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1The symbolical diagram at the beginning of this chapter ex¬ presses, hieroglyphieally, all that the science of alchemy can teach. The twelve signs of the zodiac are divided into their various triplicities, and it will be noticed that each trigon has three planes of manifestation shown by the three wards of the stellar key. These elements are again shown, represented by their chemical equivalents, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, and Hydrogen; and lastly, the various quadrants represent the realms of elemental life, which live and move and have their being within the four great astral triplicities of the old Chaldean Astrology. 236 THE LIGHT OF EGYPT MAN S ASTRAL ORGANISM AsTHO-KaBBALISTICAL PLANISPHERE OF THE SlGNS AND Constellations of the Zodiac. Original Frorri CHAPTER VI THE NATURE AND INFLUENCE OF THE TWELVE SIGNS The poet Manilius, so celebrated in the days of Augustus Caesar, in setting forth the astrology of the Romans gives the following beau¬ tiful description of the twelve signs and constellations; “Now constellations, Muse, and signs rehearse; In order let them sparkle in thy verse; First Aries, glorious in his golden wool, Looks back, and wonders at the mighty Bull, Whose hind parts first appear, he bending lies. With threatening head, and calls the Twins to rise; They clasp for fear, and mutually embrace, And next the Twins with an unsteady pace Bright Cancer rolls; then Leo shakes his mane And following Virgo calms his rage again.
2Then day and night are weighed in Libra’s scales, Equal awhile, at last the night prevails; And longer grown the heavier scale inclines, And draws bright Scorpio from the winter signs. Him Centaur follows with an aiming eye, His bow full drawn and ready to let fly; Next narrow horns, the twisted Caper shows. And from Aquarius’ urn a flood o’er flows. Near their lov’d waves cold Pisces takes their seat, With Aries join, and make the round complete.” Centaur, the constellation of Jupiter, i.e. Sagittarius. Narrow-horns, the twisted Caper, refers to Capricorn, the goat.
3Everything in Nature, though constituting a trinity in itself, pos¬ sesses a fourfold application when viewed from the external plane. At least we find this fourfoldness a truth so far as “the things of Earth” are concerned, and therefore, by the laws of correspondences, the same application must hold good in regard to the celestial objects in the heavens. The Hermetic rule is very precise upon this point, viz, “As on the earth, so in the sky.” Therefore, we will describe the four¬ fold aspect of the stars as fully as the limits of the present work will allow. Before attempting this, however, it is perhaps necessary to remind the general reader, that it is well known to students of Oc¬ cult literature, that behind the external personalities of the twelve sons of Jacob were concealed the various powers of the twelve con¬ stellations of the Zodiac. Until quite recently, their correct tabula¬ tion has been carefully concealed. In fact, the Kabbalistical and eso¬ teric aspect of the science, what Paracelsus calls the “spiritual astrol¬ ogy,” has never yet been committed to writing, except under the dense 238 THE LIGHT OF EGYPT
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 symbolical diagram at the beginning of this chapter ex¬ presses, hieroglyphieally, all that the science of alchemy can teach. The twelve signs of the zodiac are divided into their various triplicities, and it will be noticed that each trigon has three planes of manifestation shown by the three wards of the stellar key. These elements are again shown, represented by their chemical equivalents, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, and Hydrogen; and lastly, the various quadrants represent the realms of elemental life, which live and move and have their being within the four great astral triplicities of the old Chaldean Astrology. 236 THE LIGHT OF EGYPT MAN S ASTRAL ORGANISM AsTHO-KaBBALISTICAL PLANISPHERE OF THE SlGNS AND Constellations of the Zodiac. Original Frorri CHAPTER VI THE NATURE AND INFLUENCE OF THE TWELVE SIGNS The poet Manilius, so celebrated in the days of Augustus Caesar, in setting forth the astrology of the Romans gives the following beau¬ tiful description of the twelve signs and constellations; “Now constellations, Muse, and signs rehearse; In order let them sparkle in thy verse; First Aries, glorious in his golden wool, Looks back, and wonders at the mighty Bull, Whose hind parts first appear, he bending lies. With threatening head, and calls the Twins to rise; They clasp for fear, and mutually embrace, And next the Twins with an unsteady pace Bright Cancer rolls; then Leo shakes his mane And following Virgo calms his rage again.
2Then day and night are weighed in Libra’s scales, Equal awhile, at last the night prevails; And longer grown the heavier scale inclines, And draws bright Scorpio from the winter signs. Him Centaur follows with an aiming eye, His bow full drawn and ready to let fly; Next narrow horns, the twisted Caper shows. And from Aquarius’ urn a flood o’er flows. Near their lov’d waves cold Pisces takes their seat, With Aries join, and make the round complete.” Centaur, the constellation of Jupiter, i.e. Sagittarius. Narrow-horns, the twisted Caper, refers to Capricorn, the goat.
3Everything in Nature, though constituting a trinity in itself, pos¬ sesses a fourfold application when viewed from the external plane. At least we find this fourfoldness a truth so far as “the things of Earth” are concerned, and therefore, by the laws of correspondences, the same application must hold good in regard to the celestial objects in the heavens. The Hermetic rule is very precise upon this point, viz, “As on the earth, so in the sky.” Therefore, we will describe the four¬ fold aspect of the stars as fully as the limits of the present work will allow. Before attempting this, however, it is perhaps necessary to remind the general reader, that it is well known to students of Oc¬ cult literature, that behind the external personalities of the twelve sons of Jacob were concealed the various powers of the twelve con¬ stellations of the Zodiac. Until quite recently, their correct tabula¬ tion has been carefully concealed. In fact, the Kabbalistical and eso¬ teric aspect of the science, what Paracelsus calls the “spiritual astrol¬ ogy,” has never yet been committed to writing, except under the dense 238 THE LIGHT OF EGYPT
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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