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The Lord of the Rings spirals around the romance of Aragorn and Arwen, perhaps a later incarnation of Beren Erchamion and Lúthien Tinúviel,  the bittersweet love story told by Tolkien in, The Lay of Leithian [691-709]                            A sparkle through the darkling trees, a piercing glint of light he sees, and there she dances all alone upon a treeless knoll of stone! Her mantle blue with jewels white caught all the rays of frosted light. She shone with cold and wintry flame, as dancing down the hill she came, and passed his watchful silent gaze, a glimmer as of stars ablaze. And snowdrops sprang beneath her feet, and one bird, sudden, late and sweet, shrilled as she wayward passed along. A frozen brook to bubbling song awoke and laughed; but Beren stood still bound enchanted in the wood. Her starlight faded and the night closed o’er the snowdrops glimmering white.   The Lays of Beleriand J.R.R. Tolkien; Christopher Tolkien (Edited by)

Ú i vethed nâ i onnad    - This is not the end... it is the beginning

Bilbo Baggins [Ian Holm] and Gandalf [Ian McKellen]
J. R. R. Tolkien - 1892-1973)

Birthdate January 3, 1892 during the Psychic Revolution in Europe
Destiny Path Vibration = Six

     Tolkien wrote books of beauty, imagination, and utility, in keeping with his six destiny rhythm, the vibration of co-created worlds, the prince and princess, and pre-creation. Exoterically, six is about staying in harmony with nature. Esoterically six is associated with the Ark of the Covenant, a promise-bond between the Absolute and the human race. Six has always suggested balance, measurement,  and healing because it's [traditional] symbol is composed of two equilateral triangles moving in opposite directions to create a perfect star. It is not surprising to discover Tolkien's Ascendant in the sixth degree [clairvoyance] of the sixth zodiacal sign, Virgo, the time of year that marked celebration of the Mystery Play.

     The Six Destiny vibration supplies an interest in adjustment formulae, or techniques developed to prevent loss or misuse of raw materials such as metals, nutritional resources [food and water], fresh air, the land, and so on.  Discrimination, management, and timing are combined with a sense of responsibility for those less fortunate. Spiritual laws [Tolkien's Moon @ 0 Pisces 47'] are applied to material affairs, represented by the Ascendant sign, degree, and Saturn in Libra searching for balance @ 0 Libra 07.' The Destiny number is usually considered from two points of view: happiness [love] and achievement [career]. Tolkien accomplished his goal for both these areas of life. They are perhaps represented by the two triangles that make up the six pointed star. The ascending and descending triangles refer to the City of Kings, Minas Tirith [Capricorn Sun], and The Shire [6°00 Virgo Ascendant] opposite the Grey Havens [Pisces Moon].

     The six-pointed star has an esoteric and exoteric value interior to the Professor's Destiny Path. There is a desire to establish and maintain an ongoing dialog between the right and left brain [the fascinating races of Middle-earth, their cultural individuality, and their unique languages], and to balance that sense of wholeness within the anatomy beneath the neck. The upper and lower parts of the human temple are simpatico, 'in touch' with each other, and Six vibration people endeavor to guarantee that sense of confidence and reinforcement.  They maintain their own ideals at all times, but never seek to "adjust" by forcing them on others. They are ever ready to serve the family, the community or the universe - if necessary.  Galadriel's ring is based on the design of the six-pointed star, and Tolkien's landscape-architectural patterns establish the ideal harmony between nature and the inhabitants of Middle-earth. See one of the exercises in Study 2b.

     "The appeal on the 6-Path is to the family, community, state or world. It is governed by two elements-Earth and Air-material welfare or transmuted [impersonal] love."

Transitional Dates for Tolkien and His Contributions

J.R.R. Tolkien's Destiny Path and STAR CHART

Concerning Tolkien's name

Scroll to Tolkien's 1913 MARS,  Change to Sagittarius

Tolkien's Illustrated Biography

     In an article entitled "The Battle of the Books" printed in the Wall Street Journal, Brian Carney contributes an interesting comment about Tolkien's classic Capricornian sense of rule-alignment [perhaps an unconscious association with his name.]

"Tolkien is doubtful of man's ability to resist the temptation of absolute power. That is one of the great themes of the book. In Tolkien's world the temptation of evil is one that all, or nearly all, of his characters must confront. The argument of Tolkien's tale -- controversial, to be sure -- is that, while intentions matter, the way we act is far more important than why we act. His story, for all its narrative brio, presents a serious rebuttal to the idea that good ends justify using evil means."

     Matthew Dickerson (Following Gandalf: Epic Battles and Moral Victory in The Lord of the Rings) concentrates his focus on the moral dimensions of The Lord of The Rings, and the idea of free will. He argues that Tolkien's interest is in showing that moral victory is more important than military victory and that the novel's greatest heroes are those who remain true to the bent of their nature, not those who win battles.

Gandalf Falls With The Balrog by John Howe

 

Click Bilbo and Gandalf for Bilbo Journal Page
Nyll Greenhand, Shire Dowser at Bag End
Bag End and the unexpected visit
Energy Manager Key to the Nine Power Points

Fellowship Of The Ring
Screenplay by Frances Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson.
Based on the book "The Fellowship of the Ring"
by J.R.R. Tolkien.




Tolkien Star Chart Progression for 0 degree Mars below

Led Zeppelin 'Misty Mountain Hop' ~ preserving the magic of this earth.... 
 

Cheddar Cliffs, mentioned by Tolkien, may be inspiration for landscape in The Lord of the Rings

 

MY PRECIOUS  - NAME GENERATOR find your hobbit, elven, wizard, dwarf and human name in Middle-earth Write your name in Egyptian Hieroglyphics Concerning Tolkien's Name March 1, 1967      Christopher Tolkien writes, The name is German in origin, a compound of "toll" meaning "mad" (cognate with English "dull") and kuhn "brave" (= English "keen"), and so meaning  "foolhardy." I believe there is an English surname "Rashbold." But my ancestor of that name came  to England from Saxony in the 18th Century, and I am neither German, nor foolhardy - at any rate, not very...      I was in the R.A.F. during the war, a pilot, and spent 18 months in South Africa learning to fly (1944-45). After V.E. Day I was threatened with becoming a Physical Training Equipment Officer so I joined the Navel Air Arm. My father used to send me parts of The Lord of the Rings to read while I was in South Africa (simply because I read it as it was written, and so he sent it to me while I was away. I don't think a very great deal  can have been sent this way, but it's over 20 years ago, and I don't remember very clearly. I very much doubt I had any critical effect upon it whatsoever... BACK

Academy Awards, USA: 2004 Oscar Sweep

Media Watch: Fantasy Worlds Magazine

STAR CHART 1913 MARS Changes to Sagittarius

      PROGRESSED STAR CHART FOR JANUARY 1, 1913
     Mars, the enterprising action planet, indicates where sparks will probably fly in a star chart. Though he represents initiative and a pioneering spirit, Mars is the slowest social planet to settle into a new ray of the zodiac, once it is time for the red planet to don a new "garment" of expression. The speed of Mars is usually 3/4 of one degree per year. Most social planets require several months fewer transition time compared with Mars. Other social planets, like Mercury and Venus, open new doors gracefully, with an easy surrender of  fully explored patterns. Casting off old survival habits is a slower process than updating an address book or coordinating a new wardrobe, so when Tolkien began his Mars transition from Scorpio into Sagittarius, there began a somewhat complex housecleaning. Scorpio supervises transfiguration, transmutation, and trans-mediumship. Sagittarius supervises self-realization and, to a great degree, conversation with the holy guardian angel. Tolkien's Mars in Scorpio insulated him from a barbed South African climate, and shielded him from poison in early life. He suffered a deadly spider bite when he was little more than an infant [scorpions are naturally adversarial to the tarantula] - his Mars in Scorpio endowed him with "super-endurability." The first day of the 1913 new year began Tolkien's Mars @ 0 Sagittarius, opening him up in a new way. This year Tolkien took the Honours Moderations exams.  He wrote, "From the many-willow'd margin of the immemorial Thames", published in, The Stapeldon Magazine, Oxford, vol. 4, no. 20 (December 1913); it is signed "J." His survival cycle, dominated till then by Mars in Scorpio, had taken him through harsh hazards, environmental hindrances, and helped him build antidotes that would see him through severe shock when he lost both parents during his childhood. 

     Tolkien's Mars was across the 0 degree cusp line in early 1915, an extremely important year of change for The Professor. He studied at Oxford from 1908 and was awarded First Class Honours degree in English Language and Literature in 1915. Tolkien wrote "Goblin Feet" - read the poem in Oxford Poetry 1915. Edited by G.D.H.C[ole] and T.W. E[arp]. Oxford: Blackwell. The poem was later reprinted in, The Annotated Hobbit, 1937, by Houghton Mifflin Company, found on page 77. He joined the Lancashire Fusiliers and before departing for France the following year, married Edith Bratt, his childhood sweetheart, on March 22, 1916.

     Legolas, Arwen, and Aragorn are three developed, multi-lingual characters in The Lord of the Rings, who have the gift of far-sightedness associated with Sagittarius, the Centaur, or Archer. They track energy in the process of actualization, using their developed clairvoyant faculty. Information they read from sky, terrain, and weather is 'handwriting on a wall'  of nature around them. Emotional 'embellishment' never interferes with an accurate reading of whatever may be an existing 'pure' content. 
 

Pillars of the Kings - Scroll to your Index Card

     All three are blessed with equestrian skill [as J. R. R. Tolkien] and speak with the command tone of the horse whisperer. The Centaur is the symbol of great soul power, prophecy, and self-sacrifice. Gandalf can summon the Lord of Horses, Shadowfax, and the moth and eagle. As a wizard, he has the necessary powers to accomplish such operations effortlessly. Legolas, Arwen, Aragorn, and others, exist within an objective reality based on a City of Kings blueprint, similar to the one used for Minas Tirith. The 'White Tower' and 'White Tree' refer to Tree of Life orbs, circles [rings], and pure emanations. In contrast, the inferior inhabitants of Middle-earth rely on power tools like the Palantír. They no longer believe in their ability to find, recognize, or translate the truth. There are many examples of the Nazgûl sub-death paradigm throughout the book.

     It is important to notice what motivates Aragorn's courageous allies and what drives followers of Sauron who are looking for the ring. The book and movie version of the story provide plenty of tangible evidence of consequences associated with the two building plans. Sagittarius, the zodiacal sign for symphonic precision, 'the overview' and 'super-vision' rules 'guilt' and 'blame' connected to poor use of raw materials, time, and people power. Time, texture, and space are considered 'raw materials' in metaphysics. [Peter Jackson used the Sagittarius game plan intuitively so he could coordinate every shoot in all the films and record each part of the trilogy simultaneously.] The visual landscape and construction of Tolkien's two towers, facing each other as diametrically opposite urges, should lead a metaphysician to suspect Tolkien studies were influenced by Trump XVI and Trump XVIII. The design of Minas Tirith is excellent. The city contains all it has to have inside it's own walls. Energy moves so that the city will attract positive radiations from the world around it. The draw is like a great magnet. Those pulled to the collective inside city walls will want to assist in the establishment of order and intelligence in the universe. The opposite pole is the 'black hole' within the land of Mordor, symbolized so well by WETA headgear for Sauron, the Mouth of Sauron, and the Witch-King.

     Peter Jackson summoned the ultimate Legolas scene for fans of Orlando Bloom in Return of the King. Aragorn directs the attention of the Elf-Prince to the visually overpowering Mûmakil as it charges the fellowship on Pelennor Fields. Legolas quickly ascends the beast. [Elves may be in possession of a power that can be converted to function in the form of levitation - typical psycho-kinetic energy initiated by a sky conscious Sagittarian.] Legolas tosses enemies, cuts the rope, shoots the Mûmakil and descends to Middle-earth, using the trunk for his slide. This is traditional Sagittarian country, governed by the King and Queen of Heaven - and not too distant from Celeborn and Galadriel, who may be the 'Angel of the Face' [Metatron and Sandalphon. If true, they may represent archetypal models for Aragorn and Arwen.] The Mûmakil is an Eastern symbol for great strength [Zeus, Hera, and Pallas Athena triad that will help a seeker reach self-realization.] The Lord and Lady of Heaven govern the physical eyes, community wellness, and the created universe viewed as a great machine, and Pallas Athena is the spiritual eye that views creation without illusion.
 

Star Chart  for John Ronald Reuel Tolkien,
born January, 3 1892 10:00 PM in Bloemfontein

Sun  12° Capricorn 59', Moon 0° Pisces 47', ASC Virgo 6°00;
Neptune 6° Gemini 45' and Pluto 7° Gemini 15' conjunct Midheaven 14° Gemini 22'

VIP sextile for authors:  Mercury 0° Capricorn 05' sextile Luna @ 0° Pisces 47'    
Interpretation of the chart for 1913

Cheddar Caves, where Tolkien visited and recorded, by name, as his inspiration for Helm's Deep
and the Crystal Caves in, The Lord of The Rings. Cheddar village - Cheddar cliffs
 

Star Chart for Peter Jackson,
born October 31, 1961 in Pukerua Bay, North Island

Sun 7° Scorpio 20', Solar Moon position 3° Leo 15', Mercury 22° Libra 22', Venus 15° Libra 59,
Mars 20°  Scorpio 07'

VIP conjunction for career: Saturn @ 24°08' Capricorn  conjunct Jupiter 29° Capricorn 31'

A few Star Charts are constructed for solar dawn, not rectified:

INN OF THE PRANCING PONY
Tolkien's - 1913-1914 update
Tolkien's Star Chart Progressed to 9/22/1913 above
Peter Jackson Star Chart Comparison
Peter Jackson 22 Destiny Path

J. R. R. Tolkien Star Menu

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Oxford Marmalade

Sage Jelly, delicious herb jelly,
made in the traditional way
 

Special Places and Links
 The Lord of The Rings

The Elves

Arwen-Liv Star Chart ~ Arwen- Liv Tyler ~ The Evenstar, Luthien
Orlando Bloom ~ Legolas-Orli, super-number 11 Destiny Path ~ Star Chart referenced
Lord Elrond ~ Rivendell ~ Elrond Counsels Arwen About Aragorn
Galadriel and Celeborn ~ Lothlorien ~ Galadriel by Pool
Namárië, the longest Quenya text in The Lord of the Ring

Characters from Middle-earth
Chronology and races ~ The Tolkienion
Sindarin spoken here

Westu hál

Be thou well

February 2004   
Marquette University in Milwaukee has acquired what archivist Matt Blessing calls a collection of "tremendous intellectual value" about J. R. R. Tolkien from Canadian collector Grace E. Funk. The school, which already owns the original manuscript of The Lord of the Rings, will add 2,376 items--including articles from obscure periodicals, video documentaries, and out-of-print memorabilia--to its Tolkien collection, considered to be one of the most important in the world.