Scorpio represents the descent of spirit into matter. It is compared to the form of an inverted cone or a spiral path where the windings become smaller and smaller. Matter signifies the relative absence of spirit-consciousness. It is described as the spiritual death or a bottomless pit in which we can fall when we are disconnected with the thread of Light. For the soul, it is a situation of spiritual ignorance and the related suffering.
When we reverse our direction and consciously re-link to the thread of Light, the cone becomes wider and the path becomes white and radiant. The soul experiences liberation from the bondage of matter and joy. There are guides who are firmly linked to the Light helping us on the way up. And at a later stage, we will become such helpers ourselves assisting others on their way.
The inverted cone in the upper centre of the image is constructed with photos of two snail shells. The rim of the upper end of the cone is designed with elements of a transformed ring galaxy photo of Nasa indicating the macrocosmic and microcosmic dimensions of descent and ascent. In its centre there is a column of light leading at the bottom to a star, symbol of the soul falling into matter.
The multi-layered construction in the background is designed with a picture of a Saligrama (fossilized ammonite symbolising Vishnu, the Lord of Pervasion). Its fiery colours indicate the states of ignorance and suffering of the souls lost in matter.
A person in dark clothes is walking towards the abyss, unaware of the star-like lights on the path. A person clad in white is standing on the right side in the direction of ascent, ready to help. The figure, designed with a photo of Master Kumar, is in a column of Light. The column is directed from the heart via head towards the stars of the Great Bear, symbol of the cosmic White Brotherhood, and further beyond.
Libra is the third cardinal and second air sign of the zodiac. In the physical body, Libra is related to the navel – the quiescent centre around which the wheel of activity revolves. The symbol of the sign ♎︎ represents the scales of justice, the crisis of choice and the axis of the equinoxes of Aries and Libra.
The symbol of Libra alludes to a bird with wings spread wide, hovering above the horizontal plane of the earth, in a state of perfect balance. This represents the prana state of Samana Vayu, the balance point between inhalation and exhalation. Through this point, we can enter and ascend into the inner pillar of consciousness.
I was pondering on the next image of Libra and reading in the book “Spiritual Personality Development” by Master EK. I came across a quote from the poem “The Winds of Fate” by the American poetess Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850 – 1919) written at the age of 15. It says,
“One ship sails East, And another West, By the self-same winds that blow, ‘Tis the set of the sails And not the gales, That tells the way we go.” It further goes on, “‘Tis the set of the soul that decides its goal And not the calm or the strife.”
Master EK explains that the angle of the sail we set is called reasoning (thinking logically and not as an emotional reaction). And as wind is more universal than our ship, the direction of creation and the planetary evolution are greater and more universal than our likes and dislikes. Once we align ourselves with the purpose of evolution, our likes and dislikes come into harmony with the universal direction of our nature.
Libra guides the path of choices. Right choices and right adjustments are to be made with responsibility, aligning ourselves with the greater purpose. It is the set of the sails.
I designed the image with photos of an Indian boat, a coastline in Scotland and sunrays shining through clouds in South Germany. The rays are like signs for elevating ourselves and the rocks indicate possible obstacles on the way. We steer our boat and set the sails as per the purpose we pursue.
Yesterday, Sunday 31 August 2025, we celebrated the anniversary “42 Years of The World Teacher Trust-Global”, with the motto “Wisdom is the skill of relating” – a statement of Master KPK. The last months, I was much involved with planning and organising this global event transmitted via Zoom, with physical and virtual meetings.
There were three presentations of inspiring projects and initiatives from different parts of the globe. First, about “Mithila Vidyalayam” – setting up schools and providing value based education to children in slum/rural areas, incl. a video presentation by B.R.K. Raju (Navaneetham), the secretary of WTT-India and the Circle of Goodwill, India.
Then there was a presentation y Gabi Pares, Spain of “Buena Voluntad en Acción“, or in Catalan, “Bona Voluntad en acció” (Good Will in Action) – a volunteer-based association in Barcelona, Spain, which promotes the inclusion of socially excluded people.
And finally of “ANIMA” – a supranational group and an open channel for sharing wisdom teachings via student-to-student videos, in Spanish and English. The presentation was done by Maxim Verbist, Montreal, and, in the background, by Joan de Bes form Barcelona – the video about Anima was done by Sandra Mabel from Olavarría, Southern Argentina. A very nice and inspired team.
Guru Prasad Kambhampati, the President of WTT-Global, from Visakhapatnam, India, gave an introduction and a closing talk. Frank Berger, a guitarist from Berlin, contributed the musical framework with little “Musical Precipitation of Master Messages”. And I spoke about “Developing the skill of relating”, presented the contributions and guided through the program. There were about 100 people participating from various parts of the globe.
Virgo is an earth sign and is related to matter. In its subtle state, matter is pure, but in its dense or gross state, it loses its purity and virginity and becomes worldly. The first half of the sign of Virgo is filled with subtle, pure nature, while the second half belongs to gross nature. In Eastern tradition, Ganesha is worshipped as the son of the World Mother, and his birthday is celebrated in the fourth waxing moon phase of Virgo. Ganesha, the cosmic Jupiter principle, symbolises wisdom or the subtle nature that can reflect God’s light, love and power. May the cosmic Jupiter principle help us to experience the golden light of the World Mother.
Nearly 3 weeks ago, August 7, Sri Joshi, head of the WTT Centre Sadguru Tapovana, Bengaluru, came together with his wife Shailaja for a short visit to the Paracelsus Centre of the WTT near Einsiedeln, Switzerland. I had often met them in India – he was often on tour in India with Master KPK, and Sadguru Tapovana is a group with several hundred members living around the centre there, doing substantial service activities. Sri Joshi and his wife were on a private journey to Europe and the US, and they were accompanied by a small group with members from England and Germany.
Mathilda, who coordinates the centre, and me came from near Berne to Einsiedeln to give them a warm welcome. Their arrival from Stuttgart was delayed, so we had time for preparing and for taking some photos of the surroundings.
The “Devil’s Bridge” over the Sihl river and the inn in which there is the Paracelsus Centre
View from the backside
It was a hearty encounter, starting with a short meditation and followed by a little picknick lunch prepared by ladies of the travel group. I spoke them how the centre came about through a visit and a vision of Master KPK in 1993 and about the history of the centre. Sri Joshi told me about their tour, always linked to traces of theosophical wisdom activities; their visits to London and Germany; that they had been in Paris on traces of Master Count Saint Germain and of the Master’s activities in the Americas.
The group in the Paracelsus Centre
A group photo
Before the group left again, we had a little walk outside Einsiedeln with a fantastic view over the Sihl lake and to the surrounding mountains.
They went back to Stuttgart from where they flew to London the next day and from there later to family members in the US. And we returned to the Paracelsus Centre for evening meditation and later to Berne.
The 5th ascending moon phase Virgo is the festival of the Seven Seers. It is called ‘Rishi Panchami’ in the East. This year, the festival is 27 August, 12:15 until 28 August 14:28 CEST (Central European Summer Time, UTC + 2).
Cosmically the seven rays come through the seven stars of the Great Bear, where each star is linked to one of the Seven Seers. On earth their energy is represented by the seven great Masters of Spiritual Hierarchy and their seven ashrams. Depending on the predominant energy of our soul quality, we are being prepared for an Ashram that suits us.
Master KPK suggested that on Rishi Panchami the Rishis should be recollected because they are ones who showed the way to live and the way to relate to the Divine. They are all Masters of Wisdom who pervade the path to Divine realisation.
“The month of Virgo is dedicated to the sons of virgin, who are also called the sons of God. The Seven Seers, the Great Bear, and Sirius are all recollected and worshipped during this month of Virgo. Even the pitris are worshipped in the descending arc of moon in Virgo.”
“There are a good number of such cosmic Masters… Many of them are traced as the Rishis in the Vedic and Puranic lore. They are in fact the working principles of Yoga in the cosmos and not personalities. Each principle is given a name to recognise. Each principle organises every Solar system for a certain length of time and hands it over to the next principle. That particular Solar system which is being managed by a particular principle is named after that particular Rishi or the Cosmic Master. For example, each of the Seven Suns of the constellation of the Great Bear (Sapta Rishi Mandala) is named after a Rishi like Vasishta, Viswamitra, Pulastya, Pulaha, etc….”
And in Spiritual Astrology, Sagittarius, Master EK says:
“There are seven judges in the heavens as seven stars of the Great Bear. They come down to earth as principles, expressions, races and prototypes of men. The seventh and last of them in order is the law of protection, service and love….”
It is recommended to contemplate during the 5th ascending moon phase Virgo on the 7 Seers of the Great Bear represented by the 7 Masters of the 7 Rays.
Diagram giving the names of the 7 rishis in relation to the astronomic names of the Great Bear (Arundhati is the name of the wife of Vasishta – the wives of the other 6 rishis form the Pleyades).
This is a longer text taking about 9 minutes to read – for your better understanding and practice / alignment. At the beginning, there are the “technical details”.
“The month of Virgo is considered to be the month of protection through purity. Lord Ganesha the Lord of Cosmic Wisdom is said to be born on the 4th ascending moon phase in Virgo. May the Cosmic Jupiter restitute the principle of purity to the personalities of the aspirants.” (Master KPK)
Ganesha is worshipped as the son of the World Mother, and his birthday is celebrated in the fourth waxing moon phase of Virgo as Ganesha Festival. This year, it starts 26 August 2025 at 10:26 am CEST (01:56 pm IST) , end: 27 Aug.12:15 pm CEST (03:45 pm IST). 26 Aug. 2025 00:20 am CEST (03:50 am IST) until 27 Aug.,02:35 pm CEST (06:05 am IST), Moon is also in the Hasta constellation which is particularly linked to Ganesha.
Picture of Parvathi with her son Ganesha on the Lion (Leo-Virgo constellation)
The arrangement of sounds into groups to form words and sentences is governed by the cosmic intelligence located in the Hasta constellation. According to the solar understanding Hasta is the constellation relating to Jupiter. There is a particular ritual in the month of Virgo related to the worship of Ganesha, when the moon is in the Hasta constellation. The cosmic principle Ganapati, ‘the Lord of Groupings’ is also called Ganesha. The constellation is in the form of a head of an elephant. This elephant-headed deity is worshipped as the Lord of wealth and wisdom. He influences our Earth through Jupiter. When there are serious afflictions to Jupiter, either in the birth chart or in the progressive chart, one can avoid the evil effects by meditating upon Ganapati, the elephant-headed deity.
If we look at the Hasta constellation from the earth, we find that the stars in the sky have the form of a head and a trunk of an elephant. When the moon is in this constellation, especially the crescent moon, it looks as though it is the tusk of the elephant. The tusk is the crescent moon that walks into it once in a year. It happens on the fourth ascending moon phase in the month of Virgo. The fourth ascending moon phase of Virgo completes the elephant headed figure. That day is considered special to invoke the Jupiterian energies. All those who aspire to walk into wisdom are recommended to orient to the Jupiterian energy on that day. An elaborate ritual is done about Ganesha on that day, so that he lifts us up into wisdom, re-arranging our energy patterns.
Traditionally it is believed that by worshipping Ganesha on that day, we will have no obstacles in our life. He is said to be ‘the Lord of Obstacles’! He creates obstacles, and he eliminates obstacles. It is believed that he creates obstacles to our unhealthy thoughts, speeches and actions, and eliminates the obstacles to our healthy patterns. Obstacles are self-made. When our thoughts are not right, we are halted as we manifest them. We also get halted when we have right thoughts springing up at the wrong time. Many times we face an impasse. This is because the timing of the thought and the procedure relating to it has gone wrong somewhere. If we have the right thought at the right time, it proceeds as a flow, unhindered or unimpeded. A good Jupiterian is one whose thoughts occur in the right time and the procedure relating to it also occurs properly.
A good Jupiterian is one who has Jupiter very well aspected in the horoscope. There are some people, when they give an idea, the idea works out by itself, and there are some others, when they give an idea, it is only to break our head. Even at the very first step, we will face the wall.
Thus, a good Jupiterian is one who gets the right idea at the right time and who proceeds with the right procedure. That means, the arrangement in him is very good, and there is a clean flow – like a magnet, which conducts magnetism without hindrance. It is a good re-arrangement for the current to flow, and the flow is unimpeded. The impediments are in us only, not outside. The inner impediments are seen as outer obstacles. Our thinking pattern needs to be re-arranged to overcome the obstacles in the outer. The key is held by Jupiter, and the cosmic Lord of Jupiter is Ganesha. When we worship his symbol or form with his sound (mantram), there is the re-arrangement happening in our being. Contemplating upon the sound GAM is recommended to those who have a confused mind, who have a mind that complicates themselves and others.
The transformation happens with the sound of Ganesha. Whenever people embark upon projects and plans, first Ganesha is worshipped, so that the right detail is received in the right moment. Otherwise, after accomplishing a part of the project, we start getting better ideas. We dig the foundations and build some part of the house, and then we get some better ideas about the plan of the building. We neither destroy that which is built nor we progress with full heart with that which is already started. We are not so free. The best thing is to worship Ganesha, invoking his energies, then we have the right pattern of mind, so that the project flows through us according to a good plan. We will not miss details and later repent. The details that we forget will become the future obstacles, and all changes will be very costly.
Even the Devas when they function in creation, the first thing they do is to invoke this energy of Ganesha. The rituals commence with him. The divine projects commence with him. Any beginning is a beginning with Ganesha. As we think of a beginning, it is inevitable that we think of Ganesha. When we think of him, our head transforms into the elephant head, which functions better! Imagine that Ganesha has descended into our head through our invocation, so that the day progresses well and we come out without many mistakes. It is functioning with wisdom and love. When we do it in that way, in creation there is almost no impediment. The students invoke him to get better educated. At the time of marriage ritual he is invoked, so that the married life is not confronted with trouble. The first sexual act between man and woman is done after invoking Ganesha. He is everywhere! He is inevitable in Indian tradition. At every important event he is the one to be invoked first. If he gives presence, all other Devas present in an order, they classify themselves, group well and approach us.
This is an advantage conceived by the seers of the ancient times through the worship of the cosmic Jupiter Ganesha. The simplest sound you can utter of him is:
In so far as it is done in sets of 12, it is better, because the number 12 is the number of Jupiter. It can be 12 times, its can be 24 times, it can be 36 times etc.
Astrologically, Thursday is a good day to invoke the Ganesha energies. He is the Lord of wisdom, which is called Jupiter. He is the permeating consciousness, which is also called Jupiter. So, worshipping Ganesha is done more on Thursdays. Ganesha is worshipped in all those months where Jupiter is the Lord of the month like Cancer, Sagittarius and Pisces. In those months, Thursdays have special importance, they are considered very special to invoke the energies of Ganesha.
The symbol of Jupiter is the triangle within the circle, the centre and the triangle around the centre and a circle around the triangle, the sound is GAM, the number is three, the colour is cream, honey-yellow, and the stone is topaz.
MASTER JUPITER
Statue of Agastya / Master Jupiter
Ganesha is the cosmic Jupiterian intelligence. For the systemic existence, he is present as Master Jupiter. The Master Jupiter is the Avatar of Synthesis who presides over the Aquarian Age. He conducts himself with the triangular force of Neptune, Mercury and Jupiter. He is called the Master of the Nilagiri Hills (Blue Mountains) in the Theosophical Society. He is called the great Sage Agastya in the Vedic tradition. He is the Master whose abode is in Sirius, whose functioning place for our earth is the Blue Mountains of South India. Agastya is the great sage and is the counterpart of the 7 seers of the Great Bear. While the Great Bear plays the role of Father to our systemic existence, Agastya, Master Jupiter plays the role of Guru, Teacher to our system. For further details of Master Jupiter the reader may look to the book Aquarian Master by the same composer and the book Esoteric Astrology of A.A.Bailey.
Sripada Srivallabha is the first Avatar of Lord Dattatreya in the present age. He was born 1320 AD in the 4th ascending moon phase of Virgo, Hasta constellation, and therefore, we celebrate his birthday in this constellation. Read more about Sripada’s birth here. It is an extraordinary incarnation and the story of how it came to light in the beginning of this century is also extraordinary. Read more in the Sripada biography, which is published by WTT editions in English, German, French and Spanish.
The World Mother is described as the Mother of Light and the Mother of Night. She presides over the interplay of spirit and matter and engages in the activity of creation. The Father stands as her background and provides support in her activities. Experiencing the Father is beyond consciousness.
The Veda says that the Father is reborn as Son through the Mother. The birth can happen in two ways: The descent of the Divine into a human form is called the principle of the avatar. A human being, a “son of man”, can also become a “Son of God” or a “Son of the Virgin” by purifying and transforming themselves through service and sacrifice to an extent that the Divine can express itself through them. This is the path of the initiates and Masters of Wisdom.
Virgo is symbolic of such a transformation of awakening to the subjective world happening in silence and darkness. Disciples enter into the inner cave of the heart to connect to the Divine in themselves. The Divine might descend into them by the grace of the Mother.
The divine Light has its shine; many images and idols of God are therefore made in white or in gold. The Dark of the Divine also has its shine; the shine of the black is profound. Krishna as an avatar is described as dark, meaning he is so imperceptible and deep that we can merge into him and enter into Samadhi. Black Madonnas have the same shine of the Dark.
For designing the painting, I used the photo of a black Madonna with a black child from a basilica in Girona, Spain, adding shining eyes. In the background you see schemes of a painting of Gayatri indicating the various shades of divine Light. They are surrounded by a rainbow circle symbolising the seven colours and planes of creation. They are further surrounded by elements of a dark flower and of stars hinting at the work of time in space.
