AN ANALYSIS
OF
ASTROLOGICAL SIMILARITIES BETWEEN
EDGAR CAYCE AND DAVID WILCOCK
In this essay, we will explore the similarity between David Wilcock and Edgar Cayce,
strictly from the
perspective of the positions of the planets at the time of birth. Other essays will touch
upon various other avenues of proof, including "coded" material gleaned from
David's own readings well before he was actually told by the readings that this is who he
was. (Though David could not understand this coded material when it was presented, later
analysis proved that many important hints were being dropped.) The essay concludes by
again stating that it ultimately does not matter who David was in a past life; the real
test is for each person to read his readings and judge for themselves whether they produce
a favorable, positive and enlightening reaction. And so, without further adieu… let
the analysis begin!
Time and time again, true astrologers have astounded millions by showing the amazing link
between the
innate personality characteristics of an individual and the relative positions of the
planets at the time of
said individual's birth. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the case of the Sun or
zodiacal sign, which
has been clearly shown to have a statistically significant impact on introversion /
extroversion
tendencies. This was demonstrated by renowned psychologist Professor Hans Eysenck, the
"father of the IQ test," in collaboration with astrologer Jeff Mayo. The level
of correlation that they discovered, from a very large subject pool, was 10,000 to 1. The
book "Mayan Prophecies" by Adrian Gilbert and Maurice Cotterell provides this
example in its text, and makes great strides in illustrating a Sun - based, physical
explanation for why astrology works. [This topic is touched upon in more detail in David's
online book, "The 1999 Cycle," located at www.greatdreams.com/]
The question of whether reincarnation exists or not is outside the scope
of this present essay. Many fine
works have examined this same topic and come up with fantastic correspondences, including
young
children who are successfully able to recall names, places and events that they should
otherwise not be
able to have access to. "Children's Past Lives" by Carol Bowman is an excellent
resource here, as well as "The Enigma of Reincarnation" by Brad Stieger. The
official Edgar Cayce book that hones in on the topic of reincarnation is "Many
Mansions" by Gina Cerminara. Another informative book on the topic of reincarnation
is entitled "Edward Bellamy Writes Again," by _____. This book details the story
of a modern author who has complete recall of a past life as famous author Edward Bellamy.
On the cover of this book, a comparison photo is given, and the resemblance is quite
striking.
We continue with our discussion under the widely accepted postulate of the reality of
reincarnation.
Works such as Edward Bellamy suggest that there should be many similarities between an
entity's
various lives, including facial similarities. Now, with the case of David Wilcock and
Edgar Cayce, we have yet another opportunity to explore this matter further, through
astrology. The facial similarities between Wilcock and Cayce at the same age of maturity
are very obvious to all who see them, and David has verified this with several experienced
portrait artists whose business is to study and duplicate the likeness of the human face.
(There are no major discrepancies between the two, other than the fact that Cayce's face
is slightly rounder and the jawbone more recessive.) What is interesting in this case is
that we also have an opportunity to make an exact comparison between the natal
astrological data of the two individuals.
The comparison data, then, is Edgar Cayce at 3/18/1877, Hopkinsville, KY, at 3:00 p.m.,
against David Wilcock at 3/8/1973, Schenectady, NY at 11:16 p.m. The standard Koch system
of house placement was utilized in rendering the charts, and a bi - wheel comparison chart
was made with Cayce in the center and Wilcock on the outside. The software program
utilized to make the comparison was Time Passages ver. 2.52, by Henry Seltzer, Astro Graph
Software, Inc., (408) 425-3686.
When considering the two charts, amazing parallels begin to jump out. The most noticeable
of these is
the remarkable closeness of the inner planets, astrologically related to the physical -
based attributes of
personality. Table 1 is a breakdown of the relative placements of the planets in each
chart, as well as
their degree of variance:
Planet Name Cayce Placement Wilcock Placement Degrees Variance Sun 28 Pis 23 18 Pis 27 10' 4" Mercury 11 Pis 42 27 Pis 1 R 16' 41" Venus 15 Pis 42 10 Pis 28 05' 14" Mars 11 Cap 10 17 Cap 30 06' 20" Moon 12 Tau 12 12 Tau 41 00' 29"
Table 1. Similarities between Cayce / Wilcock natal planetary positions - Inner Planets Only.
Secondly, one can examine the placements of the outer planets, and again
see a surprising correlation
between them of a different sort. The outer planets have more to do with the spiritual
aspects of an
individual's personality, and all astrologers agree that Wilcock and Cayce have "very
different missions"
on the planet. Cayce's main focus was on doing medical readings, and Wilcock's readings
are much more focused on the notion of an upcoming Ascension and of the imminent necessity
to prepare for said event.
Planet Name Cayce Placement Wilcock Placement Degrees Variance Jupiter 02 Cap 4 02 Aqu 49 30' 44" Saturn 12 Pis 49 14 Gem 10 92' 39" Uranus 21 Leo 14 R 22 Lib 19 R 61' 05" Neptune 03 Tau 40 07 Sag 26 154' 46" Table 2. Similarities between Cayce / Wilcock natal planetary positions - Outer Planets Except Pluto.
As anyone can see from the above data in Table 1, the correspondence
between the inner planets is
astounding. In both charts, the inner planets are remarkably positioned in almost the
exact same places.
The widest variance is with Mercury, at 16 degrees 41 minutes. However, this is still only
a 1 out of 24
chance. The average variance in degrees comes out to 7' 45''. This is obviously
statistically significant for five planets, each of which could be located at any point
within the 360 degrees. The remarkable
precision of the Moon's placement is the most striking of all, being less than half a
degree offset between the two charts.
The major outer planets, namely Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, are also related in
interesting
ways. The two positions of Jupiter are only 44 minutes of a degree away from being exactly
30 degrees
apart. The two positions of Uranus are only 1 degree 5 minutes away from being exactly 60
degrees
apart. The variance between the positions of Saturn is only 2 degrees 39 minutes away from
being
exactly 90 degrees. Lastly, only 4 degrees 46 minutes separate the positions of Neptune
from being 150 degrees apart.
Let us explore this a bit further. For the sake of simplicity, all astrologers divide the
heavens into 12 units of 30 degrees each. Therefore, the measurement for any planet will
be quoted as some number of
degrees between 0 and 30, which is then matched with the appropriate sign of the zodiac,
indicating
which of the 12 segments the planet resides within. Astrologers measure aspects or
"conjunctions"
based on the closeness of these degree values and the angle measurement involved, whether
30, 60, 90, 120, et cetera. Quite astonishingly, the average variance in the local 30 -
degree area measurements
between Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune is only 2 degrees 18 minutes! The 30 - degree
Jupiter
aspect, known as a trine, is only off by 44 minutes of a degree. This is highly
interesting and only
strengthens the case of similarity between the two birth charts.
The only planet left to consider at this point is Pluto. There is no apparent correlation
between the two
positions, as Cayce's Pluto is at 22 Tau 54 and Wilcock's is at 3 Lib 27 R. [The R means
that the planet was traveling in retrograde motion.] The degree variance between the two
planet positions here is 139 degrees 27 minutes, not close enough to any measurement to be
construed as a conjunction or aspect. Therefore, Pluto appears to break the pattern, not
falling into any significant alignment. We will see soon enough how the Pluto of each
chart does make significant aspects to the other.
One possibility for why the Plutonian positions seem to break from the pattern is the fact
that Pluto is by
far the slowest - moving planet in the Solar System. Given the fact that the death of
Cayce was in 1945
and the birth of Wilcock in 1973, there was a rather short window of time to work with.
Wilcock would need to be aged enough to fulfill the prophecy stated in Cayce's readings
for symbolically "returning" in 1998. [Wilcock was actually informed of his
identity ahead of schedule, on Nov. 27, 1997.]
Cayce's Pluto turns out to be in direct opposition, 180 degrees apart, from the point
where the sun rises
in David's chart, known as the Ascendant. The Ascendant is considered highly by all
astrologers. The
difference is only one degree, 22 minutes, again a very strong connection. David's Pluto
is one degree, 23 minutes away from being precisely 90 degrees offset from Cayce's
Jupiter. [Notice that both variances in these two aspects are only one minute of a degree
different from each other - 1' 22" and 1' 23".] The 90 - degree relationship is
known as a square, and is read as being inharmonious. The 180 - degree direct opposition
is also read as being inharmonious. Therefore, there is bound to be some friction between
these two personalities at a deep level; Pluto is the "deepest" planet in the
heavens, concerning the far reaches of the subconscious, touching on issues such as death
and containing all the "hidden secrets" in an entity's personality.
So we obviously have two charts with tremendous correlations between them. If our
hypothesis is
correct, the forces involved with Edgar Cayce needed to produce another planetary
alignment that was
significant enough to meet our presumed standards for reincarnation. These standards
assume that
there would be major similarities in personality, and therefore major astrological
connections as well.
By this fact alone, one could make the following conclusion. Within our model of
reincarnation as we have outlined it, Cayce would need to come back at a date very close
to his original birthday, March 18th. If this was not done, the Sun sign would be
different, and the new entity would no longer be a Pisces. That means that there is a
maximum of only 30 days each year where the birth could take place. David's birthday of
March 8th is only ten days away from Cayce's, and so that satisfies the model.
We could assume that Cayce would desire to come back at a date that would insure that he
would be old enough to fulfill his duties in 1998. Therefore, 1973 could almost be seen as
the upper limit for a birthday, giving the new person a chance to become established as an
adult before 1998, when they would turn 25. Cayce himself had his first major psychic
experiences at age 23, the same age that Wilcock officially started his own connection.
Cayce did not actually begin doing readings professionally for another ten years.
Furthermore, Cayce's own readings corroborate many other sources of information by saying
that it is not uncommon for there to be a rest period in between incarnations. In the book
Many Lives, Many Masters, it is stated that the upper limit of years between incarnations
usually does not exceed 200. This topic is also covered in the channeled work "Seth
Speaks" by Jane Roberts, wherein Seth says that only in extremely urgent cases such
as abrupt death, suicide or other vital unfinished business on Earth does a person return
with great speed, such as a few days, weeks or months.
So, if we give Cayce a "normal" batch of years to rest from the Earth planes in
between incarnations, the birthdate of March 8, 1973 is perhaps the single best date for
such a reincarnation to occur. Many time cycles have to converge in order for the inner
planets to assemble as closely as they did, and then with the addition of the aspects in
the outer planets, the convergence is even greater. It is also interesting to point out
that Cayce and Wilcock's birth years were just about 100 years apart - 1877 to 1973.
Ultimately, no one can produce the "final word" on reincarnation in a manner
that is significant enough to
convince the skeptics and naysayers. There is a great deal of supportive ideological
material that needs
to be in place for a person to have a foundation for understanding. The material for this
foundation is
spiritual in nature, and thus it does ultimately boil down to a question of faith,
something that must come
to each person individually. What can happen is that people can validate for themselves,
on an
experiential level, that such an event as their own reincarnation might have taken place.
The work of Robert Monroe could be the most promising avenue to providing people with the
means to produce such a validation. Monroe has designed an audio - based system known as
Hemi - Sync that produces valuable changes in the brain - wave patterns of its
participants. These perceptual changes often lead to the state commonly referred to as an
out - of - body experience. A tone is played in the left ear, and a separate tone of a
slightly higher or lower pitch is played in the right. The brain tries to resolve the
difference between the two tones, and this creates a "beat pattern" of
oscillations in the brainwaves. The frequency of these oscillations can be used to elicit
alpha, beta, delta and even theta states, and can be done so that the person is
consciously aware as these states are entered. As many of these states are identical to
those seen in dreams, the person can essentially have a conscious dream, or an OBE.
In this field of research, many individuals have gained what they feel to be compelling
evidence on a
direct experiential level for their own past lives. The Monroe Institute works diligently
to try to correlate
people's observations to historical facts, and has met with repeated success in these
areas - [see
Monroe's books "Far Journeys" and "Ultimate Journey" for more
information.] Wilcock has also had
several vivid, conscious OBE experiences where different past lives were relived,
including events from
Cayce's lifetime. And thus, the proof is out there, it simply has to be gained through
personal effort and
willingness to stick to a disciplined program, such as meditation and inner seeking, dream
recall, lucid
dream and OBE exercises, or a more physical tool such as the Monroe tapes.
Wilcock has stated repeatedly that his ultimate value comes down to the simple fact of his
being another
perfect microcosm of the One, just like everyone else. What matters most is the
individual's personal
reaction to his readings, not who he was in a past life. After all, Cayce was famed for
his accuracy and
immense spiritual depth, and the name recognition sprung directly out of the quality of
the work.
Wilcock's readings also have demonstrated repeated prophetic accuracy, and have
spiritually inspired
many people with their beauty. It really doesn't matter who Wilcock was, if anyone, in a
past life. The
vibrational / astrological similarity of Wilcock to Cayce illustrates clearly that both
souls are part of a
remarkable team effort, originating from a very similar source for a very similar purpose;
"To Make
Manifest the Light of God In Man."
----Completed Friday, December 18, 1998 by David Wilcock----
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