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•^Chapter Three)^
YOU MAY KNOW, O seeker of the truth and reality of
astrology, that the celestial sphere is a physical ball
perfectly circular, and so is everything contained
therein at all times and in all states. Some people
thought that certain events may change the circular shape of the
celestial sphere at certain times. By no means will this ever
happen because the shape of the celestial sphere is the cause for
its shape, since its essence has this shape. I mean that it is the
first to be a perfect shape, and this perfect shape is the circle
because this circle is made of one line. This is the primary cause
of perfection. However, this cannot be easily proved. Astrology
is an essence and dividing it into angles is a man-made
technique. If we start with this technique, we will ascend from it
to the essential obligation.
The method of learning this subject must follow a reversed
procedure. Similarly, learning the technique of angles is the
approach of learning the state of the celestial sphere. Nothing of
the celestial bodies in the world of formation and dissolution
will have a place in the celestial sphere and no part of the
celestial sphere will have a place in the world of formation and
dissolution at all unless that is achieved by coercion. As we
mentioned, the celestial sphere is perfectly rounded from all
sides. It is formed by one curved line; there is a point inside it
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