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This section compiles a fairly complete information about Gemini.
Sources and further recommended readings are given at the bottom of this page.



GEMINI, THE TWINS

{excerpts from "Esoteric Astrology" by Alice Bailey (Pages 343,370)}

 

 

 


Constellation of Gemini. De Temporibus - "A treatise on magic and astrology" Alfonso X The Wise. Rome BAV Reg. lat. 1283 - fol-2v


Basis and Thoughts on Gemini:


Extracted directly and paraphrased
by Brad Berg
from  Esoteric Astrology, by Alice Bailey


 

GEMINI FULL MOON
  THE GOODWILL FESTIVAL

THIRD OF THE THREE SPIRITUAL FESTIVALS

 

 

 

This Festival of Goodwill has the keynote of the spirit of humanity, aspiring to God.
The spiritual and divine nature of mankind are recognized.
A time of deep invocation and appeal, of human and spiritual unity.

 

Ruler: Mercury - 4th Ray
Esoteric Ruler: Venus - 5th Ray
Ray 2 is transmitted through Gemini.

 

Gemini is the force which produces the changes needed for the evolution of the Christ consciousness at any particular point in time and space. It is always compatible to the requirement.

 

Gemini is the major symbol of duality in the zodiac.
Gemini forms a third point with each of the pairs of opposites in the Zodiac.
It preserves the magnetic interplay between them.
Gemini can be called the constellation of the resolution of duality into a fluid synthesis.

 

Gemini's influence lies behind every one of the 12 constellations. Because the 2nd ray of Love - Wisdom pours through Gemini, it becomes apparent how true is the occult teaching that love underlies the entire universe. Thus the esoteric truth: God is Love.

 

Gemini, via Venus, awakens in humanity the sense of duality which is the basic factor in the conflict between desire and spiritual will.
Gemini, the Great Bear and the Pleiades, form the triangle of the cosmic Christ.
Gemini forms a point of entrance for cosmic energy from Sirius, which is the prototype for the Great White Lodge on earth, of which Masonry is the distorted reflection, just as the personality is the distorted reflection of the soul.

 

Gemini controls esoterically the heart of our solar system.
Gemini governs the United States and rules London.

 

Gemini is the custodian of conditioning energy and the intermediary between soul and body.
Gemini governs the oxygenation of the blood, leading to the circulation of the life aspect.
It also governs the nervous system and rules the thymus gland.
Gemini is vital and subjective in nature. It is an air sign.

 

Mercury is the expression of the dual aspect of the mind as it mediates between the higher and the lower. First, as the concrete mind, as the mediator within the personality, and secondly, as the illumined mind, relating soul and personality.
Mercury is the revealer of the Spiritual Triad (atma, buddhi, manas) to the soul.

 

 

"I recognize my other self and in the waning of that self, I grow and glow."

 

 

 


Important to note:

It is interesting to note that during the time we say the sun is in Cancer, this year from June 20 to July 21, 2009, due to the precession of the equinoxes, and from the earth's perspective, the Sun is actually traversing the zodiacal constellation Gemini. With this consideration, we invite you to review the materials on Gemini freshly, from this perspective.

 

 

Excerpts mirror to SouledOut.org

The Labours of Hercules
Labour III:

 


The Nature of the Test ~ by Alice A. Bailey

"We come now to the third labour, in the sign Gemini, concerning predominantly the active work of the aspirant on the physical plane as he comes to an understanding of himself. Before this active work becomes possible there must be a cycle of interior thought and mystical longing; the striving after the vision and a subjective process carried on, perhaps for a very long time, before the man on the physical plane really begins the labour of unifying soul and body. This is the theme of this labour. It is in this physical plane achievement, and in the work of gaining the golden apples of wisdom, that the real test of the sincerity of the aspirant takes place. A longing to be good, a deep desire to ascertain the facts of the spiritual life, spasmodic efforts at self-discipline, at prayer and meditation, precede, almost inevitably, this real and steady effort.

The visionary must become a man of action: desire has to be carried forward into the world of completion, and herein lies the test in Gemini. The physical plane is the place where experience is gained and where the causes, initiated in the world of mental effort, must manifest and achieve objectivity. It is the place also where the mechanism of contact is developed, where, little by little, the five senses open up to the human being new fields of awareness and present to him fresh spheres for conquest and achievement. It is the place, therefore, where knowledge is gained, and where that knowledge must be transmuted into wisdom. Knowledge, we know, is the quest of sense, whilst wisdom is the omniscience of the synthetic knowledge of the soul. Without understanding in the application of knowledge, however, we perish; for understanding is the application of knowledge in the light of wisdom to the problems of life, and to the attainment of the goal. In this labour, Hercules is faced with the tremendous task of bringing together the two poles of his being and of co-ordinating, or at-one-ing, soul and body, so that duality gives place to unity and the pairs of opposites are blended.


The Symbols

Eurystheus, having watched Hercules achieve mental control and then ride the bull of desire over into the Temple of the Soul, now sets him the task of fetching the golden apples from the garden of the Hesperides. The apple has long figured in mythology and in symbology. In the garden of Eden, as we know, the serpent gave the apple to Eve; and with the giving of that apple, and with its acceptance came the knowledge of good and of evil. This is a symbolic method of telling us the story of the appearance of mind, and of how it began to function in that early creature, which was neither animal nor strictly human. With the coming of mind came also the knowledge of duality, of the pull of the pairs of opposites, of the nature of the soul, which is good, and of the nature of the form, which is evil if it holds the soul and hinders it from full expression. It is not evil per se.

It is to be noted that in the garden of Eden one single apple was given to the human being, the symbol of separateness, isolation. Hercules had to hunt for the golden apples in another garden, and in the garden of the Hesperides the apples were the symbol of plurality, of synthesis, and of the many, nourished by the one tree of Life.

Hercules was told only three facts: that there was a garden containing a tree whereon grew the golden apples; that the tree was guarded by the hundred-headed serpent; that, when he found it, he would find there these three beautiful maidens. But in what direction lay the garden, and how to find it, he was not told. This time he was not confined to the wild lands, up and down which the man-eating mares ravaged; nor was he confined to the little island of Crete. The whole planet had to be searched, and he went up and down from north to south and from east to west, until at last he met Nereus, who was skilled in all wisdom and in all forms of speech. He is called in some of the classics, 'the ancient of the sea'. He was not only wise, but very elusive, assuming many forms, and refused ever to give to Hercules a direct answer. Finally, he hinted as to the direction in which the apples should be sought, sending him on his way alone and somewhat discouraged, with only a vague idea as to what he would have to do and where he would have to go. All he knew was that he had to turn south; a symbol of going back into the world, the opposite pole of spirit.

He had no sooner done so than he met the serpent with whom he had to wrestle. [Known in mythology also as the giant, Antaeus, the son of Poseidon, god of waters, and Gea, the earth. Hence when in touch with the earth, his mother, he was invincible.] In his search for the golden apples on the physical plane, Hercules had to conquer, as do all disciples, glamour and illusion; for in the carrying forward of spiritual aspiration, the disciple is very apt to be taken in by astralism and lower psychism in one form or another. As Hercules wrestled with the serpent, he found he could not overcome it until he discovered that it was invincible only so long as it was in contact with the earth. just as soon as Hercules lifted the serpent (Antaeus) high into the air, it became utterly weak and unable to defeat him.

Gemini is an air sign, a mutable or common sign. Glamour is ever changing, ever taking one form or another. It concerns appearance and not reality, and the earth stands for appearances.

Having vanquished the serpent that stood in his way, Hercules passed on in his search. His next encounter was with glamour in another form. Busiris was a son of Poseidon, the god of the waters, but his mother was a mere mortal. He claimed to be a great teacher. He was fluent in speech and captivating in what he said. He made great claims for himself, leading Hercules to believe that he could show him the way, that he could lead him out into the light, and that he was the custodian of truth. Hercules was completely deceived. Little by little he fell under the power and spell of Busiris; little by little he yielded up his will and his mind and accepted him as his teacher and guide. Finally, when Busiris had Hercules entirely under his control, he bound him to the altar of sacrifice and forced him to forget Nereus. The myth tells that Hercules eventually freed himself and resumed his search, binding Busiris to the altar whereon he himself had lain. Again we find discouragement, delay, failure and deceit characterising this part of the test.

Still searching up and down, he found Prometheus bound to a rock with the vultures tearing at his liver. The sight of such suffering was more than Hercules could bear and he turned aside from his search to release Prometheus, thus putting him in a position to drive away the vultures.

We come now to the crucial point of the Labour and to that which constituted the real test. Hercules finds Atlas bearing the load of the world on his shoulders, and staggering under the weight of the task he had undertaken. Hercules is so overcome by the stupendous enterprise of Atlas, and so concerned over his sufferings as he seeks to carry the weight of the world, that he gives up his search for the golden apples. He forgets what he himself has set out to do and, in pity, takes the load off the shoulders of Atlas and bears it himself. Then we are told in the wonderful consummation of the story, that Atlas, freed from his burden, goes to the garden of the Hesperides, plucks the golden apples without any let or hindrance from the hundred-headed serpent, with the enthusiastic help of the three beautiful maidens, and brings the apples to Hercules, who now also stands free, in spite of all the obstacles and hindrances, the deviations due to glamour and illusion. Despite failures and the length of time it has taken him to arrive at wisdom, Hercules does obtain the golden apples. Note that the opposite, or consummating sign, of Gemini is that of Sagittarius, the Archer, who shoots straight and rides unhindered to the goal. no deviations, no failure! There is only a steady going forward."

The Labours of Hercules, by Alice A. Bailey, pp. 60 - 63 , Lucis Publishing Co., New York.

 


"Gemini Constellation" by A. Stylianou

 

Sources and Recommended articles on Gemini:
- WorldServiceGroup.com

Malvin Artley Just Another Lazy Saturday - 2005
A Gemini Letter - 2008
Joann Bakula
The Festival of Humanity: Toward a New Fusion - 2005
"Be a Lamp unto Yourself" - 2006
Inspired Reconstruction - 2007
Toward A New Culture of Unity, Integration and World Wisdom - 2008
Tom Carney
Wheels Within Wheels - 2006
US II - 2007
Trevor Leese
True Wisdom is Gained Through the Path of Service - 2005
The Journey Towards Abundant Life - 2006
  Towards the Union of Spirit and Matter - 2007
The Creation of the Synthesis of Opposites - 2008
Phillip Lindsay
Meditation, Speech & The Pentecost, United Nations
- 2005

The Gemini Christ - 2006
Glenys Lowery
Love Is In the Air - 2005
Jan Nation
Invocation for the Common Good - 2008
Steve Nation
Please Close Your Eyes So You can See More Clearly
- 2005
World Invocation Day - Why Gemini? - 2006
The Planetary Meditation of Our Time - 2007  

Michelle Pearce


Occult Meditation at the Third Spiritual Festival
- 2007
Fusion of the Human and the Divine - 2008
Barbara Valocore
Gemini Celebration - 2005
Invoking the Heart of Love - 2007  
 
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