| We will just look at the controlling factors in
one other country, the United States of America,
and indicate the influences working at this time which are
in process of bringing to an end the adolescent stage in that
country and enabling it to come forth in full maturity.
This vast land is ruled by Gemini, linking it therefore
closely with Great Britain and also by Aquarius as the ruler
of its soul ray. This combination of a sixth ray personality,
ruled by Gemini, and a second ray soul (as has Great Britain),
ruled by Aquarius, is potent for future power and usefulness.
The capital city, Washington, is ruled by Cancer and Sagittarius,
and it is this fact which leads the United States to act
like the Crab (Cancer) and be preoccupied with its own house
which it carries heavily on its back and [89] to vanish
into hiding at the first Signs of trouble. Because also
the Sagittarian influence is strong, there is a potent determination
to stick one-pointedly to any decision made. This its sixth
ray personality enforces at times almost to the point of
a fanatical blindness and to the detriment of the long range
vision which is needed at such times as these.
Like Russia, this country is in the making and - as I have
told you elsewhere - as the nation's power shifts, as it
will and as it now really is shifting from Washington to
New York, the Cancerian influence will steadily lessen and
the country will take its place as an adult among the nations.
Its Gemini nature and its Aquarian soul should (when developed
and balanced) provide a most remarkable channel for human
expression. You will note that none of its zodiacal rulers
link it with France, except indirectly through Cancer, which
is the polar opposite of Capricorn, one of the rulers of
Paris. It is for this reason that such a small percentage,
relatively speaking, of French people migrate to the States;
there is a closer link with Italy than with France, and
hence the large Italian population, for Sagittarius rules
both Italy and Washington. The influences are, therefore,
as follows:
- Aquarius
- with its rulers, Uranus, Jupiter and the Moon (the Nation).
- Gemini
- with its rulers, Mercury, Venus and the Earth (the Nation).
- Cancer
- with its rulers, the Moon and Neptune (the Capital).
- Sagittarius
- with its rulers, Jupiter, the Earth and Mars (the Capital).
- The
soul ray - Love-wisdom - 2nd.
- Personality
ray - Idealism, Devotion - 6th. [90]
- Indirect
influences via the planetary rulers are many, and the
rays conditioning this country are consequently many,
owing to the mixture of races found there. Of these influences
there are eleven in all, for the Earth presents two aspects
and the Moon veils both Vulcan and Uranus.
- Ray 7. - Order and Magic, via Uranus. This influence
is inherited from the Atlantean world, which still
rules the territorial aspect of the States, which
is a remnant of old Atlantis. It is this that produces
the many magical, spiritualistic and occult groups
which flourish today in the States.
- Ray 2. - Love-wisdom, via Jupiter, thus linking
the States closely with Great Britain and indirectly
with France.
- Ray 4. - Harmony through Conflict, via the Moon,
veiling in this case the planet Vulcan. Vulcan here
"forges on his anvil, through fire and blows,
that linking network which covers all the nation and
makes it hold together." This ray produces the
condition which brings together Germany and the States,
for the fourth ray is the German soul ray and the
first ray, which Vulcan transmits via the Moon, links
the German soul and personality to the United States.
Hence the vast numbers of Germans who come to the
States in order to escape from the personality activity
of Germany as it expresses itself through its first
ray destroyer aspect.
- Ray 4. - I enumerate this ray for the second time
because it expresses itself here through Mercury,
[91] the Messenger, and emphasizes the harmony
aspect in contradistinction to the conflict angle
which the Moon and Vulcan together have precipitated.
It is the Moon-Vulcan relation which produces the
political conflict which always rages in the States.
- Ray
5. - Concrete Knowledge and Science, via Venus. This
confers the intelligence which is so marked in the
American people and will eventually determine the
lines along which their education will run and their
religious organizations.
- Ray
3. - Active Intelligence or Adaptability, via the
Earth, thus 'grounding' the American people and basically
making the soil their problem. Hence the prominence
of agriculture in the public consciousness and the
preoccupation of the government with cotton problems,
the corn belt problem and many other issues of moment.
- Ray
6. - Idealism or Devotion, via Mars. This greatly
augments the power of the sixth ray personality of
the States, thus presenting very real problems in
a young people who are apt always to be fanatical
and exclusive. Exclusiveness is one of the major weaknesses
of the sixth ray type.
- Ray
4. - This influence appears, as you see, frequently,
but this time it is through the Moon as it veils Uranus.
This produces a conflict of a different nature than
that which takes place when the Moon veils Vulcan
or transmits the energy of the fourth ray direct.
Uranus is the medium for the 7th ray and the function
of its blending with the fourth, via the Moon, is
to bring about a magical relationship between the
many diverse [92] nationalities found in the States
and so fuse and blend them into an homogeneous whole
- which is not the case at this time.
Thus the influences pouring into the United States today
are very many; they relate the country practically to every
country in Europe; this leads at times to chaotic conditions
and to much confusion of thought. Yet it produces a richness
in the national life which is a good augury for the future.
A study of what I have said and a consideration of the various
tabulations will prove how utterly impossible it is for
the American people to dissociate themselves from Europe
and the rest of the world.
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