The

Groom

Hello everyone. Ah! The Groom?

We have recognised the
construction of The Bride and we
have promised her a partner.
How did I recognise her partner?
Well ... astrologers have been
working with him for millennia and
they have developed a keen
understanding of HOW he acts even
though WHY he CAN act has been
(up until now) a mystery.
So ... I had a model of the Anima
Mundi and I needed some data

In 1989 Lindsay Radermacher gave a lecture

at the Oxford Summer School on The
Significance of Rulership in Chart
Interpretation. Lindsey was responding to
an article by Maggie illustrating the
symmetry
the
Chaldean Order of
Ptolemy inof
the
second
Rulership
as Maggie
it was taught by
century
CE.
had
Therewritten:
is an
unreflective trend
Maggies
diagram.
in modern
astrology which
seeks to oust the
traditional rulers
the
trans-Saturnian
of signs
by giving planets. This
creates
anrulership
exclusive
erroneous
understanding of the traditional symbolism
to the planets and their relationship with the signs of
of

LOOK ...
the
COMPLEMEN
TARYCONNEC
TIONS line up
on the
Zodiac just
as they did
on the ANIMA
MUNDI .
I needed
to see this.
THANK YOU
Maggie and

But unlike on the Anima Mundi, where

all positive and all negative signs line up
to make up the first pair of hexagrams in
The Book of Changes, on The Zodiac the
signs alternate, making up the last pair.
64
63
These are
hexagram 63 After
Completion, and
64 Before
Completion.
As The Zodiac
is a big Cosmic
Clock poised at
that Creative
moment full of
potential, After the

The discovery of the new rulers,

Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto introduced
new inventions and energy sources.

1781: Electricity, Technology,

Oxygen.
1845/46: Gas, Anaesthetics,
Photography, Film.

1930: Oil, Petrol, Depth

Psychology,
If seeing Plutonium.
these planets kickstarted
change was it possible the same
Could
this
had been
be what
true of the
weothers?
call ...

Conditioned by the I
Ching (The Book of
Changes), again I read
the lines from the
bottom up.
The Sun supplies
the energy essential
to life so it seemed
like a good place to
start.

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that we can keep
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The MOON.

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The Moon lights up the

darkness it keeps us safe
at night. Even if you are
fast asleep ^
if I shout or
poke you, you will wake
up. The Moon is I feel, I
hear, and I care.

We now have ONE

Complementary
Connection

fully operative
the connection LIFE.

LIFE
SEEING LINKS WITH
HEARING

Complementary
Connection

LIFE.

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The recognition of little Mercury marks

an ontological leap of major significance.
Consciousness acquired the means to grasp
the
idea of
itself. It must have been
Mercury
that
gave rise to
Ren
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are .
Consciousness, going solo through the
gift of individual-ity bestowed by great Sol,
is aware of other points of consciousness
I relate,
points that
symbolThrough
youour
I can
using
intelligence
experi-ence
myselfnames you. therefore
objectively.
YOU ARE.
Through the
process of relating, VENUS.
my subjective I
will recognise your
subjective I , and
this will greatly
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WHAT HAVE WE GOT SO FAR?

We have the allimportant
COMPLEMENTARY
CONNECTION

LIFE

LIFE

- Sun and Moon enclosing Mercury,

who recognises his own
mental processes, and
Venus, who recognises
you have them too...

... so who comes next ?

When Venus conceives of something she

fancies Mars sets out to get it. But what if
something gets in the way? Mars energy,
while hot stuff on action, is flummoxed by
frustration. When Mars energy is blocked
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Mars is hunting. It
is the energy that
sends us off into the
jungle to fetch a bag
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Mars is the impulse to act.

We have reached a place
where we must confront our
many forms of hunger and
learn through bitter
experience that we cannot
just take what we want when
we feel like it. We must
develop a philosophical
attitude and this leads us to
our next planet.

Jupiter is the law giver. He rules the 9th

house of philo-sophy. As the Mercury
function bestowed the ability to use
enables
to
intricateus
patterns
sound
to convey
ideas
Iof
seek
information
and
study patterns in
re-cognise
Jupiter
an attempt to understand
patterns in
what is going on.
events.
Through
Jupiter we
glimpse the
JUPITER
structure in
the mysteryExciting
of
existence.
YES?

Saturn, the last

of the old planets,
demands we
shoulder our
obligations to the
group, defend our
laws, implement
our regulations,
and make the
world a safer
place to live in.

SATURN

Then I
enforce
the rules

Prior to the
incorporation of Saturn into
our planetary picture we
had recognised planets
carrying the archetypes of
only three of the four
Saturn is
elements, those of Fire, Air,
and Waterthe planet of

Limitation.

The end of the

line.

Summi
ng Up

FIRE

We were proficient
processers of visual
information
having
recognised
the Sun, Mars,
and
Jupiter.

FIRE

FIRE

We had a powerful dose of

AIR
intelligent conscious-awareness
AIR
with two Air planets
on ourAnd
folio,
Mercury
and
we
had
the
instinct
to
WATER
Venus. care for those we loved
recognising one planet, the Moon,
for the
element
Water.
Saturn
marked
our first
conscious
confrontation
with
EARTH
. With heavy

Saturn we

met
the confining, constricting, decomposing,

LIFE

Still only one

Complementary
Connection
operational!

This is Liz Greens diagram of Iolande

Jacobis consciousness model. Liz has
added the planets. The three outer
planets define the COLLECTIVE
UNCONSCIOUS. Up to this point we
have no awareness of these planets but
we are aware of the
Note: The
planets that define CONSCIOUSNESS
new model
and the PERSONAL UNCONSCIOUS.
has
rearranged
Venus and
Mars.

Iolandes and Lizs

insight I drew up a
I
diagram to
am.
You
illustrate what (at
are.
this point in
I hunt
history) we had
and
evolved sufficientlyI fight.
to recognise.
Not only the I seek to
understa
outer planets but
nd.
also planet Earth is
missing.

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I build walls
and keep
order.

The ruler and his aristocracy were the last

word in power and authority. Man-power
, animal power, and the natural
powers of wind, water and fire were all
we had in the way of energy. Lots could
be done but there were limits.
(Remember Saturn?)

ALL
CHANG
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Suddenly new sources

of energy became
available.

Astrologers call Uranus the planet of

sudden disruptive change. The discovery
(one of this planet's meanings is
discovery) that enabled us to see this
distant planet was the telescope.
In 1781,
scanning the night sky
with his amazing, homemade, magnifying
device, William
Herschel, with his sister
Carolines help,
recognised this planet
for what it was. It looked
like nothing more than a

URANUS

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After ages of
limitation
imposed by a
restricted energy
supply, we
discovered new
sources of power.
Uranus, ruler of
electricity, turned

We can
make
light and
see great
distances
!

Much that was dark was dispelled

and demands were made to change
our old Capricornian ways of going
about our business.
everyone benefit
social
order
not just
Hey,the
said
Uranus
energy,
the chosen
few? And since the Saturnian
shouldn't
system didn't want to change the result
was rebellion. Uranus, idiosyncratic
planet, rolling around as it orbits like that
great invention the wheel (the others
spin), planet of electricity, eccentricity,
enlightenment, ushered in humanitarian
ideals with considerable disruption.
The American war of independence
was won in 1781; the French Revolution
erupted in 1789 and in a small island off

Uranus stands for the collective,

positive, side of the Complementary
Connection WEALTH,
a condition that has to do with science,
technology, com-merce and government.
And there is a warning The I Ching says of
this top line of The Creative: Arrogant dragon will
have cause to repent. Better keep this warning in
mind.
Uranus stands for revolution, reevolution, and we prepare for another turn
on the evolutionary wheel. We have
collective conscious awareness. Man,
woman, child, black, white, red, yellow, tall
or short, rich or poor, bisexual, homosexual,
heterosexual - we understand collectively

WE ARE
ALL
ONE

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Neptune was predicted by

Couch Adams in 1845 and seen by Leverrier
in 1846. Neptune's com-passionate
disposition tuned in to Uranus' insistence
on individual freedom and slavery became
an issue of moment. New drugs were
discovered. The import of opium into China
(also the import of Christian missionaries)
provoked a war. Film united cinema goers
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REGENERATION

While Saturn means death in the

sense of
STOP Pluto's dynamic energy acts on
death. It breaks down outworn forms,
returning them to their component
parts so that they are available for reassimilation. But now we have a
problem. Burning fossil fuels messes
with our atmosphere, and we have
created plutonium, a dangerous
element with transformational power of
its own, an element that Pluto energy
cannot so easily degrade.

Look whats happened

Three more
now?
COMPLEMENTARY
CONNECTIONS
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PERSONAL
UNCONSCIOUS

COLLECTIVE
UNCONSCIOUS

... and this has connected

the Personal
Unconscious to the
Collective Unconscious .

But (still) only

FIRE

Saturn

Earth .

FIRE
FIRE

WATER
WATER
WATER

AIR

AIR
AIR

EARTH

is standing in for

ONLY ME !

I wonder,

do these two
have
partners

? ?

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The way these planets are

linking indicates a new planet is
awaiting recognition.
We need
a ruling
planet
for

In 1948 Fred Hoyle wrote: Once a

photograph of the Earth, taken from the
outside, is available, we shall, in an
emotional sense, acquire an additional
dimension ... a new idea as powerful as
any in history will be let loose.
In 1961 a human being saw Earth for
the first time. The first astronauts
prepared to see the universe, without
exception they spent their time gazing at
home.
.. it comes through you so powerfully,
that you are the sensing element for
man. You look down and see the surface
of that globe that you've lived on all this

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The sensing
element
for man! Does
this look good?

This is the
symbol for
Earth that I
found
It is
in my
Venus
dictionary
upside
down!

Oh ... we are
beautiful,
yes, but also Um ...
and
small and arrogant?
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Recognising
Earth
demanded we
over-came the
power of
GRAVITY.
BigEARTH

VENUS connects to

EARTH

FOR
M
Is this
alluding to
our seeing
The Bride?

What do
you think

Aware of our vulnerability we are

moved by our vision to think
about Earth in a more
responsible way. Taurus protects
and conserves but is ferocious
Here she is, The
when angered.
Bride
of Heaven.

We must learn to
keep her safe.
.

What about
MERCURY? Where is
his partner?

Who rules
VIRGO?

In 1977 we discovered Chiron

and it caused quite a stir. I
suspect Chiron, is the key to the
this perception
the greater
is my
in
evolutionary
door. The
more
I have
Seetrust
Revelation
Part Two on
this idea.
Discovered by Charles Kowal
studied
the first day of November 1977 nobody was
sure whether
Object Kowal was a large asteroid, a
captured comet, or an escaped satellite of
Uranus or Saturn.
As Jupiter seeks to define the laws of
the universe, Chiron analyses the results
produced by experience. Jupiter can be
optimistic since his conclusions give a
sense of fulfilment whereas much that

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the Rainbow
Warrior took
to the waves.
Chiron, the
wounded
healer,
certainly
carries
Virgoan
symbolism .

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Chirons orbit takes it sometimes

within the orbit of Saturn, sometimes
outside.
Mercury has an interesting partner.

WOR
K

Gemini (third house) is teaching and

Virgo, (sixth) is health.
Chiron is a teacher and a healer isnt
he?

ASTERO Astronomers have

suggested that
IDS
Chiron
is an escaped
asteroid.
So what about
these?
They must ALL
Cere
be
important.
s?
In 1596 Kepler predicted
a
planet orbiting between
Mars and Jupiter. Once
predicted the hunt was

Ceres (Greek Demeter), goddess of

harvest, IS the sign Virgo. So, if there is
a potential planet between Mars and
Jupiter which never managed to get its
act together because Jupiters gravity is
too strong ,and, if Ceres is the sign
Virgo, we have reason to wonder.

Cere
s

Virg
o

Virgo rules
secretaries and
libraries.
The and
WORD in lots
written
lots of books. The
asteroids would
make a great
partner for
Mercury. They
reflect perfectly
the archetype
minute
the
Virgo defines.
interactions the
receptive,

And look what we have

done to Earth since Chiron
was discovered.

ASTEROID
S

SATELLITES

These satellites are

bouncing information around our world.
They look like asteroids to me.
Yes ... satellites DEFINITELY look like
asteroids.

There are many small objects in the

solar system.
Mercury, Geminis ruling planet, zooms
around the Sun, and, as I mentioned,
astronomers think he must have come in
from the outer solar system as he cant
have formed so near such a massive
gravitational field.
Kuiper
Might some of these be his Gemini
Belt
friends?
Oor
t
Clo
ud

In myth, the twin Castor was

mortally
injured (just like Chiron) and
was sent
to live in Plutos realm. I
Tennants
wonder if
Box of
Stars
thetoCentaurs,
the
do
Kuiper
belt, the
with
GEMINI
Oort Cloud, or
Castor.
The maybe the
Twins
new Plutoids,
are
something
This explains
why
I
have also given
Gemini a star?

Whoah! Now all

COMPLEMENTARY CONNECTIONS

are in working order.

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Remember the Rainbow Warrior? When

was first discovered he was
Chiron
called the Rainbow Bridge. Is
this it? A bridge of light
connecting us to
the outer reaches of our
WOR
K solar system?

WOR
K

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The AGE of
INFORMATION

THE ELECTRO MAGNETIC SPECTRUM

THE
RAINBOW
BRIDGE

Cosmic!

ARE WE COSMIC NOW?

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So we find yourselves with another

stunning pattern this time on The
Zodiac ...

... and it is laid out remarkably like DNA;

the instruction book for creating a physical
being.

DNA!

DNA consists of a double string of simple molecules

called bases. There are only four bases; these are
adenine, A, guanine, G, thiamine, T and cytosine,
C. This Pattern of Evolution is made up of four
elements; these are Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. In DNA
the base adenine always links with thiamine and the
base guanine always links with cytosine. On the ZODIAC

Shall we apply this Cosmic DNA to the

bride?

THE GROOM

THE BRIDE

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PLEASE!

The
Groom

Chrissy Philp July 2015