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A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVEN RAYS

A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVEN RAYS

Taken from Alan Okens
Soul-Centered Astrology: A Key To Your Expanding Self
With Comments by Nancy B. Detweiler, M.Ed., M.Div.
COMMENT: We function on a combination of Rays. The two major Rays upon which you are functioning
will be connected to your Sun Sign and to the Ascendant within your Astrological Natal Chart. The only
way to determine the Ascendant is to have a computer print-out of your natal chart. Since the Sun
represents your Soul in esoteric astrology, you can learn the overall intent of your Soul by knowing its
Ray. However, it is important to remember that the natal chart is an extremely detailed map of your Souls
purposes for incarnating into a physical body. Learning about one or two Rays on which you are
functioning is simply a beginning. There is always much more to learn!
I offer this brief information to assist you in Know Thyself a major task in preparing for ascension into
higher consciousness. Understanding your family members as unique human beings with specific soul
intentions is also helpful.

Description of the Rays Quoting Alan Oken

If your Sun Sign or Ascendant is Aries, Leo, or Capricorn, you are functioning on the FIRST RAY
OF WILL/POWER. The energy of the First Ray acts as a catalyst, breaking up old existing conditions so
that new ones may eventuate.
Soul Level: The use of spiritual will for the benefit of the collective; power utilized for the purpose of
enhancing unity and beauty; the expression of will for the purposes and well-being of the group.
Personality Level: Ray of soldier, statesman, ruler, explorer, leader, government, politics, and
administration.
General positive Traits: Courage, diligence, quick discernment, leadership abilities , inspires others,
adventurous, not dismayed by initial failures, but remains persistent until goal is achieved.
General Character Difficulties: Limitless ambition, uses will for selfish purposes, manipulative of others

through personal power, easy to anger, cannot take criticism, strong sense of personal pride.
To Be Cultivated: Compassion, humility, tolerance, caring, sympathy.

If your Sun Sign or Ascendant is Gemini, Virgo, or Pisces, you are functioning on the SECOND
RAY OF LOVE/WISDOM. The Second Ray is called the Master Builder. It represents the cohesive
force in the universe. The Second Ray is the energy behind what we call universal love connected
to the powers of intuition. The Second Ray instills cooperation between people, philanthropy, and the
urge to serve.
Soul Level: The urge to bring about a sustaining, loving wholeness to any group or life situation; the
abilitythrough magnetic attractionto bring about healing; the focus for the stimulation of
consciousness, and hence for greater love/wisdom; the ability to see beyond differences into unifying
principles.
Personality Level: Ray of teachers, people in the healing and service professions.
General Positive Traits: Naturally sympathetic and compassionate; eager to be of assistance; generous
and philanthropic; calm, strong, and patient when dealing with the daily situations of life; faithful and
reliable; lovers of truth who are very intuitive by nature.
General Character Difficulties: Coldness, if Wisdom aspect is overemphasized; indifference to others;
misplaced affectionalways feeling sorry for things; a negative, Why is it always happening to me
outlook to life; rarely satisfied with personal accomplishments.
To Be Cultivated: Faith in love as the healing force in life.

If your Sun Sign or Ascendant is Cancer, Libra, or Capricorn, you are functioning on the THIRD
RAY OF ACTIVE INTELLIGENCE. The energy of the Third Ray permeates into every form of life. The
Third is the Active Intelligence of Divinity, and represents the inherent intelligence within all matter. All
of humanity is strongly governed by the Third Ray. The Ray of activity. People who are closely
connected to the Third Ray are very much on the go.
Soul Level: The birthing of ideas to benefit humanity; the structuring of time and activities to allow for
group energies to flourish; inherent, objective intelligence ready to be used in service to humanity in all
ways.
Personality Level: Ray of the astrologer, scholar, judge, banker, economist, chess master, abstract thinker.
General Positive Traits: Adaptability, clear intellect, articulate speech, and ease in communicating ideas;
business skills; ability to plan in advance in logical ways; a fine capacity not to worry oneself or others
about insignificant matters.
General Character Difficulties: The tendency to be overly active and nervous; too much pride in ones
intellectual capabilities; selfishness through a sense of isolation; the manipulation of others, especially in
terms of the use of other peoples resources; mind games; overly strong attachment to materialism.
To Be Cultivated: Tolerance, sympathy, devotion, accuracy in detail, open-mindedness to other peoples
ideas.
If your Sun Sign or Ascendant is Taurus, Scorpio, or Sagittarius, you are functioning on the
FOURTH RAY OF HARMONY THROUGH CONFLICT. The purpose of the Fourth Ray [is to be] an agent
of balance. The Fourth Ray leads to that type of discrimination required for the life of the Soul and the way
of service. It is thus the Ray of trial and error, so that we may move from the unreal to the real. The Fourth
Ray is the energy behind what we may call Divine Discontent. As the Ray of beauty and art, the
Fourth Ray is also essentially the refinerthe urge for an ever-more-perfect representation of the Will of
God in the many forms of Its expression. The Fourth is the Ray of struggle, and those people who are

especially connected to it will find a very special duality appearing in their lives. As the Ray of the artist,
the Fourth is especially connected to color. People who are closely associated with this Ray may find
themselves with tremendous gifts.
Soul Level: The Divine Artistone who seeks to raise humanitys consciousness through the realization
of the beauty and harmony existing in nature and in the world of forms; the mediator between heaven and
earth, God and man; the Priest.
Personality Level: Ray of the mediator, interpreter, artist, and those healers whose treatments involve the
harmonizing and balancing of the bodys energies and polaritiesacupuncture, certain techniques of
massage, color therapy.
General Positive Traits: Strong sense of equilibrium and symmetry; a poetic sensibility, especially about
nature; imaginative and creative in the formation of ones life-style; can sustain struggle and conflict until
desired aims are achieved.
General Character Difficulties: Indolence, self-indulgence; may be overly passionate; may initiate conflicts
unnecessarily; restlessness and a tendency to depression when goals cannot be accomplished. (Since
the Fourth is very much a blend of Rays One & Two, when the energy of the First Ray of Will/Power is not
in balance with the Second Ray, the resulting lack of direction for the expression of Will is clearly marked.
This demonstrates as a poorly focused sense of personal orientation to life and a resultant lack of
willpower.)
To Be Cultivated: Serenity, emotional balance, confidence, self-control, truth, clarity of purpose.

If your Sun Sign or Ascendant is Leo, Sagittarius, or Aquarius, you are functioning on the FIFTH
RAY OF CONCRETE KNOWLEDGE. The Fifth Ray is the expression of Love/Wisdom through the
intellect. This occurs through scientific research and experimentation in order that the Plan of Divinity may
be revealed through the mind of man. It is the purpose of the Higher Mind to penetrate and purify the
lower so that humanity may perceive, identify, and know the Mind of God behind all the forms of
manifestation. This is the great work of the Fifth Ray.
As the sign of Aquarius is on the Fifth Ray and on no other, the scientist and researcher will lead the way
into the esoteric realities in our time, and reveal through their work those metaphysical Laws and
Principles which underlie the Ancient Wisdom Teachings.
[We are moving into the New Aquarian Age, thus the importance of this 5 th Ray. LISTEN UP, ALL 5 TH
RAY PERSONS ] The more evolved of FIFTH RAY-influenced people will, through the scientific method,
seek to prove the validity of metaphysical inquiry. The contributions they make to the well-being of society
are limitless.
Soul Level: Those who work to be connecting links of intelligence between the abstract world of pure
ideation and the concrete world of practical application; precision and exactitude in creating those forms
and inventions which allow for the outpouring of Higher-Mind Intelligence.
Personality Level: Ray of the scientist, technician, lawyer, engineer, researcher, computer expert, and
logician.
General Character Traits: Power to master a chosen field on expertise; detached observer in quest for
truth; accuracy in speech; precise mental perceptions and vision for the application of knowledge; love of
scientific inquiry.
General Character Difficulties: Lacking in compassion and sympathy; an overly narrow perspective;
constant analysis and the splitting of hairs; pedantic; overemphasis on the form aspect of life; materialism;
harsh criticism, mental pride, prejudice.
To Be Cultivated: Intellectual tolerance; devotion; active love, nurturing, reverence, and sympathy.

If your Sun Sign or Ascendant is Virgo, Sagittarius, or Pisces, you are functioning on the SIXTH
RAY OF DEVOTION & IDEALISM. The Sixth has been the primary Ray of the Piscean Age[the Age
now ending]. The religious creeds and ideals connected to martyrdom are still influential wherever the
Sixth Ray energy predominates. Terrorism, suicide, and all other urges for self-annihilation based on
religious and/or philosophical idealism are very much under the influence of the Sixth Ray. One finds in
its expression those devotional qualities that keep families together, instill great and small philanthropic
gestures, and denote such saintly people as Mother Teresa and St. Francis of Assisi. The Sixth Ray is
also the inspiring force of people for whom the principles of Love, Goodness, Purity of Heart, and
Selflessness are living energies and form their way of life.
Soul Level: The urge to transform selfish and personal motivation into selfless, impersonal devotion for
the good of all; the bringing about of circumstances which reorient the exclusive to the inclusive for the
greater expression of Love/Wisdom.
Personality Level: Ray of the saint, martyr, evangelist/preacher, religious workers of all kinds, psychics,
mediums, many kinds of healers, theologians, poets, etc.
General Positive Traits: Reverence and devotion; single-mindedness when attached to a cause; courage
to fight for beliefs; love, tenderness, loyalty, sincerity, self-sacrifice.
General Character Difficulties: Fanaticism; blind devotion; bigotry and prejudice; exclusive attitudes; hero
worship; overly dependent on others for emotional support.
To Be Cultivated: Tolerance; truth; common sense and practicality; flexibility to be supportive of other
peoples views; balance of ones feelings.

[During the present transitional period, Earth is passing from the Piscean 6 TH RAY Age
Into
The New Aquarian 7 TH RAY Age]

If your Sun Sign or Ascendant is Aries, Cancer, or Capricorn, you are functioning on the SEVENTH
RAY OF CEREMONIAL ORDER & MAGIC. The Seventh Rays main function is to work for the infusion
of the energies of spirit with the substance of matter. It is the working of the Seventh Ray which aids in
the fusion of the Soul and the personality, and the resulting reorientation of an individuals life purpose and
direction. It is this process of Soul infusion that can be symbolically rendered by the Seventh Ray
alchemist as the process of changing lead into gold. The hope for the Aquarian Age, the Age of the
Seventh Ray, is for such a golden collective transformation and reorientation to take place for
humanity. The recognition of the esoteric value of crystals in terms of their healing properties has been
reawakened from its origin in ancient, magical traditions. One should take note of the fact that the color
particularly associated with the Seventh Ray is violet. Of all the many kinds of crystals available at the
present time, the amethyst variety seems to be especially popular.
The function of the Seventh Ray is to change those forms, both physical and mental, which are no longer
of service to the Plan of unfolding evolution of creativity. The energy behind the New Age is Jupiter,
esoteric ruler of Aquarius, and the planet most closely associated with the Second Ray of Love/Wisdom.
It is this factor that is the great hope for the future of humanity.
Soul Level: The urge to gather, formulate, and harmonize various aspects of a given set of life
circumstances into an ordered expression for the Will of God; the urge to make heaven on earth.
Personality Level: Ray of the master of ceremonies of any event; film or stage producer; ritualist and
shaman; organizational bureaucrat.
General Positive Traits: Care in detail, perseverance, strength, and self-reliance; the ability to bring forth
order out of chaos; often able to merge the powers of will (Ray One) with cohesiveness (Ray Two) to

produce material results (Ray Three).

General Character Difficulties: Too rigidly adheres to rules and regulations; may sacrifice selfdetermination to follow orders set down by superiors; may be very interested in omens and superstitions
(especially if the Sixth Ray is also strong); pretentious, formal, follows ceremony mechanically.
To Be Cultivated: Humility, gentleness, tolerance, open-mindedness, greater realization of world unity.

COMMENT: You may combine a study of your Ray/Rays with a study of your Sun Sign by going to my
website: www.pathwaytoascension.com and scrolling down the left hand column of my Home Page to
Your Sun Signs, then compare these with Your Destiny Number based on your name and also listed in
the left hand column.
We live in an orderly cosmos that knows YOU in great detail. YOU are an integral part of the Whole and
your place within the Divine Plan can be filled by no other.
The more you get to KNOW THYSELF as the cosmos knows you, the more exciting life becomes.

COMMENT: The biblical symbolism of 3 Crosses on Golgotha depicts our spiritual journey. Below is a
brief description of each of the 3 crosses, taken from Alan Okens Soul-Centered Astrology: A Key To Your
Expanding Self.

Mutable Cross: represents the totally personality-centered individual. The focus of awareness and the
underlying life motivation are underscored by desiredesire for the material life. The passage of
many lifetimes is related to the Mutable Cross, and serves to give the Soul the necessary knowledge
of earthly experiences.
COMMENT: The Mutable Cross is represented by the criminal who derided Jesus in Luke23:39.

Fixed Cross: At this stage of human evolution, desire mutates to aspiration. Once again, one may
spend many lifetimes at this level, for the refinement of the lower vehicles (the physical, emotional, and
mental bodies) is a long process. The increasing tension of duality between heaven and earth becomes
strongly felt, and a choice is eventually made as to the nature of ones path in life. One is now conscious
of the personality-Soul relationship. At this point, one is said to be moving onto the Fixed Cross. The
purpose of lifetimes spent here is the revelation of the true nature of Love.
COMMENT: The Fixed Cross is represented by the criminal who recognized that Jesus had done nothing
wrong. Luke 23:40-42

Cardinal Cross: Once a person has become fully anchored in his/her Souls orientation, and Love has
merged with knowledge to become Loves Wisdom, evolution takes on a very distinct focustotal Soulcenteredness. The individual is then said to mount the Cardinal Cross. [It is on the Cardinal Cross] that
a person (finally!) gets his jobhis planetary purpose in terms of service to the collective humanity. It is
at this point that the personality has become the total vehicle for the Soul, and the orientation of the life
has transformed itself from a personal to an impersonal one. This is called the Path of Sacrifice. In this
case, sacrifice means the will to manifest, the leaving of the Fathers House and the descent into
matter.
COMMENT: In other words, at this point in our spiritual evolution, we have the privilege of making a
freewill choice to sacrifice the glorious realms of spirit and incarnate into a physical body for the purpose
of serving humanity.

COMMENT: The Cardinal Cross is represented by Jesus, who willingly incarnated to serve humanity by
showing us the Path of Initiation into Higher Consciousness. Read my article entitled Ascension by
scrolling down the center of my Home Page at www.pathwaytoascension.com.

COMMENT: Each of have lived many lifetimes and are presently living in accordance with one of the
three crosses. We can greatly speed up our inner spiritual journey by consciously intending to ascend
with planet Earth by 2012. Jesus incarnated to show all of humanity the Way. He did not start a religion
nor did he adhere to one. Even though he spoke in the synagogues of his day, there is not one recorded
word that he spoke in favor of the religious authorities. Instead, he repeatedly rebuked them. I say this to
say that all of humanity ascends in the same wayby mounting the Cardinal Crossregardless of the
religion to which one adheres or does not follow.
All presently incarnated on Earth have been granted the opportunity to ascend with Earth IF WE SO
CHOOSE. Soon the Ascended Masters and our galactic brothers and sisters will openly appear on Earth
to be sure all know the process of Ascension and have the chance to achieve it. Then, our souls job will
be to assist in creating a new heaven and a new earth.