Hierarchy of Space

"Even without words, Space vouches for the treasure."  Agni Yoga (1929) - 574
Space is an entity and the entire "vault of heaven" (as it has been poetically called) is the phenomenal appearance of that entity… EA 8

The field of space is etheric in nature and its vital body is composed of the totality of etheric bodies of all constellations, solar systems and planets which are found therein. Throughout this cosmic golden web there is a constant circulation of energies and forces and this constitutes the scientific basis of the astrological theories. 
EA 11

The cosmic golden web is a vast network of energies which map our cosmic, systemic and planetary cycles and history from the universal to the atom.  This vast field is the recipient of "informing and penetrating energies" which are all related by consciousness.  The etheric web of our solar system is vitalized and nourished by the etheric body of the Milky Way Galaxy through three cosmic centres of reception:  The Great Bear, The Pleiades and Sirus, which in turn work through the twelve constellations.

Shamballa receives energy from various solar and extra-solar Entities or centres of emphatic and energetic life; i.e., from Venus, from the Central Spiritual Sun, from the current conditioning constellation through which our sun may be passing (Aquarius), from the Great Bear and other cosmic centres.  DNA II 520
   
There is at this time, owing to the influx of the Shamballa force, the establishing of a peculiar relation or alignment between the constellation, Taurus (with its own specific alignment with the Pleiades and Great Bear) the planet, Pluto, and our Earth. ..It constitutes a major cosmic triangle at this time, conditioning much that is now happening.  EA 376

…the energy of will-newly released by Sanat Kumara upon our planet-emanates, via the head centre of the planetary Logos, from the Great Bear; it is stepped down in vibration via one of the Pleiades (hence its influence upon matter and hence also its pronounced Taurian effects upon humanity) and so enters into the solar system.  It is there absorbed by that major centre of our planetary life to which we give the name, Shamballa…Thus are the purposes of Deity materialised. EA 376

Esoteric astrology deals with the "points of light" within the universe which together form "one unbroken field of activity in constant ceaseless motion-an eternal medium for the exchange and transmission of energies."
  EA 9


Two Triangles of Magnitude
…the inter-relation of Ursa Major, Ursa Minor and the Pleiades…constitute one of the greatest and more important of the triplicities to be found in the heavens as far as we have astronomically ascertained the nature of our immediate universe.  EA 201

…in relation to these simple triangles, certain interlocking triangles also emerge, as for instance the zodiacal triangle of Leo-Pisces-Capricorn and the allied planetary triangle of Saturn-Uranus-Mercury.  These two triangles pour their six streams of force into our three planetary centres at this time, vitalising and stimulating the planetary triangle of Shamballa-Hierarchy-Humanity.  Behind these three stands a cosmic triangle, emanating three streams of energy which pour into and through the three lesser triangles, thus potently affecting every kingdom in nature. This cosmic triangle is that of the Great Bear-Sirius-the Pleiades.  EA 441

Fixed Stars of Magnitude

…the least one of them turned to the shining stars and said, "Hail to you, brothers!" And in this salutation of daring his ego vanished.                    Agni Yoga (1929) - 12
Fixed Stars are suns beyond our solar system.  They are referred to as fixed because they are so far away that it takes millions of years for their light to reach our visual sight on earth.  This provides the appearance that they are fixed in the heavens and do not move.

Some Fixed Stars of great magnitude are:

Elektra--29 Taurus 25'  The seventh (etheric) star in the Pleiades.  Legend tells that one of the Pleiades, Elektra, was kidnapped by one of the Seven Kings (one of the stars in the Big Dipper, Alcor) and now accompanies him as a binary star companion.
" If you will go to the dictionary and look up the word "electricity," you will find it suggested that it may be traced back to the star Electra, one of the seven sisters, and supposed by some to be the little lost Pleiad.  Consciousness of an Atom 155

Alcyone--00 Gemini 00"  The Star of the Individual-governing humanity.
Alcyone is one of the seven Pleiades and is called the "star of the Individual" and sometimes the "star of intelligence."  Our Sun and solar system has Alcyone in the Pleiades for the centre of its orbit.

Aldebaran-09 Gemini 47'  The eastern royal star Aldebaran, the star of illumination, is directly across the zodiac from Antares at 09 Sagittarius.  Aldebaran, the"Bull's Eye" in the constellation of Taurus, is related to the ajna centre and therefore spiritual vision and illumination.  Aldebaran is known as the "Eastern Royal Star."

Polaris--28 Gemini 24'  The Star of Direction-governing Shamballa.
~"The Pointers (Dubhe and Merak) in the Great Bear point to the Pole star which is at this time a major "star of direction."  The Pole Star is also regarded as the "star of re-orientation" where the art of "refacing and recovering that which is lost" is developed. 
~"The Earth's axis now points just a little away from Polaris and is actually slowly moving closer to pointing directly at Polaris. It will be closest to Polaris in approximately 100 years and then will begin to move away from the star.  (Note: About 4500 years ago, the north celestial pole was located in the constellation Draco. Calculations suggest that in about 10,000 years Earth's axis will point to Vega (14 Capricorn), in the constellation Lyra. )
Betelgeuse--28 Gemini 45'  Betelgeuse is the largest star in the constellation Orion and is considered to be the Cosmic Heart Centre.  Orion is considered an archetype of God, and the ancient Egyptians considered Orion to be God.  The location of Betelgeuse is 28 degrees Gemini, conjunct Polaris, and oppose the galactic center.
Sirius--14 Cancer 05'   The brightest star in the heavens.  A large binary star in the Big Dog constellation which is called the Dog Star.  The Brilliant Star of Sensitivity-governing Hierarchy; the Heart of the Sun, the Soul of our solar system.  
Dubhe--15 Leo 12'  The Pointer nearest to the Pole Star in the Great Bear which expresses a lower aspect of the will in humanity, or self-will.  This Pointer guides humanity upon the involutionary path and is constantly active while man works upon the Mutable Cross (Path of Approach and Probation). 
Merak--19 Leo 26'  The Pointer furthest from the Pole Star in the constellation of the Great Bear which is a great reservoir or focal point for divine energy and carrying out God's purpose.  This Pointer begins to make its presence felt in "a sense of right direction or guidance" by the disciple, which in turn draws him nearer to Hierarchy.
Regulus--29 Leo 50'  A triple star which focuses the three influences of Sirius; a star of the first magnitude called "the heart of the Lion."   Regulus is the "Northern Royal Star" presiding over summer solstice.
Antares 9 Sagittarius 46'  Antares, marking the Scorpion's heart, is a red supergiant and the brightest star in Scorpio. The name Antares means "Rival of Ares," or "Rival of Mars."  Antares is the 15th brightest star in our sky, and probably the second largest one - next only to Betelgeuse in Orion.  Antares lies some 520 light years from the earth, exact same distance away as the star Betelgeuse (though in different directions), and is known as the "Western Royal Star."
Acumen 28 Sagittarius 48'  Relates to the The Tower in tarot, therefore is a harbinger of radical change and transformation.  Its position, conjunct the Galactic Centre, opposes Polaris and Betelgeuse. 
Fomalhaut 03 Pisces 09'--in the constellation Pisces Austrinus, the Southern Fish (very close to the constellation Aquarius), the Southern Royal Star.  Associated with immortality.
Aries, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius
Aries relates to one of the two stars (Merak), found in the constellation, the Great Bear, which are called the two Pointers (Dubhe and Merak).
Leo to Polaris, the Pole Star, found in the Little Bear.
Scorpio to Sirius, the Dog Star. Aquarius to Alcyone, one of the seven Pleiades. 

Aries, Leo, Polaris 

Another triangle of energy also appears: Aries, Leo and Polaris, and they are doubly connected through the medium of the Pointers. EA 196
Merak, Dubhe, Aries, Vulcan, Pluto and Shamballa
Within our solar system, Vulcan and Pluto are expressions or custodians of this first ray energy and are, as I have told you, esoteric planets…in response to the spiritual will of deity as it comes to our planet and hence to us via Aries, Vulcan and Pluto. You have, therefore, the following direct line of will energy:
1. The Pointer (Merak) furthest from the Pole Star in the constellation of the Great Bear…
2. Aries, in which the will to create or to manifest makes its appearance and the great divine experiment is initiated.
3. Vulcan and Pluto are related to the two Pointers (Merak and Dubhe)…
4. Shamballa, the Custodian of the Plan for our planet. 
Aquarius, Alcyone, Jupiter-Uranus, Humanity
Aquarius, Alcyone and Humanity constitute a most interesting triangle of force.
You have, therefore, the following line of force to study:
1. Alcyone-in the Pleiades, the mothers of the seven aspects of form life and the "wives of the seven Rishis of the Great Bear." They are connected with the Mother aspect which nurtures the infant Christ.
2. Aquarius-the World Server, the transmitter of energy which evokes magnetic response.
3. Jupiter and Uranus-planets of beneficent consummation. The second ray of love and the seventh ray which fuses spirit and matter "to the ultimate glory" of the solar Logos are in the fullest eventual cooperation.
4. Humanity-the focal point for all these energies and the divine distributor of them to individual man and later to the lower three kingdoms in nature.  EA 201

Leo
Leo, the sign that relates to the development of the individual, is related to Polaris and the Pointer closest to the Pole Star (Dubhe).

Scorpio
Scorpio is under the influence or inflowing energy of Sirius. This is the great star of initiation because our Hierarchy (an expression of the second aspect of divinity) is under the supervision or spiritual magnetic control of the Hierarchy of Sirius. These are the major controlling influences whereby the cosmic Christ works upon the Christ principle in the solar system, in the planet, in man and in the lower forms of life expression. It is esoterically called the "brilliant star of sensitivity."  EA 197

Scorpio, or Scorpius, is the great constellation which influences "the turning point" in the life of the humanity and the life of the individual.

Aquarius
Aquarius relates humanity to the Pleiades and therefore to Taurus in an unusual manner. The key to this relation is to he found in the word desire, leading, through the transmutative processes of life experience, to aspiration and finally the relinquishing of desire in Scorpio. Aquarius, Alcyone and Humanity constitute a most interesting triangle of force.
Taurus
Taurus is regarded as the central group of the Milky Way Galaxy.  SD

In the sign of Taurus, desire is transmuted into aspiration and darkness gives place to light and illumination. The eye of the bull, the spiritual third eye is opened which is, in reality, the basis of revelation--and revelation is the basis of God Immanent: God in form, God in the human heart, and to that veiled and hidden Supreme Reality called Shamballa.
Astrological Observations
As one explores the grand order of things, interesting astrological observations and correspondences emerge specific to the year 2007 and the next five months in particular.  (See attached visual graphic reference.)
To orient the subject, our Solar System lies at the inner edge, in the middle of the Orion Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy. When we look at Orion, we are looking outward through the stars of our own galactic arm (toward Polaris and Betelgeuse) and the Galaxy's edge.  If we look in the opposite direction, out beyond the constellation Sagittarius, we are looking toward the Galactic Centre (26 Sagittarius 57').  
The Milky Way Galaxy is part of a set of galaxies known as the Local Group, which includes several dozen different galaxies within 3 million light-years.  This Local Group is part of a supercluster, known as the Virgo supercluster, which has at least 5,000 member galaxies and is roughly 100 million light-years across. Beyond this level of organization, not much is known about our position in the universe. 
Quantum calculations show us is that we and our universe live and breathe in what amounts to a sea of motion---a quantum sea of light, and this vast underlying sea of energy is the "Zero Point Field" of our existence.  A field is a matrix or medium which connects two or more points in space, usually via force, like gravity or electro-magnetism. 

Zero Point Field is the repository of all the fields, or the whole.  Zero Point Field theories indicate that all matter in the universe is interconnected by waves, which are spread out through time and space and carry on to infinity, tying one part of the universe to every other part.  This is commonly referred to as "the grid" or golden etheric web. The etheric web is the gravitational and electromagnetic patterns throughout our universe and solar system that transmit energy just like the neurological system, or nerve pathways in a human body transmit energy, impulses and signals.

The Galactic Centre is the bulging center of the Milky Galaxy which vitalizes and nourishes the entire galaxy and is the Sun of our Sun.  It is the source of most of the gravitational energy present in our galaxy. 

Pluto has been conjunct the Galactic Centre several times over the course of the past two years and will form its last exact conjunction on October 28, 2007.  Pluto went retrograde on March 30, 2007 (conjunct the Galactic Centre) and will turn direct on September 8, 2007 (conjunct the Galactic Centre) before moving toward the direction of its new location, in Capricorn on January 25, 2008.  
Pluto is about life and death, psychological transformation, and the use and mis-use of power.   Pluto, as a First Ray planet, literally changes the atomic structure of things and catalyzes the will.   It destroys the old and births the new.   
In Pluto in Sagittarius the fields of drastic change, transformation and rebirth occur in the areas of religious beliefs, spiritual ideals, culture, higher courts, truth, freedom, integrity, ethics and "the path."  It is largely a period of exposing and examining core beliefs, views, perspectives and essentially what we stand for collectively, culturally and philosophically.   The last time Pluto was in Sagittarius was during the American Revolution which conveys much regarding the nature of this placement.    
Typically when Pluto goes direct, inner energies and forces that have built up over time are externalized, and what has been hidden is revealed.  When Pluto goes direct in Sagittarius on September 8, 2007, hidden abuses of ethics and values and misuses of power will be exposed.  A process which began in March 30, 2007 when Pluto turned retrograde, will change course and begin to "reveal" that which has been hidden or obscured from sight in the collective psyche.  This energy will intensify the closer we get to September 8, 2007 and will peak in December when Jupiter conjuncts Pluto on December 11, 2007.  Much will be revealed on a grander scale, bringing many shadow issues of the past 13 years into the open.  This conjunction will take place conjunct Acumen, a star of radical change and transformation.  Overall this final configuration will produce dramatic results and undoubtedly birth a new path, deepen our alignment with light and truth, and hopefully raise the frequency and vibration on planet Earth.
This is further augmented by the position of the conjunction of Jupiter and Pluto near the Galactic Centre, conjunct Acumen, and in direct opposition to Betelgeuse and Polaris.  Polaris is the Star of Direction governing Shamballa and Betelgeuse pertains to the Cosmic Heart, innately bearing a strong relationship with Jupiter.  
The Lunar Eclipse/Full Moon in Virgo on August 28, 2007, and Saturn's ingress into Virgo on September 3rd supports the astrological climate of this period.  The degree of the Virgo Full Moon at 4 Virgo will conjunct Fomalhaut, the Southern Royal Star (marker of winter solstice) which is classified as a Blue/White class A star associated with "immortality" and "the test of remaining true to our ideals."   
Interestingly, the degree of the current Full Moon in Leo 2007 occurred at 7 Leo which is a degree representing "spiritual integrity" in Sabian symbology.  This signature of this degree bears a striking resemblance to the meaning and nature of Fomalhaut and Pluto in Sagittarius. 

Another interesting development prior to the December Jupiter/Pluto conjunction and more immediately on the horizon--Jupiter (the exoteric ruler of Sagittarius) will station and turn direct on August 7, 2007, conjunct the fixed star Antares.  This is a significant event since Antares, the Heart of the Scorpion, is directly opposed to Aldebaran, the fixed star of revelation and illumination. 
These royal stars are the "Watchers in the East and West" pertaining to the spring and fall Equinoxes.  Aldebaran and Antares are both alpha stars, or the brightest stars, of their respective constellations Taurus and Scorpio.   These two stars of Revelation and Illumination and the Heart of Freedom replicate the theme of truth and light taking place during this approaching period.  Antares demands that we "take a stand for truth" against the established order of outer authority while Aldebaran reveals and illumines the way. The distance from our sun to Antares and our Sun to Betelgeuse (both super-giants of immense proportion) is 520 light years in opposite directions.   The position of our little sun exactly between these high magnitude stars is one of the great mysteries.  Both of these magnificent stars will be highlighted in the astrological climate between August and December. 
Historically, Pluto was conjunct Antares in the year 2000 during the last Shamballa impact which was a revolutionary period, one of radical evolutionary transformation and psychological change, mostly due to the internet (the outer symbol and manifestation of the the etheric web).
We are told to pay attention to the two Pointers and the Pole Star as these three stars are embodiments of the three aspects of divine will. 
In the period from 1995-2005 astrophysicists reported that five high-energy cosmic rays came from one small part of the sky near the star Merak (the Pointer furthest from Polaris) in the Big Dipper. 
The approaching New Moon of Leo on August 12th will conjunct Merak (19 Leo 51'), emphasizing a point of redirection or new direction.  This is supported by an added connection this year from Neptune in Aquarius and Saturn in Leo to Merak by opposition and conjunction.  Their oppositional interplay over the past year signifies a shift in planetary consciousness and Neptune will be exactly conjunct Merak through September and October as Pluto makes its last exact conjunction with the Galactic Centre.   
Another significant connection occurs at the Full Moon of Virgo on August 28th when Saturn will conjunct the fixed star Regulus, The Heart of the Lion; a triple star which focuses and directs the three energies of Sirius.  It is the Northern Royal Star positioned at 29 Leo which, as its name suggests, is known to "regulate and order" evolutionary process of the Christ consciousness emanating from Sirius.     
Just like the human chakra system, energy pathways move up and down in specific direction in the galactic arm, and stars are polarized to one other as transmitting and receiving points.  Our solar system is "downstream" from Sirius and thus is in a position of receiving energies from this brilliant star.  The energies from Sirius flow toward our sun via magnetic field lines and the sun transmits those energies to the planets.  
Sirius is a large binary Blue star system.  Approximately every 50 years (a Chiron cycle)  the two stars (Sirius A and B) come close together and actually flip over and trade places with each other creating huge magnetic storms that are eventually released in the stream toward our sun.  The last times this occurred was in 1993 which paralleled the fall of the Berlin wall and the end of the cold war.   
Lastly, during the current threshold of the Aquarian Age, our solar system is positioned at 30 Aquarius (00 Pisces), which also opposes Regulus, placing our entire system in a position of Sirian downflowRegulus, as lawgiver, is stimulating the Christ consciousness and the quality of Love in our system.  This might be likened to an extended embrace or "infusion" of Love from the Heart of the Sun, lasting over 160 years.
Acknowledgements:
www.souledout.org
The Field by Lynne McTaggert

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