Spiritual Incarnate

Aries

lack of appreciation for subtlety, social niceties. “do or die” mentality. No grudges. Can throw themselves into something whole hog and then burn out. Self re-generation.

Taurus

mellow energy. not communicative about deep feelings. slow to anger. Conservative. They handle jealousy poorly. History lovers. Domestic. Keeping busy w/o overtaxing mentally or physically. Affinity w/ earth, nature, agriculture.

Gemini

consciousness/unconsciousness. moody. Curious – but more breadth than depth. Great communicators. Light movement, deft. Can fall in love w/ two people @ once.

Cancer

Responds to cycles, tides. Close to Moon. Moody. Psychic. Dream symbolism. Indirect. Hesitant. Lack of discipline. Avoidance of rebellion. Sense of history, tribal customs. Change is difficult, can be clingy to people and things. A sideways, convoluted approach to things. Wants money not for selfishness but for family. Complex.

Leo

Indifferent to what is outside their “kingdom.”

Virgo

Hypochondriac. Pedantic. Thoughtful and studious. Powerful gut reaction. Eye for detail. Realist – not perfectionist, but diligent. They don’t like attention. Sense of harmony. Natural remedies. Crafts. Sensitive digestion. Assoc. with the soft belly under the diaphragm.

Libra

Moderate. Good judgment. Strong-willed. Their lives center around relationships. Strong sense of justice. Attractive, know how to deck themselves out. Can be swayed by appearances or surface agreeableness. Indecision, resentment, overindulgence. Avoids conflict. Conventional. Good at strategy. Likes sugar. Tendency toward addiction.

Scorpio.

Magnetic. Can be intimidating. Prefer to attack like scorpions – hide and wait. All thing dark. Military association. Doesn’t suffer fools or superficiality. Association w/ Virgo (see glyphs). Mud. Sediment. Deep psychology. Destruction/creativity. Highs and lows. Associated with sexuality – seed. Scorpios have usually been through trauma. Also associated with the eagle, its higher or “redeemed” nature. Associated also with the phoenix.

Sagittarius.

Tolerant, forgiving, enthusiastic. Broad-minded, not rule-bound. Forthright. Despises ostentation. Fierce. Travel. Restless in romance. Creative, likes people more than abstractions. Sporty.

Capricorn.

Ambition drives them forward, Saturn holds them back. Old age is easier. They often seem older than their age. Upward-pointing horns being similar to a crown. Associated w/ wisdom gained by experience. Respect, how others see them is important.

Aquarius.

Modest, humble. “Offering the water.”

Pisces.

Not decisive. Peaceful. Spiritual. Absorbers. Good starters, not good at finishing. Receptive. Can be manipulative.

Have been reading a site called askrealjesus.com, written by someone who is channeling an entity that claims to be Jesus of Nazareth. I am steadfastly agnostic about any entity’s identity, but if the material is good, it’s worth reading.

Still working with the two Agreements and realizing what a challenge they are to practice consistently.

Got a Brighid’s cross for the new house and a Celtic cross as well. Plan to put it on my altar.

As for my online reading, going to begin a complete study of all the astrological signs. Will assist in my readings.

Be impeccable with your word.

Don’t take anything personally.

Will be working with these Agreements through this entire week and will record results. For me, these are the most powerful of the Agreements — or maybe they are just the ones that I need to work on most.

Finished Liber Aba. Looking up the LBRP right now…Apparently, the LBRP isn’t something I can — or, rather, want — to do until I understand what-all it is I’d be doing. The premise seems nice, though.

Going to move on to learning what I can about the Hebrew alphabet. Wish I hadn’t given away my resource on it.

footnote: This is so complete that not only “Black is White,” but “The Whiteness of Black is the essential of its Blackness.” “Naught = One = Infinity”; but this is only true “because” of this threefold arrangement, a trinity or “triangle of contradictories.”

You can also meditate on “your dreams.” This sounds superstitious; but the idea is that you have already a tendency, independent of your conscious will, to think of those things, which will consequently be easier to think of than others. That this is the explanation is evident from the nature of the preceding and subsequent classes.

Others say that it gives Hamlet’s feeling: “There’s nothing good or bad but thinking makes it so,” interpreted as literally as was done by Mrs. Eddy.

If the barking of a dog disturbs your meditation, it is simplest to shoot the dog, and think no more about it.

Humor?

Difficult to tell.

AC suggests this practice to calm the emotions. Suggests 1 hour per day at minimum. (Seems like it would tire anyone out.)

The ultimate idea of meditation being to still the mind, it may be considered a useful preliminary to still consciousness of all the functions of the body. This has been dealt with in the chapter on Asana. One may, however, mention that some Yogis carry it to the point of trying to stop the beating of the heart. Whether this be desirable or no it would be useless to the beginner, so he will endeavour to make the breathing very slow and very regular. The rules for this practice are given in Liber CCVI.The best way to time the breathing, once some little skill has been acquired, with a watch to bear witness, is by the use of a mantra. The mantra acts on the thoughts very much as Pranayama does upon the breath. The thought is bound down to a recurring cycle; any intruding thoughts are thrown off by the mantra, just as pieces of putty would be from a fly-wheel; and the swifter the wheel the more difficult would it be for anything to stick.This is the proper way to practise a mantra. Utter it as loudly and slowly as possible ten times, then not quite so loudly and a very little faster ten times more. Continue this process until there is nothing but a rapid movement of the lips; this movement should be continued with increased velocity and diminishing intensity until the mental muttering completely absorbs the physical. The student is by this time absolutely still, with the mantra racing in his brain; he should, however, continue to speed it up until he reaches his limit, at which he should continue for as long as possible, and then cease the practice by reversing the process above described.

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But let the student select one mantra and master it thoroughly. You have not even begun to master a mantra until it continues unbroken through sleep. This is much easier than it sounds.

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Remember that for the purpose of this treatise the whole object of Yama and Niyama is to live so that no emotion or passion disturbs the mind.

I wonder if this needs to be said aloud or not? Just did a med the other day that used a silent mantra.

Emphasis always mine unless otherwise stated.

Some of the Crowley is funny:

This is true enough. In fact, the majority of people who claim to have “seen God,” and who no doubt did “see God” just as much as those whom we have quoted, did nothing else.

But perhaps their silence is not a sign of their weakness, but of their strength. Perhaps these “great” men are the failures of humanity; perhaps it would be better to say nothing; perhaps only an unbalanced mind would wish to alter anything or believe in the possibility of altering anything; but there are those who think existence even in heaven intolerable so long as there is one single being who does not share that joy. There are some who may wish to travel back from the very threshold of the bridal chamber to assist belated guests.