The Scope of the Subject 23will be his horoscope for mental and astral
influences. The Sun in his horoscope works as
another ascendant (for purposes of objective and
mundane spheres) and there is another set of twelve
houses from his Sun, working upon his vocational
and social spheres.(3) In the third stage of his unfolding, his birth ascendant
again takes hold of his consciousness; but, this time
the ascendant does not denote his physical existence.
It marks the plan of his soul. He will be highly
influenced on the soul-level by the sign and the
degree of his ascendant. This is because the birth
ascendant is nothing but the position of the Moon at
the time of fertilisation preceding his birth. The
Ka-ma and the sankalpa of the parents give him this
sign and the degree through the mind (Moon) of the
parents. This results in his physical body which is
his ascendant. But here at this stage of evolution, his
real body or vehicle of expression is his soul and not
his physical body. Hence his soul is influenced by
his Lagna at this stage. There is another interesting
point also worth noticing here. The course of his soul
does not follow the planetary path of the zodiacal
signs. It follows the path of the Higher Sun or the
equinox. Therefore for a proper understanding of his
further path, the ascendant should be progressed
backwards. The path is from Aries to Pisces and so
on. His ascendant meets the aspects of the other
planets in a receding order of direction which will
be explained later.
(4) In the fourth stage, the Ascendant, the Moon and
the Sun form the three centres of working. His life is