17510. Capricorn
This is the fourth cardinal sign of the zodiac and the
third of the earth triplicity. It marks the return of the warm
rays of Sun which deliver the beings of the earth from the
sleep and chilliness of the night. This is the case at Sunrise
every day. It is also the case in the Great Year and even in
the comparatively bigger cycles. All the cycles mark the
reappearance of the Saviour. For this reason, the sign is called
the “Seal of God on the face of man”. It is also praised as the
fulfilment of the prophecy, the birth of the child, the son of
the Virgin.
The activity of the dawn is ever a mystery. It cannot
be fully explained by all the sages together of the
scriptures. Many are the hymns in the Rig Ve-da that are
devoted and dedicated to the intuitional descriptions of
the dawn with all its secret keys of sound and symbol.
The effect of dawn upon the beings of earth is not so
simple as it seems every day. The mystery of awakening
cannot be completely understood by the consciousness
of objectivity. The Sun’s rays contain spiritual activity
which will be showered upon the beings of earth during
the first two hours after Sunrise. The month of Capricorn
in the year bears correspondence with this time. Spirit
meets man through soul in this sign. The highest principle
which is above creation is concealed in man through the
activity of this sign.
Man is a double being in whom two types of beings
co-exist, approaching from two different paths of