Year 1 Semester One Lesson Two Zero Aries Circle of the Zodiac The Elements The Modes with - Julija Simas Agent 12 Cosmic Intelligence Agency 2015
Lesson 2 - Agenda! Zero Aries! Zodiac - The Divine Circle, The Evolutionary Zodiac and signs! The Modes - Fixed, Cardinal, Mutable! The Elements - Fire, Water, Earth, Air 2
Where is Zero Aries in Your Chart? 3
Where is Zero Aries in Your Chart? 4
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The Zodiac! The great circle divided by 12 signs! The ecliptic divided into 12 equal signs! Signs used to be same as constellations, the symbols of the season! The meaning has remained, the signs have moved off! The equinox and spring began the year (Northern Hemisphere) 9
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360 Circle Divided by 12 Signs Divided by 3 Modes Divided by 4 Elements 11
Divine Circle! Spirit! Cosmos! No beginning, no end! Strength, unbroken! God is a circle, whose centre is everywhere and circumference is nowhere! Sun, Moon, orbits, cycles! Eternal! Equal! Uroborous 12
Uroborous - eternal cycle! Uroborous, Ring, Eternal cycle, Beginning and end, End and beginning! Is an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon eating its own tail.! cyclicality, something constantly re-creating itself, the eternal return, the phoenix, cycles that begin anew as soon as they end.! Represents the idea of something primordial existing in or persisting from the beginning, something cannot be extinguished.! First emerging in Ancient Egypt, frequently used in alchemical illustrations, where it symbolizes the circular nature of the alchemist's opus. 13
Circle - 360 divided into 12 signs = 30! Divinity! Wholeness! Perfection! Whole year! Symmetry 14
The 12 signs! 12 perfect number, harmonious, most easily divisible number - 2,3,4,6! 2 polarities, equal opposites yin - yang, masculine - feminine, light - dark, white - black! 3 modes - cardinal, fixed, mutable! 4 elements - Fire, Earth, Air, Water! 6 -Above horizon signs, below horizon signs, 6 pairs opposites, 6 day signs, 6 night signs 15
The Magic 12! Astro-theology - Bible - Jesus s life - God/Sun- 12 Apostles signs 12 tribes of Judah, 12 apostles,! 12 disciples of Confucius; 12 disciples of Mithra; 12 companions of Odin, 12 goddesses for women; the 12 marshals of Napoleon etc, etc! Myths - 12 labours of Hercules! The Heroes journey - stages of development! Time - clock - 12 hours, a dozen,! 12 gates of the human body - 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 2 breasts, mouth, the navel, the anus, the penis/vagina! 12 mantras, 12 steps, 12 Stages, 12 step program AA, 16
Allegory - symbolic story of the zodiac The life of a Tree! Aries - Seed sprouts - new life, new beginning, what am I?! Taurus - Seed takes root, nourishment, water, food, what are my needs?! Gemini - Environment - conscious self, recognition, my neighbourhood, who am I?! Cancer - Belonging, who do I belong to, my kind, my family, what kind of tree am I?! Leo -Individuation - self identification, my uniqueness, how do I stand out form my clan, my unique self! Virgo - Perfection - health, daily needs, how do I keep it up? Perfect myself? Know 17
Allergory con t! Libra - Steeping out - meeting others, recognise self in others, differences, dance, my sociability, love, attraction! Scorpio - Enter deep dark forrest, passion, love, fatal attraction, deep experience, merge with others, enmeshed, bond, experience, trust! Sagittarius - Life s Adventure - search for meaning, truth, answers, new horizons, what does it mean to be a tree?! Capricorn - Establishment - realisation of the forest, the establishment, the rules, find own autonomy, my understanding of self in world! Aquarius - Community - venture out beyond your tribe, meet other tribes, distant horizons, change rules, make them better, for the good of all, give back to others! Pisces - Time to go now, end of a cycle/era, new beginnings over horizon, let go, nurture the seed of next cycle, become seed of next cycle. 18
The Zodiac -Cycle of Evolution! Cycle of natural evolution! Reflecting natural cycles! Birth, peak, death, re-birth! Stages of growth, personal, collective evolution! Waxing and waning, growing and contraction! Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter! No cycle is ever the same - evolutionary! One cycle - Aries - Pisces 19
Elements, Modes, Quadrants, Rulers. Signs 20
Sidereal and Tropical astrology 21
Precession of the Equinox The wobble Constellational zodiac Age of Aquarius begins when Zero Aries point moves into sign of Aquarius When signs and constellations will overlap be of out of alignment by 30 each(currently 25 ) Current Aries Point is at approx 5 Pisces/constellation 22
Tropical Zodiac 23
Sidereal and Tropical Astrology! Sidereal - star position, constellation, fixed star - Sidereal Aries 0 Aries begins 15th April! Tropical - zodiac begins with Sun position at vernal equinox - 0 Aries begins, 12 signs of 30 degrees each follow - 12 x 30 =360 - Tropical Aries begins 20th - 21st March,! Now 25 days/ 25 difference! Due to Precession of the Equinox - 24
Precession of the Equinox Both aligned at approx 200 ACE Constellations are not 30 each, vary in size (can t) be divided into 30 degrees each Precession moves the Vernal Equinox point against backdrop of stars - 1 backwards along the ecliptic/zodiac every 72 years, opposite to motion of Sun Age of Pisces to Age of Aquarius Moving the signs out of alignment with the original constellations by 25 Example today Sun at 12 Pisces Tropical - Sidereal /17 Aquarius By moving backwards/ tropical zodiac is nearly a whole sign in front of sidereal Movement - credited to Hipparchus and Ptolemy in approx 127 ACE 25
The Earth s wobble 26
Both Zodiacs Tropical vs Sidereal 27
Tropical- Astronomical Virgo constellation more than 50 Scorpio less than 10 (crosses ecliptic) 28
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-Age of Aquarius 5 degrees away 72 x 5 = 360 years away begins approx - 2374 ACE -According to tropical astrology - of signs being 30 degrees each -Many variations- orbs(era of influence), many theories exist 30
The moving backdrop 31
The Great Year - 26,000 years! One complete cycle of moving Aries point/equinox point around ecliptic! Zodiacal Ages! Age of Aries, Age of Pisces, Age of Aquarius! Technically Age of Aquarius won t begin till 2350 approx! 26,000 approx years divided by 12 signs = 2160 years each! A Platonic Year 32
Tropical Astrology follows the 0 Aries point 33
! A few reading links! Bible Allegory! http://www.solarmythology.com/bibleastrology.htm! Allegory of signs Martin Schulman http://classiclegendbooks.com/allegory.html! The story of the last supper is an astronomical allegory! http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php? az=view_all&address=214x228625! From the movie Zeitgeist about the Sun God https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7ycggm-8tc! Astro- Theology Santos Bonnacci! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac5hllh5xpy 34
Precession and the 13th sign! https://cosmicintelligenceagency.com/the-zodiac-and-why-thereare-12-signs-not-13/! http://www.ancient-wisdom.com/precession.htm! http://www.britannica.com/topic/precession-of-the-equinoxes 35