Min's Planetary Awareness Technique Chapter 8
Daniel Min, Ph.D.
CHAPTER 8
SCORPIO IS THE SUPERIOR aspect of the Red Planet who is
"netzach", victory in the kabalah tree of life which is
at the base of the pillar of wisdom right below Jupiter
and Neptune. Mars is The Tower of the major arcana, and
is the most celebrated God of the Roman empire which is
the kingdom of Iron, whose rule is exceedingly powerful,
& whose ferocious teeth of iron have mechanized warfare
such that the United States of America is certainly the
most powerful nation on Earth in the past 30,000 years:
"And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron:
forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth
all things: and as iron that breaketh all these,
shall it break in pieces and bruise"-Daniel 2:40
The sidereal modality of Mars is Phrygian-ascending and
Dorian-descending in the chromatic C and G, which tones
correspond to Aries-inferior & Scorpio-superior, respec-
tively. These are The Devil & Death of the major arcana,
which archetypes manifest in the court-yard of the King
of Wands and courtyard of the Queen of Cups also respec-
tively. Ambition, Self, War, Vitality, Brutality, Bully,
Brute, Violence, Madness, Martial, Military, Sanguinary.
These are just a few of many epithets exclusive to Mars,
who the Romans honored over Jupiter as chief God of War,
and so The Tower symbolizes mans unconquerable conquest,
the Devil & Death, terrors which only Jesus did conquer.
The harshness of Mars exemplifies the asperated letters,
as Ra is hard, and aR is soft. Both "R" sounds, but one
begins with a letter while the other ends with it, thus
softening the impact of the hard "R" sound. Each of the
seven double-lettered planets demonstrates this quality,
as the Moon is Da and aD, Mercury is Ba and aB, Jupiter
is Pa and aP, Saturn is Ka and aK, Venus Ta and aT, and
the Sun is Ga and aG. Try pronouncing the harsh letters
by exhaling, and compare that sound with gentle inhales
by saying the letter backwards. Exhale "Ra", inhale "aR"
and so on, to reinforce these "double-lettered" planets.
The sidereal pitchkey of Mars is E above middle C, thus
if you begin on E, play all white keys up and down from
there while pronouncing aR descending then Ra ascending.
Ra is pushing out into the realm of matter, while aR is
replenishing and revitalizing the spent blood, for each
inhale is followed by an exhale, breathe in breathe out.
The harsh by letters begins on the letter and runs away
up the scale. The soft by letters returns to the letter.
These are fundamental principles for practicing kabalah,
which is to practice the tarot, astrology and the bible
as one unified practice not three separate practices as
the gentiles would have you believe--so be not deceived!
Even the letters of the alphabet are rooted in a common
and very ancient language around the postdiluvian world
"these are the families of the sons of Noah after their
generations in their nations: and by these were nations
divided in the earth after the flood....the whole earth
was of one language and of one speech" Ge 10:32-11:1 AV.
The teaching of division and discord among humans dates
back long before the flood--ages before circa 30,000 BC
to about 200,000 BC according to Edgar Cayce's readings.
This is fundamental to learning astrology, that there's
no new thing under the Sun. It has all been done before,
and it'll be done again and again in future epochs long
after our present age is utterly eradicated & forgotten.
King Solomon knew it, as did many wise kings & queens a
hundred thousand years before King David was in diapers.
Astrology is as old as the alphabet of the major arcana,
i.e., twenty-two pronounced letters of the sidereal and
synodic symbols of ten planets and their twelve ensigns.
Precisely as the letters are common to kabalah, tarot &
astrology, so too is human pronunciation of the letters
integral to their power and meaning. Letters have power,
words have power. The spoken word has far greater power
than words silently read, since the 22 letters of words
are symbolic of the ten vast regions of the planets and
the twelve tremendous powers they exert to the Earth in
harmony with their synodic aspects superior or inferior.
Remember that it's the substantial obliquity of Earth's
rotation to the Sun which resulted from Autumn & Even's
banishment from the Garden of Eden c. 200,000 years ago,
and is the cause of Earth's sidereal-daily oscillations
in her meridian houses which transliterate into discord,
in direct correlation to degrees of fallen-human nature.
And so Adam & Eve fell some 23 degrees from uprightness.
As with the other planets, Mars is absolutely vital for
the very existence of this solar system and all life in
it. How then is "self" the enemy of mankind? The ego is
that Martian component of self which makes war with the
other self running away to conquer, pillage and plunder,
to strike hard as a ram's horns against formidable prey,
gaining the upper hand by the head of Ares, the mind of
war, by blood engorged to the gratification of self, as
the symbol for Mars portrays the sexual erection of man
whose seed is in himself. Recall Mars-Day in Gen 1:9-13:
"And God saith, 'Let the waters under the heavens
be collected unto one place, and let the dry land
be seen' and it is so. And God calleth to the dry
land 'Earth', and to the collection of the waters
He hath called Seas and God seeth that it is good.
And God saith, 'Let the earth yield tender grass,
herb sowing seed, fruit-tree (whose seed is in it-
self) making fruit after its kind, on the earth':
and it is so. And the earth bringeth forth tender
grass, herb sowing seed after its kind, and tree
making fruit (whose seed is in itself) after its
kind; and God seeth that it is good; and there
is evening and there is morning--day the third"
The Hebrew-Egyptian priest Ra-Moses was schooled in the
finest academy in then Mit Ruhaynah (Memphis) just east
of the Pyramids along the Nile. The Vulcan priests were
consummate astrologers and metaphysicians, so Moses was
well-versed in the ancient Egyptian creation myth as is
redacted in his now world's most famous Genesis account,
the opening scroll of the Torah. Some believe that this
ancient account is written in some numerological "code",
no doubt because order cannot help but to emerge out of
chaos or any seemingly random or unconnected variations
in a system. There are but ten planets and twelve signs,
hence the 22 letters of the common ancient alphabet. It
is no mere coincidence that some order or another rises
out of any thing that is carefully studied and analyzed.
The very action of observing a system has direct effect
on its outcome however imperceptible or immeasurable it
may be. Thus "bible codes" emerge out of those who read
the Torah, as much as out of the letters and words them-
selves. Personally I've not seen one iota of compelling
evidence for hidden bible codes, merely unsubstantiated
claims for their presence as unwarranted leaps of faith
in combination with ill-founded & misstated conclusions.
At least, we know for a fact that the letters symbolize
the ten sidereal planets and the twelve synodic ensigns
they make to the Earth from their positions superior or
inferior--ergo planets either returning or running away
from the Earth by their radial motion and velocity. The
sound of each letter and word pronounced by human vocal
cords is the true articulatory basis of their symbology,
i.e., articulated first by word of mouth, thereafter by
written form. Since man was created in the image of the
Gods, so human speech audibly expresses the language of
the Gods which are the ten planets & their twelve signs.
Every part of the human body inside and out, from every
hair on your head to the tip of your toenails, from the
subatomic building blocks of matter to every living and
dead cell throughout your body including the space your
body occupies, the gestalt and sum total of the body is
precisely the expression of the Gods who created humans
from the beginning in our own image as spiritual beings.
So how come we don't look like the planets? That's just
it, as souls we experience each planetary consciousness
in that environment or dimension of super-consciousness,
each soul individually and every soul collectively part
of that vast region of experience, as it brings to bear
its planetary influence upon the Earth from its dynamic
position in space and time. Furthermore, it is a soul's
collective experience in each of the heavens beyond the
Earth and returning to this tenth heaven which is Earth,
it is these collective souljourns which causes psyche's
consciousness to exist and to evolve in the first place.
We see Mars at a distance from Earth, but then everyone
has also seen Mars up close and personal, as discarnate
souls sojourning many times over in the fifth heaven of
the solar system. Our very souls were born of that cons-
ciousness of the ten planets gestalted together as I AM
this solar system and all life in it, all history of it,
and all of its destiny composed in the ever-present now.
Each soul herein is connected by their experiences here
on Earth and sojourning to the nine heavens above Earth.
It's "being there" that enables the astrological forces
of planets and between planets, in this sphere and just
outside of it. All of our incarnations on Earth combine
to the present circumstances of our earthly body, which
is rightly called the temple of the Gods, where one God
is creator, sustainer, and destroyer of all ten heavens
in every solar system in every galaxy in every universe.
It's all that we mere mortals can do to experience just
one God as one planet at a time in the midst of all ten
in this one solar system. Hence, the God of this system
is the I AM of all ten constituent heavens who complete
it, unique to our solar system yet part of the universe.
When we read the Genesis account of creation, the first
six days reflect our God-consciousness of this creation
from the beginning as Gods manifesting in this realm of
matter. Collectively we are the Elohiym, not having any
beginning or end, only the present eternally, to be pre-
sent in eternity. That is who we are. Wherever the Gods
have been there each and every one of us as "I AM" were
also, not separate from but rather as part of the whole.
Does that make us each a God in our own birthright? Yes
according to the testimony of Jesus-Christ it certainly
does! Not as any of us could ever be certain but by the
grace of God we're instructed by the source that we are
indeed Gods in our own right: "I have said, Ye are gods
and all of you are children of the most High."-Psa 82:6.
"Jesus answered Is it not written...I said Ye are gods?"
(John 10:34). Thus, the words we human beings speak and
write are empowered by the Gods for whom the letters of
creation have been imbued with divine expressive powers.
Thus the reverence we hold for the Gods is conferred on
the sacred letters, by which we articulate their divine
expression which is audible and comprehensible to human
hearing. I.e., while one may or may not understand this
subject matter, (s)he can still comprehend the language
being spoken, for the most part. Also, as it was nearly
thirty thousand years ago, one common language is being
spoken across the globe, and that language is of course
English. Within the next couple of decades, everyone on
Earth will have some fluency in English, in addition to
their native tongue, since English is fast becoming the
de jure language of money and commerce around the world.
As with any pursuit, this comes down to motivation, the
necessity of progress--which is the mother of invention.
The common usage of English has propelled it to the top
of the language curve by the motive force of propulsion,
incentive, money, and more importantly the buying power
that money gives you. The US Dollar is the most popular
unit of exchange. Even those who don't speak English do
know what the word "dollar" and "change" means, quarter,
dime, nickle and penny, all English words, and they can
count from one to a hundred in English without breaking
a sweat. Words like "yes" or "no", "thank you" or "buy"
and "sell", any of the common English words of commerce
are in their vocabulary. The British set out to conquer
the world centuries ago. Their colonizing the new world
quickly saw the USA rise to power, eventually to become
the most powerful nation in recorded history, with many
races, cultures and religions being accommodated in the
homogeneity of American citizenship, surviving and thri-
ving under the rubric umbrella of our US government and
her international military superiority, accomplished as
much by the power of the US Dollar as by military might.
Hence the slogan "IN GOD WE TRUST" pertains directly to
articulating the letters and words by human vocal cords,
to humans seeing these language symbols in print, or on
the computer or television screen, anywhere the numbers
and letters appear to us those symbols are based on the
major arcana, which itself is rooted in the ten planets
and twelve signs of judicial astrology. Even the "rock"
of ages is ones acknowledgment to the Messiah by who is
the person who pronounces it. It's written in the Bible:
"When Jesus ... asked his disciples, Whom do men say
that I ... am? And they said Some say that thou art
... one of the prophets. He saith ...But whom say ye
that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou
art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus
answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon
Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it
unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I
say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon
this rock I will build my church; and the gates of
hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give
unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and
whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound
in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth
shall be loosed in heaven. Then charged he his dis-
ciples that they should tell no man that he was
Jesus the Christ."--Matthew 16:13-20 AV
You see Peter didn't say to just anyone who Messiah the
Prince is but confessed to Messiah Himself right to his
face who He is. The Messiah asked Peter a question, and
Peter answered Him. That's what was meant by the author
of the gospel "According to Matthew". The foundation of
the ekklesia, the body of Christ, was never intended to
be a "building" as a church, synagogue or mosque, or an
ashram as a community gathering place. But the words on
the lips of a human being in answer to the Messiah that
indeed He is "Christ", which is the Anointed Son of God.
The innate power of the human voice is the rock of ages
by our affirmation of who is the Christ in His presence.
Such is the power of the spoken word. The letters which
comprise the alphabet are symbolic instructions of that
spoken sound. While the proto-alphabet has evolved into
many different languages over the millennia, its origin
is the spoken word, literally in our human capacity for
speech. The fact that we humans can voice the sounds of
the alphabet, that's the root of alphabetical symbology
or diagrammatics by use of ones human mouth, lips, nose,
teeth, throat, and tongue, in order to speak a language
and verbally communicate by uttering various associated
sounds like a "sigh" of relief. That's what letters are,
written instructions for how to verbalize ones thoughts
and ideas, emotions, feelings, reactions or other human
responses to both internal and external stimuli in life.
Even sign language for the deaf, brail language for the
blind, semaphore, smoke signals, psychic telepathy, all
forms of communication rely on the quality of reception
and recognition of the type of signals thus transmitted.
It is said that it's much easier to observe personality
traits in others than it is in ourselves. How one commu-
nicates with others is not limited to spoken or written
words of course, but extends to include every aspect of
a person's behavior, each nuance of a person's demeanor,
every last gram of expression demonstrated by that soul
in that body--ideally favoring that person's talent for
contributing to the betterment of society, and the well-
being of others. Either that, or pathological disorders
are sure to rear their ugly head as criminal tendencies,
insanity with its short-term and long-term consequences,
irreversibly detrimental to themselves no doubt but all
too often those around them fall victim to their lunacy.
Statistically, however, Mars souljourners are seldom in
that category. Even Edgar Cayce questioned how it could
be that his Uranus souljourn was put to good use, as he
sought in earnest to help others, but many Uranus souls
have turned out to be undesirable characters. Some very
much so, like Adolf Hitler, Caligula, Al Capone, Castro,
Aleister Crowley, Saddam Hussein, Charles Manson, Robes-
pierre, Carl Sagan, Albert Schweitzer, and Ariel Sharon,
albeit the last entry has his political hands full with
the tremendous karmic, powderkeg tension in the mideast,
so let's wish him well and hope Uranus finds Temperance
in his Aquarian aspect. Otherwise, we're all in trouble.
Mars souljourners include such notables as Isaac Asimov,
Bill Clinton, Robert De Niro, Edie Falco, Sigmund Freud,
Vincent van Gogh, JohnPaulII, Carl Jung, Bruce Lee, Tim
McVeigh, Friedrich Nietzsche, Pablo Picasso, EdgarAllen
Poe, and Immanuel Velikovsky. Clearly, a more desirable
clientele is attributable to Mars than it is to Uranian
souls--hands down. No wonder, then, that Mars places at
the base of the pillar of wisdom, and not the pillar of
severity. Rather the Sun, Apollo, enjoys that privilege.
The victory of Mars is called "natsach" (Strong's 05329
Heb. "xun", pronounced naw-tsakh', var. "netsach" 05331
Heb. "xun", pronounced neh'-tsakh or nay'-tsakh), chief,
head, director, preeminent, enduring, perpetual, always.
Think about that. The perpetual-ness of self. No matter
where *you* go, there *you* are. This is Mars eternally.
Essentially, ones understanding of Mars' eternalness is
vital to his or her self-destruction: destroyer of self,
knight of the mutable quadruplicity of court-yards, the
changeability, augmentation, tendency to instigate epic
and permanent changes to the status quo. That's mutable.
As the orbit of Venus is encompassed by Mars' orbit, so
the ensigns of Venus are adjoined with Mars' ensigns in
the chromatic zodiac of the superior & inferior aspects
that the planets make to Earth relative to the Sun. The
innate quality of Venus is beauty, corresponding to the
tarot trump of Empress in the major arcana, as the word
for beauty in ancient Hebrew is "tipharet" (08597 hrapt
tiph'arah tif-aw-raw' or trapt tiph'ereth tif-eh'-reth).
Notably, the Hebrew word for Justice is ts@daqah (06666
hqdu tsed-aw-kaw' or 06663 qdu tsadaq tsaw-dak'), which
corresponds to tarot "Justice", and the superior ensign
of Libra. Notably the Hebrew word for Scales of justice
is "mo'zen" (03976 Nzam mo-zane' or Mynzam, 0239 scales
or balances). Venus' inferior ensign is Taurus, "desire"
or in Hebrew t@shuwqah (08669 hqwvt tesh-oo-kaw'), lust
(05315 vpn nephesh) and other epithets befitting Taurus,
our passion for life, for breathing as the living human.
This is important to know, because Venus & Mars in myth
are closely associated, so in consideration of Venus we
can see her through the eyes of Mars & hear her through
the ears of Mars, and so on. As it is said Beauty is in
the eye of the beholder, much as a man sees a beautiful
woman through his admiring masculine vantage point. The
view is reversed regarding how Mars appears to Venusian
eyes, as observing the aggressor through eyes of beauty.
The great danger of Mars is ego, the receding aspect of
Mars which is transliterated by the letters into terres-
trial Aries. This transliteration process is the direct
interaction of the sidereal & synodic orbits of planets
from their positions to the Earth, thus is absolutely a
function of the 84 key signatures of the Gods, which is
charted in my last book, Compleat Light & Sound, and is
published on the following URLs public domain as always:
*Min's Key Signatures Of The Gods,
includes signs, decans & pentads:
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=SJH6U5U1377...@Gilgamesh-frog.org
*Min's Compleat Light & Sound:
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=HIDW4JQJ3776...@Gilgamesh-frog.org
*Min's Compleat Tarot Manual:
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=DYR1OZ323776...@Gilgamesh-frog.org
Consider the sequence of the hierarchical order made by
the ten planets and their twelve aspects beginning with
the planets' sidereal orbits and the geocentric ensigns
they make to Earth. These compose the major arcana, and
are archetypal by definition, existing in the mind, but
conceptual points in space along the plane of the eclip-
tic have no z-axis, and therefore don't exist in the 3D
universe, which is thoroughly described in chapters one
through three hereinbefore. In this initial instance of
the planets & signs, aspects are being continually made
by the planets' geocentric longitude along zero latitude
of the short-term mean Earth-Sun plane aka the ecliptic.
See how the Sun's position is not only being considered
as a point in space but also the infinite set of points
along the 2D plane of the ecliptic intersects the light
reaching Earth's geocenter, from the light-corrected di-
rection of each planet. I.e., the planet is slightly in
front of the light making the light itself--more at the
speed of light--correlated to that light's intersection
along the ecliptic as seen from the center of the Earth.
That is the precise definition of what the major arcana
symbolizes within our solar system as viewed from Earth,
that these aspects are made strictly along the ecliptic,
and more importantly, the entire solar system and stars
in the caelestial background are referenced to just one
point and one point only, i.e. the conceptual geocenter
of Earth, whose number is "0" as Pluto, 10 as the Earth
(ref. chapter 13, Pluto, the geocentric "white pebble").
One more URL which I must emphatically reiterate is the
following page which embodies dozens of relevant charts:
*Min's Ancient Kabalah & Astro-Reference Charts:
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=3FS7FMJ63777...@Gilgamesh-frog.org
Just as the sovereign astrologue must adjudicate charts
in recognition of the event for which each chart is cal-
culated, so too the musical, astronomical, astrological
and kabalah charts on the above link must be understood
by its application. In this sense the judicial tarot is
the best teaching tool in existence. Bookmark this link,
study the parameters of each of the seventy-eight cards
since these are exactly right, whereas every other deck
is rife with errors. I've typeset & printed these cards
earlier this year, and furthermore I posted lo-res, b/w
graphics showing the basic layout, used for instruction:
*Min's Compleat Tarot Pak:
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=818HYSTV37...@Gilgamesh-frog.org
The temperament of Mars is especially outstanding since
ones temper needn't be harsh, destructive or out of con-
trol. The triplicity of fire is composed of king, queen
and knight of wands (clubs), and is articulated by Shin
or Sigma, the "s" sound produced from the center of the
closed front teeth, reminiscent of the hissing sound of
a snake, thus the letter "s" is associated with "tooth",
and is the last of the three alphabetized "mothers" per
sepher yetzyrah, which is based on the ancient chaldaic
letters of Abraham many thousands of years older. There
are of course the two other alphabetical mothers, Aleph
or Alpha, the "a" sound associated with Arcturus 29 Vir,
alpha Bootes a.k.a. "herdsman", "oxhead" or "ox-driver"
which marks the beginning of caelestial Libra. I should
like to point out that Aquarius, as symbolized by water,
really refers to the water-bearer, where superconscious
energies originate in spirit, hence Aquarius is pouring
water as spirit is poured out on the sons and daughters
of the most high. The ensign of Aquarius is made by the
malefic aspect of Saturn receding and naturally benefic
aspect of Ouranos, the caelestial firmament, fixed just
as the 1000 & two stars are fixed, and so Aquarius is a
fixed sign. Note also, the sidereal consonance with the
Moon is Uranus' innate Aeolian modality, where the Moon
rules Cancer, king or creator of the unconscious, "cups"
or "hearts" by suit, and Aquarius is queen or sustainer
of consciousness, "swords" or "spades" by suit. This is
covered thoroughly in my Compleat Tarot Manual, and the
clear modal relationship between muses Klio & Urania is
made by their shared Aeolian modality, though Uranus is
adding the bass sidereal pitchkey of 'A' below middle C,
making the mode of Uranus the first to exceed the seven
sidereal keys of the first seven planets via adding the
bass A to Klio's seven-key Aeolian mode. I mention this
again, since there have been some astrologers who don't
understand the nature of triplicities & quadruplicities,
who instead have attempted in vain to denigrate such un-
derstanding in lieu of intelligence, apparently--either
that, or they just somehow missed the musical rudiments
of the universe and everything and everyone in it. I'll
happily accept the latter explanation, because the mind
is the beginning of wisdom, certainly not the end of it.
The last mother-letter is Mem or Mu, ergo the "m" sound
associated with "water" or the "m"-like sign of Scorpio,
the purified sign of Mars. Remember, the reason we call
superior aspects of planets "purified", is because they
are in sinful aspect during inferior motion i.e. moving
away from the Earth by radial velocity, until they draw
close enough by synodic aspect to the Sun as to be lost,
hence "consumed" by the Sun, until superior conjunction
when that planet is "born again". For Mercury and Venus,
these "purified" Gods become visible at sufficient elon-
gation in the evening skies after sunset. While planets
beyond Earth's sidereal orbit, beginning with Mars, are
seen in early morning hours before sunrise. So when you
think of Mercury & Venus as purified Gods who died from
their sinful nature and were born again, purged by fire,
baptised by Apollo as it were, think of them in evening
after sunset. Likewise, think of Mars, Jupiter & Saturn
as superior or born again in the morning before sunrise.
Thus, the consciousness of Mars is in the eye of the be-
holder. Anything which can be beheld, there Aries is to
do the looking. This is a difficult task for some since
the Devil is indeed the Arian archetype, and no one can
easily accept that they them-selves are the Devil. Much
rather we should blame the Devil for all of our sorrows,
and explain to St. Peter at the pearly gates "the devil
made me do it" ad nauseam. Essentially, the Devil makes
us do it because we're self-serving and self-preserving,
the keyword and common denominator being oneself. After
all, we have placed the blame squarely where it belongs,
so don't be too harsh on the poor old sod. Every planet
has at least several popular attributions, Mars as well,
but the principal quality of Mars is assuredly Ambition.
When used in service of others that's a good thing, but
self-serving desire is the very essence of that serpent
called the Devil, Satan, the most evil malevolent force
in the universe. The moral is Be sure to include others
in your plans, and be certain your plans benefit others.
Recall from First-Corinthians fifteen the passage about
the sting "O death where is thy sting? O grave where is
thy victory?" from verses thirty-five through fifty-six
especially by exact reference to the scorpion/skorpios/
aqrab and victory/nikos/netsach, in English, Greek, and
Hebrew, respectively. The astrology of the bible vastly
surpasses all other theologies bar none, since in astro-
logical theology we're fully cognizant that the elohiym
in biblical context does in fact refer to the Gods, and
that the ten vast regions and the twelve powerful signs
indeed refer explicitly to the ten planets of our solar
system and the twelve aspects they make to planet Earth.
When the bible is understood in light of astrology, and
classical mythology, and the ancient not modern kabalah,
the entire codex of old and new testament books springs
to life and that's what judicial astrology is all about.
There's an ancient Roman motto which spells it out pris-
tinely, heaven-in-practice is the habitation of God and
wholly by election; from the original Latin cir. 440 AD,
COELVM EMPIREVM HABITACVLVM DEI ET OMNIVM ELECTORVM, as
the best ancient astronomers & astrologers did practice,
just as any astronomer & astrologer today does practice
if (s)he is initiated in spirit, otherwise they can not
possibly embrace even the pristine reality of the stars:
Orbit Ancient Name Place/Planet Muse/Mode Goddess
X Primum Mobile Earth/Pluto Mnemosyne Memory
IX Annum Mobile Seasons/Neptune Thalia Comedy
VIII Caelest.Firma. Stars/Uranus Urania Astronomy
VII SATVRNI Saturn Polihymnia Hymnody
VI IOVIS Jupiter Euterpe Melody
V MARTIS Mars Eratho Lyric
IV SOLIS Sun Melpomene Tragedy
III VENERIS Venus Terpsicore Dance
II MERCVRII Mercury Kaliope Epic
I LVNE Moon Klio History
The ancients consistently emphasized the muses for each
of the ten heavenly spheres, each of which are numbered
explicitly by their sidereal modality, as the following
excerpted charts do reiterate what I've published in my
book Compleat Tarot Manual towards the end of last year,
helping to understand exactly what the above chart says:
DIATONIC SIDEREAL MODES IN THE OCTAVE
(Orbit, Planet, Pitch, Mode, Muse, Goddess)
S# Pla Key Mod Mus God Relative Middle C
10 Plu C Ion Mne Mem <=C equal middle C
9 Nep B Loc Tha Com <=B below middle C
8 Ura A Aeo Ura Ast <=A below middle C <=bottom
----------------------------------------
7 Sat G Mix Pol Hym <=G above middle C
6 Jup F Lyd Eut Mel <=F above middle C
5 Mar E Phr Era Lyr <=E above middle C
4 Sun D Dor Mel Tra <=D above middle C
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3 Ven C Ion Ter Dan <=C above middle C <=top
2 Mer B Loc Kal Epi <=B above middle C
1 Moo A Aeo Kli His <=A above middle C
DIATONIC SIDEREAL MODE-NOMENCLATURE
(same mode, common ascending, ancient descending)
Tonic Common Ancient Planet Heaven
*C Ionian Lydian Pluto Tenth
*B Locrian Mixolydian Neptune Ninth
*A Aeolian Hypodorian Uranus Eighth
G Mixolydian Hypophrygian Saturn Seventh
F Lydian Hypolydian Jupiter Sixth
E Phrygian Dorian Mars Fifth
D Dorian Phrygian Sun Fourth
C Ionian Lydian Venus Third
B Locrian Mixolydian Mercury Second
A Aeolian Hypodorian Moon First
*NOTE outer planet modes are in the lower octave.
DIATONIC SIDEREAL MODES IN WHOLE & HALF STEPS
# alpha AscendSteps Mode *Species
7 G W-W-H-W-W-H Mixolydian greater w/ b7
6 F W-W-W-H-W-W Lydian greater w/ #4
5 E H-W-W-W-H-W Phrygian lesser w/ b2
4 D W-H-W-W-W-H Dorian lesser melodic
3 C W-W-H-W-W-W Ionian greater natural
2 B H-W-W-H-W-W Locrian lesser w/ b2 b5
1 A W-H-W-W-H-W Aeolian lesser natural
*greater, major, perfect;
lesser, minor, imperfect.
I really like the way that the Martian "Phrygian-Up and
Dorian-Down" sounds. There's something plainly military
about it, making it easy to envision soldiers riding or
marching into battle, then returning victorious to Rome.
This holds true for each planet whose muse is literally
the beginning order or sound quality of that planet, by
its sidereal relationship to the other planets. Mars is
unique in our solar system, given the 100s of anomalous,
apparently man-made monuments decorating its surface in
mute testimony to a once-thriving civilization that was
utterly destroyed by some mad scientists run amuck with
only the asteroid belt and Mars (previously a moon?) or
what new-agers claim was once a great planet, remaining.
While such a remotely plausible theory is impossible to
prove or disprove by orthodox scientific means, notably
the fifth sidereal orbit presently occupied by Mars may
have been transferred from the once greater planet that
Mars simply orbited as its moon. Whatever the case, the
present orbit of Mars certainly does number Mars as the
fifth heaven in our solar system, with its zodiac signs
Aries and Scorpio being the inferior & superior aspects
that Mars makes to Earth relative to the Sun. That much
is certain. And we know for sure that only the Earth is
presently inhabited by humans or human-like beings. The
remnant monuments of Mars could be a lesson in what man-
kind can do when he is left to his own devices, madness!
Because the Earth knows of no more sinister madman than
the one and only Adolf Hitler, a badly-aspected Mars is
trouble in anyone's natal horoscope. It would seem that
Hitler is no exception. Here's his high-precision chart
truncated for brevity. Note badly aspected Mars/Jupiter,
and Hitler's Uranian soul-journ aloft Piscine Ascendant:
Adolf Hitler was born to Alois "Schicklgruber"
& Klara Polzl-Hitler at the Gasthof zum Pommer
Vorstadt Nr. 219 (now Salzburger Vorstadt 15),
Braunau am Inn 5280, Osterreich, at half past
six o'clock in the evening (actually about 20
minutes before sunset) at precise coordinates
13E02:08 48N15:23 LMT (GMT +0:52 Shank's; and
+0:52:09 local meridian). Chart of a murderer!
Sat 20 April 1889 6:30 PM LMT +0:52 13E02:08 48N15:23
19 Nisan 5649 ; Mayan 12.13.14.9.10 ; 13 Cumku ; 9 Oc
Tropical Day: 02:00:48:23 ; Julian Day 2411113.226388
Body Caelestial Latitude r Hs RUL. Velocity
Saturn : 20Can13'37" + 1:09'41" F 10 [R] +0.0112275
Uranus : 26Vir15'25" + 0:39'20" - 12 [-] -0.0418175
Ascendant : 3Lib28'36" __________ 12 | __________
East Point: 15Lib41'30" + 0:00'00" F 1 | __________
Moon : 13Sag23'56" + 0:44'45" - 3 [-] +14.324476
Jupiter : 15Sag00'44" + 0:16'51" R 3 [F] +0.0133015
Fortune : 27Cap39'06" __________ - 4 [-] __________
V.Equinoct: 6Pis46'04" + 0:00'00" 5 | -0.0000385
Mercury : 2Ari26'04" - 1:04'36" - 6 [R] +2.0598850
Sun : 7Ari34'26" + 0:00'00" e 6 [-] +0.9746921
Mars : 23Ari08'51" + 0:09'35" R 7 [F] +0.7184521
Venus : 23Ari27'44" + 6:20'57" F 7 [R] -0.4348315
Vertex : 4Tau04'54" __________ - 7 [R] __________
Neptune : 7Tau36'39" - 1:36'45" - 7 [-] +0.0333144
Pluto : 11Tau26'04" -11:46'50" F 7 [-] +0.0193159
Aldebaran : 15Tau00'00" - 5:28'32" 7 | alTau
MeanLilith: 25Tau57'21" - 2:19'49" F 8 [R] +0.1110426
Spirit : 9Gem18'06" __________ F 8 [-] __________
True Node : 21Gem51'38" + 0:00'00" - 9 [-] -0.0115516
Eart: 0.0000000~
Plut: 49.0078761-
Nept: 30.6882353-
Uran: 17.4187103-
Satu: 8.9063833-
Jupi: 4.7861765+
Mars: 2.4368778-
Venu: 0.3022950+
Sun : 1.0054456+
Merc: 1.3302969-
Moon: 0.0024551-
Node: 0.0026223+
Lili: 0.0027106~
1: Venus [Ari] Con (Ari) Mars - orb: a0:18'
2: Moon (Sag) Con (Sag) Jupiter - orb: a1:36'
3: Moon (Sag) Con (Sag) 3rd Cusp - orb: a0:37'
4: Sun (Ari) Con (Ari) Mercury - orb: a5:08'
5: Mercury (Ari) Con (Ari) Descendant - orb: s1:02'
6: Mars (Ari) Squ (Can) Saturn - orb: s2:55'
7: Sun (Ari) Tri (Sag) Moon - orb: s5:49'
8: Neptune (Tau) Con (Tau) Pluto - orb: a3:49'
9: Venus [Ari] Squ (Can) Saturn - orb: a3:14'
10: Uranus [Vir] Tri (Tau) Lilith - orb: a0:18'
11: Mars (Ari) Sex [Gem] Node - orb: s1:17'
12: Venus [Ari] Sex [Gem] Node - orb: a1:36'
13: Uranus [Vir] Tri (Cap) Fortune - orb: s1:23'
14: Lilith (Tau) Tri (Cap) Fortune - orb: s1:41'
--adjudicated by Daniel Joseph Min 20 November 2001
The fallen Mars inevitably exhibits a short fuse, a bad
temper. Such behavior isn't exclusive to tyrants but is
noticeable in just about anyone with a fallen Mars, and
to the degree Mars is aspected malefic in that person's
horoscope. Hitler's Mars was dreadfully afflicted, with
ruling Venus nearby at just 0.3 AU in very tight orb to
Mars who falls actively to Venus therein. In very sharp
contrast veritable saints such as Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
(see chapter 3) who had a fast temper but not what we'd
call "mad". In her case, Mars fell in Taurus, but Venus
was innate in Gemini while Jupiter was ruling in Pisces,
and she was incarnated from the Jupiter souljourn, much
preferable to Uranus like Hitler's was. So you see it's
the combination of all factors in the horoscope that is
the root cause of proclivities & inclinations in people.
This is demonstrable in every horoscope I've calculated
and adjudicated in my lifetime, and this totals several
hundred documented case histories of famous or infamous
personalities, plus unknown and anonymous personalities.
All you need is the date, time, and place of birth, and
the horoscope can then be precisely charted and deduced.
Unfortunately, orthodox secular-religious scientists do
not acknowledge astrological demonstrability, since the
orthodoxy rejects all astrological success stories with-
out so much as a cursory glance at the evidence. Not as
the gentile masses misrepresent but as the ancient star-
logicians successfully practiced by virtue of their col-
lective knowledge and skills. With only two astrologers
on the planet who shared & preserved this enlightenment,
namely Michel Nostradamus and Edgar Cayce Jr. since the
days of the ancient Parthian magoi, up until March 1998,
no one else in the world had any idea of how to compute
much less adjudicate a real astronomical & astrological
chart--which withstands even the most critical scrutiny
or scientific method. With so few practicing astrologia
iudiciarius, no wonder so few have taught & promoted it.
Self- awareness is beneficial with Venus in the balance.
I like refracting sunlight using prisms & reflecting it
using compact discs since the resulting spectrum splays
out into a brilliant rainbow of colors of intensity not
easily rivaled. In so doing the gradations of color are
perfectly smooth and contiguous, as red looks extremely
red, and between ultra-brilliant blues and greens, cyan
looks extremely cyan analogous to Libra; orange, yellow,
indigo, violet, all seven primary colors and their five
secondaries between them are tremendously fiery & vivid
under the power of direct sunlight, from magenta at the
longest visible wavelength just above infrared, down to
the shortest visible wavelength just below ultra-violet.
The rainbow helps us to see how the planetary aspects &
sidereal orbits work together in harmony (I've analyzed
this extensively in my book on Light & Sound, published
earlier this year). This is just one of many octaves of
the electromagnetic energy spectrum. The sound of music
covers about ten octaves not just one, reminding us how
the astrological forces range from approaching infinity
hertz, down to approaching infinitely long wave-lengths,
spanning galaxies. But since we're created in the image
and likeness of the Gods, it follows that audible sound
& visible light are especially pleasing to the Gods who
can see and hear these wavelengths in the temple of the
living human body. Beyond the five physical senses, man
is born with a wide range of psychic senses which trans-
cend the physical senses a googol of googols times over,
but these also work in harmony with our physical senses.
But here we're looking at the divine pattern of life on
Earth, as the fallen nature of man injects discord into
mans experiences and also into mans perceptions thereof.
When we think of ancient Egypt, and their reverence for
"Ra" or "Re" the sun god, words like "ray" and "radius"
come to mind, since the root of Re, pronounced ray, not
"ree", describes the circle of the Sun, and its radiant
sunlight emanating from its sphere or apparent disc out-
wards into space. So it's no surprise that the letter R
(Heb. Resh & Gk. Rho) means "head" and "fertility", for
Aries and Scorpio, respectively, where the hard R-sound
is Aries, and soft R-sound is Scorpio. For Aries, think
of the Devil in the major arcana, Red, Rust-colored i.e.
ferruginous, Ruddy, Rude, Rough, Rowdy, Rape, Ruin, Rue,
Rugged, Ruler, Rules, Rumpus, Ruthless, Rile, Rip, Riot,
Rupture, Rummage, Rumble, Rudiment, Rout, Rubicon, Rome,
Rubric, Run, Rock, Rope, Rod, Rob, Roast, Roar, Rivalry,
Rite, Rise, Risk, Rigor, Rigid, Rift, Rifle, Rife, Reap,
Raze, Raw, Ravish, Rave, Ravage, Rage, Raunchy, Raucous,
Ram, Radical, Race, etc, and we could add a whole bunch
more words that sound like they start with an "r", such
as wreck, wraith, wrestle, wrong, wrought, and the list
goes on. Similarly, the soft R-sound at the end of morp-
hemes can be found across the alphabet. Other languages,
like German, French, Italian, Spanish are comparable by
common usage of words that begin or end with an R-sound.
The other double-letters for the other six planets show
that their hard sounds tend to be harsher than the soft
usage at the endings of words. Enough about Mars. After
the asteroid belt comes the Jovian Giant mighty Jupiter.
End Chapter 8. See Chapter 9 For Continuation...
Daniel Joseph Min
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