The New York herald., 1920-01-04

three and four and to the fact that triangle
divides by triangles in the same ratio that a
square divides by squares. leading to certain
geometrical conclusions which need not now be
discussed beyond the statement that there are
substantial reasons for having these things
right instead of wrong. In the centre OF this
lodge floor is. or should be displayed
eight-pointed star, like rudimentary mariners
compass. This is just often displaced by
a five-pointed star mosaic Square and
Compasses, TO be trampled under foot.
There is reason for the eight-pointed star
and that only. 1t is the solar symbol of the
ancient Babylonians and represented their Gre
ative deity "Ilu,' whose name is the precursor
of the Hebrew "Alahi' and the Arabic Allah"
No member of the modern Masonic craft has
so much as heard of the functions Of the
eight-pointed star. which indicated the. crea-
tive aspect OF the sun by synthesising the null
tpication tab BILE by nine. three times three"
The pairs of numbers 1s 2, IS. As. 81 IS, ". 81,
making total OF 5SS. represented the sun to
which. according to that famous old Mason.
Pythagoras. allotted the sum OF the num-
bers l+2+s+4+s+S+7+S. or ''3s." while the re-
naming $50 represented the twelve zodiscal
signs Of thirty degrees each. in other words.
geometry evinced in natural FORMS circle squar-
inss. rates of vibration, &C, is carried out in
multiples OF 'nine." Nine was called by the
ancients after Vulcan which is transa
tion into Greek Of the old Semitic fire god
Baal-Quain or Tubal-Cain, the Smith. as some
times termed. because, like fire. every arith-
metical quantity INTO which nine enters is
reducible to lowest common factor of nine
and only by fire could refractory metals be
reduced.
Signs of the Zodiac.
Now, in addition to the above, each of the
numbers in question represented one Of the
signs OF the zodiac. and by extension the planet
having its Astrological domicile in that sign.
According to the arrangement given, the points
OF this eght-rayed star point directly to the
officers of the lodge, to which the zodiacal
and planetary signs attached to those par
ticuar numbers relate.
This arrangement is the foundation of all of
the ancient religious and philosophical mys-
teries from the days of the Vedas. in India,
down to modern Masonry.
The number five corresponds to the
in Leo. the fifth sign, which indicates the
zodiacal east" the station of the Master. with
Libra the balance scales. at his right, the
seventh sign and Mercury in Gemni, the third
sign. which to the Egyptians Hermes
Thoth, the Scribe, secretary of the gods
at his left. Opposite the Master sits the Senior
Warden. represented by the moon in Cancer.
the fourth sign. The number ''one' is that OF
Mars in Aries, the first sign. which represented
the physical head intellectual courage,
strength of mind. force OF character. 1t is also
the relative station of the Junior Warden.
Directly opposite, in the north is tine number
eight that OF Mars in Scorpio. the eighth
sign. This represents the generative system
Of the unruy passions and mere animal
instincts. These correspondence will be found
on the very ancient zodiaca figure of the dis
emboweed man. often found in medical
alma macs Two stands for the second sign
Venus in Taurus. which is symbol Of earth, or
the entrance into the Celestial Lodge. six
is the sixth sign, Mercury in Virgo, which
ates both to the widowed Isis and her son.
Horus. and to the psychopompus. conductor
OF souls. Hermes.
In English lodges the symbosms of the
in the east. the moon in the west and the
Blazing star which is the red planet. Mars
in the south often permanent and depicted
those several stations
The god Mars was always the tutelary genius
of the Roman people who represented the sign
OF Scorpo by eagle. and in later days
OF the Golden Fleece. Among the Hindoos
Mars was the symbol of Kama" a term mean