Three important crisis points
Three important points of crisis in the individual’s unfoldment, with Leo and Scorpio sharing the numbers 5 and 8 via the normal and reversed zodiacs. See Sun-Moon-Saturn
Leo, is the fifth sign… which indicates that it is part of the mysterious number, ten—the number of perfection, a relative perfection, prior to entering into a new cycle of progress. This links Leo… to Capricorn, the tenth sign… for it is the process of initiation which makes the self-conscious person the group conscious individual.
Upon the reversed wheel, this is the eighth sign, the sign of the Christ and of the indwelling Reality; it therefore marks—in this manner—a new cycle. When self-consciousness is born (as at the moment of individualisation) a new cycle begins. This numerical significance links Leo with Scorpio… (EA 286)
The triangle indicates the three important crisis points
in the overall human journey of development, in which consciousness gradually expands from the personal, through internal resolution of conflict (a lesson typically often also externalised in our personal and social relationships), to the wider group of those also working towards this expansion, ultimately for the greater group of humanity in general (see EA 287):
- 1. Leo: personal unity
- Self-consciousness or human awareness
- 2. Scorpio: struggle between soul and personality
- Consciousness of warring dualities, Discipleship
- 1. Capricorn: group unity
- Group consciousness as an initiate
Leo, being the fifth sign of the zodiac… the eighth sign [counting Aries via Pisces]… is closely connected through numerical affinity with Mercury, who is esoterically called “the messenger at the eighth gate”; Mercury was active at the time of individualisation when the “eighth gate” was opened and a major initiation of our planetary Logo took place, producing, in the human kingdom, the process of individualisation.
From another angle… Leo is related to Scorpio, whose numbers upon the zodiacal wheel are the same as those of Leo, being five and eight. You have, therefore, the formation of the triangle… Leo-Scorpio, leading to initiation in Capricorn. (EA 298-9)
See Leo for more on how the Sun’s triple rulership also symbolises this expansion of consciousness throughout the vast human journey.
Esoteric Astrology: 286-7, 298-9