1114. Cancer
Cancer is the second cardinal sign and the first
watery sign in the zodiac. This marks the ending of the
activity of fire and the beginning of the activity of water
through air (gas). Hydrogen and oxygen in the state of
air are located in the double sign Gemini which is an airy
sign. The summer solstice marks the change of state
through thunder and lightning. There is the birth of water,
denoted by Cancer. Thus, the summer solstice marks the
end of summer and the beginning of rainy season on the
equator. Hydrogen is governed by Mitra, the lord of fire-
rituals (Mitraic Mysteries). He is the friend of all gods (lord
of fusion) and the source of measures in the chemistry of
the cosmic plane. A sacred fire-god, Vas’ishta, whose ray
is focused through one of the Seven Suns of the Great Bear,
governs the evolution of the hydrogen atoms. Varun.a,
whose rays are focused through Uranus, produces and
presides over the evolution of the Pra-n.a principle of this
earth. This Pra-n.a has oxygen as its vehicle of manifestation.
Varun.a is the lord of combustion, expansion and
radiation. All the radioactivity of the earth is governed
by him. Mitra assumes the passive (female) principle and
Varun.a assumes the active (male) principle of the pair in
Gemini, in the cosmic plane. They bring forth the cardinal
activity of Cancer. The resultant is the fertilising and
germinating agent, water. The change of state from gas
to liquid is a jerk in the chemical evolution produced on
the earth by the change of direction in its tilt. A grosser