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  the parent Sun; and yet it is the angle at which we; THE INHABITANTS;
  receive   this   Sun's   light   that   makes   all   the   difference   between   dawn   and
  sunset; noon and midnight。
  When to these facts it is further added that it is sunrise; noon; sunset
  and   midnight   at   the   same   instant;   all   the   time;   to   some   of   the   various;
  different portions of the globe; it demonstrates most conclusively that the
  Earth itself is enveloped; so to say; in a complete circle of conditions very
  similar to the twelve signs of the celestial Zodiac。
  If we apply the foregoing illustration to the twelve signs of the Zodiac;
  we shall see a perfect analogy。 We shall find that when the Sun reaches the
  celestial equator; so that it is equal day and equal night on the Earth; that
  he is on the line of the celestial horizon; it is cosmic sunrise。 Hence Aries;
  the   fiery Azoth;   begins  his   active   influx;   and   extends   for   thirty   degrees;
  equal to two hours of the natural day。
  It   is   the   fiery   red   streams   of   awakening   life   that   we   all   manifest   at
  sunrise; then comes a change of magnetic polarity after the first fiery flush
  of cosmic life; the gleeful chattering of the birds and the cackling of the
  poultry。 A  reaction   is   noted;   all   things   before   active   become   restful   and
  quiet。
  So it is with vegetation; so it is with infant life; and so it is with cosmic
  conditions。
  This   corresponds   with   the   sign   Taurus。   It   is   the   solar   influx;   thirty
  degrees removed from his point of equilibrium toward the North。 As this
  sign    represents     the   powers      of  absorption;      we   see   that   at  this   period
  vegetable and   animal   life is   quietly  absorbing; for   its own use;  the   fiery
  streams of solar life。
  Again we view the activity of solar influx from a different angle and
  change of polarity; and all things become active; It is executive force。 This
  corresponds        to  the   sign   Gemini。      It  is  the  solar   influx;    sixty   degrees
  removed   from   his   point   of   equilibrium。   Then   comes   another   change   of
  magnetic   polarity。   It   is   rest   from   labor;   it   is   noon。   This   corresponds   to
  Cancer。      The    analogy     is  perfect。   It  is  the   solar   influx;   ninety    degrees
  removed from his point of equilibrium toward the North; and the highest
  point   in    the   arc   of   his   apparent  journey   and   of   cosmic   life。   It   is   the
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  equilibrium of life forces。
  Again the fiery influx begins its activity; and; as the hottest part of the
  day is about two hours after noon; or middle of the day; so is solar influx
  most potent at this point in the Zodiac。
  This corresponds to the sign Leo。 It is the solar influx; removed 120
  degrees from his point of equilibrium and thirty degrees toward the South。
  And     so  on   month    after   month;    until  the  last  one;   Pisces;   which    well
  corresponds   to   the   watery   skies   of   February   and   the   lifeless   period   two
  hours before dawn of a new day upon the Earth; a new year to man and a
  new   cycle   in   the   starry   heavens。   The   Zodiac;   then;   as   it   applies   to   the
  human constitution and the science of astrology; has its foundation in the
  Sun; the center and source of life to the planet; and the twelve signs are the
  twelve great spaces of our Earth's annual orbit about her solar parent; each
  one   typical   of   its   month;   and   each   month   typical   of   its   corresponding
  action upon our Earthy conditions。
  As each sunrise is different in its aspects; so are no two signs of the
  Zodiac alike。 The sunrise on the first of March is wholly different from the
  sunrise upon the first of May。 So is the beginning and ending of each sign;
  and the beginning and ending of each natural day; peculiar unto itself。
  When we reflect upon the inner laws of this action and interaction; we
  come   nearer   and   nearer   to   the   one   great   occult   fact;   viz。: THE   DIVINE
  ONENESS OF LIFE。
  We find a perfect analogy between the destiny; the life; and expression
  of life on the Earth; and the life and material destiny of embodied man。 He;
  too; has his sunrise; the beginning of a new day of life; the seedtime; the
  flowering   season;   when   life   wears   a   roseate   hue;   the   ripening   fruits   of
  experience; his harvest…timeit may be tares or golden grain; his gradual
  decay; the ebbing of the life forces and the icy winter of death; his gentle
  zephyrs      and   destructive     hurricanes;    floods    and   tempests;     periods    of
  drought and plenty。 Within his triune constitution there are spring tides and
  low tides of physical; intellectual and spiritual forces。 Man also makes the
  annual journey about the solar center; when; at the beginning of each new
  year to him; the life forces of his soul are renewed; regalvanized; so to say;
  according to the magnetic polarity of his constitution。
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  And so; every form of life has its Zodiac; its orbit of life and destiny。 It
  may be infinitesimal; or vast beyond conception; each in its own peculiar
  plane。 So we see that; the whole visible universe is one vast organism; the
  medium of expression for the invisible; real universe the soul and God;
  the great central Sun; the eternal center of all life; binding the whole into
  unityONE LIFE。
  The celestial signs of the shining Zodiac have no existence to us apart
  from the graceful and unwearying motion of our Mother Earth。 She alone
  makes our seasons; years and destiny; and she alone; by her motion about
  the Sun; determines the thrones and mansions of the planetary powers。
  The   astrological   Zodiac   of   a   Saturn   or   a   Mars   cannot   be   like   ours。
  Their   years   and   seasons   are   peculiar   to   themselves   and   their      material
  conditions; hence the twelve constellations have no existence as objective
  facts of concrete formation or cosmic potentiality。 No! But as unalterable
  symbols   of   occult   truth;   the   starry   pictures   of   the   shining   constellations
  have   an   eternal   verity。   They   pertain   to   the   living   realities   of   the   human
  soul and its varied experience。
  What     the   mysteries    are;  and   what    connection     they   have    with   the
  twelve constellations; will form the subject of our next chapter。
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  CHAPTER II
  THE CONSTELLATIONS
  The  twelve   great   constellations   of   the   zodiacal   belt   which   forms   the
  Earth's orbit and the Sun's shining pathway around the celestial universe
  have been considered as mere imaginary figures; or emblems; invented by
  an early; primitive people to distinguish the monthly progress of the Sun
  and   mark     out;   in  a  convenient   manner;     the  twelve   great   divisions;   or
  spaces; of the solar year。 To this end; IT IS THOUGHT; the various star
  groups;   termed   constellations;   were   fancifully   imagined   to   represent   the
  various   physical   aspects   of   the   month;   under;   or   into;   which   they   were
  consecrated   by   the   Sun's   passage   during   the   annual   journey;   so   that;   in
  some sense; the; twelve signs or constellations were symbolical; not only
  of the seasons; but also of the labors of the year。
  That such a system seems perfectly natural to the learned mythologist;
  and that granting the ancients so much is a very great concession toward
  this   CHILDISH   KNOWLEDGE   is;   of   course;   quite   excusable   when   we
  are    constantly    told;  or   reminded;     that  actual   sciencethat    is  to  say;
  〃EXACT   SCIENCE;〃            does   not   date  backward      more   than   a  couple   of
  centuries at most。
  Even the modern astrologer; much as be descants upon the influence of
  the twelve signs; has but little; if any; real knowledge of this matter above
  and beyond the purely physical symbolism above mentioned。 And perhaps
  it is as well that such a benighted condition prevails; and that the Divine;
  heavenly goddess is unsought and comparatively unknown。 The celestial
  Urania; at least; in such isolation remains pure and undefiled。 She is free
  from the desecrating influence of polluted minds。