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KOSICRUCIAN PHILOSOPHY
QUESTION Xo. 160.
Can you give an idea t of the difference between helio-
centric and geocentric astrology? Is the geocentric con-
cerned only with the affairs of this earth, the material life,
and the heliocentric with the soul or the spiritual side?
The sun, being the spiritual planet and the ruler of our
solar system, would lead to this conclusion, inasmuch as
ive use the sun's zodiac in heliocentric astrology and the
earth's zodiac in geocentric. Can predictions in this life
ever be made by the sun's zodiac, or is the latter simply
concerned with the spiritual side of a persons nature?
Answer: One of the objections raised to the ancient
system of astrology is that it regards the earth as the centre
of the solar system in the same manner as the ancients
did, and that since Copernicus showed us that the planets
move around the sun, many people regard astrology as "an
exploded science," a palpably proven fallacy, and in order
to overcome this objection, certain astrologers in modern
times have invented what is called "Heliocentric Astrol-
ogy," which regards the sun as the centre of our solar system
and the planets as moving about it.
It is perfectly true that, scientifically speaking, the geo-
centric system of astrology, which regards
the earth as a
that the
centre, is incorrect. And it is wrong when we say
sun is in Cancer when it is really the earth traveling in its
orbit that has come to the sign Capricorn and, therefore,
it appears to us here upon the earth as if the sun were in
Cancer. But that is not the crux ; it really does not matter
which of the two bodies has moved, the astrologer judges
by the positions of the planets relative to the earth. And