The sky is mystically spoken of as the Temple and the eternal consciousness of God. Its altar is the sun, whose four arms or rays typify the four corners or the cardinal cross of the universe, which have become the four fixed signs of the Zodiac, and as the four powerful sacred animal signs, are both cosmical and spiritual.... These four are known as the consecrated animals of the Zodiac, while the signs themselves represent the basic fundamental elements of life, Fire, Earth, Air and Water. The Celestial Ship of the North, by E.V. Straiton. Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius occupy and define the zones of the sky that the sun would traverse on the vernal equinox, summer solstice, autumnal equinox, and winter solstice, respectively. The eagle serves as the astrological equivalent of the scorpion (2), and thus, the lion, bull, man, and eagle represent the complete cycle of the year, and the four quarters of the earth. Ezekiel’s vision is generally interpreted as being rooted in the four Babylonian fixed signs of the zodiac, and his chariots of four wheels - convey the spirits of transformation, morph also means - change of shape, temperament, direction. Tetra means 4 and morph means shape. Hence, the 4 beast representing the 4 elements that are found in Revelations 4. The squares or quaternaries relate to material appearance or form expression. The 5th element is the Ether the base of egoic body;- the Quintessence - LOVE which holds the universe. The star relates to the state of consciousness. The squares and the stars - express the soul - number-9 of Virgo: the Leo with the seed of spirit. The Tetragrammaton is placed more often within a Tetrahedron Star. This Sacred Geometry is found within the Flower of Life which, contains all elements and building blocks of all the molecules and structures of this universe, which are three dimensional and reflect, the evolution of body, soul and spirit - 12 stages, via physical - Taurus; astral - Scorpio; mental-Leo, Egoic-Aquarius. The triangle, an esoteric symbol of spirit, standing for the constellations of the Great Bear, Sirius and the Pleiades. These symbols:4,5,3- indicate the point of spiritual ; consciousness achieved and the responsiveness of the initiate to these major cosmic influences. They also indicate the mediatorship of the soul, in bringing the spiritual energy to the plane of forms. Soul and spirit - is 8 and is the sixths of Fibonacci numbers - cube unfolded. Eight is also octahedron - two reflected pyramids : of elements and zodiacal cross. The Vedas describe the material world is an upside down tree with its branches downward and its roots upward. Leo is the the third sign of this shipand is pivotal point; the fire of Mind is in this evolution brings the transformation of square of life and consciousness into duality of manas - buddhi and unified crown of the spirit. Esoteric astrology, A.Bailey.
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