Periodicity 53their skulls etc. All this is almost proved from the
observations of modern science, but the causes are not
yet correlated with the effects. Now we can understand
fully that the study of the full symbolism and significance
of the zodiacal belt will reveal not only the stories of
individuals, countries and nations but also of the sub-
races, root-races and the geological and the archaeological
splendours of this earth. The stories of the Yuga-s, Maha-
Yuga-s, Kalpa-s and Manvanthara-s are artistically composed
and Sung by the great seers who have compiled the epics
and scriptures of the various races of mankind only with
the aid of the secret wisdom of the zodiac and the
equinoxes.
There are some astrologers who assert that there
should be a fixed beginning to the zodiac on the starry
sky. They take into consideration only the fixed stars
around the equator. They locate a particular star from
which to reckon their twelve signs and their calculations.
Why that particular star becomes the beginning of the year
is not satisfactorily answered by them. Of course the
system is very correct, but its basis is not within the reach
of the orthodox astrologers who argue for it. For this very
reason and also because they do not hold the true keys to
handle this system, there is dispute as to the point of
beginning. While the Indian astrological wisdom of the
post-Ve-dic ages assures that As’wani is the beginning of
Aries, the Ve-da-s say that Krittika is the beginning. Until a
true definition of Krittika and As’wani is made, this
beginning cannot be located. The terms As’wani and
Kr.ittika are Nakshatra-s which are the component parts of
the dome of the space around our earth. We will solve
the problems of this branch of astrology a little later. Even
among those who believe that Aries begins with As’wani,
there is a variance of not less than eight degrees along the