The Ascendant and the Houses 225(ii) The fixed cross of houses which consists of the
second, fifth, eighth and eleventh houses. This
cross stimulates him into the activity to receive
persons, incidents and property (food, shelter,
protection and wealth).(iii) The mutable cross of houses which consists of
the third, sixth, ninth and twelfth houses. This
stimulates him into a sense of duty, endurance,
patience, respect for the law, receiving higher
thoughts, reading books and aspiring for the
noble side of life.(c) In the third stage, man finds the fullest expression
of this personality. He begins to respond to the
higher side of objective life. We find the thinker, the
genius, the artist, scientist, doctor and lawyer, all
who begin to work for the uplift of the society; the
educationalist and the financier for good things too
are in this third level, having attained the stage of
ignoring the defects and limitations of others. At this
level he is a man of progressive ideas. The meaning
of religion and its purpose begins to dawn upon his
mind. A wish to know what God and His creation
makes its beginning at this stage. The majority of
spiritual students start their sa-dhana from this level.
The effects of the twelve houses of the second stage
gradually fade into insignificance to these people.
The houses are replaced by signs of the zodiac.
Planets work only through signs. For such a man,
the houses should be counted from Aries. Then only
we get satisfactory results of reading the horoscope.
The signs are again grouped under three heads :