52 Spiritual Astrology
spiritualist all the details of the bigger cycles in time on
the background of space.
This leads us to another magnificent phenomenon
in astrology. If the zodiac begins with the first point of
Aries, which corresponds to the vernal equinox of that
particular year and if the equinox recedes along the
equator, the space around the equator will not be occupied
by the same sign through the ages. All the stars, which
are above a particular sign, mysteriously wield their
influence upon that sign, as its temporary rulers do not
hold the same angle with the same sign. Every sign
gradually recedes from the influence of certain stars and
comes under the influence of some other stars. This gives
a constant change in the nature of all the signs of the
zodiac. There is an element of mystery along with an
amount of phenomenon which stands above the
comprehension of man. For this reason, there is no fixed
point or a beginning to the zodiac in its absolute sense.
Just as the sunrise is the beginning of that particular day,
every kind of beginning in the zodiac is only of some
relative value.
There is another aspect of this phenomenon. As the
clusters of stars move on owing to the precession of the
equinoxes, their apparent shapes gradually change with
the angle of vision or as it appears from a particular point
on this earth. Due to this and also due to the total
displacement of earth in the space caused by the rotation
of our Sun around a Bigger Sun, the shapes that our earth
receives from the combinations of the stars around, will
gradually change and cause a change in the shapes of the
beings on this earth. Through aeons of time, the plants
and animals as well as the nature of the minerals on this
earth will undergo many changes. The races of men
undergo changes in their features, statures, structure of