The Hermetica…The Zodiac and Destiny
God created humans to appreciate the
awesome wonder of his universe; to be themselves a beautiful embellishment of
the Cosmos; and to share in God’s creative powers and participate in the work
of creation.
The heavenly gods, the planets, who
had already bestowed on man some of their own power, now urged the Creator to
be cautious. They fear that man will use his inquisitive mind for destructive
as well as constructive purposes. Man’s powers, they complain, are too great
and unlimited, and therefore dangerous to himself and the order of the Cosmos.
God responds to their concerns by
creating the Zodiac. This celestial mechanism will control the fate of men and
be ruled over by the goddess Destiny. She sows the seeds of a person’s fate,
which grow and develop under the constraints of Necessity, the limits and
demands of physical nature, to shape every human life.
It is man’s lot to live the life
prescribed for him by his fate. Very few human beings are capable of escaping
from the determining influence of the Zodiac. Man’s earthly life is controlled
by the power of Destiny, through the physical limitations of the mortal human
body. However, if a man’s mind is illuminated by the light of God, he becomes
free from these celestial influences – for even the gods are powerless before
God. Hermes teaches that it is our duty not simply to acquiesce in our fate,
but rather, through intense contemplation of God, to rise above our merely
mortal nature and awaken our immortal soul.
The Hermetica,
Timothy Freke & Peter Gandy
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