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1The above will be found useful in the Esoteric translation of signs into principles. The fall, from the Eagle of the heavens to the scor¬ pion of the desert, also applies to the theological fall of man, and scientifically explains the Biblical allegory of Adam and Eve. When the mystic key of the starry heavens is turned with a wise hand, the garden of Eden is no longer an impossible place, but is a divine real¬ ity, and the four rivers which, we are told, branch from one head, which rises in the midst of the garden, can all be located and their virtues known. 230 THE LIGHT OF EGYPT The Grand Astrological Key of Alchemical Science, CHAPTER V ALCHEMY, THE STABS AND MAN
2By Nature the Zodiac is divided into equal arcs of Light and Darkness, Summer and Winter; which in the technical terms of the science are termed the northern and the southern signs. When the Earth, in her annual orbit round the sun, enters the sign Libra, about the 21st. of March, the sun appears to enter the first degree of Aries, which is called the vernal equinox, and following the opposition point of our earth’s journey through space, our sun apparently moves forward through the signs until (about the 21st. of June) the first point of the tropical sign Cancer is reached, and the greatest noon¬ day altitude is attained in the northern hemisphere, and the lowest in the southern hemisphere. On or about the 21st. of September, the sun appears to enter the first degree of Libra, which completes the solar passage through the six northern signs, and the arc of light is over. The following six signs, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces, constitute the southern arc, termed the arc of darkness. Our chief reason for drawing the student’s attention to this preculiar division of the zodiac is, that, it is this division that forms the ground work upon which is based every theological system the world has ever seen. Further, it is the division still observed in all standard works upon Astrological science. But, so far as the real and practical application of the science is concerned, such a division is perfectly unmeaning, and students are advised to pay no attention thereto. The only division the zodiac receives in Chaldean astrology (except the four triplicities) is that which takes into consideration the increase and decrease of the life forces, of the great cosmic life cen¬ ter of all animated nature, viz., the Sun. The zodiac is, therefore, divided into two parts, viz., from Capricorn to Cancer. When the sun crosses the line of the winter solstice, about the 21st. of December, the life forces of the northern hemisphere are at the lowest ebb. It is at this point that God gives the nations the promise of future deliver¬ ance. All the crucified saviors the world over were bom about the 25th. of December. In those temperate latitudes where snow and ice are unknown, winter is the rainy season, and the people have their
3232 THE LIGHT OF EGYPT bow of promise in the heavens that God will not entirely destroy the world with water. From the time of the winter solstice the days increase in length, in the northern hemisphere; the sluggish life forces of matter begin to expand; and all things increase in vitality until the 21st. of June; when Sol enters the sign Cancer. This is the highest point of declina¬ tion north of the equator. It is also the highest point of intensity (in the northern hemisphere) of the cosmic life forces. For a time, these forces remain stationary; then reaction slowly sets in; the trees begin to change their tints, fruits begin to ripen, and the days grow shorter as the Life Wave recedes.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
1The above will be found useful in the Esoteric translation of signs into principles. The fall, from the Eagle of the heavens to the scor¬ pion of the desert, also applies to the theological fall of man, and scientifically explains the Biblical allegory of Adam and Eve. When the mystic key of the starry heavens is turned with a wise hand, the garden of Eden is no longer an impossible place, but is a divine real¬ ity, and the four rivers which, we are told, branch from one head, which rises in the midst of the garden, can all be located and their virtues known. 230 THE LIGHT OF EGYPT The Grand Astrological Key of Alchemical Science, CHAPTER V ALCHEMY, THE STABS AND MAN
2By Nature the Zodiac is divided into equal arcs of Light and Darkness, Summer and Winter; which in the technical terms of the science are termed the northern and the southern signs. When the Earth, in her annual orbit round the sun, enters the sign Libra, about the 21st. of March, the sun appears to enter the first degree of Aries, which is called the vernal equinox, and following the opposition point of our earth’s journey through space, our sun apparently moves forward through the signs until (about the 21st. of June) the first point of the tropical sign Cancer is reached, and the greatest noon¬ day altitude is attained in the northern hemisphere, and the lowest in the southern hemisphere. On or about the 21st. of September, the sun appears to enter the first degree of Libra, which completes the solar passage through the six northern signs, and the arc of light is over. The following six signs, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces, constitute the southern arc, termed the arc of darkness. Our chief reason for drawing the student’s attention to this preculiar division of the zodiac is, that, it is this division that forms the ground work upon which is based every theological system the world has ever seen. Further, it is the division still observed in all standard works upon Astrological science. But, so far as the real and practical application of the science is concerned, such a division is perfectly unmeaning, and students are advised to pay no attention thereto. The only division the zodiac receives in Chaldean astrology (except the four triplicities) is that which takes into consideration the increase and decrease of the life forces, of the great cosmic life cen¬ ter of all animated nature, viz., the Sun. The zodiac is, therefore, divided into two parts, viz., from Capricorn to Cancer. When the sun crosses the line of the winter solstice, about the 21st. of December, the life forces of the northern hemisphere are at the lowest ebb. It is at this point that God gives the nations the promise of future deliver¬ ance. All the crucified saviors the world over were bom about the 25th. of December. In those temperate latitudes where snow and ice are unknown, winter is the rainy season, and the people have their
3232 THE LIGHT OF EGYPT bow of promise in the heavens that God will not entirely destroy the world with water. From the time of the winter solstice the days increase in length, in the northern hemisphere; the sluggish life forces of matter begin to expand; and all things increase in vitality until the 21st. of June; when Sol enters the sign Cancer. This is the highest point of declina¬ tion north of the equator. It is also the highest point of intensity (in the northern hemisphere) of the cosmic life forces. For a time, these forces remain stationary; then reaction slowly sets in; the trees begin to change their tints, fruits begin to ripen, and the days grow shorter as the Life Wave recedes.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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