CENTURIA II · QUATRAIN LI — READING A
The Aged Lady’s Fall
Le sang de juste a Londres fera faulte,
Brusles par fouldres de vingt trois les six:
La dame antique cherra de place haute,
Des mesme secte plusieurs seront occis.
The blood of the just will fail at London,
burnt by lightnings of twenty threes the six:
the aged lady will fall from her high place,
of the same sect several will be killed.
THE MASTER SAYS…
This quatrain has many meanings. The “blood of the righteous” who died in the fire refers to IRA terrorist attacks in London. Because of bombs and other weapons, many innocent people will be injured. The words “the aged lady will fall from her high position” refer to the destruction of the Tower of London. This is a complex quatrain because it concerns many different small events that form part of larger events. When will the Tower of London be destroyed? This will happen in the period of the time of troubles. To find out more precisely, count from the moment of the blitz during World War II. Three times twenty, plus six. This can refer to either sixty-six or seventy-eight — depending on how you read these numbers. He used these numbers as ratios to represent particular planets in the horoscope. I believe he is speaking of the ratios (seventy-eight and sixty-six) of their orbits around the Sun. This moment, when they will be in conjunction or in specific relationships, will indicate the time of destruction in the time of troubles. The line “the aged lady will fall from her high position, and many of the same rank will be killed” refers to events that have already happened. This is in the past, from our point of view, but still in the future, from his point of view. This event is connected with the loss of the position of the Catholic Church in England and the identification of England with another church. The aged lady and the high position refer to the Catholic Church. The clergy of the Catholic Church will also be killed during the war that will arise as a result of England becoming a Protestant country. The numbers will correspond to two outer planets connected with much larger revolutionary events.