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"The planet you call Mars has been very instrumental in quickening the level of spiritual insight among Mankind over the past centuries. The Red Planet became the host of a gigantic and powerful 'thought-form' of anger and hostility which was left over, so to speak, after the disintegration of a planet (Maldek or Jmojer) which had previously existed between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The destruction of that body produced The Asteroid Belt, which has been something of a conundrum to scientists who did not understand the origin of the phenomenon."
"The thought-form of anger and hostility had been created on that previous planet by the actions and thought-patterns of beings who incarnated on its surface for a period of several millions of your years. By continually warring with each other and often attacking Races on other planets, they managed to build up a powerful aetheric energy around their planet, which reflected the same dark and destructive urges which characterized the beings themselves. Now, since aetheric energy is not destroyed along with the physical matter with which it is associated, the disintegration of the planet created a serious question as to what should be done with the energy."
"The very Lofty Beings Who guide the destinies of planets were faced with the task of 'binding' the aetheric form in some way that would not allow it free access to the less mature Races on nearby bodies, including Humanity on this planet. If the form had been allowed to focus itself on The Earth at the time in question, the fledgeling Race of Mankind would, in all probability, have allowed it to transmute into anger and hatred the natural and healthy assertive instincts which The Race shares with most animal species."
"For this reason, a decision was taken to tie the aetheric energy to The Planet Mars, allowing it to have unfettered access to Humanity only at the times of martian close approach, occurring at an interval just over 2 years in length. More specifically, a decree of sorts was handed down, according to which the transfer of negative influence from Mars to The Earth could occur only in the time window defined by the apparent retrograde motion of The Red Planet."
"During the retrograde motion, the energy is assimilated by those humans who are open to the darkness it represents, but they usually do not act upon the impulses until after Mars has resumed its direct or forward motion (astrologically speaking). This is due to the fact that, astrologically, whenever a planet is in retrograde motion, its essence is not easily expressed at the physical or practical level. Thus, retrogradation permits the 'stock-piling' of Martian Energy by those attuned to violence and anger, but it represses the actual manifestation of that energy."
"The fact that Humanity has withstood the urge to large-scale violence which Mars exerted in the middle 80's does suggest that improvement of a kind has been attained. The power of the thought-form associated with The Red Planet has not, however, diminished in any sense. Indeed, Mankind has unwittingly built up around its own planet a similar, though less powerful, thought-form of anger, malice, and contempt. This has occurred primarily during those very outbreaks of violence which were precipitated by the proximity of Mars at various times in its orbit."
"The Planet Mars has not been fully understood by Astrologers. While its major impetus -- that related to energy and its use -- has been grasped, it is not as clearly realized that The Red Planet has functioned as a testing influence for The Race of Humankind on This Earth. Indeed, without the help of Mars, your civilization would have found neither the power to build nor the will to control that power."
"We wish to speak in greater detail about the role which Mars has played in your history, not only the history of your civilization but the even greater saga of your coming-of-age as a Cosmic Sub-race. For The Red Planet has done much to shape the nature of your collective psyche."
"By forcing each one of you through the crucible of anger, it has made you aware of the dark seeds that lie within and of the destruction that inevitably attends any release of fury and rage. It was hoped, by Those responsible for placing Mars in your psychic field, that these experiences would teach you that your wild nature must first be subdued before you can take your place among the mature Races of The Cosmos."
"To hold the symbol of this primordial lesson always before your subconscious, you were given one of the noblest of life-forms with which to share The Earth, the horse. The power and strength of this animal are known to all, but equally understood is its wild, unruly nature when untamed. Before a horse can be used to carry a rider or pull a plough, it must be 'broken', which is the symbolic equivalent of learning to control one's own internal energies so that they can be put to positive use."
"Whenever, in an astrological birth-chart, The Planet Mars is found to be conjunct another of the 10 planets within a span of about 8 degrees, you may be certain that the individual's Guides (Who planned the chart and arranged the timing of the birth in order to produce it) meant to point out something of great importance to the individual. It can be said in a general way that any Mars conjunction, regardless of the planet, is a pointer to a problem regarding the control of anger. By using the expression, 'the control of anger', We are actually implying that there are 2 problems: the presence of the anger itself and the inability to control it."
"Up until recent decades, the history of civilization on This Earth has been largely one of war, conquest, and plunder. During the time since The Second World War, however, there has emerged a consciousness of the futility of large-scale armed conflict, fuelled principally by fear of the mass destruction that would be unleashed if the superpowers allowed a nuclear exchange to occur. Indeed, it may not be difficult to understand that The Guides of this planet deliberately allowed The Human Group to have access to nuclear power before It was spiritually mature enough to use it safely, precisely in order to foster the heightened consciousness that has occurred."
"Of course, not all individuals in The Human Group have shown evidence of this raising of consciousness. There remains a fraction who are fully committed to selfishness and who see no reason to learn to control their baser instincts. These laggards will be allowed another short space of time to reconstruct themselves along more spiritual lines, but when the time of choosing arrives, no further opportunity to seek higher ground will be granted."
"To return to the matter at hand, while the natal conjunction of Mars with another planet always points to a problem with the control of the energies which underlie anger, the nature of the particular conjoined planet allows one to see where, in the individual's make-up, the difficulties are to be found. The astrological indicators are capable of rather precisely identifying where in the total pattern the problems are to be found."
"Whenever progressed Mars conjuncts a natal planet within one degree or vice versa, there arises a time window within which an important test of one's ability to control or deal with anger can be encountered."
"The Planet Mars in Astrology represents the energy with which the physical body carries out its various functions: muscular, mental, emotional, and procreative. All of these activities require energy to be expressed through the physical and, in a deep sense, all of these energies are the same. They are the gift of life, in a sense, for without them life cannot be and cannot renew itself. The gift is directly from The Will/Power/Creativity Part of The Divine Triangle (The First Aspect or Ray of The Godhead) and is an essential part of all creatures who are 'made in the image of The Creator', i.e. who have all 3 facets of the triangular nature of The Divine Source."
"The placement of Mars in the birth chart of an individual tells something of the nature of the energy to which he has access and hints at certain lessons that will have to be learned through the struggle to control and channel the energy." |
