The Message of the Stars[3]

The Message of the Stars[3]

[PAGE 55]                                  WERE YOU BORN UNDER A LUCKY STAR?

                                 CHAPTER III

                      WERE YOU BORN UNDER A LUCKY STAR?

   Have you ever looked through a kaleidoscope at the patterns formed  there
by the many little pieces of varicolored glass,  and noticed how the slight-
est disturbance of the position changes the pattern?   Also,  do you realize
that it would be impossible, or almost so, to duplicate any pattern, no mat-
ter how much you were to turn; there is such a variety of effect.  Similarly
when  you  look into the heavens night after night you will  notice  changes
among the planets,  in fact such is the variety of changes that occur  among
them  that it would be impossible to duplicate the position which they  hold
relatively to one another while you are reading this,  for almost twenty-six
thousand years.   Thus in the planetary kaleidoscope there is, we might say,
an infinity of patterns.  When we realize that human beings are entering the
world constantly and that each being is stamped at the first complete breath
with  the planetary pattern then in the sky,  everyone must  necessarily  be
different from everyone else.   Nor should this statement about stellar  in-
fluence  create  doubt  when we consider that wireless  saves  of  different
lengths  and  different  pitch sent out from a tiny man-made contrivance can


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make themselves felt and can register by mechanical operations involving ex-
penditure of energy thousands of miles from their source.  The planetary vi-
brations from those great orbs in the heavens make themselves felt  millions
of miles away as surely,  as easily,  and with equal uncertainty.   We  know
that  the angle of the solar ray determines whether it is winter or  summer.
We  also know the effect of the Moon upon the waters,  and it is within  the
experience of all that we feel more buoyant when the atmosphere is clear and
dry than when it is moist and murky.   And what determines these atmospheric
conditions but the planets, the circling stars?

   When  we look up at this planetary kaleidoscope from time to time we  see
in the heavens various configurations which are pronounced lucky or  unlucky
according to whether they are formed between so-called benefices alone, such
as Venus, Jupiter and the Sun, or planets said to be malefic such as Saturn,
Mars  or Uranus.   When Jupiter and Venus are in close conjunction near  the
mid-heaven,  it is a foregone conclusion that those who come into the  world
under this configuration will enjoy a measure of good fortune far above  the
average,  and such persons would therefore me considered "lucky"  in the ex-
treme.   On the other hand there are times when Saturn and Mars  occupy  the
zenith position for souls that are born to suffer.

   But why should one suffer and another be born under a lucky star?  Why do
the stars give good fortune  to  one and misfortune to others, and if we are


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born to "luck":  whether good or bad, what is the use or where is the incen-
tive to individual effort?  If there is a law of nature which is established
beyond doubt it is surely the law of Cause and Effect.     Every cause  must
produce  an  adequate effect and nothing which we see as an  effect  can  be
without a pre-existence cause.  Moreover, if this is a universal law it must
apply  to the conditions of birth as well as to subsequent life.   Following
up  this idea the next question is:   If our birth under a lucky or  unlucky
star.   Thus by induction of belief in Astrology requires also a belief in a
previous existence as well as in future lives,  for while we are now reaping
in our horoscopes the effects of our past lives we are also by out acts lay-
ing  the foundations for a new horoscope which can only be worked out  in  a
future life.

         "How closely luck is linked to merit
         Does never to the fool occur;
         Had he the wise man's stone, I swear it,
         The stone had no philospher,"

said MEPHISTO sarcastically in "FAUST" and it is true.  If we are born under
a lucky star it shows that we have earned good fortune thereby indicated, by


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forethought,  kindness,  and our other virtues expressed in previous  lives,
for we cannot have friends unless we are friendly ourselves.   If we  happen
to have Saturn and Mars instead of Venus and Jupiter near zenith,  it  shows
that in the past we ourselves have not been kindly and friendly or we  could
not now express the opposite traits.   But this is just the point where  the
study of Astrology should help us.  It shows our limitations for the present
and it points out the obvious remedies and HOW TO BUILD FOR THE FUTURE.  Can
the leopard change its skin?   No.  Can the lion cease to prey?   Absolutely
impossible.   Can the flower cease to bloom or the mineral  to  crystallize?
Certainly not;  because they are under laws which are as unchangeable as the
laws  of the Medes and Persians.  THEY HAVE NEITHER CHOICE  NOR  PREROGATIVE
but must obey the dictates of the group spirit which guides them along their
path of evolution.  But in this respect we differ radically from those lower
kingdoms, we have both choice and prerogative.  WE MAY DO WHATSOEVER WE WILL
and  that is a factor which is never shown in the horoscope,  a factor  that
may be made to play an all important role in every life.   It is not  enough
to be born under a lucky star to have a lucky life,  for the horoscope shows
only the tendencies and the person who is so well endowed will without ques-
tions  have an abundance of opportunities to make his life fortunate in  the
very  highest  degree.  BUT  ONLY  IN  SO  FAR AS HE EXERTS HIMSELF TO GRASP


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OPPORTUNITY  on the wing,  will that which is foreshadowed in his  horoscope
come  to pass.   And similarly with the person who is afflicted by the  con-
junction  of  two malefics in the mid-heaven or anywhere else in  the  horo-
scope.  By his will, and the exercise of choice, which are his divine birth-
rights,  HE MAY RULE HIS STARS and make of the unlucky horoscope a  fruitful
life  from a far higher standpoint than the other.   The bark that has  been
tossed by the tempest harbors a job when the haven of safety is reached that
is not equaled on the ship that has always said on smiling seas.

         "Who never ate his bread in sorrow,
         Who never passed the midnight hours
         Weeping, waiting for the morrow,
         He knows not yet ye heavenly powers."

   From the higher standpoint those who are living in the lap of luxury  are
to  be pitied when their lucky stars give them all the good things  of  this
world  and cause them to forget that they are stewards and that the  day  is
coming when their souls shall be required of them with an accounts of  their
stewardship.   They shall then be forced to confess that they have failed to
use the substance entrusted to them in the proper manner; while others under
the strain and stress of live, expressed by the horoscopical squares and op-
positions,  have wrung from their unlucky stars a measure of victory.   What
wonder  then  if  the  king's  messengers, the circling stars, take from the


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unfaithful  steward  that which he had and give to the other,  changing  the
latter's adversity to prosperity in later lives.   Thus the pendulum of luck
and  loss,  success and failure swings through many lives till we  learn  to
make our own "luck" by ruling our stars.

         "A god can love without cessation,
         But under laws of alteration
         We mortals need, in changing measure,
         Our share of pain as well as pleasure."

And  it is this necessity for change that is ministered unto us by the  cir-
cling stars which form configurations that we call good or evil, though they
are neither from a higher standpoint;  for no matter how good the horoscope,
by progression of the stars evil configurations are sure to come and no mat-
ter how evil,  there are always new opportunities for good given by  aspects
of the Sun, Venus, and Jupiter to our planets at birth.  ALL THAT WE HAVE TO
DO IS TO GRASP THE OPPORTUNITY, AND HELP OUR STARS,  THAT OUR STARS MAY HELP
US.

                 AMULETS, BIRTH-STONES AND PLANETARY COLORS

   In the windows of jeweler's shops and in cheap, ready made horoscopes one
may often read that it is "LUCKY" for people born in a certain month to wear
a particular stone or color.   It means business to the jeweler and the  as-
trological prestidigitator who  produced  "your  horoscope" by a turn of the


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wrist  from a box when you tell him in what month you were born.   Both  buy
their instructive (?) literature at a nominal price per thousand,  the prin-
cipal  cost being paper and printers'  ink;  there are no furrows  in  their
foreheads from deep and earnest study of the problem.

   But as the counterfeit coin argues the existence of the genuine,  so also
the  fallacious information flippantly dispensed by people who cater to  the
sense of mystery and wonder which is deeply imbedded in human nature  argues
the existence of a genuine science of mineralogical correspondences with the
stellar rays impinging upon all who inhabit our sub-lunar sphere;  and  when
this  is rightly understood by the majority of people,  for then it  is  THE
RESULT OF ACCURATE KNOWLEDGE SCIENTIFICALLY USED,  and therefore the outcome
is as inevitable as that water runs down hill.

   The  philosophy  of planetary colors and mineralogy is that each  of  the
Creative  Hierarchies  which is active in evolution works with  the  various
classes of beings from mineral to man,  and is responsible for the  progress
made by them.   In the course of this work each Hierarchy naturally  imparts
to  the  beings with whom it labors some of its own  nature  and  vibration.
Thus each group of minerals, each species of plant and animal, vibrates to a
certain keynote which blends with the vibration of the Group Spirit, and the


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particular sign and planet with which he is most nearly attuned.

   It   has   been  taught  by  the  Elder  Brothers  in   the   Rosicrucian
Cosmo-Conception, that:

   The  Archangels,  who  were humans in the Sun  Period  when  the  present
animals started their evolution with a mineral-like existence,  are now  the
Group Spirits of the animals.

   The  Angels,  who were human in the Moon Period when the  present  plants
commenced  their evolution with a similar mineral constitution are  now  the
Group Spirits of the planets.  Man, who reached the human stage in the Earth
Period, is now working with the new life-wave which started its evolution on
the Earth as minerals.   He is not far enough advanced to assume the role of
Group Spirit,  that being reserved for the future.  In the Jupiter Period he
will  give them life as plants have,  in the Venus Period he will bring  out
their desires and emotions as animals, and in the Vulcan Period he will give
them a mind and make then human.  That, however,  is all in the future.   At
present  he is working with them to the best of his ability,  smelting  them
into iron bridges,  ships and skeleton skyscrapers;  he is pulling them into
wires which wind around the world;  he is grinding from them gems that glit-
ter  and grace the great in our social structure,  and thus he is  gradually
establishing an intimate relationship with them and preparing to take charge


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of their evolution as a Group Spirit at some future time.

   It  is well known to students of Astrology that an  astrological  reading
based upon the month in which an individual is born is worth little, for all
the  people born in the same month do not have the same experiences  by  any
means, but if we consider the DAY, the YEAR and the PLACE we get a horoscope
that is absolutely individual and totally different in detail from the horo-
scope  of  anyone  else--and this is the point which  concerns  us  for  the
present  argument--the ruler is not the lord of the sign of the Sun  is  in,
except for children born at Sunrise,  when the Sun is on the Ascendant.   IT
IS THE RULER OF THE RISING SIGN, THAT IS THE DETERMINATOR WITH REGARD TO OUR
MINERALOGICAL  AFFINITY,  because  at  the moment  of  conception  when  the
seed-atom  of  our present mineral body was deposited the Moon was  in  that
particular sign and degree,  (or its opposite), and acted then as a focus of
forces which have since crystallized into the vehicle we now wear.

   The  following table shows the affinity of each of the twelve signs  with
certain gems,  metals and colors,  and in that chart there are the  elements
for making an effective talisman by any individual who has the knowledge  of
how to cast a horoscope and blend the ingredients according to the  require-
ments of the case.  We have no scruples about telling how this is done,  for
it may help some to help themselves and others.  The  only harm it can do is


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that it might induce some unscrupulous person to make tailsman for money and
even then,  if he is conscientious about the work, whoever obtains them will
not  be  cheated,  the  re-action being upon the  one  who  prostitutes  the
spiritual science for material gain.

                      CHART OF BIRTH-STONES AND COLORS

SIGNS        GEMS RULED BY THE SIGNS  SIGN RULER    METALS           COLORS

ARIES        Amethyst, Diamond        Mars          Iron             Red
TUARUS       Moss Agate, Emerald      Venus         Copper           Yellow
GEMINI       Crystal, Aqua Marine     Mercury       Mercury          Violet
CANCER       Emerald, Black Onyx      Moon          Silver           Green
LEO          Ruby, Diamond            Sun           Gold             Orange
VIRGO        Pink Jasper, Hyacinth    Mercury       Mercury          Violet
LIBRA        Diamond, Opal            Venus         Copper           Yellow
SCORPIO      Topaz, Malachite         Mars          Iron             Red
SAGITTARIUS  Carbuncle, Turquoise     Jupiter       Tin              Blue
CAPRICORN    White Onyx, Moonstone    Saturn        Lead             Indigo
AQUARIUS     Sapphire, Opal           Saturn        Lead             Indigo
PISCES       Chrysolite, Moonstone    Jupiter       Tin              Blue

   To  forestall  a question we may say that ancient  astrologers  who  have
studied  this aspect of the science have tabulated several hundred  minerals
of which the planetary affinities had been noted, but  these works have been


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mutilated in the course of time, and are now not available.   Paracelsus and
also Agrippa,  made considerable study of this subject, and with very impor-
tant results;  but its extensive consideration is outside the scope of  this
work,  so  the  authors  will  confine  their  remarks  to  the  essentials,
indicating the way which others may pursue if they feel so inclined.

   To  illustrate how the mineral elements may be used to advantage  let  us
take  the following example:   Suppose that in a certain horoscope  we  find
Sagittarius rising with its lord Jupiter on the Ascendant.   Jupiter is then
the ruling planet and so,  according to our chart turquoise is the  person's
birthstone,  tin, the metal with which he has affinity, and blue, his color.
That  means that it will help him express himself if he wears turquoise,  an
amulet of tin, and dresses in blue whenever consistent with custom.  That is
true of a certain extent,  but it is only a small part of the truth,  and it
is by no means the best use that may be made of this knowledge.

   To  indicate  the better way,  let us suppose that this  person's  figure
shows severe afflictions by Mars and Saturn.

   Mars afflicts three planets;  his metal is iron, Venus is the opposite of
Mars;  her metal is copper,  and consequently copper is an antidote for  the
martial vibrations.

   Saturn afflicts one planet; his metal is lead.  Jupiter  is  his opposite


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and therefore the Jupiter metal, tin, is an antidote for the Saturian vibra-
tions.

   With  this in mind an amulet may be compounded of tin and copper not  ex-
actly  in  the ratio of three to one,  but with a mind on the  bulk  of  the
various planets, their destiny and the strength of the aspects it is desired
to overcome,  a matter which involves further study.  The work itself should
be done under auspicious planetary conditions.   A Mars amulet,  designed to
give energy to one with a weak figure would be most successful if made in  a
Mars-hour  on a Tuesday when both the Sun and Moon are in martial  signs  as
happened in April and November.   The same with amulets made for other plan-
ets.   (See the Tables of Planetary Hours,  in our SIMPLIFIED SCIENTIFIC AS-
TROLOGY.)

   A  gem  or an amulet made on these principles is a focus of  the  stellar
rays  of  the planets it represents and infuses vibrations of  their  nature
into our auras all the while we are wearing it,  just as surely as the wire-
less receiver attuned to a certain pitch catches the waves within its range;
and we may blend the colors in the same manner to obtain help from them.  As
a matter of fact,  it is the complementary color which is seen in the desire
world that produces the effect of the physical colors.   If it is desired to
restrain  one whose Mars is too prominent,  the gems,  colors and metals  of
Saturn  will help,  and such a person should have as little to do with  iron
(tools, machinery, etc..) as possible, but if we want to help someone who is


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moody and taciturn, we may use the gems, colors and metals of Mars to advan-
tage.   In the final analysis the matter resolves itself into a question  of
judgment and common sense.   With these, the knowledge concerning the essen-
tials here given may be used by anyone to advantage.

                      WHEN IS THE BEST TIME TO BE BORN?

   In the light of occult investigation of the subject it appears that birth
is an advent we are powerless to control;  therefore when we seem to control
it in a slight degree we are really the agents of Destiny to precipitate  or
delay it till the proper moment has arrived.  This view is also justified by
the author's experience in Horary Astrology.   The philosophy of Horary  As-
trology is that at the time one is impelled to ask a question concerning  an
important  matter  the heavens contain also the answer and a figure  set  is
when  the inquirer asks the question of the astrologer,  if this is done  in
person;  when it is done by mail the astrologer sets the figure for the time
he reads the question in the letter.

   On  a number of occasions we have received letters  containing  questions
which  bore marks of having been delayed by flood or fire,  but  the  figure
cast for the moment of reading gave the answer, showing  that  the delay had


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a part in the plan,  nor should it surprise us that the great  Intelligences
which are the ministers of Destiny foresee and make allowance for contingen-
cies  beyond the grasp of the human mind.   When the Infinite  Mind  bestows
equal care upon the design of the anatomy of a fly, a mouse and a lion,  may
we not conclude that a similar attention to the minutiae prevails in all de-
partments of life and that when we seem to delay or precipitate birth we are
really aiding nature to takes its predetermined course as said in the  open-
ing sentence of this article.

   Nevertheless people often ask the astrologer when is the best time to  be
born;  young astrologers also frequently want to know this,  not  that  they
have any idea of controlling birth but so that on seeing a horoscope or  be-
ing  told a person's time of birth they may make a quick mental  calculation
as  to  whether  the horoscope is good or bad.   Such a  judgment  would  of
course,  be founded only on the position of the sun by sign and  approximate
house,  hence  general in the extreme.   It may be said however  that  other
planetary  positions being equal,  it is better to be born when the Moon  is
increasing  in  light from the new to the full than when she  is  decreasing
from the full to the new for the growing Moon always increases vitality  and
furthers our affairs.

   It  is best to be born in April or August when the life-giving Sun is  in
its  exaltation sign Aries or Leo,  its home,  for then we enter the sea  of
life  on  the  crest-save  and  are  backed in the battle of existence by an


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abundant fund of vim and energy.

   It is also good to be born in May or July when the life-light of the  Sun
is focused thought the exaltation sign or home of the Moon,  Taurus or  Can-
cer, especially, as said, when the lesser light is increasing for those con-
ditions,  also furnish an abundance of vitality which is such a great  asset
in physical life.

   With  respect to the time of day most favorable for birth it may be  said
that children born about sunrise,  or during the forenoon from 8 to 12 while
the  Sun  is tranversing the houses of friends and social prestige  are  the
"luckiest"  for they are helped on every hand.   Children born between  noon
and  midnight are less "lucky"  the nearer the Sun comes to the  Nadir,  and
them  the  "luck"  turns again in favor of those born in the  early  morning
while the Daystar is ascending towards the eastern horizon.   They will have
to carve their own way in the world, but opportunities will be given them in
abundance.

   We  may therefore sum up our conclusions by saying that it is best to  be
born  at Sunrise or in the forenoon, preferably in April or August when  the
Moon is increasing in light.

   Finally it should always be borne in mind that there is no "luck," in the
commonly  accepted sense,  for that which we have or lack in any respect  is
due to our own actions in the past,  and in the future we may by proper  ap-
plication have what we now lack.

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