What are the human temperaments?

To imagine a population of about ten billion people falling into only seven categories is a great difficulty. However, this is the function of the seven rays, where for each ray there is one of the seven temperaments most relevant to man's spiritual progress.

The seven rays are the divine energies that regulate all beings that exist, and each one has been assigned a color and a power animal. Thus, all human beings are included in one or more of these seven rays, and this situation will determine the main characteristics of their personalities.

So, although a person may have properties of more than one ray, the ones that stand out the most reveal which ray that person is part of. Understand more about the seven human temperaments and their main divisions, colors and animals, following with the reading of this article!

Will and Power

Will is the inner strength of every being, it is the flame that keeps him active and manifests the power to accomplish anything. It should not be confused with desire, which is temporal and transient. Will and power go together and characterize the main qualities of the first temperament. Check its aspects below!

Features

The potentialities of a person of the first ray of temperament are quite diverse, but all derive from willpower, which is the dominant characteristic for this ray. Therefore, people of the first ray are destined to exercise power, so that they can develop their full potential.

Belonging to the first ray means gathering abilities inherent to a striking personality, with high decision power and who gives little importance to trivialities. Another characteristic is an extended vision, with advanced points of view and high analytical and synthesis capacity.

Sign

Understanding the doctrine of the seven temperaments requires a complex understanding of the universe and all that is contained in it. Since everything is interconnected, the qualities of each ray are related to the signs, but not in the way most people know. This is why esoteric Astrology exists.

In this sense, Astrology participates in the selection of people who will be in a certain ray, because it is also a classification system that divides all humanity into twelve groups. Even so, in each ray, we find people of all signs, only with a higher concentration of the signs of Aries, Leo and Capricorn in the first ray.

Color

The number seven corresponds to the colors of the rainbow and also to the number of the divine rays that control human learning and temperament. Therefore, each ray acts in the same vibratory range as its color, which, in the case of the first ray, is blue. Blue is divided into several shades, and each one represents an evolutionary stage within the respective ray.

Everything in the universe is synchronized and has a connection with all parts with each other - nothing is isolated and lifeless. Thus, the colors act as energetic and vibratory factors, and facilitate learning about the properties of the rays, because it is a more familiar medium among ordinary people. Therefore, you can learn about the blue ray by studying about this color.

Animal

The divine rays connect with both colors and animals, which have become known as power animals. This is clear proof that there are many paths that lead to the same place, and in this case, to spiritual enlightenment. This knowledge puts animals on a level far above what most people imagine or believe.

Thus, in the case of people who are under the influence of the first ray, the animal is the camel, which is endowed with great strength and resistance in the most aggressive environments. As in nature there is an evolutionary transition, it is possible to be helped by some other animal, even if you are on the blue ray.

Love and Wisdom

For the second human temperament, skills will be developed that relate to love and wisdom, which means greater understanding and comprehension about suffering, for example. See more about the second ray in the next block!

Features

Having as basis love and wisdom, the beings of the second ray work, mostly, with professions that promote teaching, social assistance and support to the needy. Thus, teachers, masters and instructors of any area are likely to be in the second temperament.

However, love is the key word for the second ray, since it is the force which makes union, tolerance, serenity and trust possible. All these and many other virtues are developed during the period in which the being inhabits the second ray. Thus, its representatives are people endowed with great personal magnetism, who can see the reason behind every act or situation.

Sign

The way it happens is a mystery, but the people belonging to a ray gather the qualities and defects of a sign or a group of signs of the zodiac. So, by studying the signs in a universal way, you will end up studying about the rays and vice versa, confirming the theory that everything is in everything.

In the case of the second ray, the signs of Gemini, Virgo and Pisces are the most present, although there are people of other signs. Those who have more characteristics in common with a ray will be the most present in the people who are part of it, confirming the principle of divine oneness.

Color

Colors are important elements in the study of temperaments, because they facilitate the assimilation of information. In fact, even in common schooling, the use of colors is frequent precisely because they can separate groups of people or things, giving each group a color, and so it is also with the seven rays.

For the second ray, the predominance is of the color gold, which, on the etheric plane, symbolizes all the virtues that are connected with sublime ideas, such as intelligence, understanding and divine illumination. All these factors are important in the study of the human being due to the fact that they relate to the universal whole.

Animal

Understanding the doctrine of the seven temperaments means understanding and accepting the relationship that exists in everything that makes up the universe. Thus, ancient knowledge has always associated animals with some divine power or virtue. Western culture does not want or cannot understand this concept, and it has been forgotten.

Thus, for the ray of love and wisdom, the choice of the cow as an animal symbol is quite coherent, like everything in nature. The cow, which is a sacred animal for Hindus, has always been venerated in various civilizations of antiquity, such as Egypt, for example. It represents the divine attributes of serenity, fertility, goodness and motherhood.

Active Intelligence

The third temperament, like all the others, encompasses various aspects of human development, but active intelligence stands out as the main characteristic of the third ray. Therefore, all emotional and physical fields that can exercise intelligence will be stimulated. See more information below!

Features

The individual participating in the third temperament is in search of intellectual and analytical development, the ability to solve complex reasoning problems and intuitive enhancement. His concentration focuses on mental abilities, and he can become negligent in the affective aspect.

Thus, well-developed active intelligence translates into clarity in ideas and a high capacity for synthesis. In addition, members of the third ray have a mind ready to absorb new knowledge. The most evolved will be philosophers, mathematicians or active in any other complex science.

Sign

The divine rays group people who have characteristics in common, as it happens with the signs or colors. It is the wonder of creation showing the interrelationship that exists between all things in the universe. Thus, for those who are in the third ray, the predominance will be for those who are of the signs of Cancer, Libra and Capricorn.

However, this does not mean that only people of these four signs will compose the third ray. Between the least and the most evolved of the ray, there is room for all the signs of the astral chart, and these four are the ones that form the majority.

Color

The third ray is manifested in the world with the color pink, which is the color of love, romanticism and sensuality, depending on the tone you want to use. This color comes to meet the particularities of the third ray, which focuses more on intelligence and reasoning.

Thus, through contact with the color pink, people of the third temperament will be able to initiate themselves into that which they lack, bringing together the seemingly opposite characteristics as they prepare to enter a new ray.

Animal

Power animals have similar characteristics to the temperament ray they work in, since harmony and attunement are present in natural phenomena as a whole. In knowing which is your animal, you need to study it to understand which of its characteristics you need to assimilate.

Thus, the third ray has as its power animal the elephant, which is distinguished for being endowed with great strength, intelligence and memory. However, a more careful observation can reveal many other abilities, such as compassion, kindness and commitment to their families. The purpose of power animals is to transmit to men these abilities.

Harmony through conflict

In the evolutionary climb, the being faces many challenges that become more complex as he advances. In the fourth ray, he will harmonize everything he has learned, and this will cause a series of intimate conflicts that can be influenced by free will, among other causes. Learn more about the fourth ray in the text that follows!

Features

The seven rays are the trajectory of man's ascension in search of union with the cosmos and of universal knowledge. In the fourth ray, the being will go through conflicts between what he has learned and the need to practice or not the knowledge. It will be necessary to find harmony, since we must know everything, but not everything we must do.

Thus, perfection is present even in the harmonic balance, since the fourth ray leaves three below and three above its position until the seventh ray. In this sense, it is a period of indecision, in which the being falls and gets up several times until reaching the emotional and psychic stability, indispensable elements in the journey of evolution.

Sign

The signs in the conjuncture of the divine rays acquire a greater proportion than an individual placement. The forces of nature always work in harmony, even though it may seem impossible to bring together so many beings harmoniously. Thus the participation of astrology in the process takes place in such a way as to bring together the aims and needs of each ray.

The network is too complex for the current level of human knowledge, and understanding that the position of a planet interferes with your personal characteristics is really not easy. Anyway, things are as they were created. Thus, it was determined that most people of the fourth temperament belong to the signs of Taurus, Scorpio and Sagittarius.

Color

In his eternal evolutionary path, man needs to learn everything, because each thing or being has at least one, but can have countless purposes. Thus, one learns that colors are not only meant to beautify the world. In fact, colors can heal, protect, and teach, since each one has the energy of its ray.

The fourth ray is a time of internal conflicts, and the white color symbolizes purity and purification, which will be obtained with the attainment of the equilibrium conquered with the victory in the conflicts. Thus, it is the supreme intelligence offering man multiple means to reach nirvana.

Animal

The fact that each ray is associated with a color, a sign and an animal exposes the arduous and time-consuming work of understanding in order to attain spiritual enlightenment. Indeed, one must graduate in several disciplines before moving on to another ray. Moreover, one must be knowledgeable in all the rays.

For the fourth ray, the power animal is the monkey, who has much to teach the proud humans. Although there is a hierarchy in creation, it is often just a matter of evolution, meaning that the most evolved monkey may be more intelligent and emotional than a man who is lower down in the human evolutionary hierarchy.

Truth and Justice

The incredible human journey towards the Cosmic Consciousness implies knowing all the seven rays, which translate the synthesis of the temperaments that man will develop in his eternal existence. Know, below, some particularities of the beings of the fifth temperament, truth and justice!

Features

The temperaments of people of the fifth ray reveal the search for and application of the divine concepts of truth and justice. However, only those in higher position know the real meaning of these virtues.

The less evolved ones still confuse the concepts and try to impose their own way of seeing things. This is a temporary state, as the contact with those above in the hierarchy will teach the way.

However, in general, the fifth ray groups beings with an inclination for medicine and other similar activities that involve healing and teaching. Thus, there will be many scientists and researchers. These are people who seek answers and the reasons for everything around them.

Sign

Most people do not understand astrology or how it can reveal important points of someone's personality. This phenomenon happens because it is done on the energetic level, and the seven rays, which are pure energy, can be recognized in those people, who are also energies. Thus, the being reveals, regardless of his will, the ray that corresponds to him in the universe.

The development of astrology is slower than that of many other sciences because it is difficult to prove materially, so it will still take a long time for it to stop being seen only as myth, pastime or superstition. However, Leo, Sagittarius and Aquarius are the most common signs for the fifth ray.

Color

It is very difficult for an ordinary person to look at a colour and think of energy or vibration, and even more difficult to relate that colour to his attitudes or temperament. However, this is a fact, and some Chromotherapy experiments confirm the properties of colours.

Thus, one color can symbolize different things or situations, since each hue has a slightly different energetic pattern, and it is this difference in energy that changes the hue of the colors. Therefore, the fifth temperament has the color green in its representation, which, in this case, symbolizes movement and the forces of nature.

Animal

Any sensitive and observant person can see the close relationship between man and animals, which increases according to the degree of domestication of the animal. Although Western culture sees everything under the prism of materiality, it is possible to perceive the animal spirit, even if in a different evolutionary dimension.

Thus, the fifth ray brings as symbol animal the horse, which, since ancient times, accompanies man in his journey. The horse has deep mystical meaning represented in the figures of Pegasus and the centaur. It symbolizes freedom and strength, and is considered a guide in the journey of the spirit.

Devotion

Devotion happens after the recognition and reunion of the creature and the creator, in which the former feels grateful and inferior to the latter. For this devotion to have value, it needs to be a spontaneous act, which comes out of the believer's heart. Therefore, it is the divine virtue taught in the sixth ray. Understand it better by reading the following text!

Features

The ray of devotion groups beings who need to learn that devotion does not mean fanaticism or imposition of beliefs. In the first stages, devotion is radical and can be directed either to a person or to an ideal. Thus, its unoriented version has already caused and will still cause great troubles for humanity.

On the other hand, evolved devotion means respect and submission to the divine will, manifesting itself in a calm way and without verbally or physically assaulting those who do not wish to share it. Therefore, it is a feeling of pure and unconditional love, which originates in the divine love itself to manifest itself in the sixth ray.

Sign

The ray of devotion gathers mainly people of the signs of Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces, who need to adjust emotionally and spiritually in the way they cultivate their faith. Thus, the sign is one more factor that the universe disposes to better select the beings for each divine ray.

However, the twelve signs are also graduated in determining the main characteristics of each person, which means that a sign may appear in more than one ray. Their criteria are as flexible as the human personality itself, which oscillates between barbarism and civility.

Color

The energetic property of a colour is able to change the mood and mood, and even help in the recovery and cure of several pathologies in a person, following the techniques of Chromotherapy, an alternative method that has grown a lot and is associated with spiritualized and naturalistic people.

Not by chance, the color of the sixth temperament is ruby, which, depending on its hue, can represent either gentle love or overwhelming passion. This is firm proof of the synchronicity and harmony that are present in all creation, from the microcosm to the macrocosm.

Animal

The animal of the sixth ray is the dog, which presents a true devotion for its owner, going so far as to become aggressive and jealous. Besides that, it presents many other qualities similar to humans, including the intensity of feelings.

Thus, the dog is both faithful and treacherous - it befriends one person and may reject another, for no apparent reason, but following a strong intuition. Therefore, it is an excellent point of study when thinking about animal spirituality, for it is always in contact with man.

Freedom

Freedom, especially in relation to matter, is the great victory of the being that needs to learn to dominate it. This is one of the main characteristics of the beings that are in the seventh ray, who arrived there after a long existence. Follow the text to learn more about the theme!

Features

The seventh ray is the plane of spiritualized, constructive and transforming people. Even if there is an infinity of beings divided into various degrees of evolution, reaching the seventh temperament means being aware of your spirituality. People who are at the highest level have already left the duality between spirit and matter.

At the most advanced levels of the seventh ray are the occultists, who receive and transmit the teachings that can be revealed to humanity. They are organized people who are already born with great intuition about what life is, as well as about the interaction of all beings and things, governed by a single law for all.

Sign

Esoteric Astrology is a higher level study of the signs, which created a new approach to this study. Based on the work of the Theosophist Alice Bailey, the Zodiac is divided into the Major Zodiac (referring to the soul) and the Minor Zodiac (referring to man - matter).

Thus, for the purpose of studying the seven rays, the influence is of the Major Zodiac, which deals with the energies that will cause the spiritual progress of the being. Although the signs are the same, because of the position of the planets, the energies are more subtle. Thus, Aquarius, Aries, Cancer and Capricorn receive and pass on these energies within the seventh ray.

Color

The seventh ray is the ray of transformation of subtle energies into material forms and also means the purification of dense energy (physical body), so that it can interact with the more sublime energies.

Therefore, its color is violet, known as the color of transmutation, which governs the seventh chakra and, consequently, is associated with the seventh ray. In addition, violet is also the color of spirituality and self-knowledge, two characteristics closely linked to the seventh temperament.

Animal

Animals represent proportionally the human qualities and defects, besides being important allies in the spiritual path of man. Although they are beings in a different level of spiritualization from man, it is not difficult to realize that they are more than material bodies.

Thus, a great example is the cat, animal of the seventh ray, which symbolizes the communion of matter and spirit. The cat passes the message of freedom, wisdom and balance, and was considered representative of the Gods in many ancient civilizations, being revered while alive and mummified after death, in Egypt.

How do the seven human temperaments manifest themselves?

On the spiritual plane, temperaments are energetic patterns that are absorbed by the seven chakras that exist in the physical body. Each ray has its corresponding chakra, which performs the necessary transformations and controls the distribution of these energy flows through the body.

Thus, what was subtle energy becomes a model of behavior and feeling, and can manifest on the physical plane. As each ray produces its own energy, of varied intensity, all the nuances of the being's personality will be generated, which will become perceptible through his attitudes.

Therefore, what you have seen in this article is a synthesis of the study of the seven temperaments under the esoteric point of view, but it may serve as a stimulus for you to advance in the path of self-knowledge. The deepening of this knowledge will take humanity to a new spiritual level, which goes through the transformation of human temperaments.