星星的讯息THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS

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THE SUN, THE MOON AND THE ASCENDANT
We stated in our opening paragraph that there are Three Great Factors
which convey to us the Mystic Message of the stars in general, namely, the "houses," the "signs" and the "planets." There are also three factors which
play a specially important part in the individual horoscope, namely the Sun,
the Moon and the Ascendant, which may be said to represent the spirit, the
soul and the body.
Properly viewed the Sun, Moon and Ascendant are not really three separate
horoscopical principles but represent two composite parts which when united
constitute the human being. The "rising sing" and the "first house" together
form an avenue for the fecundating influences of the Moon which there
crystallize and form the etheric matrix that moulds the physical particles
from the maternal body into a new vehicle; hence the astrological maxim,
that the ascendant at birth (or its opposite) is the Moon's place at conception.
This composite body is the part of the human being which is born and
dies after a relatively evanescent period of existence.
The other and immortal part of composite man which consists of the Ego
and its finer vehicles is represented in the horoscope by the Sun and the
Moon. The specific influence of these planets will be described when we
have considered the rising sign

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THE RISING SIGN
As taught in "Simplified Scientific Astrology" it is the angle of the
stellar ray which determines in what department of life it will be most
prominently active; and it has been found by observations that the sign rising
or ascending on the eastern horizon when a child is born is the principal factor in determining the basic constitution and form of the
physical body. Further investigations have shown that the reason for this
fact is that at the time of conception when the seed-atom was planted in the
ovum the Moon, which is the Cosmic agent of fecundation, projected its fertilizing
ray through the sign and degree which later rises at the moment of
birth, (or its opposite). For that reason the rising sign and degree continue
to be the avenue of ingress of the life-forces which build the body of
the babe until the severance of the umbilical cord, and the nature of the
rising sign is thus indelibly stamped upon the new vehicle and retained all
through life.
In this connection it should be noted that conception is not necessarily
coincident with the physical union of the parents, sometimes two weeks or
even more elapsing ere the auspicious moment awaited by the Recording Angels
or their agents strike. At that time cosmic conditions are such that they
will form a body which will facilitate the expression of the Ego seeking
re-embodiment and aid it to work out its self-generated destiny. It should
also be remembered by students that the moment of delivery is not the time
of birth from the astrological point of view. The inhalation of the first
complete breath usually accompanied by a cry, is the moment when the incoming
Ego receives its stellar baptism. This renders it ever susceptible to
the influence of the particular configuration of the stars existing at that
moment, and therefore the stars affect each individual differently from all others, not even the horoscope of twins being alike. It is also strongly
emphasized that according to this explanation we do not have a certain
"fate" because we were born at a particular time, but we are born at a particular
time because we have a certain self-generated destiny to work out.
That is very important distinction for its substitutes divine law for divine
caprice, it eliminates the element of "luck" and inspires man to mastery of
"fate: by working with the Law. If we have made our present horoscope by
our past actions in a past life, logically we are now preparing for future
embodiment and may make it what we choose. If we strive to strengthen our
body now, to overcome our faults, to cultivate new virtues, the Sun of our
next life will rise under much more auspicious conditions than those under
which we now live and thus we may truly rule our stars and master our fate.
When the last three degrees of a sign are rising or when the first three
degrees ascend at the time of birth the person is said to be born "on the
cusp" between two signs and them the basic nature of the signs involved are
blended in his or her body. Thus a person born when the three last degrees
of Aries or the first degrees of Taurus were ascending would be neither
purely Aries nor Taurus were ascending would be neither purely Aries nor
Taurus but a mixture of the qualities of the two signs.
The nature of the rising sign is also modified by the presence of planets. The Sun and Mars increase vitality if well aspected but it afflicted
they incline to fever and inflammatory disorders but they also favor
rapid recuperation, and make the nature alert and energetic. A
well-aspected Jupiter rising also increases vitality but inclines to corpulence,
if the planet is afflicted that makes the circulation sluggish and
thus gives a tendency to disorders of the blood. The foregoing remarks
about Jupiter apply to Venus in a lesser degree. Saturn rising lowers the
vitality and favors chronic ill-health in later life, but at the same time
he gives such a tenacious hold on life that though the person may pray to be
released he cannot die. Mercury, Moon, Uranus and Neptune make the body
more high-strung and nervous than the average, usable specially for pioneers
in music, literature, higher thought, science and the electrical arts.
Planets placed in the twelfth house are considered as being on the ascendant
if within six degrees thereof, also all planets in the first house no
matter how far from the rising degree; but if a sign be intercepted in the
first house, planets placed therein will not have as strong an influence in
the life as though the sign occupy the cusp.

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