True
Power is the Power
To
Help Life as a Whole
Carlos Cardoso
Aveline
Starting around 23
July, the zodiacal sign of Leo, or Lion, expands in human hearts luminous virtues
like courage, love and loyalty.
Ruled by the Sun, Leo enlightens life as a whole. It stimulates
both generosity and self-confidence, and the two are necessary for people to be
sincere.
Selfish forms of pride must be avoided when the Sun is
in Leo for they are shallow distortions of self-esteem and lead but to losses
of time and disappointment.
Leo is a sign of kingship, of royalty, of enduring
leadership and authentic nobility of heart.
An Eastern Master of the Wisdom mentioned three
qualities that are needed by those who seek for divine knowledge, and which relate
to the higher aspects of Leo-consciousness. He said that the student must bear
always in mind a few words of Tennyson:
“Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control,
These three alone lead life to sovereign power.” [1]
Leo is the fifth sign of the Zodiac. Here the soul
experiences life from the point of view of its center. The solar fire of Leo irradiates
strength and vitality to those around. The sign is “a time of abundant growth
and glorious warmth”.
In physical and spiritual terms, Leo and the Sun rule
the heart of human beings. Psychologically, “Leo represents the search for self
through the creative urge and a desire to affect the immediate environment so
that it reflects favourably the individual identity of the ego.” [2]
Leo profoundly needs to be seen as a reliable leader
whose goodwill is authentic.
The sign of the Sun demonstrates that being a king or
head of state means living to benefit the people. Real power is the power of
helping all life. In order to be happy, a Leo person needs to live so as to
serenely benefit others from a position and attitude that is innerly firm,
luminous, and stable.
Leo, Gold and
the Seven Rays
Helena Blavatsky writes that “the Sun is the giver of
life to the whole planetary system; the Moon is the giver of life to our globe”.
[3]
The sign of Leo correlates to gold among metals and transmits
to men the sunny magnetism of the centre of existence. “Leo responds to life’s
stimuli with an enthusiastic but steady spirit, offering a constant strength to
any pursuit”. [4]
There is a collective dimension to our king-star, for
the Sun has seven mystic rays, which
apply to the different states of consciousness.
Blavatsky writes:
“The names of the Seven Rays - which are, Sushumna, Harikesa,
Viswakarman, Viswatryarchas, Sannaddha, Sarvavasu and Swaraj - are all
mystical, and each has its distinct application in a distinct state of
consciousness, for occult purposes. The Sushumna,
which, as said in the Nirukta (II,
6), is only to light up the moon, is the ray nevertheless cherished by the
initiated Yogis. The totality of the Seven Rays spread through the Solar system
constitute, so to say, the physical Upadhi
(basis) of the Ether of Science; in
which Upadhi, light, heat, electricity, etc., etc., - the forces of orthodox
science - correlate to produce their terrestrial effects. As psychic and
spiritual effects, they emanate from, and have their origin in, the supra-solar
Upadhi, in the ether of the Occultist - or Akasha.” [5]
The energy of Leo is septenary, therefore. It includes
at the same time the contrast and the unity between Earth and Sky. Contrast invites us to learn and evolve. The alchemy
of self-knowledge makes it possible for the heat of the Sun and Leo to become
light, and for a narrow light to gradually emerge as universal love and knowledge,
or Spiritual Light.
Blavatsky explains:
“Light and heat are the ghost or shadow of matter in
motion.”
And she quotes from Leslie’s “Fluid Theory of Light
and Heat”, in a footnote:
“There is no fundamental difference between light and
heat … each is merely a metamorphosis of the other … Heat is light in complete
repose. Light is heat in rapid motion. Directly light is combined with a body,
it becomes heat; but when it is thrown off from that body it again becomes
light.” [6]
The higher duty of the Leo person is to liberate the
energies of life - given by the Sun - from mere outward forms, and to make sure
that the soul can use the outward forms without becoming their prisoner. Such a
transcendence task is shared by the
other signs of the zodiac.
Pride results from the false identification of life
with the outward or personal form. Real majesty, on the other hand, is the
product of a basic understanding: that true light cannot be limited by outward
encasements.
Every being has the Leo factor in his or her inner
nature and astrological chart. All forms of life possess a profound dignity in
themselves. The “royal blood” of the Sun is present in every atom of our solar
system.
There are no boundaries for the sun’s spiritual light.
We all are therefore descendants of Atma, which represents the spirit of stars.
Every man and woman has royal blood in their spiritual veins, and they must learn
to act accordingly, sooner or later.
Placidness for the Spirits of Fire
The process of self-improvement is complex and takes
time. Life is not always easy, and Fire is the element corresponding to Leo. As
Stephen Arroyo discusses the relationship of signs to elements, he quotes
Paracelsus. The nature spirits that correspond to the element Fire are the
salamanders, and they can be controlled chiefly through placidity.
Arroyo clarifies:
“The Fire signs [Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius] can curb
the extreme uses of their energy by consciously cultivating a tranquil, placid
state of contentment. If the fire signs can learn this art of calmly accepting
life in the here and now, they would avoid a great deal of stress and wasted
energy.” [7]
Whenever a student of philosophy understands the septenary
character of the Sun, he can have a better relationship in his daily existence with
the spiritual essence of celestial life.
NOTES:
[1] “Letters From the Masters of the Wisdom - First Series”,
TPH, Adyar, India, 1948 edition, pp. 205-206.
[2] “Illustrated A-Z of Understanding
Star Signs”, general editor Kim Farnell; Flame Tree Publishing, London, Printed
in China, 2002, 224 pp., see p. 106.
[3] “The Secret Doctrine”, volume I,
p. 386.
[4] “Illustrated A-Z of Understanding
Star Signs”, general editor Kim Farnell; Flame Tree Publishing, London, Printed
in China, see p. 106.
[5] “The Secret Doctrine”, volume I,
p. 515, footnote.
[6] “The Secret Doctrine”, volume I,
the same p. 515, another footnote.
[7] From “Astrology, Psychology, and the Four Elements”,
by Stephen Arroyo, M.A. The subtitle of the volume is “An Energy Approach to
Astrology & Its Use in the Counseling Arts”. CRCS Publications, California,
USA, 191 pp., 1975, see p. 107.
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The article “The Lesson of the Sun in
Leo” was published on the associated websites on 19 August 2020.
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See in the
associated websites the articles “The Lesson of the Sun in Pisces”,
“The Lesson of the Sun in Aries”,
“The Lesson of the Sun in Taurus”
and “The Lesson of the Sun in Gemini”.
A study about the
different levels of human action and perception is presented in “The Seven Principles of Consciousness”. The connection between mortal soul and
spiritual soul is discussed in the article “Antahkarana, the Bridge to Sky”.
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Read more on the
dialogue between the sky and the earth:
* “The Magic of the Moon”; and
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