The Planetary Aspects 241that planet of the subject which is involved in a
square, opposition or malefic conjunction of the
horoscope. This magnetism works out most
powerfully when there is a sextile between the
planets of the two horoscopes. Most often, the
contact between two such persons and the
expression of magnetism through a bond of
friendship and love takes place, when there is a good
aspect between those two planets in the heavens. If
marriages are made according to this principle, the
partners develop a powerful spiritual magnetism
and progress in the path speedily. Soon they begin
to work in co-operation on the invisible planes. They
attract very advanced souls as their off-spring.
Marriage works as a sacrament in such cases.
Marriage and begetting children do not come in the
way of spiritual advancement in Ra-ja yoga.
One must remember that the Masters and the
Rishi
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s are also ideal house-holders and fathers of
ideal children until they attain a stage of living as
planetary principles. Even at that level and for the
beings of the cosmic level too, there is ‘marriage’.
Great seers know that planets have ‘marriage’ with
the planets of other solar systems; the Suns as well
as the solar systems as a whole have marriages on
the cosmic level. The tiniest of men on earth is a
potential solar system. A man is the promise of God,
of the deliverance of the solar system. Neptune
conducts ‘marriages’ of the solar level. Vis’wa-vasu, a
Gandharva like Ve-na, conducts the ‘marriages’ of
solar systems of the cosmic plane. “Marriages in the
heaven” and “the marriage of the heavens” serve as
archetypes of the marriage on earth. In the present