Planetary Influences Upon Plants

FORMULATINGTHEQUESTION .......................... 1 
THE METHOD ........................................... 6
THE ARCHETYPAL PLANT AND ITS COSMIC ARCHETYPAL IMAGE ............................ 15
1.The Center Shoot: Earthly Image of the Sun................. 15 
2. Rhymical Order in the Planetary System ..,................. 19 
3. The Gesture of Foliation ................................. 26 
4. The Formation of the Perianth ............................ 30 
5. Pistils- Stamens- Pollination .......................... 39 
6. A Look at the Far Planets and the Planetary System ........... 44 
7. Fruit and Seed: The Liberation of the Plant from Vegetative Life 47 
8. Germination and the Root: The Plants Connection with the Earth 52 
9. Summary:ThePlantasanOrganism ....................... 55

POLARITY IN PLANT GROWTH THROUGH PREDOMINANT MOON/MERCURY-and VENUS-CHARACTER ................ 63 
Monocotyledons and Dicotyledons ........................... 63

THE DIFFERENTATION OF THE FLOWERING PLANT INTO VARIOUS GROWTH PATTERNS ...................... 73 
1. Annual Herbaceous Plant ................................. 73 
2. Biennial Herbaceous Plants ............................... 76 
3. Perennial Herbaceous Plants .............................. 79 
4. The Deciduous Trees .................................... 86 
5. The Coniferous Trees .................................... 93 
6. The Shrubs ............................................. 96 
7. The Dwarf Shrubs .......... . ............................ 100 
8. Summary .............................................. 103

   PLANT FAMILIES AS EXPRESSIONS OF DOMINATING PLANETARY INFLUENCES 104 
1. Grasses ................................................ 105 
2. The Bindweed Family .................................... 109 
3. The Umbellifers ........................................ 115 
4. The Water Lillies ....................................... 123
5. The Buttercups ......................................... 128 
6. The Rose Family ........................................ 142 
7. Sympetalous Blossom Development and the Compositae ... .. .. 151

RETROSPECT AND SUMMARY ............................ 166 
EPILOGUE: THE EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE ....... .. . . ...... 171 
INDEX ......................................... ... ....... 175