This subject calls for humility. Even the Tibetan repeatedly reminds us that knowledge in this field exceeds the grasp of the human mind and that what he gives are hints and analogies. The framework below is not a map but a sense of direction.
Electricity, magnetism and attraction
In A Treatise on Cosmic Fire electricity, magnetism and attraction are presented as the basis of all manifestation and evolution. The subject is described as a threefold mystery: the mystery of electricity, the mystery of the seven constellations, and the mystery of the One beyond even the Logos.
Seven constellations
Our solar system is one of seven systems which together form the body of a cosmic Logos. The combined activity of these seven produces a steady forward movement. The texts say these systems fall into forty-nine groups, classified by size, vibration, colour and mutual influence. The seven creative hierarchies are beings who mediate between Spirit and matter and transmit forces from outside the solar system.
The constellation with the strongest influence on our system is said to be linked with the attractive, or love, energy; its name is withheld so as not to disturb evolutionary processes.
Layers of the word "system"
A common difficulty in reading Bailey is that the word "system" is used on several levels. "Solar system" may mean our Sun's system, a cluster of stars, or a constellation. Passages should therefore be read against one another rather than in isolation.
The great wheels
The idea that our solar system itself revolves around a centre appears often in the teaching. Some passages associate this centre with the Pleiades, and particularly with Alcyone. Modern astronomy does not include this in its calculations; it should be read as an esoteric framework.
The levels may be listed roughly as: atom, human, planetary chain, planet, solar system, constellation, galaxy and the whole vault of heaven. Each level works like a centre within the one above, as the chakras do in the human body.
Looking from the whole
This teaching has a practical gift: it teaches us to think in terms of the whole. Even events that loom large in human history, such as the "fall of the angels", are a small episode on the cosmic scale. Seen from that scale, we carry the troubles of our own lives more calmly and more responsibly.