In yoga and astrology, however, we use a geocentric system, with the earth in the center, and the Sun and Moon are symbolically considered planets. Although there are 12 planets at the present time, for the last six or seven thousand years, only seven are visible to the naked eye.
We begin with the fastest-moving planetâ€â€Moon, the Moon day, which is the first day of creation in many cultures and subcultures. Creation sciences today, unfortunately, are called mythsâ€â€except when they are in the Bible. Then it’s called science. I think these myths are symbolic psychology. But it begins on Monday and ends on Sunday.
So it begins with the Moon and correlates with the moon chakra, which is located at the medulla oblongata at the base of the skull. The Moon symbolically is your habitat, which some people say, in exoteric theology, is your home environment. Mystically it is your body, the place where you think you live and, therefore, respond, act, see and perceive. Esoterically it is your memory track and the lunar channel (the Ida, or feminine principle).
From the Moon, the energy drops down to Mars (the Mars chakra is located at the navel level of the spine). Mars is where you take action, and Mars rules the day after Monday, which is Tuesday. To get to Mars, we have moved from the Moon chakra down through Mercury (at the throat level) and Venus (at the heart level).
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