Sagittarius – rider on the white horse, bow & arrow in hand.
4th day of Advent – today Wednesday, Mercury’s day.
Ray 4 day. Harmony emerging, the promise within conflict
& chaos.

Sagittarius Sun, Mercury & Venus.
Pisces Moon today –
Venus opposite Mars tonight – Sag/Gemini.
So many rays today – 2, 4, 5, 6.

In the Night Sky
Mercury is the evening star till January 2, 2023.
Venus will be the brighter evening star beginning the night of December 3rd – Saturday evening/night.
Mars (retrograde) will join them in the night December 8th.
Jupiter, Sag’s ruler, is the brightest the night sky, continuing to March 29, 2023.

Sagittarius is the sign of direction.
The sign of the horse, the rider, the bow & arrow.
Sagittarius is a mutable fire sign.
The signs of the zodiac follow one another in an interplay of the elements fire-earth-air-water – a round dance, which is passed through three times in a year (3 x 4 = 12 signs).
In the circle of the year each sign forms an equilateral triangle with two further signs of the same element. In this the basic trinity of existence is mirrored:
Spirit – Soul/Consciousness –
Matter. Father, Son, Mother –
Will, Love/Wisdom, Divine Inteligenge.

Three Fires
Sagittarius (mutable) is a fire sign, as are Aries (cardinal) and
Leo (fixed). Fire is an expression of the life energy:

With Aries the spiritual fire, the new life impulse emerges.
Aries is the beginning of the cycle of life & of the zodiac and corresponds with the head.

Leo represents the solar or soul fire; it is the energy of the heart, which makes us feel inner relatedness.

Sagittarius stands for the fire within matter, fire by friction, the frictional fire, expressing itself in the field of the tension of polarities. In the physical body, Sagittarius is the area at the end
of the vertebral column, the pelvis and the thighs.

In the Eastern Wisdom teachings, the horse is a symbol of fire and life force. The movement of fire is called the movement of the horse.
Aries – the head of the horse.
Leo the body & Sagittarius the tail.
The wisdom teachings say (show) the Sun rides on a carriage with seven horses representing the seven rays – the seven qualities of life.
The seven fiery horses or lines of force penetrate the creation and the light from the source penetrates (streams down into) the deepest matter – into material manifestation. And into the hearts & minds of humanity.

In the symbolism of Sagittarius we meet horse and rider representing different developmental stages of evolution.
There is the centaur, the horse & rider, the bow & arrow.

Three levels.
Centaur is animal man. Here man begins to rise slowly above the animal through a fixed orientation. Later man becomes the riding archer on the horse – the animal nature, under control.
The arrow of his mind is concentrated on his goal, and nothing can deter him from it.

The biblical as well as the Eastern picture of the Rider on the white horse, bow & arrow in hand, symbolize the Coming One (World Teacher), who gathers His people and leads them through the battle to victory.
The rider on the white horse, leading humanity to the foothills of Capricorn (Initiation). The task of the NGWS. Risa