188 Spiritual Astrology
hierarchies of creation is composed of the divine flames, so-
called, also spoken of as the fiery lion and the lions of life
........ They are the formless Fiery Breaths ........” says H.P.B.
about the dwellers of these planes. This can be understood
to some extent, when we remember that Leo is the opposite
sign of Aquarius, that Aquarius represents the subtler
principles of Leo located within Sushumna and that Leo is
the fifth sign (the sign of children) of the zodiac. Nothing
more can be described.
Mitra and Varun.a of the supra-cosmic plane descend
as the twin horses with wings (As’wins, the two
counter-parts of the Divine Breath and the two divine
healers). They form the immeasurable expressions of time
and space, of the divine breath, but yet they themselves
form the special measures of the creation on the cosmic
plane. Hence the Maha-bha-ratha designates them as
“Vima-na” (the immeasurable measures). They are called
“Na-satya-s” (not untrue entities because they are beyond
the real and the unreal). In the solar plane, they come
down as two winged birds which are but one in pair
(Suparn.a-s). One of them descends to the planetary plane
and rejoices by eating the fruit of the tree. The other rests
in the solar plane and enjoys the sight in bliss.
In the glyph of this sign they run very close and
parallel to one another as two sparks of lightning. They
also symbolise the principles of light and sound before
their differentiation, when understood on the solar plane.
In the planetary level they are differentiated, as we can
read them through the glyph of Libra. Sound creates space
and light creates time as solar and lunar principles within
the cosmic plane. In this function, they stand as two
vertical columns and this can be understood by the glyph
of Gemini. This is the relationship of the airy trio which is