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A Treatise on White Magic - Rule Ten - Astrology and the Energies
It might be of value if I here attempted a translation necessarily inadequate, of the key word of each sign. These fall into two categories as far as humanity is concerned. There is the key word for the form aspect and the key word for the soul aspect. In the first case, the word is expressed; in the second it is consciously spoken by the soul. Translated into modern terms much is lost, but the underlying thought which directs the work of the emanating energies is of value. For our world period they are as follows:

For the aspirant who progresses from Aries to Pisces and has therefore reoriented himself we have:

  • Aries - I come forth, and from the plane of mind I rule.
  • Taurus - I see, and when the eye is opened, all is illumined.
  • Gemini - I recognize my other self and in the waning of that self I grow and glow.
  • Cancer - I build a lighted house and therein dwell.
  • Leo - I am That and That am I.
  • Virgo - I am the Mother and the Child, I God, I matter am.
  • Libra - I choose the Way that leads between the two great lines of force. [442]
  • Scorpio - Warrior I am, and from the battle I emerge triumphant.
  • Sagittarius - I see the goal. I reach the goal and see another.
  • Capricorn - Lost am I in light supernal and on that light I turn my back.
  • Aquarius - Water of life am I, poured forth for thirsty men.
  • Pisces - I leave the Father's home and turning back, I save.

From the standpoint of the form, the life proceeds in a reverse direction, and the work of nature is seen under the following words:

  • Pisces - And the Word said: Go forth into matter.
  • Aquarius - And the Word said: Let desire in form be ruler.
  • Capricorn - And the Word said: Let ambition rule and the door stand wide.
  • Sagittarius - And the Word said: Let food be sought.
  • Scorpio - And the Word said: Let Maya flourish and deception rule.
  • Libra - And the Word said: Let choice be made.
  • Virgo - And the Word said: Let matter reign.
  • Leo - And the Word said: Let other forms exist, I rule.
  • Cancer - And the Word said: Let isolation be the rule and yet the crowd exists.
  • Gemini - And the Word said: Let instability do its work.
  • Taurus - And the Word said: Let struggle be undismayed.
  • Aries - And the Word said: Let form again be sought.

It will be noted that all these ideas concern the work of energy in some form or another and in the last grouping with the work of the so-called unregenerate selfish individual, full of desire for satisfaction. The group of mantric words used by the aspirant in the power of his own soul, are positive.

It seems needless to deal further with the various types of force and we shall now turn our attention to Rule XI. [447]
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