Major Ray 1 triangle, expressing the energy of the Great Bear
A secondary triangle serving as one corner of the major cosmic triangle
(three interlinked triangles as a “meta constellation”) that steps down for our solar system the energy of big three: the Great Bear, Sirius and the Pleiades.
These three work primarily through six constellations at this time
—three pairs of complementary signs and three planets:
- the Great Bear, Ray 1
- working through: Aries-Libra-Sun
- (Life. Inspiration, being)
- Mental refinement, leading to the Path of initiation.
- Sirius, Ray 2
- working through: Cancer-Capricorn-Saturn
- (Consciousness. Sensitivity, feeling)
- Physical refinement, the process undergone on the Path of Probation.
- the Pleiades, Ray 3
- working through: Gemini-Sagittarius-Mercury
- (Form. Illumination, seeing)
- Emotional refinement, culminating in the Path of Discipleship.
These three reach our solar system via:
- Taurus-Scorpio-Mars: Ray 4
Again at this time
these six and two further zodiacal energies focus through a particular planet (Taurus-Scorpio-Mars), using it as a transmitting agency to the Earth. This final triangle translates the influences of the stepped-down cosmic triangle into the essentially human growth process spurred on by Ray 4.
These six influences [of the signs involved] aid greatly in the development of self-consciousness and later of the spiritual consciousness
in those who have begun to tread the path of return and hence are undergoing the final three stages of the evolutionary path, known as the first three “human or personal initiations”, which cover the refinement of the physical, emotional and mental facets of our human personality. These six constellations are the determining energies
of that process, with this particular triangle working as follows:
- Aries
- The sign of beginnings, making possible the entry into formless worlds beyond the scope of the human personality.
- Libra
through the potency of Libra
we are enabled to achievethat point of balance which makes the final escape from the pairs of opposites possible.
- The Sun
- a symbol of pure soul consciousness—of the awareness of the soul on its own level. Because of the above two influences, the person experiencing this facet of development
knows, through transcended feeling and from identification with the seen Vision, the true meaning of being.
Generally, this triangle brings about that focussing of energy in the life of the disciple
[Bailey’s term for the second stage or initiation] which makes it possible to function consciously and with intention upon the Path Of Initiation
, or the third stage of the three above, which transition marks the end of the need for personality experience in the three worlds, and the beginning of entry into the formless world beyond the strictly human.
Esoteric Astrology: 465-67