In the early 20th century, Marc Edmund Jones and a clairvoyant friend formulated the Sabian symbols in an attempt to produce a series of symbols for the degrees of the zodiac that would be relevant to contemporary students of astrology. Dane Rudhyar then expanded on the symbols, reinterpreting them to emphasize their character as a cyclic series. Rudhyar's model formalizes and reveals the archetypal meaning of 360 basic phases of human experience in a greater holistic context. Since the book was first published in 1973, it has become a staple in many professional astrologers' toolkits. The images cultivated by Rudhyar are used for further contemplation of every degree of the zodiac. The images for each degree can be used to add insight to the meaning of the planets, the lunar nodes, or any significant point in the horoscope. Many astrologers now consult the Sabian symbols when interpreting progressions in order to reflect on the degree of progressed New Moon. These symbols help expand astrological interpretation beyond the concrete and literal into the creative and imaginal realm, where meaning arises through image and story, opening us to the experience of conscious engagement with the creative unfolding of life. Part reference book, part instructional manual on a symbolic underpinning of the entire zodiac, this book will serve any astrology lover in unlocking more of its great mysteries.
The material for THE TWELVE ASTROLOGICAL HOUSES: The Way of Creative
Accomplishment, was written in 1943-44, immediately following THE ZODIAC as
THE UNIVERSAL MATRIX. Like its companion book, it is one of Rudhyar's most
accessible and easy-to-read works. It provides comprehensive descriptions of
each of the ten astrological planets in each of the twelve astrological
houses. In common with THE UNIVERSAL MATRIX, the astrological interpretations
are more striking, psychological and critical than what we came to expect from
Rudhyar during the second half of the 20th century. The electronic publication
includes hyperlinks to the birth charts of dozens of interesting example
nativities. This volume should not to be confused with Rudhyar's later works
-- THE ASTROLOGICAL HOUSES: The Spectrum of Individual Experience -- which is
currently out-of-print and available used at Amazon.com -- or with The Twelve
Houses as Problems We All Face. Some sample passages from THE TWELVE
ASTROLOGICAL HOUSES Every personality is the child of an individual vision
(Ascendant) and of a set of collective habits (second house), Rudhyar writes.
The great person is one who uses such habits to demonstrate the vision - and
thereby repolarizes them. The weak personality lets collective habits use the
vision which thereby becomes distorted and materialized. Every personality is
a field of integration for individual vision (first house) and collective
habits (second house) - our inner life is very often a battlefield! It is in
the third house that the issue . . . is determined; for it is the quality of
the person's environment and of his mentality (largely conditioned by
education) which will decide in the third house whether the fourth house
factors (ego, home, and so on) will be energized preponderantly either by
those developed in the first house or those belonging to the second house.
PLANETS IN THE FIFTH HOUSE When a strong planet or a group of planets are
located in the fifth house of a natal chart this does not mean the native will
necessarily be a particularly gifted artist, or a great lover, or the
progenitor of many children, and so on. It indicates, rather, that matters
related to this house will be insistently the focal point for the person's
attention. The native will be involved in fifth house issues and experiences
by apparent choice or by compulsion . . . They will create problems which will
demand a solution. Problems however constitute opportunities for growth and
for 'creative accomplishment' - thus the title of this series. Where there are
no problems, the mind and will of the individual are not roused into operation
. . . MOON IN THE ELEVENTH HOUSE The Moon in the eleventh house signifies a
person highly sensitive to social moods and changes, who is often the
mouthpiece of some great mass-movement seeking expression in a subterranean
manner. The spiritual-occult systems proclaimed by Rudolph Steiner are much
involved in personalized states of consciousness and dependent on personal
'revelations'. Indeed, it might be argued the 'revelations' of the seer could
merely be projections of his collective, national and personal 'hopes and
wishes' and fears and prejudices, rather than authentic and significantly
interpreted revelations of spiritual realities. The traditional chart of Joan
of Arc shows Moon conjunct Jupiter in the eleventh house - indeed an excellent
symbol for one whose Voices saved a Kingdom . . .
Provides coverage of the galactic approach to the solar system; planets of
organic functioning; the uranus-neptune polarity; pluto and the experience of
depth, void, and recentring; the interpenetrating cycles of uranus, neptune,
and pluto; and transpersonal relationships and the galactic community.
Integrates modern concepts of psychology with elements of both Western and Oriental philosophies. This book presents Astrology as a symbolic language by reformulating its basic concepts and focusing on viewing the chart as a whole.
This pioneering classic provides a new dimension in the use of astrology as a powerful tool in understanding life patterns. "The Lunation Cycle" is a unique technical breakthrough revealing the significance of the cyclic relationship of the sun and moon as phases of a larger process. Rudhyar formulates and describes here for the first time, the eight Soli Lunar types of personalities and the importance of the 'new moon before birth' and the 'progressed new moon charts'. Rudhyar's innovative presentation of the 'progressed lunation cycle' is an invaluable technique providing insight into how to use all life events in the actualisation of inner potentials.The meaning of specific events are viewed as an ordered series of Lunation phases, within the context of your whole life pattern, from birth to death. This is a practical and clear way to anticipate major turning points and transition periods and to understand our individual schedules of unfoldment. This groundbreaking book the sun and moon as a dynamic pattern of relationship; the part of fortune as an index of personality and happiness; the art of fortune in the houses and zodiacal signs; the part of spirit; and, the planets in relationship to the lunation cycle.
Rudhyar's expansive vision finds its ideal complement in Leyla Rael's straightforward approach and clear applications. Together they have outlined a cyclic dynamic view of aspects which goes far beyond the static, cookbook tabulations so prevalent today. Their approach provides the foundation for a meaning - revealing chart interpretation and inspiring life interpretation. Included in this holistic textbook are chapters on retrogradation, rectangular and triangular aspect patterns, seeing the horoscope as a whole, Yods, an explanation of three types of every planetary aspect, examined step by step in depth. Included are numerous examples and practical applications. "Astrological Aspects" is truly a key to holistic Astrological understanding to read for enjoyment, study for lasting insight and keep for future reference.
Rudhyar extracts from traditional Astrology a wealth of psychological and spiritual meaning. New interpretations of the zodiacal signs, houses, and planets are presented, shedding light on the three basic phases of the great ritual which constitutes the spiritual unfoldment of the human being. This is a book to read and re-read! Each chapter stands by itself, yet is a part in a vast symphony of revealed values and inspired imagery.
This is Rudhyar's major philosophical and psychological work, the concentrated outcome of a lifetime concerned with the most basic problems of human existence and the meaning of radical social-cultural crisis mankind is experiencing. Rudhyar has been for years an apostle of world integration based on the interpretation of Eastern and Western concepts and attitudes to life. He sees emerging a global society, and through the world-wide interaction of all cultures, a new type of "planetary" consciousness which for the first time will reveal in its fullness the potential of man. The Planetarisation is essentially an act of faith in Man. Man as a microcosm of the universe. Man as a reality that transcends the physical organism, all localisms and nationalisms, and in whom spirit and matter can unite in a "Divine Marriage" productive of ever new and greater creative tomorrows.
