Thoughts on Leo

July 22 - August 23, 2002

Key Phrases:

The word of the personality: “Let other forms exist.  I rule.”

The word of the soul: “I am That and That am I.”

In Leo, the individual awakens to his own identity, concentrates his purpose, learns the lessons and uses of selfishness (for that is one of the best ways to learn and to discover that it is contrary to the laws of the soul) and is eventually so cornered by the life processes that he becomes aware of the futility of self-interest (Pg. 145)

The keynotes of this sign are exceedingly well-known.  They sound out the note of individuality and of true self-consciousness....  only the truly self-conscious person is the man who is aware of purpose, of a self-directed life and of a developed and definite life plan and programme.  Where these are present, the inference is that there is mental perception and some measure of integration.  To be motivated only by emotion and actuated by desire is no indication of true self-consciousness.  In the undeveloped man, it is far more instinctual than is self-awareness.  In the truly developed self-conscious man not only is direction, purpose and plan present, but also a consciousness of the active agent of the plan and action.  (Pg. 288/9)

There are two subsidiary yet potent keynotes of the Leo person ....  These are the will-to-illumine, which constitutes the driving urge towards self-knowledge, self-perception and intellectual positivity, and also the will-to-rule, ... which leads a person born in this sign eventually to achieve self-mastery and the control of the personality, and it is also the same tendency which leads him finally to the control by the personality, ruled by Leo, of groups and large or small bodies of people.  This--at an advanced stage--is an expression of the fusion of Leo energy and Aquarian potency.  It is inevitable in the long run for men and races;  for this all experience in Leo is preparatory. (Pg. 289)

The Exoteric, the Esoteric and the Hierarchical Ruler is the Sun:

A little thought will make it apparent to you why the Sun is the ruler of all the three conditions of Leo--exoteric, esoteric and hierarchical.  It is a correct surmise that the purpose of this solar system is the unfoldment of consciousness, and if for the strictly human being self-consciousness is the goal, then the Sun must obviously rule, for it is the source of physical consciousness (exoteric and symbolic of the personality), of soul awareness (esoteric), and of spiritual life (hierarchical).  I am reiterating the necessity to recognise the stimulation of consciousness as the objectives of all the astrological influences because the outstanding them of Leo is the activity of the self-conscious unit in relation to its environment or the development of sensitive response to surrounding impacts by the one who stands--as the Sun stands--at the centre of its little universe.  The whole story and function of Leo and its influences can be summed by in the word "sensitivity" and this sensitivity can be studied in four stages:

1. Sensitivity to conditioning impacts from the environment, i.e., to the impacts of the world of human evolution, the three worlds or planes, through the medium of the three aspects of the response apparatus of the soul;

2. Sensitivity to the will, wishes and desires of the personality, the integrated self-conscious man, the lower self;

3. Sensitivity to the soul as the conditioning factor instead of sensitivity to the environing world as the conditioning factor;

4. The spiritual sensitivity of the God-Man (the soul and personality fused) to the environment.  At this stage of unfoldment, the liberated man is not conditioned by his environment but begins the arduous task of conditioning it in relation to the divine plan and purpose and at the same time to cultivate sensitivity to the higher impacts of those worlds which lead to the final goal.

I want you to have this innate spiritual sensitivity and this outer material sensitivity most carefully in mind if you want truly to understand the influences of Leo upon human beings and especially upon the person born in this sign (Sun in Leo) or who has this sign rising, as well as its influences upon the planet.  (Pgs. 294/5)

Interpretation:

The Sun’s passage through the sign of Leo will activate the energies of Ray Five, the Ray of Concrete Knowledge and Science.   This happens because the Sun will complete the Ray Five Triangle composed of Leo, Aquarius and Sagittarius.  During the solar month, the planets Uranus and Neptune are passing through the sign Aquarius, and Pluto is passing through the sign Sagittarius.  When the Sun enters Leo, is completes this triangle.  D. K. tell us that Ray Five “governs the evolution of consciousness”.  He reminds us that the “special virtues” of this energy are: “strictly accurate statements; justice; perseverance, common-sense, independence and keen intellect.”  He also warns that this potent energy has some accompanying “vices” which are: “harsh criticism, narrowness, arrogance, unforgiving temper, lack of sympathy and reverence, and prejudice.”

These comments should certainly be at the forefront of our consciousness during this solar month.  The Tibetan has spoken in many places about the harmful effects of criticism, so it would appear that this is an ideal time to be conscious of this energy manifesting, both in our personal lives, and also as it appears before us each day in those with whom we interact, as well as those we watch on television and other media.  The Sun in Leo will first be opposite Neptune in Aquarius, a time when we can all so easily fall victim to outside influences carrying imperfect and unclear energies.  Next the Sun will be opposite Uranus, a time when sudden and unexpected influences will appear, wanting action of some sort.  During the month, the Sun will be in favorable relationship to Pluto, suggesting that we all have the ability to energize the use of our Will to live, work and function in “Right Divine Order”. 

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The thoughts for pondering are taken from Esoteric Astrology by Alice Bailey, with permission of Lucis Publishing Company. For more about Lucis Trust, see www.lucistrust.org

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