posted October 14, 2020 01:33 PM
You rang? J/K (my handle and all)
Actually, the account in the Cayce work is more complicated and nuanced than what that one excerpt and one reading seems to belie.
Here is another excerpt from another reading on the topic:
"...There are two, yea, three phases or schools through which such information, such charts, such characters have been carried--the Egyptian, the Persian, the Indian. The Persian is a combination and the older of all of these, and these are as logos [(?) stenographer's question mark use], or as charts that have been set.* That they have become as experiences in the activities of indivdiuals, to be sure, is not disputed; but the world does not govern man, Man governs the world! And the inclinations astrologically show whether man has not applied will!" Excerpted from Reading 826-8
*GCE's use of bold.
There are couple very important clues to glean from the above. The Persian reference, and the part I put in bold above--the specific use of the word/term set as well as "logos". Cayce's source was most likely talking about the concept of fixed archetypes.
It is the Tropical Zodiac which has been set i.e. fixed.
Then consider history. Persians were what ancient Iranians were called to over simplify it. Persians/Iranians are of course Arabic. Arabic astrologers were some of the finest and most highly regarded astrologers in antiquity. Like his source pointed out, other groups borrowed from/were influenced by them since they were the oldest system. Not mentioned by Cayce's source, but of course the Greeks were very influenced by them and also the Egyptians in other ways.
To my knowledge, most of the Arabic systems of astrology use a Tropical Zodiac.
Whatever the case, it doesn't really matter too much. Any non sunday school researcher of the Cayce work knows that Cayce's source rarely referenced Signs--especially when compared to how often they referenced to Planetary indications and "sojourns" (i.e. our experiences in the different nonphysical/afterlife dimensions that are symbolically connected to different Planets).
While there are some references here and there to Signs, Cayce's source was far, far more focused on Planetary symbols and strengths. His source would start most "Life readings" with something like,
Astrologically, the entity entered in from (this or that Planet), with (these other planets contributing) and thus the entity tends towards this or that behavior/pattern, etc All depending on the specific combination and strength of Planets involved.
Sun was noted as the "infinity forces", Moon was noted for connection to romance and to material urges, fear/worry, with spiritual weakness urges (very much a 2nd Center energy). Mercury was that of mind, Venus was that of love in a more personal and harmony sense, Mars was that of anger/strife, Jupiter was that of spiritual strength, universal consciousness, and the ennobling and/or expanding force, Saturn correlated with the experience of the destruction/death of the Soul and when people came in with strong Saturn often they had major ego/fear/materialism/selfishness issues, Uranus was that of the psychic and extremes (and unusual), Neptune was that of mystic/mysticism and unusual psychic sensitivity/awareness (also often with a strong connection to oceans and large bodies of water), Pluto that of consciousness with a definite tendency towards the lower side of material life (i.e. ego, fear, selfishness), and Arcturus as the Star system which our system revolves around and represented the door or gateway energetically out of our little system and into more expanded, faster vibratory systems.
Of our little system in and of itself, Cayce's source said the Sun and Jupiter were the higher forces of all the planets i.e. represented the most expanded, fast vibratory dimensions and consciousness levels. More specifically, it seems (I'm reading between the lines plenty here) that the Sun when it was a predominant indication, correlated with a Soul coming in direct from full, conscious awareness/union with their Expanded/Higher self and these don't necessarily have to be in this system and either are about to move out of same or have come back for service purposes. Basically Sun leads to Arcturus and Arcturus leads back to Sun if they choose to come back.
Jupiter correlated with the dimension of Souls who are guides/helpers who have been around the block in their service. Not quite at the Solar level yet, but not far from. It was mentioned that sometimes some of Cayce's guidance came from the Jupitarian connected level. Not all by any means, as other times it connected to the Universal forces and "those before the throne" which symbolically means, the Co-Creator level where the individuals are fully conscious of their Oneness with Source and with the Whole.
(On a side, but definitely related note, OBE author and founder of The Monroe Institute, Robert A. Monroe, had a brief experience in this latter level with those he labeled the "completed" ones. He was gently turned away, saying that he didn't yet belong, was still small, and had gifts to bring back to the Whole--which he later realized referred to his retrieval service and role).