The Idea of Man in Being, Life, and Matter

Idea of Man

This diagram shows how the Idea of Man in Being can be symbolized by houses 1-4 (Aries to Cancer) spread across a circle; the Idea of Man in Soul, or Life, by houses 5-8 (Leo to Scorpio) spread across a circle; and the Idea of Man in matter, by houses 9-12 (Sagittarius to Pisces) spread across a circle. More detailed and articulated versions of the diagram symbolize the Idea of Man in Being by distributing the dignities of house 1 of the metaphysical chart across houses 1-3 of the outside circle (as they are in this diagram), the dignities of house 2 across houses 4-6, the dignities of house 3 across houses 7-9, and the dignities of house 4 across houses 10-12.

More detailed versions of this diagram symbolize the Idea of Man in Soul by distributing the dignities of house 5 of the metaphysical chart across houses 1-3 of the middle circle, the dignities of house 6 across houses 4-6, the dignities of house 7 across houses 7-9, and the dignities of house 8 across houses 10-12.

More detailed versions of this diagram also symbolize the Idea of Man in matter by distributing the dignities of house 9 of the metaphysical chart across houses 1-3 of the innermost circle, the dignities of house 10 across houses 4-6, the dignities of house 11 across houses 7-9, and the dignities of house 12 across houses 10-12. For example, see the diagrams in Astronoesis, pp. 328-29.