ASTROLOGY -- PART THREE

All Astrology on the Earth is computed on Humanity´s time. Humanity bases its calendar year on the Earth revolving around the Sun and, as scientists now know, this is not accurate.

The Time Factor

The one factor which I have not mentioned so far, as I do not wish to confuse what is already a slightly complicated subect, is the all important question of time. Now all astrology on the Earth is computed on Humanity´s time. Humanity bases its calendar year on the Earth revolving around the Sun and, as scientists now know, this is not accurate. As they refine their measurements of time, so they have had to refine the length of a year. Therefore in a subject so precise as astrology to use Hmanity´s time must lead to inaccuracies.

Humanity´s time is not true time, or, as I would call it, spiritual time. If Humanity, which is perhaps aware that the Earth is quickening on its evolving spiral and that time is speeding up, could measure time correctly, it would know the true influence of the planets and could predict what is to happen. But, because it is unable to conceive of any time outside of Earth time, it is unable to do this. This again -- the inability to see beyond his Earth -- is a trait of the Piscean.

Seek The Knowledge

So, as you walk your path in life, it is important that you realise that the planets do influence you. Seek in your own meditation to find what the influences of the planets are; as knowledge is released to you, seek to draw out the meaning and the influence of each planet. Then, when the almanac tell you that a planet is to appear, if you look for the influence, and expect it, you will find it and recognise it, and can then use it or avoid it as you so choose. But you must be aware of it and look for it. It is no good standing outside at night and saying "There is Venus; I wonder what it is doing to me", for truly it is doing very little to you!

Other Solar Influences

Yet another factor which I have not mentioned so far is the influence of Solar Bodies beyond your own. Your Solar Body is influenced by other Solar Bodies which, as you are a part of your Solar Body, must, of course, also affect you. So you are subject not only to planetary influences but also to influences beyond the planets which, although Humanity is barely aware of them, are of just as much importance.

When you consider the power of your Solar Logos, and as you look up in the sky and realise that even with your little physical eyes you can see thousands of Suns, you will begin to appreciate the complexity of astrology. It take a great mind, an open mind, an inspired mind, to comprehend the nature, the boundaries, the importance and the correct use of astrology.

Live In The Now

For the time being, therefore, you on Earth should concern yourselves with the most important influences on your physical body as you lead your everyday lives, and these are the influences of the Sun and the planets. Also, do not forget your own satellite, the Moon, which revolves around you, for it also influences you. It is difficult, I know, but try not to be conditioned by the particular power which Humanity has ascribed in the past to a planet. As you have been told many times, do not live in the past. The past is not necessarily correct. More evolved beings will see a more evolved influence. For example, If Humanity was to say that the influence or power of a planet was love, think of how many interpretations you all can place on the word "love".

Influence of Astrology

Remember that planetary influences, whilst indeed they have been responsible for some of the great happenings in your World, have also been wrongly attributed as being the cause of other events. Remember that astrology influences, but cannot change, Humanity´s will; IT IMPELS BUT DOES NOT COMPEL, for you all have that divine gift of free choice. Remember that the influences of the planets are important. They do influence the glands and spiritual centres (chakras) in your body, they do affect your physical casing, they do affect your spiritual work and life, but, like any other powers that exist in the Cosmos, they have to be understood, learnt, tested and, moreover, invoked!

Research and Measure

The problems that Humanity has in the World today would be halved overnight if only it would understand the influences of the planets on it. If only Humanity would not scoff and make fun of the one source of knowledge that could truly help it, if only your governments, which spend so much money on making weapons, were to spend just a little on researching into the planets, not by sending rockets to them but by measuring their vibrations and their influence on the Earth, you would achieve a great deal. It is a fascinating Universe in which you live. It is so immense that you cannot conceive of it. You can hardly conceive of your Solar Body. You may, perhaps, in your more evolved bodies be aware of life on the other planets, but what lies beyond them?? In astrology, if you did but know it, you have the key to Creation.

This article is from "The Fantastic Teachings of Ramala".

ASTROLOGY -- PART TWO

Where Humanity has not advanced is in its understanding of the powers, or influences, of the various celestial bodies, knowledge which is sometimes referred to as the Ancient Wisdom.

Lack of Understanding

As you live each day of your life you are subject to the influences of your Solar Body. These can be forecast and mapped out. Your actual position on the Earth also affects the degree to which you receive the influences of the planets, and this too can be forecast. With regard to the mathematical side of astrology, astrologists can be fairly accurate and they can predict the movements of the planets and the stars around them. They can predict when they will appear and disappear, and when they will influence people. Humanity has advanced in this respect because it is the simple side of astrology. Where Humanity has not advanced is in its understanding of the powers, or influences, of the various celestial bodies, knowledge which is sometimes referred to as the Ancient Wisdom.

Not 9 But 12 Planets

Now you will appreciate that astrology today, as it does not recognise the existence of twelve planets within the Solar Body, since Humanity still has to discover three of them, must be inaccurate. Some of the varying influences, the signs of the zodiac as you call them, are in consequence attributed to wrong planets. There are twelve planets and there are twelve signs of the zodiac, one to each planet.

You are born at a definite time depending upon the lesson which you wish to learn and the planetary influence which you are attempting to master in that incarnation. This influence will vary throughout the period of the zodiacal sign depending on whether you are born early or late in the period. At the beginning you are under the influence, to a degree, of the last sign and towards the end you are receiving the influence of the next.

Moment of Birth

Before you incarnate into matter, you choose your birthday, you choose not only the calendar day but also the astrological day in order to receive the influences you desire, for at the moment of birth through the ether there comes to the child not only the Divine Spark that starts its path in life, but also the astrological influences of that moment in time.

What astrologists today do not know are the actual influences of the planets. They might understand some correctly, but not others. Therefore when they try to cast a horoscope certain influences will be missing, but most important of all, they do not know of the influence of what I will call soul wisdom, by which I mean the evolution of the soul that has incarnated, the lives experienced previously, the state of consciousness attained.

Level of Consciousness

As you can readily appreciate, you can have two people born at the same second in time alongside each other in the same room and yet they will both lead vastly different lives. How is this possible, you may ask, since they were both born under the same sign?? You may now begin to appreciate how small the significance of the planets is in this respect and how much greater is the significance of the individual´s consciousness.

As you evolve and become more aware and are more receptive to the planets so you vibrate to them more fully. You become a finer instrument. A coarse instrument would be less aware of the power and would respond less. Consequently, the use which you can make of planetary powers differs according to your point of consciousness.

So let us therefore place this aspect of astrology in its correct position. It can help you to predict the destiny of a person. It can help you to realise the influences under which you yourself vibrate and can point to certain significant periods in your lifetime, but cannot tell you with any degree of accuracy.

Powers of the Planets

As you live your life on the surface of the Earth you are subject to the influences of the planets and, here, astrologists can be more accurate in their predictions for depending on your location on the Earth, as the planets come into view and vibrate their influence so their power wil be felt. They can predict the appearance of Mars and Venus, of Jupiter and Saturn, and know when they will shine upon you.

If they know their powers they could also say that you would be influenced between certain times, on certain days, by the powers of the planets. No matter what the soul consciousness of the individual, all are affected. People may not react in the same way to the powers, but they are all affected. So astrology, in this respect, can predict the pattern of the planets and the stars and the influences that they will have on Humanity.

If you were to realise that the planets do have influences, if you were to learn about those influences, you would be able to run your life more smoothly by anticipating, by using or by avoiding, if you so desired, the influences of the planets at certain times during the course of the year.

Part Three follows....

This article is from "The Fantastic Teachings of Ramala".

ASTROLOGY -- PART ONE

In this article the Master wishes to instruct us in the "Science" of Astrology.

A Materialistic Age

I wish to say a few words about the science of astrology. I use the word science, although on your Earth today there are few who would apply the term "science" to this subject. Why is this?? Firstly, you live, as you know, in a very materialistic Age. You have been through the Piscean Age and, as you now enter the Aquarian Age, so the traits, the habits and the ways of life of the Pisceans are still with you.

The Piscean, if he could not see, touch, or otherwise obtain physical proof of something, was not easily convinced of its existence, and therefore his awreness of life was limited to the surroundings of his Earth. He might have been aware that the stars and the planets were above. He might have been inquisitive enough to wonder why they were there, to measure their brightness, to estimate their size, to compare one with another and to calculate their distance from the Earth using earthly measurements, but that was all. He did not, because he could not conceive of it, think of the influence that the vibrations of those orbs, which he viewed from the Earth, could have on him.

Things Are To Change

Nevertheless, there are some who live in this World today who, even though they were born in the Piscean Age, through the use of astrology in past lives have incarnated again in this life bringing with them that wisdom, that belief in the influence of the Cosmos. They have kept the science of astrology alive throughout their incarnations in the World during the past two thousand years for, truly, astrology has not been in the forefront of Humanity´s consciousness during those years. Now, with the New Age dawning, things are to change, and astrology will once agin take its correct place and assume its rightful importance alongside all the other factors in Humanity´s life. Humanity will realise the importance of, the need for and the effect of astrology.

Vibrations of the Cosmos

Let us begin then by trying to define what astrology is. Astrology is the science of the vibrations of the Cosmos on the Earth. Everything that exists vibrates and depending upon the strength of the source from which the vibration comes, the effect of that vibration is felt by everything within its range which is receptive to its frequency. Even as you sit reading these words you are being influenced by not only the other parts of your Solar Body, the planets, but by influences from beyond them. The most recognisable influences which are felt on Earth are obviously the vibrations of the planets within your Solar Body.

Importance of the Planets

The influences that come from the other planets of your Solar Body are important. You live within that Body and, just as the organs of your own physical body affect you, so the organs of the Solar Body, the planets, affect the Earth most strongly. You are linked within the casing of the Solar Body and its influence, especially the influence of the Sun, the dwelling place of your Creator´s spirit, is important. If the astrology of the ancients was taught today you would know, as is your birthright, the correct influences and the importance of the planets and the part that each of those organs plays in the Solar Body. You would know how, and when, they acted, the manner in which they acted and how their power and influence could be used or, if it was not desired, avoided. The true science of astrology disappeared centuries ago, and Humanity has to rediscover it in the New Age. This it will do.

The Correct Approach

Many people in your World today think of the most important part of astrology as being a means of foretelling the future. This is not so!! It is only a small part which Humanity, with its innate curiosity and because it lacks true spirituality and seeks to find answers from without rather than within, seizes onto a means of discovering its future. So perhaps we had better examine this approach to astrology.

Solar Time

The time when you are born is important. You are not born by chance. If the parents of the child permit it, and if modern medicine does not intervene, a child is born at a precise moment in time, in Solar time that is, not Earth time. That child, after it has evolved and grown to manhood or womanhood, will also die at a precise moment in Solar time, again, if Humanity does not intervene. The times of coming and going are important, and in as much as astrology, as you call it, defines them it is worthy of attention.

Part Two follows....

This article is from "The Fantastic Teachings of Ramala".