114 Spiritual Astrology
psychic levels, mediumship and the subconscious activity
of man. The subconscious is the link between the mind
and the soul. Man evolves from the mind to the soul planes
via the buddhic plane. The link between nature and man is
the link between the mother and child. This link is through
the subconscious and it is the instinctive attachment of
the mother towards the child. This link is governed by
Cancer. When the child is separated from the mother, the
latter becomes aware of the needs, the pains and pleasures
of the child through the mediumistic subconscious levels
that are worked out on the astral plane. Communication
with the dead is conducted through the activity of this
plane. Hence Cancer governs the souls of the departed
who want to come down to earth, or who want to
communicate with their near and dear ones. Ghosts and
seance rooms are governed by Cancer. The link between
mother and her child in the womb is the umbilical cord.
This cord and the periodical stimulation of the eggs in
the uterus of the woman are governed by Cancer. The
ovulation and menstruation, which are marked by the
periods of the full Moon and the new Moon, are worked
out through this sign. For this reason Moon is the ruler of
Cancer for all biological phenomena.
Protoplasm, lymphatic system and the circulatory
system come under this sign. Cancer has the art of
synthesis, while Capricorn has the capacity for analysis.
The former process is that of the inorganic atoms returning
to the organic activity of life, while the latter is the
converse process, or the death of physical matter. Cancer
is the fall of man into matter and Capricorn is the rise of
man from matter. Therefore Cancer marks the Sunset and
Capricorn the Sunrise of gods. The Books of Wisdom call
Cancer the pit, and Capricorn, the mount. In the Vedic