The Lights and Planets
Planets as Chakras
We can read these bodies from the outside in as
illustrated above: Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus,
Mercury, and Sun. Or, we can read them from the inside
out: Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, and
Saturn. If we read them from the inside out, from the
Sun out to Saturn, they describe the order in which we
form and grow; however, if we read them from the
outside in, they show very clearly the path or road most
of us take to spiritual discovery or awakening. This
second ordering is why chakras are so important to
understand, because they point to how we will spiritually
awaken.
In every case, in order to reveal, open, and use the
outer, we take from within. We literally go within. Each
inner planet is the entire essence and key to every
planet outside its orbit.
But let's start with the first ordering, from the inside out,
from the Sun out to Saturn. The natural ordering of the
planets outward from the Sun to Saturn is literally a
description of their function and use. In what follows,
there is only one key thought necessary in order to use
the planets in your own natal horoscope, and that is: