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creation lying with them as eternal entities. They then
“sacrifice the sacrifice by copying the sacrifice”. “The
de-va-s got up after the opening. Then how can anybody
know about the opening?” says the Ve-dic hymn which
describes the night. This closing and opening of the whole
drama are symbolised in Aquarius and Pisces
respectively. The minor closings (laya) are marked in
Scorpio, while Pral.aya-s are marked in Aquarius. Minor
reopenings are done by the man-on-horse and the major
ones are done by the fish-God. Jupiter is the symbol of
the former and Nepture is the symbol of the latter. Ve-na,
the Gandharva, is the link. He is the Ma-rkande-ya of the
Pura-n.a-s. Living through the creation he is called
Gandharva, while living through the gap he is called
Ma-rkande-ya.
There is a correspondence between the phenomenon
of “Virgo-Scorpio” and “Pisces-Capricorn”. The latter is
the converse of the former. During the gap, there was only
Aquarius. Later, Pisces separated as soon as the cosmic
Sun marked the upward path. This means Aquarius
existed at first and the other two signs made their
appearance simultaneously at the beginning of the new
creation. This is the activity of the plane which is beyond
and above cosmogenesis. Virgo-Scorpio activity is a
manifestation of cosmogenesis and anthropogenesis.