Mars, Esoteric ruler of Scorpio

The Esoteric ruler of Scorpio

In the zodiacal wheel, Scorpio is the energy that, through mental and emotional intensity, tests the consciousness. A conflict that has to be resolved through experience on the physical plane, the place where tests are overcome through struggle. Let us remember that the exoteric and esoteric ruler of Scorpio is Mars, “the warrior”.

The “scorpion” is the bearer of poison, symbol of deception and death, but also source of regeneration, transformation and detachment, key concepts to understand the esoteric purposes of this sign.

Uranus, Esoteric Ruler of Libra

LIBRA

We know that Libra conveys balance, the gift of uniting the above with the below. In Aries creative power is present, in Libra this power must be balanced with the environment in which it has manifested.

Libra rules the VII house, where relationships with the environment are deeply established. The first house affirms “I am”, an affirmation that in house VII is reflected as “you are”; nothing makes sense if we do not understand the deep reason for being of our brothers, and in this understanding, our I am ceases to be so egocentric to be more balanced.

Subjectively, house VII is “the little voice” that, in a difficult situation created by the excess of “I am”, responds to the question formulated by the needy conscience: "What would you do? This little voice, this YOU that we ask, is the correct and balanced complement to the excess of “I”.

In truth, this YOU is a reflection of the Soul before the need of the personality humiliated by the excess of “I”. As the Hindu saying goes: “God lives in you as You”, the You being the quality of our Soul reflected in the other or the 7th house.

The Moon Vulcan, the esoteric ruler of Virgo

Virgo

Virgo refers to the purity of Matter, and the capacity of Matter to respond to the impact of God's Love upon It. The Virgin (mother-matter) is essentially receptive and her response always depends on the impact of the consciousness within her. The body will never turn its back on us, but rather it is we who neglect it. Caring for the body is necessary because in its generous receptivity is the springboard for the right attitude, the purified character which will later be the basis for the expression of the inclusive Love or Christ principle.

As in the case of a shining or precious stone, in order for the soul to express itself on the outer plane in its fullness, it needs a long and slow process of inner adaptation, in which "the mother" (the matter aspect) is the custodian and at the same time the nurturing substance.

The sun, the esoteric regent of Leo

Leo

The three fire signs (Trine Houses 1-5-9) show us the power of mental fire. In Aries the "Idea" is exposed by means of a powerful and shining impulse; in Leo the "Idea" is "recreated", (positively intellectualised), and expressed as experience of the "self", self-consciousness; in Sagittarius all the self-consciousness and self-affirmation of the Idea acquired in Leo is redirected towards a defined and altruistic goal.

Leo is the sign that symbolises all the qualities of the fifth (5th) House: Individual creativity; The ability to do "things" from one's own inner certainty; The more personal or individual's own intelligence; The more conscious emotions, (the unconscious or inherited emotions belong to the 4th House); The causal body or "talent of the Soul"; "The children of the Idea"

The esoteric ruler of Cancer

CANCER

In the three water signs, we can observe the symbolic path of manifestation. Cancer is the beginning, the active power of a river being born; Scorpio is the river's course, where the active power of the first impulse experiences the "ups and downs" of the path; and Pisces is the end, where the river subsides, mingling with the grandeur of the ocean or the whole.

Cancer is "the first creative water" through which Souls come into manifestation in a well-defined physical form. The union of Aries (mind-idea), Taurus (desire-substance) and Gemini (etheric body-communication), inevitably leads us to Cancer: all three condensed into one body or dense physical form.

The Esoteric Ruler of Gemini

Gemini

Each sign shows us a certain type of energy, and through each of the ruling planets, Man's consciousness must manage and direct this "power" in order to experience and evolve.

Consciousness in a given life may be polarised in the emotions or perhaps in the mind, or perhaps in a more integrated personality where the mind and emotions express a certain unity. In these cases the sun sign and its exoteric ruler are the "masters" of the chart, always accompanied by the lunar characteristics, as these offer the expressive form for the solar consciousness, the moon in this case being a reflection of the sun.

But when worldly experiences do not fulfil a human being's heart, they turn their gaze inward and try to find their way back to their original principle or living reality.

When this step is taken, it must be considered that the sign of the Ascendant shows us the energetic quality that will help us along this path. We can say that the Soul aspect becomes conscious to us in the process of "subjecting" the exoteric characteristics of the sun sign to the more esoteric meanings of the ascendant sign. The moon in this case will no longer be just a reflection of the sun, but also of the ASC sign.


Esoteric Ruler of 

Gemini


Gemini is the interconnecting quality of dualities and in this sense is the ultimate Christic energy, for the Soul or Christic principle, with its quality of Love and Wisdom, shows, at all levels of creation, how the duality of Matter and Spirit must be related and fused.

This principle, esoterically called Second Ray, relates to Spirit through Love and to Matter through Wisdom.

The Esoteric Ruler of Taurus

VULCAN

The Esoteric Ruler of Taurus

In May, we are in Taurus, and this is clear from nature through its magnificent glory. Taurus' energy is the one most closely related to the sensual and exuberant beauty of nature, the nurturing mother that welcomes us and lets us experience

Taurus' form is at its peak (the Moon's exaltation), thus generating the key words for the exoteric or materialistic Taurus: "desire the form, struggle to possess the form".

In Taurus exoteric, Venus, the exoteric ruler, expresses itself through personal desire. The physical-emotional body has so much power that inevitably conditions the mental body (reflected in Venus) forcing it to submit to the "bull's onslaught". This is the lower triad (concrete - emotional and physical mind), which is entirely focused on desire. Taurus' personality often manifests itself with a strong tendency for stubbornness, with an abrupt power to possess the desired object.

The Esoteric ruler of Aries

The Esoteric Astrology

The esoteric rulers are the guiding planets of the horoscope when it belongs to an evolved Being, where its "desire" is not so linked to its active capacity (Sun), nor to its karmic inertia (Moon), but is conditioned by a need to acquire harmony between both (Ascendant), in order to achieve a greater expression of the Soul.

The energy that produces harmony (Sattva) is related to the quality of the Ascendant sign and its esoteric ruler, and being able to apply that energy in one self and the environment will always be a joy for the Soul.

Mercury: esoteric ruler of Aries

Aries is the energy of the first impulse, the desire - an idea that is imposed by the power of being the first. Genuine and brave breaks into the environment and is imposed through the power of de will. Aries expresses what he wants, and although the achievement of what is wanted is not clear, his strength and momentum are evident. His exoteric ruler is Mars, hinting at the power of the emotional polarization of the personality in the human being. Mars wants and desires the form, is active, aggressive and instinctive in its attitude. The power of fire is shown to us through the warlord.