184 Spiritual Astrology
equinox, the seat of the south faced Lord, is the meridian
of the gods. The de-va- who presides over “the high twelve”
or the Cosmic Meridian, discharges his offices of sending
the de-va-s of the Day from labour to refreshment and
refreshment to labour. He sits in the south. The candidate
who starts his quest for light from west receives his due
from his de-va- of the south while approaching the east.
Saturn, the Lord of death, presides over this sign
for all the mundane beings. The two cold planets, Saturn
and Moon, are but the same expression on two different
scales of time. Moon travels a sign in 2 ½ days. Saturn
travels a sign in 2 ½ years. Moon governs the physical
birth or the spiritual death. Saturn governs the physical
death and the spiritual birth. These two planets form the
rulers of the two solstices, Cancer and Capricorn. Saturn
rules Capricorn in the horoscopes of all those who follow
the planetary path.
Uranus rules all those who are living in the
Antahkaran.a and reveals the last three initiations to them.
Neptune rules all those who are in the group-level of the
soul and unfolds them into the third, fourth and fifth
initiations but through the path of devotion. Vya-sa, Na-rada
and Sanatkuma-ra preside over this path. For those who
receive the robe by reversing the direction of the wheel to
come down into Scorpio wilfully and sacrifice themselves
to redeem their fellow-beings from misery, Mars is the
ruler. For this reason, Mars finds his exaltation in
Capricorn. This investiture of the robe is done by the great
hierarchy whose A
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shram is in the planet Mars. For many
secret reasons, the north-eastern corner is located in
Scorpio (Libra, the Nadir is the north. Capricorn is the east
of the gods. Hence Scorpio is located in the north-east).