62 Spiritual Astrology
sense that it is reproductive and serves to hatch the spirit
of the solar ray into the matter-state of spirit through
reflection on the objective plane. Thus the lunar ray is the
soul-principle between the spirit and matter principles.
It is a reflecting principle in its nature, just as our Moon
mirrors the Sun’s rays upon this earth. The lunar ray
preserves and so recollects the shapes of the preceding
round. The present matter shaped after the past has to
re-enact its role in the drama of this whole evolution.
To Sum up in a few words :- There are three principles governing the creation:
the Solar, the Lunar and the Material principles.
They precipitate into the Sun, the Moon and the
Earth planes as planetary tissues and as planetary
bodies. Their reflections or effects are the Sun, the
Moon and the Ascendant in the individual horoscope. - As these three principles progress, they serve as the
spirit, the soul and the body of the cosmic man as
also of the individual man. - As these three principles are ever-moving on the
surface of space-time, they make different angles
among themselves to manifest as Manvanthara-s on
the cosmic scale, elongations on the earth scale and
moods on the individual scale.