CHAPTER TWO

1.Astrology works upon the principle of ‘‘Anything born of a moment of time has the quality of that moment of time’’. Stellar magic partakes of the same principle. If one takes a course of action that is symbolically consistent with the Stellar configurations of the time, one can imitate the process of birth and alter the future in accordance with one’s Will.

2.Science is only now beginning to come to some understanding of birth. Recent developments in particle physics have found that in the moment that a particle is ‘‘born’’ it explores time and space backward and forward before moving forward in linear time to fulfil its function in manifestation. It is this moment when time literally stands still that is the province of the Stellar magician because it is in this moment that he can influence the future.

3.The conjunctions of the planets are births in which the particle that is born is defined by the Astrological natures of the two planets involved. This conjunction, this new beginning is a birth that reverberates throughout the Solar system. If the magician catches this moment he can influence the future in accordance with the nature of the planets involved.

4.The planets are the concrete representations of Archetypal powers or Gods and Goddesses as they were known of old. In the interplay of the planets is a cosmic adjustment of the earth so that life continues to exist. The movement of the planets and their influence upon the Earth and its inhabitants is literally the Will of God in action.

5.This present book teaches how to get into contact with the forces that the stars conceal. It teaches how to use these forces to aid one in life - magical forces. Modernity teaches that it does not work, it cannot work: do not be like the modern man and accept without first testing. Modern pundits have dealt out more death and destruction than at any time in the past. No! be like your primitive ancestor, try it: if it works then use it, if it does not work then discard it: that was the way of old. Perhaps then you too will participate, through working with the Stellar powers, in a mystery that transcends our mere terrestrial life and leads one to the greater life, that is the oneness with the Will of the supreme living God alive in the mystery of The Goddess.

6.Astrology has been symbolised as the Sleeping Beauty of civilisation, who once awakened, awakens all the other entities that will lead inevitably on to a Golden Age where man once again lives in harmony with the world and his Gods.

7.Astrology - the influence of the Stars on men - is dependent for its effect on a curious Stellar phenomenon. The earth is bathed by two subtle forms of energy known as the Solar and Galactic winds. These wax and wane in turn. When the solar wind is predominant it protects the earth from Stellar influences and the awareness of the Stellar deities becomes dimmed and obscured. These periods can last several thousands of years. This last one has lasted over 2OOO years. The solar wind has protected us from the influence of the Zodiac, and Christianity, Islam, and all male Solar dominated religions prevail.

8.At the beginning of the 2Oth century this state of affairs began to change. The Galactic wind began to increase in power at the expense of the Solar wind. People began to be born with more clearly defined astrological characteristics and Astrology slowly but surely began to work again. The old stellar Goddess had begun to awaken with her Seven dwarves around her. As the Galactic wind increased in strength people became more and more aware of an alien presence in their consciousness. This alien presence was first noticed by women, daughters of the Goddess. Male dominated science judged these sensitive women as mentally ill, and prescribed all kinds of chemicals to eradicate this presence from consciousness, but to no avail: the Goddess was here to stay. Such was the power of these male institutions that they actually convinced star sensitive intelligent women everywhere that they must be suffering from a mild form of mental illness and tranquillisers were prescribed to get rid of the awakening nature of woman. By 1983 25% of the population were habitual users of tranquilisers to try and stave off the apprehension and anxiety experienced as a result of the unrecognised and awakened Stellar influence upon their minds.

9.Everyone who reads an astrology book is unconsciously worshipping and awakening the Stellar Gods. Everyone who casts a Horoscope or reads a chart is contributing to the awakening power of the Stars. If the prevailing Stellar influences go unrecognised then the powers that are beginning to effect the planet in this period will act by first wreaking havoc upon the emotional systems of humanity. The incidence of nervous diseases will increase rapidly, as the Galactic Wind increases in power. Mental illness will be rife, and this state of affairs will continue until humanity realises that the Astral philosophy must be embraced by everyone, when this is realised then civilisation - real civilisation will begin.

10.The Human consciousness enhanced and refined by the use of Stellar Ritual will attain true cosmic consciousness.

The influence of the Stars is still in its infancy during the present decade, but as the Galactic wind increases, so will the power of the stars, and as the fabled Sleeping Beauty awakens from her long sleep and takes her rightful place as Queen of Heaven so will The Golden Age awaken and proceed.

11. The age of the Stellar Goddess is upon us now, and slowly but surely her Science of Astrology will become more and more prominent in the general consciousness. The history of this development is as follows.

            (1). A few women consulted their pet astrologers with a rather interesting idea which had appeared in 1984 in the letters page of the Guardian newspaper. The proposition outlined in the letter was this - If it is possible to predict the personality and future of a child born at a given time then it was possible to conceive a child that would be born at a time when there are good astrological configurations. Could this be done deliberately? The answer was of course ‘‘yes’’. It would be possible to give a child all the astrological advantages. From this small group of ladies began a revolution. What was the point of sending Jimmie Nigel to a private school if he wasn’t going to be successful - so they made sure that their kids had the right stars. Astrologers began to be consulted by a different class of people, responsible intelligent people who not only wanted the best for their children but were curious as to how astrology could tell them what kind of politicians were ruling them.

            (2). Within a decade anyone who aspired to public life knew he must have good stars or he would not stand a chance at the ballot box. Would-be politicians would consult their astrologers, anxious to know whether they would be acceptable to their new Stellar conscious public. The status of Astrologer had gone from being an individual taken seriously by the few to a man of considerable influence and prestige.

Soon anyone who aspired to political power would have their natal chart discussed in the media, as to whether his stars indicated that he would serve the people with the maximum integrity or whether he was just another career politician. Astrologers would pontificate on the charts of people in power and before long nobody could hold a position of authority without an astrologer’s say-so.

            (3). A permanent committee of astrologers was formed to look into all aspects of public life from an astrological point of view.

From this humble beginning this man of a curious science had found himself in a position of immense power. Investigations into further application of astrological philosophy had shown that there was no aspect of human experience that was not predictable by this Stellar ‘‘science’’. It had long been known that no decision would come to fruition when the Moon was between 15’ of Libra and 15’ of Scorpio so no political decisions were made on those days; also that Jupiter’s and Venus’s beneficent aspects produced the best results in all walks of life so people waited until the stars were right before acting. The day when the Sun was conjunct Jupiter was a day of feasting as it was well known that a social gathering under this aspect was bound to be successful.

            (4). With the passing of a century the whole face of civilisation had changed from the chaos of previous years to an ordered Astrological world where no children were born with astrological characteristics that were anti-social, but had stars that would ensure that they could express themselves in the best possible way. The Astrologers controlled everything and the Stars controlled the Astrologers. They chose all the administrators of this new world so that they would always act in the interests of the people. Children were born with stars that would ensure their integrity. Politics as a means of expression and control had died out peacefully. In the place of the great political buildings new ones were being built. They were building temples to the stars. Temples of Venus and Jupiter. It had been found that if one worshipped and gave sacrifice to these Stellar deities then great benefit was bestowed on the worshipper. Science and technology had made it unnecessary for man to toil and the stars had given him a philosophy to live by. It was a truly Golden Age - or was it?

            (5). The centuries passed until the great Galactic wind, the Stellar Goddess, began to falter. Again the Solar wind began to reassert himself. The influence of the star that had liberated women to be the controllers of man’s destiny was now weakening. The influence of the Stars was becoming less and less effective. As the Solar influence upon the earth increased civilisation began to break down. The temples of the Star no longer held their power and were ransacked for their precious materials. A period of chaos ensued. The Stellar laws that had governed mankind no longer controlled him. Terror seized the world. As a protection against a hostile world people no longer joined together under Stellar companionship but simply to protect themselves as the world order broke down.

            (6). With the increased Solar influence only self interest remained. The Stellar Golden Age had ended. The Astrologers banded together in communities so that their knowledge would not be lost. They were the holy administrators of a bygone age, but here was a new age - a barbaric age, an age of self interest and pure survival. Astrological families banded together in communities to protect their ancient knowledge and the possibility of bringing to birth a leader was considered. It was decided to make one last effort and from the vestiges of the Stellar community a child was born when the Sun and Venus were conjunct - the time of the great star. (The Sun in its conjunction with Venus forms an exact pentagram every eight years). This sign later became degraded among nations but remained in the unconscious as a symbol of perfection and was used as an emblem by many nations in later years. So great was the influence of this teacher born under the united forces of the male Solar God and the Star Goddess Venus that upon his death it was decided to end time and begin a new time scale, the time scale of the Solar power 1 A.D.

12.The invocation and use of planetary forces does not result in an idolatrous religion, but having all the known attributes of God and Goddess as indicated by the stars, the magician is enabled to take the Gnostic leap from what is known (i.e. the Zodiac etc.) to what is unknown, that is, the transcendental nature of himself and God. By continually working Stellar magic the magician eventually transcends the known and explicable to the unknown and transcendental.

13.The effect of this magical system upon a large group of people would truly cause a revolution, not a mere physical revolution but a psychic revolution. It would change that group of people to their best advantage. The practice of rituals commemorating astrological aspects such as Sun conjunct Jupiter and Venus would refine and educate each individual into the state of true cosmic consciousness where he would be able to understand and truly participate in the evolution of himself and his planet. These rites would have an accumulative effect that would be beneficial to its participants. This was the reason that they where used in the Ancient world. In this system there is no need for state controls as society would be self regulating. The continued use of ritual synchronised with beneficial stellar influences would result in a Utopia never dreamed of, and unimaginable to the doyens of this society. The effect would be on the group as a whole entity, thus encouraging them to maintain the group structure. Events consistent with these astrological configurations would become the focus of the lives of each individual, as it was of old.

14.We pioneers on the outskirts know the inevitability of what is to come, nothing can stop this Astrology based civilisation any more than the stars may pause in their courses. Nor is it desirable that humanity should fight this phenomena, but recognise it for what it is, a change of course in human evolution.

15.From their observations of the Stars, the Ancients knew that these powers of the Zodiac and planets could be influenced by man, and that they where intelligent forces. These phenomena ceased to be inanimate objects in the sky, but reflectors of the natures of the Gods and Goddesses themselves. The Planets and their relationship to each other became indicators of the relationships between the Deities. If the relationship was a good one then this would be a good time for beginning something that reflected the natures of the Planets concerned. Thus if The Sun was in good aspect to Jupiter then this would be a good time to start anything that required wealth and prosperity. If Venus was conjunct the Sun then it would be a good time to begin events that required love, beauty or great art. The beginning of anything important was celebrated by astrological ritual as this was the sure way of producing success in any enterprise.

16.The Supreme Deity of old was a goddess and not a god as is understood by modern man. This fact of the Goddess has been removed from history by those who replaced her worship by the worship of a male god. Astrology and the Goddess go together, she is the Star Goddess.

17.This Goddess has been reviled down the centuries. The scarlet Goddess symbolised in the Bible/Christianity as the Scarlet Whore. The woman that so terrified male dominated religion that they expunged her from history.

18.Woman reflects nature; if man can understand her he is initiated into the true mystery of his masculinity and loses that sense of inadequacy that is the ultimate experience of male dominated religions and systems: that sense of inadequacy that all gods of war and destruction hold dear to their hearts, and which manipulates men to their own destruction.

19.The struggles that the pioneers of consciousness, the men and women of liberation of every kind are experiencing towards the end of the Twentieth century are precursors of the Stellar civilisation consciousness. The freeing of woman from the dominion of man is an allegory of the awakening Goddess. The actual liberation of woman from man is an absurd concept as that great pioneer feminist Germaine Greer admitted, through her long struggle of self realisation to that brutal but honest fact that man plays an indispensable role in a woman’s life, apart from the biological necessity of reproduction of the race. It is man who shows woman her transcendental nature. Woman can only cleanse woman of the accretions of male dominated history, but ultimately she is only being prepared as a bride, for the ‘‘new man’’; and the emancipated woman knows this.

20.This is no male chauvinist arrogance, but a fact of nature. Woman is prepared by woman, a fact of nature and reflected in every marriage preparation of every religion. What has been lost and forgotten is that woman was prepared in the ways of the Goddess. She was initiated into the mysteries of the Goddess. She became a being proud in her nature, conscious of her possibilities. It became her husband’s task upon marriage to explain her to herself, so that she could transcend her femininity and have a point of view. That point of view culminated in a child of the marriage.

21.The husband in his love and sympathy of his wife transcends his brutish masculinity and comes to understand nature through her. The more man understands woman, the more he understands nature. Nature, the Goddess, refines man, makes him aware of philosophy, the arts, and initiates the quest through his love for her; the quest for truth through love, not as at present the quest for truth through pure curiosity.