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SECTION III

HOW TO TEST FOR ASTROLOGICAL ENERGIES
(See also APPENDIX IV .)

There exists a relatively simple method by which an observer may test for the presence and nature of astrological energies. This technique is as follows:

  1. Study carefully the seven types of faces and accompanying descriptions given in SECTION II .
  2. Go to any fairly comprehensive library and locate biographical reference works that contain thousands of photographs of people together with their birth dates

    (List B in APPENDIX II contains the sources used in this work.)

  3. Select one of the seven ray types and begin searching for faces that closely match that type.
  4. Make a list of birth dates of all individuals whose photographs match the descriptions of the ray types given in SECTION II .
  5. Tabulate the number of times the sun is located in each zodiacal sign using dates given in APPENDIX I . (These dates are necessarily close approximations. Greater accuracy of recording can be obtained by consulting an ephemeris--this is only useful in those cases where birth dates fall within two days of the boundary of signs.)
  6. Examine your results to see if they are in agreement with the information given in this article.

Assuming that no astrological correspondences exist, and if enough dates are collected, then from chance alone the number of suns positioned in each zodiacal sign should be about equal. (Seasonal variation of birth and the eccentricity of the Earth's orbit around the Sun have a relatively minor effect on the results.) Consequently, clear, consistent, and predictable patterns of the type reported in section IV must be due to astrological factors.

Some additional things to consider are:

  • Some people can easily absorb the information given here and quickly learn to accurately recognize all seven of the types.
  • Some people can learn to see one or more of the types but may have difficulty recognizing others.
  • Some will confuse one ray type with another.
  • If you have difficulty in learning to see the types yourself, test a number of people until you find some- one who can see them. Then use that person or persons as an instrument for research.

As described in SECTION II of this work, there are both objective and subjective factors to hold in mind when selecting photographs. People vary in their ability to utilize both objective and subjective criteria. Therefore people will vary in their ability to accurately see the ray types. However, the degree of skill involved is not great and interested investigators should not have difficulty in either learning to see them or training someone else to do so.

Use a high standard of selectivity. For this purpose it is important to use biographical reference books that contain large numbers of photos so that dozens of photographs can be skipped in the process of searching for a face that definitely exemplifies the qualities of a ray type. Thus out of 100 photographs an observer may select only three or four that clearly match the type being searched for. In the studies reported in SECTION IV of this work, the observers, on the average, chose only about 3 or 4 percent of the photographs contained in the volumes consulted.

SECTION IV
APPLICATION OF THE METHOD:
A GRAPHIC PRESENTATION OF 4,553 SUN SIGNS

The following table is included to facilitate reading the graphs in this section. It shows each zodiacal sign, the signs being arranged according to Bailey's concept of seven ray triangles. The graphs referenced in this section use abbreviations--each is labeled using the first three letters in the name of a sign.

TABLE II

The Seven Ray Triangles according to ESOTERIC ASTROLOGY by Alice A. Bailey

  • RAY 1 Aries, Leo, Capricorn
  • RAY 2 Gemini, Virgo, Pisces
  • RAY 3 Cancer, Libra, Capricorn
  • RAY 4 Taurus, Scorpio, Sagittarius
  • RAY 5 Leo, Sagittarius, Aquarius
  • RAY 6 Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces
  • RAY 7 Aries, Cancer, Capricorn

Using the method outlined in the previous section, an observer selected 420 photographs that matched the ray 1 type as described in SECTION II . The photographs used were from MEN OF ACHIEVEMENT, 1974.

Choices were made solely on the basis of an individual's appearance in the photograph. The birth dates of all individuals matching the ray 1 type were entered into a computer programmed to calculate and graph the results in terms of the 12 zodiacal signs. The graph of the sun signs for this ray 1 group is reproduced as figure 1.


Figure 1--Ray 1--Theory predicts peaks in ARI, LEO and CAP.
420 Sun Signs from MEN OF ACHIEVEMENT, 1974

Three peaks occur in the figure 1 graph: Aries, Leo, and Capricorn. The signs Aries, Leo, and Capricorn are those specified by Bailey as corresponding to the ray 1 triangle. In other words, the pattern shown is that predicted from Bailey's concept of the seven rays, where each of the seven rays expresses through three zodiacal signs (TABLE II above).

Figures 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 show the results of six studies carried out in the same manner as the ray 1 study just described.


Figure 2--Ray 2--Theory predicts peaks in GEM, VIR and PIS.
253 Sun Signs From MEN OF ACHIEVEMENT, 1974
and A BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY OF CLERGYMEN OF THE AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHURCH


Figure 3-Ray 3--Theory predicts peaks in CAN, LIB and CAP.
338 Sun Signs From MEN OF ACHIEVEMENT, 1974


Figure 4--Ray 4--Theory predicts peaks in TAU, SCO and SAG.
574 Sun Signs from WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT, 1975; MEN OF ACHIEVEMENT 1974 and 1979; A BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY OF CLERGYMEN OF THE AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHURCH, 1972,
and WHO'S WHO IN AMERICAN EDUCATION, 1966


Figure 5--Ray 5--Theory predicts peaks in LEO, SAG and AQU.

282 Sun Signs From WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT, 1975
and MEN OF ACHIEVEMENT, 1979


Figure 6--Ray 6--Theory predicts peaks in VIR, SAG and PIS.
341 Sun Signs From WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT 1975
and A BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY OF CLERGYMEN OF THE AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHURCH, 1971


Figure 7--Ray 7--Theory predicts peaks in ARI, CAN and CAP.
225 Sun Signs From WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT, 1975 and
MEN OF ACHIEVEMENT, 1979

The following additional points should be noted:

  • A. In Figure 1 (ray 1), Figure 3 (ray 3), Figure 5 (ray 5) and Figure 7 (ray 7), a single observer was used (the same individual for all 4 graphs).
  • B. In Figure 2 (ray 2), Figure 4 (ray 4) and Figure 6 (ray 6), six different observers were used. Each individual was assigned to select dates from different sections of the biographical works employed. The selections made by the various observers were then added together and graphed as a whole. In other words, the graphs for rays 2, 4, and 6 are the result of a composite observation by a group of six people.

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To examine the correspondences between ray theory as presented in Bailey's works and our own observations, we have constructed the following table:

TABLE III

(A)
The Seven Ray Triangles
according to
ESOTERIC ASTROLOGY by Alice A. Bailey

  • RAY 1 ARIES, Leo, Capricorn
  • RAY 2 Gemini, VIRGO, Pisces
  • RAY 3 CANCER, Libra, Capricorn
  • RAY 4 Taurus, SCORPIO, Sagittarius
  • RAY 5 LEO, Sagittarius, Aquarius
  • RAY 6 Virgo, SAGITTARIUS, Pisces
  • RAY 7 Aries, Cancer, CAPRICORN

(B)
Statistical observations:
Primary peaks in graphs
(Figures 1 through 7)

  • RAY 1 ARIES, Leo, Capricorn
  • RAY 2 Gemini, VIRGO, Pisces
  • RAY 3 CANCER, Libra, Capricorn
  • RAY 4 SCORPIO
  • RAY 5 LEO, Taurus, Aquarius
  • RAY 6 Virgo, SAGITTARIUS, Pisces
  • RAY 7 Aries, Cancer, CAPRICORN

The following facts will be noted:

  1. All seven studies found a peak in the sign specified by Bailey as the dominant member of each triangle. The dominant signs, according to theory, are capitalized in Tables III A and III B.) In five out of the seven studies, the highest peak in the graph was the dominant one as predicted by theory.
  2. Among all the graphs there is only one peak (Taurus in the case of ray 5) that was not predicted by ray triangle theory.
  3. Sagittarius and Taurus for ray 4 and Sagittarius for ray 5 were the only places where the predicted peaks were not found.

Figure 8 shows three control groups taken from the volumes utilized in these studies.


Figure 8A--control group--theory predicts no significant peaks.
700 Sun Signs From MEN OF ACHIEVEMENT, 1974


Figure 8B--control group--theory predicts no significant peaks.
350 Sun Signs: 150 From A BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY OF CLERGYMEN OF THE AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHURCH, 1972
Plus First 200 Individuals Listed In MEN OF ACHIEVEMENT, 1974


Figure 8C--control group--theory predicts no significant peaks.
270 Sun Signs: 170 From WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT, 1975
Plus 100 From WHO'S WHO IN AMERICAN EDUCATION, 1966

We collected these by beginning on page 1 of each volume, taking one date from each page (either the first one listed at the upper left of the page or, for some volumes, the last date listed at the lower right of the page). The control groups show only random patterns and the variations from the mean are not significant.

There are two dimensions to facial expression: the active or mobile aspect, and the static aspect. The active aspect includes all those changes in the face that result from momentary or habitual patterns of thought and feeling. The static aspects of the face include such things as the shape of the nose, the size of the mouth, and whether the eyes are set close together or far apart. In the case of a feature such as the eyebrows, there are both static and active aspects--on the one hand their shape and position is relatively static, on the other hand they have a mobile aspect which is very apparent in the expression of emotional states.

The connection between character and the active or mobile aspects of the face is easily seen. The static aspects of the face, however, appear to be an accident of birth, and the possibility of a link between these and a person's character is not readily apparent from the genetic point of view. It would appear that "chance," or accidental heredity factors are responsible for the static aspects of the face. From an astrological viewpoint, however, there are no accidents in the sense in which most people think of them.

Examples of photographs of "upward slanting" and "downward slanting" are contained in SECTION II .


Plate??? The above drawing shows two types of eyebrows:

A. UPWARD SLANTING (OR CURVING) EYEBROWS

B. DOWNWARD SLANTING (OR CURVING) EYEBROWS

For this part of the study, birth dates were extracted from biological reference works when the corresponding photograph showed eyebrows that slanted either upward or downward--the selections were made from many thousands of photographs, and only the more extreme cases of upward or downward slant were included. The upward and downward eyebrow groups were tabulated separately.

Figure 9 graphs the sun signs of 400 people with downward slanting eyebrows, and 400 people with upward slanting eyebrows.


Figure 9--Eyebrows.
Theory predicts peaks for:
Curve A--ARI, CAN, LEO, LIB, CAP and AQU.
Curve B--TAU, GEM, VIR, SCO, SAG, PIS.
Both Curves From MEN OF ACHIEVEMENT, 1974 and 1979
Plus WHO'S WHO IN AMERICAN EDUCATION, 1966

This graph (Figure 9) is presented in terms of the seven ray triangles instead of the twelve signs. This method of displaying the data reveals the extent to which the opposite facial characteristics (eyebrows up versus eyebrows down) show up as astrological/rayological opposites.

The even numbered rays (2, 4, 6) correspond to eyebrows of the downward slanting type. The odd numbered rays (1, 3, 5, 7) correspond to eyebrows of the upward slanting type. In terms of ray theory, this odd-even division is the division between the head or mind-oriented type, and the heart or emotion-centered type. This can be seen by comparing the names of the Rays:

COMPARISON OF RAY NUMBERS AND NAMES

....EVEN...................ODD

  • Ray 2--Love............ Ray 1--Will
  • Ray 4--Harmony..........Ray 3--Abstract Mind
  • Ray 6--Devotion.........Ray 5--Concrete Mind
  • ........................Ray 7--Order

Try this experiment: Show the line drawings (in the file EYEBROWS.GIF) to various people and ask them which of the faces looks the more loving. The drawings are exactly alike except for the placement of the eyebrows. Most people intuitively recognize the down turned eyebrows as expressing heart energy.


Figure 10--control group--Theory predicts no significant peaks.
400 Sun Signs From MEN OF ACHIEVEMENT, 1974 AND 1979
Plus WHO'S WHO IN AMERICAN EDUCATION, 1966

This control group of 400 people was taken from the same biographical reference works as the eyebrows study just described.
Note that there is no odd or even pattern in the controls, and that, unlike Figure 9, the variations from the mean are relatively small.

See APPENDIX IV for instructions on how to replicate this study of eyebrows.

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The authors are interested in corresponding with anyone conducting research along the lines set forth in this work.

If you find, or fail to find, results corresponding to those reported here, please write and let us know:

James Davis can be reached via e-mail at jamesd1@home.com

Robert Roosen can be reached via e-mail at roosen@ax.com

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APPENDIX I
ZODIACAL SIGNS:
APPROXIMATE DATES OF THE SUN'S ENTRY AND EXIT

  • Aries........21 March--19 April
  • Taurus.......20 April--20 May
  • Gemini.......21 May--20 June
  • Cancer.......21 June--22 July
  • Leo..........23 July--22 August
  • Virgo........23 August--22 September
  • Libra........23 September--22 October
  • Scorpio......23 October--21 November
  • Sagittarius..22 November--21 December
  • Capricorn....22 December--19 January
  • Aquarius.....20 January--18 February
  • Pisces.......19 February--20 March
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APPENDIX II
BIBLIOGRAPHY

A. BOOKS PROVIDING THE BASIS FOR THE THEORY OF THE SEVEN RAYS:

  1. A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS: VOLUME I, ESOTERIC PSYCHOLOGY, Alice A. Bailey, Lucis Publishing Co., First printing 1936.
  2. A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS: VOLUME II, ESOTERIC PSYCHOLOGY, Alice A. Bailey, Lucis Publishing Co., First printing 1942.
  3. A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS: VOLUME III, ESOTERIC ASTROLOGY, Alice A. Bailey, Lucis Publishing Co., First printing 1951.

The assignments of the twelve zodiacal signs to the seven groupings described in section I of this work may be found on page 423 of ESOTERIC ASTROLOGY. A summary of the character traits which are given for the seven ray types can be found in VOLUME I of ESOTERIC PSYCHOLOGY, on pages 201 through 212.

B. BOOKS USED IN THE STUDY OF HUMAN FACES:

  1. A BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY OF CLERGYMEN OF THE AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHURCH, Mikelson, Arnold R. ed., Augsburg Publishing House, 1972.
  2. MEN OF ACHIEVEMENT 1974 and 1979 Editions, Kay, Ernest ed., Melrose Press Limited, 1974 and 1979.
  3. UNMASKING THE FACE, Ekman, Paul, Prentice-Hall 1975.
  4. WHO'S WHO IN AMERICAN EDUCATION, Cook, Robert C. ed., Melrose Press Limited, 1975.
  5. THE WORLDS WHO'S WHO OF WOMEN, Kay, Ernest ed., Melrose Press Limited, 1975.
  6. PORTRAITS OF THE WORLD'S BEST KNOWN MUSICIANS, McCoy, Guy ed., T. Presser Co., 1946.

    NOTES:

    Reference 1, above, is a single volume.

    References numbers 2, 4 and 5 are multi-volume sets containing large numbers of photographs and suitable for use in research on faces. The specific editions named are those employed in our research as described in SECTION IV .

    The faces referred to in SECTION II (reproduced in the files FACES1.GIF, FACES2.GIF, and FACES3.GIF) were taken from PORTRAITS OF THE WORLD'S BEST KNOWN MUSICIANS.

    Reference 3 (UNMASKING THE FACE) reports scientific research on emotions and facial expressions.

APPENDIX III
BIRTH DATES OF INDIVIDUALS WHOSE PHOTOGRAPHS
APPEAR IN SECTION II
(? indicates unknown birth date)

RAY 1

A. ?; B. ?; C. ?; D. 4/18/1895; E. 8/5/1890;
F. 1/2/1856; G. 3/25/1867; H. 12/29/1876; I. 12/22/1885

RAY 2

A. 9/21/1896; B. 8/26/1903; C. 8/29/1891; D. 9/2/1871;
E. ?; F. 9/17/1880; G. ?; H. 3/9/1871; I. ?

RAY 3

A. 7/4/1878; B. 7/16/1863; C. ?; D. 1/18/1841; E. 7/6/1899;
F. 7/5/1875; G. 7/5/1890; H. 10/1/1832; I. 1/20/1867

RAY 4

A. ?; B. 11/21/1895; C. 4/28/1863; D.11/20/1879; E. 11/2/1868;
F. 11/12/1888; G. 12/8/1878; H. ?; I. 11/19/1888

RAY 5

A. 2/9/1875; B. 2/11/1891; C. 1/31/1872; D. 12/6/1899; E. ?;
F. 2/16/1900; G. 7/24/1869; H. 2/12/1899; I. 1/28/1898

RAY 6

A. ?; B. 12/12/1903; C. 8/26/1874; D. ?; E. ?; F. ?;
G. 12/4/1880; H. ?; I. ?

RAY 7

A. 12/31/1863; B. 1/10/1872; C. 7/19/1861; D. 12/19/1818;
E. 1/17/1893; F. 7/18/1864; G. 1/20/1865; H. 12/26/1853; I. 12/25/1829

APPENDIX IV
METHOD FOR EYEBROW RESEARCH

  1. Go to a library that contains many biographical reference works, and locate those that contain both large numbers of photographs and the year, month, and date of birth. A bibliography of examples of such works is given in APPENDIX II . The reference or references to use are those with many hundreds--preferably thousands--of photographs.
  2. Look at the abstractions of the human face shown in the accompanying file (EYEBROWS.GIF) and read the captions. Notice that each face is identical except for the eyebrows--only the eyebrows are different. Note that eyebrows may either curve or slant up, or curve or slant down. The up/down feature of eyebrows is the focus of your attention in this research.

    The drawings in EYEBROWS.GIF represent the extremes of human eyebrows with regard to their upward or downward characteristic. Most individuals will fall between these two extremes--that is the eyebrows will not be clearly up or down but somewhere in between.

  3. Equipped with the information given in step #2, spend a few minutes flipping at random through the selected biographical reference. Pay attention to eyebrows. Observe photographs that show examples of extreme upward or downward slant. Locate a few people whose eyebrows slant or curve upward like those in the drawing. Next, locate a few people whose eyebrows slant or curve downward like those in the drawing. When you are comfortable with your ability to distinguish extreme upward and downward slant in eyebrows, continue with the next step.
  4. Start at the beginning of the book or books, and briefly examine each photograph on each consecutive page. Look for photographs of individuals whose eyebrows are unambiguously slanted up or down. The eyebrows may be straight or curved--the degree of straightness or curvature does not matter since, in this case, you are looking for the up/down feature of eyebrows. Record the birth dates and eyebrow data (as described in step 5 and 6 below) of all individuals who meet the criteria of extreme upward or downward slant.
  5. When you come across a photograph showing extremely upward slanted eyebrows, record that individual's birth date in the eight-digit format shown below followed by a space and the letter designation "U." For instance use the code:
    12271944 U
    to record a person born on December 27, 1944 where the photograph shows extreme upward slanting eyebrows.
  6. When you come across a photograph showing extremely downward slanted eyebrows, record that individual's birth date in the eight-digit format shown below followed by a space and the letter designation "D." For instance use the code:
    10111934 D
    to record a person born on October 11, 1934, where the photograph shows extreme downward slanting or downward curving eyebrows.
  7. Tabulate the number of times the sun is located in each zodiacal sign using dates given in APPENDIX I

 

Saints and Martyrs

These are sun signs (shadowed bars) and Mercury signs (white bars) of 176 saints and martyrs. Mercury is significant for saints and martyrs (p<.01), but the Sun is not significant (p<.10). The graph includes all those for whom birth dates were given in "A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints." Scorpio was the primary prediction for this study, based on Scorpio's relation to the 4th ray that gives it an association with sacrifice. However, I did not predict that Mercury would show up more prominently than the Sun. I also expected more Pisces but this part of the prediction was not confirmed.

This graph shows the saints and martyrs sun signs plotted in terms of Bailey’s seven rays. The three signs below each of the seven bars are the signs that Bailey gives as corresponding to the seven types, e.g. Taurus, Scorpio, and Sagittarius are the signs correspond to ray 4. On page 1221 of "A Treatise on Cosmic Fire" Bailey connects ray 4 to "The Law of Those Who Choose to Die."

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