Any object on any plane has a counterpart on all the higher planes. This means any physical object or at least its counterpart can be seen by an astral entity. There are of course many purely astral objects which can't be seen vice versa. Each planet on a particular plane also exists on all the higher planes, but one can say on each higher level the planet gets "bigger" because of additional matter and spheres that don't exist lower down. Each person has not only a physical body, but a separate astral body and a body on the higher planes.  

The physical plane is three dimensional, in that there are three dimensions of space. The astral however has four genuine spatial dimensions. This means that in dealing with astral planets, one can at most point to a physical location where the four dimensional sphere would be if projected into three dimensions. Being astral and aware of all four dimensions is an indescribable and wonderful state, and one of the most limiting things one can experience is coming back and being forced into three dimensions and a physical body; one can only describe things as appearing "roomy" but still fundamentally the same. Above the astral, the mental plane has five dimensions, the buddhic six, the atmic seven, while the monadic and above are beyond the concept all together.

Two important concepts will appear throughout what will be described next: Involution is the process of densifying and separating, while evolution is the return journey of unification and spiritualization. On many levels, something first involves and becomes more dense and individualized, then turns and becomes more spiritual after its experience. On a simple level, the concept of us going on a trip and then returning home afterward is like this. Our entire lives going from our souls, incarnating in a body, and then returning after "death" is like this. This is even related to the whole concept of "God" creating and experiencing the universe itself.

Before we start looking at the various planets in our solar system, let's begin with our own physical planet Earth. Again, our planet is more than what we ordinarily think of it. In addition to its astral and higher counterparts, our planet has a rich history and an even vaster future. The ancient civilizations of Atlantis, and before it Lemuria, were indeed real. Specifically, evolution on our planet Earth is divided into seven great civilizations or Root Races. Here is brief description of them:

The First race was the Etheric or Borean Root Race, which wasn't entirely physical, being of the higher physical etheric density, and wasn't even remotely like the humanity of today.

Second was the Hyperborean Root Race, all traces of which, along with the first race, have long since vanished.

Third was the Lemurian Root Race. This was a civilization characterized by activity, and development of individual free will. This was the mythical Garden of Eden which humanity "fell" from. Lemurians were over 12 feet tall, and the first race to develop separate genders. The Lemurian continent was in the Pacific Ocean, with today's Easter Island a remnant of it.

Fourth was the Atlantian Root Race, existing from roughly a million to 10,000 years ago, again different from humanity of today, with many Atlantians having blue skin. This civilization was characterized by emotion, and as a result certain periods in Atlantis were very peaceful and spiritual, while others were filled with strife and occult conflict not unlike Dungeons and Dragons, proceeding until the break-up and sinking of the Atlantian continent.

Fifth is the "Aryan" or Indo-European Root Race, characterized mostly by intellect, of which our humanity of today is a part of. This race began roughly 60,000 years ago and is still in development.

Following our race will come the Sixth or "Aquarian" Root Race, which will be mostly characterized by love and wisdom. It won't begin to appear for another 1000 years or so. The last race on our planet will be the seventh Root Race, which will manifest more abstract levels of being. These Seven races fit into the involution/evolution model, with Atlantis being the middle or low point, and the first and seventh races being the high endpoints.

Each Root Race is in turn divided into seven sub races. Each sub race is somewhat similar to the Root Race of the same number, with the fourth sub race being more artistic and emotional, the fifth being more intellectual, and so on. Different sub races exist simultaneously, but first appear in order. The latest sub race of our fifth Root Race is the sixth, which only started appearing a century or so ago. There are various physical and other characteristics that can indicate ones sub race, although there are many mixtures. Sub races can in turn be divided into seven branch races or nations, but there isn't as strong of a distinction here.

Now comes the interesting part: Before the first Root Race and after the seventh, our life wave of humanity was or will be on different planets. We spend seven Root Races or an entire World Period on one globe, but our physical Earth is only one globe in many that we evolve on in sequence. We are evolving on a great Round of seven globes in our solar system, which are labelled Globe A through Globe G in order that we visit them. Globes A and G are on the lower mental plane. Globes B and F are on the astral plane. Globes C and E are physical but life on them is etheric, while the middle globe D is fully physical. Our Earth is the fourth or Globe D in our present Round. Globe C is the planet in our solar system we call Mars, while Globe E is the planet we call Mercury. This means many of us had incarnations on Mars, and will be living on Mercury after our life wave leaves the Earth after its seventh Root Race! When considering globes B and F, this means that on the astral plane two more planets will be apparent in our solar system, while on the mental two more will appear.

What happens before the first and after the seventh globes? We don't just visit each planet once, but seven times total. We go around each of the seven globes seven times, or have seven Rounds total. We are presently in the fourth Round of our whole Chain of Rounds. This means some of us, in the far distant past, were on the Earth three times before in the three previous Rounds. Again, each Round has a main theme, with for example the fourth Round developing emotion in a grand sense, the fifth developing intellect, and so on.

Seven Rounds make an entire Chain of evolution, however even an entire Chain of seven globes is still part of a larger picture. Chains evolve in a sequence of seven Chains, each with its own seven globes and seven Rounds of evolution around them. An entire Scheme of seven Chains again proceeds in the involution/evolution principle, with the globes in the middle Chains on denser planes and those on the ends on higher planes, within which each of the globes in turn are dense in the middle and more etheric on the endpoints. Specifically, for the first and seventh Chains, globes A and G are of Atmic matter, B and F are of Buddhic matter, C and E are of higher mental or Causal matter, while globe D is of lower mental matter. For the second and sixth Chains, everything drops a plane, with globes A and G on the Buddhic, B and F on the Causal, C and E on the mental, and D on the astral. On the third and fifth Chains, we've densified again, with globes A and G on the Causal, B and F on the mental, C and E on the astral, and globe D physical. Finally on the middle or fourth Chain of a Scheme we have globes A and G mental, B and F astral, C and E higher physical, and D lower physical. Actually, the term "globes" for planets on the high buddhic and atmic planes is somewhat a misnomer. On those high levels they are more concentrations of energy and consciousness.

We are presently in the fourth Chain in our entire Scheme. After each Chain, the globes or planets of it are broken up and new set of seven are generated. One can see that our solar system isn't always static with regards to its planets, but that planets and the number of planets visible on any plane change as new Chains come into existence. When planets of a Chain are broken up at its end, sometimes remnants of the globes can be found in the next Chain. Our Moon was the densest or globe D of our Scheme's third Chain. In the long distant past, our Moon was once much larger, predating our Earth and our other globes such as Mars and Mercury, and many of us existed on it during our "Moon" Chain's seven Rounds. But no more proper evolution happens on our Moon any more and it will eventually fully disintegrate when our Earth Chain is in its seven Round.

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