Moon 257Also, the ascendant at birth is fixed in conjunction or
opposition of the degree of Moon at the time of
fertilization. This interchange keeps the two aspects of
the ascendant under the direct control of the two aspects
of Moon. For this reason, in the horoscope of an average
man, the birth Moon responds to the effects of the transits
and the nature of signs more than his birth ascendant.
Again, when Moon has discharged his duties of preparing
the average man for spiritualism, he hands over charge
to the man himself. From the time of his second birth
(initiation or what may truly be called the dawn of man’s
higher mind) the ascendant gains prominence and the
influence of the birth Moon fades into insignificance.
In fact, Moon may be rightly designated as the
promise of God to man about the day of deliverance and
the reaching of promised land. He is the arc of the
covenant, who exists as the tabernacle of God (in the
capacity of Lord God) in the sanctum sanctorum. He serves
as the reflection of God in man. The image in the sanctum
sanctorum is veiled by a curtain, until man is able to draw
it aside for himself. For this secret reason, the temple
symbolism of so many religions represents the identity
of the apparatus for gestation as well as the path of the
ascent of man. Remember that the whole process of
reproduction is conducted by Moon as only a reflection
of the creation above conducted by Sun.
Just as Sun is the Lord of the day, Moon is the Lord
of the night. To an average man, therefore, Moon governs
the negative aspect of his consciousness. This is called the
receiving consciousness. The capacity of receptivity in
man can be estimated by the position of Moon in his
horoscope. If Moon is strong by sign and has a good aspect
of one of the positive planets, he will have good