The Opportunity Of Capricorn - December 2019

The great swing in Capricorn is epitomised by the keywords. Upon the ordinary wheel these are, “And the word said:  let ambition rule and let the door stand wide.” This is the key to the evolutionary urge and the secret of rebirth. When a true sense of reality supersedes both earthly and spiritual ambition the man can say with truth, “lost am I in light supernal, yet on that light I turn my back.” So goes the world disciple, initiate in Capricorn, on his way to serve humanity in Aquarius. In that sign he cleans the Augean stables (of the karma of all past ignorance and error, the Dweller on the Threshold) and so becomes in Pisces a world saviour.                                                                                   Alice Bailey, Labours of Hercules, p. 178

From one perspective, the energies of Capricorn make it a sign of extremes. On the one hand it can lead people to a life of the intensest materialism. This is symbolised for us with exactitude by the Christmas orgy of ‘conspicuous consumption’ that tends to completely obscure the spiritual message of the time. On the other hand it is also the sign that gives the opportunity for great spiritual events to take place. Traditionally it is the sign in which the world saviour is born, and which is reflected in the various myths and legends of the world religions. It is also the sign in which the vision of the mountain top is seen. All earthly and even spiritual ambition is renounced and the disciple – or now discipleship group – climbs to the mountain top and becomes initiate, committed to the Plan of light and love, and dedicated from henceforth to a life of group service.