Esoteric Astrology
by Niklas Nihlen

In His teachings on Esoteric Astrology, the Tibetan took His stand in the realms of the spiritual triad and the higher levels of the mental plane. These are the realms of the group and the greater perspective of a planetary consciousness, where the individual is placed as a part within a greater whole. 

He did this as a counter-balance to the more individual, fragmented and form-oriented type of astrology. He chose not to deal with the subject of esoteric astrology from the standpoint of the horoscope at all. Instead His emphasis was on Universal relationships and the interplay of energies, etc. In doing so, He gave us the seeds of a new science--indeed the seeds of restoration for the greatest and oldest of all disciplines.

It is for the Esoteric Astrologer to provide fertile ground for these seeds so that they may develop and take root. This work will assist many in the unfolding of the Lotus flower in the fields of bloom. Much of the challenge for the Esoteric Astrologer lies in the ability to reach into these higher levels on the mental plane, and from there to swing into the levels of the spiritual triad proper. Having achieved some measure of triadal light and expansion, it is for the astrologer to translate and connect these insights into the individual realm of the lower triad.

An astrologically well-stocked mind can then be a great asset as long as it is not allowed to limit the scope of Esoteric Astrology. All the many types of astrology and horoscopy can and do serve Esoteric Astrology. The Tibetan did not address this in his work, but left it to the Esoteric Astrologers to work it out.

What this means is that Esoteric Astrologers have to construct the bridge or Antahkarana themselves--developing and using the appropriate techniques in the process as required to link the individual with the greater whole. In such a process it is therefore important to stay open to impression from all sides and, for example, be able to recognise the esoteric value of existing exoteric techniques, be it aspects, nodes, eclipses, etc.

What distinguishes Esoteric from Exoteric Astrology is not necessarily so much the technique or the terminology, as the scope of things being related, leading us on to a greater whole.

May we serve as intended.