Easter 2020, the 9/11 Nodal Return,

the Shadow of COVID-19 and

the Sun of Christ

Table of Contents

1 - Introduction - 9/11 - Moon’s nodes - Tropical/Sidereal – page 4

2 - The 9/11 Chart - discovering the 9/11 Cross - 7

3 - Constellations of Energies behind the Cross of Mutability - 10

4 - Filling in the Cross - ZS, Magi and Dissipative Structures

Planting the ‘seed’ in ‘fertile ground’ - 13

5 - Christ Event Chart - 18

6 - Finding the story behind the Christ Event Chart - 22

7 - Christ event chart, the 9/11 nodal axis cross and Easter 2020                   nodal return - 25

8 - 869 AD Chart - ‘the day the music died’ - 28

9 - Internet Chart - and its sub-earthly roots - 33

10 - Internet, Easter 2020, Parzival and Planetary nodes - 37

11 - Neptune and Pluto in Synch - 42

12 - Consciousness Soul, Conscience and Kyrios - 43

13 - 3-fold Truth - Man and the 3 Worlds - 46

14 - Easter 2020 - 49

15 - T-square again - 53

16 - Geocentric and Heliocentric visions of Easter 2020 - 55

17 - Full Moon gesture of the Christ Sun - 57

18 – Mercury - 60

19 - Easter 2020 again - 62

20 - Ascension Mercury and Christ in the Etheric - 65

21 - Resurrection Witness - 69

22 - Today - As of this writing… Heart-Thinking - 71

23 - Jupiter Saturn conjunct at Winter Solstice 2020 - 73

24 - Geocentric Heliocentric Winter Solstice 2020 - 78

25 - The archetype of the Shepherds conjunction from 7 BC - 80

26 - Alchemical Mercury - 81

27 - Re-membering on Easter 2020 - 82

28 - Further Resources - 86

29 – Addendum - 87

30 - The Foundation Stone Meditation - 92

1 – Introduction - 9/11 - Moon’s nodes - Tropical/Sidereal

On Easter 0f this year (April 12, 2020) we find ourselves on the planet at a time of the Moon’s Nodal return to the same position it was at September 11, 2001.

“Rudolf Steiner spoke many times about these nodes of the Moon, as well as those of the other planets, and he referred to them as gateways” – Willi Sucher, lecture on the ‘Moon’, November 19, 1954.

“If we draw a line to indicate the Sun’s path or plane around the Earth, we see that the Earth stands roughly in the middle of this plane, as though it is hung up. You will remember last time we talked about the plane of the Sun and how the Moon is inclined to it. Therefore, the Moon crosses the plane of the Sun at two points: when it moves above the plane of the Sun, it crosses through its ascending node; and when it moves below the plane of the Sun, it crosses at its descending node. These points, where the Moon crosses the sphere of the Sun, are the Moon nodes, and these nodes are gateways from the Moon sphere to the sphere of the Sun. As we said last time, these nodes move through the entire Zodiac and back to the same place in 18 years and 7 months, and they move in the opposite direction of the Moon. These nodes or connecting points between the Moon sphere and the Sun sphere are very important for life after death. After death one goes through purification, and in order to go from the soul world into the Spirit (world), one needs these gates of the Moon nodes. That is how we get from one sphere to the other. It is a point where one can penetrate to a more spiritual aspect of the universe, which is not possible to do in a physical way.” – Sucher – ‘Moon Node-1’ ~ 26 November 1954

The Easter 2020 signature of this nodal return seems to be pregnant with meaning. This is a time when the window is open to the same gestures and potentials that we had during September 11, 2001. The current crisis of the COVID-19 virus and pandemic has led to a similarly potent global impact as we saw in 2001. Our emotional bodies are vibrating in a similarly intense manner as happened after the shock and crisis of the events at 9/11.

What can we find by looking at the heavenly signs to help us unfold the meaning of this open window to soul and spirit which is so pregnant with healing potential?

First we’ll look at the 9/11 chart with the Sidereal (constellation-based) zodiacal positions relative to the Tropical (calendar or season-based) zodiacal positions for the moment in question. We do this to see that the positions between the two different zodiacs are ‘relatively’ the same against the starry background. Even as this is true the tropical signs are different due to the precession of the equinoxes and the wobble of the Earth.

I am showing it for everyone familiar with tropical positions but might not be with the Sidereal. Seeing that they are relatively the same within the wheel we will then leave the Tropical behind and focus on the Sidereal positions because we will be looking at charts over a large span of time and the Sidereal charts remain the same relative to the starry background.

I will add that the adjustment of the Vernal point (sidereal point of the Sun at Spring equinox) which precesses 1 degree per 72 years is reflective of our evolving changing consciousness over time and relates to the corresponding part of our soul/spiritual being that we are focused on transforming. We experience this as evolving conscious spiritual beings through the different cultural and astronomical epochs over time.

“The reason for speaking of these periods is that the faculties of humanity as a whole — in this case more particularly the faculties of soul — change fundamentally from one period to another; they change because a very real evolution takes place in every such period — I am speaking now of the shortest. Every such period contains something which mankind is obliged to undergo, something which may cause either happiness or unhappiness, which has to be realized and understood, which is the source of impulses of will leading to deeds, and so forth. The tasks devolving upon the Egypto-Chaldean epoch of civilization differed from those of the Greco-Latin epoch — and our own age, too, faces its own specific tasks.” – RS – Behind the Scenes of External Happenings - Rudolf Steiner

November 06, 1917

We see in our base chart (from 9/11/2001) the comparison of the tropical chart in the inner wheel and in the outer wheel the sidereal chart for the same moment. As mentioned, see that the relative positions of the symbols in each wheel are exactly the same. In other words the symbols for Mercury are at the same spot in both wheels but are in different ‘signs’. They are in the same spot against the starry background (constellations) in both charts.

But the inner Tropical wheel has the designation for the ‘signs’ based on the seasons, which start with 0 Aries on the first day of spring (the change in Sun’s position relative to the first day of spring and the starry background is due to the precession of the equinoxes in a 25,920 year cycle, called a Great Year or a Platonic Year). The current starry background on the first day of spring is at 5 Pisces. This makes a difference of 25 degrees between the two zodiacs and this difference advances at a rate of 1 degree every 72 years.

Base Chart - 9/11/2001 - Tropical Inner Wheel and Sidereal Outer wheel

It is important that we see that there is a difference between constellations and signs, even though they bear the same ‘name’ designations.  It is beyond this work to go deeper into this. I do want it to be noted so that those familiar with the tropical location designations see where I am coming from. I do this because now we will leave the tropical zodiac behind, which is so familiar in the west, and focus on the sidereal in this work.

Now let us examine the sidereal geocentric chart for 9/11 more closely.

2 - The 9/11 Chart – discovering the 9/11 Cross

Chart 1

We see in Chart 1 the Sidereal geocentric perspective of 9/11/2001. The red arrow is emphasizing the nodal axis of the Moon. The red arrow points to the North node () and the other end is where the South node () lies since they are always opposite in the wheel. The South node carries the gesture and story of the karmic ripening. The North node holds the story of the intended evolution and outcome.

At 9/11 we see the Moon (- our emotional body) near the North node and Mars (- our ego-centered reflexive will body) near the South node. This tells us that we needed to feel the shock of this ripened karmic event, with its violent Martial energy, so intensely in our emotional bodies.

In Chart 1 is a blue arrow which squares at right angles the red nodal axis. It is pointing away from a point at 7 (Virgo) and into an empty area of the wheel at 7 (Pisces). The 4 corners of this cross, especially when filled in, will close the square and thus emphasize a specific message to be unfolded.

Here we see what I mean by closing the square of the cross. This happens when there is a symbol at all 4 corners.

Let us begin this unfolding of meaning by describing the signature of the positioning of the nodal axis itself.

In Chart 1 we see that the nodal axis (red line) stretches across the wheel from North node at 7 (Gemini) to its opposition with the South Node at 7 (Sagittarius).  I want to emphasize the importance of the fact that the blue line which squares the red line of the nodal axis is vital to our ability to unlock meaning as we go forward. We will continue to unpack the story of each corner. It is in the integration of these building blocks of the cross that will reveal the essence of our story. Let us now start seeing this as the ‘9/11 Cross’.

I am emphasizing this ‘9/11 cross’ as the most important factor of the charts we are going to be looking at. It is like the compass that will give us our bearings as we look to discover interconnections to this gateway and its hidden meaning over time. The meaning of a symbol at any point on the wheel cannot be discovered in isolation. To find meaning we need to understand how to integrate the point with its opposite, or polarity point. Then to complete the process we need to do the same with the polarity which squares the first axis of polarity. Integrating the two polarities into a whole is the higher integration and reveals the deeper meaning of the cross of relationships (See Rudolf Steiner – “Goethe as Scientist”). Thus is revealed the pregnant message of the cross as a whole. Adding other aspectual relationships from the charts to this cross within the wheel can add further nuance.

For a while after 9/11 due to this shock to our consciousness from the impact to our emotional bodies we were attempting to integrate the energy in a very healthy transformative way. People were putting others first and helping each other out of compassionate concern. We worked together out of a felt sense of common good.

Then the ‘lies’ started pouring out from our politicians that reached down into our vulnerable, vibrating emotional (Moon ) bodies, fed with the egocentric flavor (Mars ) of nationalism. We started hearing the word ‘patriotism’ and were told that ‘if we weren’t with them, we were against them’.

3 - Constellations of Energies behind the Cross of Mutability

After seeing how the good that had begun to rise up from the ashes of the tragedy were subverted and dissipated, a different energy then rose up. This was now not a striving toward unity, rather it strove toward division and even hatred. This begs us to get at the roots of the nodal axis of this event and to try to see what really happened. How did the good works that we started out doing get so easily undermined?

Rudolf Steiner had very interesting things to say about this axis. And here I extract from his The Reappearance of Christ in the Etheric - Chapters 10 – 12, ‘Individual Spirit Beings and the Undivided Foundation of the World: Part 1 – 3’.

“It will be discovered — and certain circles are coming close to this in their discoveries — that the active forces are not in what one meets with the microscopic eye but are rather within what streams in from the cosmos, from the constellations in the cosmos.”

“These things could be exploited for power by groups of egotistically inclined people. It is only necessary to withhold this knowledge from others who are then unable to participate, and one has the best method of ruling over great masses of people. One does not need to speak about these things at all; one need only introduce, for example, some new delicacy. Then one can seek a market for this new delicacy, which has been tinged appropriately, and thus bring about what is necessary, if these things are comprehended materialistically. One must be clear that in all matter there are hidden spiritual workings. Only one who knows in the true sense that there is nothing really material but only the spiritual will penetrate beyond the mysteries of life…

“The spiritual mysteries that allow the spirituality to stream forth from the cosmos — with help from the twofold forces of magnetism, from the positive and negative — emerge in the universe from Gemini; these are the forces of midday. It was known already in antiquity that this had something to do with the cosmos, and it is known even today by exoteric scientists that, behind Gemini in the Zodiac, positive and negative magnetism are hidden in some way. An attempt will be made to paralyze what is to be won through the revelation of the duality in the cosmos, to paralyze it in a materialistic, egotistical way through the forces that stream toward humanity especially from Gemini and can be put completely at the service of the double.”

A quick note here on the reference to ‘the double’.  This has everything to do with our unconscious karmic shadow which we need to transform and embrace in order to heal that aspect of ourselves of which we are ashamed and consciously deny. As an astrological archetype, Pluto embodies much of this meaning. Steiner gets much more specific in describing its spiritual reality and importance and even terms it the ‘Lower Guardian of the Threshold’. Because of its unconscious nature at this time amongst humanity it can easily be used against us to manipulate our thoughts and feelings and then of course our actions. This is why Steiner emphasizes the importance that we wake up and become consciously free beings.

“With other brotherhoods, which above all wish to bypass the Mystery of Golgotha (the spiritual reality of the Christ event), it is a matter of exploiting the twofold nature of the human being. This twofold nature of the human being, which has entered the fifth post-Atlantean period (1414 AD) just as man did, contains the human being but also, within the human being, the lower animal nature. Man is to a certain extent really a centaur; he contains this lower, bestial, astral nature. His humanity is somehow mounted upon this astral beast. Through this cooperation of the twofold nature within the human being there is also a dualism of forces. It is this dualism of forces that will be used more by the egotistical brotherhoods of the Eastern, Indian stream in order also to mislead Eastern Europe, which has the task of preparing the sixth post-Atlantean period. For this, forces from Sagittarius are put to use.”

“There are mainly two powers that stand in opposition to each other... The representatives of the old impulses — still of the eighteenth, seventeenth, sixteenth centuries — must therefore be harnessed to these forces by artificial means, to forces emanating from certain group-egotistical brotherhoods. The most effective principle in the new age to extend power over as many people as one needs is the economic principle, the principle of economic dependency... The economic principle is bound up with all that is involved in making a large number of human beings from all over the earth into an army for these principles.”

We can see then that the Gemini/Sagittarius axis can be used with malice to intentionally subvert the higher intentions of humanity’s intended evolution. It can be used to “cause confusion and could darken souls” of an unwitting humanity.

Now we must investigate the axis which squares this nodal axis, the Virgo and Pisces (/) axis (blue arm of cross), to help us uncover the meaning which stands behind the signs of our times.

“It will be most important to discover the mystery of how what works out of the cosmos in the direction of Pisces as a force of the sun combines with what works in the direction of Virgo. The good will be that one will discover how, from the two directions of the cosmos, morning and evening forces can be placed at the service of humanity: on the one side from the direction of Pisces and on the other side from the direction of Virgo…

The question standing before humanity is whether to master for itself the forces of the cosmos in a doubly wrong way or simply to master them in the right way. This will give a real renewal to astrology, which was atavistic in its ancient form and would not be able to continue in this form. .. From the cooperation of what comes from Pisces and Virgo one will not be able to bring about anything harmful.”

Mutability

The cross we are looking at is made of 4 signs and is called the mutable cross. It is a coherent dynamic which these 4 signs share within their relationship to complete a larger evolutionary gesture. It is the cross found amongst 2 other crosses (4 signs x 3 crosses = 12 signs of the zodiac). The first cross is the Cardinal cross (the initiator). This is the cross of Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn. The next is the Fixed cross of Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius. This cross has the gesture of stability. Our mutable cross has Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces. It is the gesture of adaptation to the new.

“The mutable grand cross reflects the process of aligning with information (Gemini) that is founded in natural laws and truth (Sagittarius), and adjustment (Virgo) of outdated viewpoints and opinions that are not based on universal, timeless principles (Pisces). In other words, as we seek to understand the human journey in a holistic and universal sense, our viewpoints and perspectives naturally shift (mutable archetypes) to reflect this evolution within consciousness. It has been described as the process of moving from the microscope to the telescope…”

– Deva Green – “The Mutable Grand Cross from the Perspective of Evolutionary Astrology” - (https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/2538 )

So we see that the ‘mutable’ gesture behind this cross is one that moves toward integration and transformation. The forces that come in from the periphery of the constellations also have different energetic qualities that can be harnessed for the good or against it. The more conscious we become of these the better are our chances that they can be effectively used for the good.

4 - Filling in the Cross – ZS, Magi and Dissipative Structures

Planting the ‘seed’ in ‘fertile ground’

Here we can see that the 9/11 Cross is also filled in at the Virgo (blue) arm. The ZS that we see at that Virgo arm is the Super Galactic Center. We will look at the meaning of this point which we can clearly see might help us to understand what stands behind this 9/11 Cross.

Philip Sedgwick (http://www.philipsedgwick.com) tells us that this “Super Galactic Center (with galaxy M-87). This powerful black hole devours everything in sight. M-87 has the mass of 30 trillion Suns” and “is the prevailing, dominant force in a supermassive arena”.  He describes the ZS as incredibly magnetic and self-centered. Yet the underlying goal and intent is an extreme transformational fusion of soul and spirit that then manifests as a selflessness born of wholeness. The illusion of separation is broken and one can become a powerful healing example and influence for others. We will see later why this powerful point is included in our cross when we look at our Christ event charts.

How does this fit in with the zodiacal polarity of Virgo/Pisces and what does the remaining spot of the square in this dynamic have to tell us at 7^0 Pisces?

Remember Rudolf Steiner- “The good will be that one will discover how, from the two directions of the cosmos, morning and evening forces can be placed at the service of humanity: on the one side from the direction of Pisces and on the other side from the direction of Virgo… (and)…From the cooperation of what comes from Pisces and Virgo one will not be able to bring about anything harmful.”

Let us emphasize that it is from the ‘cooperation’ within the polarity which then is “unable to bring about anything harmful and can be placed at the service of humanity”. It is then the synthesis and integration of the polarity that we are going after which can then balance the square and mitigate the negative influence that might otherwise be able to be abused by ‘black occult brotherhoods’.

We will have to look at 7^0 Pisces () for that final piece of this puzzle.

But first we need to be aware that as it stands, here in the 9/11 Cross, only 3 of the 4 arms are filled in. This creates a highly imbalanced energetic structure that is striving toward a positive functional balance or even a negative explosive release of the tension. This structure is called a T-square in astrological language and the high expression of it is to seek out a positive integration. The lower potential and shadow manifestation appears when this balanced integration is thwarted and cannot happen.

The main point of tension is actually coming from the unbalanced arm of our cross, the Virgo arm, where the ZS is found. It is seeking out balance at the empty spot, at the Pisces arm. This is like a bow and arrow and the tension of the stretched bow is pointing from the point of release into the direction the arrow is pointing. When this empty spot is filled in with the appropriate energy the whole system can have the potential to integrate into a balanced flowing structure.

The lies that permeated the airwaves and divided people with fear and division after 9/11, is what thwarted the attempt to integrate the ZS into its highest transformative expression. This expression would have had us acting from the wholeness of body, soul and spirit but was diverted into the lie of ‘us vs them’.

A further flavor is marked out by the green arrow pointing from Uranus to Venus in Chart 1. I am pointing the arrow from Uranus to Venus for a reason. Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are “generational planets” because they move so slowly. They symbolize what generational groups are working on together.  Individually they can symbolize transformation and metamorphosis, especially if we are working consciously on a spiritual path. If we aren’t then it appears that the action comes at us from the outside world in an attempt to force us into transformation. The wakeup call from this second, outer method is certainly uncomfortable. At 9/11 the world had a sudden traumatic wakeup call (Uranus) as it regards us, our friends and our karmic group (Venus). The whole worldly aesthetic changed, it was felt deeply and shook us to our foundations.

Remember, our collective first response was from our compassionate hearts. But the imbalanced energy of this Cross shows that we weren’t sufficiently awake to maintain this response. It was allowed to be thwarted by our being manipulated back into our unconscious reflexive habit bodies.

You could say that we tried acting out the higher potential of the ZS point, out of selfless compassion. But we were tricked back into the selfish egocentric expression that we are conditioned into experiencing when we get overloaded with fear.

How can we re-awaken when we get ‘the call’ again?  That is the answer which will be found at the empty leg of the T-square.  This tension, when relieved and balanced, will help restore us to equilibrium by exposing the truth that is hidden behind this open Pisces doorway. See the spot marked by the question mark in the cross below.

I’d like to make an analogy here to the work of Ilya Prigogine. Prigogine is best known for his definition of ‘dissipative structures’ and their role in thermodynamic systems ‘far from equilibrium’, a discovery that won him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1977. He discovered that an increase of energy into a system beyond a certain point increases chaos and can result in the emergence of new structures (hence ‘dissipative structures’) due to ‘internal self-reorganization’. This reorganization is unpredictable and can lead to a higher order of organization that is no longer in chaos because it has been functionally integrated to this higher level.

I’d like to posit that a T-square, like the one in the 9/11 chart can be seen analogously on a psycho-spiritual or soul level as with what Prigogine showed at the chemical level. If the energy of tension builds sufficiently and a high energy chaos state develops, there is the potential to reorganize and metamorphose consciousness to a higher level of awareness. All it takes is the planting of the right ‘seed’ into ‘fertile ground’.

At 9/11 this potential was there and heading in the right direction as evidenced by the new level of compassion and humanity that was appearing. Then there was an energy added to the pot that was discordant enough to freeze the transformation and the energy fell back into the old familiar reflexive emotional patterning.

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, fear has that type of an effect. Each emotion has a corresponding Qi movement in the body. Fear counteracts Joy; it depletes essence and has a general sinking effect. It is the root cause of all ‘attitudes’.

We had this buildup of compassionate energy at 9/11 and then with the fear, brought on by the dualistic lie and threat of ‘us vs them’, it was like a drain opened up and all the energy drained out. Soon after we went back to our old exhausting patterns which were then used against us to control and stop the conscious evolution and transformation that we had come close to pulling off.

What is the seed we need to plant in fertile ground for this transformation to happen on both an individual and a collective level? If our answer is hidden behind the doorway which appears empty at the Pisces arm of our Cross, we might see that it is but a riddle with an ‘open secret’.

Pisces is pure consciousness, unmanifest spirit. It is the future 10th Spiritual Hierarchy, destined to be occupied by Humanity. Our Pisces leg of the Cross is empty. What can be more ‘apparently’ empty than ‘unmanifest’ spirit? Spirit is manifest in all ‘things’. Yet we define our things by their sensory perceptible and measurable boundaries. ‘If it isn’t measurable, it isn’t real’. This is the lie of dualism.

An old saying goes, ‘The emptiness is the fullness, and the fullness is the emptiness’. This is part of the Buddha’s discourse on the Perfection of Wisdom. The answer to what our fertile ground is can only be described as the awareness of our true spiritual nature. The seed that we need to plant in this fertile ground is the rhythmic and consistent inner soul work that can then sprout out of this apparent ‘nothingness’ and manifest into a higher order reality.

“The only way to combat the influence of these (lies) is to realize that against certain aims nothing avails except to see through (them), to know that (they are) there. I have indicated this repeatedly in the Mystery Plays; think only of the end of the last Play. The Fifth Post-Atlantean epoch must evolve to the stage where many human beings address the (Retrogressive) Powers and Beings as Faust addresses Mephistopheles: “In thy Nothingness I hope to find the All.” Men must be resolved to look into that realm where materialism sees the “Nothingness” and there see ... the spiritual world!” – Rudolf Steiner – Behind the Scenes of External Happenings - November 06, 1917

Rudolf Steiner talked about the great spiritual power of rhythmic repetition. We can see this in homeopathy. And we can take advantage of this principle to further our conscious soul/spiritual evolution in the appropriate ways.

Dennis Klocek (https://dennisklocek.com), in teaching variations of Steiner’s soul/spiritual exercises, used the image of the ‘immaculate conception’ to emphasize this idea of ‘creating out of nothing’. He affirmed the potentizing effect Steiner referred to of the rhythmicity of the exercises over time. He highlighted that the meditative visualization within in the mind’s eye was lighting up in the ‘empty space’ of the ventricles of the brain. By doing these soul exercises rhythmically over time, day after day, it is like potentizing a homeopathic remedy. The more times it happens, the higher the potentization into the spiritual realms. He pictured this as directing our inner soul forces of thinking, feeling and willing in which we are creating an ‘empty space’ for spirit to meet us. Specifically, in this instance, inviting spirit to meet us with a holy morsel, a dew-drop of an image, in the empty space of these ventricles.

It just so happens that the most active cells of neurogenesis (the making of new nerve cells) line the surfaces of these ventricles. So if we want to re-groove our nervous system, that has become hardwired, deeply grooved by old habits, we need to create new pathways to be able to support lasting new healthy habits. But this is only a physical effect of a spiritual process, far more important is the lifting of our consciousness out of its sensory dependent, brain-bound thinking into what we develop as Imaginative thinking (as Steiner calls it).

Dennis would say, to become ‘Magi’, those who are in control of their inner imagining (I-‘magi’-ning). We need to become in control of our inner images and not be led and manipulated from forces outside of ourselves. It is the emotionally tinged images that come out of our reactive habit body that thwart any lasting change. How are we to become Magi when we are forever being manipulated to keep preoccupied by the increasing distractions in the outside world?

This ‘fertile ground’, then, is our awareness of the truth of our spiritual nature. The ‘seed’ is the inner soul work which lays down the bridge for connection with our Higher Self. This is the ‘open secret’ that lies hidden behind the ‘empty’ Pisces point of our Cross. If we plant the seed, the opportunities will come for it to become alive on the manifest plane. This is the opportunity that is happening right now if we but have ‘eyes to see, and ears to hear’.

5 - Christ Event Chart

“Jesus Christ united the levels of the earthly personality (geocentric = Earth-centered) and the higher self (heliocentric = Sun-centered) in so far as he was the most highly evolved earthly personality (Jesus) embodying the Higher Self (Christ) of all existence, the Divine “I AM.” To see the life of Jesus Christ in relation to the world of stars opens the door to a profound experience of the cosmos, giving rise to a new star wisdom (astrosophy) that is the spiritual science of Cosmic Christianity…

The deeds of the historical Christ 2,000 years ago are of eternal significance - inscribed into the cosmos – and they resonate with the movements of the heavenly bodies, especially when certain alignments or planetary configurations occur that bear a resemblance to those prevailing at the time of events in the life of Christ…

Research into the planetary configurations at the life of Christ – inspired by the words from Rudolf Steiner that ‘it was always in accordance with the collective being of the whole universe with whom the Earth is in harmony, that all which Christ Jesus did took place’ – reveals that the most important stellar meridians are those running through the mega stars.”

– R Powell – Christian Star Calendar, 2008 (http://www.astrogeographia.org)

We look at Chart 2 (Feb 24, 30 AD) and discover that the nodal axis of this Christ event chart aligned exactly with the nodal axis at 9/11. See the red line pointing at the North node at 7 Gemini. The blue line is also square the nodal axis as it is in the 9/11 chart.

And what we will see is that it is also aligned with the 9/11 nodal return this Easter 2020. This reflects the message that within the teaching and healing examples of the Christ event chart is a key to our pregnant time. The nodal axis window is being activated and opens during this return.

Let us notice that there is something extremely significant in the Cross from the Christ event chart. It has a very important difference from the 9/11 chart. In the 9/11 chart the point on the Cross at 7 Pisces is ‘empty’. We have the same Cross in the Christ event chart, but with the difference that the 7 Pisces point is filled in. So the nodal axis is the same. The 7 Virgo point also has the Super Galactic Center, ZS. But the 7 Pisces point is not empty; it is filled with the Sun.

I am going to begin here and start calling this the ‘Sun of Christ’ because it fills in the empty arm of the 9/11 Cross and will therefore be found to have a significant message for the Easter 2020 Cross as well.

Here is the time to talk about the ‘mega star’ relationship of the ZS in our cross.

“Mega stars are extremely luminous stars - stars with a luminosity at least 10,000 times that of our Sun… The mega stars are exceedingly bright stars and, as research indicates, they are of extraordinary importance… Focusing upon the meridians as energy lines flowing through every star; the entire celestial sphere becomes astrologically significant… Research into the planetary configurations during the life of Christ - inspired by the words from Rudolf Steiner quoted earlier that, "It was always in accordance with the collective being of the whole universe with whom the Earth is in harmony, that all which Christ Jesus did took place" - reveals that the most important stellar meridians are those running through the mega stars… mega stars represent an extension from the exaltations discovered by the Babylonians. Whereas the exaltations were discovered to be stars or stellar clusters lying within the zodiacal belt, the meridians which run through the mega stars circle around the entire celestial globe. For the use of mega stars in the context of a new star wisdom all that needs to be known, essentially, is the mega stars' longitudes in the sidereal zodiac.” – Robert Powell – “The Significance of Mega Stars” - Christian Star Calendar 2008

Now we can see the reason I have included this massive ZS at 7 Virgo at one of the arms of our cross. It will become self-evident how this plays into our cross through the Christ events bearing the same nodal axis cross. Research has shown that many of the powerful examples of Christs earthly activities these meridians connecting to mega stars were activated. This activation is symbolic of the energy flow which connected Christ to the macrocosmic Father realm during these archetypal deeds which we can learn from.

Chart 2

Below is the simplified extract of Chart 2 that shows the same 9/11 cross but now it is filled in at all 4 corners with the ‘Sun of Christ’ at 7 Pisces.

Also in Chart 2 Uranus is conjunct Regulus, the Royal Star of Persia associated with the Heart of the Lion. This position is ‘remembering’ the Sun and Moon at the Raising of Lazarus. This is a powerful reminder that the Lazarus event is a powerful teaching for our Conscience soul. We might say that this Uranus is a foreshadowing of the Courage we need now to attune to the Conscience soul we are to be developing toward Spirit Self (Manas). Uranus shows us that part of Consciousness soul, called Conscience soul, is in the process of transforming into Manas (Spirit Self).

Through this attunement we may resurrect the dead, forgotten knowledge of our spiritual inheritance. It also reminds us of the danger of electrified thinking which is why we need such strength of Courage to prevail. Remember that “What man is lacking today is the courage to enter into the real exploration of the spiritual world…”

The North node at 7 Gemini is conjunct Saturn, reminding us that it is appropriate, in our own age of the Consciousness soul, to NOW be taking up this work. Saturn is a representative of the Consciousness soul. This chart is telling us that Christ gave us the archetypal example of the work that is specifically intended for our age, represented by this Saturn, being conjunct the North node (intended evolutionary trajectory).

Here in the Cross the North node at 7 Gemini is conjunct Saturn. This is another indicator that this is the foreshadowing of our own work of transforming Consciousness soul via the awakening and development of Conscience into Spirit Self (Manas).  It is as if this is a specific message to our time, the 5th Post-Atlantean epoch.

Our Christ event chart also has Venus conjunct Neptune in Capricorn and Mars conjunct Pluto in Sagittarius.

The Venus is foreshadowing the commitment we make to work at becoming conscious in our feeling body. This is work toward its higher conscious form (as expressed by Neptune) as Life Spirit (Buddhi). It also reminds us of the importance of our spiritual family and to be ever mindful of that connection. The shadow side is unconsciously being drawn with magnetic force into activities which further the hindrance of our destiny.

The Mars pairing with Pluto is a similar message, reminding us of the work we must undertake to someday become fully conscious in our willing as free human beings.

6 - Finding the story behind the Christ Event Chart

I have chosen this example chart from Christ’s life on Earth because it carries the gestural motif of the same nodal axis as 9/11 and it gives us a clue of the Pisces point in question because the Sun was within a degree during this example. Now I will give a description of the event from Anne Catherine Emmerich (born September 8, 1774) who had visions of the daily life of Christ as a consequence of exhibiting the stigmata (the wounds of Christ) in her own body.

Most of these visions were recorded by Clemens Brentano and I quote here this event chart’s description as given in Robert Powell’s book Chronicle of the Living Christ. (https://sophiafoundation.org)

“Friday, February 24, A.D. 30 (Adar 3) Today, Jesus visited the sick in their homes to comfort and heal them. At the start of the Sabbath, he taught in the synagogue, referring to the commandment “honor thy parents.”

Let’s try to extract the essential message of the events from the 3 days that the Christ Sun was within 1 degree of this 7 Pisces point.

Here the 3 days will be displayed and emphasis is put on the gesture that I would like to take note of–

“Friday, February 24, A.D. 30 (Adar 3) Today, Jesus visited the sick in their homes to comfort and heal them.

Saturday, February 25, A.D. 30 (Adar 4) At the close of the Sabbath, Jesus was invited to attend a banquet in his honor.

Sunday, February 26, AD. 30 (Adar 5) Around nine o'clock in the morning, Jesus and his disciples walked to a place about a quarter of an hour from the town. Many people had already gathered there to hear him; also many sick people had been brought, whom he healed. Jesus taught concerning the death of Moses, which was to be celebrated on Adar 7, a day of fasting. Afterward, he went to a place where those who were possessed dwelt and cured them.”

Again we ask ‘why is this important’?

“Now that we know that the whole spirit of the cosmos penetrated Christ Jesus we may ask, Who was the being who went to Capernaum and all the other places Jesus went? The being Who walked the earth in those years certainly looked like any other human being. But the forces working in him were the cosmic forces coming from the sun and the stars; they directed his body. The total essence of the cosmos, to which the earth belongs, determined what Christ Jesus did. This is why the constellations are so often alluded to in the gospel descriptions of Jesus' activities. For example, in the Gospel of St. John the time when Christ finds his first disciple is described as ‘about the tenth hour’ (John 1:39). In this fact the spirit of the entire cosmos expressed itself in a way appropriate to the appointed moment. Such indications are less obvious in other places in the gospels, but people who can read the gospels properly will find them everywhere…

The miracles of healing the sick must also be understood from this point of view. Let us look at just one passage, the one that reads, “Now when the sun was setting, all those who had any that were sick with various diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on them and healed them” (Luke 5:40). What does this mean? Here the gospel writer points out that this healing was connected with the constellation of the stars, that in those days the necessary constellation was present only after the sun had set. In other words, in those times the healing forces could manifest themselves only after sunset. Christ Jesus is portrayed as the mediator who brings together the sick and the forces of the cosmos that could heal them at precisely that time. These were the same forces that also worked as Christ in Jesus. The healing occurred through Christ's presence, which exposed the sick to the healing cosmic forces. These healing forces could be effective only under the appropriate conditions of space and time, as described above. In other words, the forces of the cosmos worked on the sick through their representative, the Christ.”

Rudolf Steiner - The Spiritual Guidance of the Individual and Humanity, Copenhagen, June 8, 1911.

Rudolf Steiner is telling us that the entire cosmos worked through Christ while he was incarnated into Jesus of Nazareth. He tells us that this powerful gesture is the same for humanity but only for the moment of birth. In other words, at birth we are in synch with the entire cosmos. At the first breath we have descended into physical incarnation from the spiritual world. While there divine hierarchical beings helped us to prepare this union of soul and spirit into a manifest form for this material plane. Once here we begin working on the karmic ‘projects’ that have ripened and determined our form for this life. Our work upon these projects is with the intent of becoming more and more in synch with the spirit in the cosmos, as exampled by the life of Christ.

The examples from that life are as teaching archetypal gestures given for us to learn how to resynch ourselves in soul and spirit again. Examples from Christ’s life are a fount of ever rejuvenating inspiration and life force.

At the time of our Christ event chart the nodal axis we are looking at is about 7 and ½ degrees of Gemini/Sagittarius. If we expand our orb of influence out to one degree prior and one degree after that marker we have our nodal cross orb of influence with the Christ events at that time in a window from February 3, 30 AD to March 12, 30 AD. I want to list the gesture we are emphasizing as it happened in the events during that window.

Christ healings on the sick -

Feb 11

Feb 17

Feb 22 (in their homes)

Feb 23

Feb 24 (in their homes)

Feb 26

Christ prayed to avert great danger from a             storm -

March 4

Christ gave parable of Rich man and eye of             the needle – Matt 19:24

Feb 16

Christ healing the possessed –

Feb 14

Feb 23

Feb 26

Christ interactions to benefit the poor –

Feb 6

March 7

Christ rebuked the Pharisees –

Feb 13

Christ disputed the priests –

March 10

During that window of time in the Christ events, which fall into the nodal axis of 9/11 cross window, we also can see that 3 planets were active in crossing at the 7 Pisces point.

Moon – Feb 21, 30 AD – Christ celebrated New Moon Festival.

Sun – Feb 24 – 26, 30 AD – Healed sick and possessed and attended banquet in his                                                 honor.

Mercury – Feb 28 – March 1, 30 AD – Had a private meeting with his mother Mary and started                                                       on a journey with only 12 disciples.

These are events from Christ’s life which fit into the window opened during the same nodal axis which returned at 9/11 and is here again at Easter 2020.

To help us understand this window of time and the extremely important events which we find ourselves currently trying to wake up into we will look at the Easter 2020 nodal return of the 9/11 nodal axis cross and how it compares to the Christ event chart.

7 – Christ event chart, the 9/11 nodal axis cross and Easter 2020 nodal return

Chart 3 is showing the 9/11 chart in the inner wheel surrounded by the Christ event chart with the same nodal axis, taken from the life of Christ. We are looking at this chart as it represents a way of learning about the 7 Pisces point and shares the same nodal axis gestural motif as 9/11. In this chart the Sun () is at the 7 Pisces point, which as we have seen is empty in the 9/11 chart.

Chart 3

In Chart 4 we see the nodal axis return of 9/11 at Easter 2020 compared with the Christ event chart. Now we see that on Easter 2020 we have Mercury at 7^0 Pisces. So we have the Moon’s nodal axis return on Easter 2020 and on that day we find Mercury at the Pisces point that ‘re-members’ the Sun in the Christ event chart.

Chart 4

We can say that the Easter chart nodal axis ‘re-members’ the window that was open with the 9/11 nodal axis, AND we have the Easter Mercury ‘re-membering’ the Christ event Sun.

Looked at on the cross pictured above – The same nodal axis cross is found in all 3 charts. For that matter, we could say that in all three charts we have the same T-square formed by the North node at 7 Gemini, South node at 7 Sagittarius and ZS at 7 Virgo. The empty spot in the 9/11 chart is filled in by the Christ Sun and the Mercury of Easter to remind us of that Sun.

We will see later the added significance both the Sun and Mercury at 7 Pisces have by their being at the Full Moon position relative to ZS, the Super Galactic Center.

8 - 869 AD Chart – ‘the day the music died’

Chart 5 is a geocentric sidereal inner wheel and heliocentric outer wheel of the 8th Ecumenical Council of 869 – Oct 5, 869 in Istanbul. Rudolf Steiner talked many times about the importance of this event. It was when the Church dropped the idea of 3-foldness in favor of an image of the human being having a dual nature. This means that from this point on it was heresy to say that human beings were composed of body, soul and spirit. The new doctrine explained that humans were of the nature of body and soul only, but allowed that the soul might possess some ‘spiritual qualities’.

Chart 5

Steiner said that this was what turned the soil for the coming emphasis on the scientific method. From this the world is seen as having a dual nature and the emphasis for defining what “reality” is. From now on “reality” is dependent upon what is sense perceptible only. This is a lie and Steiner repeatedly refuted this throughout his life’s work. He was always emphasizing the 3-fold nature of reality and the importance of reacquiring the knowledge of our spiritual inheritance and of the central focus of that reacquiring in relation to the Christ Being.

“The Eighth Ecumenical Council of the year 869 drove away from human knowledge the contemplation of the spirit. Those who have an entirely materialistic mentality seek to prepare the next stage: they also wish to eliminate the soul and to establish the general dogmatic knowledge that man only consists of the body…We must instead follow the opposite direction of the Eighth Ecumenical Council; we must once more follow the path enabling us to find the spirit anew, and to cultivate in human life, in every sphere of practical human life, only what we can discover through the spirit.” - Rudolf Steiner -The Hague, February 27, 1921

“There is a threefold inclination towards the spiritual world in the human soul…

The denial of the Divine is a physical sickness…

But the Mystery of Golgotha also saved mankind in that Age from a threatened calamity. Certain spiritual powers, hostile to man, inspired the Greco-Persian thinkers of the Academy of Gondi-Shapur with a diabolical idea. They planned to give man certain knowledge two millennia before it was due. This would so bind his soul to his body that the soul also would partake of physical death, and would have no future spiritual evolution. This was to have taken place about A.D. 666.

But before it could take place, the Mystery of Golgotha had wrought a counter-effect through the revelation that had come in the third and fourth centuries, whereby the soul was drawn into an especially close relation to the spirit. This defeated the Arabian plan to unite the soul with the body.

The effort of Gondi-Shapur, however, had some effect. It left a poison in the physical organism of Western humanity in scientific materialism, resulting in a widespread tendency to deny the Divine. Even the Catholic Church was affected by it, in its denial of the spirit in man at the Council of Constantinople in A.D. 869.

The answer to this infection today is the rediscovery of the real knowledge of Christ, as the Healer of man in the sickness of his thinking.”

– Rudolf Steiner - Zürich, October 16th, 1918

The idea of duality is constantly being used against us. A great example is ‘good vs evil’. Rudolf Steiner defined evil as an action that is appropriate for its time but that becomes evil when used out of its appropriate time. The mention above of the academy at Gondi-Shapur was just such an attempt to harden man by receiving intellectual capacities before its appropriate time.

“Unfortunately, all is not rosy in heaven, as some spirits have regressed. Anthroposophy recommends very highly that one become familiar with the retarding spirits and how they insinuate themselves into one’s thoughts, feelings, and actions. There are two major groups, under the supervision of what we call here the Illusionist and the Hardener, the beings often named by anthroposophy as Lucifer and Ahriman. We have renamed them so that people will understand their function more readily…

The Illusionist takes us down false paths and frustrates our desire to see the truth of things…

The Illusionist is one who, using trickery and deception, likes to play with our thoughts, with our fantasies, by coaxing us up and out into floating realms of imaginations that are divorced from reality. Once out too far on too thin a branch, a branch made of inflated concepts and deceptions, we fall…

In the name “Hardener,” we find a sense of power and rigidification. The Hardener connives that humans will find truth only in material realities, so that they will deny the existence of spirit or meaning. The theory and application of Neo-Darwinism gives a good example. Life and human beings are conceived as the chance outcomes of random and therefore meaningless events in a context of vicious and amoral competition for scarce resources. In a world of scarce resources, people fear for survival. Fear, struggle, and scarcity typify the Hardener’s world…

Do these spiritual beings—the servants of the Hardener and Illusionist—actually exist? Are they more than a helpful way to organize one’s confused thoughts? One can only become more attentive to one’s experience in the world to see if one can notice their effects.” - David Tresemer and Robert Schiappacasse – Star Wisdom and Rudolf Steiner.

This chart shows the powerful working of Divine providence in 869 AD.

We see here the same cross as 9/11 being active again with an empty spot, now in Gemini, making it a T-square which we also had at 9/11 but with different symbols. The nodes are on a different axis, which we will talk about but the cross we have been studying is still trying to tell us something. The symbols are almost screaming the obvious to us. Here is a council of pure authoritarianism (Saturn in Sagittarius) expounding its lie of duality as though it were a sacred truth. But the teaching is empty of truth.

Behind the decree of the empty teaching about duality, the higher purpose is hidden. Saturn holds the memory. The memory it is holding comes from its position at 7 Sagittarius. It is ‘re-membering’ the South node at the Christ event chart. That South node was conjunct Pluto by less than 4 degrees. Hence, it remembers the power play of the Pharisees et al, which Christ was there to admonish. But here, in 869, man without focusing on the Christ truth, was unable to overcome the deception.

But what of the Divine providence? The Saturn of 869 is opposite and remembers the Saturn conjunction with North node at the Gemini end of the Christ event cross. This was mentioned as a Saturn which was foreshadowing what we need to develop in our current 5th Post- Atlantean Epoch

The Saturn foreshadows our epoch which is to develop the Consciousness soul. We said that the North node Saturn foreshadowing makes the Christ events we looked at explicitly pertinent to our time.

The 869 Saturn, in its position of memory of this event, also points to the means by which this event of 869 helps in that Consciousness soul development. The development of the Consciousness soul occurs because of its dependence on the physical sensory world. We were destined to descend from spirit and penetrate the material plane. This Saturn remembers that the plan includes this dependence on the physical sensory. Without living through the period associated with this lie of duality on the material plane we could not later retain our spiritual inheritance in the proper way. This was a further step in developing our brain-bound, sensory dependent intellect. This is a step that could not be skipped in our spiritual evolution. But it now needs to be followed up with developing Conscience soul transforming into Manas (Spirit Self).

As Van Morrison sings in ‘Ancient Highway’,

“When the grass is high and the rabbit runs

Though it's talking' to you and I

And every new generation comes to pay

The dues of the organ grinder jam

And the grinder's switch of the sacrifice

Everybody made to be rational with understanding

And I'll be praying to my higher self

Oh, don't let me down, keep my feet on the ground”

This 869 Saturn shows us the importance that this dogma of duality had for our conscious soul/spiritual evolution. We cannot evolve spiritually without this stage of illusion and the opportunity to overcome its lie. It tells us that the false dogma has a purpose and this purpose is in overcoming it with the 3-fold truth of body, soul and spirit.

But it also remembers the opposite end of Christ event chart, the Saturn with North node that tells us when we are to do this overcoming – NOW. So this fertile ground included us ‘having to get our hands dirty’ with the ever-densifying material plane.

Gemini is ruled by Mercury. Mercury is the Teacher, and his teaching, Gemini, is empty. The geocentric 869 Mercury is in Libra near the South node. It is reminding us of conscious equal partnership. The opposite end is the Plutonian shadow which weighs into the destiny of the moment with the North node.

It is this 869 Mercury in its movement to the heliocentric position which shows us the Higher Self perspective and teaching.  This Mercury goes to the Pisces point less than 4 degrees from remembering the Christ Sun. It is as if the Mercury is being witness to the fading of the spiritual awareness, hidden behind the apparent duality of the new teaching.

The Heliocentric Mars moves to where the North node is in conjunction with Pluto in the geocentric chart. It as if the Sentient soul is saying that it is ready to receive the teaching of 3-foldness at a deeper level (Heliocentric Mars). But the egocentric lower nature of the shadow of the double (Pluto) overruled this attempt and used its power to grab control and usurp the truth of our 3-fold nature.

The Venus at the ZS was unable to unfold in selfless truth and became instead the energy of magnetic control of the karmic group through the feeling body. This was carried out by the strength of the dogma of the 869 decree as given by the aspect of the Saturn position in Sagittarius as though given to us from the authority on high.

Saturn holds the memory of the 869 moment in Sagittarius for us. This is the memory that becomes the one of not following the higher spiritual path of Mercury in Pisces and the truth of 3-foldness. This Mercury had just gone over the 7 Pisces point and was showing that we had the possibility of “re-membering” the Christ Sun at this moment in time.

This Saturn point in Sagittarius is where the Mars and South node are in the 9/11 chart. The egocentric karma of the lie of 869 has come home to roost in the 9/11 chart and we have to deal with the consequences. 9/11 was an opportunity to do this. And we started out doing just that in recognizing and caring and helping our spiritual family. But we got hooked back in by our emotional bodies with the lies which our leaders, our ‘authorities’ fed us. ‘You aren’t a patriot if you don’t believe like us, and if you aren’t with us you are against us.’ The fear this caused made the mass of people sheepishly follow the blame path of hatred for those ‘not like us’.

The fear bomb is being used against us again in 2020. This time it is centered on the fear of our mortality against an unseen germ that my neighbor could be carrying to harm me. This is not to say that the corona virus is not real, but rather that the lies are being massively dropped on us and fear is the eventual intended outcome.

9 - Internet Chart and its sub-earthly roots

What do we do with this example within the stricture of fear and isolation during this Corona virus crisis? It might help to look at the next chart. This is the moment of birth (creation) of the main tool we are using to stay connected during our forced isolation, the internet. As a momentary slice of the present, revealing the past and future, this chart will have much to tell us about the internet and its qualities. Then we must find how it relates to our current task. See Chart 6, sidereal geocentric birth of the internet, Oct 29, 1969 10:30 pm UCLA.

Chart 6

Here we see connections between the cross we have been focusing on with the Moon. It is within two degrees of the Gemini point. And the ZS at 7 Virgo is at midpoint of Uranus and Pluto (both within 5 degrees). So the axis with Gemini that Steiner said can be used against us has the Moon representing our emotional body. And the powerful ZS point of magnetic attraction squaring it has Uranus and Pluto. Uranus is electrified thinking and Pluto is the deep psyche. This Pluto is emphasizing the shadow and the double at this point in history. Pluto thus brings in the shadow of power and control. And Steiner tells us that we do not understand electricity, which is Uranian and which powers the internet. He says that electricity is the corpse of light and electrified thinking is brain-bound intellect based on sensory perception and therefore a materialization of the ‘light of thinking’ which is not brain-bound and sensory-based.

The higher expression is Manas, or Imaginative thinking, which is another higher manifestation of the Uranus archetype. But remember also that Manas is the conscious expression of work done on our spiritual path. When unconscious, Uranus will manifest as difficult transformative events which seem to come at us from the outside. Pluto acts in a similar way, but on the level of will. Its lower shadow aspect shows up as power and control issues. These unbalanced and unconscious gestures are assailing our emotional body (Moon) as if from two sides via the internet.

Rudolf Steiner hints that Pluto is connected with the will aspect of our soul consciousness. The soul has three qualities –thinking, feeling and willing. These are Mercury, Venus and Mars qualities at the ground level. On a more conscious level these become expressed by Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. But when transformed into their higher capacities the new consciousness will be represented by Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. But as undeveloped shadow qualities these appear to come at us from outside and can be used in manipulative ways. This is especially true when aligned with the axes of the cross in our discussion as we have seen.

Steiner relates these soul qualities with their shadow reflection through that which he calls the ‘sub-earthly’.

Thought             -      Electricity

Feeling            -      Magnetism

Willing            -      Nuclear (which he called terrible forces of destruction)

This is an unconscious realm that can be used to manipulate us. In his Warmth Course Rudolf Steiner discusses the nature of warmth, its relationship to the four states of matter, to light, to color, and to the sub-earthly and super-earthly realms. He strives to extend modern ideas of physics through the understandings achieved by spiritual science.

On a spiritual path these soul qualities are developed into the following higher states of

Consciousness –

Thinking            -      Imagination

Feeling            -      Inspiration

Willing            -      Intuition

These states are capitalized because they are specific states of higher consciousness we can develop on a spiritual path. But the shadow aspects can be misused as we have discussed.

Chart 6 shows Uranus and Pluto at the ZS point of intense magnetic attraction. Uranus does certainly represent the fact that it takes electricity to run the internet. But the electrification effect on thinking and the shadow effect of Pluto on our will make this a triple threat as a means to control our thinking, feeling and willing. This is especially true when this all squares our emotional body (Moon) within 2 degrees of the Gemini point. The principle of duality in Gemini can be used to usurp our freedom through this new technological tool of mankind. To see this we need only look at the fact of our current day, when the internet is rife with argument and division in so much of its communication. And look at the rampant preoccupation we have with our phones.

“The characteristic of our humanity today is that in our inmost soul, precisely through our thinking, we have united with the Earth. On the other hand, as a result of this, it is only now, in the Fifth post-Atlantean culture-epoch that it is possible for us to send back to the Cosmos the thoughts which we imbue with life through our earthly deeds… The Earth acts as a mirror for man; he is not intended to reach a sub-earthly level. But his lifeless thoughts penetrate into the Earth and apprehend death, which pertains to the Earth-element only. However, the nature of man himself is such that when he imbues his thoughts with life he sends them out into the Cosmos as mirror-pictures... When man is urged to make his thoughts come alive he is being called upon to be a co-creator in the Universe. For these thoughts are reflected by the Earth and stream out again into the Universe, must make their way again out into the Universe…

Thus the life of soul in man is intimately connected with natural existence. Intellectualistic knowledge today is a purely Ahrimanic product, aiming at blinding humanity to these things. If a man is persuaded that his thoughts are merely thoughts and have nothing to do with happenings in the Universe, he is being deluded into believing that he can have no influence upon the evolution of the Earth, and that either with or without his collaboration the Earth will at some time come to an end in some such way as foretold by physical science.” – Rudolf Steiner – “The Driving Force of Spiritual Powers in World History” - Lecture VII

“It is Ahrimanic to seek in the sub-earthly, in the subconscious, for human weaknesses as a means of ruling men.” Rudolf Steiner - Three Streams in the Evolution of Mankind – Lecture 1

Remember Gemini and Virgo are both ruled by Mercury. The two points active on our cross in this chart are in those signs. Uranus and Pluto in Virgo show that it is an electrified tool that can influence the shadow in mankind. Gemini is the sign of communication and if duality is emphasized the communication leads off of the path of truth. And this has a paralyzing effect on our soul and spirit.

Mercury is in exact square with the Mars. The Mercury is in Libra, that’s good for communication in relationship but it squares the Mars. The Mercury is influenced by Jupiter nearby, perhaps strengthening the Mercury. But it squares the Mars. The reflexive, willful sentient soul level interactions are at odds with what the higher Mercury wants to accomplish with this tool. Look how easily the internet interactions of today are full of anger and divisiveness, this lower Mars quality.

Two things in Chart 6 show that the initial intent was likely positive. North node (green arrow) in Uranus-ruled Aquarius emphasizes the Uranian nature of the creation. This Aquarian aspect of its invention points to both its scientific ingenuity and to the potential for a compassionate means of communication that can bring us all together.

The Sun is in Libra (yellow arrow) which is all about building the bridge to a conscious equal partnership as an ideal. But it is opposed by Saturn in Aries which can lend itself to authoritarian and selfish control of the individual.

Now let’s compare this chart with the Easter nodal return chart.

10 – Internet, Easter 2020, Parzival and Planetary nodes

Thankfully we finally move from what might seem as the dark shadow of Chart 6 into the light that shines through in our Chart 7 example. It is very important that we see the shadows here because when we don’t they are used to manipulate us. When seen through the lens of spiritual light we can find the rainbow of higher purpose.

Start by noticing the blue arrow showing the internet Moon near the North node return point in Gemini. Seeing this highlights the emotional body entanglement of the internet effect in line with the forces streaming in from Gemini which we have seen are used to manipulate the populace. This is done in a dualistic (either/or) way, Gemini archetype, commonly through the divisive play of ‘us vs them’.

Chart 7

Also notice that the internet Mars (purple arrow) is at the Easter Jupiter/Pluto conjunction. This is the attempt of manipulating the personality level egoistic nature to influence a strong theme that is happening in our current time period that I haven’t mentioned yet, but will introduce now.  We will see in a bit the relationship of Mars with the sentient soul. But for now we look at planetary nodes.

We have been looking at the cross that includes the Moon’s nodes in this investigation. In evolutionary astrology we emphasize the Lunar nodes to help give us the individual karmic story because of their personal nature.  But all of the planets have nodes based on the same principle. The further out we go from the Sun the more collective, and less personal, is the nodal influence.

The individual can have more or less to do with the collective influence of the planetary nodes based on the contacts that their personal planets may or may not have with those nodes. We are all influenced by the collective task and intent represented by those nodes simply because they are collective. But as individuals we can also be specifically connected to these tasks through some personal karma.

Theses planetary nodes also have a North node and a South node, meaning a current collective intent (North node) and a karmic ripening influence (South node). In 2020 we are having a lot of important symbolic gestures playing out in the starry realms, not the least of which is that the South nodes of both Saturn and Pluto are nearly conjunct in sidereal Sagittarius (at 25 and 28 degrees). By being South nodes we are speaking about collective karma as symbolized by Saturn and Pluto in a Sagittarian way, meaning that this is the karma that has ripened for humanity as a whole. It speaks to us of what we are working on together at this time to heal so we can more easily evolve forward.

This area of the starry heavens has been very active of late, emphasizing it even more. We have seen Uranus squaring it and several planets passing through it (Lunar South node, Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto). Also these outer planetary nodes move extremely slowly, such that they have certainly never been together here before in recorded history. And the fact that both planets Saturn and Pluto meet at this point at this time cannot be overemphasized.

What is the collective message? Since we know it aligns with the Gemini (North node) and Sagittarius (South node) polarity, we already know how important this axis is to come to understand collectively so that it may not be used again to manipulate us. It will also be further understood by the symbolic meaning of Saturn and Pluto. To keep this brief we will look at Saturn as the ruler of structure, especially conditioned, collectively agreed upon, structures. We will see Pluto as representing the deep psyche, especially its shadow side. Put together we are looking at a collective karma that has ripened for us to change/evolve the structure of our deep psyche. This is a time to recognize the role played by our shadow or double.

“Ask yourselves now: What will be the real remedy for many of the phenomena confronting the psychoanalysts today? The universal remedy, the universal therapy will be the spread of knowledge of the spiritual world ...” – Rudolf Steiner – Nov 6 1917

Rudolf Steiner said that the story of Parzival was the story pertaining to our time. He was able to reach the Grail castle the first time through grace. He had to leave because he didn’t ask ‘the question’. To return to the castle he had to go through many trials of the soul. When he finally returned it was because he returned with ‘his brother’. He transformed his double (the part of us that has turned its back on spirit). And with the karmic double redeemed, the healing of the schism in the soul was complete. Through this healing Parzival was made whole and allowed to return to the Grail castle. Once there, this second time, he asked the question, ‘what ails thee?’ and became the next Grail king.

Steiner in referring this to our time emphasizes the importance of the ripening of this age old question in OUR time. From Genesis 4:9 – “And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?” And we see this question splitting humanity today, socially and politically. Are we materialistically focused on self and what is mine, or can we have compassionate concern for ‘the poor and the sick and dispossessed’ as we see Christ giving example for us in the Christ event chart?

The Sagittarian South node means that the structure that needs change is an agreed upon meaning between ourselves and the world that we have accepted as truth. And now the time has ripened for that to change. The north node in Gemini clues us into the intent of what type of change. It has to be one we can all perceive, understand and be able to communicate. The first idea that comes up might be that it has to do with the truth behind duality which Gemini so strongly represents. But we have already seen that we know that it takes the whole cross, two polarities integrated into a whole, to explain the full meaning. This North node is pointing to our understanding of what is behind the ‘apparent’ duality that we have been so long focused upon. And as we have seen this focus became dogma in 869 AD. The truth behind the apparent duality lies in its inherent wholeness.

Remember Rudolf Steiner telling us that “modern man has completely replaced this cosmic understanding with terrestrial understanding... It will be discovered – and certain circles are coming close to this in their discoveries – that the active forces are not what one meets with the microscopic eye but are rather within what streams in from the cosmos, from the constellations in the cosmos.”

“One must be clear that in all matter there are hidden spiritual workings. Only one who knows in the true sense that there is nothing really material but only the spiritual will penetrate beyond the mysteries of life.”

Now, looking at how in Chart example 7, the internet chart aligned with Easter 2020, and we see both how we can continue to be manipulated or finally rise above this with conscious spiritual awareness.

Looking at the light green arrow we see the Sun in Pisces in the Easter 2020 chart. I will continue the prior metaphor of the “Forces coming from Pisces (as sun forces)” that we see, and emphasize the importance of its position at 28 Pisces. We saw its importance at 7 Pisces in the Christ event charts relative to our cross. This 2020 Easter Sun is also in Pisces.

I emphasize it here, not because it plays into our nodal axis cross, but for another reason. It is still a Pisces Sun and it squares the Mars of the internet chart and therefore it also squares the South nodes of Saturn and Pluto. The Easter Pluto /Jupiter/Saturn conjunction is on their South nodes and therefore squared by the Sun as well. This Sun is also opposite the Mercury and Jupiter in the internet chart.

This makes it also true that this Mercury and Jupiter also square the South nodes of Saturn and Pluto. This gives us a giant T-square – Sun opposite Mercury/Jupiter squared by Mars, Jupiter and Pluto at the South nodes of Saturn and Pluto. This T-square seeks resolution and integration at the empty spot at the end of Gemini, which actually isn’t empty. It isn’t empty because the North nodes of Saturn and Pluto are here!

The resolution is in the restructuring of the deep psyche with the “re-membering” of our spiritual inheritance. The Pisces Sun then is what really drives the engine of this dynamic, again. And we will now just refer to this as “the Christ Sun” which so elegantly shined through in the Christ event charts.

As a side note, it is interesting that the rulers of the Cross we have been looking at are Mercury (for Gemini and Virgo) and Jupiter (for Sagittarius and Pisces). And these two rulers are the planets opposite this Pisces Sun in the cross we just looked at comparing the internet and Easter charts.

It’s almost as if these two rulers are pointing to their higher potentials in assisting the Easter Sun at the 2020 nodal return of 9/11. They are together in the internet chart opposite the Easter Sun as if to emphasize again the need to step into our spiritual inheritance if we are to use the internet in its rightfully intended way.

To finish up Chart 7 then we see how this Easter 202o chart represents a moment which  happens to coincide with the nodal return to 9/11 and which finds us similarly stunned emotionally en mass from a pandemic in a similar energetic as we were at 9/11. What we see by looking at Easter 2020 compared to the internet chart is that we are equipped at this time to heal ourselves in a way that we can use the internet in its most positive way to help bring this about. Or we can let it stay as the powerful tool of manipulation that it is becoming.

How do we do this? Armed with our awareness that we are all, first and foremost, spiritual beings we use this tool. Because we are forced into physical isolation (quarantine), we use this tool to stay together and connected as compassionate caring communities that can bring the healing power of caring love through this connecting. The Christ event charts emphasized healing and community connection. We can do this or be manipulated by fear and divisiveness which is currently overwhelming us on the internet airwaves.

The Christ event charts also emphasized praying to avert disaster. We have already seen communities mobilized via the internet for group prayers. The event charts of Christ also emphasized correcting the lies current in the religious elite of that time which were used to manipulate the masses for control even then. We see that need today.  This is also remedied by a true understanding of our spiritual nature and the freedom this brings. The other thing Christ taught at that time was the lie behind economic manipulation. It is harder for the greedy to be spiritually rewarded than it is to pass through the eye of a needle. This is a truth worth meditating on. Behind this truth is the message that we are all spiritual beings, even the poor and disadvantaged, whom Christ helped and healed.

This is what stands behind the Pisces Sun, the Christ Sun. This Sun points the way back to the Grail Castle.

11 - Neptune and Pluto in Synch

We need one more dip into this ripened collective karma stream before finishing our discussion of Chart 7. Evolutionary astrologer, Steven Forrest (https://www.forrestastrology.com ), talks about another collective happening. Pluto was discovered in 1930, about that time Neptune and Pluto went into a 60^0 degree relationship that continues until well into the 2030’s. What makes this a collective event is that by the time this aspectual relationship between Neptune and Pluto ends everyone born before it started in 1930 will be ‘off-planet’. This also means that when the aspect ends everyone ‘on-planet’ will have that relationship of Neptune sextile Pluto in their birth chart.

The collective of humanity ‘on-planet’ starting in the 2030’s will be expressing the gesture represented by that symbolic combination. This gesture has everything to do with reuniting spiritual awareness (Neptune) in the deep psyche (Pluto). This is the answer to the question posed by the question of the South nodes of Saturn and Pluto being together in Sagittarius and emphasized by all of the planetary energy involved during this time.

The question is what does this deep psyche restructuring involve? The answer is a further emphasis on ‘re-membering’ that we are first and foremost spiritual beings.

Back to chart 7. We saw that without the integration of spirit awareness our emotional bodies are, as seen by Moon in the internet chart being aligned with the North node at our Gemini point, susceptible to being manipulated by this dualistic trigger (‘us vs them’ being one simple example).

We see that the lower personality level conditioned ego, as represented by Mars in the internet chart, can reflexively block our ability to step into the full awareness of the needs of the time by its position at the combined South nodes of Saturn and Pluto. These two parts of our being need to be aligned with an integrated sense of our spiritual nature in order for us to be able to ultimately use the internet as a positive tool in its highest intended sense.

Now looking at the yellow arrow we see Neptune aligned with the internet North node. Neptune is that two-sided coin of yearning for mystical union with spirit on one side, combined with the flip-side of delusory use of drugs, alcohol or fantasy and only thinking that we are being spiritual. Again it will take a spiritual perspective of reality to be able to fully align with the Aquarian belief in equality of all and brotherhood of humanity intended in the timing behind the internet’s origin.

The green arrow points to Easter 2020’s Uranus aligning with the internet Saturn. Saturn in Aries points to abuse by selfish interest through the incomplete development of the Conscience soul. (Its higher expression is the proper development when being aligned with the Aries aspect of the Lamb of God). Uranus is representing how to remedy and integrate this shortcoming by representing just this development through what Steiner calls Imaginative thinking. If this doesn’t happen then the Uranus comes at us as though from outside in its electrified preoccupation with technology and the frenetic state that leaves our nervous system in.

12 - Consciousness Soul, Conscience and Kyrios

It is time to say more about this Consciousness soul and its development in our current age.

“By allowing what is intrinsically true and good to come alive within us, we rise above the mere sentient soul. The eternal spirit shines into the sentient soul, kindling in it a light that will never go out. To the extent that our soul lives in this light, it takes part in something eternal, which it links to its own existence. What the soul carries within itself as truth and goodness is immortal. We will call this eternal element that lights up within the soul the consciousness soul.

We can speak of consciousness even in connection with the soul's lower stirrings; even the most mundane sensation is an object of consciousness, and to this extent animals must also be credited with having consciousness. But the very core of human consciousness—the “soul within the soul,” so to speak—is what “consciousness soul” means here. The consciousness soul is different from the mind [or intellectual] soul, which is still entangled in sensations, drives, emotions, and so forth. We all know how to accept our personal preferences as true, at first. But truth is lasting only when it has freed itself from any flavor of such sympathies and antipathies. The truth is true, even if all our personal feelings revolt against it. We will apply the term “consciousness soul” to that part of the soul in which truth lives.”

—Rudolf Steiner, Theosophy - As quoted in Carl Unger, The Language of the Consciousness Soul

Here is a little more on ‘Conscience soul’.

“Cosmic memory has died away; Atlantean memory has passed away; rhythmic memory hardly exists any more in us; we have a certain amount of temporal memory, as Rudolf Steiner calls it… But the new conscience is appearing within us. If we look who continued what Paul started two thousand years ago, we can see that the one who continued Paul's work was none other than Parsifal. He searched for the castle of the Grail; He searched for the new conscience; he searched for the ever-renewing power of the spirit. In Novalis' unfinished novel Heinrich von Ofterdingen, we can see something beginning to shine that we might call the new conscience:

“‘When,' asked Henry, 'will the need for all fear, all pain, all want, and all evil be removed from the universe?

‘When there is only one power – the power of conscience. When Nature has become modest and moral. There is only one cause of evil – common weakness; and this weakness is nothing but meagre ethical receptivity, and lack of charm in freedom.'

`Do please make the nature of conscience comprehensible to me.'

‘If I could do that, I would be God, for conscience arises in the very act of understanding it.'”

If we learn to understand conscience, it begins to exist. And then Novalis continued:

“‘Conscience is the inborn mediator of every human being. It       represents the place of God on earth, and hence for so many is the highest and ultimate. But how far removed was that former science, which was called ethics or moral doctrine, from the pure form of this sublime, comprehensive personal thought. Conscience is man's most individual essence in full transfiguration, the divine primal man.’”

Novalis says here that the conscience is the mediator of God on earth, that conscience is the organ which so to speak reveals the archetype of human existence. And this, dear friends, is the Grail.      ‘”

- Karl Konig, The Grail and the Development of Conscience – St Paul and Parsifal.

Rudolf Steiner talked about this in giving the example from Mark 1: 2-3 “As it is written in the Prophets, Behold I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. The voice of one crying out in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his path straight.”

“Such an event in the history of humanity actually took place when the Individuality who had lived in Elijah was reborn as John the Baptist. An Angel entered into the soul of John the Baptist in that incarnation, using his bodily nature and also his soul to accomplish what no human being could have accomplished. In John the Baptist there lived an Angel whose mission was to herald in advance the Egohood that was to be present in its fullness in Jesus of Nazareth…

Formerly, when the astral body was activated, man was able to look into that world, but this faculty was disappearing and darkness spreading within him. He had once been able to expand his astral body over all the beings of the spiritual world, but now he was inwardly desolate, inwardly isolated — the Greek word is ἔρημος. At that time the human soul lived in isolation, in desolation. This is what the Greek text tells us: Lo, a voice seems to speak in the desolation of the soul — call it ‘wilderness’ of the soul if you like — when the astral body can no longer expand into the divine-spiritual world. Hear the cry in the wilderness, in the desolation of the soul!

What is it that is being proclaimed in advance? First of all we must be clear about the meaning of the word Kyrios, when it was used in Hebrew but also still in Greek in reference to manifestations of the soul and spirit. To translate it simply as ‘the Lord’, with the usual connotation, is sheer nonsense. In ancient times everyone using the word Kyrios knew perfectly well that its meaning was connected with the development of man's soul-life and its mysteries. In the astral body, as we know, are the forces of thinking, feeling and willing; the soul thinks, feels and wills. These are the three forces working in the soul but they are actually its servants. In earlier times man was under their domination and he obeyed them, but as his evolution progressed these forces were to become the servants of the Kyrios, the Ruler, the Lord — in short, of the ‘I’. Used in relation to the soul, the word Kyrios actually meant the ‘I’. At this stage it would no longer be true to say: ‘The Divine-Spiritual thinks, feels and wills in me’, but rather: ‘I think, I feel, I will.’ The passage should be rendered more or less as follows. — Prepare yourselves, you human souls, to move along those paths that will awaken the Kyrios, the powerful ‘I’ within you; listen to the cry in the solitude of the soul. Make ready the path (or way) of the ‘I’, the Lord of the soul. Open the way for his forces so that he may no longer be the slave but the Ruler of thinking, feeling and willing. Lo, the power that is the ‘I’ sends his Angel before you, the Angel who is to give you the possibility of understanding the cry in the solitude of the astral soul. Prepare the paths of the ‘I’, open the way for the forces of the ‘I’. — Such is the meaning of these significant words of the prophet Isaiah; they point to the greatest of all events in the evolution of humanity. You will now understand the sense in which he speaks about the future John the Baptist, indicating how man's soul in its solitude longs for the coming of its Lord and Ruler, the ‘I’. Such is the real meaning of this passage and in this sense it is to be understood.” Rudolf Steiner – Background to the Gospel of St. Mark – Lecture 11

This points to the profound shift taking place in our current epoch. By listening to that ‘still small voice within’, our voice of conscience, we are developing a spiritual organ of truth. The more we listen the more it develops. This awakening of conscience within us is the beginning of the awakening of ‘Kyrios” and the doorway to the development of our Conscience soul.

13 – 3-fold Truth - Man and the 3 Worlds

In his book, Theosophy, Rudolf Steiner goes into great detail on the ‘Essential Nature of Man’ and then the relationship of this nature to the 3 worlds – physical, soul and spiritual worlds. The first chapter describes man as a being of body, soul and spirit.

“Through his body man is able to place himself for the time being in connection with things; through his soul he retains in himself the impressions they make on him; through his spirit there reveals itself to him what the things retain for themselves. Only when we observe man in these three aspects can we hope to throw light on his whole being, because they show him to be related in a threefold way to the rest of the world.

Through his body man is related to the objects that present themselves to his senses from without. The materials from the outer world compose his body, and the forces of the outer world work also in it. He observes the things of the outer world with his senses, and he also is able to observe his own bodily existence. It is impossible, however, for him to observe his soul existence in the same way. Everything in him that is bodily process can be perceived with his bodily senses. His likes and dislikes, his joy and pain, neither he nor anyone else can perceive with bodily senses. The region of the soul is inaccessible to bodily perception. The bodily existence of a man is manifest to all eyes; the soul existence he carries within himself as his world. Through the spirit, however, the outer world is revealed to him in a higher way. The mysteries of the outer world, indeed, unveil themselves in his inner being. He steps in spirit out of himself and lets the things speak about themselves, about what has significance not for him but for them. For example, man looks up at the starry heavens. The delight his soul experiences belongs to him. The eternal laws of the stars that he comprehends in thought, in spirit, belong not to him but to the stars themselves.

In this way, man is a citizen of three worlds. Through his body he belongs to the world that he also perceives through his body; through his soul he constructs for himself his own world; through his spirit a world reveals itself to him that is exalted above both the others.

It seems obvious that because of the essential difference of these three worlds, a clear understanding of them and of man's share in them can only be obtained by means of three different modes of observation.”

– Rudolf Steiner – Theosophy – Chapter 1 – ‘The Essential Nature of Man”

“Our study of man has shown that he belongs to three worlds. The materials and forces that build up his body are taken from the world of physical bodies. He has knowledge of this world through the perceptions of his outer physical senses. Anyone trusting to these senses alone and developing only their perceptive capacities can gain no enlightenment for himself concerning the two other worlds, the soul world and the world of the spirit. A man's ability to convince himself of the reality of a thing or a being depends on whether he has an organ of perception, a sense for it. It may, of course, easily lead to misunderstanding if we call the higher organs of perception spiritual senses as is done here because in speaking of senses we involuntarily connect the thought of the physical with them. The physical world is, in fact, designated the sensory, in contradistinction to the spiritual…

Just as spatial extension and spatial movement are peculiar to corporeal formations, so are excitability and impelling desire peculiar to the things and beings of the soul world. For this reason the soul world is described as the world of desires or wishes, or as the world of longing. These expressions are borrowed from the human soul world. We must, therefore, hold fast to the idea that the things in those parts of the soul world that lie outside the human soul are just as different from the soul forces within it as the physical matter and forces of the external corporeal world are different from those parts that compose the physical human body. Impulse, wish, longing are names for the substantiality of the soul world. To this substantiality let us give the name astral. If we pay more attention specifically to the forces of the soul world, we can speak of desire-being, but it must not be forgotten that the distinction between substance and force cannot be as sharply drawn as in the physical world. An impulse can just as well be called force as substance…

We must know the two most important basic forces to be found in the soul world. They may be called sympathy and antipathy. The nature of any soul formation is determined according to the way these basic forces operate in it. The force with which one soul formation attracts others, seeks to fuse with them and to make its affinity with them effective, must be designated as sympathy. Antipathy is the force with which soul formations repel, exclude each other in the soul world. It is the force with which they assert their separate identities. The part played by a soul formation in the soul world depends upon the proportion in which these basic forces are present in it…

… The soul is the connecting link between the spirit of man and his body. Its forces of sympathy and antipathy that, owing to their mutual relationship, bring about soul manifestations such as desire, sensitivity, wish, liking and aversion, and so forth, are not only active between soul formation and soul formation, but they manifest themselves also in relation to the beings of the other worlds, the physical and the spiritual. While the soul lives in the body, it participates, so to speak, in all that takes place in the body. When the physical functions of the body proceed with regularity, pleasure and comfort arise in the soul. If these functions are disturbed, discomfort and pain arise. The soul, however, has its share in the activities of the spirit also. One thought fills it with joy, another with abhorrence; a correct judgment has the approval of the soul, a false one its disapproval. The stage of evolution of a man depends, in fact, on whether the inclinations of his soul move more in one direction or in another. A man is the more perfect, the more his soul sympathizes with the manifestations of the spirit. He is the more imperfect the more the inclinations of his soul are satisfied by the functions of his body.

The spirit is the central point of man, the body the intermediary by which the spirit observes and learns to understand the physical world, and through which it acts in that world. The soul is the intermediary between the two. It liberates the sensation of sound from the physical impression that the vibrations of the air make on the ear. It experiences pleasure in this sound. All this it communicates to the spirit, which thereby attains to the understanding of the physical world. A thought, which arises in the spirit, is transformed by the soul into the wish to realize it, and only through this can be the thought become a deed with the help of the body as an instrument. Now man can fulfill his destiny only by allowing his spirit to direct the course of all his activity. The soul can by its own power direct its inclinations just as readily to the physical as to the spiritual. It sends, as it were, its feelers down into the physical as well as up into the spiritual. By sinking them into the physical world, the soul's own being becomes saturated and colored by the nature of the physical. Since the spirit is able to act in the physical world only through the soul as intermediary, this spirit itself is thus given the direction towards the physical. Its formations are drawn toward the physical by the forces of the soul. Observe, for example, the undeveloped human being. The inclinations of his soul cling to the functions of his body. He feels pleasure only in the impressions made by the physical world on his senses. His intellectual life also is thereby completely drawn down into this region. His thoughts serve only to satisfy his physical needs. Since the spiritual self lives from incarnation to incarnation, it is intended to receive its direction ever increasingly from the spiritual. Its knowledge should be determined by the spirit of eternal truth; its action by eternal goodness.”

– Rudolf Steiner – Theosophy – Chapter 3 – ‘The Three Worlds’.

Knowing these details will help us in every aspect of life. The current struggle on the planet, the current ‘battle’ we could even say, is the battle for the soul, our desire body. And it is the forces of sympathy and antipathy that are the means of convincing us that the world is of a dualistic nature, black and white. And these are the forces which are used in manipulating and deceiving us into handing over our spiritual inheritance. Knowledge is power. Withholding powerful knowledge is manipulation. So the battle is over consciousness. Of prime importance is where we put our attention. Is our attention compelled? Or is our attention self-directed and FREE? If we aren’t home (conscious), then who is?

14 - Easter 2020

Chart 8

Looking at Chart 8 we see our cross against the wheel showing the Easter 2020 nodal return to 9/11. We see the red arrow pointing to the North node end of the nodal axis which is in the Gemini/Sagittarius polarity. This time there are no planets conjunct either end, only the nodes are in play in Gemini and Sagittarius. We also have the Virgo/Pisces axis with ZS at the Virgo point and Mercury at the Pisces point.

Mercury doesn’t reach this point until Easter. This means that during this pandemic COVID-19 crisis this square has not yet been a square. The structure leading up to Easter has been a T-square, with all the buildup of tension that this type of a structure can hold. It is looking for a release of the built up energy or for a higher integration and restructuring of the energy as defined by the empty spot in Pisces, which is not empty on Easter 2020. This puts the Mercury in the Full Moon position, relative to the ZS, Super Galactic Center. This is an important gesture to be understood.

For the last few years we have had a situation that has reached heretofore unknown levels. It has not been uncommon for our political world to be synonymous with corruption and lies. Rudolf Steiner said about 100 years ago that there was no such thing as democracy, that politics were already corrupted and controlled by wealthy influences.

He even went so far as to say that with every lie told to the public by politicians there is created an ever increasing state of apathy among the public. This dark art has been honed to perfection in the 21st century and its results are made even worse today by the permeation of the mass media into our lives. And who controls the media? Today they are controlled by large corporations. And so the real agenda remains hidden behind many veils. But the result is the same, controlling and manipulating how our conscious energy is spent. Everything is geared up to keep our attention preoccupied with what is outside of us. This is exhausting. This makes it so much harder to do any real, inner spiritual work. Economic and social pressures keep us lulled into a kind of dream sleep state.

To drive this home even more, we have a leader presently who has his Neptune within 5 degrees of ZS. This Neptune is also nearly stationary. Stationary means that it is slowing down its retrograde movement and stops before it goes into direct motion the third day after his birth. This stationary effect makes the Neptune very strong and, by being at the stopping point of its retrograde motion, makes it extremely self-focused.

This Neptune also squares his Mercury in Gemini. This combination helps to explain why this man could easily be dubbed the ‘Father of Lies’ (which, by the way is another name for ‘the Hardener’ influence). A powerfully self-focused Neptune can lend the tendency of excessive fantasy and illusion especially as regards himself. And this Neptune, by being located in his second house would lead to extreme aggrandizement of his own self-worth.

Putting this stationary direct Neptune this close to the ZS would add the dynamic of sucking the attention from everything around him and attribute it to his own aggrandizement. It would feel like a black hole of needy attention and self-focus.

Also in his second house are Chiron (the wound) and Jupiter. The wound is in his self-worth (2nd house). Jupiter just makes this effect bigger and the Neptune keeps him from seeing the truth that he is trying to fill an empty feeling created by the wound to his self-worth.

The ZS located here makes it truly like a black hole sucking in everything around it in order to try and fill the feeling of emptiness. Being so close to the Neptune increases the already strong tendency to fantasy and illusion about the self. This is enough to explain the massive volume of lies that are recorded, but it is because of the Neptune squaring the Mercury in Gemini that amplifies the effect of spewing this many lies. It’s not even lying to him, it is just boasting.

Now despite this situation we can always hope that at some point he turns to the transformative side of the ZS coin and becomes a selfless public servant to the degree that currently matches his ego inflation. But until this happens what can we see has played out through his public influence on humanity at this time? It is almost like he is the perfect personification of the energy needed to thwart the call to metamorphic changes in our collective consciousness in a very similar and perfectly honed way as in 9/11.

His public influence feeds the Virgo ZS corner of the T-square and powerfully throws the tension into the Gemini corner of the cross through his Mercury there, which rules speech and communication. His divisive diatribe stirs up emotions and further divides the public into the ‘us vs them’ duality falsehood. But the massive amount of public lies creates an ever increasing apathy and inertia in the public. It is to the point where it is common discourse to think that voting doesn’t matter anymore, by which not voting takes our voice away. We are then silenced by the apathy.

Since the lies of our current leaders have increased our apathy by the strength of force amplified at the Virgo ZS point we are going to need an awareness of equal strength at the empty Pisces point to balance and integrate this cross into a higher state of aware consciousness. The current crisis of the COVID-19 virus and pandemic has grabbed our awareness sufficiently. The nodal return of 9/11 is here, what are we to do?

With this age of consciousness focused on the sensory physical aspect of reality only, the spiritual truth is hidden, if not completely forgotten. The consequence is an amoral egocentric focus. This lie then gets used against us in the following ways. The dualistic ideas feed the illusion of separation, and things and social structures that had a rightful place in the past get carried out of their appropriate time and become evil.

Religious institutions that once had a proper place in educating our moral spiritual nature are no longer appropriate and overstep their boundary when we are now in a time when no guru or religious ‘authority’ need stand between any human and their own spiritual nature. The example of Moses and the 10 commandments comes from a time when we needed to learn moral behavior from an outside authority. We are now in a time when we have a developing inner authority from our voice of conscience, if we will but listen.

Nationalism is another example. This leads to separation and an ‘us vs them’ attitude in a time when we should be focusing on global unity and our spiritual oneness. Racism and blood ties is another example which leads to an ‘us vs them’ duality when we should be focusing again on our soul and spiritual family in unity not division.

This is overcome by seeing the true spiritual nature in its 3-foldness through which we have the natural consequence of developing our Conscience soul. By listening to the inner voice of conscience we are developing a spiritual organ of truth. By ignoring it we fall into line as sheep being led around by our noses, happy and content as good consumers but leading ever more empty lives.

"The individual human being, membered as he is within mankind as a whole, has an effect upon the whole world according to whether he speaks the truth or lies; for beings created by truth or by lies produce quite different effects. Imagine a people which was composed entirely of liars, the astral plane would be populated solely by the corresponding demons and these demons would be able to express themselves in constitutional tendency to epidemics. Thus there is a certain species of bacilli who are the carriers of infectious diseases; these beings are the progeny of the lies told by human beings; they are nothing else than physically embodied demons generated by lies."

Rudolf Steiner, Theosophy/Rosicrucian – Lecture 4 – The Law of Destiny

And now here we are in 2020.

Just saying……….

15 - T-square again

Another layer here is that in Evolutionary astrology the nodal axis is thought of as the ‘destiny line’. This is because the karmic story is connected with the South node position while the intended evolutionary intent for the life is folded into the opposite end of the axis in the North node symbolism. But the strange part is that the North node is representing the unexplored territory. This intended development is new and therefore unknown. We can go as far as to say that in this arena of life we are ignorant, fearful and can be hesitant to explore.

When we look at this in the context of the T-square of the 9/11 cross we can then see that another hidden thread woven into our time as the fear of change stems from the fear of the unknown. The North node territory, the spiritual intent behind the destiny line, lies somewhere out there in the unknown territory. This being in Gemini, we are in fear of the spiritual reality hidden behind what we focus upon as an apparent duality in the corporeal world.

This brings us back to the ‘dissipative structures’ that were mentioned. If the energy builds into enough chaos and entropy something new may form which represents a higher order of organization than what existed before. It can’t be known beforehand. But it was intended by the divine wisdom before our incarnation. So there actually is a spiritual ‘blueprint’ for what is intended. It just can’t be known beforehand by our karmically conditioned personality level ego consciousness.

So here we have this T-square of energy, and it is high tension energy. The manipulation of our soul forces of sympathy and antipathy has driven this energy to a fever pitch of intensity. And in Evolutionary astrology when the nodal axis is squared by a symbol it is said that the squaring symbols meaning shows what has been at “cross purpose” to the fulfillment of this destiny line in the karmic past. But also it shows the karma that has ripened to be healed and transformed into the intended destiny. But we have the free will to meet this challenge or not.

What is it from the past that has been at cross purpose and has challenged this collective transformation? The Virgo point squaring the nodal axis is where ZS is found. So we can say that it is the extreme self-focused egotism that has been at cross purpose here.  The intent is to transform and heal this wound, propagated by the illusion of separation, which then needs to preoccupy itself ceaselessly to fill the sense of emptiness. This healing happens through the ZS egoistic intensity metamorphosing into a selfless awareness of the oneness we share in spiritual reality. This can be done through the energy being grounded and integrated through the symbol coming to the empty point. Once again, this is the empty point at 7 Pisces.

16 – Geocentric and Heliocentric visions of Easter 2020

Let us look at the Easter 2020 chart in more detail to see where and how this remedy is hidden within our current time of crisis, which as the nodal return of 9/11, is an echo of the time of crisis we had to meet at 9/11. We see Chart example 9, this is the Easter 2020 chart showing the geocentric Sidereal perspective in the inner wheel and the Heliocentric Sidereal perspective in the outer wheel.

In another work I state that the Tropical Geocentric chart is useful for working with the understanding of the karmically conditioned personality level ego. This is why psychological interpretation of the tropical chart is so popular and useful. I equate the Sidereal Geocentric chart more with the soul level dynamics a person is working with. It is the Heliocentric Sidereal chart that shows us information that is useful to finding the Higher Self perspective. In that work I show how to use these charts to find Jin Shin Jyutsu flows that can be useful to help synchronize the flow between soul and spirit for the individual.  These “Foundational Flows” are used to help facilitate the union of soul and spirit for someone already working on their conscious spiritual path.

I want to look at the heliocentric chart of Easter 2020 relative to its geocentric perspective in hopes of finding the hidden spiritual message for us at this time.

Chart 9

What is important now is to see what changes in the two views of the same Easter moment might have to tell us. We know that it is the personality level (tropical chart) and soul level (sidereal chart) of Mercury, Venus and Mars (thinking, feeling and willing) that can be so easily manipulated in their reflexive nature. Looking at the heliocentric level of the planets will give us a Higher Self perspective of how to use these functions to develop the “I”-being level of a more conscious control of the unconscious reflexes. These Mercury, Venus and Mars archetypes represent these soul qualities, which exist as our “desire body”, which we are currently in the process of trying to gain conscious control. It is by exerting conscious control that we can then transform them into their intended higher functions. This is our path toward becoming truly free individuals.

Let us start with Mars, our willing function, as representative of the sentient soul. We see in Chart 9 that Mars moves from geocentric 13 degrees Capricorn to Heliocentric 2 degrees Sagittarius. This position squares the geocentric and heliocentric positions of Uranus. This shows that the lower response of the sentient soul is in tension to the transformation of the Consciousness soul that we are trying to achieve.

Fortunately two things in particular happen in the Heliocentric chart to assist the higher and more conscious response to this Mars. First, the heliocentric Mars moves to alignment with the Galactic Center (GC) at 2 degrees Sagittarius. The higher expression of this Mars can come about through aligning with the Heart of the Galaxy, aligning with Selfless Divine Love and Compassion, as opposed to an egocentric reflexive action driven by sympathy and antipathy. We will develop, in a bit, these associations of the GC just mentioned.

Looking at chart 9 we see the red arrow reminding us of the Moon’s nodal axis, which is at the point of its return from 9/11. It’s as if the ‘window’ to this stream is open again and hence the familiarity of the current intensity of feeling and events. It is also open to the remembrance of the nodal position in the selected Christ event charts, and is a cosmic ‘re-membering’ of these archetypal events and teachings as well.

The blue arrow is along the axis which squares the nodal axis and completes the celestial cross we have been investigating. This time we have the Mercury filling in the empty spot in Pisces that we had in the 9/11 chart. This is Easter morning and this Mercury is ‘re-membering’ the Christ Sun, as we have called the Sun in the Christ event charts. There is a multiple level resonance here with the Christ events we have been looking at. All four corners of the cross are in synch with the Christ event charts. Both ends of the nodal axis are the same. The ZS is the same and Powell tells us that “the most important stellar meridians are those running through the mega stars”. But now the Pisces point is filled in with Mercury ‘re-membering’ the Christ Sun.

This is a powerful image which must be bearing a powerful message. The position of Mercury ‘re-membering’ the Christ Sun in relation to ZS is a powerful image all on its own even without the magnifying effect of the nodal axis return. This potent Christ Sun is ‘potentized’ even more by virtue of its opposition to ZS. The gesture in this image is like that of the Full Moon, which by being opposite the Sun shines it’s brightest. Let’s see another example of this Full Moon gesture.

17 - Full Moon gesture of the Christ Sun

Chart 10 is a sidereal geocentric chart for the Whitsun or Pentecost event.  This event is after the Ascension of Christ and the promised Paraclete or Holy Spirit descended upon the Holy Mother and the disciples as tongues of flame. At that time they were able to speak in a language fired by spirit of such a nature that anyone speaking any language could understand them. It was a language of the spirit which made it universal.

Can we perhaps see these spiritual tongues of flame descending upon the Holy group as a true image of this alchemical fire that we are striving toward?

Chart 10

Notice the Sun position in the Whitsun chart. It is opposite the circle with the number 2 in it at 2 degrees Sagittarius. The Galactic Center is found at 2 Sagittarius. It is representative of the level of the ‘True Self’, at a level even more elevated than how we see the Sun in its relation to the ‘Higher Self’.

This Sun position at 2 degrees Gemini is in the Full Moon position relative to the GC. It is as if the True Self (GC) is sourcing cosmic forces which get stepped down to the Higher Self (Sun) which get stepped down to the soul (incarnated on Earth) in a physical body. Imagine the Full Moon reflecting back the radiance of the Sun to us. Now imagine the Sun reflecting the spiritual radiance of the Galactic Center back to us. This radiance is pure Divine Love, our essence and source. It is a reminder of our spiritual inheritance.

As our body is centered in the heart and the Sun in the center of the solar system, the GC is the center on a galactic spiritual level. I go into this in more detail in another work but hope I am getting the power of this image across.

The Christ Sun we see at 7 degrees Pisces is in this same type of Full Moon relationship with the Super Galactic Center, ZS. It is beyond powerful. The message of these Christ events with this Sun position and the nodal axis relationship in our cross is emphasizing for us the important potential we can find in our current world situation.

The next image is of the Moon phases. It is from Mundus Subterraneus – Kirchner. I show it here to emphasize the Full Moon gesture we are contemplating here with the Whitsun/Pentecost Sun opposite the Galactic Center. But please remember that this is also the gesture of the Christ Sun relative to the Super Galactic Center in our Christ event chart aligned with our Cross. And it is no coincidence that the Easter 2020 Mercury stands in this Full Moon position to the ZS as it ‘re-members’ the Christ Sun!

Full Moon

18 – Mercury

We have explored these axes of energies with the help of Rudolf Steiner. We have at Easter 2020 a ‘re-membering’ of this Christ Sun through Mercury in its position at 7 degrees Pisces. Let’s explore Mercury itself a little more.

Mercury has been known as “The Messenger of the Gods”, conveying messages back and forth between heavenly beings and earthly beings. This is the emphasis of our Easter 2020 Mercury, after all, it IS Easter, the day of remembering the Risen God.

Now let us look at Mercury qualities, both negative and positive, as the qualities we need to understand at this moment.

These are the main Mercury qualities as given by Steven Forrest in his masterful book The Inner Sky.

“Function: Intelligence. Transmission of information; talking, teaching, writing. Reception of information; listening, learning, reading, observing.

Dysfunction: Nervousness, rationalization, worry, flightiness, intellectualism, chattering, inconsistency, hyperactivity.

Key Questions: What are my intellectual and communicative strengths? What are my intellectual and communicative weaknesses?”

It is easy to see how important it is during the current pandemic crisis to be emphasizing these positive functions of Mercury. It should also be fairly clear how the dysfunction manifests in us when we are stressed and are being deceptively manipulated. When fear is heightened in this digital age we see an overly out of balance emphasis on manifestations of Mercury dysfunction.

It will take focusing on the positive functional qualities of Mercury to help us be able to reap the full benefits of this Easter 2020 Mercury. Let’s finish looking at Chart 9.

19 - Easter 2020 again

We have seen the importance of the Mercury position filling out the cross at Easter 2020 from a geocentric perspective. Now let’s look at the heliocentric viewpoint. We will notice here that the thing that can change the most in the two perspectives always happens with the Mercury, Venus and Mars positions. Sometimes they don’t change much and sometimes they change radically. These positions have to do with our basic soul qualities of thinking, feeling and willing. And it is the becoming conscious of these, in the development of their higher functions that we are to be working on at this time through our chosen spiritual path. I develop this theme more in my work on the Fundamental Flows, previously mentioned.

Chart 9

Here is the briefest explanation of these qualities of soul.

“The “I”-being's total experience of the astral body forms the sentient soul. It comprises the experience of the outer world in perception, sensing, and observation, but also one's reaction to it through immediate impulse, reflexive movements, and so on. As the “I” experiences the etheric body, the intellectual soul is formed; this shapes and preserves the otherwise transitory, more chaotic experiences of the external world through memories, representations, and thoughts; their counterparts are habits, passions, and temperaments. The most wide-awake “I”-experience arises as consciousness soul in relation to the physical body. Here the essential nature of being can be experienced, the substantially spiritual, as well as the impulse toward morality and free will, may be comprehended.”

- Carl Unger – The Language of the Consciousness Soul

It is important that it is the positions of Mercury, Venus and Mars are the ones that can change so radically between the geocentric and heliocentric perspectives. The geocentric view represents the most basic level of thinking, feeling and willing, as what we have been given from the spiritual hierarchies. The heliocentric view gives us clues to then further develop and transform these qualities into the higher soul functions that we make our own.

Mars then also represents the sentient soul as it was just described. Jupiter represents the Intellectual soul and Saturn the Consciousness soul. These are further developments of Mercury, Venus and Mars.

Further, Uranus shows us the qualities of developing Conscience soul transforming into Manas (Spirit Self). This happens as we do our soul spirit work and develop Imaginative consciousness which is the transformation and metamorphosis of thinking to its highest conscious level. Also Neptune represents the metamorphosis of our feeling life to its conscious level of Budhi (Life Spirit) via Inspiration. Finally Pluto can represent the transformed willing life to its conscious level of Atma (Spirit Human) through Intuition. These are developments that few have started working on, but that will take long epochs to complete.

These are all descriptions of our essential being as an evolving ever-more conscious spirit Being. Steiner describes this development and its path in what he calls Anthroposophy or Spiritual Science. Within it is a rigidly scientific, repeatable method of soul exercises that anyone can follow for their own spiritual understanding and development.

The other assist to this geocentric Mars is that heliocentric Mercury comes into close enough proximity to make its presence known. This assist may help this Mars become a more consciously willed response and overcome the unconscious reflexiveness of the lower Mars tendency.

Also heliocentric Venus aligns in opposition to Neptune. This is helping to integrate the feeling level function to its higher and more conscious responsiveness. It takes effort and awareness to integrate this polarity but this is a sign that the assistance is there from a spiritual awareness level to begin this work.

This is the Easter moment we are looking at in 2020. This Mercury ‘re-membering’ the Christ Sun and the direction to take from its example to transform this 9/11 return axis into a higher expression. This is what can assist us in resisting the manipulation and distraction from working toward our spiritual inheritance.

This Mercury, as ‘The Messenger of the Gods’ is specifically here the Messenger of Christ. By being at 7 Pisces it is ‘re-membering’ the Christ Sun at the events we investigated. Steiner tells us that even high spiritual beings evolve. The Christ is also such an evolving High Sun Being. With this in mind I want us to look at Chart 11 to see how Mercury also Witnessed the transition of this exalted Sun Being to becoming the Spirit of the Earth.

20 - Ascension Mercury and Christ in the Etheric

At the resurrection on Easter morning the transformation of the physical form body was completed by Christ into the Resurrection body. At Ascension Christ “disappeared into the life body of the Earth becoming one with its etheric (life) body. Christ is now the Spirit of the Earth.

The life body is symbolized by Mercury since it is the life forces that become transformed at 7 years of age to become available for their use as thinking.

This further closes the circle of our understanding of Mercury and this Easter Mercury specifically. Mercury played a part in witnessing the Ascension. And the point of that witnessing is aligned with the cross we are looking at to try and help ourselves in awareness during the present crisis.

We see in Chart 11 that at the Ascension Mercury was witness at 9 degrees of Gemini. That is within 2 degrees of the North node of our 9/11 nodal axis. This is the point of intent (North node) to resolve and heal the past karma which has ripened. It just so happens that we have learned how this Gemini/Sagittarius axis can be used to manipulate us when we unconsciously allow it.

Now knowing the message of the Easter 2020 Mercury at 7 Pisces, what does this Gemini Mercury tell us about what it witnessed that we need to know to help bring about this karmic healing and transformation? It witnessed the 3-fold truth of our spiritual inheritance behind the illusory duality which is expressed through Gemini. This Mercury is Witness to the spiritual activity behind the sensory activity which the disciples were only able to experience.

“And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; which also said, ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven” – Acts 1 : 9 – 12

In Chart 11 we see the Ascension Mercury at the end of the blue arrow. It gives us a clue of how to overcome the dual nature of sensory perception. It involves the effort at perceiving our true spiritual nature, the 3-fold Truth of body, soul and spirit, instead of what hides that behind the Geminian duality of body and soul. It stands less than 2 degrees from the North node point of our 9/11 cross. This Mercury stands as the Witness throughout time, over and over, to remind us of our intended path.

This Ascension Mercury, at the 9/11 cross North node point in Gemini, is foreshadowing as the witness to the appearance of Christ in the Etheric in our own time.

That combined with the Easter 2020 Mercury gives us sufficient understanding of the importance of this time period.

Chart 11

Rudolf Steiner often talked about the “Etheric Christ”. He said that the return of Christ was not to be in a physical body again. That was a one-time event. He said that starting in the 1930’s people would begin to experience Him in the etheric (life body) realm of the Earth as the Comforter or Paraclete He promised would come. This is how the disciples experienced Him entering the etheric at the Ascension. Steiner explained that much of the bible was an open secret when you understand the esoteric meanings. He explained that the etheric realm was what was meant when the angels said that he would reappear as they saw him disappear into the “cloud”, which refers to the etheric realm.

This finding of the Christ now is an inward finding, in our etheric body. This is why we need to do our inner soul work to develop this sight and overcome the sensory dependence on physical sight. This is also why the means that are used to distract and manipulate us heavily emphasize exhausting us and leading our attention to be preoccupied on the outer sensory world. See how easily this distracts us from our inner work. Just look again with fresh eyes at the contrast of healthy and dysfunctional Mercury qualities as given by Steven Forrest.

It was also at the time of the 1930’s that the Nazi regime came to power and was the evil counterpart and distraction to the spiritual event of our time. This distracting archetypal gesture has only become increasingly honed with the increase in technological advancement. It takes an increasing effort of our will and attention to keep pace.

Christ reappearing in the Etheric, which began about 1930, is THE event of our time.

“The Christ is always present, but in the spiritual world; we can reach him if we rise into that world…

He will reappear, because human beings will be rising toward him in etheric vision. Once we understand this, we will see that spiritual science prepares human beings for the return of Christ, so that they will not have the misfortune of missing this great event but be prepared to seize the great moment of Christ's second coming. Human beings will be able to see etheric bodies, and among these etheric bodies people will be able to see the etheric body of Christ; humankind will grow into a world where the Christ will be visible to newly awakened faculties…

It is hardly a wonder that most people are not the least aware of this, considering that most people also failed to notice the Christ event at the beginning of our era. Kali Yuga came to an end in 1899; now we must adapt to a new age. What is beginning will slowly prepare humankind for new soul faculties.

The first signs of these new soul faculties will soon begin to appear in a few isolated souls. Those signs will become clearer during the fourth decade, between 1930 and 1940, and especially in 1933, 1935, and 1937. Faculties that are still rare in people will begin to manifest as natural abilities. Along with this, there will be great changes, and biblical prophecies will be fulfilled. Everything will be transformed for those on earth, as well as for those who are no longer in a physical body. Regardless of where they are, souls are meeting entirely new faculties. Everything is changing, but the most significant event of our time is a deep, decisive transformation in human soul faculties.

Kali Yuga has run its course, and human souls are beginning to develop new faculties, since this is precisely the purpose of the new age. These new faculties will cause souls to exhibit seemingly spontaneous clairvoyant powers, which had to remain in the subconscious during Kali Yuga. ..”

“These transformations will come about in human soul capacities, resulting in what may be described as etheric vision. And who is connected with this? The being we call the Christ, who appeared in the flesh on earth at the beginning of our era, He will never appear again in a physical body; that was a unique event. Christ will return in an etheric form, however, during the time we have been discussing. People will then learn to perceive the Christ, because through etheric vision they will grow upward toward the one who will enter an etheric body, but never again a physical body. It will be necessary for human beings to grow toward perceiving the Christ, for he truly said, “I am with you always, even unto the end of the earth.” He is here; he is in our spiritual world, and those who are blessed can perceive his presence in the etheric realm.

The Apostle Paul was convinced by this kind of perception in the event near Damascus. This same etheric vision will be cultivated individually as a natural faculty by people. An event like Paul's will become increasingly possible for human beings in the coming period.”

Rudolf Steiner –The Reappearance of Christ in the Etheric

21 – Resurrection Witness

Let’s continue this thread with the Resurrection chart to again emphasize this Witnessing function of Mercury.

Chart 11

The green arrow shows the geocentric Mercury with Venus in Pisces rising at the Resurrection. The yellow arrow is aligned with the Gemini/Sagittarius arm of our cross showing Mars aligned near the 7 Gemini point as Witness. Also near the Mars is Jupiter which is opposite the Pluto in Sagittarius as a symbol of this newly transformed physical body of Christ.

But it is the heliocentric Mercury that I think is most important here. It is at the Midheaven in Capricorn and opposite the heliocentric Mars in Cancer. These two planets square the nodal axis of the moment which has the North node in Aries as Witnessing the intended exaltation of the Lamb of God.

The geocentric Mars being near our Cross and its North node signals to us that this is an important reminder for us, at this open window to the nodal axis, to maintain conscious awareness in our reflexive will body. We need to stay aware of our reflex actions at this time in order to not succumb to the stress of this moment and fail to then be fully present to our opportunity.

Heliocentric Mercury opposite the heliocentric Mars helps remind us to stay awake to our spiritual truth and be aligned with our intended evolutionary goal of reacquiring our spiritual inheritance.

22 - Today - As of this writing… Heart-Thinking

As I am writing this today (March 27, 2020) two interesting things have come to pass. One is an example again of how blatantly we are lied to and manipulated in just such a way as to distract from spiritual reality. I just saw an article on the news feed that says that our president is trying to “Repurpose Easter”. Now you can say that is silly and that it is fake news, but Steiner emphasized the importance of seeing the truth behind the propaganda and the lies we are fed. I bring this example up only because I think it is more than ironic that our 2020 Easter, which we have been focusing on here, is obviously being thrown into the distracting whirlwind of efforts to keep us from being awake to the spiritual reality. We must see what THIS Easter is bringing to us through the 9/11 nodal return window and the Easter Mercury ‘re-membering’ the Christ Sun.

I keep highlighting ‘re-membering’ in quotes because this is exactly what Mercury is trying to help us do. This reminder is to help us in the call of restructuring our deep psyche, to restructure our ‘consciousness’. This is the call to ‘re-member’ ourselves completely, this means even down to our physical cellular structure, as we talked about with neurogenesis and Dennis Klocek.

Steiner describes this restructuring of our consciousness through the development of Imaginative thinking. It is to awaken to this that we are being called. Our intellectual thinking is sensory based and this gives it the bias of focus on the apparent physical duality in nature. Rudolf Steiner describes Imaginative thinking as a more pictorial thinking, a more alive thinking. It is based on loosening our thinking from being brain-bound, as sensory reflective thinking, to a kind of etheric or living thinking. It has even been referred to as ‘Heart thinking’. It is the beginning of our path back to our spiritual inheritance.

This is what is needed to get behind the veil of the illusion, the sense of separation, created by dependence on sensory based perception.

This is the key to getting behind the veil of 7 Gemini. This is the higher integration of these two poles of our cross, Gemini/Sagittarius and Virgo/Pisces. It is in integrating these two polarities into the higher synthesis that we have been pointing to throughout this work. And in that is the key to our 7 Pisces “Christ Sun”.

23 - Jupiter Saturn conjunct at Winter Solstice 2020

The other event happening today is that Saturn reached the position it will be at during the upcoming Winter Solstice 2020. It will be conjunct Jupiter at Winter Solstice and so is today foreshadowing for us that coming conjunction. It will be at 0 degrees Aquarius tropically and 5 degrees Capricorn sidereally.

We can see this in the next example Chart 12.  This is important and these conjunctions happen every 20 years. They return with some advancement every 60 years. A set of 3 conjunctions form a triangle that slowly rotates through the zodiac. This makes for an 800 year cycle.

This conjunction deserves the time spent looking at its spiritual significance as another sign of the times and marker for our events in 2020. Let us look at the research done on this topic by Willi Sucher (his work can be found at https://www.astrosophy.com )

Chart 12

“I shall speak tonight about Saturn and Jupiter. These two planets are moving at a certain distance from each other. Jupiter is closer to the Sun and moves through the whole Zodiac in about 12 years, while Saturn is further away and takes about 30 years. At a certain moment they meet (come into conjunction), and then they move apart again as Jupiter moves faster than Saturn. These two planets make a beautiful pattern in the sky—a grand triangle. At the time of Christ three such meetings took place between Saturn and Jupiter. The first meeting of Saturn and Jupiter took place in Fishes, the second in Archer, and the third was in the constellation of Lion. It is these three meetings of which I would like to speak.”

“These conjunctions form a triangle in the sky; however, there is a slight difference when Saturn, after 60 years, and Jupiter meet again in this corner of Fishes, as the conjunction has moved a little further toward Ram. The same thing happens to the conjunctions in Lion and Archer, thus the whole triangle is moving, or rotating. During these nights we want to speak about these corners of this triangle as they were at the time of Christ.

The conjunction in 7 BC, which took place in Fishes, is related to the birth of Jesus, in a spiritual sense, according to the Gospel of St. Luke. I hope to show you how closely this conjunction is connected with the birth of Jesus. It is the spiritual nativity; and the spiritual nativity is much more important than the natural nativity itself, as suggested by Rudolf Steiner.

In 14 AD the conjunction took place in Archer, and on or near that moment another event took place. It was when the 12-year-old Jesus child was in the temple. We hear how the 12-year-old Jesus was lost and then found in the temple among the sages talking with them and teaching them.

Finally we come to the conjunction of 34 AD that took place in Lion. This is connected with the Mystery of Golgotha, in a broad sense, as the event took place on the 3rd of April 33 AD, according to references of Rudolf Steiner. This conjunction also has to do with the conversion of St. Paul at the gates of Damascus.”

“These conjunctions are like corner stones. All that which we can put into the lovely picture of the shepherds —t he shepherd stream and its rebirth in Christianity—is connected with the conjunction in 7 BC, which at that time was in Fishes. It was the birth of the simple souls who are closely connected with the planet Earth and its life of sufferings but also its joy—all that goes on through history. In the movement of the three-cornered star, we can follow the shepherd stream in humanity. The same can be followed with the other corners.

The conjunction in 14 AD is closely connected with the Kings’ stream. We can see how the stream of the Kings developed, even the inner movement, if we follow the movement of this corner of the star. This stream of the Kings had just entered Archer, coming from Scorpion. The King stream was represented by the Three Wise Men of the East. This stream has gone through tremendous crises. It is manifest in the figure of Herod who brought about the massacre of the children, the innocent.

The conjunction in 34 AD is connected with the conversion of St. Paul. It is a different aspect of Christianity, connected with the entry of the Cosmic Christ into the body of Jesus at the Baptism of Jesus in the river Jordan. The Christ that St. Paul experienced at Damascus was the Cosmic Christ. Thus Christ had taken the tremendous developmental step by uniting with the Earth. St. Paul’s experience with the risen Christ is written in this conjunction of 34 AD. We can follow this stream in human history, which has also gone through tremendous crises. It is the interplay of the cosmic and the terrestrial forces in history.”

“Why are these two planets Saturn and Jupiter so important? This can only be explained if one considers the cosmos as an integrated organism, the body of the Deity, for similar constellations had taken place before the time of Christ. How is it possible to speak about this as an integrated organism? The human form gives us a certain indication. It has been worked out in all details. The outer planets indicate the functions of the head, and the inferior planets (including the Earth) are connected in the cosmos with the functions that take place within the body of a human being.

“Saturn, the planet of cosmic memory, writes down everything. It is like the skull which has been closed in order to cut the human being away from the external world. At birth the fontanels of the baby are still open. Saturn’s functions are to make the human being perfect and completely integrated within itself. Saturn is also the guardian of the threshold to the extra solar world, into the higher world. It is also connected with another activity, that which keeps the human being upright, and this uprightness comes from a place or point in the skull that also contains uplifting forces. The weight of the human body would crush us if it were not for these uplifting forces, and we would not be able to stand upright. Saturn is such a willpower of uplifting force. These great Will forces of the Deity in the solar cosmos are working in Saturn as the great memory forces of all the past.

Jupiter in that picture of the human organism comes next. In the microscopic scale of the human body it is located between the eyes. It is here where we have the capacity of thinking. This happens in the micro cosmos. In the cosmos it is the sphere where the divine thinking takes place. Jupiter is the great thinker of the universe. This is an activity that is creative and which works into the future. In Jupiter divine beings are working who direct the thinking of the cosmos. They are preparing the cosmic thought for the future incarnation of the Earth.

“If these two beings from the two spheres meet when there is a conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter, it is an indication that events take place in the spiritual world, and on the Earth there is a reflection. The conjunctions indicate that decisions are taking place—past and future. Memory, the past, is the world of the Father (Saturn), which meets what comes in the future (Jupiter). The conversation between Jupiter and Saturn is preparing the new creation. These two worlds have what we might call a conference. In that moment certain decisions are made, decisions for which everything that happens in history is used. One can imagine that in rhythmical intervals they meet in the spiritual world. It can always be integrated with earthly happenings that we can see how these three pillars are reflected in history.”

- From Willi Sucher - “Great Conjunctions”~ 28 December 1954

“The next conjunction (Winter Solstice 2020) will be in Goat, which will change many things. Goat is the picture of the ibex. Its horns reach into warmth and light, but it has a fish-tail that reaches down deeply into the Earth. This might involve revolutions in, say, the use of cosmic technology, or in cosmology. But there is the fish-part, and unless humanity realizes this, there is great danger lying in this watery element of the Earth. It poses the question of whether humanity learns to recognize the nature of humanhood, of that which has become the representative in Christ.

One has the impression that as much as modern humanity tries to reach out to cosmic forces or to improvements of all types, especially in the technological and scientific spheres, so much will we be moved away from our real humanhood, of that which has become represented in the Christ events. It is a question of whether modern humanity will recognize this. If we don’t, it may become a kind of crocodile. The Goat is sometimes represented by a crocodile. We are witnessing the activity of the birth of the spiritual world in the soul of humanity as a healing. I would like to say again that not only one part of humanity is the shepherd. We must individually have all three in us. We must learn to amalgamate the shepherd in us as well as the others. We can read where humanity stands at the present moment, …to make a balance sheet of where we stand, and what the future expects from us.”

- Willi Sucher - Cosmology Course

The Winter Solstice conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn is seen below against the background of our 9/11 cross. Is it a coincidence that the Moon is nearing opposition to ZS, 5 degrees from our 7 Pisces point, where we find the Christ Sun?

Also the Sun and Mercury are at the 7 Sagittarius as a ‘reminder’ of the South node in our cross.

24 - Geocentric Heliocentric Winter Solstice 2020

Chart 13 shows us the outer wheel heliocentric view around the inner wheel of the geocentric sidereal perspective of Winter Solstice 2020.

Here we see geocentric and heliocentric Mercury staying tight with the 7 Sagittarius position emphasizing that.

The Venus moves into opposition to Uranus (blue arrow) reminding us of the effort of waking up to our feeling body such that it can support our Conscience soul development. What is the feeling that supports this? It is the ‘Heart-centered’ feeling witnessed by this Shepherds conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. This Venus is also in Libra which is the archetype of conscious equal partnership. This is the exact opposite of the consciousness that we are constantly trying to be manipulated into which is the ‘us vs them’ lie.

Lastly the Mars (purple arrow) moves to 5 Taurus exactly squaring Regulus, the Heart of the Lion.

Chart 13

This reminds us that we have to summon up this ‘heart of the Lion’ out of ourselves to be able to accomplish what is called for. Recalling Steiner – “What man is lacking today is the courage to enter into the real exploration of the spiritual world…”

Willi Sucher’s work shows that each corner of the triangle has a relationship to events around the time of Christ. He shows how these archetypes relate throughout history and gives each archetype a name. They are the Kings, Shepherds and Pauline sets of Jupiter and Saturn conjunctions.

The 2020 Winter Solstice conjunction is of the Shepherds archetype. And it is the gesture related to the heart. As Rudolf Steiner says in the Foundation Stone Meditation, “Light that gives warmth to simple shepherds’ hearts”. This obviously connects with our compassionate heart-centered theme of development. It is in Capricorn, so again pointing to a heart-centered restructuring of our conditioned consciousness that has been called to task as a consequence of our collectively ripened karma. I say this because of Saturn’s rulership of Capricorn.

When we look at the Solstice Mercury (red arrow) it is at the other end of our 9/11 nodal axis at 7 Sagittarius with the Sun. It is our karmic reminder (South node of our cross), as a sign of the times, through its current movement, that this is the cross we need to bear and transform. And we properly bear this cross if we bring our awareness back to the truth of our 3-fold spiritual nature.

Beautifully it is with the Sun at 5 degrees Sagittarius at Solstice, with the Mercury, again emphasizing awareness of our solar nature! By its position at the South node of our cross it is emphasizing the need to re-solarize the spiritual awareness that we lost in the past.

25 - The archetype of the Shepherds conjunction from 7 BC

This archetypal Shepherds Chart 14 (7 BC) is being remembered by our 9/11 cross as well. The Sun and Moon are at the 7 Gemini point. Pluto is near the ZS and Uranus is at the 7 Pisces point of the Christ Sun. Jupiter and Saturn are conjunct in Pisces and the North node in Taurus tells us that the Redeemer is being embodied to overcome the spiritual misdeeds of the past (Neptune in Scorpio).

Chart 14

26 - Alchemical Mercury

I would feel remiss if I didn’t mention this alchemical Mercury image. It is called the Hieroglyphic Monad. It comes from the work of John Dee Monas Hieroglyphica – 1564. It reminds me of this alchemical call of the Easter 2020 Mercury to awaken to the Christ Sun. In that awakening is true alchemy. Alchemy is the union of soul with the spirit. In all the fairy tales with a sleeping princess, she is the soul waiting to be awakened with the kiss of consciousness by the Higher Self.

That is the symbology of the Hieroglyphic Monad. We see the union of Sun and Moon on the elemental cross of the Earth that has been ignited by the alchemical fire of Love. If we look back at Chart 8 we see this in the Easter chart. These elements come together in our cross. Mercury in Pisces – water, North node in Gemini – Air, ZS in Virgo – Earth and South node in Sagittarius – Fire. When the awareness of this message of re-awakening to our spiritual inheritance can become transformed through the powerful fire of Divine Love this restructuring of consciousness will be a reality.

Chart 8

27 - Re-membering on Easter 2020

Here is the Easter 2020 cross. Mercury is in the prominent position of ‘re-membering’. What has Mercury witnessed for us to be ‘re-membering’?

Here is the same cross with the addition of the Christ Sun. It is this Christ Sun from our Christ event chart showing what the Easter Mercury is ‘re-membering’.

Here we have the same cross, with emphasis that this Easter Mercury is all important. ‘Messenger of the Gods’, Mercury, has the message for our time ready to deliver for those who have ‘eyes to see and ears to hear!’

This important message is none other than that of the Christ Sun. The Messenger of the Gods brings us this message of the Risen God Himself. ‘We are first and foremost spiritual beings’; it is time to awaken to that 3-fold Truth!

Especially to honor this Easter 2020 Mercury, I asked another of my teachers her thoughts on this Mercury. And I think it is the perfect way to end a discussion that could easily go on forever.

“So, Mercury is psychopomp (the spiritual guide of a person’s soul) this year, crossing the vernal point from Good Friday to Holy Saturday, attending the Christ Being, as cup bearer, maybe.

He gathers the healing forces from the western lip of Raphael’s cup today, at new Moon with Venus guarding from the eastern-most edge. Mercury continues in to the furthest reach in its path on Friday 3-27-20 (when Saturn touches the great conjunction point), as though gathering as much “healing dew” as possible before spiritualizing it in the mists of Neptune April 4th. At vernal full Moon, when the earth becomes castle east of the sun and west of the moon (whereas today we are east of Venus and west of mercury), Mercury still moves toward the vernal point, only to step across that threshold once the veil of the temple is rent in twain.

Somehow keeping the grail intact, I imagine Mercury is the cup bearer this year, carrying the chalice toward Easter dawn.”

- Mary Stewart Adams March 24, 2020 (https://storytellersnightsky.com)

“When you can't think of anything else for yourself than fear of the diseases that are taking place around you in an epidemic, and go to sleep at night with these thoughts of fear, then unconscious after-images and imaginations-imbued with fear-are created in the soul. And this is a good seedbed in which pathogenic germs can nestle, thrive and find a pleasant breeding ground.

The opposite is true, which is to fill ourselves with love and spiritual equanimity as a protection.”

from CW 312 - Spiritual Science and Medicine -  Rudolf Steiner

Now if we remember how Steiner described the power of the events in Christ’s life as being completely in synch with the entire cosmos. We can then understand how these events stand as archetypal examples of how we as individuals and as humanity as a whole can learn how to find our way back to our spiritual inheritance.

The charts I have chosen from these events are the ones that have a resonance with 9/11 and to Easter of 2020 through the shared nodal axis position. This comparison is to help us discover the message for us this Easter 2020 through Mercury as ‘Messenger of the Risen God’.

In the Christ event charts we can see how the T-square in the 9/11 chart is a balanced square in the Christ event charts. This is a huge signature for us of how to overcome the manipulation and subversion of our spiritual humanity and how to renew it in awareness and action.

We need this teaching on how to maintain the healing opportunity humanity is given against a remembrance of how we lost the same opportunity at 9/11. Fear was used to manipulate us then and during this current ‘pandemic’ fear is the means being used to try and subvert us again. But we have the archetype in the actions of Christ to see us through as the example of what we are to do.

28 - Further Resources

I would like to add in a few more links for you to follow up with if you are interested.

The first 2 are articles about Eris, a dwarf planet; her mythology seems to be another descriptive aspect of our story. These are from Steven Forrest who does a masterful job of sorting through this. I would like here to also emphasize that this Eris position is playing into our story by its being square to the South nodes of Saturn and Pluto. This then is another powerful stimulus toward the healing that this karmic restructuring of our consciousness has ripened into.

https://www.forrestastrology.com/blogs/astrology/pluto-eris-and-the-evolutionary-meaning-of-covid-19

https://www.forrestastrology.com/blogs/astrology/uranus-eris-conjunction

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Mark Jones is another Evolutionary astrologer. Here is a link to his article about the nodes of Saturn and Pluto.

https://www.plutoschool.com/blog/224-our-current-crisis

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Most of Rudolf Steiner’s translated works can be found online at – http://www.rsarchive.org

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An Anthroposophical medicine website at - http://www.koliskoinstitute.org

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Also a link to my website which will soon have a page of published work and upcoming teachings.

https://www.erbdoc.com

Please take the time to look deeper into the references I have given along the way.

29 – Addendum

Looking ahead, by looking behind.

Seeing physical happenings as shadows of what happens in the spiritual world .

“It lies in the general character of evolution that during this Fifth Post-Atlantean epoch, certain conditions connected with the exercise of power, of influence, must pass into the hands of small groups who will wield great power over other, large masses of people… This Fifth Post-Atlantean epoch confronts the fact that the physical apparatus of human thinking becomes capable of understanding certain factors relating to illness and processes of healing, connections of Nature-processes with illnesses…

And the purpose of the Fifth Post-Atlantean epoch is that men shall become free enough to be enlightened about certain truths hitherto kept in the more unconscious region of the human soul, and to master them…

Behind the scenes of outer happenings, such things have been proceeding during our own decades. The intention was this: to place in the hands of a certain group of men, firstly, the secret of the control of masses — I spoke of this to begin with. It is the secret of how to gain extensive control over those masses who concern themselves little with external affairs, yet possess spiritual capacities and are especially qualified to assist in the preparation of the Sixth Post-Atlantean epoch — it is the secret, too, of how the art of controlling these masses can be placed in the hands of a few individuals.

That was the one aim. The other is something that will play an important role in the future: it is a matter of acquiring the secret means whereby factors connected with processes of disease, with the process of propagation, may be given a particular turn…

The age of materialism is striving, through the work of certain circles, to paralyze, to eliminate all spiritual development in mankind, to bring human beings to a point where simply by temperament and character they reject everything that is spiritual and regard it as folly.

This trend — and it is already perceptible in some individuals today — will intensify. People will actually long for the time when the Spiritual is universally deemed to be insanity, craziness! Attempts will be made to achieve this end by inoculations; just as viruses have been discovered as means of protection against illnesses, so certain inoculations will be used to influence the human body in such a way that it provides no place for the spiritual proclivities of the soul. Human beings will be immunized against any predisposition for spiritual ideas...

The only question is whether success will have attended these attempts… to put knowledge into the hands of individuals who will use it for their own ends ... or whether the knowledge of these things will come in the right way, at the right time, and thus promote the well-being of humanity…

Thinking over what I have thus indicated, you will realize that a whole number of possibilities exist for making use of currents emanating from the spiritual world in order to bring evil things to pass on the Earth during this Fifth Post-Atlantean epoch. There are many, many such possibilities — today I have told you of one. And the obligation to stress the necessity that such knowledge should reach the consciousness of a certain number of souls — this is bound up with the fundamental character of our age.”

“The aim of these Angeloi-Spirits between the years 1841 and 1879 was to prevent what was thus to flow down to the Earth, from coming to maturity in the spiritual world. But these Spirits of Darkness were defeated in the war they waged against the Spirits of Light during this period. In the year 1879, on a smaller scale, an event came to pass of the kind that has several times come to pass in the course of evolution, and has always been pictured symbolically as the victory of Michael, or St. George, over the Dragon. In the year 1879, too, the Dragon was overcome in a certain realm. This time the “Dragon” was the Angeloi-Spirits who were striving for but could not achieve the aim I have indicated. In 1879, therefore, they were cast out of the spiritual world into the world of men — and here, in this world, they wander among humanity. They are present here, sending their forces into men's thoughts, feelings and impulses of will, egging them on to this undertaking or another. They have not been able to prevent the onset of the age when the spiritual knowledge flows down — their defeat in the battle lies precisely in this — for the spiritual knowledge is here and will unfold increasingly; human beings will be able to acquire the faculty of seeing into the spiritual world.

But having been cast down to the Earth, these Angeloi-Spirits are intent upon doing harm with the down-flowing knowledge; they want to guide it into wrongful channels, to rob it of its power for good and lead it into paths of evil. In short, having been cast down since the year 1879, their aim is to achieve here, with the help of men, what they were unable to achieve with the help of the Spirits in yonder world. Their aim is to bring ruin to that part of the good plan for world-evolution which consists in causing the knowledge of the control of masses, the knowledge concerning birth, illness and death, among other things, to spread among men when the time is ripe. These Spirits of Darkness want to spread such knowledge too soon…

Constant references to the universal Spirit, all the talk about inner, spiritual deepening and the like — none of it leads anywhere. What is essential is that men of the present time shall establish real and concrete relations with the spiritual world…

People are unwilling to build such a bridge…

It is absolutely correct to say that in the year 1879 these Beings were cast down to the Earth. This made the heavens free but the Earth full of them. From that time onwards their habitation is no longer to be found in the heavens — they are on Earth.

They wanted to be able to prevent the spiritual wisdom, which will be revealed from the twentieth century onwards, from flowing into the souls of men. Only by the removal of the hindering Spirits of Darkness from the spiritual realm could the minds and hearts of men be opened to receive, from the twentieth century onwards, the spiritual knowledge destined for them; only so was the flow of this spiritual knowledge possible. Wandering as they now do among men, these Spirits of Darkness make it their business to spread confusion; from their arena here, on Earth, they want to prevent the establishment of the right attitude vis-à-vis the spiritual truths, they want to withhold from men the blessings which it is the purpose of the spiritual truths to bring.

Intimate and penetrating knowledge of these things is the only means whereby the aims of the Spirits of Darkness may be counteracted. Certain occult brotherhoods, however, make it their business to work in exactly the opposite sense; they want to retain the wisdom exclusively within their own narrow circles, in order to exploit it in connection with their lusts for power. We are living in the midst of this struggle. On the one side there is the necessity for men to be led along the right paths by the assimilation of the spiritual truths; on the other side there are enclosed occult brotherhoods of an evil kind, desiring to prevent these truths from finding their way to men, with the result that they remain dull and stupid as regards the spiritual world, and thus make it possible for those within narrowly enclosed brotherhoods to carry on their intrigues from there...” – Rudolf Steiner - Behind the Scenes of External Happenings - November 06, 1917

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“Things go in cycles or periods. Anything which happens in the physical world is really a kind of projection, or shadow, of what happens in the spiritual world, except that it would have happened earlier in the spiritual world. Let us assume this line here was the line or plane separating the spiritual

and the physical worlds. What I have just said could then be characterized as follows: Let us assume an event — for example the battle between Michael and the dragon — happens first of all in the spiritual world. It finally comes to an end when the dragon is cast down from heaven to earth. On earth, then, the cycle is brought to completion after a time interval which approximately equals the time between the beginning of the battle in the spiritual world and the time when the dragon was cast down. We might say: The dawn, the very beginning of this battle between Michael and the dragon, was in 1841.”

Things were particularly lively in 1845. It is thirty-four years from 1845 to 1879, and if we move on thirty-four years after 1879 we come to the mirroring event: You get 1913, the year preceding 1914. You see, the developments which started in the physical world in 1913 are the mirror-image of the prime reasons for the spiritual battle. And now consider 1841 — 1879 — 1917! 1841 was the crucial year in the nineteenth century. 1917 is its mirror-image. If one realizes that the exertions of the crowd of ahrimanic spirits in 1841, when the dragon started to fight Michael in the spiritual world, are mirrored right now in 1917, much of what is happening now will not really come as a surprise. Events in the physical world can really only be understood if one knows that they have been in preparation in the spiritual worlds.

Much, much can be felt when we look at the figures 1841 and 1917 in the diagram. But our inner response to this has to be alive in us if we are to understand what is really happening…”

“Now consider this carefully — the powers from the school of Ahriman which fought a decisive battle in the spiritual world between 1841 and 1879 were cast down into the human realm in 1879. Since then their fortress, their field of activity, is in the thinking, the inner responses and the will impulses of human beings, and this is specifically the case in the epoch in which we now are.

You must realize that infinitely many of the thoughts in human minds today are full of ahrimanic powers, as are their will impulses and inner responses…

What good is it to get bogged down in abstractions over and over again and to say something as abstract as: ‘Human beings must fight Ahriman.’ Such an abstract formula will get us nowhere. At the present time some people have not the least idea of the fact that they are in an atmosphere full of spirits. This is something which has to be considered in all its significance.”

A certain group of people knew of the facts of which I have spoken; they knew that the events I have described as happening in the nineteenth and on into the twentieth century would happen. In the eighteenth century this group decided to pursue certain aims which were in their own interests and to work towards certain impulses. This was done quite systematically…

Thus it also happened that in the eighteenth century a society spread certain views and ideas which were taking root in people's minds and became effective in achieving the aims of such societies. The ideas entered into the social sphere and determined people's attitudes to others. People do not know the sources of many things that live in their emotions, inner responses and will impulses. Those who understand the processes of evolution do know, however, how impulses and emotions are produced. This was the case with a book published by such a society in the eighteenth century…

This is only one way, however. The ahrimanic powers will also thrive if people nurture the elements which they desire to spread among people today: prejudice, ignorance and fear of the life of the spirit. There is no better way of encouraging them.

Just think how many people there are today who actually make it their business to foster prejudice, ignorance and fear of the spiritual powers. As I said in yesterday's public lecture, the decrees against Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler and others were not lifted until 1835. This means that until then Catholics were forbidden to study anything relating to the Copernican view, and so on. Ignorance in this respect was actively promoted, and gave an enormous boost to the ahrimanic powers. This was a real service given to those powers, for it gave them the opportunity to make thorough preparations for the campaign they would start in 1841.

A second statement should really follow the one I have just made to render it complete. However, this second statement cannot yet be made public (1917, this rule generally applies for 100 years) by anyone who is truly initiated into these things. But if you get a feeling of what lies behind the words I have spoken, you may perhaps gain an idea of what is implied.

The scientific view is entirely ahrimanic. We do not fight it by refusing to know about it, however, but by being as conscious of it as possible and really getting to know it. You can do no better service for Ahriman than to ignore the scientific view or to fight it out of ignorance. Uninformed criticism of scientific views does not go against Ahriman, but helps him to spread illusion and confusion in a field which should really be shown in a clear light.”

Rudolf Steiner – The Fall of Spirits of Darkness – 1917

Following that, here is a headline from the this week –

“The Religious Right’s Hostility to Science Is Crippling Our Coronavirus Response - President’s response to the pandemic has been haunted by the science denialism of his ultraconservative religious allies.”

Following the above example from Steiner, let’s look at 2019 and the beginning of COVID-19.

2019 – 1930 – 1841.

We can say that 1930 was the crucial year in the 20th century. It was the year of ‘the Event of Our Time’, the beginning of the Return of Christ in the Etheric. This was the start of our new connection with Christ, marking the potential for a deeper more spiritual encounter.

1841 is the mirror-image of 2019 if we see 1930 as the fulcrum point.

“Something important is being asked of humanity”.

“And unless people realize that the old ideas will not get us out of it and that new ideas are needed, the result will be failure. Anyone who thinks we shall get out of this with the old ideas is barking up the wrong tree. The effort must be made to gain new ideas, and this is only possible with insight into the spiritual world.”

The current pandemic began in 2019 and was reported finally on a global level at the end of the year.

Dec. 31, 2019 — Chinese authorities inform WHO’s China office of pneumonia cases in Wuhan City, Hubei province, China, with unknown cause.

1841 was a time of concerted effort against the rightful direction of spiritual evolution. 1930 began the most important event of our time. 2019 is the mirror from 1930 to 1841. There is a ‘concerted effort’ to keep us unconscious of our rightful spiritual evolution.

This is a further indication that we are being called to an awakening, a synthetic fusion of heart and mind, a ‘re-membering’ of our spiritual inheritance.

30 - The Foundation Stone Meditation

The Foundation Stone Meditation was given by Rudolf Steiner, a great initiate, as a powerful too that we can use in our quest for spiritual awakening.

I recommend that this meditation be read aloud, daily. It is a way of connecting through our most essential spiritual core with the foundations of our world.

Here is a diagram to help us start to see these levels of connections. This is from Dionysius the Areopagite, who was a student of the Apostle Paul.

It may seem as though with the volume of examples I have used that I am merely ‘beating a dead horse’ to make a point. But I hope rather, that you will see the pregnant power that is revealed in this Easter 2020. The living potential of resurrecting our spiritual awareness, of reclaiming our spiritual inheritance, is what I hope you will have discovered is waiting for us this Easter, April 12, 2020.

I feel the need to also mention that even the resistance and hindrance of the efforts of the retrogressive spirits is ultimately a part of destiny’s design. The forces that we have to muster up from within ourselves are only equal to the resisting force trying to hold us down. Without it we stay asleep. With it we have the force that drives toward Freedom.

But muster this strength and awareness out of ourselves, we must.

A Verse for Our Time

We must eradicate from the soul

All fear and terror of what comes towards

man out of the future.

We must acquire serenity

In all feelings and sensations about the future.

We must look forward with absolute equanimity

To everything that may come.

And we must think only that whatever comes

Is given to us by a world-directive full of wisdom.

It is part of what we must learn in this age,

namely, to live out of pure trust,

Without any security in existence.

Trust in the ever present help

Of the spiritual world.

Truly, nothing else will do

If our courage is not to fail us.

And let us seek the awakening from within ourselves

Every morning and every evening.

Credited to, but unsourced - Rudolf Steiner

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This is an unconscious realm that can be used to manipulate us. In his Warmth Course Rudolf Steiner discusses the nature of warmth, its relationship to the four states of matter, to light, to color, and to the sub-earthly and super-earthly realms. He strives to extend modern ideas of physics through the understandings achieved by spiritual science.

“The characteristic of our humanity today is that in our inmost soul, precisely through our thinking, we have united with the Earth. On the other hand, as a result of this, it is only now, in the Fifth post-Atlantean culture-epoch that it is possible for us to send back to the Cosmos the thoughts which we imbue with life through our earthly deeds… The Earth acts as a mirror for man; he is not intended to reach a sub-earthly level. But his lifeless thoughts penetrate into the Earth and apprehend death, which pertains to the Earth-element only. However, the nature of man himself is such that when he imbues his thoughts with life he sends them out into the Cosmos as mirror-pictures... When man is urged to make his thoughts come alive he is being called upon to be a co-creator in the Universe. For these thoughts are reflected by the Earth and stream out again into the Universe, must make their way again out into the Universe…

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Thus the life of soul in man is intimately connected with natural existence. Intellectualistic knowledge today is a purely Ahrimanic product, aiming at blinding humanity to these things. If a man is persuaded that his thoughts are merely thoughts and have nothing to do with happenings in the Universe, he is being deluded into believing that he can have no influence upon the evolution of the Earth, and that either with or without his collaboration the Earth will at some time come to an end in some such way as foretold by physical science.” – Rudolf Steiner – “The Driving Force of Spiritual Powers in World History” - Lecture VII