58 Spiritual Astrology
respective solar systems that wield their influence upon
the various regions of the physical earth and the various
potencies of its finer vehicles. In fact, these stars exert
various types of magnetic and electrical influences upon
this earth, the sum-effect being the magnetism and
polarity and the vital, mental and spiritual activities of
this earth globe. Among these stars we find detailed
descriptions of the effects of the seven seers of the Great
Bear, the Pleiades and some other very Great Suns called
Brahma, Praja-pathi, Twashta, etc. Bha-gavatha Pura-n.a contains
a complete key of their effects in the S’ims’uma-ra Chakra
described in it.
The story of Dhruva whose father and the two
mothers are located in three other solar systems reveals
the secrets of the Pole Star. The symbolism of the great
serpents Va-suki and S’esha discloses the clues of the effects
of the grand constellation of the Dragon with its many
stars. This constellation is responsible for the poise of all
the solar systems in this space globe. That is why S’esha is
described as shouldering the whole burden of the material
world (solar systems on the earth plane). Just as there is
an axis of rotation for this earth, which links the north
and the south poles, there is the larger axis to the visible
space globe. This axis is called the vertebral column of
the great being who inhabits the whole space globe.
The constellation of the Dragon, identified with the
Kundalini of that column, is thought of as a coiled serpent.
The truth underlying is that the great span of this space
globe is a coiled principle unfolding eternally and
manifesting through aeons of time into various
phenomena. This serpent is said to exist on the surface of
the Great Ocean of Milk (Kshi
-
rasa-gara). This ocean has its
representation in the milky way. The milky way is an