The Master Christ said to His disciples: "Henceforth I call you not servants, but friends." (John, 15:15.)

  Friendship in its real sense is holy. It is an understanding and harmony which exists and should exist among all classes of people in the world. Friendship is the embryonic stage of the Universal Brotherhood of Humanity. The latter identifies itself with neither country nor race and constitutes the only path that leads to emancipation and God.

  Therefore friendship is all important because it leads to Brotherhood...the Universal Brotherhood which will make the next great step in man's progress on his long and wondrous journey from the clod to God, from protoplasm to conscious unity with the Father; that

"...one far-off divine event
To which the whole creation moves."

  (Ref., pages 335, 360, 384, 385, 388, 393, 399, 400, 406, 435, 437, 463, in The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception.)

  Brothers and Sisters are Egos to which we are drawn, (or they drawn to us), but bonds of Karma generated in past lives. The manner in which we discharge this Karma, be it good or evil, constitutes our progression or retrogression on the Pathway of Spiritual development.

  If brothers and sisters in a family fail to get along well together, it is for the enlightened one of the group to try to the utmost of his or her ability to promote love and harmony by self-renunciation, self-abnegation and cheerful, self-forgetting service. For "He that would be the greatest among you, let him be the servant of all."

  In the ultimate, Fellow Student, the whole of humanity must be our brothers and sisters whom we love devotedly. We must be consumed by an all-embracing, altruistic love for all mankind. This is an absolute necessity before any real spiritual progress can be made.

  Friendship, the love for our own family, or the love for others, is simply the realization of the oneness of all life with God. Separateness is illusion. And there is nothing of a physical nature about friendship and love. They are the outcome of a purely spiritual understanding.

  To have friends we must endeavor to be patient in bearing with the defects and infirmities of others, of whatever sort they might be. For all of us have our failing which must be borne with by others.

  We would quite willingly have others perfect and yet we fail to amend our own faults. We would have others severely corrected yet we will not be corrected ourselves.

  The desires of others often displease us but we will not have our own desires denied us. We would have others bound down by rules and regulations but we absolutely refuse to be bound down ourselves by like ordinances.

  It is a truism that seldom do we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves.

  In chapter 6, verse 2, of Galatians, we are told to "Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ."

  No one is without fault, no one without his burden, no one sufficient unto himself, no one wise enough to live in perfection. Therefore those of us who desire to progress in the University of Life should endeavor to bear with one another, help, instruct and admonish one another.

  Adversity is the taskmaster that proves what virtue we may have, and what progress we have made in Life's University. It chastises us to show us up for what we really are.

  Friends shown by the 11th house; open enemies by the 7th house and secret enemies by the 12th houses. (Ref., pages 78 and 79, Message of the Stars.)

  Shown chiefly by the 3rd house, the planet Mercury and the sign Gemini. (Ref., page 78, Message of the Stars.)

  Short journeys denoted by the 3rd house, the planet Mercury and the sign Gemini. Long journeys indicated by the 9th house, the planet Jupiter and the sign Sagittarius. (Ref., page 78, Message of the Stars.)

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  Answer each of the following questions tersely, concisely: Preferably in one short paragraph. Be sure to consider each sub-heading in relation to the main topic of the question.

1] Friends

  What is the significance in regard to Friends of:

  [a] Pisces on the cusp of the 11th house?

  [b] Neptune in the 4th house?

  [c] Neptune sextile Venus?

  [d] Neptune sextile the Sun?

  [e] Neptune square Mars?

  [f] Mars in the Ascendant?

  [g] Mars sextile Mercury?

  [h] Mars trine Saturn?

  [i] Synthesize a, b, c, d, e, f, g, and h in one short paragraph.

2] Open Enemies

  Describe the following positions and configurations in regard to open enemies:

  [a] Sagittarius on the cusp of the 7th house.

  [b] Jupiter ruler of the 7th house.

  [c] Jupiter trine Uranus.

  [d] Jupiter deposited in the 4th house.

3] Secret Enemies

  Give the indications in regard to secret enemies of:

[a] Aries on the cusp of the 12th house, Mars ruler thereof.

[b] Taurus intercepted in the 12th house, Venus ruler thereof.

[c] Uranus in Aries.

[d] Uranus in the 12th house.

[e] Uranus square the Moon.

[f] Uranus trine Jupiter.

4] Synthesize questions 2 and 3 in one short paragraph.

5] Brothers and Sisters

  Describe the meaning in relation to brothers and sisters of:

[a] Cancer on the cusp of the 3rd house.

[b] Mercury in the 3rd house in opposition to Saturn.

6] Journeys

   Explain the following indications:

[a] Short Journeys: Cancer on the 3rd house cusp, Mercury in the 3rd house in opposition to Saturn in the 9th house.

[b] Long Journeys: In one word tell the general outlook as regards long journeys. Explain why.

Note: Please do not fail to read and reread the pages in which you find the answers to these questions. After carefully studying the subject matter, strive to condense your answer as much as possible, taking into consideration the principal points.