Key Phrases

The word of the Personality: “Let matter reign”

The word of the Soul: “I am the Mother and the Child. I God, I matter am.”

I would point out that four of the names whereby the Virgin is called are familiar to all of us, and tell us much as a whole concerning the form nature of which the Virgin is the symbol. The word Virgo itself is a descendant of and a corruption of an ancient Atlantean root name which was applied to the mother principle in those far off times. This Virgin was the founder of the matriarchate which then dominated civilization and to which various myths and legends bear evidence and which have come down to us concerning Lillith, the last of the Virgin Goddesses of Atlantean times; the same thought is also to be found in the traditionary accounts of the ancient Amazons, whose queen Hercules defeated, wresting from her what he sought. This is an allegory, teaching the emergence of the spiritual man from the control of matter. Three of these goddesses are Eve, Isis, and Mary. They are of peculiar and significant importance where our civilization is concerned for they embody in themselves the symbology of the entire form nature, which, when integrated and functioning as a whole person, we call the personality.

Eve is the symbol of the mental nature, and of the mind of man attracted by the lure of knowledge to be gained through the experience of incarnation. Eve, therefore, took the apple of knowledge from the serpent of matter and started the long human undertaking of experiment, experience and expression which was initiated--from the mental angle--in our Aryan times. Isis stands for this same expression down on to the emotional or astral plane. Eve has no child in her arms; the germ of the Christ life is as yet too small to make its presence felt; the involutionary process is yet too close; but in Isis the midway point is reached; the quickening of that which is desires ... has taken place and Isis consequently stands in the ancient zodiacs for fertility, for motherhood and as the guardian of the child. Mary carries the process down to the plane or place of incarnation, the physical plane, and there gives birth to the Christ child. In these three Virgins and these three Mothers of the Christ, you have the history of the formation and the function of the three aspects of the personality through which the Christ must find expression. The sign of Virgo itself stands for a synthesis of these three feminine aspects--Eve, Isis and Mary. She is the Virgin Mother, providing that which is needed for the mental, emotional and physical expression of the hidden but ever present divinity. (Pg. 253/4)

Virgo symbolises depths, darkness, quiet and warmth; it is the valley of deep experience wherein secrets are discovered and eventually "brought to light"; it is the place of slow, gentle and yet powerful crises and periodic developments which take place in the dark and yet which lead to light. Virgo stands for the "womb of time" wherein God's place (the mystery and the secret of the ages) is slowly matured and--with pain and discomfort and through struggle and conflict--brought into manifestation at the end of the appointed time (Pg. 260)

The keynote which embodies the truth as to the mission of Virgo most accurately is “Christ in you, the hope of glory.” (Pg. 251)

The Exoteric Ruler is Mercury:

Mercury is the expression of fourth ray energy and this is, as you know, peculiarly related to the fourth kingdom in nature, the human kingdom. It is the esoteric ruler of Aries (hence it "leads into the mysteries) and is also the exoteric ruler of Gemini, which is the sign of the major opposites as far as humanity is concerned, because it signifies soul and personality, consciousness and form; it is also the exoteric ruler of Virgo, the Mother of the Christ-Child, or the form and that which indwells the form. It is, finally, the hierarchical ruler of Scorpio, which is the sign of discipleship. (Pg. 548-9)

The Esoteric Ruler is the Moon:

The Moon (or fourth ray energy) is here seen as an expression of first ray energy..The Moon rules the form and it is the Will of God to manifest through the medium of form. (Pg. 263)

The Hierarchical 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)

Interpretation:

This month, Mercury will be traveling through two signs. It commences the month in the sign of Virgo, at home and comfortable in it’s expression of these energies. It concludes the month in the sign of Libra, indicating the need to achieve mental balance and harmony. The need for harmony and right balance is the indicated theme for this month. The energies support each individual’s efforts to achieve appropriate action on the physical plane and inner calm on the emotional plane. To be effective, this work must be done on the mental plane, from that place which Mercury rules. “Mercury is the expression of the dual aspect of the mind as it mediates between the higher and the lower.” Mercury is always the sign of the Messenger, and this includes the messages that our physical vehicle and our emotions attempt to convey to us.

There will be days when the Moon will bring chaos and confusion. There will be days when Jupiter will present us with great Joy. So, this month, being alert for all messages, coming from all directions, will be the key to successful achievement of harmony and balance.

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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