SUN-1 ~ 29 October 1954
We have been
speaking about Saturn, but today I would like to move on to the Sun by
suggesting that it
is not
always good to look at the sky only as it is today; we must “break through” the
sky!
You know that Rudolf Steiner
spoke often about Kaspar Houser. He mentioned that at the time of the death of
Kaspar Houser, the Moon was rising, the Sun was setting, and that there was a
certain aspect in the sky that only happened twice before in history. The
actual death sky was calculated, but it did not match the description of Dr.
Steiner. After years of research, the aspects of which Dr. Steiner spoke have
been found. They don’t coincide in time with the death, for Dr. Steiner looked
through to the spiritual aspects. To do this it must also be done by
mathematical calculations. Dr. Steiner saw the spiritual aspect of the death of
Kaspar Hauser by looking through the sky and into the past.
The Sun is now entering the
constellation of Scales, but one may be obliged to break through this. First we
have to work out the lemniscate movement of the Sun and Earth. In order to come
to a new conception of the universe, it is of no use to throw the old one away.
We must find a real inner connection with the cosmos; we must be able to
experience it as a living being. Imagine the Sun and Earth in the universe as
polarities. There is spheric space and then the opposite which is coming from
within the Earth gravity (refers to book by George Adams – also see Isis
Sophia II). If we have these two opposite spheres interpenetrating, we get
the lemniscate. The Sun and Earth are moving on two separate lemniscates that
are inclined to each other and which cross each other in the center. The Earth
is “sucked” behind the Sun, and these two activities of minus (-), dissolution,
and plus (+), materialization, are the most important aspects.
If we now look toward the Sun, we see behind it the constellation
of Scales; and up there in Scales is Saturn. If we look to the Sun, we will
soon see it in conjunction with Saturn. This happens every year but in a
slightly different place in the Zodiac. Last year it was in Virgin. Saturn also
moves in a huge lemniscate, which reaches so far out in the cosmos that it
almost reaches the end of space.
At present the Sun is moving
into the center of the Earth/Sun lemniscate. At Christmas it will have reached
the center, and the Earth will be standing outside on the periphery. After
Christmas the Earth will move toward the center, entering it at Easter. Twice a
year the Earth steps into the place where the Sun has been.
In ancient times this was
very well-known. This was the time of the celebration of the Isis Mysteries.
They knew that the Earth was then permeated by cosmic forces. However, after
Christ united with the Earth this changed. It is now not only a matter of the
Earth taking in the forces of the Sun, it is more a conversation between Sun
and Earth. As Christ was united with the Earth from the Sun, His Throne in the
Sun became empty. The cosmos now brings down the questions, and we on Earth
must find the answers.
How can we understand the
Sun in Scales? If we collect all that is known with regard to the Earth
evolution through spiritual science, we can find the solution of the Earth and
universe. At Easter the Earth will go into the center of the lemniscate and we
will have to give the answer to the cosmos. The Christmas hope, born at
Christmas, must be seen at Easter whether it has been resurrected. This “hope”,
the new idea, the child born at Christmas will take 33 years to mature. This
rhythm of 33 years has been inscribed into the Earth through Christ. The
shepherds in the fields heard the message through the Earth; after 33 years the
drama of Golgotha took place, followed by the Resurrection.
Today this Sun, which is
laden with the burden of Saturn, can only answer questions through the means of
human beings. To find what it is that the Sun asks us at present, we must go
into the time of 1986-7. It is the time from after last Christmas (1953) to the
coming Christmas (1954) plus 33 years. The year 1987 is a most important year. Events
will take place that are unlike any other time. The outer planets, which have
been discovered more recently, will be as follows: signs first, then
(constellation): Uranus will go from 23.5 to 27.5° Sagittarius (Scorpion);
Neptune from 5.5 to 7.75° Capricorn (Archer); Pluto from 9.5 to 12° Scorpio
(Scales); and Saturn from 15 to 25° Sagittarius (Scorpion), where Saturn makes
a loop. Uranus was discovered before the French Revolution, Neptune in 1846,
and Pluto in 1930.
As we said, the (-)
represent death and the (+) represent birth. Therefore
the dynamic structure of the universe coming into the Earth from the periphery
of Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars, represent the birth and materialization (+); the Earth is where humanity manifests the
decisions; and the inner planets of Mercury, Venus, and Sun represent the
dissolution or death (-) and final disintegration, or spiritualization, on the
Sun. What disappears through the center comes back into spiritual life at the
periphery. Pluto, Neptune, and Uranus are like the final sentence of the
symphony. They are the final stages of disintegration. In Scales it is still
open to decision, weighing — the balance. Scorpion is much more demanding.
However, there will be
something else that will make this year of 1987 still more important. The comet
Halley will be coming back. When regularly returning comets fail to return,
there is a shower of meteors instead. This happened in 1912 and 1933 with
Biela’s comet. The Halley comet is a special one, as it goes back to
pre-Christian times, and it returns regularly. In 1910 Rudolf Steiner spoke
extensively about it. The comet is a kind of contest of ponderable and
imponderable matter — material and immaterial matter. The Sunspots are a
darkening of the Sun substance from Mars; they are a kind of disease. The comet
consists of gas, but mainly they consist of scionite (Blasuäüre). It has the
capacity to clean, and its task is to clear the astral spheres. The comet comes
very close to the Sun, sweeping it clean.
The Halley comet is different;
it has satanic power. When something becomes regular, or machine-like, it
becomes satanic. The Halley comet is especially connected with materialism; its
sphere is materiality. In 1910 Dr. Steiner warned that humanity should look at
this comet and should be aware that the time has come back when materialism
will be enhanced, and we must find an answer by that time.
Very much will depend on how
we prepare these events now, as Saturn stands in Scales weighing up the
decisions. It will become more and more prominent as to whether existence can
continue on this planet. Humanity, as a whole, must come to understand the
purpose of its existence on the Earth, that is, in becoming the fourth
hierarchy; and this is just where anthroposophy can help. The greater part of
humanity will have to decide whether it will be drawn into a machine-like
destiny or whether to become individualities and be saved. The moment of
decision will come to everyone. This is the way that we have to look at the Sun
at this present moment.
Answer to
Question: Intellectual thinking darkens the outer planets of Uranus, Neptune,
and Pluto.