Sunday, February 27, 2011

Higher octave planets

I received this email today about my comment in today's NorthPoint Journal that Uranus is the "higher octave" of Mercury:

I have not heard of planets as "higher octave" and was a bit baffled as to how we got to Mercury from Uranus and Aries. I read it over a few times and began to understand you were making an association I had never heard of. Might you please explain further what a "higher octave" means?

Thanks for your question!

The transpersonal planets -- Uranus, Neptune and Pluto -- are said to be the "higher octave" of Mercury, Venus and Mars, respectively. That is because they deal with similar themes, but on a transpersonal instead of a personal level.

So Mercury represents conscious thought, Uranus represents higher consciousness

Venus represents human love, Neptune represents spiritual love/compassion

Mars represents human will, Pluto represents divine will/higher mission

So, just as musically we have "middle C" and then an octave higher is "high C" -- the same note but at a higher vibration -- the term "higher octave" is used in astrology to describe the higher vibration of the transpersonal planets.

I hope that makes sense!

Blessings,

Pam
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 3, 2012 at 5:05 AM

    I really appreciate your very good understanding and explanation. Thanks

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  2. Garrett HolwayJune 29, 2013 at 2:58 PM

    Most astrologers have it backwards. Neptune is the higher octave of Mercury, Uranus of Venus, not the reverse. The communication of Mercury is transformed to divine conciousness with Neptune; the planet of love, Venus is elevated to altruism in the Uranus vibration. When one considers from this perspective it makes so much more sense!

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  3. June 29, 2013 at 4:46 PM

    Hi Garrett -- I've not heard that perspective before, so thank you for sharing!

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