150 Spiritual Astrology
higher pole in the lower), cinema and drama are governed
by this sign. Actors, dancers and cinema stars of great
fame and wealth come under this sign. The drama of Libra
is not the drama (ritual) of the soul but it is the same
process used for enjoyment through art. Dress, food,
drink, taste and fashions are located in this sign. All these
things give the expansion of man into the fullest swing of
objectivity (Ma-ya) when the inner centre causes the
beginning of the swing of the pendulum in the opposite
direction. Dresses, jewels, perfumes and make-up material
are governed by this sign.
To the average man, Venus and Mars form the
combined rulers of this sign for many secret reasons. To the
disciple in the first stage, Venus is the ruler. When he is in
the process of building his Antahkaran.a, absorbing the
chakras and producing the lotuses, Saturn takes the
rulership. A very sustained effort of the elevated Saturnian
vibration is necessary to complete the building of
Antahkaran.a. The opposites of pain and pleasure can only
be crushed down and the ground made flat by the slow but
sure process of Saturn. Again, from the stage of the formation
of the lotuses, Venus becomes the ruler of the sign but at
this time he is the Lord of pure love which cannot be
differentiated from pure will.
The sound potency ‘V’ is located in this sign. The
numerical potency of the sign is four. It is composed of
two equal divisions of two parts each. “2 + 2 = 2 x 2”. This
formula is concealed in the activity of the sign Libra. There
is no other number except four which bears such a
relationship of its numerical activity. There is much to be
explained about the significance of the activity of this
number but it will be beyond the comprehension of the
majority of mankind at present.