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astronomy not to see a resemblance between the descrip-
tion of these sons and the twelve signs of the zodiac.
Also, if we regard the manner of pitching the camp of
the Israelites grouping the twelve tribes around the taber-
nacle where the seven branched candlestick was we see
again a reference to the astronomical disposition of the
twelve signs of the zodiac outside of the seven planets,
which are the lights of the solar system, the House of
God.
The spiritual reason of the analogy between Jacob, his
wives, their children and the cosmos, may be found in the
hermetic axiom, as above, so below. Jacob, with his four
wives, symbolize the sun and the four phases of the moon,
which are the givers of life to all that live upon earth;
the twelve sons and one daughter symbolize the Creative
Hierarchies, which have been active in the evolution of our
solar system and have brought not only humanity but also
all the various other kingdoms to their present stage of
evolutionary attainment, and are working with them now
in order to still further develop them into spiritual beings.
It was they who made man in their likeness. Even to this
with the characteristics of the
day humanity is stamped
twelve celestial signs. Therefore the original Semites, who
were to be the progenitors of a new race, were divided into
twelve classes by their leader, each class representing one
of the constellations.