Mutable Cross of the 'Holy Spirit'
for those on '
probation':
The four arms of this Cross are
Gemini -
Virgo -
Sagittarius -
Pisces.
Mutable Signs (a.k.a. common)
Signs associated with
adaptability and
flexibility.They also correspond to the
Cadent Houses in the Wheel identified as part of the
Quadruplicities.
Virgo is one of the arms of the mutable cross, with its
opposite sign of
Pisces, and the airy
Gemini and fiery
Sagittarius completing the four arms.
It is the
common cross of those who have '
probationary status'.
Its description is as follows:
"The
mutable cross is the
cross of the
'Holy Spirit', of the third person of the Christian trinity, as it
organizes substance and
evokes sensitive response from
'substance itself'."
(Note the beautiful correlation of this statement with the fact that the
Holy Spirit over-shadowed
Mary.)
Upon the Mutable Cross, the
crucified man sees
naught of the
picture.
He
suffers,
agonizes,
desires,
strives, is the
'apparent victim of circumstances', and is distinguished by a
veiled vision and inchoate
longings.
These
gradually take shape until he reaches the
stage of acquiescence and
aspiration.
On this cross the man reaches the
stage of
acquiescence and
aspiration,
and so
prepares himself for the
fixed cross of discipleship.
Then
he finds himself upon the
Fixed Cross and
begins to
grasp the
whole of the
purpose of
experience upon the
Mutable Cross
(as far as humanity is concerned)
- and to
realize that there is a
'hierarchical purpose' which can
only be
grasped by the man
who is
willing to be
crucified upon that Cross.
He
reaches the
stage of
responsibility,
self-
awareness and
right direction.
His orientation is now "the
spiritually vertical which
involves the
inclusive horizontal."
At this
stage, the
Plan of the
Logos begins to
take shape in his
consciousness.
Upon the
Cardinal Cross, the
purpose and the
unified consummations of the
two earlier crucifixions become almost blindingly apparent
and a
vision of the
unified intent of the
three Persons of the
underlying Trinity (each upon His Own Cross)
emerges with clarity.
The Esoteric Rulerships of the Signs
Aries - Mercury
| Taurus - Vulcan
| Gemini - Venus
| Cancer - Neptune
Leo - Sun
| Virgo - Moon
| Libra - Uranus
| Scorpio - Mars
Sagittarius - Earth
| Capricorn - Saturn
| Aquarius - Jupiter
| Pisces - Pluto
The Esoteric Meanings of the Houses
1st house - emergence of soul purpose, activities of the soul, the aura.
2nd house - spiritual values, use of life energies.
3rd house - mental energy, relating of higher and lower selves.
4th house - the foundation of the soul.
5th house - expression of spiritual will, actualization of Higher Self.
6th house - personality integration, service through healing and nurturing.
7th house - the path of inner union between the soul and personality.
8th house - the path of the awakening of soul consciousness.
9th house - knowledge of Cosmic Law and Ancient Wisdom.
10th house - spiritual purpose and responsibility.
11th house - spiritual visions, aspirations, spiritual groups.
12th house - unredeemed past karma, bondage to personality, selfless service to humanity.
In
Gemini
In
Virgo
"The
sin against the
'Holy Ghost'" has been the subject of much morbid wondering. The Tibetan states: "The
misuse of
substance and the
prostitution of
matter to
evil ends is a
sin against the
'Holy Ghost'."
However even
sin is
not without purpose in the
'Divine evolutionary plan'.
- For it is through
sin which causes us
'intense suffering' that all of us must eventually
learn to
rise above!
- This so called
'sin', which in the authors opinion is a
misrepresentation of the whole
idea /
concept of what I would
instead; refer to as
'imature-judgement'.
It was this
sin, the
greatest of his
whole pilgrimage, that
Hercules committed in Virgo, when
he did not understand that the
queen of the Amazons was to be
redeemed by unity, not
killed.
Over and over again the Tibetan emphasizes the fact that it is
"through the medium of humanity that a consummation of 'light' effectiveness will be produced which will make possible the expression of the whole".
We still make the
mistake of
Hercules,
when we forget that the
triangle of the
Trinity is an
equilateral triangle, all
angles of
equal importance, to the
working out of the
Plan.2
It is in
Virgo, after
complete individualization in
Leo, that the first step toward the
union of
spirit and
matter is made, "the
subordination of the
form life to the
will of the
'indwelling Christ'".
Ruler Virgo
The
orthodox ruler of the sign Virgo is
Mercury, "the
versatile energy of the
son of mind, the
soul", the
intermediary between the
Father and
Mother.
The
esoteric ruler is the
moon,
veiling Vulcan.
The
moon rules the
'form' and we are again reminded that it is the
will of
God to
manifest through the form.
Vulcan is an expression of
first ray energy,
while the
moon exerts
fourth ray energy;
Jupiter is the
hierarchical ruler representing the
second creative Hierarchy
(divine builders of earth's planetary manifestation), and brings in
second ray energy.
The sign
Sagittarius
In
Pisces