Fixed Cross - The Cross of the 'S O U L': - Discipleship
The four arms of this Cross are
Taurus -
Leo -
Scorpio -
Aquarius.
Fixed Signs
These signs are associated with
fixed and
stable emotional characteristics.
They also
correspond to the
Succedent houses of the wheel in the
Quadruplicities.
It is called the Fixed Cross because
the man is stretched upon it by the
directed choice and
immovable intent of his soul.
'From that decision there is no turning back'.
This is the Cross composed of the four energies which condition the life of the man who is first a probationary disciple and then an accepted or pledged disciple.
It is outstandingly the
'Cross of the soul'. The
man who is
upon the Fixed Cross is becoming increasingly
aware of its
direction and
influences and
does not respond as blindly as does the
man upon the
Mutable Cross.
He does
not "mount this Cross of Right Direction" in a technical sense until he has
attained some measure of
'soul contact' and has had some
'touch of illumination' and of
'spiritual intuition' - no matter how fleeting that touch may have been.
It is the
Cross of "
fixed vision and of that
immovable intent which draws the man from points of light to
'blazing solar radiance'."
The man upon the Fixed Cross says:
I am the soul and here I stand.
Naught shall remove my feet from off the narrow place whereon I stand.
I face the light.
I am the Light and in that light shall I see Light.
It is the Cross whose
four energies blend with and
transmit the
energies of the
solar system itself.
This it can do because the
man upon the Fixed Cross is becoming
increasingly conscious of
issues which are
larger than himself, more engrossing than his previous interests and which
concern humanity in its relation to the solar forces and
not just to the planetary forces.
He is becoming
sensitive to a
'larger whole'.1
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
Taurus
the symbol of creative force
expressing itself through desire, we see the
lower aspect of the '
divine creative force',
sexual desire, '
transmuted' into, or
sacrificed to, its
higher aspect.
It had to be
'raised' up into
heaven.
The sign
Leo
is one of the four arms of the fixed cross in the heavens, the cross on which the
'Cosmic Christ' and the
individual Christ are ever
crucified.
Perhaps the word "
crucified" would have a true
significance if we
substituted for it the word
"sacrificed",
for in the
unfoldment of the
'Christ consciousness' in the
form, stage by stage, various aspects of the divine nature are seen as being sacrificed.
In Leo we see
'cosmic mind' working out in the individual as the
lower 'reasoning mind', and this
lower aspect has likewise to be
'sacrificed' and the
little mind of man must be
subordinated to the
'universal mind'.
In
Scorpio
Higher aspect of Scorpio symbolized by
Aquila the
'Eagle'
which is the third arm of the fixed cross, we find
'cosmic love' or
cosmic attraction.
Lower aspect of Scorpio symbolized by
Corvus the
Raven
There it is shown in its
lower aspect, and this we call the
'great Illusion';
and in Scorpio we see the
aspirant upon the cross,
sacrificing illusion to
reality.
In
Aquarius
we have the
light of the
'universal consciousness' irradiating the human being and bringing about the
sacrifice of the
individual life and its
'merging' in the
'universal whole'.
This is the
'true crucifixion': the
sacrifice of the
reflection to the
reality, of the
lower aspect to
the higher, and of the
individual unit to the
great 'sum total'.
It was these characteristics that the
Christ so marvellously demonstrated. He
showed himself as the
Creator.
He showed himself as
functioning under the
influence of the
'illuminated mind'; he
personified in
himself the
'love of God', and he
announced himself as the
'Light of the World'.
The
problem before
Hercules, therefore, was the problem of the sign; the
crucifixion of the
lower self and the
conquering of
individual self-assertion.
Cgnus the 'Swan'
In Aquarius, the consummating sign to Leo, we find Cygnus, the swan, the symbol of the
'bird of spirit'.
