Sagittarius Full Moon

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Sagittarius Full Moon
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Preface

• For those of you who are not familiar with
  esoteric philosophy or do not know it well I
  will remind you that all is energy. Thus you
  should simply relax and try to feel the energy
  rather then concern yourself with knowing all of
  the words.
• During the lecture you can ask questions if you
  wish. After the meditation we will gather for
  coffee/tea and you may also ask questions.

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Why are we here?

• The time of the full moon is a time of
  celebration.
• We celebrate the energy of the SUN.
• The reason is that when the Moon is full it is
  the furthest from the Sun, thus the Suns energy
  is the strongest.
• Thus we celebrate the energy of the Sun through
  meditation and reflection.

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Sagittarius Presentation

• The Sign of Sagittarius
• The Labours of Hercules
• The Full Moon Chart
• - Short Break -
• Meditation
• - Short Break -
• Coffee/Tea - discussion

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The Sign of Sagittarius
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Which sign is the Sun in?

• The Sun is in Sagittarius.

And which sign is the Moon in?
The Moon is in Gemini.
The exact full moon is Saturday, November 24 at
930 AM EST
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Why are we here tonight?

• The time of the full moon there is a direct
  alignment between the energy of the sign the sun
  is in and the affairs of the sign the moon is in.
• Sun - Sagittarius - exerting towards goal after
  goal
• Moon - Gemini - stimulates companions evolution

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Whos a Sagittarius?
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But Im not a Sagittarius!

• I expect some in the room do not have their Sun
  in Sagittarius.
• Still, you may have another planet - or the Moon
  - in Sagittarius.
• And even if you do not the Sagittarius energy
  will still affect you - and, perhaps, as
  importantly those around you.

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The Astrological Symbol for Sagittarius

• Sagittarius is symbolized by the Archerhalf-man,
  half-horse. This symbolizes the Sagittarians
  attempt to free itself from mans animal
  nature. The centaur is thought to symbolize the
  development of the human soul. It symbolizes the
  animal natures and desires of man, as well as its
  spiritual aspirations.

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The Astrological Glyph for Scorpio

• The glyph for Sagittarius is a straightforward
  oneit depicts the archers arrow slung in a bow.
  This glyph symbolizes the desire for direction, a
  higher purpose, and abundance. 

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Sagittarius Constellation
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Sagittarius Constellation
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Mythology of Sagittarius

• The myth behind the astrological sign of
  Sagittarius focuses on Chiron, the kindest and
  gentlest of the Centaurs. While many of these
  half-man, half-horse creatures were stupid and
  violent, Chiron was immortal, with a wise and
  caring nature and a great ability to teach. In
  trying to get rid of the vicious Centaurs
  plaguing the land, Heracles shot Chiron in error.
  The wound was incurable and terribly agonizing,
  but Chiron, as an immortal, could not die.
  Prometheus, the Titan and friend of
  earth-dwellers, managed to help Chiron by making
  him mortal so he could end his earthly existence
  and enter the heavens.

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How does this myth relate to the Sagittarius
characteristics?

• Chirons wound is really the gap between the
  mortal, animal side of him and the immortal,
  god-like side. The reality of tangible, physical
  life is always imperfect, always in a way
  poisoned when compared to the vision he sees. He
  may try to avoid his wound, and throw himself
  into an endless running bout of escape from one
  excitement to another, striving always to avoid
  being alone with their thoughts. The Sagittarius
  who has the courage to face both his vision and
  the reality of his life is rare but should he
  succeed, he is in truth the wounded healer, for
  he has learned compassiona quality which the
  more naïve or blind Sagittarian utterly lacks.

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Energy - Preface

• The difficulty in mentioning the energy of any
  particular sign is that each of us has many
  energies influencing us. One energy is certainly
  the sun sign we are born in, but there are many
  other energies. Some of these would be the other
  astrological elements, our karmic history, our
  rays, our heritage, etc. And then to confuse the
  issue more there is the energies of the
  transiting and progressed planets.

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Energy - Preface

• Additionally there is no best or worst
  energy.
• There is no good or bad energy - as there are
  no good or bad tools - or as, for example,
  electricity is not good or bad.
• In astrology we refer to the energies associated
  with the planets, houses, signs, and
  relationships between them as non-challenging
  or challenging.

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Sagittarius Energy

• As the ninth sign of the zodiac, Sagittarius
  represents the ninth stage in the evolution of
  man and his place in the universe. As Scorpio
  seeks to understand and control with emotional
  power, Sagittarius seeks to understand and
  control with knowledge. Most Sagittarians have an
  intellectual curiosity that covers a wide range
  of subjects. Never try to present Sagittarians
  with facts because they already have an unlimited
  supply which they gladly recite in rapid
  succession. They become bored and restless when
  surrounded by people or circumstances in which
  they have no interest. At such times, they find
  ways to disappear physically or mentally.

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Sagittarius Energy

• Sagittarians would rather learn things on their
  own through travel and experience than endure
  structured classroom environments and routine
  work assignments. However, given opportunities to
  broaden their knowledge and gain experience in
  the world on their own, they become excellent
  teachers and administrators in the very type of
  educational system they once found so
  restricting.

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Sagittarius Energy

• Sagittarians readily adapt to change. This trait
  is a strength because it is a survival mechanism,
  and a weakness because it makes them vulnerable
  to the demands and influence of other people. One
  of their greatest facilities for adapting to
  change is making home wherever they happen to be.

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Main Challenge

• The main challenge, as with each of the astrology
  energies, is to use the energies in a positive
  way. To think above the belt. To be the
  enlightened being. To turn the challenging
  aspects into non-challenging ones.

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SagittariusNon-Challenging Energies

• Frank
• Enthusiastic
• Stimulating
• Optimistic
• Generous
• Candid
• Impulsive
• Open and Honest
• Fair

• Eager
• Sensual
• Carefree
• Sincere
• Good-Judgement
• Adventurous
• Positive Thinker
• Desired by Everyone.

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SagittariusChallenging Energies

• Irresponsible
• Careless
• Frivolous
• Blindly Optimistic
• Aloof
• Blunt
• Rigid
• Overly Critical
• Impatient

• Over-confident
• Boastful
• Demanding
• Domineering
• Tactless
• Unrealistic
• Restless
• Outspoken

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The Exoteric Ruler is Jupiter

• Benevolent Jupiter in Sagittarius seeks truth
  through exoteric expression, recognizing how the
  spiritual manifests on the material.
• When the human Hierarchy is fully awakened to
  spiritual and not simply material possibilities,
  then the work of Jupiter will immediately
  intensify and this beneficent ruler will lead the
  human family into the ways of peace and
  progress. (Esoteric Astrology, Pg. 264)

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The Esoteric Ruler is Earth

• The Earth itself is, on a small scale, also an
  intermediary or a relating planet, because it is
  found ruling both Gemini and Sagittarius and is
  potent, therefore, only within the line of this
  dual relationship, existing between this
  particular pair of opposites. In the Earth a
  great balancing process is going forward between
  two great streams of cosmic energy, emanating the
  one from Sagittarius and the other from Gemini.
  This condition, aided and influenced by Mercury
  and Venus produces the somewhat unusual situation
  in our planet. (Esoteric Astrology, Pg. 362)

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The Hierarchical Ruler is Mars

• Mars carries the war into the very depth of
  circumstance, environment and being, and confers
  at the same time such devotion to the visioned
  objectiveas seen at any particular point upon
  the paththat final failure is rendered
  impossible. (Esoteric Astrology, Pg. 365)

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Ray Rulers for Sagittarius

• Ray 4 which shows humanity (Whos Kingdom is
  alike the Fourth).
• Ray 5 which knows the Truth which lies concealed
  within the mind and form of God.
• Ray 6 which gives the ardor to ascend at any
  cost until the Great Ideal is reached.

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Who are some Sagittareans?

• George Eliot
• Charles De Gaulle
• Rodney Dangerfield
• Billie Jean King
• Jamie Lee Curtis
• Sri Athya Sai Baba, William F. Buckley, Andrew
  Carnegie, John F. Kennedy Jr., Tina Turner, Bruce
  Lee, Jimi Hendrix, Louisa M. Alcott, Mark Twain,
  Winston Churchill, Woody Allen, Bette Midler,
  Randolph Hearst, Francisco Franco, Benjamine
  Crème, Sammy Davis, Jr., Kim Basinger, Emily
  Dickenson, Lee Remick, Patty Duke, Tim Conway,
  Jane Austin, Margaret Mead, Steven Spielberg, etc.

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The Labours of Hercules
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The Labours of Hercules

• The Labours of Hercules is a book by Alice Bailey
  written in 1936 wherein Hercules needs to
  complete 12 tasks one in each sign.
• Each sign represents a different aspect of mans
  development.
• This the story of the individual Christ,
  crucified upon the cross of matter, and
  incarnated in each human being, God, incarnate in
  matter.

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The Labour in Sagattarius

• In this labour, Hercules is instructed to find
  the marsh of Stymphalus and to discover the way
  to flush out the ferocious, man-eating birds who,
  with iron beaks, talons sharpened like swords and
  feathers like steel shafts, wreak havoc among the
  people of Arcadia.

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Hercules completes his task

• For long Hercules searches, until he comes to the
  fetid marsh of Stymphalus. On his approach, the
  birds screech in a raucous chorus, menacing and
  dissonant. Three of the birds, seeing Hercules,
  swoop down to attack him, but standing his
  ground, he wards them off with his heavy club.
  Standing before the marsh, wondering how he would
  rid the place of these birds of prey, he
  remembers the words of his Teacher The flame
  that gleams beyond the mind reveals direction
  sure.

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Hercules completes his task

• At twilight, when the marsh is dense with
  countless birds, Hercules strikes repeatedly on
  two large and brazen cymbals. Bewildered and
  disturbed by so monstrous a noise, the birds,
  with wings wildly flapping, never to return again.

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Interpretation of the myth

• The symbol of Sagittarius is sometimes depicted
  as an archer on a white horse the white horse
  denoting the purified and developed personality,
  whilst the archer represents the one-pointed
  disciple, moving, straight as an arrow, towards
  the goal. Hercules, triumphant and freed from
  illusion in Scorpio, recognised that he still had
  an emotional nature, and found that the birds of
  Stymphalus, especially three of them, had to be
  raised out of the marshes into the clear light of
  day, before he could move on to a greater vision.

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What do the birds represent?

• The three birds represent wrong thought and
  speech. Hercules realised that the lesson of this
  labour was the restraint of speech through the
  control of thought. As long as his thoughts were
  separative and a reflection of his lower nature,
  he would not be able to move further on the
  lighted way. By striking the cymbals Hercules
  managed to raise the birds into the clear air
  where they could be seen and conquered.

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Further Interpretation

• The underlying theme of Sagittarius is that of
  direction or movement towards an identified goal.
  It has been observed that there is no direction
  apart from thought, and that thought is power. In
  the life of the Sagittarian server, these ideas
  reflect an awakening of consciousness to the
  ordered direction of Gods thought and the
  development of a deeper understanding of the
  divine Plan unfolding.

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Sagittarius Full Moon

• Full Moon
• Saturday, November 24, 2007
• 930 AM EST
• Capricorn Full Moon
• Sunday, December 23, 2007
• 817 AM EST
• Capricorn Full Moon Meditation
• Friday, December 21, 2007
• 700 PM EST

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Confusion and crossed wires can often surface
here, primarily because of previously conceived
ideas and expectations. Once weve got it wrong,
one thing leads to another and we can find
ourselves in left field before we know it and
wonder how we got so far from reality. The worst
of it can come when we feel that we must cover up
earlier mistakes with falsehood, hoping it will
all get forgotten in the end. What a tangled web
we weave
Mercury Square Neptune(0 13')
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Creativity is highly emphasized here, as is
empathy, so this would would be an advantage in
the arts or anywhere the care of and service to
humanity is involved religion, counseling, care
giving in general. We can be living proof that we
can get what we want in this life, even if it
first seems like a pipe dream. The key is not
trying to get it all at once, but letting it
develop as opportunity presents itself. Patience
is everything, and the fact that it has its
rewards is something we may not just be proud of
but spread around whenever possible.
Venus Trine Neptune (2 02')
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Actions we take during this period can have some
unusual or unexpected results. It is difficult to
predict what will happen but the potential is for
the outcome to be very beneficial. Under this
influence we may be inspired to do something
unique or quite out of characterthough again,
such actions are apt to have fortunate
consequences.
Mars Trine Uranus (2 56')
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In areas where we are well-prepared, organized
with definite goals, we are in the best position
to take advantage of opportunities that come
along during this period. Nor should we hesitate
to go out and deliberately create opportunities
to demonstrate our experience and maturity. In
areas where we are not as highly structured,
goal-oriented, the people and situations we
encounter under this influence can offer us the
inspiration we need to become better organized,
and help us to lay a more solid foundation for
the type of success we wish to achieve.
Mars Sextile Saturn (3 51')
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Jupiter conjunct Pluto signifies a time where
people have an urge to explore the mysteries of
nature and the universe. Their thinking and
attitudes are analytical and investigative.
Transforming fundamental ideas about human
physical, psychological and mental conditions is
their societal directive.
Jupiter Conjunct Pluto (3 15')
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In our meditation this evening, let us visualise
a common goal for humanity. Groups of men and
women of goodwill bonding together to support
right-human values. Let us use our magical powers
of manifestation, and see this happen. Leaders
and ordinary people alike, afire with goodwill
and humanitarian vision, acting in concert for
the good of mankind as a whole.
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Seed Thought for Sagittarius

• I see the goal. I reach the goal and see another.