I-21 Powell’s charts and graphs showing “the hermetic man” (planetary relationships of the human being’s organs) and “the zodiacal man” (zodiacal relationships of the human being’s physical body)

Hermetic Astrology I (HA1) , Figs. 13 and 23 and Tab. 16

In his HA1, Robert Powell shows how ancient tradition has associated the human being’s soul organs (“lotus flowers,” “chakras” or “wheels”) with the planets and its physical body with the Zodiac, in what are referred to as “the hermetic man” and “the zodiacal man.” The former is portrayed in his Figure 13 and the latter in Table 16 and Figure 23.

Table 16
The zodiacal melothesia
Early in the hermetical-astrological tradition the twelve signs of the zodiac were placed in correspondence with various parts of the human body, as indicated in the following tabulation:

Zodiacal Sign Part of the Body
Aries head
Taurus larynx region
Gemini shoulders and arms
Cancer breast region
Leo heart and back
Virgo Solar plexus and stomach region
Libra hips and pelvic region
Scorpio region of reproductive organs
Sagittarius thighs
Capricorn knees
Aquarius calves and ankles
Pisces feet

Figure 13
The hermetic man
The hermetic man—the planetary archetype of the human being—shows the correspondance between the planets and the lotus flowers.

Planet
Lotus Flower
Saturn—
Jupiter—
Mars —
 — 8-petalled
— 2-petalled
— 16-petalled
Sun —
 — 12-petalled
Mercury —
 — 10 petalled
Venus —
 — 6-petalled
Moon — 
 — 4-petalled

[The glands represented by these seven stages from top to bottom represent the human astral body. For a portrayal of their counterparts in the etheric and physical bodies, see
I-86]

Figure 23
The zodiacal man* (click here to view)
The zodiacal man, from a fifteenth century Shepherd’s Calendar, showing the correspondence between the twelve signs of the zodiac and parts of the body—see Table 16 for a tabulation of this correspondence.

*(Reproduced from Fred Gettings, The Hidden Art, London, 1912, p. 24.)
 
 
 
 
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