Gathering 2003, Part 23

2004-3-17 05:43:00

JJ:
There is one true reality around astrology that makes it work and that's the Law of Cycles. Everything does repeat itself. You've always heard the term, history repeats itself. If we do not learn history and discover why mistakes were made in history, then we're doomed to repeat it. That's too bad, because some of the mistakes in history are so clear. If you've studied the history of WW II, the mistakes we made are so obvious on hindsight that its disappointing to see we make some of the same mistakes today because some of the younger generation are oblivious to history. In many of our schools the history is edited to make it politically correct and history is not learned accurately because there are so many things people are afraid to write about in the history books. I heard somewhere in one history book we're teaching to kids only has one paragraph about Abraham Lincoln and doesn't mention George Washington. What they're teaching, I don't know, but it's important that we on our own efforts learn history so we do not repeat the Law of Cycles in a negative way. The Law of Cycles is a foundation principle of astrology. Name some of the cycles that influence us.

Audience:
26,000 year cycle

JJ:
The 26,000 year cycle through all twelve signs of the zodiac? Yeah, that's the big cycle. The most common cycle, we'll start out with is the rotation of the earth, which takes how long? One day. So, one day is one cycle. We know that tomorrow morning the sun is going to rise as long as the clouds don't interfere too much. Then the sun will set. It's something we can depend on. It happens all the time. What's the second cycle in relation to the earth? In one year, the earth circles around the sun. Other cycles govern the other planets. Not only does the earth circle around the sun but the other planets circle around the sun. And the moon revolves around the earth every twenty-eight days. That was an important cycle.

An interesting thing about astrology is that it's condemned by many born again Christians as being evil. Yet its mentioned quite a bit in the Bible. In the days of Moses, they had the New Moon Festivals. Matter of fact, they had this hill where they waited on for the exact moment of the new moon. And when the exact moment of the new Moon occurred they sent a signal to the surrounding communities, when the exact moment of the new moon was, so they could perform their rites and ordinances. The New Moon, was really big for the ancient Israelites. They governed a lot of the things they did around it.

In the Book of Job it talks about the sweet influences of the Pleiades; it talks about the Mazzaroth which is the twelve signs of the zodiac. And it talks about the three wise men that came from the east and they were astrologers. Then it talks about the star of Bethlehem that stood still in the sky and most astrologers think that means they were observing a planet that goes retrograde. When it goes retrograde it ceases to move and stands still in the sky for a period of time. When you look at the Greek, it indicates a stopping of the star of Bethlehem, indicating a planet going retrograde. All planets, of course, continue orbiting forward, but because of their different speeds and distances in relation to us they appear to stop and stand still in the sky for a period of time.

When they reach a certain speed, they are all going forward, but from a point on earth as the planets move indifferent directions, it looks like the planet stops and goes backwards. But it's an illusion. It doesn't stop. It's a little like looking at a tire, you look at a tire sometimes and it looks like it's going backwards. So, it's a little bit like that. So it reaches a certain point because of their different speeds, like one of them stops and starts to go backward.

Mercury might go retrograde and it looks in the sky like it's going forward then it stops and goes backwards. It really mystified old astrologers why this happened. That's why they called the planets wanderers. Planet means wanderer. They stop, they go backwards, and then they go forwards. They couldn't for the life of them understand why that happened. Especially since they believed that the earth was the center of the universe. If the earth was the center of the universe, they ought to always be going around the earth. Everything ought to be going around the earth. But the planets would go this way and then they'd stop and go back. So they had no explanation for that in ancient times.

Audience:
The orbit of the planets around the sun has a certain orbit like a food. Do you know that one?

JJ:
I never heard of that one.

Audience:
An egg. They have an oval orbit like an egg.

JJ:
You stay up too late studying these things.

Audience:
Hey, now you know how important an egg is.

JJ:
Is it the molecular structure, or is it something about the egg?

Audience:
The shape.

JJ:
The Law of Cycles states that things repeat over and over and over again. In orthodox astrology, the one thing they do get right is the Law of Cycles. Many astrologers have studied the various cycles and the most important cycle is called the Saturn cycle. What's the Saturn cycle?

Cindy:
The length of time Saturn takes to go all the way around the chart is approximately twenty-eight to twenty-nine years.

JJ:
We're just testing her to see if she really knows her stuff. Ok, have you heard anything about what's significant about the Saturn cycle? I found that's one of the more interesting things I've studied.

Audience:
In terms of the human being? Alliteration something?

JJ:
Its about twenty-eight to twenty-eight and one-half years. There really is an exact time period for it. Astrologically, if I remember correctly, it varies because of the illusion of its relationship to earth. There are various theories about this time period, but twenty-eight years is an important time period by many people who study cycles and it's very close to the Saturn cycle which is twenty-eight to twenty-nine years. This is an important time period because the first twenty-one years of your life you repeat everything from all your past lives. At twenty-one we should be ready to progress with the basic intelligence we had in our past life. Of course, we won't remember it all, but internally, the internal intelligence and ability that we have is basically where we left off in our past life.

DK points out that generally the month that we die will be the month that we will be born in our next life. Now from my doing an experiment by taking people back into past lives, I find this is not always true, but is often true. I do not believe it's an ironclad rule. I think it quite often happens that if you die in February, you will be born in February according to him. A number of my friends, ones I found out who they were in past lives, I found out that they have had this happen, but in other instances it doesn't happen. There are exceptions to all things. What do you suppose the reason for that is? That the month you die will be the month you are born as a rule of thumb?

Audience response not clear.

JJ:
It could be like a symbol that you are picking up where you left off. I would think if you had an accidental death, premature death, you'd be less likely to choose the same month. If you had a premature death then your internal clock tells you when you are going to die. If someone breaks into your house and shoots you, then that's unlikely something planned by your soul. So then you are more likely to be born in some other time period. But if you have a natural death I would assume that it's much more likely you would be born the same month you died. DK indicates this is often the case. So, look at your birth month and that's a good chance that's also your death month in your past lifetime.

We have this Law of Cycle and the thing about astrology is that Saturn repeats itself at a set time in spinning around the sun, revolving around the sun, as does Jupiter, as do all the other planets. When you look at this consistency of rotation and then apply it to a roadmap to life, you are going to get a certain degree of accuracy. The Law of Cycles does apply in your life.

The Rosicrucians, in one of their books I read, have an interesting spin on the Law of Cycles also. They divide each year into seven periods and each period is made up of fifty-two days. One of the most important periods is the period following the month of your birth. The fifty-two days following your birth month, is a really good time to begin something new. On the other hand, the fifty-two days before your birth month is a good time to dissolve things that aren't working. It's the same way in astrology. Pisces is the last sign and it's a really good sign for dissolving things that do not work. It's a sign for letting things go that are not working in your life. Whereas Aries is a good initiating energy so it's a similar type thing. In the Law of Basic Cycles, the fifty-two days, you might keep this in mind if you're going to begin a new business or new project, do it right after your birthday. Its a good time to give it an extra shot of energy and power to consummate that which you do. According to this Law of Cycles, the fifty-two days before your birthday is the worst time to start something new. I try to apply that in my life. It hasn't guaranteed success. The main thing that guarantees success, of course, is your inner drive. You might as well take advantage of all the extra energies out there that are in your favor. You can swim upstream and still get where you are going if you're determined enough. But, if you're able to swim downstream, it makes it a little bit easier.

The mountain remains unmoved at the seeming defeat by the mist.
-- Rabindranath Tagore