tomasorban:

In
retrospect, the clusters of stars that represent the twelve zodiacal
signs of the macrocosm are like organs of the digestive, circulatory,
respiratory, reproductive, endocrine, and nervous systems of the human
being, the microcosm. They are all associated with different formative,
vital and archetypal energies, just like the various operative and
anatomical systems of the human body are all responsible for the
mediation of different tasks. The passage of the solar orb through the
physical space of each zodiacal cluster ensouls the archaeus or
“ethereal tissue” of its corresponding disposition which in turn
vibrates at the frequency of the physical world and energizes all living
and evolving forms of matter. Naturally, the presence of the qualities
characteristic of the vital force in the end product itself is a
vindication of this hidden transmutational process and a teleological
exponent of tidal interactions between the energetic macrocosm and its
constituent, the receptive microcosm.

The
force working through each zodiacal sign is at its apogee during a
2150-year period in which the stars of its constellation occupy the
vernal point of 21-22 March, a time when the formative forces of Mother
Nature have regenerated enough to infuse life back into our hallowed
planet. This is made possible through slight changes that occur in our
planet’s rotational axis known as axial precession, or precession of the equinoxes.
Those untutored to astronomy would be unfamiliar with this phenomenon,
and so it is quite necessary to engage brief explanation here.  Most
people know that the axis of our earth is not vertical but tilted on an
angular radius of 23 degrees 27 arcminutes, an obliquity which generates
seasonal rotation as the solar orb seemingly ascends and descends 23.5
degrees from the equator over the course of the year. During this time
it will cross over the equator twice; these occurrences are called
equinoxes. As the sun rises on the day of an equinox it sluices through
an intersection formed by the celestial equator and the ecliptic. This
is otherwise called the vernal point, which is not fixed but shifts by
about a degree every seventy-two years due to rotational wobble of the
earth’s axis. It takes a period of about 26,000 years (the Platonic
Year) for the axial pole to trace out an imaginary circle around the
ecliptic pole on a radius equivalent to the axis and return to the same
spot. The direction is retrograde to the earth’s daily rotation. Save
for changing the coordinates of stars and constellations which would
otherwise seem fixed into the heavens from the perspective of an
observer, the volatile movement allows the vernal point to inhabit a
zodiacal constellation for a period of about 2160 years before moving
onto another. Hence if the vernal point were in Cancer it would
subsequently moves in an opposite direction to the sun through Gemini,
Taurus, Aries, Pisces, Aquarius, and so forth.

What this phenomenon of axial precession
tells us is that our concept of time is eternal but measurable and
divisible as well. The primary measurers of this human construct are the
twelve constellations, star clusters associated with archetypal
energies that possesses, overwhelm and empower the sentient earth and
all consciousness. From a metaphysical standpoint, the transpersonal
force whose configuration of stars inhabit the vernal equinox achieves
full expression and activation, and will dominate the filtration of
vibrations leaking into the physical zone until the said annual
coordinate passes into another zodiacal sign. Each transpersonal power,
then, rules the vibratory composition of the physical plane for 2160
years, forfeits the position to the adjacent neighbor behind it, and
recaptures this privileged and glorious cosmic position after 26,000
years. Evidence for the validity of what might be described as an
astro-metaphysical phenomenon can be sought in the history of human
consciousness itself.

Taurus, for instance, a sign ruled by Venus and exalted by the moon, inhabited the vernal point between 4380 and 2220 bce.
The aforementioned planetary spheres embody formative forces whose
spirits are wholly feminine, and looking at the state of consciousness
prevenient on our planet at the time automatically vindicates the
paraphysical-physical connection. Anthropological studies reveal a
matriarchal situation in which human consciousness was fundamental
tribal in nature, driven by collective concerns; the individual “souls”
comprising the tribes themselves were imbued by receptivity and
intuition; their minds, on the other hand, were impressionable,
free-thinking, and all-embracing. Their sense of knowing was guided by
raw instinct rather than sense-based rationality and deductive
reasoning. This more tranquil mode of being facilitated an understanding
of the cosmos that has long been under rug swept and forgotten; as the
cause and origin of all life, Nature is the Great Mother Goddess whose
variegated, diverse forms are first-hand evidence of teleology and
meaning, the latter imminent when the relationship of all created forms
to one another is finally contemplated. An earth-based spirituality
works with created Nature, celebrating it through the medium of
unconditional engagement, artistic expression, reenactment, ritual,
transcendence, dance, and anything that might facilitate the impetus of
creation. There can be no greater advocate of this holistic, lunar or
right-brain consciousness than Minoan Crete, a Bronze-Age culture whose
unprecedented artistic and engineering feats were motivated by
everything feminine under the watchful gaze of the omniscient Taurian
eye.      

Sadly
the situation was to change rather prominently with Aries, a zodiacal
sign that ruled the heavens and the earth between 2220 and 60bce.
Aries is ruled by Mars and exalted by the Sun, two planetary bodies
which channel a fiery, seedy, and visionary masculine energy of becoming
and differentiation. The energy effected a fundamental change to human
consciousness, now driven by a fully-developed ego that perceives itself
in relation to the Goddess-Self, or God-Self I should say. While in
feminine lunar consciousness the unconscious will was driven by
collective interest, ego-based consciousness shifted the soul’s axis of
rotation to a much more selfish gradient now addressing individual
desires, its self-serving needs and wants. This, in turn, forced a
catastrophic shift in perception of what encompasses the divine, now
understood as the subjugation, ensnarement and destruction of Mother
Nature and its conscious extensions. The impulsive and violent acts
themselves were made possible by the forgery of the Martian metal, iron,
which branded new weaponry including spears, swords, and war chariots,
revolutionized combat, and contributed greatly to the industrialization
of the entire planet. Gone was the earth-base spirituality of respecting
and venerating the bonds of life; the new, scarlet-colored ego of
humanity erroneously sought transcendence through materialistic values
of domination not conducive to the preservation of life. Changes to the
anatomy of the human psyche spurred by the rise of Martian-solar
consciousness generated a worldly domain of dissociated and disparate
empires ruled by sun-worshipping priestcraft and plagued by continual
warfare. In many ways the milieu of the Arian Age resembled a scene from
Dante’s Purgatory: the ancient Egyptians confronted the war-loving
Hittites for territorial expansion into the Near East; the Mycenaeans
burned and looted Cnossos and the Minoan temple-palaces; Homer’s
mythical era unfolded as a nine-year battle between the fated Trojans
and the rage-driven Greek heroes; the Assyrians fought the Babylonians
with their dreaded horse-driven chariots of war; the ancient world fell into the ambitious arms of Alexander the Great, the single greatest warrior in history and
the Romans warred against the barbaric Illyrian-Italic tribes to expand
their empire. These historic events unraveled beneath an omniscient
horde of blood-thirsty sun gods like Apollo, Helios, Mithras, and
Amun-Re.    

In
juxtaposing the two zodiacal Ages, the metaphysical reality behind the
mechanistic veil of celestial appearances becomes much more tangible.
The same analysis can be exacted for the Christ consciousness of the
Piscean Age and the forthcoming Aquarian Age. Looking at the cosmos from
this esoteric trajectory goes far in spiritualizing the automaton of
contemporary science, surrendering to the sentient soul of Mother Nature
the dignified worship to which she is wholly entitled, and transforming
the ancient concept of individual and communal fate into a prospective
and endearing philosophy. Perhaps everything is predetermined to a
degree, encrypted in the twinkling hieroglyphs of the fated skies…

Paul Kiritsis