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Our condition during the middle third of the Atlantean Epoch is illustrated in the Sun’s passage through the sign Gemini, the twins, which aptly represent infant humanity, During this age the division of soul from soul by the veil of flesh, which we call the body, became more noticeable, for the atmosphere had already cleared to a considerable extent, and the faculties of the spirit had become more focused in its physical instrument. With this delusion of the personal self, there came at once the idea of ‘me’ and ‘thee’, ‘mine’ and ‘thine’, over individual interests commenced to clash with those of others, so that a tragedy such as that recorded between Cain and Abel became possible, Nor was the shedding of blood confined to human beings, for we learn from the Bible that “Nimrod was a mighty hunter”. This savage ideal was expressed in the Celestial Centaur, Sagittarius, with his bow and arrow.

But both of these pairs of opposites: Cancer–Capricorn and Gemini–Sagittarius, may be considered prehistoric hieroglyphics of a development accomplished in Sidereal years, long past, though none the less important on that account. Our own times, with the development prescribed for them, are symbolically represented in the four pairs of signs within the fixed cross: the Bull, the Lion, the Serpent and the Man.

For that reason the two pairs of opposites comprising the fixed signs, Taurus–Scorpio, and