This series covers events from 03/28/1983 - 05/14/1984

This series of classes is an innovative exploration of astrological epistemology, using Mahatma Gandhi's natal chart as the primary vehicle. The series begins analyzing Gandhi’s chart using Marc Edmund Jones' Sabian symbols for his planetary degrees, focusing on Gandhi's Sun at 9° Libra ("Three Old Masters," representing cooperation between ego, the World-Idea, and God), his unaspected Mercury at 4° Scorpio (unshakable faith in human goodness), and his Venus-Mars conjunction in Scorpio (spiritual ideals transformed into practical action).

The classes then move on to analyzing his natal aspects, exploring his T-square (Moon-Jupiter-Mars) and his Mercury-Moon quintile as the psychological matrix enabling spiritual manifestation.

A pivotal transition occurs with the introduction of an illuminating interpretation of aspects the transiting planets make to the natal chart, classified into three groups: (1) regular aspects pertain to the circumstances and problems of the ego, (2) quintile aspects pertain to rational soul choices, and (3) septile aspects provide illuminating Ideas from higher wisdom, the inerratic sphere. This system is illustrated by an analysis of Gandhi's “hartal” vision of March 19, 1919 (where he received the idea that Indians should go on strike and cease to perform any services for the British), when Mars operated simultaneously through all three levels—blocking old patterns (opposition to Sun), enabling ethical choice (bi-quintile Venus), and transmitting soul-force illumination (bi-septile Uranus).

The series then explores the profound concept of the Dragon as the Earth Mind’s memorization of all creatures’ lived experience, distinguishing between the tropes (actual memory traces) and the categories of imagination (soul powers functioning through imagination), followed by a detailed analysis of the Sabian symbols for Gandhi's natal degrees. This is followed by a class in which Gandhi’s septiles are compared to Wagner’s and Napoleon’s.

Classes and documents available in this series