134 Spiritual Astrology
her expression as a principle in nature and in man through
the sign Virgo. Ramanuja calls the role of the Lord in this
process by the name “Anugraha” which is the same as “the
Grace” of Jesus. It is the look of the Lord, as the love of
the mother, that elevates a disciple through this process
and not the effort of the disciple. (There are many social
and religious dangers in popularising this fact). Jesus used
the sublime principles of the 12 signs of the zodiac as his
12 disciples to permeate his message. Ramanuja
established the hierarchy of 12 divine devotees and gave
the 12 syllabled formula of the Lord for the salvation of
beings on this earth. While the previous religious leaders
preserved the secrets of the divine path (only to lose from
their own hands), these two masters, Jesus and Ramanuja,
gave out their messages to all those who would listen.
Such saviours are called the sons of the Virgin. Much is
there to explain about this path, but space does not permit
here.
If the mother exists as a woman in the heart of man,
representing beauty in form in the sign of Taurus, the
mother in Virgo represents the mother of the child with a
sacred mission, through grace. Beauty and grace are
linked up in trine aspect between Taurus and Virgo. The
path of the spiritualist from Virgo to Taurus includes all
the levels of a Yogi. It makes his voice filled with grace.
The blessing through word and the look of the yogi of this
path magnetises his disciples to the level of “at-one-ment”
with the highest Lord even without their knowledge of
the various levels of working.
The birth of ‘A Lord’ from ‘The Lord’ marks the birth
of a Saviour or World Teacher. The advent of the World
Teacher takes place in repeated cycles on this earth.
“Whenever the law is disturbed and lawlessness gains