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| Thirdly, Mars governs the senses which are five in number.
These senses are the basis of all human knowledge where that which is tangible and
objective is concerned or inferred. Mars, therefore, rules science and hence the reason in
this present era for the fundamental but not permanent [216] materiality of science - a
materiality which is rapidly lessening as Mars nears the end of its present cycle of
influence. Already, the trend of modern science is shifting into the realm of the
intangible and into the world of the non-material. Hence also the fact that the opposition
to occultism is waning and its day of power approaching. These subtler senses will
supersede the physical senses over which Mars has so long had a successful control, and
hence again the growth in the world today of the psychic senses and the appearance on
every hand of the subtler and more esoteric powers of clairvoyance and clairaudience.
This development is inevitable as the influence of Scorpio and of Mars begins to lessen,
as is the case today. The year 1945 saw this influence almost completely vanish,
particularly from the astral plane. Astrologers would do well to remember that the
influence of the constellations, signs and planets, work out upon three levels of
awareness - three descending levels - and are felt first of all upon the mental plane,
then upon the astral plane and finally upon the physical plane. But it is with this last
plane that astrologers are primarily concerned, emphasizing happenings and events and not
their conditioning causes. At present, astrology deals with effects and not with that
which is causing them. There is much confusion over this matter and the horoscopes of the
three levels are often much distorted. A horoscope which could be interpreted purely upon
the mental plane is given a physical interpretation, and thus happenings which are
entirely mental are portrayed as physical occurrences. A clue to this triple
interpretation which astrology must eventually recognize can be found in the relation of
the orthodox, the esoteric and the hierarchical planets and the rays of which they are the
expression. You will see from this how important are the functions [217] of Scorpio and Mars upon our planet at this time, and you will note also how brief a time remains in which humanity can (rightly or wrongly) handle its tests. You will realize also the pressure under which the Hierarchy at this time struggles now that Martian energy is expressing itself upon the astral plane. Will the world Hercules lift this problem up into heaven and "elevate the Hydra" of passion and hate, of greed and aggression, and of selfishness and ambition up into the region of the soul? Or will it carry the whole matter down on to the physical plane with the inevitable corollary of world disaster, world war and death? Such are the problems with which the guiding Hierarchy is faced. Scorpio is also most interestingly connected with the constellation, Cancer, through. the influences of the sixth ray, for it should be remembered that that ray is also expressing itself through Neptune, but in a spiritual and esoteric manner. Neptune governs Cancer esoterically. The significance is therefore clear, for Cancer is the sign of birth; it is the door into incarnation and the sign of generation. Scorpio is the sign of sex and of regeneration, and birth is ever the intended result of the sex relation. Father-spirit and Mother-matter when brought together produce the Son. The tests and difficulties and pains of this era are symptoms or indications of the "entering into manifestation" of the new civilization and culture. They portend the birth of the new era for which the entire world waits. This will happen if - speaking esoterically - the sixth ray energy of Mars is transmuted into the sixth ray energy of Neptune, for the one is "objective and full of blood" and the other is "subjective and full of life." A great mystery is veiled and hidden in the above relationship, for Cancer-Neptune is expressive of the seventh [218] ray which rules and controls the eighth Creative Hierarchy. This is one of the five Hierarchies whose names are unknown to us and this particular one stands upon the verge of liberation. At the same time it is closely connected with the mind principle as it works out through the solar Angels or through the human hierarchy. It is related to the birth of the fourth Creative Hierarchy in a sense not to be understood by anyone below the stage of the fourth initiation, but it is an interesting fact to remember for it is in the connection between the sixth and seventh rays that that potent "desire for incarnation" was aroused which resulted in the fall of the angels in primordial times. This sixth ray influence coming from three angles - orthodox, esoteric and hierarchical - and hence involving both Neptune and Mars - predisposes the race and individual man as well to become one-pointed disciples in Sagittarius. This latter constellation is ruled by Mars, bringing the man into control or closer touch with the lunar lords, the sixth Creative Hierarchy. Students should study their charts with care, remembering to differentiate between the five Hierarchies which are the non-manifesting Hierarchies, and the seven Hierarchies which are in expression now, and of which the sixth Creative Hierarchy is a part. This Hierarchy, from the larger angle of the entire twelve hierarchies and not simply the seven manifesting hierarchies, is the eleventh or the second. The sixth Ray of Devotion is consequently most powerful in this age or cycle and hence the expression in every land today of its best and its worst features, of which the intense devotion to material things and the intense devotion to spiritual values are dramatic instances. |
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