GEMINI full Moon
There are three signs, preceding these, which provide the subtle or subjective realities of the will-to-be (Aries), the desire-to-know (Taurus) and the establishment of relationship (Gemini), and these constitute the triple incentive to the manifestation of man and of the human kingdom. They correspond cosmically to the logoic, the monadic and spiritual planes to which the higher initiate has access or when dealing with the entire concept on a lower turn of the spiral and in connection with ordinary man, they correspond to the mental, the astral and the etheric vehicles of man. They are, therefore, related to the highest and the lowest expression of human life. I have in the above ideas given you several hints of vital importance. (EA, p.320)
The three spiritual festivals of Aries, Taurus and Gemini are a synthetic whole—a triple expression of soul impulse into the cosmic etheric body. They are related to the first three of the cosmic ethers and therefore to the three centres Shamballa, Hierarchy and Humanity. When the unity behind these three expressions is realised then the fourth quality of deity will be revealed. This fourth quality relates to the cosmic buddhic plane.
Let me make the cosmic correspondences clearer: Gemini as you know, is related to the etheric body and in particular to the third ether and the throat chakra and hence humanity. The etheric body is the transmitter of energies from the higher planes to the physical. It enables coordination of the personality through the sequential integration of the etheric, astral and mental energies with the physical expression. As the Third Initiation is approached the etheric body also becomes the transmitter of energies from the soul.
Gemini, as you may now begin to grasp, is related to the etheric body; it is the custodian of conditioning energy and the intermediary, as far as basic essentials are concerned, between soul and body. These are the two allied brothers. In the average person, the etheric vehicle is the transmitter of psychic energy, galvanising and coordinating the dense physical body and permitting, therefore, astral and mental control of the personality. When the man is upon the Path of Discipleship and, therefore, upon the reversed wheel, leading to initiation, the etheric body becomes the transmitter of soul energy and not of personality force… (EA, p.352)
The Solar Logos is approaching the Third cosmic Initiation and therefore energies from the cosmic triad are beginning to pour through the etheric body of the solar system. On Earth the centre of Shamballa is responsive to energies coming from the cosmic mental plane, the centre of Hierarchy is responsive to energies coming from the cosmic astral and the centre of Humanity is responsive to energies on the cosmic physical. As these three centres come into a mutual interplay they begin to express the synthetic Will of the Planetary Logos emanating from egoic levels. The Planetary Logos is a disciple of the Solar Logos who is seeking to fuse triad and personality.
The period in which this fusion takes place on the five lower cosmic planes covers the three solar systems. In the first system higher and lower manas were fused and thus it was a system where manas predominated. In the second system the fusion occurs between the buddhic and astral planes. In the third system the fusion of the energies of atma and etheric takes place. If you think this through light will come on the importance of Earth humanity in the third system as the anchor point for solar Will.
In the three worlds Shamballa is the dominant note as the personality integrates. In the five worlds Humanity is the dominant note. Think this through for it is a statement of major import. The third divine centre is the dominant note in the fifth solar system. (There have been two preceding the current three-fold system.) When the seven cosmic planes are fully integrated then Shamballa once again becomes the dominant note, for it is transmitting energy from the higher plane of cosmic adi.
Thus the three centres have a relationship with the rays and planes as follows:
Shamballa 1, 5
Hierarchy 2, 4, 6
Humanity 3, 7
In the first three systems we have the following relationship:
Shamballa 5
Hierarchy 6
Humanity 7
In the central three:
Shamballa 5
Hierarchy 4
Humanity 3
In the final three:
Shamballa 1
Hierarchy 2
Humanity 3
Humanity is a divine centre and in the next system will play a pivotal role in the descent of cosmic atmic energies into the physical plane, allowing the Planetary Logos to manifest the Will of the Solar Logos. The ‘seed’ of that Will is being anchored now in the middle system.
Let us bring the analogy into the human system. When the disciple has anchored his identity on causal levels the causal body becomes the intermediary in the process of fusing the personality and the triad. The lower mind becomes irradiated from the higher mind. Buddhi infuses the astral body and the etheric body is vitalised with the energy of atma. Specifically the four etheric planes become the transmitting agents for the lower four planes of the atmic plane. The raising of kundalini energy from base to crown in the etheric body is a result of—and a direct reflection of—the descent of Purpose through the levels of the atmic plane. The man becomes a creative agent for the Plan upon the physical plane. As the jewel starts to become more revealed, the energy of the monad comes into play and working through buddhi it infuses the whole lower three planes, revealing an underlying synthesis. At the Fourth Degree the causal body has fulfilled its role of intermediary and is negated, the ashram on the buddhic plane now becoming the bridging point for the whole seven planes.
I have brought these relationships to your attention in order to illustrate synthetic thinking in your approach to the three festivals and the distribution of energy. From one perspective the Aries festival is the most important, but from another the Gemini festival is. From yet a third perspective the Wesak festival is the key. Behind these perspectives lies a synthesis, and it is with this synthesis I would have you deal. They are three aspects of the expression of one reality and this reality has its roots upon the cosmic buddhic plane.
Let me bring this discussion to the level of your group work. I have said that you should now be working with Third Degree issues as a group disciple. You are thus a centre upon causal levels through which a number of relationships have already been established. The higher and lower minds have been brought into relationship. The buddhic and astral levels have been somewhat integrated. Now the atmic and physical levels are being worked on. This relationship is facilitated by the functioning of the mental plane itself as it bridges the third and seventh planes. This brings into conscious relationship the energies of Earth and Saturn via the dual intermediary energies of Mercury and Venus. Mercury, Venus and the Earth are the rulers of Gemini. Venus and Saturn are the Angel and the Dweller—encountered and at-on-ed first of all upon the mental plane itself through the integration of higher and lower mind via Mercury on the fourth subplane.
There is a third aspect of Mercury which begins to function when the other two are perfected or in process of rapid perfecting. Mercury, in this case, is the abstract mind—removed from all form contact as we understand it—and relates soul and spirit, and this again in two stages. Mercury is the revealer of the Spiritual Triad (atma-buddhi-manas or spiritual will, spiritual love and the higher mind) to the soul, and this carries the disciples to the stage of the third initiation. It is then the revealer of the life aspect during the processes of the higher initiations… (EA, pp.353-4)
To enter into this mystery we must look at the cosmic physical plane as a whole and the interrelationship of energies in particular between the first, third, fifth and seventh planes. The Cancer Hierarchy is the fifth as you know, and is in the stage of liberating itself from the cosmic physical plane altogether. There is a peculiar tie in between this release and the return of the Buddha at Wesak each year to aid in the work of the Christ. The Buddha as you know, decided not to leave the Earth at his moment of Decision and to delay his departure out of compassion for humanity. This relates him in a particular way to Saturn and the Moon, both of whom form bridges between the early three systems and the middle three in their respective enumerations.
The Fifth Hierarchy (veiling the Christ) therefore are representatives of the Love nature of the Logos operating via the cosmic astral plane upon the higher cosmic physical subplanes. Specifically the higher three subplanes of adi resonate with the energy of this Hierarchy. They are the substance through which the higher Nirmanakayas operate to keep the channel open between our Earth, Venus and the Sun. Within the higher three planes this energy is reflected into the lower three subplanes of the atmic plane, and from there into the higher three subplanes of the mental plane and eventually into the lower three subplanes of the physical plane. Thus Venus or the Fifth Hierarchy has a relationship with the first, third, fifth and seventh planes. Mercury or the Fourth Hierarchy has a relationship with the second, fourth and sixth. Together they form the antahkarana. The significance of the relationship between the Christ and the Buddha as representatives of the Venus/Mercury duality may become apparent when considering the planetary inflow at the time of the three festivals.
On the first and the fifth planes Venus operates as the upright five-pointed star. On the third and seventh planes it operates as the inverted or ‘fallen’ five-pointed star. On the fifth plane both are reconciled through the revelation provided by Mercury.
On the mental plane Saturn rules the lower three subplanes or concrete mind, while Venus rules the causal levels. On the atmic plane the situation is reversed. Saturn rules the higher three subplanes (esoteric Saturn), while Venus operates on the lower three. On the physical plane Venus is responsible for man’s attraction to matter of the lowest three subplanes. Think all this through and light may come on the function of the Fifth Hierarchy within the cosmic physical plane. It is through the dual Tenth Hierarchy at the time of the Third Initiation that the energies of esoteric Saturn ruling the higher three subplanes of the atmic plane are put in direct relationship with Earth or the energies of the lower three subplanes of the physical. When they are correctly related the result is an uprising of the kundalini energies via the operation of a certain group of the agnichaitans who are a lower correspondence to the agnishvattas. The physical resources of the personality are thus placed fully under the Will aspect of the soul or atma.
I have asked you as a group to serve as distributors of both third and seventh plane energies—the energy of atma and the energy of money. In order to work with these energies simultaneously an at-one-ment must take place between Mercury and Venus, the Fourth and Fifth Hierarchies. The lack of this at-one-ment in humanity is the direct cause of the dislocation between the Plan and its expression in the three worlds. The disciple is a triple manifestation of the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Hierarchies (speaking now of the Hierarchies manifesting on the cosmic physical). He is the bridge between the Third and the Seventh. Later as an initiate he will become the triple manifestation of atma-buddhi-manas or the Third, Fourth and Fifth Hierarchies in full display.
At this time of the Venus occultation of the Sun in Gemini you have a peculiar opportunity for revelation into the relationship between the Fifth Hierarchy and its dual expression through the Tenth. The gates of Cancer and Capricorn stand esoterically open.
