Proportions and Design

Found an interesting article in an issue put out by Fine Woodworking Magazine called "How to Design Furniture." The same Golden Ratio of Proportions that is found in the perfect proportions in Nature and Art is also found in the distances between the Sun and the first five planets of the Solar System.

An old Art teacher I had once casually flipped through a book of drawings by Rembrandt and was able to show how these proportions could be found in most of Rembrandt's drawings. As someone who is encumbered by probably too much Uranian information, I can tell you that only a very few people can intuitively create these proportions, especially in such casual, non-measured drawings as Rembrant's. I remember there was a sketch on an elephant. Not only was the elephant placed within the composition according to the Golden Mean, but the elephant itself was drawn with perfect proportions. It's pretty incredible that man has found that perfect aesthetics are also probably related to creating objects of lasting, living value on earth. The article shows that the Great Pyramid of Gize is built within these proportions; the height of one of its sides is equal to 1.618 times the length of half its base. The Parthenon from Ancient Greece is also created according to these specs. The human body breaks down bit by bit into these proportions. The bone of each finger relates to the longer bone in this way, the bones of the arms do as well, the eyes divide the head and the navel divides the body.

Astrologers generally don't talk about what makes good design. Most astrologers have no design sense at all, me included, except that I come from a family of them.

So, basically, I don't know what rules the Design process. The magazine article quoted above has an interesting quote that says that the design process comes about not by Revolution but by Evolution. At first I was relieved to think that at least we can rule out Uranus which rules Revolution. Then I realized that Darwin was an Aquarius and he created the idea of Evolution. I'm continually finding that Aquarius and Uranus cycles are related to Evolution. And Aquarius ruled Innovation. So, that's all wrong.

Basically I think this is another concept like the idea of "Transformation." I've talked before about how I don't think that Pluto is responsible alone for Transformation, that it's the work of the whole wheel rotating. I tend to think the same of the Design Process.

Then I thought, what the hell, I can assign some words to different parts of the chart.

Signs above the Horizon, I associate with good taste which is necessary for creating good proportion.

Libra, of course, rules Good Proportion.

Signs below the Horizon I associate with all that it takes for Good Design. Again, my opinions here are exactly that and I'm not setting anything in stone here on this subject. Water Signs seem to provide the Motives for creation, Earth Signs seem to provide the ability to manifest reality, Air Signs provide the Intelligence, Fire Signs provide the Enthusiasm.

Aries: Fire, Ignition.
Taurus: Earth, Mass
Gemini: Air, Invention
Cancer: Water, Innocence
Leo: Fire, Will, Playfulness
Virgo: Earth, Discernment (beginnings of good taste)
Libra: Air, Harmony, Balance, Proportion
Scorpio: Water, Desire
Sagittarius: Fire, Abstraction
Capricorn: Earth, Ambition, Manifest
Aquarius: Air, Innovation, Hopes and Wishes
Pisces: Water, Dreams

Something else I wonder is, if the Golden Mean only applies to the first 5 planets, then what kind of Proportions apply to the Outer Planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto and God knows what else is out there? Can these proportions even be perceived of by earthlings?