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Capricorn: The 10th Sign of the Zodiac
December 21 through January 19
Best Quality: Diplomacy
Worst Quality: Deceitfulness
Key Phrase: I Use
“Every Environment Offers Opportunities for Spiritual Advancement, and Those who Make Good Use of Their Present Circumstances for Spiritual Ends Will Attract New Opportunities.”
And Jacob Stole from Esau...
Some teachings in Spiritual Astrology arrive as gentle cautions. Capricorn, guided by Saturn, carries the energy of discipline, practicality, and the drive to build lasting security. Its key phrase, “I USE,” points to a powerful capacity for wise stewardship—but it also reminds us that, when misdirected, practicality can become manipulation, and diplomacy can slip into self-serving strategy.
To illuminate this, C.C. Zain turns to the story of Jacob and Esau. As the Sun moves from Sagittarius into Capricorn, the shift marks a transition from Jupiter’s hopeful expansiveness to Saturn’s calculating realism. In the tale, Jacob’s claim on Esau’s birthright mirrors ambition fueled by fear and self-interest, while Esau embodies Sagittarian generosity, goodwill, and trust. Together, they show us the fine line between healthy self-protection and the shadow side of ambition.
These archetypes are separated only by the solstitial boundary yet represent very different temperaments. Sagittarius, ruled by Jupiter, delights in sharing wisdom, spreading joy, and lifting others. Capricorn, ruled by Saturn, strives to build, to endure, and to secure material and social standing. Both are essential—both are sacred expressions of human nature. We meet them every day: those like Esau, who labor with an open heart, and those like Jacob, who maneuver for advantage out of desire or fear.
The story ultimately calls us to fairness and conscious intention. It closes with the hopeful promise spoken to Esau: “And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break the yoke from off thy neck.” This line affirms the enduring power of justice, compassion, and inner sovereignty. It invites each of us to direct our gifts—whether Saturnian or Jupiterian—toward the upliftment of all.
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Mental Alchemy...
Prayer for Harmonizing the Saturnine Energy Associated with Capricon
For use at times of work, responsibility, loss, worry or undue self interest.
Constructive Safety Urges express as System and Order in life and habits. They are also associated with economy, elimination of waste and efficiency of effort.
O Thou Eternal Spirit, in Whom I live, move, breathe and have my Being! Awaken in me the knowledge that joy and mirth, love and music, beauty and art are good. Help me to express more of the gaiety in life. Give me courage in difficulties, let me smile in adversity and above all bring to my heart the realization that the interest of all is more important than the interest of self.
So Shall It Be!
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The Silver Key
Arcanum VIII: The Balance
Keyword: Justice and Equilibrium
In this classic series, Elbert Benjamine explains the astrological significance of the sign Capricorn and its relationship to Arcanum VIII. Justice depends upon finding Equilibrium:
The Justice card expresses:
In the spiritual world—absolute justice.
In the mental world—attraction and repulsion.
In the physical world—relative justice, fallible and limited and worthy of the quest.
ADMONITION paraphrased from The Sacred Tarot:
Remember, this: Mastering yourself and overcoming challenges is only part of your work. Spiritual growth comes from creating balance among the forces you set in motion. Every action generates a response, and a wise will anticipates the ripple effect—softening, redirecting, or dissolving what might otherwise push back in harmful ways. Desire for Justice will inform your motives, actions, and spiritual aspirations to work together. You not only meet challenges with clarity and stability—you shape your path with purpose, integrity, and poise.
The Balance - Justice or Equilibrium
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Why Astrology and the Tarot are so important to understanding Traditional Knowledge
The word Kabala signifies traditional knowledge. It thus refers to the Oral Law, as handed down from antiquity; and embraces the occult traditions of all lands and all peoples. Often it is used merely as referring to the esoteric doctrines of the Jews; but in its broader sense it includes also the secret doctrine of other races. This secret doctrine, common to many lands, was jealously guarded from the profane, and was never permitted to pass into writing except in such ambiguous terms as to baffle the uninitiated as to its true purport. In this sense the sacred books of the world, including the Avesta, the Vedas and the Bible are largely kabalistical; for they set forth traditions that are capable of an inner, or esoteric, interpretation. In fact, there are usually several interpretations possible, each more inner version revealing a deeper truth to those who have advanced along the path far enough to comprehend it.
And this seems the proper place to point out that the unwritten kabala, like the written kabala, is set forth in symbolical language, with purposeful blinds and subterfuges to confuse the uninitiated; so that of the few who undoubtedly exist at the present day who have received it, most remain in as much ignorance of its true interpretation as the majority of students do after studying the more accessible written kabala. This unwritten kabala has been transmitted only through certain secret schools. Those receiving it well merit what is given to them. They are left to their own devices in the matter of interpretation. And because the real keys to its interpretation—astrology and the tarot—have been largely ignored, or distorted, they have floundered sadly in arriving at its meaning. Whether written or unwritten, the kabala is a philosophy correlated to esoteric astrology as exemplified by the tarot; and it can only be comprehended fully by those who perceive the true relation between astrological energies and their pictured tarot exemplification.
Excerpts from The Sacred Tarot by C. C. Zain
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Astrology of World Affairs
by Hermetician Dennis Sutton
ancient wisdom — modern science
Sharing knowledge of Hermetic astrology, the birth chart, astrodynes and global astrology
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The Brotherhood of Light lessons encourage us to study the Book of Nature...
Nature manifests through Diversity.
Diversity is the key to survival..mastering its many facets is the means by which we thrive.
Fear of the unknown and that which is different from self manifests throughout nature.
Through Cooperation we express the Will of Deity,
gain the freedom that results from transformation,
and achieve a sense of personal fulfillment, harmony, balance ... spirituality.
 History Of The Adepts
An interesting history of The Brotherhood of Light and related sister organizations by K. Paul Johnson.
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