276 Spiritual Astrology
wealth and wisdom. He influences our earth, through
Jupiter. When there are serious afflictions to Jupiter, either
in the birth chart or progression, one can avoid the evil
effects by meditating upon Ganapathy, the elephant-
headed deity. The elephant coming under the rulership
of Jupiter is of some interest.
The concept of a triangle is the influence of Jupiter.
The trine aspect is particularly powerful with Jupiter. The
voice of every man has got three levels: the high, the low
and the normal. The four-fold word of man is uttered in
these three levels. Jupiter, the Lord of sound, gives the
faculty to recognize the three levels. Sacred wisdom is
always imparted from mouth to ear, through the
appropriate modulation in the three levels. Jupiter is the
Lord of sacred wisdom, the imparting of the wisdom and
the places, where it is imparted.
Ficus religiosa the sacred tree of the Hindus belongs
to Jupiter. The evil effects of an afflicted Jupiter in the
horoscope can be overcome by living under this tree,
worshipping it or using its roots and leaves in rituals. A
religious ritualist worships its roots and prepares the holy
water on Thursdays by soaking the roots in water.
When certain thoughts are produced in a particular
order, when certain facts are presented to the mind, when
certain incidents are arranged into a story, they produce
tremendous forces capable of transforming the whole
expression of man from one plane to another. This is the
secret of imparting truth and wisdom through allegory
and symbol. The arrangement of the epics and the
scriptures with a variety of stories and incidents contains
the perfect science of the arrangement of things. The
number and arrangement of chapters according to some
cosmic, solar or planetary phenomenon is the key-note