Aries: Special Zodiac Series, #1

By Douglas M. Baker

INTRODUCTION TO THE ZODIAC SERIES: ARIES

Special English Edition
 

Personality and Soul Characteristics plus Rising Signs

Discover your own myth

and revitalise your life with
the power of ESOTERIC astrology!
 

Astrology comes of age with this remarkable set of 12 zodiac books (Each sign sold separately) that explore the inner person, the secret Self, as well as the personality that the Self presents to the world.

You will be astounded to discover how far reaching the influence of the signs are on our lives, especially our sun (birth) and rising signs, and how much you are a product of the stars.

These easy-to-read books are far more than a representation of the same old characteristics and qualities of the signs. With over 55 years of practical experience in astrology, research, teaching and interpretation, Dr. Douglas M. Baker is in a unique position to fully appreciate just what it is people want to know about themselves. In these works, he shares his knowledge with us all, covering such subjects as:

• The personality and psychology of the signs.
• Helpful hints on raising the children of each sign.
• Health and the zodiac.
• Flower remedies and tissue salts related to each sign.
• How your own sign is reflected in the world around you.
• The talents and potential genius of the signs.
• The Rising Sign – an indication of the life's purpose.
• The spiritual path of your sign.
• The qualities and influences of your sign's ruling planet.
• Sample charts and their detailed  interpretation

These books will help you tap into reservoirs of energy that are linked to your own sign. Energy that will help you cope with the stresses and strains of modern life and bring you into closer contact with the real you, your inner self, the Soul! This is your birthright because you were born in that particular sign.

ARIES: March 21st to April 20th
TAURUS: April 21st to May 21st
GEMINI: May 22nd to June 21st
CANCER: June 22nd to July 23rd
LEO: July 24th to August 23rd
VIRGO: August 24th to September 23rd
LIBRA: September 24th to October 23rd
SCORPIO: October 24th to November 22nd
SAGITTARIUS: November 23rd to December 21st
CAPRICORN: December 22nd to January 20th
AQUARIUS: January 21st to February 19th
PISCES: February 20th to March 20th

• Language: English
• Publisher: Baker eBooks Publishing
• Release date: Apr 19, 2022
• ISBN: 9781625691712

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

ARIES

Personality and Soul Characteristics plus the Rising Sign

A special note to eBook readers:

ARIES - The Astrology of the Soul and Personality

Introduction

How Esoteric Astrology Differs From Orthodox Astrology

ARIES, The Ram

Aries the Ram by Norman Gradwell

Esoteric Astrology - ARIES

Characteristics of those born under the sign of Aries.

Physical

Emotional

Mental

Intuitive

Aries Children

Character and Personal Types

Aptitudes and Vocations

Examples and Confirmation

Psychosynthetic Tasks and Missions

1. Self-Control

2. Transmutation

3. Integration

The Age of Aries

The Celestial Zodiac

Symbolism of Aries, The Ram

General Survey of the Age of Aries

Individualism and Pioneer Qualities of Aries

Symbolism of Libra, The Opposite Sign

Early History of the Jews

Monotheism of Akhnaton and Moses

The Jews as Chosen People of the Age

Development in Contemporary Orthodox Religious Ideas

Greece

Rome

Peru

Transition

SALT, SIGN AND SYMPTOM

The Twelve Tissue Salts and the Zodiacal Signs:

Aries and Potassium Phosphate

The opinion of others in this field should also be noted:

THE FLOWER REMEDIES OF ARIES

CRAB APPLE

WALNUT

The Aries in Us

The Physical Body

MARS (through Aries) at his worst.

The Astral Body

The Mental Body

ARIES RISING:

LIST OF ASTROLOGICAL SYMBOLS USED IN THIS BOOK

Planetary Rulers

Foreword

The Rising Sign

Further examples of solar charts: -

The Functions of the Rising Sign

Interpretation in Basie Symbols with Permutations:

THREE GREAT TRUTHS

ARIES RISING

OZYMANDIAS

The Morphology of Aries Rising

MERCURY, Esoteric Ruler of ARIES

General Characteristics of Mercury

Mercury through the Houses.

Mercury in the First House

EXAMPLE OF MERCURY IN THE FIRST

MERCURY IN THE SECOND HOUSE

MERCURY IN THE THIRD HOUSE

MERCURY IN THE FOURTH HOUSE

MERCURY IN THE FIFTH HOUSE

MERCURY IN THE SIXTH HOUSE

MERCURY IN THE SEVENTH HOUSE

THE BEGUINE

MERCURY IN THE EIGHTH HOUSE

MERCURY IN THE NINTH HOUSE

THE DONKEY

MERCURY IN THE TENTH HOUSE

The Spiritual Problems and Advantages

MERCURY IN THE ELEVENTH HOUSE

MERCURY IN THE TWELFTH HOUSE

The Relationship of Neptune, Uranus and the Moon to the Ascendant

PLANETS RELATED TO ARIES RISING

Aries Rising and The Wi1l-to-Be

ARIES

PERSONALITY AND SOUL CHARACTERISTICS

PLUS THE RISING SIGN

by

Dr. Douglas M. Baker

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

First Printed Edition: 1978

This Edition 2014

Copyright© 1978 D. M. Baker

Printed Version ISBN 9780906006290

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 9781625691712

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.

A SPECIAL NOTE TO EBOOK READERS:

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DGG

Editor

ARIES - THE ASTROLOGY OF THE SOUL AND PERSONALITY

Aries – The Ram

March 21 - April 20

INTRODUCTION

The spectrum of Man’s consciousness is vast. We are faintly becoming aware that there are states of awareness on this planet as high above those of ‘average’ man as his are above that of a domesticated animal, and that every man has the potential within him to embrace such elevated states. The attainment of them forms part of what is called Esoteric Sciences.

The growing acceptance of Esoteric Astrology parallels the growth of Man’s mind. His increasing awareness embraces not only new viewpoints as to the structure of the universe about him, but also new concepts about his own place in the order of things. The expanded mind of nineteenth century man would no longer accept Genesis or the current teachings that placed Man’s origin in time as being 4,000 B.C. Darwinism and the discoveries of Gregor Mendel concerning inheritance of characteristics altered all that.

The best way to appreciate Esoteric Astrology is to see it as an integral part of Ancient Wisdom. The totality of the Wisdom of the Ages brought into being such giant projects as the Great Pyramid of Giza, which was already old 50,000 years ago—an edifice which was but one of many which expressed outwardly the Inner Mysteries which were unveiled only to the privileged few in each developing civilisation.

To the enlightened, our universe is seen as an immense cosmic Entity, a sentient Being in Whom man but lives and moves and has his being. No less is the tiniest atom a sentient point within the consciousness of the Cosmic Logos.* When we speak of a planet, a fixed star, a galaxy and even greater units, we are referring in Esoteric Astrology to vast celestial Beings whose consciousnesses flood us all constantly, benignly or malevolently according to the various factors present.

* See The Seven Postulates of Ancient Wisdom, in The Jewel In The Lotus by Dr. Douglas Baker.

Astronomy is the study of the anatomy of the universe . . . a Cosmic Entity. The giant radio and visual telescopes plot the structures of His parts. Astrology, on the other hand, deals with the effects that the anatomical parts of the celestial Beings have on each other. Astrology is therefore concerned with the physiology of the universe. Orthodox astrology is concerned with the physiological effects of celestial structures upon that tiny, short-lived group of ‘cells’ in the body of the Cosmic entity which we call Humanity. Esoteric Astrology tries to understand the interaction of great cosmic entities with each other and studies the long-term effects which their interplay has upon the human race and its home, the planet Earth.

Esoteric Astrology is more concerned with the indwelling Life of a form rather than its personality, and with whether the form expresses the life’s purpose rather than with its aggrandisement or analysis. The working out of cosmic laws, like the Law of Karma and Rebirth and the Law of Synthesis, are deemed of more import for they fashion the destiny of the sum-total of Man rather than a fragment of him, such as the manifesting personality of one little life within the great immortal Life of a human monad. Esoteric Astrology is concerned with the personality only from the point of view of bringing it into alignment with the Soul, the Higher Self and its purpose.

Esoteric Astrology intimately incorporates Esoteric Psychology, which differs from orthodox psychology (though not existential psychology) in recognising a third factor as part of the totality of Man. Non-esoteric psychology considers Man’s behaviour to result from the interplay between the genetically acquired equipment with which he is born and the environment into which he is thrust. Esoteric psychology says that Man possesses a higher nature—an eternal, immortal and enduring part of him. Spiritual integrity depends on the extent to which the personality is aware of and interacting with its indwelling spiritual Nature.

HOW ESOTERIC ASTROLOGY DIFFERS FROM ORTHODOX ASTROLOGY

Man is a magnetic field at all levels—physically, etherically, astrally, mentally, etc. He lives within the magnetic field of the earth, as he has done for centuries. Dividing the earth’s magnetism into twelve segments in relation to ourselves, we have the twelve houses relevant to the science of astrology. Moving through these houses, 24 hours a day, in each day, are the huge magnetic fields impressed on us by the Fixed Stars and those constellations of stars known as the Zodiac, the influences of which are tremendous. Then there are also the magnetic fields of the planets within our own solar system which reach us mainly through our inner bodies and aura, and they change in relation to each other and to us every day.

When these fields affect our personalities through the lower three (the physical, the astral and the mental), we call this Orthodox or Exoteric Astrology. However, when these forces reach us through our souls (and their action may be spread over many lives), we call this Esoteric Astrology—the astrology of the Soul. Thus, Esoteric Astrology is concerned with:

The Soul’s progress and its opportunity to express itself in this particular life.

Factors which affect the personality from within and from previous lives, through the mechanism of the Law of Cause and Effect or Karma.

The unfoldment of the egoic lotus, for the Soul of man is said to be likened by the Masters of the Wisdom to an unfolding lotus of three tiers of petals.

The drawing below depicts the origin of The Seven Rays, arising as they do from the seven stars of The Great Bear (sometimes called The Plough). They are the outward manifestation of the seven Head Centres of The One About Whom Naught May Be Said. He is using the great Sun Sirius, known as the Dog-Star, the Star of Mercury and the Star of the Buddha, to focus the light of the Seven Rays (of Logoic Mind), as symbolised by the mirror, onto the Sign of Aquarius and the planet Earth . . .

From the point of Light within the Mind of God

Let light stream forth into the minds of men.

Let light descend on Earth.

He points (the finger of God) at the new Age, and energy follows thought.

Beneath his beard (concealed by the Wisdom of the Ages) lies the secret of The Pleiades, worn as a seven-starred necklace overlying His Throat Centre.

Our Sun lies over His Heart Centre and radiates out its note of Love-Wisdom . . .

From the point of Love within the Heart of God

Let Love stream forth into the hearts of men.

May Christ return to Earth.

The symbol of Earth lies directly in the two streams of energy and contains at its centre the Sign of Christos.

The Finger of God