RAY AS TROLOGY:

EXTRA-Z0D IACAL EN ERGYS

AN D TRAN S F ORMATION
B y David Kesten an d Peggy Pillsbu ry

E sot er ic Ast r ology by Alice A. Ba iley pr esen t s Th ey expr ess t h e Ra y qu a lit ies:
r evolu t ion a r y con cept s. Am on g t h em is t h e
ger m of a n ew Ast r ology t h a t fa cilit a t es r e- Ra y I-Vu lca n Ra y 2 -J u pit er Ra y 3 - Sa t u r n
iden t ifica t ion wit h ou r Mon a dic sou r ce a n d t h e Ra y 4-Mer cu r y Ra y 5 - Ven u s Ra y 6 - Nept u n e
Seven Ra ys. Th ese Seven Ra ys com e t o ou r Ra y 7 - Ur a n u s
sola r syst em a n d pla n et a r y bein g (t h e Logos of
t h e E a r t h ) via t h e seven r a ys in t h e Gr ea t Th ey a r e a r r a n ged fr om left t o r igh t in ou r
Bea r . Th ey a r e t r a n sm it t ed t o ou r Su n via dia gr a m . exot er ic a n d esot er ic r u ler sh ip for t h e
t h r ee con st ella t ion s for ea ch r a y. Aft er bein g sign s a r e:
t r a n sfor m ed by ou r Su n , t h ey a r e t r a n sfigu r ed
by t h e p la n et s in ou r s ola r s ys t em t h a t Ar ies - Ma r s a n d Mer cu r y
e xot e r ica lly a n d e s ot e r ica lly r u le e a ch Gem in i - Mer cu r y a n d Ven u s
con st ella t ion . Leo - Su n a n d Su n
F or exa m p le, t h e F ir s t Ra y of Will or Libr a - Ven u s a n d Ur a n u s
P ower com es t o t h e Su n for t r a n sfor m a t ion via Sa git t a r iu s - J u pit er a n d E a r t h
Ar ies, Leo a n d Ca pr icor n . Ar ies is exot er ica lly Aqu a r iu s - Ur a n u s a n d J u pit er
r u led by Ma r s a n d es ot er ica lly r u led by Ta u r u s-Ven u s a n d Vu lca n
Mer cu r y. Ca p r icor n is exot er ica lly a n d Ca n cer - Moon a n d Nept u n e
es ot er ica lly r u led by S a t u r n a n d Leo is Vir go - Mer cu r y a n d Moon
exot er ica lly a n d esot er ica lly r u led by t h e Su n . Scor pio- Ma r s/P lu t o
So t h e pla n et s Ma r s, Mer cu r y, Sa t u r n a n d t h e Ca pr icor n - Sa t u r n a n d Sa t u r n
Su n t r a n sfigu r e t h e F ir st Ra y en er gy befor e it P isces -J u pit er /Nept u n e a n d P lu t o 2
r ea ch es t h e E a r t h . Th is is t o be dist in gu ish ed
fr om t h e wa y in wh ich Vu lca n a n d P lu t o Th e Su n a n d Moon veil a pla n et , U r a n u s,
expr ess Ra y 1 en er gy a s t h ey r epr esen t or Nept u n e or Vu lca n .
em body t h e qu a lit y in ou r Sola r Syst em . Th e Su n em bodies Ra y 2,
Th is a r t icle pr esen t s a n a da pt a t ion a n d Moon Ra y 4
a m plifica t ion of a dia gr a m t h a t a ppea r s in P lu t o Ra y l
E soteric A strology, p a ge 610. I t s er ves t o Ma r s Ra y 6
elu cida t e t h e t r a n sm ission of en er gy for ea ch Th e E a r t h em bodies Ra y 3 a lon g wit h t h e
Ra y fr om it s or igin a t in g a n d t r a n s cen d en t sa cr ed pla n et Sa t u r n .
sou r ce (r ela t ive t o ou r sola r syst em ) in U r sa "In castin g th e h oroscope of th e plan et
Ma jor t o ou r E a r t h . Th e Logoi of t h e seven (w h ich w ill som e d ay be possible) it w ill be
sa cr ed pla n es a r e Repr esen t a t ives of t h e seven fou n d th at th e lin e of th ese forces an d of ou r
st a r s of t h e Gr ea t Bea r '. plan etary respon se to th em is of a m ore poten t
effect t h a n is t h e in flu en ce of t h e z od ia ca l
con stellation s u pon th e h u m an u n it.” 3

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 Th ese st r ea m s of en er gy a s t h ey m ove ou t wa r d in t o spa ce fr om U r sa Ma jor pr odu ce
t r a n sfor m a t ion s on ou r n on -sa cr ed pla n et , t h e E a r t h , br in gin g it in cr ea sin gly in t o lin e wit h t h e
will a spect of divin it y. 4 As is t h u s eviden t , t h is dist r ibu t ion of en er gies is of fu n da m en t a l
im por t a n ce wit h r ega r ds t o t h e t r a n scen den t pu r poses of ou r pla n et a r y Logos. Secon da r ily, t h e
effect of t h is dist r ibu t ion m a y begin t o be expr essed by t h ose m em ber s of h u m a n it y wh o a r e n ow
com in g u n der t h e in flu en ce of t h e m on a d.

David Kesten an d Peggy Pillsbu ry are m em bers of th e E soteric Astrology Facu lty of th e Un iversity
of th e S even R ays. T h ey are available to give classes an d sem in ars in E soteric Astrology.

I. Alice Ba iley, E soteric Astrology, p. 85.

2. Refer en ces in E soteric Astrology in dica t e bot h Ma r s a n d P lu t o a s r u ler s of Scor pio, plu s J u pit er
a n d Nept u n e a s r u ler s of P isces. It is n ot fu lly clea r wh er e t h ese r u ler sh ips a pply. See pa ges 129,
509 (Nept u n e) a n d 26, 507, 509 (P lu t o).
3. E soteric Astrology, p. 31 - 32.
4. E soteric Astrology, p. 609.

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