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unfolds into wisdom. This process of unfoldment is said
to have six approaches which serve as six keys to wisdom.
Astrology is one among them and forms the true key.
Astrology is of two types, Esoteric and Exoteric. It is with
the esoteric branch of astrology that the true spiritual
wisdom of man is concerned and we call this branch of
astrology by the name of Spiritual Astrology. This science
proposes that the individual is three-fold in his
phenomenal existence : matter, mind and spirit. In him
these principles form his body, mind and spirit from
which his consciousness radiates.
As we observe the sky at night, we find innumerable
stars, apparently having no order. Each star is a Sun, like
the Sun of our solar system. Each Sun is the radiation of
the inner spiritual sun who is invisible and who is the
real Sun. This, the real Sun, corresponds to the radiating
centre of consciousness in man. The rays of the Sun come
out only as a reflection on the gross plane of their
existence. This principle of reflection is the symbol of the
universal mind and is called the Moon-Principle. Our
visible Moon in the sky is only a body containing a Moon-
principle to this earth because he reflects the rays of the
Sun upon this earth. In the individual, this Moon principle
corresponds to his reflection or idea. This principle is
called ‘Mind’. Apart from these two things, the Sun has a
shape and a colour. This aspect is called ‘Matter’. In us,
this corresponds to our physical body. These three
principles form the three great symbols to man on this
earth. They are the solar, the lunar and the material
principles which are symbolised by the Sun, the Moon
and this earth. Every solar system has got its own earth
besides other planets and every earth has its own Moon.