Thoughts on Sagittarius

November 22 - December 21, 2002

Key Phrases:

The word of the Personality: “Let food be sought”

The word of the Soul: “I see the goal. I reach the goal and see another.”

“Sagittarius is sometimes depicted as an Archer on a white horse and a study of the meaning of this symbolism will reveal a great deal of inner teaching. This is one of the later ways of portraying this constellation. Earlier, in Atlantean days, the sign was frequently depicted by the Centaur—the fabulous animal which was half a man and half a horse. The horse symbolism dominated Atlantean myths and symbols,... This earlier sign of the Centaur stood for the evolution and the development of the human soul, with its human objectives, its selfishness, its identification with form, its desires and its aspirations. The Archer on the white horse, which is the more strictly Aryan symbol for this sign, signifies the orientation of the man towards a definite goal. The man is then not part of the horse but is freed from identification with it and is the controlling factor. The keynote of the Centaur is ambition. The keynote of the Archer is aspiration and direction, and both are expressions of human goals but one is of the personality and the other of the soul.” (Pg. 175)

“It is interesting to note that the astrological symbol for this sign currently used is simply the arrow with a fragment of the bow depicted. The Archer as well as the Centaur have dropped out of the picture largely because the focus of human living today is not based upon the objective outer facts of life upon the physical plane but upon some form of inner focus which varies from the many stages of emotional ambition to spiritual aspiration and from the activities of the lower mind bent upon selfish interest to the illumination of the same mind through focus upon the soul.” (Pg. 176)

“In studying Sagittarius, it becomes obvious that one of the major underlying themes is that of Direction. The Archer is guiding his horse towards some one specific objective; he is sending or directing his arrow towards a desired point; he is aiming at some specific goal. This sense of direction or guidance is characteristic of the enlightened man, of the aspirant and disciple, and this is a growing recognition; when this faculty of sensitive direction is rightly developed it becomes, in the early stages, an effort to identify all soul and personality activity with God's Plan, and this is, in the last analysis, the ordered direction of God's thought.” (Pg. 190/1)

The Exoteric Ruler is Jupiter:

“When the human Hierarchy is fully awakened to spiritual and not simply material possibilities, then the work of Jupiter will immediately intensify and this beneficent ruler will lead the human family into the ways of peace and progress.” (Pg. 264)

The Esoteric Ruler is The Earth:

“The Earth itself is, on a small scale, also an intermediary or a relating planet, because it is found ruling both Gemini and Sagittarius and is potent, therefore, only within the line of this dual relationship, existing between this particular pair of opposites. In the Earth a great balancing process is going forward between two great streams of cosmic energy, emanating the one from Sagittarius and the other from Gemini. This condition, aided and influenced by Mercury and Venus produces the somewhat unusual situation in our planet.” (Pg. 362)

The Hierarchical Ruler is Mars:

“Mars carries the war into the very depth of circumstance, environment and being, and confers at the same time such devotion to the visioned objective—as seen at any particular point upon the path—that final failure is rendered impossible.” (Pg. 365)

Interpretation:

This solar month starts with the three ruling planets in comfortable relationship with each other. Jupiter is in Leo, the Earth is in Gemini, and Mars is in Libra. The energy flows between them with ease, and provides the opportunity for we humans to think about the direction of our goals and objectives. Are we moving toward something that is beneficial? Would we like to make changes? And if so, how so? The first ten days provide supportive energy to ponder these issues.

On December 1^st, Mars moves into the sign of Scorpio. Now the energy becomes more “electric”, as if there is a need to take action. BUT, perhaps the correct use of this energy is merely to make a decision. Because, on December 4^th, Jupiter turns Retrograde. Now the energy becomes “subjective”. It is time to think anew about your goals and objectives. It is “pondering” time. At the last days of December, Mars and Jupiter will be exchanging some challenging energy, and that might be the time for action, or conformation of our goals.

On New Year’s Eve, instead of making “Resolutions,” make a list of your 2003 “Goals and Objectives”!!!!

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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