STRUCTURAL MODEL FOR THE ESOTERIC INTERPRETATION OF A NATAL

ASTROLOGICAL CHART

The following chapters seek to outline in a step by step process, a methodology for esoterically
interpreting a natal chart. This process will be quite complex and very complete. I will present a
number of models for each aspect of esoteric interpretation, chakras, rays, human constitution, place
on the path, karma etc. No “one” model will present a correct i.e. preferred interpretation over any
other. I have found over the years of using these models, that all of them work some of the time,
perhaps some more often than others. They all suffer from the flaws initially outlined in the
introductory chapter of being methods of “quantification” seeking to gain access to an interpretation
which is essentially “qualification”. As stated in that chapter the attempt is to stimulate the intuition
by focusing on a model representing the subject matter at hand. It may well be that some of these
models become favourites of yours and can be used consistently to produce the intended result, or
that you use all the models, or that you develop or adapt models of your own from what you’ve read
here. It doesn’t really matter.

Two cautionary notes I must add, however. Firstly, even if several models seem to suggest (if
focusing on chakras) that certain chakras are being developed, and maybe just one of the models for
chakras suggests otherwise, it is not just a question of numbers winning out. Secondly, and more
importantly, there is no substitute for the knowledge base of esoteric astrology. All these models
will mean nothing unless, you are secure in your knowledge of the subject matter and can discuss
within yourself or with the client your understanding of such concepts as the Spiritual Path,
Initiation, Esoteric Meanings of Planets, Signs, the Rays, the Chakras etc. You must know these
intimately to gain full benefit from using any of these models. If such is the case the models provide
a meditative focus and enable the astrologer to be put on rapport with his/her client.

“2. The intuition of the astrologer. The casting of the horoscope serves to put the astrologer
en rapport with the individual, but this is of small service to either party unless the intuition
and sensitivity of the astrologer is actively present.”1

As I am used to dealing with these models and have some familiarity with other modalities within
the Tibetan’s presentation of esoteric astrology, I will present the interpretation of the particular
model with what may appear as apparent ease, at times. This is nothing but familiarity. One not
only needs to, for example, be able to interpret chakras or rays or spiritual development in terms of
astrology, but also to interpret chakras in relation to themselves, and chakras in relation to spiritual
development, rays, or karma or whatever else. There is a needed fluidity between the various
modalities that I am seeking to encourage. If this is somewhat followed it will not only deepen your
interpretative skills astrologically but also with respect to the other modalities as well.

For the purposes of illustrating the exercises I will be using the charts of two people, one known to
the public and the other unknown. Charts are drawn according to the Koch house system and are
Tropical and Geocentric. The Vulcan calculation I use is Weston’s. The details are as follows:-

1. Anonymous Person who will be identified as “Oana” in this exercise. Female, born in New
Plymouth, New Zealand 38°S 04′, 174°E 05′, on 18th March 1956 at 11:42 pm. NZT -12:00.2
2. T(homas) E(dward) Lawrence (of Arabia), Archaelogical Scholar, Military Strategist, Author
born in Tremadoc, Wales, 52°N 56′, 004°W 09′ on 16th August 1888 at 5.am UT.3

OUTLINE OF MODEL
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Esoteric Astrology, p.69
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Chart details rectified from birthtime given as 11:30 pm.
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Chart details from , www.astrotheme.fr
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 1. Take a short biography of the client’s life emphasizing
i. Major events, points of crisis and/or turning points
ii. Perceptions of major relationships; parental; partners; children; other significant
iii. Major interests, avocations and vocations
iv. Major life goals those achieved and those being worked towards either consciously
or unconsciously.
v. Key Perceptions and moments of the spiritual life, noting if it figures at all.
vi. What matters to the client. What makes their life worth living.

2. Determine Focalizers (include the esoteric, hierarchical rulers of Asc, Sun and Moon, and any
planets in Esoteric or Hierarchical dignity or accidental dignity)
i. Summarize the role that each planet plays as focalizer e.g. Sun is in dignity in Leo,
the focal of a yod, and is angular conj the Des)
ii. Make a brief summary of the chart by considering the person’s primal triad4 (Asc,
Sun & Moon) hemispheric emphasis, elemental & mode strength and weaknesses
and the role of the focalizers.

3. Determine whether or not a person is on the Spiritual Path.

i. If they are on the Spiritual Path, which Initiation has the person taken or which one
are they preparing for.
ii. If they are not on the Spiritual Path, which body are they mainly working on
developing, Physical/Etheric, Astral, Mental or the Personality as a whole.
iii. Hypothesize in either case the major tasks to be undertaken with their current
perceived level of development and what lies immediately ahead.

4. Assess the comparative strengths of Will, Love and Intelligence in the Natal Chart.

5. Assess the relative strengths of the physical/etheric, astral, mental and intuitive functions in the
chart.

6. Determine Major Ray Influences and form a working hypothesis of their Ray Structure.
Consider:-
i. The Basic Rays of the chart. (The fundamental quantifiable model)
ii. Some quantifiable models
iii. A Qualitative approach using focal features for the 5 vehicles;
a. Physical/etheric
b. Astral
c. Mental
d. Personality
e. Soul.
i. Analysis each body separately seeking to gain an overall idea of its
function, strengths and weaknesses, its prominence in relation to the
other bodies and its major ray qualities.

7. Assess which body(s) the Soul and Personality rays are primarily functioning through.

8. Determine Chakric Strengths and weaknesses independently and in relation to one another.
Which Chakras are emphasized and how strong are they. Models proposed:-
i. Chakras associated with Asc, Sun and various rulers.
ii. The South Nodal Chart
iii. Aspectual Chakric Map
iv. Chakras via Ray Strength {see 4(i)}
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 v. Chakras via House Emphasis

9. Analyse Patterns of Evolutionary Development by:-

i. The developmental movement from Moon to Sun to Asc
ii. A thorough analysis of the relationship between Asc and Sun including their various
rulers.

10. Assess the role of Karma in the natives life via the following:-
i. Saturn
ii. Moon’s Nodes
iii. Retrograde Planets
iv. Intercepted Signs

11. Analyse the Soul’s purpose through the Asc, Esoteric Ruler of the Asc and its Esoteric Ruler.

12. Assess Hierarchical Influence and purpose via the MC and its esoteric and Hierarchical rulers.

13. Assess which Soul Laws are functioning in the individual’s life and how they are functioning.

14. Analyse other major spiritual themes, challenges and obstructions to spiritual growth thru:-
i. Analysis of key aspects between Asc, Sun and Moon and their rulers (not all ready
covered)
ii. Using the Sun as the major factor for personality integration noting hard, easy,
separating and applying aspects to it.
iii. Using the aspects as symbols of fusion, integration and cleavage, noting particularly
the aspectual relationships between the orthodox and esoteric rulers of any one
house.
iv. Analyse Saturn as Cleavage
v. Analyse the third house and its orthodox ruler(s) as Illusion.
vi. Analyse Neptune and planets in water signs/houses as glamour
vii. Assess the Dweller on the Threshold via Saturn, 7th & 8th houses planets therein and
there rulers.
viii. Assess the different agendas of the hypothesized Soul and Personality Rays.

15. Beginning with the strongest focalizer and working down the list sequentially assess the role of
each planet by considering:
i. The orthodox and esoteric meaning of the planet, its sign, house.
ii. The orthodox and esoteric meaning of the houses the planet rules
iii. The orthodox and esoteric meaning of the rulers of the house the planet is in.
iv. The influence of the planet via its chakric and ray symbolism
v. The aspects it makes to other planets considering the combination of chakras and
rays involved.

16. Determine the opportunities for Spiritual advancement through Esoteric Predictive Astrology by
considering:
i. The pre-dominant ray emphases of the time under consideration
ii. Analyse the soul’s objectives with major transits, and progressions
iii. Compare these with their orthodox meaning to gain a sense of personality response
to the spiritual opportunity.

17. Make a generalized summary of the major points you have discovered.

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I realise how exhaustive and comprehensive this structural model is. Practically, if one were to
follow this model sequentially, as I've outlined it then it would take a week to analyse one chart.
One would get bored in the analysis as certain themes would constantly be repeating themselves.
Also, who would have time to conduct such an extensive analysis and what client would be
prepared to sit through a reading which would take so much of their concentration, time, and
money. The financial and practical side of esoteric astrology is not often entered into regarding
either the time taken in analysis, or the method of delivery of that analysis to the client, or how that
client would receive such a delivery.

In effect the structure is impractical but it does serve some purpose. To familiarize oneself with the
various ways an astrological chart can be viewed and interpreted; an increasing facility to switch
modalities through understanding the commonality of links which is the astrological symbolism that
unites their expression; and through the pain and discomfit of an enforced process to awaken the
intuition, which in the end will bring the models in service to the practioner and create a pathway
via any particular model or models for the practioner to more immediately get in touch with their
own soul, and hopefully the soul of the client under consideration. In the process the esoteric
astrologer will discover his/her own methodology for working.

In all cases I strongly recommend that each astrologer wishing to work with clients at these levels
undertake some sort of course in counselling and that the biographical data along with the chart be
used meditatively before any stricter analysis commences. You will find in many instances one or
two parts of this structure will be sufficient to awaken the intuition and to provide you with the
information you need to be of service to the client. This drastically reduces the amount of
information you need to accumulate and the amount of time spent in preparation. From my
viewpoint familiarity with all of the structures is important so that one can adapt the structure to
meet the client’s need. Always remember it is not the information which is important but your
capacity to attune to your client and to discern and respond to the often presented personality need
and the deeper often unvoiced soul need. (A course in Esoteric Psychology would not go astray
either).

In all cases whether you choose to use any or all of these models or your own you will need to
consider the following in order to work esoterically with a client.

1. You need to determine whether the person is on a spiritual path or not, and in each case
where they stand in the process of their evolutionary development. The importance of this is
that it provides a spiritual background to where their consciousness is at and what it is seeing
and otherwises experiencing. One does not have to be precise with this, but the general ball park
needs to be established. Not to do so would be like having a client from Greece who doesn’t
speak English and not take that person’s social/historical background or language into
consideration. You would in effect be speaking another language which is of no value to
yourself or the client. If you are wrong about your assessment, that’s o’kay, you can make
adjustments for this if you are listening to the client and no your spiritual geography well
enough, but it is important to forma a hypothesis, which is at least capable of being rejected or
proven.
2. Even if one can’t successfully determine a consistent ray hypothesis of the various bodies
from the natal chart it is important to hypothesize what you believe are the major ray influences
affecting the clients consciousness and hence their behaviour. If you have a hypothesis of this
regardless of whether or not the ray under consideration is the soul, personality or what-you-
will, it will be a major feature influencing the person’s life in both its positive and negative
aspects as increasing soul infusion or blocking it. D.K. himself, often used rays of relatively
minor importance when addressing the spiritual needs of his disciples; frequently these rays of
the periodical vehicles, sometimes sub or “legacy rays were of more importance than the Soul or
personality ray. Again, having a hypothesis helps confirm or deny what you are being presented
with and adjustments can be made accordingly. In many ways this is the most important and
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 fundamental part of esoteric astrology. The Rays are more fundamental than planets or signs,
and just bringing them to the clients attention helps them focus on deeper more abiding soul
issues.
3. It is important to understand the major themes of a person’s life, what they are here for, the
lessons to be learnt, the service to be rendered, the soul’s intent/purpose. Orthodox astrology
sees this largely in terms of the Sun sign, Esoteric Astrology sees it more in terms of the Asc.
Having an hypothesized purpose gives you a measuring stick and again a means of getting the
client in touch with a deeper aspect of themselves.
4. You need to have a sense of which of the 5 bodies Soul, Personality, Mental, Astral,
Physical/Etheric are most emphasized. Where does the person live from? What are they
experiencing. And the reverse of this. What bodies are under-emphasized, what might be
missing, primitive, under-developed, and/or unconscious.
5. You need to understand the major potentials and opportunities for growth spiritually, and
the major hinderances to that growth. This, with predictive astrology should provide current
circumstances and immediate unfoldments, challenges and potentials.

In summary, you will need to understand:-

1. The person’s evolutionary status

2. The rays of the person’s 5 periodical vehicles.
3. Major life themes and Soul’s Purpose
4. Emphasis and experience of the periodical vehicles
5. Major potentials and obstacles natally, currently and in the near future.

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 CLIENT’S BIOGRAPHY

1. Take a short biography of the client’s life emphasizing

i. Major events, points of crisis and/or turning points
ii. Perceptions of major relationships; parental; partners; children; other significant
iii. Major interests, avocations and vocations
iv. Major life goals those achieved and those being worked towards either consciously
or unconsciously.
v. Key Perceptions and moments of the spiritual life, noting if it figures at all.
vi. What matters to the client. What makes their life worth living

The above is an outline of some of the basic themes to include in a client biography. It is by no
means exhaustive or complete. The idea of getting the biography is to not only to get information
on your client but to discover how they experience and perceive their astrology. Importantly from
an orthodox and esoteric point of view it is to help put you as the astrologer en rapport with your
client meaning esoterically to establish an intuitive soul link. This link is essentially a grasp in a
wholistic sense of how your client lives their chart, or how their chart finds expression through
them. It gives a sense of the intimacy between any one person and the great Archetypal forces and
energies which condition our lives consciously or unconsciously.

Short Biography Example One

Oana, born in New Plymouth, New Zealand 38°S 04′, 174°E 05′, on 18th March 1956 at 11:42 pm.
NZT -12:00.5

1. Major events, points of crisis and/or turning points

Oana is a 50 year old Caucasian woman. She is married with a step-daughter. She is one of four
children (2 males & 2 females), the third in order, following immediately her elder foster-sister,
who joined the family when she was around 9 years of age. She comes from a middle class New
Zealand family. Her father is Australian and her mother a New Zealander. Both are now retired.
Both parents are intensely creative and practical people with a life-long involvement in the Seventh
Day Adventist Church.

Significant Events
• Induction of her step sister, “a black sheep” around 9 years of age.
• Nervous breakdown of her mother in early puberty
• Early leaving of home environment to train as a nurse in Sydney, Australia
• Meeting with Preceptress who would become a life-long jfriend
• Attempted suicide late teens car accident resulting in loss of spleen.
• Graduate in Nursing, Secretarial and Welfare Officer
• Move to Melbourne and commencement of psychotherapy with a therapist who became a strong
friend, which was significant in dealing with personality issues.
• Robbed of all possessions late 20’s
• Marriage in early 30’s
• Buying of first home mid 30’s
• Only Pregnancy and loss of child at 14 weeks, late 30’s
• Undertook Spiritual training which would later result in a disability and demonic possession,
late 30’s
• Disability, a generally diagnosed spasticity and panic-anxiety disorder, exorcism and a number
of healing modalities, early 40’s, and a strong withdrawal from the external world.

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• Establishment of relationship with Jungian Therapist who would help her deal with spiritual
crisis over many years, resulting in an awakening interest in Buddhism
• Death of psychotherapist friend early 40’s
• Beginnings of venturing out into the world again after much inner self-realization and initial
contacts with Buddhist community late 40’s

2. Perceptions of major relationships; parental; partners; children; other significant

• Mother – great ambivalence. Mother’s rules controlling & correcting. Freedom from habitual
patterns established
• Father – discomfit in intimacy, dedicated to his religion, generous, sacrificial, a martyr.
• Eldest Brother – Early competitiveness, disdain, agreeable disaffection
• Elder Step Sister – Wild, uncontrollable, running away from herself
• Youngest Brother – Brutal
• Contact with family marginal
• Husband – Caring, supportive, knowledgeable, self-defeating
• Closest Friend – Great initmacy, openness, sharing, spiritually lazy
• Step-Daughter – Kind, talkative, thoughtless, dominated by unresolved patterns with males.
• Therapist – Wise, challenging, spiritually guiding.

3. Major interests, avocations and vocations

Gardening. Cooking. Various healing modalities, particularly alternative/natural, spiritual and

esoteric healing. Reading esoteric and spiritual texts; spiritual and psychological development, more
recently along a Buddhist line. Writing. Formerly entertaining.
Has worked nursing, reception, office management, general clerical, home care and maintenance.

4. Major life goals: those achieved and those being worked towards either consciously or
unconsciously.

Freedom from habitual judgements of behaviour, quietening the astral nature, and finding the empty
space that can embrace the pair of opposites; a deepening involvement with her budda-
nature/wisdom self. Enhanced physical freedom and integration with groups and friends. Distantly
the finding of a spiritually purposeful creative expression.

5. Key Perceptions and moments of the spiritual life, noting if it figures at all

So many to list. The experience of the completeness and wholeness of connection, inwardly and to
significant others. Challenging moments of confrontation with the shadow self. A change from
wanting to escape from life to finding life in herself. Gaining ascendency over the judging voice of
the inner mother. Discovering the soul’s creativity through writing.

6. What matters to the client. What makes their life worth living

To feel whole and complete within oneself, and that extended sense of wholeness in connection
with other living beings. To be focused in the moment and realize the joy and vitality of being alive.
Progression through redeeming one’s dark elements. Remaining open.

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Short Biography Example Two

T(homas) E(dward) Lawrence (of Arabia), Archaelogical Scholar, Military Strategist, Author
born in Tremadoc, Wales, 52°N 56′, 004°W 09′ on 16th August 1888 at 5.am UT

(Of necessity there are many private matters that cannot be known, except from reading Lawrence’s
7 Pillars of Wisdom, or the many commentators of his life, so certain assessments are left to this
author’s discretion, having only read an over-view of his life)

1. Major events, points of crisis and/or turning points

Lawrence was one of 5 sons. His father was Sir Thomas Chapman and his Mother Sara Maden, his
father’s governess. He had several half-sisters. His father running away from Ireland changed his
name and identity.

Lawrence is best noted for his exploits during the WWI, as an instigator of Arab revolt to contain
and curtail the threat of Turkish dominance in the Middle East. He was also a keen instigator and
supporter of Arab union running counter to the interests of his own country, and even the Arabs
themselves.
“Lawrence became a mythic figure in his own lifetime even before he published his own
version of his legend in The Seven Pillars of Wisdom. His accomplishments themselves
were solid enough for several lives. More than a military leader and inspirational force
behind the Arab revolt against the Turks, he was a superb tactician and a highly influential
theoretician of guerrilla warfare. Besides The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, his sharply etched
service chronicle, The Mint, and his mannered prose translation of the Odyssey added to a
literary reputation further substantiated by an immense correspondence that establishes him
as one of the major letter writers of his generation.

Lawrence found despair as necessary as ambition. He lived on the masochistic side of

asceticism, and part of his self-punishment involved creating within himself a deep
frustration to immediately follow, and cancel out, high achievement by denying to himself
the recognition he had earned. At its most extreme, this impulse involved a symbolic killing
of the self, a taking up of a new life and a new name. Under whatever guise, he was a many-
sided genius whose accomplishments precluded the privacy he constantly sought. By the
manufacture of his myth, however solidly based, he created in his own person a
characterization rivaling any in contemporary fiction.”6

Significant Points of Crisis

• Graduates with first class honours in History (medieval military architecture) from Oxford,
1910
• 1911-1914. Establishes language and knowledge of the Middles East through an
archeological expedition in the Euphrates. Theories on the Cradle of civilization developed
from this.
• Explores Northern Sinai, mapping from Gaza to Aqaba, 1914. This is of immediate strategic
value
• Joins British Army Intelligence, stationed in Cairo, gathers information from spies, captured
Turks, drawing maps and creates a handbook on the Turkish army.1914
• Two brothers killed in France, 1915
• Diplomatic mission to Husayn Ibn Ali to Medina in 1916, enlists his aid and those of his
two sons against the Turks, paving the way for an envisoned United Arab Republic.

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 • Successful Guerilla operations against the Turks 1916-17, through uniting the Arabs through
self-punishing valour, the promise of plunder and British gold. Renders Turkish
reinforcements useless
• Captures Aqaba 1917, the first United Arab victory
• Captured by Turks 1917, brutally sodomized, which leaves an indelible psychic wound.
• Capture of Jerusalem 1917. Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. Receives the DSO
• Capture of Damascus 1918, effectively defeating the Turks. Exhausted from several
wounds, illness, hunger, climate, extreme physical deprivation and experiences the collapse
of his dreams through selfish Arab sectarianism aided and abetted by British and French
opportunism. Is disillusioned, and distinguished and becomes demobilized from his
commission
• Attends Paris Peace Conference 1919. Opposes the French & British view of the de-
arabilization of Lebanon and Syria.
• First publication of the ”Seven Pillars of Wisdom” 1921
• With Winston Churchill the establishment of a semi-autonomous Jordan & Iraq
• Adrift after several attempts at anonymity in enlisting with the British Army and Air Force.
Seeking to gather material for further publications. After several journeys to the Middle East
and India he is finally decommissioned and dies in a coma as a result of a motorcycle
accident 1935

2. Perceptions of major relationships; parental; partners; children; other significant

Difficult to ascertain. He was profoundly affected by the death of two of his brothers in France in
1915. He was said to be good friends with George Bernard Shaw, whose surname he took as his
own when hiding his identity and he made a number of friends in high places within the British
Military who were able to enlist him in various services against protocol. Of his friends there are
too many to list. His closest contacts appear in his some 6,000 letters which contain a high degree of
honesty and intimacy.
His father Thomas surrendered a wealthy baronet for love. His Mother Sarah, a governess has been
described as industrious, capable and cheerful. The family Crest (Westmeath – Chapman) is
revealing “Virtue thrives under oppression”

3. Major interests, avocations and vocations

Historian, Archeologist, Author, Poet, Military Strategist, Spy, Guerilla Warfare Leader, Arab
Languages, Cartographer, Writer of technical manuals relating to army and aircraft., Diplomacy,
The Ideal of an Arab Union.

4. Major life goals those achieved and those being worked towards either consciously or
unconsciously.

Lawrence saw himself more as a man of letters than a man of action. His prodigious writings
combine powerful imagery with an autobiographical approach. In modern terms he could be
described as a journalist given to pen his experiences from within the confines of any kind of
organization or country. His penetrating insights into the workings of the RAF, after the WWI
published in his work the Mint later found that book to be banned. He was given to keen
observation of environment and people.
Freedom was one of his major ambitions. He was quite non-judgemental given to assessing
situations and individuals for what they were regardless of background, race, religion etc. He was
brought up Anglican and had a scholarly knowledge of the Bible but described himself as just
believing in God. He dedicated the “Seven Pillars” with the following phrase:
“I loved you, so I drew these tides of men into my hands and wrote my will across the sky in
stars to earn you Freedom”
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This shows a profound understanding of the link between Divinity, Love and Creation, the goal of
which is to acquire Freedom.
The achievement of a unified Arabic world, free from the rule of other nations.
Humanitarian goals, and the improvement of military technology and the accurate mapping of the
middle east.

5. Key Perceptions and moments of the spiritual life, noting if it figures at all

Much more speculative here, based on my small amount of inadequate research. My shear
speculation of defining moments rests largely on the intensity with which Lawrence lived his life.
That could be said to be all the time. Yet, historically and objectively there are those times which
one could speculate as being important giving the nature of his goals and achievements. What
seems to mark Lawrence’s path were an over-riding intensity; capacity for extreme measures to
realize his goal; a fervent belief in the potential for Arab coalition; brilliance in strategic thinking;
great adaptability yet unswerving focus to achieve his goals; a potent belief in the freedom of man;
intense and relentless self-examination through re-capitulating his exploits; a pioneering and
inventive spirit backed by technical knowledge and expertise; a humanitarian attitude the
transcended race, creed, colour, social status; a love of scholastic study & research.

• Cycling journey through France, Palestine and Syria upon which his thesis on Medieval
Military Architecture was based.
• Cartography of the Sinai peninsula
• Death of his two brothers in France
• Realization of potential for Arab unity against Turkish masters via diplomatic mission to
Medina and subsequent working with the forces of Faysal.
• His own capture and sodomization by the Turks
• The taking of Aqaba
• The capture of Damascus, routing of the Turks, and subsequent realization of
disillusionment of his dream for Arab Unity
• Failure at the Paris Peace Conference
• Partial success in a semi-autonomous Jordan and Iraq with Winston Churchill’s help.
• Devotion to and publishing and re-publishing of “7 Pillars of Wisdom”
• Re-designing of flying seacraft and the writing of a technical manual for this.

There were many other accomplishments of course, but these stood out for me as reflections of the
above

6. What matters to the client. What makes their life worth living

This again is a very subjective opinion. Lawrence’s life appears to me to be worth living when there
is intensity and challenge against great odds, and when there is a mystery to be explored and
researched. He certainly had a capacity for ferreting out information, and delving into his subjects
deeply and thus to understand their patterns and common themes. He had keen powers of
perception, of environment and men. He possibly saw the interests of the British government,
uniting the disparate Arab tribes as an opportunity to not only conquer the enemy but forge a new
Arab nation/s. He was totally committed to this goal, enduring much suffering in its attempted
accomplishment. So what matters to the client…Exploration, Investigation, Alliances, Progress -
socially, politically, technologically; deepening self-revelations; Being willing to commit oneself
totally to the Idea/l.

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The first thing to do, in preparation for horoscope analysis of any kind, orthodox or esoteric, is to
get a sense of prominent planets, signs, houses and aspects. These are usually referred to as
"Focalizers". It is important to have clearly in our minds, the dominant astrological features of the
charts as many of the models we will explore require an analysis of the planet's function and how
strongly they are emphasised or or how weakly is there overall placement. We will need to explore
the specific role, any one planet or combination of planets performs in any given model.

Our first task is to list the Focalizers, and then make a summary of the ways the planets are focal. I
won't be outlining definitions of focalization i.e. explaining why the angles are important, for
example. I also, won't be using every Focalizer. I am assuming that the use of Focalizers is a
common astrological practice for many of you reading this text and that you perhaps have your
favourites and find in your astrological analysis that these work well for you. If your list of
personal Focalizers differs from mine then feel free to use your own list. It is not that I have found
that the Focalizers I am choosing here work better than any others regarding accurate calculation to
derive various esoteric details. The Focalizers, I will be using are very commonplace, however, you
may find certain of your favourite ones not listed. Again, the importance of many of the
quantifications derived from using the Focalizers is not to exemplify as supremely accurate any
method for any given esoteric detail, but to use as a vehicle, a system to awaken intuitive
apprehension, especially regarding the esoteric matter being considered. I will list each planet as
focal according to degree, sign and house.

The Focalizers I will be using are as follows:-

1. Ascendant, Sun and Moon with their rulers Orthodox, Esoteric

2. Angularity
3. Dignity, Orthodox, Esoteric
4. Accidental Dignity, Orthodox, Esoteric
5. Singletons
6. Conjunctions to the Sun
7. Stationary Planets
8. Major Planetary Patterns involving more than two planets: Commonly these will be the
major ones; Stellia, Grand Trines and Kites, T-Squares, Cosmic Crosses, Yods
9. Most Aspected Planet and/or Unaspected Planet.

Some Notes on the above

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