TheTwelveSacredPlanets

Contents
1.Ancientcultures 2.Thesacredplanets 3.Mars/Mercurycontroversy 4.Planetaryages 5.Planetarycharacteristics Appendices 1.ThesearchforVulcan 2.Lilithandthesecondmoon 3.Soundsfromunseenplanets Abbreviations

1.Ancientcultures
Thesevensacredplanetsoftheancientsare:Saturn,Jupiter,Mars,Venus,Mercury,andtheSunandMoon.1TheSunandMoonarenot, ofcourse,planetsintheusualsenseoftheterm,butfromageocentricperspectiveallthesesevenbodiesappeartorevolvearoundthe Earth.TheosophyexplainsthattheSunandMoonarereallysubstitutesfortwohiddenplanets,onebetweenMercuryandtheSun,andthe otherneartheMoon. Uranus,Neptune,andPlutowerediscoveredin1781,1846,and1930respectively.In2006Plutowasdowngradedtothestatusofa dwarfplanet.2Itisoftensaidthatancientculturesdidnotrefertoanyoftheseplanetsbecausetheyarenotreadilyvisibletothenaked eyeandwerethereforeunknown.H.P.Blavatskycomments: Thenowuniversalerrorofattributingtotheancientstheknowledgeofonlysevenplanets,simplybecausetheymentionedno others,isbasedonthesamegeneralignoranceoftheiroccultdoctrines.Thequestionisnotwhethertheywere,orwerenot, awareoftheexistenceofthelaterdiscoveredplanetsbutwhetherthereverencepaidbythemtothefourexotericandthree secretgreatgodsthestarangels,hadnotsomespecialreason.Thewriterventurestosaytherewassuchareason,andit isthis.Hadtheyknownofasmanyplanetsaswedonow(andthisquestioncanhardlybedecidedatpresent,eitherway), theywouldhavestillconnectedwiththeirreligiousworshiponlytheseven,becausethesesevenaredirectlyandspecially connectedwithourearth... 3 Thesevenplanetsarenotlimitedtothisnumberbecausetheancientsknewofnoothers,butsimplybecausetheywerethe primitiveorprimordial houses oftheseven Logoi .Theremaybenineandninetynineotherplanetsdiscoveredthisdoesnot alterthefactofthesesevenalonebeingsacred. 4 Likeotherwriters,HPBsaysthatearlierculturesdidinfactknowofmoreplanets: evenwiththeSunandtheMoonthrownoutofthecalculation,theancientsseemtohaveknownofseven planets.Howmany moreareknowntous,sofar,ifwethrowouttheEarthandMoon?Seven ,andnomore:Sevenprimaryorprincipalplanets, therest planetoids ratherthanplanets. 5 Anotherproof...thattheancientInitiatesknewofmorethan seven planetsistobefoundintheVishnuPurana,BookII.,ch.xii., where,describingthechariotsattachedtoDhruva(thepolestar),Parasaraspeaksofthechariotsofthe NINE planets,which areattachedbyaerialcords. 6 ThesevensacredplanetsandtheEarthformaparticularhierarchywithinthesolarkingdombecausetheyarecloselyunitedinoriginand destiny.Togethertheyformthesacredogdoadoftheancients. 7Accordingtotheosophy,therearereally12sacredplanets.Theancients, too,sometimesreferredto12spiritualplanetariesorrectors,knownasthetwelvecounselgodsandcalledintheEtruscoRoman languageconsentesdiiconsentingorcooperatinggods.8 Theancientsarrangedthesevenplanetsinthefollowingorder:Saturn,Jupiter,Mars,Sun,Venus,Mercury,Moon.Thisorderisdefinedby theirgeocentricradii,i.e.therelativetimeoccupiedbyeachinitsapparentorbitoftheEarth:approx.30years,12years,2years,1year, 7months,3months,and1monthrespectively.9 Theorderofthedaysoftheweekisdeterminedasfollows.Imaginethatthefirsthourofaparticulardayisunderthegovernanceof Saturn.Eachsubsequenthourisunderthegovernanceofthesubsequentplanet.The8th,15th,and22ndhoursarethereforegovernedby Saturn.The24thhourisgovernedbyMars,andthefirsthourofthenextdayisgovernedbytheSun:Saturnday(Saturday)istherefore followedbySunday(Sunday).Thesameprocedureisfollowedindeterminingtheremainingfivedaysoftheweek. 10 Theorderand namesofthedaysofourweekarethereforebasedonancientastrology.Moreover,

[they]werethesameinIndiaandinNorthernEurope,andinsomepartsofAsia,amatterwhichhasneveryetbeen satisfactorilyexplainedbyourcurrentcalendaristsandastronomers.Thereasonisfoundinthefundamentallyidentical astrologicalsystemcommontotheentireancientworld. 11 ThefollowingtablegivestheEnglishandScandinaviannamesforthedaysoftheweek,thenamesoftheScandinaviangodsfromwhich theyarederived,andthenamesofthesevensacredplanets. 12 Monday Mndag Manen Moon Tuesday Tisdag Tiw(GodofWar) Mars Wednesday Onsdag Wotan Mercury Thursday Torsday Thor Jupiter Friday Fredag Freya Venus Saturday Lrdag ? Saturn Sunday Sndag ? Sun ThefollowingtablegivestheFrenchandSpanishnamesofthedaysoftheweek,andthecorrespondingRomangods,whicharealsothe namesofthesacredplanets. 13 Lundi Lunes Luna,theMoon Mardi Martes Mars Mercredi Mircoles Mercury Jeudi Jueves Jupiter Vendredi Viernes Venus Samedi Sbado Saturn Dimanche Domingo Sun Copernicusintroducedtheheliocentric(suncentred)modeloftheuniverseinthe16thcentury,anditwassubsequentlyadoptedbyKepler andGalileo.WesternastronomershadpreviouslyfollowedthegeocentricsystemexpoundedbyPtolemy.Althoughtheancientsgenerally usedageocentricsystem,thereisplentyofevidencethattheywereawareofthetruthoftheheliocentricsystem.HPBwrites: Hicetas,Heraclides,Ecphantus,Pythagoras,andallhispupils,taughttherotationoftheearthandAryabhataofIndia, Aristarchus,Seleucus,andArchimedescalculateditsrevolutionasscientificallyastheastronomersdonow...14 TheVishnuPurana teachesheliocentrisminonepassage(bk.2,ch.8),butdeliberatelycontradictsitinothers,becauseitwasasecret templeteaching.15 Notestosection1 1.[T]hesevenglobesofourplanetarychainwerelikewisefrequentlycalledthesevensacredplanetsbytheancients(FEP541). 2.AlsoclassedasdwarfplanetsareCeres(thelargestbodyintheasteroidbeltbetweenMarsandJupiter)andEris(abodyinthe KuiperBelt,beyondPluto)seehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_planet. 3.SD1:574fn. 4.SD2:602fn. ChurchFatherOrigentestifiestothefactthatthegnosticsassociatedrectorswiththesevensacredplanets:Ildabaoth,geniusof SaturnEloi,ofJupiterSabao,ofMarsAdonai,oftheSunOrai,ofVenus,Astaphai,ofMercuryandIao,oftheMoon(SD1:577Isis 2:294GeoffreyA.Barborka, TheDivinePlan ,TPH,1964,414). TheGreeknamesofthedeitiesassociatedwiththesevensacredplanetsare:Kronos,Zeus,Ares,Phoebus,Aphrodite,Hermes, Semele.TheyareusuallygivenintheirLatinnames:Saturn,Jupiter,Mars,Apollo(theSun),Venus,Mercury,Diana/Luna(TheDivine Plan ,413). 5.SD1:575fnseealso1:99100.ThisstatementisstillcorrectnowthatPlutohasbeendemoted. Theancientshadanogdoadwhichdidnotincludetheearth(BCW14:226)....theAncientsknewofsevenplanetsbesidestheSun... Theseventh,withtwoothers,...weremysteryplanets,whetherUranusoranyother(BCW14:316fn,332).KH:Neptuneisthesecret planetoftheancients(www.blavatskyarchives.com).GdeP:TheancientsinmyjudgmentknewoftheplanetsUranusandNeptune,but theydidnotincludethemintheirastronomicalworks.WeTheosophistsknowwhy(SOP6). 6.SD2:4889fn. 7.ET183Dia1:250. 8.FSO319. 9.FEP329BCW12:551. 10.FEP32930.SeealsoBCW12:536.

11.FEP329SD1:652. Thenamesofthedaysofour(Christian)weekarethoseofthegodsoftheChaldaeans,whotranslatedthemfromthoseofthe Aryans...GreecedidnotgetherastrologicalinstructionfromEgyptorfromChaldaea,butdirectfromOrpheus,asLuciantellsus.Itwas Orpheus,ashesays,whoimpartedtheIndianSciencestonearlyallthegreatmonarchsofantiquity...(BCW14:350). 12.L.GordonPlummer, TheMathematicsoftheCosmicMind ,TPH,1982,150. 13.Ibid.NoticethatduetotheChristianinfluenceandcustoms,thecorrespondencesbreakdownforthenamesofSaturdayandSunday, althoughtheEnglishwordsforthesetwodaysquiteevidentlycorrelatewithSaturnandtheSun(150). 14.SD1:117,2:153. 15.SD2:155.SeeRichardL.Thompson, MysteriesoftheSacredUniverse ,GovardhanHillPublishing,2000,11820,259.

2.Thesacredplanets
HPBsaysthatthesevensacredplanetsweretheheavenlybodiesindirectastralandpsychiccommunicationwiththeEarth,itsGuides, andWatchersmorallyandphysicallythevisibleorbsfurnishingourHumanitywithitsoutwardandinwardcharacteristics,andtheir RegentsorRectors withourMonadsandspiritualfaculties.ThesacredplanetsdidnotincludeUranusorNeptune,notonlybecause theywereunknownunderthesenamestotheancientSages,butbecause,they,asallotherplanets,howevermanytheremaybe,arethe gods andguardiansofotherseptenarychainsofglobeswithinoursystems.1 Thesevensacredplanetsareusuallylistedas:Saturn,Jupiter,Mars,Venus,Mercury,Sun,Moon.TheSunisasubstituteforaplanet betweenMercuryandtheSun,atpresentinvisiblebutsuspectedbysome19thcenturyastronomers,whocalleditVulcan.2TheMoonisa substituteforaplanet(Lilith)sometimesseennearthemoonbythosewhohaveeyestosee.3InoneplaceHPBomitsMarsfromthe listofsacredplanets:Saturn,Jupiter,Mercury,andVenus,thefourexotericplanets,andthethreeothers,whichmustremainunnamed.4 G.dePuruckerexplains:Likethesunandthemoonwhicharesubstitutesfortwosecretplanets,Marstoacertainextentisinthe samecategory.5 Therearereally12sacredplanets,justasthereare12globesofaplanetarychain.Theseincludethesevencommonlyreferredto,plus theEarthandfourotherinvisibleplanetarychains. 6Eachglobeofourplanetarychainisthechildof,andinasensebuilt,controlled,and guidedby,oneinparticular,butallingeneral,ofthe12sacredplanets.OurownglobeD,forexample,wasespeciallybuiltby,andis especiallyguidedby,Saturn,assistedbyourMoon.Thereferencehereistotheensoulingdivinitiesofthesacredplanetsratherthantheir materialbodies. 7Eachroundandeachrootracearelikewiseundertheparticulargovernanceofoneofthesacredplanets.8

Planetaryandzodiacalcorrespondencesofthe12globesofourplanetarychain. 9 Thesevenortwelveplanetsaresacredbecausetheyarethetransmitterstotheglobesofourplanetarychainofthetwelveprimalspiritual andotherforcesemanatingasminorlogoifromthesupremelogosofourSun.Eachlogosistherectororgeniusofoneofthesacred planetsandusesthatplanetasitsprincipalhouseornervecentre.Themainsubstanceofaplanetarychaincomesfromitselfthroughits layacentre,butitdrawsintoitselfotherenergiesandatomsflowingfromitsfamilyofsacredplanets,whicharecloselyattunedtoit karmically.Thelifeflowfromthesacredplanetsprovidesuswithoursevenelementsandprinciples. 10 ThespiritualrectorsorgovernorsofthesacredplanetsaretheworldbuildersorkosmokratoresoftenmentionedbytheGreek philosophers.Ourplanetarychainwasbuiltbythesekosmokratores,alongwiththesvabhavicimpulsesemanatingfromtheplanetary

chainitself.Similarly,ourownplanetarychainhelpstobuildandguidesomeotherplanetarychain.Throughoutthesolarmanvantara,all planetarychainscooperateinbuildingoneanothersstructures,andinfillingeachotherwiththecharacteristicenergiesandradiations belongingtoeachone.Alltheplanetarychainsthereforeworkouttheircommondestinytogether.Thesolarsystemasawholeisaliving entityitsheartandbrainarecombinedintheSun,andtheplanetsareitsorgansorganglions. 11 ThetwelvelifewavesorfamiliesofmonadscurrentlyassociatedwiththeEarthplanetarychainremaintiedtoitforthewholeofthe presentsolarmanvantara(comprisingsevenplanetaryembodiments).Duringtheouterrounds,thevariousclassesofmonadshaveto passthrough,andevolvein,eachofthesacredplanetsinturn.Theorderis:Vulcan,Jupiter,Venus,Earth,Mercury,Mars,Lilith. 12 Individualmonadsalsopassthroughthesacredplanetsformuchshorterperiodsduringsleep,afterdeath,andduringinitiation.13 Notestosection2 1.SD1:575. 2.BCW10:340FSO3312.SeeAppendix1,ThesearchforVulcan. 3.FEP349.Someastrologersarebeginningtosuspecttheexistenceofsuchaplanetnearthemoon,andoneortwoofthemhaveeven giventoitthenewfanglednameofLilithanametakenfromRabbinicallegendassignifyingthequasianimalandfirstwifeof Adam(FSO319).SeeAppendix2,Lilithandthesecondmoon. 4.SD1:575. 5.FSO332FEP210,526. 6.Seesection3.NeitherNeptunenorUranusbelongstothe12sacredplanets(ET190). 7.ET1834FEP5267,5301,562FSO3212Dia1:3940. Everyplanetarychainisthesevenfoldortwelvefoldconstitutionofacelestialbeing,whoseabodeismainlyinthehighestglobe,and whosevitalinfluenceandmindpermeateeveryglobe,andthereforeeverybeingoratomwhichgoestoformthevariousglobesofthat chain.Justasmanhashis7,10,or12elementprinciples,soeveryplanetarychainhasits7,10,or12fociorknotsofconsciousness(its elementprinciples),whichareitsrespectiveglobes(FSO129,EST4:26). 8.FEP325,5301.TheplanetcorrespondingtoeachofthesevenroundsorrootracesisthesameasthatcorrespondingtoglobesAto Ginturn. 9.FSO141,323FEP548,561.Inthisdiagramfiveofthesevensacredplanetsappeartwice.Thisismoreorlessablind,though basedontheoccultfactthatthe12zodiacalmagnetismsworkingthroughoursolarsystemcanbeviewedasbeingsixfundamentalbut bipolarmagnetisms(FSO3234). 10.FSO3202FEP325,472. Everysunistheoutwardvehicleofanindwellingspiritualandintellectualpresencethesolarlogos...Oursunisacosmicatom... ensouledbyitsownspiritualintellectuallifeatom,atthecoreofwhichthereresidesadivinemonadofstellaroriginandcharacter(FSO 298). 11.FSO31819ET1878FEP548,562. 12.Dia1:21,72FSO141,151.ThelistisclearlyincompleteasitdoesnotincludeSaturnorthefourinvisibleplanetarychains. RegardingSaturn,GdePsays:intheperegrinationsofthemonads,SaturnopenstheperegrinationbeforetheSunisreached,and closesitaftertheSunisleftbehind(Dia1:41). Healsosaysthatwhenasacredplanetarychain(e.g.Venus)hasendeditsseventhroundanddied,themonadsduringtheouterround willvisitasubstitute,buthedoesnotgiveanyfurtherdetails(Dia2:318).Thehigherelementprinciplesoftheglobesofaplanetarychain naturallycontinuetoexistaftertheplanethasdied,asinthecaseofahuman. 13.SeeInnerandouterrounds.

3.Mars/Mercurycontroversy
In1882A.P.SinnettaskedmahatmaKHthefollowingquestion: Whatotherplanetsofthoseknowntoordinaryscience,besidesMercury,belongtooursystemofworlds? Arethemorespiritualplanets(A,B&Y,Z)visiblebodiesintheskyorareallthoseknowntoastronomyofthemore materialsort? 1 AsHPBlatersaid,tothisvagueandindefinitequestionKHgaveanequallyvagueandincompletereply: Marsandfourotherplanetsofwhichastronomyknowsyetnothing.NeitherA,B,norY,Z,areknownnorcantheybeseen throughphysicalmeanshoweverperfected. 2 SinnettmisinterpretedthistomeanthatthephysicalplanetsMarsandMercurywereglobesCandEoftheEarthplanetarychainaview heexpressedinanarticlein TheTheosophist andinhisbook EsotericBuddhism .3

HPBreferstothisgreatmistakeinTheSecretDoctrine ,whencorrectingthegratuitousspeculations...sometimesindulgedinbythe Europeanlaychelas. Itwasasked:Whatplanets,ofthoseknowntoordinaryscience,besidesMercury,belongtooursystemofworlds?Nowif bySystemofWorldsourterrestrialchain orstringwasintendedinthemindofthequerist,insteadoftheSolarSystemof Worlds,asitshouldhavebeen,thenofcoursetheanswerwaslikelytobemisunderstood.Forthereplywas:Mars,etc.,and fourotherplanetsofwhichastronomyknowsnothing.NeitherA,B,norYZareknownnorcantheybeseenthroughphysical meanshoweverperfected.Thisisplain:(a)Astronomyasyetknowsnothinginrealityoftheplanets,neithertheancientones, northosediscoveredinmoderntimes.(b)No companion planetsfromAtoZ, i.e. ,noupperglobesofanychainintheSolar System,canbeseen.[Withtheexceptionofcourseofalltheplanetswhichcome fourth innumber,asourearth,themoon, etc.,etc.HPB]AstoMars,Mercury,andthefourotherplanets,theybeararelationtoEarthofwhichnomasterorhigh Occultistwilleverspeak,muchlessexplainthenature. ...neitherMarsnorMercurybelong toourchain .Theyare,alongwiththeotherplanets,septenaryUnits inthegreathostof chainsofoursystem,andallareasvisibleastheir upperglobesareinvisible. 4 HPBthenquotesanotherletterfromKH: OurGlobe,astaughtfromthefirst,isatthebottomofthearcofdescent,wherethematterofourperceptionsexhibitsitselfin itsgrossestform....HenceitonlystandstoreasonthattheglobeswhichovershadowourEarthmustbeondifferentand superiorplanes.Inshort,asGlobes,theyarein COADUNITION butnot INCONSUBSTANTIALITYWITHOUREARTH andthuspertain toquiteanotherstateofconsciousness. 5 Insteadoflearningfromhismistake,SinnettchosetotakeoffenceatHPBsscandalousremarks.HewasconvincedthatHPBwas wrongandhewasright. 6HiserrorregardingMarsandMercurywaslaterendorsedbyAnnieBesantandC.W.Leadbeater,basedon theirclairvoyantinvestigations. 7YetitappearstohavebeenKHhimselfwhowasresponsibleforthecorrectionspresentedintheSDin August1888hewrotetoH.S.Olcott: Beassuredthatwhatshe[HPB]hasnot annotated fromscientificandotherworks,wehavegivenor suggested toher.Every mistakeorerroneousnotion,correctedandexplainedbyherfromtheworksofothertheosophistswas correctedbyme,or undermyinstruction .8 ItwaslefttoGdePtoshedfurtherlightonKHsreplytoSinnett.Hepointsoutthatoursystemofworldscanrefertoouruniversalsolar system(i.e.allthesolarsystemsrevolvingaroundthesamerajasunasourown 9),ourplanetarychain,ourgroupofsevensacredplanets, andtothismysterygroupEarth,Mercury,Mars,andfourothersecretplanets.KHsgeneralizedreplyrefersinparticulartothislatter group,becauseSinnetthadjustbeenquestioningKHonacertainaspectoftheteachingswhichcouldnotbefullyexplainedwithout givingoutthedoctrineconcerningthismysterygroup.10 GdePexplainsthatmanyplanetarychainsinoursolarsystemanduniversalsolarsystemhavenoglobesonourownplaneofperception. Allthecountlessplanetarychains,visibleandinvisible,aredividedintofamiliesofseven(ortwelve),whosemembersarecloselyrelated karmically. 11 Referringtoourownsacredplanets,hewrites: [The]sevensacredplanetsareprofoundlyinstrumentalinbuildingourplanetarychainbuttheearthalsoitselfisoneofanother grouporseriesofsevenplanets,whichbuildorcooperateinbuildingtheplanetarychainofcertainotheronesofour planets... 12 Earth,Mercury,Mars,andthefoursecretplanetsareaseptenarygroupwhosefunctionistoactinbuildinganotherplanetarychain.13 Ourownplanetarychainhelpstobuildandguideoneoftheotherplanetarychainsinparticularbutalltheotherplanetarychainsofour solarsystemingeneral.Mars,forexample,isbuiltbyitsparticulargroupofsevenortwelveplanetarychains,itselfbeingtheeighthofits ogdoad,andourEarthchainisoneofthese. 14 Notallofthesevensacredplanetsofanyoftheplanetsinoursolarsystemwould necessarybeourownsacredplanets. 15 Referringtothetwelvesacredplanets,GdePwrites: Wethushavethesevenplanetarychains,twoofwhichareinvisible,respectivelyVulcanandthesacredplanetnamedin connectionwiththemoonandtherearefourotherinvisibleplanetarychainsmentionedinTheMahatmaLetters (p.176) underthemerelettersA,B,andY,Z.Thesefour,withthesevenenumerated,makeeleven,towhichwemayaddthesolar chain,formingthefullnumberoftwelve.Theseplanetarychainsarethosewhichespeciallyrecognizeoursunastheirruler, andthereforetheyformthemainmembersofitskingdom. 16 GdePsinclusionofthesolarchainintheprecedingquotationmaybeablind,sinceKHincludestheEarthinthemysterygroupof planetsthatincludeA,B,Y,andZ.ThisissupportedbyGdePsstatementthatthefieldsofactionofthespiritualmonadareoursolar system,particularlythesevensacredplanetsandourearthaswellasfourothersecretplanetarychains.17 Healsowrites: Thereareonlytwelvesacredplanetsforusinthesolarsystem.ThesunisourcommonChief.[T]hisisthesecretwhyJesus hadtwelvediscipleswhilehehimselfwasthethirteenthorteacher. 18 Notestosection3 1.ML2148,ML C307. 2.ML2176,ML C331.

3.Fragmentsofocculttruth,no.VII,TheTheosophist ,April1883,162A.P.Sinnett, EsotericBuddhism (1883),5thed.,1885,Wizards Bookshelf,1973,136. 4.SD1:1634,also1523.NotethatHPBdoesnotquoteKHswordsaltogetheraccurately:sheaddsetc.,omitsyet,andparaphrases andinterpretshiswordsratherfreely.SinnettaccusedherofgarblingKHsreply.GdePcomments:Yousee,then,thatthereismuch behindallthis,muchthatdoesnotappearonthesurface.LikeKH,HPBcouldnottellthewholetruth,becausepledgedtosecrecy.What shesaysistrue,buthintsatsomethingmoreitwasablind,andyetwasabsolutelyresponsiveandtruthful, asfarasitwent (FEP540). 5.SD1:166.Inotherwords,thevariousglobesarecomposedofdifferentgradesofenergysubstance,butarekarmicallyboundtogether asaunitarygroup(coadunated)(SOP92Dia2:252). 6.ThelastletterthatSinnettreceiveddirectlyfromKHdatesfromtheendof1885(ML 2488(#145),ML C453).From1887untilhisdeath in1921,Sinnettusedanumberofclairvoyantsinasuccessful(inhisopinion!)efforttoremainintouchwithKHandothermasters.KH allegedlytoldhimtosaynothingofthesecontactstoothers,includingHPB.HealsoassuredSinnettthathisviewsonMarsandMercury wereperfectlycorrect!(See: AutobiographyofAlfredPercySinnett ,TheosophicalHistoryCentre,1986,3941VirginiaHanson, MastersandMen ,TPH,1980,30410ML C465 TheosophicalHistory,Oct1986,2057,Apr1987,512.) ThroughmediumRobertKing,SinnettlearnedfromadiscarnateentityclaimingtobeLaplacethatMarswasstillinhabitedbymembers oftheEarthshumanity,mostofthembeinglaggards,livinginignoble,degradedconditionstheanimalsonMarsconsistedsolelyof reptilians,inhabitingthecanalsorelongatedseas(LesliePrice,AMartianproblemsolved?,TheosophicalHistory,Oct2006,511). 7.ArthurE.Powell, TheSolarSystem ,TPH,1930,3,1114.SeealsoMargaretThomas, TheosophyversusNeoTheosophy,Isis Books,1990,567. NeotheosophyalsoclaimsthatNeptune,Pluto,andanotherplanetbeyondPlutoarelikewisethreephysicalglobesbelongingtothe sameplanetarychain( TheSolarSystem ,13). SeeML 2(Appendix,48993)forstatementsbySinnettandBesantontheMars/MercurydisputeandcommentsbyA.TrevorBarker. BarkerandW.Q.Judgeobjectedthatsincethereisacorrespondencebetweentheglobesofaplanetarychainandthehuman principles,therecannotbethreephysicalglobessincewedonothavethreephysicalbodies(Echoes1:34850,4757).Thisargumentis flawed,however,becausewhilethereisacertainanalogybetweenglobesandprinciples,everyglobehasitsownsevenprinciples(FEP 210,472Dia2:256ET8556fn).WhenonglobeEwewill,atcertainperiods,beabletoseeglobeC(FSO247SOP93),butthatdoes notmeanthatwewillhavetwovisiblebodies! 8.LMW1:47.Seealso:Echoes1:3219ISD,last6pages. 9.FSO12932,324.Auniversalsolarsystemisaparticulargroupofsolarsystemscloselyresemblingavastchainofsuns,ofwhichonly onesun,ourown,isvisibletousonthiscosmicplane.Notonlyarealltheothersunsofouruniversalsolarsysteminvisible,butlikewise theirrespectiveplanetarychains,becauseourvisionislimitedbyourkarmicdevelopmenttothisparticularsubsubplaneofacosmic plane(FSO132). 10.FEP539also5201,52931(inrelationtoFEP529(1sted.,459)seeFSO652). 11.FSO3178. 12.FEP532. 13.FEP587. 14.FSO324. 15.FEP350. 16.FSO320. AsregardstheasteroidbeltbetweenMarsandJupiter,mostoftheasteroidsarefragmentsofanexplodedorbrokenupplanet,while othersarecaptures.TheprevailingscientificbeliefisthatnoplanetcouldeverhaveformedbetweenMarsandJupiter,butsome scientistsdisagree(TomVanFlandern,Theexplodedplanethypothesis2000,http://metaresearch.org).Theplanetconcernedis currentlyonthedescendingarc,comingoutofthemoreetherealandthereforeinvisiblerealmsontothisphysicalplane.Inseveral millionyears,itwillbevisibleasacomet,slowlysettlingintoanellipticalorbitaroundtheSun,intheringnowoccupiedbytheasteroids. Asitmaterializesintoaplanet,itwillgatherupmostoftheasteroids.Similarly,beforeourEarthbeganitsfirstround,itsettledintoan orbitaroundtheSun(somewhatfartherfromitthanatpresent),whichwasthenoccupiedbyvastnumbersofasteroids(FSO3378).The planetbetweenMarsandJupitercouldbeoneofthefouradditionalsacredplanets. 17.FSO635. 18.SOP618.

4.Planetaryages
Planetaryagehastwomeanings:theevolutionarystageaplanethasreachedinitscurrentembodiment(itsphysicalage)andthe embodimentithasreachedinthepresentminormanvantaraofsevenembodiments(itsspiritualage).Thegeneralruleisthatthefarther aplanetisfromthesun,theyoungeritisphysically(i.e.inthisplanetaryembodiment),buttheolderspiritually(i.e.inthesolar manvantara). 1

WearetoldthatMercuryisnowemergingfromobscurationtobeginitsseventhandfinalround. 2Venusisinitsseventhround,andits humankingdomisinitssixthorseventhrootrace. 3Earthisinitsfourthround,anditshumankingdomisnearingthemiddleofthefifth rootrace. 4Marsiscurrentlyinobscurationbetweenitsthirdandfourthrounds. 5Lilithhasreachedtheendoftheseventhround. 6Saturn andJupiterareintheirearliestrounds. GdePsaysthatthedensityoftheplanetsasgivenbyscienceisafairlyaccurateguidetotheirphysicalageasageneralrule,thenearer planetsaretotheSun,thedensertheyare. 7ThefollowingtablegivesthedensityandstageofevolutionoftheSunandplanets,where theyareknown. Density(g/cm 3)8 Round Sun 1.41 ?9 Vulcan ? ? Mercury 5.43 obscurationpriorto7th Venus 5.25 7th(6thor7throotrace) Earth 5.52 4th(5throotrace) Lilith ? endof7th Mars 3.95 obscurationpriorto4th Jupiter 1.33 1st/2nd? Saturn 0.69 1st? Uranus 1.29 ? Neptune 1.64 ? ThetableshowsthattheplanetsgrowincreasinglydenseaswemovefromSaturntotheEarth,whileVenusandMercuryarelessdense thanEarthsincetheyhavepassedthefourthround.Ingeneral,theplanetsnearertheSunareolderintheircurrentembodiment,though therelativeagesofSaturnandJupiterareuncertain(asarethoseofUranusandNeptune),andVenusandMercuryoughtperhapsto swopplacessinceVenusistheolderofthetwointermsofrounds.Lilithisanexceptiontothegeneralrule,sincealthoughitisattheend ofitsseventhrounditissituatedneartheMoon.Vulcanisinacertainsensethehighestpsychologicallyofthesevensacredplanets, eventhoughnottheleastdense.10 Jupiterisnowendingthestageofevolutionassociatedwiththeelementoffireandbeginningthatassociatedwiththeelementofair. 11 Theseelementscorrespondtothefirstandsecondroundsrespectively. 12 JupiterismoreevolvedinitsplanetaryevolutionthanSaturn. 13 Saturnisinoneoftheearliestphasesofitsexistenceasaplanetarysphere,andasitevolvesitwillgrowerdenser,untilitbecomesa rockyglobeliketheEarth. 14 Itisinasensetheyoungestofthesevensacredplanets,andthemostethereal(visible)planetinthesolar system. 15 Thus,intermsofrounds,VenusisolderthanMercury,whichisolderthanEarth,whichisolderthanMars,whichisolderthanJupiterand Saturn.ThisdoesnotautomaticallymeanthatthisorderalsoappliestotheplanetsagesexpressedinEarthyears.First,foreachplanet, thelengthofoneofitsyears(i.e.onerevolutionaroundtheSun)isproportionaltoitsdistancefromtheSun. 16 RelativetoanEarthyear,a yearofeachoftheplanetsisasfollows: Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune 0.241 0.615 1.00 1.88 11.86 29.46 84.01 164.79 Second,althoughweknowthattheEarthscurrentplanetarymanvantarawilllastabout4.32billionEarthyears,wedonotknowhowlong thepresentmanvantaraofeachoftheotherplanetslastsinyearsoftheplanetconcerned.Nordoweknowtherelativelengthoftheseven rounds,evenasregardsourownEarth. 17 ThegeneralrulestatesthatthefurtheraplanetisfromtheSun,themorespirituallyadvanceditis,i.e.thegreaterthenumberof embodimentsithaspassedthroughinthepresentsolarmanvantara,whichcomprisessevenembodiments.Hencetheplanetaryspiritof JupiterismorespirituallyadvancedintermsofcosmicexperiencethanthatofMarsorEarth,andtheplanetaryspiritofEarthisspiritually moreadvancedthanthatofVenusbecauseolderinnumberofcosmicmanvantaras. 18 AlthoughVenusismoreadvancedthantheEarth inthesensethatitisfartheralonginthenumberofroundsrunthroughinitspresentplanetarymanvantara,ithasonlyreacheditsfourth embodiment,andismorematerialphysicallythantheEarth. 19 TheEarthisprobablyinitsfifthembodiment. 20 GdePmentionsanotherfactor: Astheplanetsconsideredasindividualsgrowolder,theyapproachthesun.Coincidentlytheirprakritisevolvemorestrongly, partlytoprotectthemagainstthesunwhichotherwisewouldsimplyannihilatethem,andpartlybecausesuchisevolutions course....ThusVenusisgrosserandmoreprakriticandmorematerialinthepropersensethanisearth,Mercurythanis Venus. 21 However,thecorrespondencesbetweentheplanetsandhumanprinciplesdonotreflectthis: ...Mercury,correspondingtoourprinciples,isbuddhi.Venusishighermanas.OurEarthiskamamanas.Marsiskama... 22 HPBliststhecorrespondencesasfollows:Sunpranaorjiva(life)Mercurybuddhi(spiritualsoul)Venusmanas(highermind, humansoul)Moonlingasharira(astraldouble)Marskamarupa(vehicleofanimalinstinctsandpassions)Saturnkamamanas (lowermind,animalsoul)Jupiterauricenvelope. 23 GdePsaysthatSaturnisspirituallymoreadvancedthanMarsorEarth,andthatSaturnandJupiterareintrinsicallyofamorespiritual
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svabhavathantheplanetsclosertothesun, inaccordancewiththegeneralrule.ButhealsosaysthatSaturnisinoneofitsmanvantaric existencesprevioustoitsfourthmanvantaricexistence,themostmaterialconsequentlySaturnisintrinsicallyamorematerialplanetthan EarthandEarthisintrinsicallyamorespiritualplanetarychainthantheSaturnianchainis.25 Saturn...isoneofthemostmaterialplanetsinoursolarsystem,althoughphysicallyitisthemostetherealthemostmaterial fromthestandpointofpsychicandsoulsubstance,andthemostetherealfromthestandpointofmerephysicalmatter. 26 AfterreiteratingthatSaturnisthemostetherealplanetknowninthesolarsystem,butspirituallyoneoftheleasthigh,GdePaddsthatfrom anotherstandpoint,mainlyconnectedwithperegrinationsofentities,itfunctionsasoneofthemostspiritualplanetsinthesolarsystem. This,hesays,isnotacontradictionbutaparadox. Tospeakof[Saturn]asoneofthemostmaterial[planets]merelymeansthatitisoneoftheleastevolvedspirituallyyetittoo hasitshighspiritualphase,aspectorportion,anditisthroughthisspiritualphaseorportionthatitsspiritualfunctionsinthe solarsystemoperate. 27

ThisillustrationshowstheapproximaterelativesizesoftheSun,Mercury,Venus,Earth,Mars,Jupiter,Saturn,Uranus, Neptune,andPluto.(http://solarsystem.nasa.gov) Notestosection4 1.FEP208.[T]henearerthesun,themoreadvancedistheplanetinitsevolution,andconsequentlythemoreevolvedareitsburdenof livingthings.Thefartherfromthesun,themoreetherealandinonesensethemorespiritualaretheplanets,butlessevolvedintheir respectiveplanetarymanvantaras(FSO327). 2.SD1:165FEP208FSO331. 3.SD1:165FEP208FSO3278. 4.SeeEvolutioninthefourthround. 5.SD1:165FEP208FSO332. 6.FEP324349FSO346,348. 7.FEP209,323. 8.PenguinDictionaryofAstronomy,Penguin,3rded.,1998,table5. 9.Starsthemselveshavetheirrounds,justasplanetshave(Dia2:173).TheSunsagecanbeveryroughlyestimatedasfollows:Ifwe assumethattheSunwillliveforsevenplanetaryembodimentsoftheEarth(sevendaysandnightsofBrahma),thentheSunisprobablyin itsfifthround,sincetheEarthisinitsfifthembodiment.IfeachmanvantaraandeachpralayaoftheEarthweretolast4.32billionyears, theSunwouldbeabout37billionyearsoldandwouldhaveanother24billionyearstolive. Bycontrast,accordingtocurrentscientificmodelsandassumptions,theSunis4.57billionyearsoldandwillliveforanother5billion yearsorsobeforebecomingawhitedwarftheEarthissupposedly4.567billionyearsold,buttheosophysaysitisabout2billionyears oldinitspresentplanetarymanvantara(seeSecretcycles). 10.FSO332,FEP324. 11.FSO334. 12.SD1:25960.Aglobeisalsoinafierystagebeforethefirstroundbegins(FSO197). 13.FSO327.

14.ET155. 15.Dia1:34. 16.Inthe17thcentury,Keplerdiscoveredthattheratioofthesquareofaplanetsperiodofrevolution(T)aroundtheSuntothecubeofits meandistance(r)fromtheSunisalwaysthesamenumber(T/r=constant).SeePatternsinnature,section9. 17.SeeSecretcycles. AlthoughMarshascompletedthreerounds,andtheEarthhascompletedthreeandahalf,ifMarsweretoliveforatotalof4.32billion Marsyears(eachofwhichiscurrently1.88timeslongerthananEarthyear),Marswouldnowbeabout3.5billionEarthyearsold, whereastheEarthisonlyabout2billionyearsold. 18.FSO3267 19.Dia1:17. 20.Echoes2:4056FEP184,468Dia1:1718. 21.Dia1:34FSO330. 22.Dia1:34. 23.HPBalsogivestheplanetscorrespondenceswithnumbers,metals,colours,sounds,andpartsofthebody,butstressesthatitisnot thephysicalplanetsthatarebeingreferredto(BCW12:5445,548,diagrams1&2). 24.FEP209FSO330. 25.Dia1:1718. 26.Dia1:10. 27.Dia1:24.

5.Planetarycharacteristics
Vulcanisdescribedasinacertainsensethehighestpsychologicallyofthesevensacredplanets,eventhoughnottheleastdense.It becamepracticallyinvisibletowardsthecloseofthethirdrootrace,aftertheseparationofthesexes.Aswehavenowreachedonthe ascendingarctheplaneofdevelopmentcorrespondingtothatofthethirdrootrace,itshouldbegintoshowitselfagaininarelativelyshort period.Althoughitistooetherealtobevisibletothenakedeye,itmightunderfavourableconditionsbevisiblewhencrossingthesolar disk,asitwouldbethrownintoshadowbytheSunsbrilliance.GdePmentionsthaton26March1859abodywasseentransitingthe solardisk,whichledsomeastronomerstobelievethattherewasanintramercurialplanet.Itwasthoughtthatthismightexplaina perturbationintheorbitalmotionofMercury.However,Vulcaneventuallyfellfromscientificfavourasitfailedtoreappearatpredicted times. 1 Mercuryisnowemergingfromobscurationtobeginitsseventhround.ManyancientnationscloselyassociatedMercurywiththeafter deathteachingoftheMysteries.Mercurywasalwaysknownasthegodofsecretwisdom.TheGreekequivalentisHermes,thegodof learning,overseerofmystics,andconductorofsoulstotheunderworld.TheSanskritequivalentisBudha(wisdom),andamongthe EgyptiansitwasThoth. 2HPBsays:Manderiveshisspiritualsoul(buddhi)fromtheessenceofthemanasaputras,thesonsofwisdom, whoarethedivinebeings(orangels)rulingandpresidingovertheplanetMercury.3 BeingspirituallyyoungerthantheEarth,Venusisintrinsicallymorematerialorprakritic,butisneverthelessmoreetherealsinceitisinits seventhround.Asitisnearingtheendofitsglobemanvantara,itradiatesanauriclightandisslightlyselfluminous.WhentheEarthnears theendofitsseventhrounditwillprobablybesomewhatmoreluminousthanVenusistoday. 4Venusisintimatelyconnectedwithour Earthbecauseitistheplanetfromwhichwelastcameontheouterround,andiscloselyconnectedwiththedevelopmentofourmanasic body. 5Itisdescribedastheoccultsister,alterego,andspiritualprototypeoftheEarth.Whatevertakesplaceononeplanetisfeltbyand reflectedontheother. 6 Theosophyteachesthattherearephasesoflifeoneveryplanet. Oneveryoneofthemthereisorwillbeaseriallineofascendingdegreesofentitiesthreeelementalkingdoms,amineral kingdom,somethingcorrespondingtoourvegetablekingdom,andagaintoouranimalkingdom,andonsomeoftheplanets akingdomcorrespondingtothehuman.Forlifeitselfiseverywherebecauseitistheverybasisofthings... 7 SincenosingleatomintheentireKosmosiswithoutlifeandconsciousness,howmuchmorethenitsmightyglobes? 8 Lifeformsonotherplanetswouldnotbevisibletousunlesstheyexistedonexactlythesamesubplaneofoursolarsystem.Moreover,they mightlookquitedifferentfromanythingweknowonEarth: Theinhabitantsoftheotherplanetsthosewhichareinhabitedatthepresenttimemusthaveformsstrictlyrelatedtoand fittedbyevolutionfortheirparticularplanet.Theywouldbeveryvariousindeed,andwemightnoteasilyacceptthosebeings asintelligent,sensitiveandconscious.Somemaybeflat,somespherical,andsomelong...Theinhabitantsofsomeofthe

planetsmovebyfloating,whilethoseofotherplanetsofoursolarfamilydonotmoveatalltheyarefixturessomewhatastrees arewithus,andyetarehighlyintelligent,consciousbeings.... Theinhabitantsofotherplanetswouldlooklikemonstrositiestous...Ontheotherhand,wemenofearth,forinstance, wouldbelikedevelopedbeaststotheinhabitantsofMercury,repulsiveinshapeandhorribleintheusestowhichweputour faculties. 9 TheinhabitantsofMercuryaresaidtohavetheclosestresemblancetous.HPBsays:ThemenofBudha(Mercury)aremetaphorically immortal throughtheirWisdom.10 ThehumansonVenus,whoareinthesixthorseventhrootraceoftheseventhround,aremuchmore intelligentthanweare,butnotasspiritualorethereal.Theyaredoubles(hermaphrodites),ovoidinshape. 11 TheMoonisasubstitutefor,andcloselyassociatedwith,thehiddenplanetLilith.TheMoonistheparentoftheEarth,theremainsof globeDoftheEarthchaininitspreviousembodimentmorespecifically,theMoonweseeistheastralshell,orkamarupa,ofglobeDof theMoonchain,sincetheEarthreembodiedonesubplanehigherthaninitslastembodiment.12 TheMoonisthereforefarolderthanthe Earth,andwascertainlynotcreatedbyabodythesizeofMarsstrikingtheyoungEarthwherethePacificOceanisnowlocated,and throwingupanenormousmassofmaterialthatcondensedintooursatelliteatheorythathasbeeninandoutoffashionforovera hundredyears.TheMoonwasoncefarlargerandfarclosertotheEarth.Itisgraduallydisintegratingandwillhavedissolvedintodust beforetheEarthreachesitsseventhround.Thelunarcratersarelargelypustulesorventscausedbythereleaseofgasesandotherthings fromwithintheMoon. 13 AlthoughtheMoonisadeadplanet,theparticlesofherdecayingcorpsearefullofactiveanddestructivelife,andareconstantlybeing absorbedbyherchild,theEarth. 14 Lunaremanationsarebothbeneficentandmaleficent,butusuallymaleficent,despitethekeyrolethey playinsuchmattersasbirthandgrowth. Asthegiverofbothphysicalandastrallife,themoonisalsothetransmitterofthelowermentalandpsychicalvitality.Butitis fullofalltheenergiesofdeathaswell.Itisadecayingbody....Thelunarvitalitynotonlystimulatesthegrosserformsofour physicalexistence,butcanlikewisebythatveryactioncausedecayanddiseaseinotherpartsofthehumanconstitution. 15 LilithalsoknownasthePlanetofDeathorEighthSphereisinitslastroundandisslowlydying.Itiscomposedofmaterialsodense thatweareunabletoperceiveit.However,onrareoccasions,certainindividualsmaycatchaglimpseofitneartheMoonduetoa numberofconvergingcauses,includingtheMoonsmaterializinginfluence.ThetiltofaplanetsaxisgraduallychangesthePlanetof Deathisatpresentinvertedandthereforerotatesonitsaxisinaretrogradedirection(i.e.clockwise). 16 Lilithisdescribedasthelowestofthesevensacredplanetsitisachainbeneathours.17 AstheEighthSphere,itisoneofthebodiesin thesolarsystemthatactasvents,cleansingchannels,receptaclesforhumanwasteandslag.18 Itisthesphereofabsolutematter,the loweststageofourownhierarchy,inwhichmatterhasreacheditsultimatedensitybeneathitbeginsanewhierarchy.19 LilithiscalledthePlanetofDeathbecauseitisthespheretowhichlostsoulsutterlycorruptsoulswhichhavelosttheirlinkwiththeir innergodfinallydescend,drawnbytheirownheavymaterialmagnetism.Theretheyareslowlygroundoverinnatureslaboratoryuntil disintegrated.ThePlanetofDeathcorrespondstothelowestpartofavichi.Alostsoulisanaggregateofastralvitalpsychicallifeatoms concretedaroundanasyetscarcelyevolvedmonad.Whenfreedfromitsearthveiloflifeatoms,thismonadbeginsacareerofitsown inthehighlymaterialPlanetofDeath.ThelattersnormalinhabitantsmustnotbeconfusedwiththesemonadsarrivingfromourEarth. Thesefallenmonadsareimperfectlyevolvedentities,orfailures,whichinthenextglobeembodimentofthePlanetofDeathwillhaveto begintheirevolutioninaninferiorcapacity. 20 HPBwrites: AnewMoonwillappearduringthe7thRound,andourMoonwillfinallydisintegrateanddisappear.Thereisnowaplanet,the mysteryPlanet,behindtheMoon,anditisgraduallydying.Finally,thetimewillcomeforittosenditsprinciplestoanewlaya centre,andthereanewplanetwillform,tobelongtoanothersolarsystem,thepresentmysteryPlanettherefunctioningas Moontothatnewglobe.ThisMoonwillhavenothingtodowithourEarth,althoughitwillcomewithintherangeofvision. 21 GdePimpliesthatLilithwillorbittheEarthasasatellite(andprobablyalreadydoes)beforebecomingtheparentmoonofthenext embodimentofitself. Beforeourplanetshallhavereacheditslastorseventhround,ourmoonwillhavedisintegratedintostellardust,butbythat timethissecretorMysteryplanetnearthemoonandnowdyingwillbedead,andwillbetousasamoonnotatruemoonin thesenseofourlunarmother,butratherasatellite.Itwill appeartousasamoonand,indeed,willbeamoon,becauseitwill beadeadbody. 22 ThephysicalglobeofMarshascompleteditsthirdround,andiscurrentlyincompleteobscuration,meaningthattherearenoactively evolvinglifewavesonitmostofitslivingentitieshavemovedontohigherglobesoftheplanetarychain.However,themostevolved representativestheshishtas,orremaindersofeachkingdomremainedbehind,andwhenthelifewavesreturninthenextglobe manvantaratheywillfindthesebodieswaiting. 23 Duringitsactiveperiods,orgloberounds,everyglobeofaplanetarychainissaidtobesurroundedbyameteoricveilconsistingmainly ofinterplanetaryandinterstellardust.Itactsasaprotectiveshield,anditselectromagneticinterchangeswiththeplanetconcernedhelpto producevariousmeteorologicalandclimaticphenomena. 24 Marshasonlyaverythinshellofmeteoricmattersurroundingitbecauseitisinobscurationandtheforcesofattractionholdingthe meteoricmassestogetherhavebeenrelaxed.WhenthelifewavesbegintocomeintoMarsagain,astheywillbeforemanymillionsof yearshavepassed,Marsalsowillbeginagaintoberecoveredwithwhatscientistscallheavyclouds,whicharereallyveilsofmeteoric dust.25 Mercuryhasathickermeteoricveilaroundit,asitiscurrentlycomingoutofobscurationtobeginitsseventhround,whileVenus hasanevendenserveil,becauseitsseventhroundisnowinfullswing.Venussmeteoricveiliscloselyassociatedwithitsthickclouds, preventingusfromseeingitsrealface. 26

TheEarthsMoonisatruemoon,inthesensethatitistheparentoftheEarth,theremainsofglobeDoftheEarthchaininitsprevious embodiment.Anyplanetnormallyhasonlyonetruemoon,andanyothermoonsorsatellitesareusuallycaptures.VenusandMercury havenomoons,whileMarshastwo,butneitherofthemisitstruemoon.AmastersaysthatthereasonMercuryandVenushaveno satellitesisbecausetheyarefarolderthanEarthandbecauseMarshastwosatellitestowhichhehasnoright.27 W.Q.Judgeinfersthat Marsabsorbedthesemoonsordraggedthemoffintohisorbitatsometimeenormouslydistantandstillkeepsthem,andaddsthat Venusbeinginher7thround,allvestigesofoldmoonshavebeensublimatedandabsorbedintoheratmosphere.28 GdePsaysthatthe moonofVenusdisappearedafteritsfourthround. 29 PhobosistheinnermostofMarstwomoons,andDeimosistheoutermost.Bothareamongthesmallestknownmoonsinthesolar system,withDeimosbeingthelargerofthetwo.Phobosisclosertoitsprimarythananyothermooninthesolarsystem,beinglessthan 6000kmabovethesurfaceofMars.Bothmoonsarewidelybelievedtobecapturedasteroids.30

Deimos(left)andPhobos(right).(http://berlinadmin.dlr.de)

GdePwrites:PhobosisnotamoonbutDeimosisatruemoon,butnotofMars.Phobosisacapture...31 Inconjunctionwiththeabove quotations,itmightbeinferredthatDeimosisthetruemoonof Mercury.32 GdePalsosays:thetruemoonofMarshasnotdisappeared yet33 whichcouldmeanthatitisaphysicalbodylocatedelsewhereinthesolarsystem,orthatitstillexistsbutistooetherealtobe seen. Jupiterisoneoftheleastdenseplanetsofoursolarsystem. Physicallyspeaking,manyofitscharacteristicscloselyresemblethoseofthesuninfact,Jupiterisaninfantsun,inthesense ofsmallsun.ThereisliquidonJupiter,butofakindthatwouldbeunrecognizedinourlaboratories....Jupitersatmosphere isveryheavyandverydenseincomparisontothatonearth.Ithasarelativelyheavycore,butofafluidiccharacter. MostofthelightwereceivefromJupiterisreflectedsunlight,buttosomedegreeitresultsfromtheplanetsglowingnature,which,in contrasttoVenus,iscausedbyitsfierycharacterratherthanitshighlyprogressedstage. 34 KHspeaksofarajasunhiddenbyJupiter.GdePsaysthatitexistsonasuperiorplaneandisonthedescendingarcofitsownsolar round.ItisthousandsoftimeslargerthanJupiter,butonourphysicalplaneitisalayacentre,amerephysicalpoint,anucleusofmatterin itsseventhorhigheststate.Itiscloselyconnectedwiththedense,concealingcloakofvapourwhich,accordingtoastronomers, surroundstheplanet.Jupitersredspotisduetoaphaseintheplanetsevolutionandtotheeffectoftherajasun.35 Jupiterhasabout63satellites,andGdePsaysthatCallistoisitstrue,parentmoon.Callistohasthemostcrateredsurfaceofanybodyyet observedinthesolarsystem.Saturnhasabout56satellites,anditstruemoonisprobablyIapetus. 36 TheringsofSaturnarearesultoftheevolutionoftheplanetarynebula,andlaterthecomet,whichbecameSaturn.Theyarepartofits meteoriccontinent,whichisespeciallythickintheregionoftheequator,andactassteppingstonesforentitiesenteringandleavingthe planet.Otherplanetshavesimilarringsbuttheyarenotvisibletoourphysicaleyes.WecanseeSaturnsbecausethatplanetisvery closelyconnectedwiththeEarthitistheplanetastrologicallygoverningourEarthinthisfourthround. 37 Jupitersinhabitantsaredescribedashugeaeriformorigniformentities,andasprobablythemostdifferentfromusinform.TheJovians andSaturniansaremuchmoreetherealthanweare,butlessevolvedandlessspiritual. 38 Neptune,Uranus,andPlutoarepartofoursolarsysteminsofarastheyrevolvearoundtheSun,butaredescribedascapturesor intrusionsintoit. Uranusisamemberoftheuniversalsolarsystem,butdoesnotbelongto oursolarsystem,eventhoughasatrueplanetitis closelylinkedwithoursunbothinoriginanddestiny.... Neptune,ontheotherhand,isnotbyrightoforigininthissolarmanvantaraamemberofeitheroursolarsystemorthe universalsolarsystem....Ithasbeencapturedinthesamesenseassomeoftheplanetshavecapturedmoons. 39 Neptunewasoriginallyacapturedcomet,anditstronglyinfluencesthesolarsystemasawholebecauseitscapturechangedthesolar systemspolarity.Itisanoutsideinfluence,thoughstrictlykarmic.Unlikethetrueplanetsofoursolarsystem,ithasnodirectconnection withthe12housesofourzodiac. 40

GdePalsosaysthatUranus,Neptune,andPluto belongtoasolarsystemoftheirown,althoughequallywithoursolarsystembelongingtotheuniversalsolarsystem.Itcan happenintheeconomyandinteractingrelationsofthecosmicEggofBrahmathatcertainplanetsofonesolarsystemcan intrudeintovisibilityfortheinhabitantsofanothersolarsystem,becausebothbelongtotheone universal solarsystemand whentwosuchsolarsystemsapproacheachotherasregardspositionandevolutionaryplaceonthecosmicplanes,theyare thuspartiallyvisibleeachtoeachbecauseofsimilarityofvibrations. 41 Notestosection5 1.FSO3312FEP324,349,351,525BCW12:549fn.SeeAppendix1,ThesearchforVulcan. 2.FSO331FEP24950BCW10:265,14:458fnTG3312. 3.BCW12:545. 4.FSO3279,335Dia1:32. 5.Dia1:21. 6.SD1:305,2:302. 7.FSO333. 8.SD2:702fn. 9.FSO3334.SeeLifeonotherworlds. 10.SD2:445. 11.FSO334. 12.FEP54850FSO342Dia2:139SD2:45,115,611. 13.SD1:1546,2:64IGT49ET858fnFEP349FSO3423Dia1:989,2:170. 14.SD1:156. 15.FSO341. 16.FSO3467.Lilithissometimesvisibleatacertainhourofnightandapparentlynearthemoon(BCW10:341).Itisverynearthe moon,butitismisleadingtosaythattheMoonhidesit(Dia2:5FEP324). Severalotherplanetsinthesolarsystemcurrentlyhaveanaxialtiltgreaterthan90andthereforehavearetrograderotation:Venus (17721),Uranus(9746),andPluto(11937).SeePoleshifts,part2,section1. 17.FEP349Dia3:28992. 18.FSO347. 19.ET174. 20.FSO3478FEP269. 21.IGT42. 22.FEP34950.SeeAppendix2,Lilithandthesecondmoon.IfLilithiscurrentlyorbitingtheEarth,referencestoitsretrograde motion(FEP324BCW10:3401)mightalsorefertothedirectioninwhichitorbitstheEarthandnotjusttoitsaxialrotation. 23.FSO332FEP2078Dia2:264,3578Echoes2:411.SeeMars:oursleepingneighbour,andShishtas:seedsoflife. 24.SeeEarthsmeteoricveil. 25.SOP320.AmoreexactfigureforthetimethatremainsofMarsobscurationisnotgiven.KHsaysthatthemahatmashaveevery indicationthatatthisverymomentsuchasolarpralayaistakingplacewhiletherearetwominoronesendingsomewhere(ML298,ML C 188).Intheletterconcerned,minorpralayaisgenerallyusedtomeananightofBrahma.Itspossible,however,thatheisusingithereto meanobscuration,inwhichcaseoneofthetwoplanetswhereaminorpralayaisendingcouldbeMercury. 26.FSO336FEP3278,33940SOP2945,320. 27.SD1:1556fn,165. 28.Echoes,2:217.

29.Dia1:989. Inthecourseofaminorsolarmanvantara,theglobesofaplanetarychainreembodysuccessivelyonesubplaneloweruntilthefourth embodimentisreached,andthereafteronesubplanehigheruntiltheseventhandfinalembodimentisreached.ThatiswhytheMoonwe seeistheastralshellofglobeDoftheMoonchain.Similarly,ifVenusisnowinitsfourthembodiment,theglobeweseeispresumably theastralVenus.AndanyparentmoonitoncehadonourownsubplanewouldhavebeentheremainsofitsphysicalglobeDinits previousembodiment.IfMercurystillhasaphysicalmoononoursubplane,itmightbeinferredthatthatplanettooisinitsfourth embodiment.Butthingsmightnotbethatsimple.IfSaturnandJupiterwereintheirsixthorseventhembodiment,theywouldbeoneortwo subplaneshigherthanourownglobe.Butwouldwestillbeabletoseethem? 30.www.nineplanets.org. 31.FEP526.Phobos,thesupposed INNER satellite,isnosatelliteatall(SD1:165). 32.GdePsaysatonepointthatthemoonsofbothMercuryandVenushavelongsincedissipatedintocosmicdust(Dia2:170). 33.Dia2:170. 34.FSO3345. 35.ML2167,ML C323FSO3356Dia2:1713. Referringtothesolarsystemsmotionthroughspace,KHsaysthatnoastronomerwillperceiveit telescopically,untilJupiterandsome otherplanets,whoselittleluminouspointshidenowfromoursightmillionsuponmillionsofstars(allbutsome5000or6000)will suddenlyletushaveapeepatafewofthe RajaSuns theyarenowhiding. GdePsaysthatMars,Jupiter,andSaturnalonehidebillionsandbillionsandbillionsofsunsthatweduringourpresentmanvantaraor worldcyclecannoteversee.Somedayinthefardistantfuture,asevolutionworksonthematterofourworldsphere,weshallseesome oftherajasunsnowhidbythesethreeplanetsbythespheresofthesethreeplanets,fortheplanetsandtheirrespectivespheresare reallythesame(FSS1314). 36.EsotericInstructions ,400. 37.Dia1:78,10,97. 38.FSO330,334. 39.FSO3245FEP520. 40.FSO3245ET1923FEP5223Dia1:3702,2:81. 41.FSO129fn.

Appendix1.ThesearchforVulcan 1
On26March1859,amateurastronomerE.M.LescarbaultofOrgres,France,observedaroundblackspotofplanetsizecrossingthe Sunsdisk.Itmovedaquarterofthesolardiameterinaboutanhourandaquarter.TheFrenchmathematicianUrbainLeVerrierwho togetherwithJohnAdamsiscreditedwithhavingpredictedthepositionofNeptunebeforeitwasdiscovered,basedonanomaliesinthe orbitofUranus 2investigatedLescarbaultsobservationandconcludedthatitwasgenuine.Hecomputedthefollowingorbit:period19 days17hours,meandistancefromSun0.147astronomicalunits(AU),inclinationofitsorbittotheecliptic1210.Theplanetsdiameter wasconsiderablysmallerthanMercurysanditsmasswasestimatedat1/17ofMercurysmass.LeVerrierexpectedtheretobeatleast two,andusuallyfour,transitseachyear,around3Apriland6October. TheplanetwaslaternamedVulcan(aftertheRomangodoffire),andLeVerrierannounceditsdiscoveryatameetingoftheAcadmie desSciencesinParison2January1860.Noteveryoneagreedwithhim:FrenchastronomerEmmanuelLiais,oneofhisrivals,hadbeen viewingtheSuninBrazilatthesametimeasLescarbaultandwithatelescopetwiceaspowerful,yethadseennoplanet. LeVerriercalculatedthattheprecessionofMercurysapsides(theadvanceofitsperihelion)wasabout38arcsecondsgreaterthanthe valueof527arcsecondspercenturyexpectedonthebasisofnewtonianmechanics. 3Hearguedthatthisdeviationmightbecausedby anintramercurialplanet.TheobjectLescarbaultsightedwastoosmalltoaccountforthedeviation,butLeVerrierthoughtitmightbethe largestmemberofanintramercurialasteroidbelt.Theonlywaytoobserveanintramercurialplanetorasteroidswaseitherwhenthey transitedtheSunorduringtotalsolareclipses. Reportsofearliersightingsofintramercurialbodiesbegantosurface,datingbackto1758,buttheirqualityvariedconsiderably.J.C.R. RadaudeducedfromafewoftheseobservationsthatVulcanhadaperiodof38.5days,andpredictedtransitson29March,and2,4, and7April1860.Astronomersaroundtheworldawaitedtheseeventsbutnoplanetwassighted. Nothingwasseenagainuntil20March1862,whenamateurastronomerW.LummisofManchester,England,observedasmallblack spotmoveaboutafifthofadegreeacrosstheSuninthespaceof20minutes,andshowedittoacolleague.Basedonthisreport,J.F.B. ValzcalculatedthatVulcansorbitalperiodwas17.5days,whileRadauarrivedatafigureof19.9days.AnastronomerinNewYorkand oneinGermanysaidtheyhadalsoobservedtheobject,buttheirrecordsindicatedthatitcorrespondedtonothingmorethantwoordinary sunspotsLummishadallegedlyseenoneofthemandthen20minuteslatertheother,andconfuseditwiththefirst.On8May1865 FrenchastronomerA.Coumbary,atConstantinople,sawasmallobjectcrossingtheSun.Ahandfulofsporadicsightingswerereported overthenextfewyears.

On4April1876,GermanastronomerHenrichWebersawasmallroundspotontheSun.LeVerriersorbitindicatedapossibletransiton 3Aprilofthatyear.ByselectingthefivestrongestobservationsofVulcan,R.Wolfcalculatedaperiodof42.2dayswhileLeVerrier thoughtaperiodof28.01daysmightfittheobservationsbetter.However,VulcanfailedtoshowitselfinOctoberofthatyearaspredicted. Moreover,twoastronomerssaidthattheytoohadseenWebersrounddotbutclaimeditwasnothingbutasunspotwithoutapenumbra. LeVerrieragainrevisedhiscalculations,anddecidedthatVulcanhadfailedtoappearbecauseitmovedinahighlyeccentricorbitwith anextremeinclinationof10.9.Hederivedanewperiodof33daysandpredictedthenexttransitfor22March1877butagainitfailed toappear.LeVerrierdiedlaterthatyear,stillastaunchbelieverinVulcan. Duringthetotalsolareclipseof29July1878,twoexperiencedobserversJamesWatsonandLewisSwiftindependentlyreported seeingintramercurialplanets.Bothobservedtwobrightobjects,butindifferentplacesmakingfourpotentialnewplanets,noneofwhich matchedthepositionofLeVerriersorLescarbaultsVulcan.Nootherastronomershadseenanythingunusual.T.R.vonOppolzer reworkedthechiefhistoricalrecordsofpossiblebodiesorbitingtheSun,publishedanorbitradicallydifferentfromanyproposedbyLe Verrier,andpredictedatransitwouldtakeplaceon18March1879butagainVulcanfailedtoregisteranappearance. SearchesforVulcancontinuedtobemade,includingduringsolareclipses.Veryoccasionallysomethingunusualwasseen,butnotby manyastronomerssimultaneously.MostastronomersabandonedthesearchforVulcanafterEinsteinpublishedhisgeneralrelativity theoryin1915,whichsupposedlyexplainedtheMercurysanomalousperihelionadvance(seebelow).InMay1929ErwinFreundlichof PotsdamphotographedthetotalsolareclipsefromSumatra.Acomparisonoftheplateswithimagestakensixmonthslaterrevealedno unknownobjectbrighterthanthe9thmagnitudeneartheSun. However,afewastronomersremainedconvincedthatnotalltheallegedobservationsofVulcanwerebogus.HenryCourtenandhis associatesstudiedphotographicplatesofthe1966and1970solareclipses,anddetectedseveralobjectswhichappearedtobein orbitsclosetotheSunafewwereconfirmedbyotherobservers.Courtenbelievedthatanintramercurialplanetoidbetween130and800 kilometresindiameterwasorbitingtheSunatadistanceofabout0.1AU.Otherimagesonhiseclipseplatesledhimtopostulatethe existenceofanasteroidbeltbetweenMercuryandtheSun. Someoftheseobjectscouldhavebeenfaintcometsorsmallasteroids.Inrecentyearsnumeroussmallsungrazingcometshavebeen recordedbysatellites,andsomehavecollidedwiththeSun.Inadditiontomisidentifiedsunspotsandstars,nearearthobjectsmightalso accountforsomeoftheearliersightingsofobjectsassumedtobeclosetotheSun,andthiscouldexplainwhytheywerevisiblefrom somelocationsbutnotothers.Today,thequestcontinuesforVulcanoidasteroids, 4butanyasteroidslargerthanabout60kmare consideredtohavebeenruledout. TheosophysaysthatVulcaniscurrentlytooetherealtobeseen. 5Whetheritwouldstillhavemeasurablegravitationaleffectsonourown subplaneisunclear.Ifnot,itwouldnotexplaintheexcessadvanceof39.5to43arcsecondsintheperihelionofMercurysorbit.The generalbeliefnowadaysisthatEinsteinsgeneralrelativitytheorycanexplainthiswithouttheneedforanintramercurialplanet. 6However, itisabsurdtoclaimthatanabstractgeometricconceptsuchascurvedspacetimecanexplaingravityoranythingelse!Relativitytheory assumesuniformcurvatureofspacearoundacelestialbody,andisthereforeunabletoexplainwhytheorbitsoftheplanetsareelliptical inthefirstplace.Furthermore,itaccountsforonlyonesixthoftheadvanceintheperihelionofMarsandcannotexplaintheanomalous motionofthenodesofVenus.ThereisnoneedtoinvokegeneralrelativitytoexplainMercurysanomalousorbit,thegravitationalredshift, andthegravitationalbendingoflight,asallthreephenomenacanbeexplainedintermsofanethericmediumpervadingspace,whose densityincreasesaroundlargebodiessuchasstarsandplanets. 7 Forthesakeofcompleteness,itshouldbementionedthatin1929psychicGeoffreyHodson(oftheAdyarTheosophicalSociety)claimed hehadseentwoplanetsnotvisibletousualsight.Thefirstone(Vulcan)revolveswithintheorbitofMercury,andradiatesorreflectsonly deepinfraredradiation,whichiswhyitisgenerallyinvisible.Theotheroneisnormallyintheinnerpartoftheasteroidbeltjustbeyond Marsandisethericorplasmic.AccordingtoHodsonscolleagueGeorgeSutcliffe,Vulcanhasameanperiodof25.2883days.Hodson alsosawtwoplanetsbeyondNeptune,butneitherofthemturnedouttobePluto. 8 IfVulcanisvisible onlywhencrossingtheSunsdisk,thensightingsofitinthevicinityoftheSunduringsolareclipsescannotbegenuine. IfVulcanis always visiblewhentransitingtheSun,itislikelythatitwouldhavebecomeanacceptedplanetbynow. Notestoappendix1 1.RichardBaum&WilliamSheehan, InSearchofPlanetVulcan:theghostinNewtonsclockworkuniverse ,Plenum,1997Paul Schlyter,Vulcan,theintraMercurialplanet,18601916,1971,www.nineplanets.orgWilliamR.Corliss(comp.), TheSunandSolar SystemDebris ,SourcebookProject,1986,96102,10715Vulcan(hypotheticalplanet),http://en.wikipedia.org TheCompleteBooks ofCharlesFort ,Dover,1974,196208,3201,340. 2.NeptunewasfoundwithinonedegreeofthepositionpredictedbyLeVerrier.However,itisabout30AUfromtheSun,whereasLe Verrierhadpredictedadistanceof35to37.9AU,anditsorbitalperiodisabout165years,comparedwiththe207to233years calculatedbyLeVerrier.LeVerrierinitiallysaidthattheplanetdiscoveredin1846wasnottheonehehadpredictedbutthisisno longermentionedinthetextbooks.TheregioninwhichAdamshadpredictedNeptunewouldbefoundwassolargethatitwouldhave takenoverthreemonthstosearchtheentirearea.Asanothercontemporaryastronomersaid,Neptunesdiscoverywasahappy accident.(See TheCompleteBooksofCharlesFort ,138,31819,72830.) 3.AsaplanetorbitstheSun,itslineofapsidesthelinejoiningthepointwhereitcomesclosesttotheSun(perihelion)andthepoint whereitisfurthestfromtheSun(aphelion)slowlyrotates,sothatovertimeitsellipticalorbittracesoutarosettepatterninspace.Thisis knownasapsidalprecession(seePoleshifts,part1,section5).Thiseffectisexaggeratedinthediagrambelow.

4.Seewww.vulcanoid.org. 5.WritinginOctober1992,KHhintedatmorethanoneplanetbetweenMercuryandtheSun:NotalloftheIntraMercurialplanets,noryet thoseintheorbitofNeptuneareyetdiscovered,thoughtheyarestronglysuspected.Weknowthatsuchexistandwheretheyexistand thatthereareinnumerableplanetsburntouttheysay,inobscurationwe sayplanetsinformationandnotyetluminous,etc.(ML2 169,ML C325). 6.TheformulaEinsteinpublishedin1915forcalculatingtheexcessadvanceofMercurysperihelionwas exactlythesame astheformula publishedbyPaulGerberin1898eventotheextentofusingthesameupperandlowercaseformsofthesametypographicalsymbols. EinsteinsaidhewasnotfamiliarwithGerberswork.RelativistshaveconsignedGerbersworktoobliviononthegroundsthathis approachwastheoreticallyflawed.ButexactlythesameobjectioncouldbedirectedatEinstein.(See:HaroldAspden, www.energyscience.org.ukIanMcCausland,Anomaliesinthehistoryofrelativity,JournalofScientificExploration ,13:2,1999,27190.) 7.SeeSpace,timeandrelativity,section3. 8.www.librarising.com/space/unknown.html.

Appendix2.Lilithandthesecondmoon 1
TheMoonisthesecondbrightestobjectintheskyaftertheSun.Ithasadiameterof3476km(comparedtotheEarths12,756km)and orbitstheEarthatanaveragedistanceof384,400km.ItiscommonlybelievedtobetheEarthsonlynaturalsatellite.However,the possibilitythattheEarthhasoneormoreothernaturalsatelliteshaslongbeenahottopicamongastronomersandastrologersalike. In1846,FrenchastronomerFredericPetitannouncedthattwoobserversatToulouseandathirdatArtenachaddiscoveredasecond moonoftheEarthon21Marchofthatyear.Hecalculatedthatittook2hours44minutes59secondstoorbittheEarth,andthatits ellipticalorbittookitascloseas11.4kmtotheEarthssurfaceatitsnearestapproach(perigree)andasfaras3570kmatitsfurthest point(apogee).Yearslater,hearguedthatasecond,smallmooncouldaccountforcertainunexplainedminordeviationsinthemotionof ourprincipalmoonbutitwouldhavetobeatleastseveralmileslargeandwouldhavebeenspottedbyancientskygazers. AstronomersgenerallyignoredPetitsclaims,buttheideaofasecondmoonreceivedwidepublicityafterJulesVerneincludeditinhis novelFromtheEarthtotheMoon (1865).Amateurastronomersaroundtheworldbegantosearchfortheextramooninthehopeof achievingfamebutinvain. In1898,GermanamateurastronomerGeorgWaltemathclaimedtohavediscoveredasecondmooninsideawholesystemoftiny moons.Hehadfoundanomalousobservationsscatteredthroughoutrecordsdatingfrom1618tohisowndaythatsuggestedthe existenceofabodyorbitingtheEarthinaverystableandpredictableorbit.Hegavethefollowingorbitalelements:distancefromEarth 1.03millionkm,diameter700km,orbitalperiod119days,synodicperiod177days.Astronomershadfailedtodiscoveritbecauseit wasnothighlyreflectiveandcouldonlybeseenwhentransitingtheSunsdisk,orrarelywhenitwasinoppositionwiththeSunwhenitsfull facecouldsometimesbeseenasareddishglow. WaltemathpredictedthedatesandtimesofseveralmoretransitsofthebodyacrosstheSunsdisk,andclaimedtohaveconfirmedthese predictionsbyhisowndirectobservationsandthoseofwitnesses.On4February1898,heand11witnessesreportedseeingadark objecthavingonefifththeSunsapparentdiametertraversethesolardiskinthespaceofanhour.However,twoprofessionalAustrian astronomershadobservedonlyafewordinarysunspotsatthattime.Waltemathcontinuedtoissuepredictionsandaskforverifications butwasgenerallyignoredbyastronomers.However,theideaofasecondmoonwaslatertakenupbyastrologers(seebelow). In1922,USastronomerW.H.PickeringpublishedanarticleonthepossibilityofameteoricsatelliteorbitingEarth.Hecalculatedthata satellite0.3metresindiameterorbiting320kmabovetheEarthssurfaceshouldbevisibleina3inchtelescope,anda3metresatellite wouldbevisibletothenakedeye.Thisledtoanotherflurryofactivitybyamateurastronomers,butagainthesearchprovedfruitless. ScientistsbelievethatitispossiblefortheEarthtohaveothernaturalsatellites,butonlyforashorttime. MeteoroidspassingtheEarthandskimmingthroughtheupperatmospherecanloseenoughvelocitytogointoasatelliteorbit

aroundtheEarth.Butsincetheypasstheupperatmosphereateachperigee,theywillnotlastlong,maybeonlyoneortwo, possiblyahundredrevolutions(about150hours).Therearesomeindicationsthatsuchephemeralsatelliteshavebeen seenitisevenpossiblethatPetitsobserversdidseeone. 2 SinceWaltemathstime,otheradditionalmoonshavebeenreportedfromtimetotime.Forinstance,aGermanamateurastronomer,W. Spill,claimedtohaveobservedasecondmooncrossourfirstmoonsdiskon24May1926.Beginningin1953observationsofthe spacebetweentheMoonandtheEarthweremadeattheLowellObservatory,butthesearchesturnedupnothing.Sincethe1960s, AmericanscientistJohnBagbyhaspublishedseveralhotlydebatedpaperscontendingthattheEarthhascapturedchunksofspace debris,ofwhichsomehavedisintegrated,andothersarestillinorbit.SeveralnearEarthasteroidse.g.3753Cruithne(5kmacross) and2002AA29(about100macross)withhorseshoeorbitscanbeconsideredcompanionsofEartheventhoughtheydonotorbitit directly. 3 AnotherpossibilityisthattheMoonitselfmayhavenaturalsatellitesorbitingit,but,despiteseveralsearches,nonehavebeenfound. ScientistsbelievethatduetotheMoonsunevengravityfieldanylunarsatellitewillcrashintoitafterafewyearsorpossiblyadecade. LikeJupiter,theMoonmighthaveTrojansatellites,i.e.secondarysatellitesinthelunarorbit,travelling60aheadoforbehindtheMoon (theselocationsbeinggravitationallystable).Sincethelate1950s,evidenceforcloudsofdustparticles(visibleasfaintpatchesoflight)in thesepositionshasbeendetected.In1990theywerefoundtobeafewdegreesinapparentdiameter,andtowanderupto10away fromtheTrojanpoint.Theyareveryhardtodetectandtodistinguishfromthezodiacallight,inparticularthegegenschein. 4 WaltemathsobservationsgeneratedinterestinLilithamongastrologers.In1918anastrologercallinghimselfSepharial(hisrealname wasWalterGornold,aonetimetheosophistandpupilofH.P.Blavatsky 5)namedthismoonLilith,afterAdamsfirstdemonicwifein Hebrewmythology.LikeWaltemath,heconsideredittobesoblackandnonreflectivethatitwasinvisiblemostofthetime,andthatitonly becamevisiblewhencrossingthesolardiskorinoppositiontotheSun.HeconstructedanephemerisofLilith(i.e.itscelestial coordinates),basedonWaltemathsresearch.HeconsideredLilithtohaveaboutthesamemassastheMoon,butscientistsobjectthat anysuchsatellite,evenifnotdirectlyvisible,wouldrevealitspresencebyperturbingtheEarthsmotion.OneofSepharialsfollowers concludedthatitwasprobablyjustadustcloudofvaryingdensity. SepharialsLilithisstillusedbysomeastrologerswhencastinghoroscopes.Infact,inmodernastrologythenameLilithisgiventofour differentastronomicalentities: 6 1.DarkMoonLilithistheEarthssecondmoonaspostulatedbyWaltemathandSepharial.Itissaidtohaveadiameteraboutonequarter oftheMoons,andtoorbittheEarthatthreetimesthedistanceoftheMoon,withageocentricperiodof119days.Someastrologers adheretoWaltemathsoriginalcalculations,whileothersusetheephemeriscalculatedbySepharialorDelphineJay( InterpretingLilith , 1981).ManyastrologersbelieveLilithsexistencehasbeendisprovedbyscience,anditiscertainlytruethatasecondlargemoon orbitingtheEarthwouldhavebeendiscoveredbynow ifitwereanordinaryphysicalobject . 2.BlackMoonLilithisnotacelestialobjectbutanabstract,geometricpoint.Anellipsehastwofocalpoints:inthecaseoftheMoons orbit,theEarthislocatedatoneofthefocalpointsandBlackMoonLilithisconsideredtobeeithertheotherfocalpoint(about36,000km fromtheEarth),ortheapogeeoftheMoonsorbit,bothpointslyinginthesamedirectionfromtheEarth. 7BlackMoonLilithiscommonly usedinmainlandEurope,anditsuseintheUSandUKisincreasing.

3.Asteroidno.1181,locatedinthemainasteroidbeltbetweenMarsandJupiter,iscalledLilithandtakenintoaccountbysome astrologers. 4.ThestarAlgol(BetaPersei)intheconstellationPerseusisknownasLilithbysomeastrologers.Itisavariablestar,asitssystem consistsofthreestarsorbitingaroundoneanother.Ithasareputationasthemostevilstarinthesky.TheHebrewscalleditSatansHead andLilith. 8 ThepreciseinterpretationofthesevariousLilithsdiffersamongdifferentastrologers,butingeneralLilithisheldtobecloselyconnected withtheshadowsideofthepersonality. Notestoappendix2 1.PaulSchlyter,TheEarthssecondmoon,1846present,www.nineplanets.orgWilliamR.Corliss(comp.), TheMoonandthePlanets , SourcebookProject,1985,1418WilliamR.Corliss(comp.), TheSunandSolarSystemDebris ,SourcebookProject,1986,11517 Lilith(hypotheticalmoon),http://en.wikipedia.org. 2.www.nineplanets.org/hypo.html.

3.WilliamC.Corliss(comp.), ScienceFrontiers ,SourcebookProject,1994,567ScienceFrontiersII ,SourcebookProject,2004,77 www.astro.uwo.ca/~wiegert/3753/3753.html. 4.Thereflectionofsunlightfromthezodiacalcloud(atenuouscloudofdustenvelopingtheinnersolarsystem)isbelievedtogiveriseto thezodiacallightaveryfaintconeoflightinthesky,visibleintheeastjustbeforesunriseandinthewestjustaftersunsetonveryclear nightstheglowextendsalongtheecliptic(theplaneoftheEarthsorbitaroundtheSun).Reflectedsunlightalsoproducesthe gegenschein(counterglow),abright,diffusepatchinthenightskydirectlyoppositetheSun.SeeEarthsmeteoricveil,section4. 5.Gornoldisbetterknownintheosophicalcirclesunderhisoriginalname:WalterRichardOld(18641929).Hestartedcorresponding withH.P.Blavatskyin1887,metherinLondon,andbecameforawhileacloseassociateandamemberofherInnerGrouphewas thereforefamiliarwithherteachingsaboutthemysteryplanetbehindtheMoon.SeveralyearsafterHPBsdeath,AnnieBesantand othersaccusedW.Q.Judgeofmisusingmahatmasnamesandhandwritings.Oldplayedakeyroleinfomentingsuspicionagainst Judge,andpublishedmaterialrelatingtotheJudgecaseinTheWestminsterGazette ,therebyhasteningthesplitintheTheosophical Society.EvenH.S.Olcott,whosuspectedW.Q.J.oftreachery,describedOldsbehaviourasbeastlycaddishness.OldlefttheTS,took onanewidentityasWalterGornold,andthrewhimselfintoastrologicalwork,becomingoneoftheforemostastrologersoftheday. (SeeErnestE.Pelletier, TheJudgeCase ,EdmontonTheosophicalSociety,2004,pt.1,3656,3704,396,3989,41112Kim Farnell,WalterRichardOld:themanwhoheldHelenaBlavatskyshand,TheosophicalHistory,Apr2000,7183KimFarnell,That terribleiconoclast:abriefbiographyofSepharial,www.skyscript.co.uk/sepharial.html.) 6.FraterRIKB,TheBlackMoonLilith,www.horusset.com/RIKB/Lillith.pdfM.KelleyHunter,TheDarkGoddessLilith, www.mountainastrologer.com/hunter.htmlM.KelleyHunter,Lilith,triplegoddess+,www.heliastar.com/triplegoddess.htmlSue Simmons,Lilith,www.astrologysoftware.com/resources/articles/getarticle.asp?ID=168&orig=AxelHarvey,Lilith,Lilith,Lilithand Charybdis,www.astrologymontreal.com/articles/ah_on_lilith.htmLiliththedarkmoon,www.astro.com/astrology/in_lilith_e.htm. 7.OnlytheMoonsmeanorbitapproachesaperfectellipseitstrueorbitisanapproximate,wobblyellipse.Thismeansthatthereisatrue andameanapogee,andastrologersdonotagreeonwhichisthebestonetouse. 8.R.H.Allen, StarNames,TheirLoreandMeaning (1899),Dover,1963,332.

Appendix3.Soundsfromunseenplanets
InOctober1882A.P.SinnettaskedKHthefollowingquestion: Couldanyotherplanetsbesidesthoseknowntomodernastronomy(Idonotmeanmereplanetoids)bediscoveredby physicalinstrumentsifproperlydirected? 1 KHreplied: Theymustbe.NotalloftheIntraMercurialplanets,noryetthoseintheorbitofNeptuneareyetdiscovered,thoughtheyare stronglysuspected.Weknowthatsuchexistand wheretheyexistandthatthereareinnumerableplanetsburntouttheysay, inobscuration wesayplanetsinformationandnotyetluminous,etc.Butthenweknowisoflittleusetoscience,when theSpiritualistswillnotadmitourknowledge.Edisonstasimeteradjustedtoitsutmostdegreeofsensitivenessandattached toalargetelescopemaybeofgreatusewhenperfected.Whensoattachedthetasimeterwillaffordthepossibilitynotonlyto measuretheheatoftheremotestofvisiblestars,buttodetectbytheirinvisibleradiationsstarsthatareunseenandotherwise undetectable,henceplanetsalso.Thediscoverer,anF.T.S.,agooddealprotectedbyM.thinksthatif,atanypointinablank spaceofheavensaspacethatappearsblankeventhroughatelescopeofthehighestpowerthetasimeterindicatesan accessionoftemperatureanddoessoinvariably,thiswillbearegularproofthattheinstrumentisinrangewiththestellarbody eithernonluminousorsodistantastobebeyondthereachoftelescopicvision.His tasimeter,hesays,isaffectedbyawider rangeofethericundulationsthantheeyecantakecognizanceof.Sciencewill hearsoundsfromcertainplanetsbeforeshe sees them.Thisisa prophecy.UnfortunatelyIamnotaPlanet,notevenaplanetary.OtherwiseIwouldadviseyoutogeta tasimeterfromhimandthusavoidmethetroubleofwritingtoyou.Iwouldmanagethentofindmyselfinrangewithyou.2 KHbeginshisresponsebysayingthatit is possibleforphysicalinstrumentstodetectplanetsasyetunknowntoscience.Hethen indicatesthatthemahatmasknowoftheexistenceofsuchplanetsinourownsolarsystemthankstotheiroccultpowers.Nexthesaysthat thetasimeterdevelopedbythecelebratedinventorThomasEdison,ifperfected,coulddetecttheheatradiationofunseenstars,and perhapsunseenplanetstoo.HepointsoutthatEdisonwasamemberoftheTheosophicalSociety,andthatmahatmaMtookaninterest inhim. Thetasimeterwasaradicallynewinfraredsensorwhichcoulddetectatemperaturechangeofamillionthofadegree.Edisonsfavourite demonstrationwastoshowthatitwassixtimesmoresensitivetoheatfromhislittlefingerthanaconventionalthermopiletoaredhot iron.HeusedittodetectheatfromtheremotestarArcturus,andafewdayslater,atthetotaleclipseof29July1878,todetectheatfrom theSunscorona,buttheapparatuswastoosensitivetoobtainexactmeasurements.Edisonbelievedthatbyattachingthetasimetertoa largetelescope,itwouldbepossibletodetectburntoutstars,extremelyfaintstars,andfeeblyreflectingplanets.Healsoenvisageda hostofnonastronomicalusesforit.However,thedetectorwastoodelicate,slow,anderratic,andsoonfadedintoobscurity.3

 Edisonstasimeter.Thehorn(left)isabout7cmindiameter.(www.americanscientist.org) KHconcludeshisreplytoSinnettwithatouchofhumour:hesaysheisnotaplanetletaloneaplanetary(i.e.aplanetaryspiritor dhyanichohan)otherwisehewouldbeabletocommunicatewithSinnettviaatasimeter,ratherthanhavingtowritetohim.Butbefore sayingthis,hemakesthefollowingdramaticstatement: Sciencewill hearsoundsfromcertainplanetsbeforeshe sees them.Thisisa prophecy. Asseveraltheosophicalwritershavepointedout,thisseemstobeareferenceto radioastronomy,4whichemergedinthe1930sand blossomedaftertheSecondWorldWar.Itallowustoseethingsthatarenotdetectableoptically,andledtothediscoveryofnewclasses ofhighlyenergeticobjectssuchaspulsars,quasars,andradiogalaxies.RadiotelescopeshavealsobeenusedtoobservetheSunand solaractivity,andforradarmappingoftheplanets. SomewritershaveclaimedthatKHsprophecyhasalreadybeenfulfilledbythediscoveryofquasarsandotherbodiesimperceptible optically. 5However,radiowavesourcessuchasquasars,pulsars,andradiogalaxiesareobviouslynotplanets inthemodernsenseof theterm,sotheirdiscoveryisatbestonlyapartialfulfilmentoftheprophecy.Itstruethat,inthesameletter,KHreferstotheSunasa centralplanet,6butifwereadtheentirepassageinwhichhemakeshisprophecy,hedoesseemtobereferringabovealltoplanets, ratherthantostars,ortogalaxies(whichastronomersdidntdiscoveruntilthe1920s 7). Radioastronomyisoneofthetechniquesusedinthesearchforextrasolarplanets,orexoplanets.Onthissubject,KHwritesinthesame letterquotedabove: Noplanetsbutonehavehithertobeendiscoveredoutsideofthesolarsystem,withalltheirphotometers,whileweknowwith thesolehelpofourspiritual naked eyeanumberofthemevery completelymatured Sunstarhavinglikeinourownsystem severalcompanionplanetsinfact. 8 Wikipedia shedslightonthediscoveryKHisreferringto: Claimsaboutthedetectionofexoplanetshavebeenmadeforoveracentury.Someoftheearliestinvolvethebinarystar70 Ophiuchi.In1855,Capt.W.S.JacobattheEastIndiaCompanysMadrasObservatoryreportedthatorbitalanomaliesmade ithighlyprobablethattherewasaplanetarybodyinthissystem.Inthe1890s,ThomasJ.J.SeeoftheUniversityofChicago andtheUnitedStatesNavalObservatorystatedthattheorbitalanomaliesprovedtheexistenceofadarkbodyinthe70 Ophiuchisystemwitha36yearperiodaroundoneofthestars.However,ForestRayMoultonsoonpublishedapaperproving thatathreebodysystemwiththoseorbitalparameterswouldbehighlyunstable.Duringthe1950sand1960s,Petervande KampofSwarthmoreCollegemadeanotherprominentseriesofdetectionclaims,thistimeforplanetsorbitingBarnards Star.Astronomersnowgenerallyregardalltheearlyreportsofdetectionaserroneous. 9 Thefirstpublisheddiscoveryofanexoplanettoreceivesubsequentconfirmationwasmadein1988.Thefirstdefinitivedetectionofan exoplanetorbitinganordinarymainsequencestarwasannouncedinOctober1995.AsofMarch2007thenumberofknownexoplanets standsatabout215.

 Falsecolourinfraredimageofthebrowndwarf2M1207(blue)anditsplanetarycompanion2M1207b(red),asviewedbythe VeryLargeTelescope.Thiswasthefirstextrasolarplanettobedirectlyimaged.(http://en.wikipedia.org) Variousmethodsareusedfordetectingextrasolarplanets.Becausetheyareverysmallandfaintcomparedwiththeirparentstars,only oneortwosuchplanetshavesofarbeenobservedoptically,butvariousindirectmethodsareavailable.Astrometryinvolvesobserving changesinastarspositiontoseewhetheritbetraysthegravitationalinfluenceofanorbitingplanet.TheDoppler(orradialvelocity) methodinvolvesobservingthedisplacementinastarsspectrallinesresultingfromchangesinspeedthatmightbecausedbyanorbiting planet.Thetransitmethodinvolveslookingforvariationsinastarsapparentbrightnessthatmightbecausedbyaplanetpassinginfront ofit. Anothermethodispulsartiming:apulsarisasmallstarthatemitsradiowavesextremelyregularly. 10 Slightanomaliesinthetimingofthe radiopulsescanbeusedtotrackchangesinthepulsarsmotioncausedbythepresenceofplanets.Thefirstplanetsorbitingapulsar werediscoveredin1992thisisconsideredtobethefirstdefinitivedetectionofexoplanets.Notethattheradiowaves(sounds)being detectedinthesecasesarenotemittedbytheplanetitselfbutbythestar,sothisdoesnotconstituteastrictfulfilmentofKHsprophecy. Butthestorydoesnotendthere. Planetarylowfrequencyradioastronomyiscurrentlybeingusedtodetectandstudysolarsystemplanetarylightninganddifferenttypesof radioemissionfromJupiter,amongotherthings.PhilippeZarkaoftheParisObservatorywrites: WithJupitersdecametricemissionsbeingasintenseasSolarones,itistemptingtosearchforanalognonthermalcoherent emissionsfromthemagnetosphereofexoplanets.However,duetothelimitationsimposedbytheLFskybackground fluctuations,manmadeinterference,andionosphericfluctuations,onlyemissionsatleast1000timesmoreintensethan Jupitersoneshaveachancetobedetectableatstellardistances... 11 Exoplanetaryradioemissionsmayeitherbeinferredfromplasmainteractionbetweenasunandasuspectedplanet(alikelyexampleof thishasalreadybeenobserved),orradioemissionsfromanexoplanetsmagnetospheremightbedetecteddirectly. 12 Thelatterwould constituteadirectfulfilmentofKHsprophecy.Zarkabelievesthatsuchemissionswillbedetectedinthenearfuture,asinstruments becomeincreasinglyrefined.Whetherradioastronomywilleverdetecthiddenplanetsinourownsolarsystemremainstobeseen. Notestoappendix3 1.ML2146,ML C306. 2.ML216970,ML C325. 3.J.A.Eddy,ThomasA.Edisonandinfraredastronomy,JournalfortheHistoryofAstronomy,v.3,1972,165187, www.adsabs.harvard.eduFrankLewisDyer&ThomasCommerfordMartin, Edison:hislifeandinventions ,HarperBrothers,1929, www.arcamax.com/biography/b1081booktoc(b108122,25,88,89). 4.W.T.S.Thackara, Sunrise ,April/May1988,p.149,www.theosophynw.org/theosnw/science/scwtst.htmTedDavy, TheCanadian Theosophist ,MayJune1989,see: TheHighCountryTheosophist ,June1991,p.4, www.hctheosophist.com/archives/pdf/hc199106.pdf. 5.VicenteHaoChin,ML C325fnMarkJaqua, Protogonos ,Fall1989,p.28. 6.ML2163ML C319. 7.Thewordwas,however,alreadybeingusedtomeanalargeassemblageofstars.E.g.inFebruary1882KHwrote:Thusthereare amongthestellargalaxiesbirthsanddeathsofworldseverfollowingeachotherintheorderlyprocessionofnaturalLaw(ML267, MLC126). 8.ML2165,ML C322.AphotometermeasurestheintensityoflightKHcommentsontheirunreliabilityduetoatmosphericdisturbances. Basedoncurrentfindings,astronomersestimatethatabout10%ofsunlikestarshaveplanets,buttheyconcedethat,giventhedifficulty ofdetectingextrasolarplanets,thetrueproportionmaybemuchhigher. 9.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrasolar_planet. 10.Theexceptionallyrapidflashesofenergy(bothlightandradiofrequencyemissions)emittedbypulsarsisusuallyattributedtotheir incrediblyrapidrotationsomewouldhavetoberotatingseveralhundredtimesasecond!Thiswouldcauseordinarystarstoflyapart,so

astronomersinventedtheideathatpulsarswerecomposedofexceptionallydensestrangematter.Analternativeexplanationisthat pulsarsareemittingpulsedradiofrequencysignalsduetoan electric oscillationphenomenon(DonaldE.Scott, TheElectricSky:a challengetothemythsofmodernastronomy,Mikimar,2006,17580). 11.PhilippeZarka,Planetarylowfrequencyradioastronomywithlargegroundbasedinstruments,ProceedingsoftheXXVIIIthURSI GeneralAssemblyinNewDelhi,Oct2005. 12.PhilippeZarka,Plasmainteractionsofexoplanetswiththeirparentstarandassociatedradioemissions,PlanetaryandSpace Science ,v.55,2007,598627.

Abbreviations
BCW H.P.BlavatskyCollectedWritings ,TheosophicalPublishingHouse(TPH),195091 Dia TheDialoguesofG.dePurucker,A.L.Conger(ed.),TheosophicalUniversityPress(TUP),1948 Echoes EchoesoftheOrient ,W.Q.Judge,PointLomaPublications(PLP),197587 EST EsotericTeachings ,G.dePurucker,PLP,1987 ET TheEsotericTradition ,G.dePurucker,TUP,2nded.,1973 FEP FundamentalsoftheEsotericPhilosophy,G.dePurucker,TUP,2nded.,1979 FSO FountainSourceofOccultism ,G.dePurucker,TUP,1974 FSS TheFourSacredSeasons ,G.dePurucker,TUP,1979 IGT TheInnerGroupTeachingsofH.P.Blavatsky,HenkJ.Spierenburg(comp.),PLP,2nded.,1995 ISD AnInvitationtoTheSecretDoctrine ,H.P.Blavatsky,TUP,1988 Isis IsisUnveiled ,H.P.Blavatsky,TUP,1972(1877) LMW LettersfromtheMastersoftheWisdom ,TPH,1973/77 ML2 TheMahatmaLetterstoA.P.Sinnett ,A.T.Barker(comp.),TUP,2nded.,1975 C ML TheMahatmaLetterstoA.P.Sinnett ,V.HaoChin(ed.),TPH,chron.ed.,1993 OG OccultGlossary,G.dePurucker,TUP,2nded.,1996 SD TheSecretDoctrine ,H.P.Blavatsky,TUP,1977(1888) SOP StudiesinOccultPhilosophy,G.dePurucker,TUP,1973 TG TheTheosophicalGlossary,H.P.Blavatsky,Theos.Co.,1973(1892)

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