The astronomer studies the heavenly bodies in terms of their distance from us, their size, weight, density, and spatial inter- relationships. The astrologer studies what they symbolize as lights of consciousness. One is that form of light that makes visual perception possible to those who are incarnate. In terms of manifested life, light is a creative power, an attribute of all manifested things which possess a creative or manifestive potential. In other words, perceptible light is the negative polarity, the manifested reflection of the positive creative attribute-consciousness.
Manifested light is the projection into manifestivity of creative intelligence.
By the attribute of consciousness and the faculty of choice, humans exert their creative potential to further their evolution. We, as humans, are fraternally related to all other humans as expressions of the same archetype on this planet. Since the planets of our system are the embodiments of Beings whose consciousness of life qualifies them for that office, and each one has its particular evolutionary function and effect on the total system or any factor of it, we, as humans and students of astrology, study our horoscopes to become aware of higher levels of consciousness of life through knowledge or awareness of our potentials in correspondence to the qualities and significance of those beings whose consciousness provides structure and pattern to our system. In order more firmly to establish a new approach or understanding, it has been found to be very helpful to stop speaking of the subject under consideration in the habit-patterns which one has used for perhaps a long time. Look at that statement for a moment from the standpoint of becoming more aware of what it says.