“To make a statement of the fact without attempting to prove its verity, let us assume that surrounding our sun, there is what may be called twelve oceans of etheric life, separated, one from another, by well-defined lines; and that these twelve oceans contain qualities represented by the twelve functions of the human organism, beginning with Aries, the head of the Grand Man; followed by Taurus, the neck; Gemini, the hands and arms; Cancer, the breast; Leo, the heart; Virgo, the stomach and digestive system; Libra, the reins, and so on through the twelve functions of the human organism.
Through these twelve oceans, all the planets of the Solar System pass in their voyage around their parent sun. A planet and the particular ocean in which it is immersed reciprocally contribute their qualities – the ocean of life receives from the planet and the planet in turn, from the ocean of life, its people being dominated by the qualities of that ocean. With the aid of Solar Biology, anyone can prove these statements to be facts. We find that around our earth there is also a zodiac, whose influence governs the physical body and its senses. This zodiac is separate from the zodiac of the sun and in its exact image, with the single exception that the order of the earth’s zodiac is a reversal of the sun’s zodiac.
For illustration: When the earth is on that side of the sun represented by the sign Aries, and the moon is on a line with the sun and earth, it is new in the sign Aries of the earth’s zodiac, thus showing that, in relation to each other, the two zodiacs are in reversed order. Again, the earth being in the sign Aries, the moon is full – that is, it is on a line with the sun and the earth, and on the side of the earth opposite to the sun – when it is in the sign Libra.
“We particularize in regard to this matter because it is an important truth in psychology that this reversal is indicated in the fact that every truth received by the individual through the senses, is reversed to the mind. This accounts for the great perversion of truth; no one can realize to what extent truth is perverted until he has developed to a point where the spiritual consciousness begins to dominate the personality. We have diverged, however, from the direct line of our thought – though, perhaps, necessarily.
We have brought to your mind a picture of the Grand Man of the Heavens in the position of the fetus in the womb, with head and feet together, surrounding the sun, and another surrounding the earth. And we have also hinted at the fact that in the movements of these heavenly bodies, creation is carried on; that each of the various members of the human family, created at the different periods of the year, is the embodiment of a specific function of the Grand Man of the Heavens.
But each of these persons is also the embodiment of the qualities of the entire zodiac or has these qualities represented in his organism. He is dominated, however, by the quality of that particular function in which he was born, for, as we have seen, each of the twelve oceans represents one of the twelve functions that constitute the human organism.
As, therefore, the heavenly bodies are the mind-organs of the Infinite, engaged in the work of creation by means of their constant revolution around their center, and as man is the product of those creative energies, being in the exact image of the zodiac, it is evident that, in the words of the Scriptures, “God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him.” This fact gave rise to the following poem by a modern poet:
“Twelve Angels rule the planetary scheme… each hath an orb, one Deity supreme… is their indwelling life. They bow the knee… to one God-man… who rules immensity. Twelve angel nymphs in air, earth, sea and fire… dwell with a viewless and unnumbered choir. Ruling the elements, twelve oceans roll, their light waves from the one Creative Soul. Twelve archetypal spheres rule time and space… twelve primal splendors shine… from God’s own face.””
Hiram Butler
The Mark Of God: Understanding Your "I AM Presence" 