44 Spiritual Astrology
evolution, Jupiter in the first house at birth gives a well-
shaped and healthy head, etc. This type of location of the
limbs of the physical body in the signs and the houses
has a higher purpose in Spiritual Astrology. If the
individual meditates upon the symbols of those zodiacal
houses within those respective parts of the body, the cells,
the nerve centres and the glands of his body are stimulated
in such a way that he is soon elevated to the personality-
level. If he meditates upon the symbolism and the activity
of the planets located in those houses at birth, his progress
becomes more speedy. If he specialises this process of
meditation upon those houses when the planets are
transiting those houses it will help him still further. When
that particular house at birth is crossing his daily meridian,
the time is most favourable for this meditation. If he
associates with persons born with their ascendant
coinciding with that particular house in his horoscope,
this will help him still further.
The same is the case with the zodiacal signs, when
the person is in the personality-level. From the time of
the awakening of soul-consciousness in him, he begins to
live in group-consciousness with a direct contact with
those who are in the same level. In such a stage, he should
specialise his spiritual activity upon the sign of his
ascendant exclusively. Then he should however locate the
parts of his body in the reverse order of the signs from
the ascendant. For example, the ascendant denotes the
head, the twelfth house denotes his face and so on. By
this time the pupil receives his third initiation. He lives
as one in all the hearts of his co-disciples.
All the experiences of the whole group of disciples
will be equally distributed after a pooling down; at this
stage it is absolutely necessary for him to be closely