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Esoteric Astrology – Vol. 4
Rising Signs - Aries through Virgo
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.
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 - VOL. 4
THE RISING SIGNS - ARIES TO VIRGO
A special note to eBook readers:
INTRODUCTION
LIST OF ASTROLOGICAL SYMBOLS USED IN THIS BOOK
Planetary Rulers
FOREWORD
The Rising Sign
The Birth Chart
Further examples of solar charts
The Functions of the Rising Sign
Three Great Truths
ARIES RISING
THE MORPHOLOGY OF ARIES RISING
MERCURY, ESOTERIC RULER OF ARIES
General Characteristics of Mercury
MERCURY THROUGH THE HOUSES
MERCURY IN THE FIRST
MERCURY IN THE SECOND
MERCURY IN THE THIRD
MERCURY IN THE FOURTH
MERCURY IN THE FIFTH
MERCURY IN THE SIXTH
MERCURY IN THE SEVENTH
MERCURY IN THE EIGHTH
MERCURY IN THE NINTH
MERCURY IN THE TENTH
MERCURY IN THE ELEVENTH
MERCURY IN THE TWELFTH
THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PLANETS TO ARIES RISING
ARIES RISING AND THE WILL-TO-BE
TAURUS RISING
The Planet VULCAN
VULCAN, Esoteric Ruler of Taurus
Chinese Discover Planets
1,600 Minor Planets Registered
The Qualities of Vulcan
Planets Related to Taurus Rising
Mercury - Taurus Ascendant
Vulcan - Taurus Ascendant
Mars - Taurus Ascendant
Venus - Taurus Ascendant
Earth - Taurus Ascendant
Jupiter - Taurus Ascendant
Moon - Taurus Rising
Sun - Taurus Rising
Saturn - Taurus Ascendant
Uranus - Taurus Ascendant
Pluto - Taurus Ascendant
Neptune - Taurus Ascendant
VULCAN THROUGH THE HOUSES
VULCAN IN THE FIRST
VULCAN IN THE SECOND
VULCAN IN THE THIRD
VULCAN IN THE FOURTH
VULCAN IN THE FIFTH
VULCAN IN THE SIXTH
VULCAN IN THE SEVENTH
VULCAN IN THE EIGHTH
VULCAN IN THE NINTH
VULCAN IN THE TENTH
VULCAN IN THE ELEVENTH
VULCAN IN THE TWELFTH
GEMINI RISING
PLANETS RELATED TO GEMINI RISING
The Sun - Gemini RiSing
Vulcan - Gemini Rising
Mercury - Gemini Rising
Venus - Gemini Rising
Earth - Gemini Rising
Mars - Gemini Rising
Neptune - Gemini Rising
Uranus - Gemini Rising
Pluto - Gemini Rising
Jupiter - Gemini Rising
Saturn - Gemini Rising
Moon - Gemini Rising
THE PLANET VENUS AND GEMINI RISING
VENUS THROUGH THE HOUSES
VENUS IN THE FIRST
VENUS IN THE SECOND
VENUS IN THE THIRD
VENUS IN THE FOURTH
VENUS IN THE FIFTH
VENUS IN THE SIXTH
VENUS IN THE SEVENTH
VENUS IN THE EIGHTH
VENUS IN THE NINTH
VENUS IN THE TENTH
VENUS IN THE ELEVENTH
VENUS IN THE TWELFTH
CANCER RISING
NEPTUNE, ESOTERIC RULER OF CANCER
PLANETS RELATED TO CANCER RISING
Sun - Cancer Rising
Mercury - Cancer Rising
Moon - Cancer Rising
Venus - Cancer Rising
Earth - Cancer Rising
Mars - Cancer Rising
Jupiter - Cancer Rising
Saturn - Cancer Rising
Uranus - Cancer Rising
Neptune - Cancer Rising
Vulcan - Cancer Rising
Pluto - Cancer Rising
NEPTUNE THROUGH THE HOUSES
NEPTUNE, ESOTERIC RULER OF CANCER
NEPTUNE IN THE FIRST
NEPTUNE IN THE SECOND
NEPTUNE IN THE THIRD
NEPTUNE IN THE FOURTH
NEPTUNE IN THE FIFTH
NEPTUNE IN THE SIXTH
NEPTUNE IN THE SEVENTH
NEPTUNE IN THE EIGHTH
NEPTUNE IN THE NINTH
NEPTUNE IN THE TENTH
NEPTUNE IN THE ELEVENTH
NEPTUNE IN THE TWELFTH
LIO RISING
SUN, ESOTERIC RULER OF LEO
The Physical Sun
The Spiritual Sun
PLANETS RELATED TO LEO RISING
Sun - Leo Rising
Vulcan - Leo Rising
Mercury - Leo Rising
Earth - Leo Rising
Venus - Leo Rising
Moon - Leo Rising
Mars - Leo Rising
Jupiter - Leo Rising
Saturn - Leo Rising
Neptune - Leo Rising
Uranus - Leo Rising
Pluto - Leo Rising
THE SUN THROUGH THE HOUSES
SUN IN THE FIRST
SUN IN THE SECOND
SUN IN THE THIRD
SUN IN THE FOURTH
SUN IN THE FIFTH
SUN IN THE SIXTH
SUN IN THE SEVENTH
SUN IN THE EIGHTH
SUN IN THE NINTH
SUN IN THE TENTH
SUN IN THE ELEVENTH
SUN IN THE TWELFTH
VIRGO RISING
THE MOON - ESOTERIC RULER OF VIRGO
PLANETS RELATED TO VIRGO ON THE ASCENDANT
Mercury - Virgo Rising
Vulcan - Virgo Rising
Venus - Virgo Rising
Mars - Virgo Rising
Earth - Virgo Rising
Saturn - Virgo Rising
Jupiter - Virgo Rising
Uranus - Virgo Rising
Pluto - Virgo Rising
Sun - Virgo Rising
MOON THROUGH THE HOUSES
MOON IN THE FIRST
MOON IN THE SECOND
MOON IN THE THIRD
MOON IN THE FOURTH
MOON IN THE FIFTH
MOON IN THE SIXTH
MOON IN THE SEVENTH
MOON IN THE EIGHTH
MOON IN THE NINTH
MOON IN THE TENTH
MOON IN THE ELEVENTH
MOON IN THE TWELFTH
ESOTERIC ASTROLOGY - VOL. 4
THE RISING SIGNS -
ARIES TO VIRGO
by
Dr. Douglas M. Baker
B.A., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.
First Printed Edition: 1979
Copyright© 1979 D. M. Baker
Printed Version ISBN 9780906006429
Little Elephant,
High Road, Essendon,
Herts, AL9 6HR, England.
This is the only authorized eBook of the printed edition.
© Copyright Dr. Douglas M. Baker 2015
eBook ISBN 9781625691507
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.
This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher's prior consent in any form, binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.
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ONCE AGAIN, WE WISH TO THANK THE PUBLISHERS OF
THE CIRCLE BOOK OF CHARTS
FOR THE EXTENSIVE USE OF THEIR
CHARTS IN THIS WORK
INTRODUCTION
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 Transm. 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.
FOREWORD
THE RISING SIGN
Because the Earth is rotating on its own axis, the whole heavens appears to be in movement, whereas the Earth itself appears to remain steady. The twelve Signs of the Zodiac appear to rise in the east and set in the west. Because the Earth rotates at 1,000 miles an hour and completes its full rotation in 24 hours, one of the twelve Signs will present itself on the horizon every two hours.
The constellation
on the horizon at the time of our birth is called The Rising Sign.
Our diagram below and again under Birth Chart
shows the Sign of Leo rising. It is on the cusp of the first house of the wheel of twelve houses, whose spokes are also shown. It takes only four minutes for a new degree of the Rising Sign to present itself on the horizon, which means that unless the time of birth is known to within 15 minutes, considerable changes in the horoscope will have occurred so that the degree of the ascendant, the position of the Moon and the Signs on the cusps of houses could be very different. This in turn affects the nature of the Soul's purpose.
Many persons never know the time of their births and ask what should be done in their instance. The answer is, Nothing should be done.
Do not attempt to get a rectified horoscope done, by whatever means. Don't settle for anything less than the truth. If you cannot obtain the time of your birth, then it is your karma not to know the Rising Sign and, therefore, not to know (by astrological means) your soul's specific purpose. You should have a solar chart set up or place Aries on the ascendant and work from that. In due course, information will be released in esoteric astrology that will guide the person placed in this position as to what should be done. This is a far better way to handle the matter than to pay for mere suppositions or estimates, or even to rely on time vectors as to the time of birth.
The solar chart is erected by placing the birth Sign on the ascendant (cusp of the First House), and the Sun is made the very first planet inside the First House. The same or next degree is appended to the ascendant and from it, by equal house method, the remaining Signs are allocated to the cusps of the houses in the correct order. Then the planets are positioned in the houses thus laid out.
In some instances the noon position of the planets is used. The solar chart gives useful information but does not, cannot clarify, in any way, the specific Soul's purpose. The diagram opposite gives the position of the Rising Sign and a description of other structures in the horoscope.
THE BIRTH CHART
A personal map of the heavens, the birth chart is unique to each person's time and place of birth (see further examples below.) In effect, it is a map of the planets and the signs of the zodiac as they were above that place - and below the horizon - at that time.
( a ) Line of Horizon
This line divides the Birth Chart in two: planets appear either above the horizon (upper half of the Chart) or below it. The Sun's position in this chart denotes a birth-time after midnight.
( b ) Ascendant or Rising Sign
The sign rising on the eastern horizon at the moment of birth: here shown as 25 degrees Leo; then the other signs follow in order around the Chart moving clockwise.
( c ) Cusp of First House
The inner circle of the Chart is divided into 12 Houses; the cusp of the First House marks its starting point and coincides with the Ascendant; in this chart the First House occupies the 24 degree area below the eastern horizon comprising the last 5 degrees of Leo plus 19 degrees of Virgo (on the cusp of the Second House). The Second House occupies the next 29 degree area comprised of the last 11 degrees of Virgo plus 18 degrees of Libra, and so on.
( d ) House Divisions
The 12 Houses relate to specific areas of the subject's life, e.g. possessions, career, family, etc.; although other forms exist, the Placidus House System is used here.
( e ) IC (Imum Coeli) or Nadir
This is the opposite point on the Chart to the MC or Midheaven, i.e. the point in the sky more or less beneath the subject's feet at the moment of his birth. In the Placidus House System the Nadir coincides with the cusp of the Fourth House.
( f ) Glyphs of Planets
The glyphs of the planets (Saturn is the example marked here) are placed round the Chart and their positions in degrees of the sign of the zodiac at the moment of birth are noted.
( g ) Descendant
The opposite end of the Horizon line to the Ascendant; i.e. the degree of the zodiac setting beneath the western horizon, here shown as 25 degrees of Aquarius.
( h ) Glyphs of Signs
The sign glyphs, like that of Pisces indicated here are inserted round the Chart once the Ascendant is calculated. The glyphs are an extremely ancient form of shorthand. An intercepted sign occurs in a house larger than 30 degrees where the sign occupies neither cusp but is sandwiched between them.
( i ) Cusp of Sign
The cusp of a sign marks the starting point of a new sign; a planet appearing precisely on the cusp here would be placed on 0 degrees Aries (not 30 degrees Pisces).
( j ) MC or Medium Coeli
The MC (Midheaven) is the point at the moment of birth when the ecliptic crosses the subject's meridian; in general terms the MC is the overhead point in the sky. In the Placidus House System the MC coincides with the cusp of the Tenth House.
( k ) Retrograde Planets
The glyph denotes an apparent backward or retrograde motion of a planet through the zodiac at the moment of birth: here Mars is retrograde.
Whenever we consider the qualities of a planet, we also have to take into account its relative motion, which can be direct, stationary or retrograde. This is the phenomenon in which a planet, from the viewpoint of a person on the earth, appears to slow down, become stationary, and then go backwards, in what astrologers call retrograde motion, before again going direct (see illustration below). The process is an optical illusion, which can be compared to an experience many of us have had, of being in a train that is being overtaken by another slightly faster train, giving the false sensation that our own train is going backwards.
THE RETROGRADE EFFECT
FURTHER EXAMPLES OF SOLAR CHARTS
COURTESY PREDICTION MAGAZINE.
THE FUNCTIONS OF THE RISING SIGN
The Rising Sign: -
provides the energies that drive the personality towards its spiritual goal and moderate its efforts when that goal is elsewhere;-
indicates the deepest potentials of the man once he is capable of treading the Path;
points to the purpose of the Soul through the triangle of energies that it highlights: -
(a) the Rising Sign itself,
(b) the esoteric planetary ruler thereof, and
(c) the esoteric planetary ruler of the Sign on the cusp of the house in which (b) is located.(See example chart below)
The Soul's purpose may be confined to a single life or to the many more that lie ahead. If the planets which form the triangle with the ascendant (described above) are rapid in movement, then the soul's purpose in this life will be conveyed through a series of revelations, each of which, when apprehended, will take the disciple successfully up the rungs of a spiritual ladder in this particular life.
If the planets are slow-moving, the soul's purpose is applied to and includes lives that lie still in the future, as well as this life.
Capricorn, the Rising Sign (a), is ruled by Saturn (b) which is found in Cancer in the Sixth House. Gemini is on the cusp of the Sixth House. The ruler of Gemini is Venus (c), which is located in Taurus in the Fourth House.
Factors (a), (b) and (c) are linked together into a triangular pattern and are then used in the consideration of the Soul’s purpose.
Interpretation in Basie Symbols with Permutations:
To leaven the dough and give light-hearted expression
to the nursing world through hard work.
If the planetary rulers in this same triangle are sacred, then the soul's purpose is mainly concerned with the dissemination of structures that lie deeply in the psyche, according to the age of the egoic lotus.
If the planetary rulers are non-sacred, then the soul's purpose initially is specifically concerned with elements that need changing in the current personality vehicles.
When the neophyte can appreciate the Three Great Truths, inwardly, and demonstrate them outwardly, he is ready for the Soul's Purpose.
THREE GREAT TRUTHS
Hear me, my brother, he said.
There are three truths which are absolute, and which cannot be lost, but yet may remain silent for lack of speech.
"The soul of man is immortal, and its future is the future of a thing whose growth and splendour has no limit.
"The principle which gives life dwells in us and without us, is undying and eternally beneficent, is not heard or seen, or smelt, but is perceived by the man who desires perception.
"Each man is his own absolute lawgiver, the dispenser of glory or gloom to himself; the decreer of his life, his reward, his punishment.
These truths, which are as great as is life itself, are as simple as the simplest mind of man. Feed the hungry with them.
from THE IDYLL OF THE WHITE LOTUS
The Master Robert Browning had the following audio-visual comments to make on the functions of the Rising Sign: -
(a) To train man to know himself. Visual image: -
Michelangelo's David
in front of the temples of initiation.
(b) To point the way through the hazardous peaks and cliffs on the mountain-top of initiation: -
O the mind, mind has mountains; cliffs of fall
Frightful, sheer, no-man-fathomed.
(c) The presence of the Rising Sign is man's firm assurance that help from his soul is both imminent and always present, no matter what his circumstances.
(d) Not in the house of man's personality, but in the garden, whether it be tilled or unkept, there is always a flower of rare and extreme beauty that raises its head amongst the tangle of weeds . . . this is man's soul. The Rising Sign points to the state of its petals, which tiers are in the process of being unfolded, its colours, hues and qualities. Many who enter their personality homes are unaware of this fragrant and delicate creature which is an outpost of divinity.
(e) As man drives his vehicles along the Path, the great freeway into the unconscious, there is always in front of him that more advanced vehicle (the higher triad) which ever has its indicator blinking to show when there should be a change of direction. This is the Rising Sign, which, for most, goes unheeded.
(f) The Rising Sign may be likened to an attendant dressed in an immaculate white garment that pushes in a wheelchair the personality and awaits the time when it may arise from the invalid chair and stand on its own, taking the journey to the Soul.
(g) Progress on the path of unfoldment necessitates a purification of the garments of the personality, and these must be in some cases completely replaced and in other instances laundered and dry-cleaned. It is the Rising Sign that can point to the ways in which this self-purification can best be achieved. It acts as the laundry and dry-cleaners for those garments of the ego that need refreshment, cleansing and reconstituting.
(h) The Rising Sign is a warning post on the lighted way that flashes out the list of limitations which must be overcome (squares) and the challenges that must be surmounted. Comfortingly, it also spells out in visual imagery the potentials of the disciple (trines) and how these may be used to construct the antakarana. And lastly, it warns of the folly of taking inwardly the festering contents of an unsound personality: -
Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds.
Symbol: - A pair of carvers. Only those whose instruments are bright with purity, stainless with right motive and sharpened with independence and accomplishments can carve themselves a portion of the great Plan which the Masters so jealously guard from the ill-equipped.
(i) The Sign on the ascendant gives the clues to the kind of service work, classical studies, method of meditation and the psychosynthesis which enable the disciple to unfold himself smoothly and rapidly.
(j) It also points the way ahead to the next target of spiritual unfoldment, as surely as the marksman points the barrel of his gun to the red and blue, concentric circles of his target.
(k) Just as carefully as the efficient engineer overhauls the faulty equipment of the machines entrusted to him, assisted by his tools, the Soul of man overhauls the personality with the assistance of the Rising Sign.
(l) As the gardener consults the instructions on the packets of his seeds, the effective disciple should consult the Sign on the ascendant.
(m) In times of stress, the Rising Sign indicates how you may be refreshed before you are ready once more to drink deep from the Pierian springs.
(n) Most men are like political prisoners. Their motives at the deepest level are pure and good, but they are imprisoned within the jail, of which the mind is the chief jailer. They must overthrow the jailer and break loose in order to express their political-spiritual intent.
Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting:
The soul that rises with us, our life's star.
Hath had elsewhere its setting,
And cometh from afar;
Not in entire forgetfulness,
And not in utter nakedness,
But trailing clouds of glory do we come
From God, who is our home;
Heaven lies about us in our infancy;
Shades of the prison-house begin to close
Upon the growing boy,
But he beholds the light, and whence it flows.
He sees it in his joy;
The youth, who daily farther from the east
Must travel, still is Nature's priest,
And by the vision splendid
Is on his way attended;
At length the man perceives it die a way,
And fade into the light of common day;
-- William Wordsworth
ARIES RISING
Aries Rising gives prestige and emphasis to the past. There will be a constant searching into the early life, especially the first thirty years, for examples and precedents in order to obtain direction for the solving of present problems. Because Aries rules the head and the mental outlook, the Sign rising will indicate not only this almost nostalgic respect for past events, but an over-susceptibility to factors which have inhibited personality development in the early years, e.g., the influence of the mother, and may give rise to such psychiatric concerns as the Oedipus complex, extravagant narcissism, etc.
Love of the early history of races, especially