Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury

Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury

Newton: "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction." A principle copied from the works of Jacob Boehme with all religious context stripped from it and dignified with the appellation, 'Newton's Third Law'.

Jesus (NT): "As ye sew, so shall ye reap."

Bhagavad Gita: 'Karma', in Sanskrit, means 'actions', 'deeds'.

Old Testament Ecclesiastes: "there is no new thing under the sun."

The alchemists worked with symbols, each planet representing an aspect of the power field in which we have come to exist. A useful set of principles that can be applied to virtually any field of activity. 

Power condensed on a focus is given the name Saturn, saturnine compression, satanic condensation, the devil.

Power seeking to escape the compressing forces, willing to become free, the freedom-seeker, is given the name Jupiter, deo-pater, god the father.

Mercury is the resulting shake or vibration, it appears to spin. Mercury is the resolution of both the force which threatens imprisonment, and the possibility of annihilation by expansion into the great No-Thing. Every myth has its own description of this force. It is the Messianic figure, Thoth, Hermes, Tjehuti.

We each have these tendencies:
The egotistical separative force of Saturn,
and the outwardly-sharing compassion of Jupiter.

The mercury man, having achieved his own  internal balance, continuously oscillates between the two, honouring the meaning of his own individuality, and feeling deeply into relationships, working to develop the full potential in all situations. He is the quick as opposed to the dead. The mercantile mind always looking for the best possible profit in any situation.