posted December 20, 2008 09:14 PM         

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To physiognomists, the ear, Organ of the Ego, is the holy of holies. Indeed, a whole Solar (Sun) System is embodied in this seemingly diminutive head "attachment", resort to e-jargon. While sitting on a bus, it is, more than any other feature, the auricles of my fellow passengers I tend to be interested in- and in this planetary element especially. "Auricles?" This is the technical term for the external, visible ear. The words means "Sound" , as in audio, aural, ect. It is also akin to aurum, Latin meaning "Gold", the chemical formula being Au.

Gold is of course the Sun metal, and the Sun is the home of the Ego. But so is Planet Earth, the only realm in the Universe where this immortal aspect of man could find a material expression on its long quest to freedom. Hence the word ear is really a diminutive of "earth". (The "th" suffix being a Scorpio incarnational factor). So we have two little ear-ths growing from the side of our head!

But what of 'sound', meaning not only what can be heard, but of general wellbeing, as in a sound mind? Music and speech, the two highest aspects of hearing, are "sound" indeed, in every sense of the word. Music is the art of the ego, with The Word dwelling in the mansion of St John, the ego gospel. As a Solar System phenomenon, it is no surprise that the human auricle has seven distinct components, each related to one of the seven astrological planets.

The Sun, around which the other six 'planets' orbit, is represented by the concha ('shell'), the central cave of the ear itself. The ridge around the top of the ear, the helix ('spiral'), is the outer-most planetary orbit, thus related to Saturn. The concave area just below the helix is the fossa ('a dig, one in which fossils are found). This is the area of Jupiter expression. Close to the concha-Sun, the ridge surrounding it, in fact, is the anti-helix- aptly of Mars!

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From the Book Sacred Faces, Physiognomy, In light of Spiritual Science *** Study of Man.

By Author, Alan Whitehead.
The Foremost innovator and Steiner Educator in Australia. www.users.bigpond.com/goldenbeetlebooks/