In a symmetric way with respect to the full moon of Taurus (April 2021), we celebrate today the full moon of Scorpio, consecrated to the pure Fourth Ray of Harmony through conflict: on the horizontal axis of the Fixed Cross (Taurus-Scorpio), the Cross of the Disciple-Humanity, the divine warrior vigorously fights his battle, to yield to the power of Light – that fearless duel that the secret depth of the Heavens mirrors in the serpentine constellation of Ophiuchus.*
In the cosmic segment of Scorpio there are no more significant constellations than Scorpio itself (and Libra, which in ancient times constituted a single constellation), and the most convincing analogical association, according to our astrosophical investigation, is with Ophiuchus (which is symmetrical to Scorpio with respect to the Galactic Centre), also called Serpentarius, “the man who wrestles with the serpent. The ancient Zodiac portrays the serpent in the hands of this man. He seizes it with both hands and treads on his heart, which is the red star of desire [Antares] … So we have personality, symbolized by Ophiuchus, struggling with the serpent of illusion, with the [constellation of the] Crown held before him, towards which he aspires.” (The Labours of Hercules, p. 81)
Ophiuchus is the Wisdom that kills or rules the serpent of illusion created by the mind-desire (kama-manas), regenerating to ‘new life’. Ophiuchus in myths is in fact the god of medicine Asclepius, also associated with the healing and regenerative powers of Pluto-Scorpio.
Ophiuchus was entrusted to Chiron, [1] “the good thought”, the wise centaur, represented in the heavens by the constellation Centaurus, [2] akin to Sagittarius.
Here, considered as the cosmic garrison of the Sign and full moon of Scorpio, it emphasizes the role of guidance and “magnetic control“ of serpentine energies by the solar Angel, the Fourth human Hierarchy (ruled by Scorpio): the shiny Antares, [3] the Heart of the Scorpion placed in the luminous trail of the Milky Way and embedded in the Heavens as the keeper of the blazing depths around the galactic Centre of centres, is the cosmic Source of Desire, the vector and fiery force of divine Love (Kamâ) or universal Motive, which leads from darkness to Light, from the unreal to the Real, from death to Life, from chaos to Beauty.
Love-Wisdom is the Winner!
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The Pleiades-Ophiuchus association as cosmic garrisons of the Middle Way of Taurus-Scorpio, the one that for the Esoteric Astrology conveys through Mars [4] the “magnetic” energy of the seven solar Systems, including ours, brings back to the radiant Light of celestial sparks, as a solution to consciously dominate the powerful and very deep energies of the dark Light of the Cosmos: the black Sun of the galactic Centre, supreme occult Motor, can be commanded by fighting against Chaos through the Seven Aspects of the cosmic Will, the Seven Rays.
At the Centre, in the Heart of the Sun and of each solar Angel, the divine Harmony between the poles (the 4th Ray conveyed by the Taurus-Scorpio axis) is realised and spread, between the two parts of the One, which are opposites only at the level of Form, thus releasing the Divine Hermaphrodite, [5] the splendour of the Truth: the Beauty of Being.
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That duel cannot be won without serenity of balance, without supreme indifference, without imitation of the Heroes. … The final battle, faced for the love of beauty, must be accomplished in beauty, and is launched in the name of harmony and peace – other words for victory.**
At the Centre, in the Heart of the One Humanity, we assert:
I am the Will to win in the name of Harmony
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* In this liturgical and solemn year, the seventh of the fifth seven-year period, we intend to celebrate the Full Moons as dates or directions of connection with the supreme stellar sources, rulers of our local universe, our cosmic Abode, the Entity in which “we live, move and have our being”.
To nourish this inner, rhythmic and powerful rite, we present at each ‘celestial appointment’ some extracts from the text The Order of Orion, “an astrosophical investigation of the solar and cosmic essence of humanity” (only available in Italian at the moment), to trace the possible infinite paths between the Moon and the One.
[1] Chiron raised Asclepius as a son and taught him the supernatural techniques of healing and hunting. Asclepius became so skilled in medicine that he not only managed to save human lives, but even to resurrect the dead; Asclepius is considered the greatest physician of antiquity.
A contemporary myth says that Asclepius received from the goddess Athena the gift of changing his blood with that of Medusa, the Gorgon. Since then the blood that gushed from the veins of his left side was poisonous and bringer of doom, but that of his right side had the power to heal any disease and even to resurrect the dead.
Scorpio/Ophiuchus inflicts its poison but, once the Hydra/Serpent of Evil is raised to the Light of the Good and True, it becomes the solar Angel (Soul) that leads the Warrior (Personality) to triumph, rising from the ashes and from death.
[2] The Centaur Chiron kills the Wolf: “Down the ages, the wolf’s head has been the symbol of the initiate [in the Egyptian mysteries Capricorn is represented as a God with a wolf’s head. “Benjamin shall raven as a wolf”]. But this Wolf [the constellation close to the Centaur] is a dying wolf. The wolf-nature that has devoured the soul nature until now is symbolized as dying out, for as man achieves balance the activity and power of the wolf dies out.” (The Labours of Hercules)
[3] According to esoteric Astrology, Antares is the Star of cosmic Desire, the reddest star in the Heavens, the symbol of the desire that underlies every manifestation of divine life, of the force that has transmuted desire into spiritual will and divine purpose, in Love (Kamâ): “In Gemini, in the gathering of the golden apples, Hercules [associated to the Sign of Scorpio] also wrestled with Antares. Here again in Scorpio we are up against the red star. Why? Because the problem of humanity in this great solar system of ours is that of the attraction between the opposites (meaning desire). Always there is duality, that which is desired and the one who desires.” (The Labours of Hercules, p. 81)
[4] Mars is powerful on the occasion of this full moon: geocentrically we find it in Scorpio together with Mercury and the Sun, but also heliocentrically it is at the beginning of the Sign of which it is exoteric and esoteric ruler, in conjunction with Mercury (hierarchical ruler of Scorpio), the winged ruler connected to the IV creative Hierarchy, and opposite to Uranus in Taurus. Mars is the desire that expresses the will of Vulcan (the Soul), it is the propellant to bring a purpose into full expression, it is the motor that transforms conflicts into Harmony: “evolution… is created… in a limitless striving of harmony”.
[5] Hermes and Aphrodite, Mercury and Venus, are the two rulers or Agents of transmission to human consciousness of the two Signs Scorpio and Taurus.
** From: E. Savoini, The solar System in Space (only available in Italian)
Yes Chiron. By this 7 aspects of the fusion paradigm “Chiron and Group Fusion”, the 7 aspects contain the Cosmic Will to the Fusion of the ONE. From the Center where the Will of God is known, does Chiron so Serve..as does Centaurus….This is the Center, the Point of the Great Singularity, which is now given to the Whole. In this Hologram “Chiron and Group Fusion”, the Divine Hermaphrodite makes the ONE. The Fusion Atom of Infinity, the Cosmic Christ. Such is the Great Singularity, now given to mankind, as Chiron “saves” the lower mind ( Prometheus) as it is “liberated” from the binds of duality, and the Higher Mind is made one in inner joy, as the Will of God in all its aspects into the redeemed and purified form, the transformation of desire to Divine Love.