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Care of the soul within the form: awakening the transpersonal
| Mutable complement: | Pisces |
|---|---|
| Rays: | Ray 2, Ray 6 |
| Othodox ruler: | Mercury |
| Esoteric ruler: | Vulcan |
| Hierarchical ruler: | Jupiter |
| Esoteric decanates: | 1st: Mercury, 2nd: Saturn, 3rd: Venus |
| Retrogressive motto: | Let matter reign |
| Virgo triangles: |
Virgo in detail
Details to follow.
Decanates
According to Sepharial, the three decanates into which Virgo is divided are governed by the Sun, Venus and Mercury, whilst Alan Leo gives us Mercury, Saturn and Venus. I would remind you here of a point which is oft forgotten by astrologers; this is that, in the case of the disciple, Mercury and the Sun are interchangeable terms. When the disciple becomes aware that he is himself Mercury, the Son of Mind, and therefore one with the universal Christ, the “Sun and yet the Son of God” (as it is esoterically called), he is then an initiate. Therefore, Leo’s assignment of rulers is the truly esoteric one. When the disciple knows Saturn as the God who offers opportunity and does not only feel him to be Deity who brings disaster, then he is on the path of discipleship in truth and in deed and not just theoretically. When Venus is the source of wisdom and the expression of the transmutation of the mind into intuition and of intellect into wisdom, then he is ready for initiation. He is rapidly achieving liberation. The weakness of the rulers of the decanates as given by Sepharial lies in the fact that as both Mercury and the Sun are one, the choice is therefore redundant; he omits Saturn and because of this omission, esoterically speaking, the “door is not open.” {page no.?}