86 Spiritual Astrology
twelve-petalled lotus). The glyph also denotes the vertical
nature of man. It is a sign of the Brahma Danda, or the
vertebral column from the base-centre to the middle
portion of the eyebrows. It is symbolised by the two-
legged serpent (man as an initiate) with ram’s horns and
the two mystic eyes of Ammon in the Book of the Dead of
the Egyptians. These horns form the pathways of light
from God to Man (the solar and the lunar paths that are
represented by the Ida and the Pingal.a of the vital and
etheric bodies and also the right vagus and the left vagus
nerves on either side of the vertebral column). Moses, the
law-giver and the direct disciple of the fire-god (the
Burning Bush), is depicted as having two white horns on
his head which symbolises the dawn of the light of law in
man through the head-centre. In some hebrew versions
of the Pentateuch also Moses is described as having the
two horns of initiation. The word used in the text for horn
is “Kern”. It will do well if it is understood as a beam of
light instead of as horn. This is because the word ‘kern’ is
related to the aryan term ‘Kiran.a’, the beam of light.
The terms Aries and a-rya are interrelated. The
student of astrological symbolism knows well that the
aryan races had their initiations through the symbol of
Aries (Brahma Danda). Aryan civilisation had its zenith
when the equinoxes were passing through the
constellation of Aries. The name Aaron (the elder brother
of Moses) in the Bible is more a title than a proper noun.
Aaron’s rod is the rod of initiation. Aaron was the high
priest of the Levites. He performed the rituals of the
Leviticus with the aid of his rod. Moses also performed
the great miracles in the name of the God in Egypt with
the aid of his rod. The fiery god on Mount Sinai gave this
rod to Moses. When the rod is thrown on the ground it