Sagittarius (Ninth), the origins of expressive energy were carefully considered, in Capricorn and the Tenth House, we become concerned with the dimensions of the fields of expressive energy. We are concerned not only with the length, breadth and depth of expression associated with its most concrete forms, but also with the heights of expression, height seen here as a greater dimension than the other three. Dane Rhudyar calls this the house of civilisation, and when all civilisations are said and done, there remains the one surviving argument in their favour . . . that they have provided opportunities for expansions in human expression, albeit mainly objective expression, which would not have been his without them.

It is the initiates, incarnating in groups, that will decide the where and when of the irruption of a new civilisation. First, the Manu of the Root Race selects and isolates a racial group, sometimes incarnating in it to strengthen certain biological strains. When all is prepared, when the young tribe has been directed to the right terrain, and when the Ray patterns of Humanity are suitable, groups of souls will be introduced into appropriate bodies which will foster qualities of the new civilisation in the selected race. First, there will incarnate souls on the Ray of Will and Power who will act as frontiersmen. They will establish new horizons of thought in politics, culture and social life. Through their tenacity, these frail and sensitive patterns of growth will be nurtured, protected and even force-fed until they are ready for elaboration and expansion. Then souls on the Second Ray of Love-Wisdom will incarnate in the new civilisation, giving it cohesiveness and resilience to stand up to the stress of continuous growth.

Then Fourth Ray souls assist the expansion and add cultural features in terms of art and science, giving all a harmony and beauty with the new individualistic trend. The Seventh Ray souls add detail and order to the new civilisation so that ceremonial in the form of religion, militarism and commerce can carry the civilisation to heights of its expression - so that it can truly do its thing, which is to add a new quality of life to the consciousness of the planetary Logos. At this stage. Sixth Ray souls will reinforce and sustain the impetus with idealism, faith and devotion; Fifth Ray souls will further consolidate, focus and begin to crystallise; whilst throughout the whole elaborate process, the Third Ray has correlated the civilisation with others and with the lower kingdoms.

The true initiates do not remain for long in the civilisation once their work is done...once the note of the new planetary quality has been adequately sounded. They are withdrawn and anchored at some new site where another sub-race is to be born. Centuries may pass before the effects of removing the initiates begin to set in motion the harvest of such a retrograding action. But inevitably, consolidation and crystallisation will lead to decay. With vital contributions of illuminated souls no longer available, the aged civilisation falters in its path, blunders and acts unwisely, having lost its spiritualizing, vitalizing and motivating forces; it crumbles and ends in ruins. History demonstrates the inexorable mechanisms of these divine extensions in planetary consciousness, which we call civilisations.

Capricorn symbolises the Path of the Initiate, his sacrificial tendencies, his search for causes, his use of every available means (both in persons and property), his adaptability, his courage, his one — pointedness, his cruel obsession for the hard work of moving irresistibly towards final synthesis, his employment instinctively of tried and tested methods won from lessons learned in previous lives. These Capricorn qualities find powerful expression in the Tenth House, in the midheaven of Man’s efforts which culminate in the flowering of a civilisation.

There are certain psychological processes which have grown alongside civilisation that can assist in evolving a man spiritually with unbelievable rapidity. The bearing of responsibility is one ... the suffering of pain for a prolonged period is another. The Christ depicted both of these symbolically in His life as the Essene Jesus. There is another process which, as a Capricornian incarnation. He was bound to experience in full measure, viz., bearing blame, which is a consequence of shouldering responsibility. Becoming a scapegoat - being the target of sustained attack, whether you have earned it or not - is as elevating to the Soul as it is testing to the personality.

Whilst history records many famous examples of scapegoats - such as Dr. Dreyfuss, Paracelsus and not a few of the saints themselves, to say nothing of those in the Old Testament - it is easier to understand just how significant the effects of this experience are if we take the Jewish people as a national example of the process. Indeed, the Jews originated the term, and they embodied it in themselves as a single, racial entity. Saturn is the ruler of both the Sign of Capricorn and the Nation of Israel. The Jews have become the scapegoat of the nations, and it is said with much truth that if anyone has an excess of difficult karma, he is bound to be able to work this off by incarnating today (or in previous millennia) in the body of a Jew. There he is bound to be placed in a position of intense suffering through stress arising from life as a Jew. It remains to be seen how rapidly the spiritualizing effects of Saturn will operate in the case of Israel.

India, ruled by Capricorn, is an example of a nation accepting passively the psychological processes described above. Her long history is one of patient and humble suffering, a suffering which, until now, the Jews have steadfastly refused to accept with the keywords governing the national thought, word and deed of, An eye for an eye.

It is not hard to unravel characteristics of Capricorn and the Tenth House in the nature of the Scottish temperament. The land itself, especially the highlands, is rugged, rock-strewn, mountain peaks prominent everywhere, it is cold, and it is said that more snow falls on the Scottish peaks in one year than on the whole of the Arctic. These are all typical of Saturn. The people are hardy, long-lived, ascetic and are famous for their cautiousness over matters concerning expenditure.

Whether in the highlands or the lowlands, people originally lived in clans, isolated from each other, and they loved this way of life. Despite this dour sort of existence, the Scots have always been an ambitious people not hesitating to aspire to the throne of England, alliances with the French monarchy, expeditions abroad, colonization of Ireland, etc. The Scots are famous for their ability to infiltrate regions all over the world where skill in engineering is needed, especially in areas and frontiers where hardiness and persistence are watchwords for the successful.

The squared kilts are a tribute to the quaternary nature of Saturn and to the bare knees (Capricorn), free to scramble over rocky glens and up precipitous mountainsides.

WHERE THE MOUNTAIN GOAT RESIDES.

THE MOUNTAIN GOAT

Carl Jung has taught us not to ignore the deep significance of symbols, especially those which go far back into the dawn of Man’s history. The Signs of the Zodiac represent in symbolic form great categories of complexes in human behaviour, and not the least of these in significance is that of the mountain goat. We shall use this symbol to illustrate the general importance of all Zodiacal glyphs, images and patterns as these impinge upon human consciousness.

The mountain goat reigns in regions where only eagles can reach, even though he is a four-footed and sure-footed animal. He defies gravity, implying that he is a lord over earthly things. He rules a no man’s land of rock or ice with the same equanimity that he gives to the gigantic leaps that defy gravity.

The mountain goat seeks ever for forage, and the Capricornian (or those with the Tenth House prominent) are ever seeking the material wherewithal or forage that sustains those who seek the highest places in human society. The capacity of the mountain goat to balance itself on a scant foothold when the whole mountain- side is moving in earthquake, or when he is being jostled by others, makes him a noteworthy creature, standing out in almost human-like emphasis when he is compared with other animals. Even his hooves are non-skid, that splay wide for a steady grip.

The many qualities of the mountain goat’s life make this symbol an adequate expression for Saturn, which is the Ruler of Capricorn and the Lord of the Tenth House. The cold winds of Saturn are like those of the mountain-top, but they are as nothing to the mountain goat or the Capricornian, who can sustain himself no matter how long the wind blows or how bitter its cutting.

The Capricornian is able to sink into his background with almost no effort at all. His needs are tiny, and the more precarious the environment, the more challenging it is to his capacities. The history of the mountain goat is steeped in myth, and not so long ago, many thought the mountain goat to be a figment of the imagination. The strange thing is that these are very prominent individuals who prefer, however, to sink into the vastnesses of the mountains which they occupy. It is in the Tenth House that one most frequently finds very important persons (V.I.P.’s), and Capricornians themselves are very frequently very important people, although they do not seek out the spotlight of Leo or become the martinets, more characteristic of the ascendant.

The Tenth House is a high place, and it is in high