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4. Karma and Planets
The whole process of spiritual practice during the
initial steps consists of neutralising karma and gaining
poise. The inequalities of past karma manifest as the
inequalities of the mentality, personality and behaviour
of man. Behaviour is only a response of the person to
environment in terms of his own habit or past karma. This
response also forms the basis of his future karma. Every
step is subject to correction until poise is gained, “poise
in food, expression and behaviour” is the path of yoga
according to the Bhagavad Gi
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ta.The trends of past karma are located as seeds for
manifestation along the degrees of the zodiac as the
degrees of houses and planets at the time of birth. These
seeds are repeatedly called forth into sprouting by the
transit of planets during his life. The transits will definitely
affect the behaviour of the animal man. But they soon lose
the intensity of their influence by recurrence. Each transit
of a planet serves as basis for an experience. The next
transit of the same planet will have a lesser influence upon
him. Normally, the first round of transit exerts its
influence upon the health and gives him experience in
controlling his diet. The less speedy the planet is, the more
is the experience. The influence of transits fades very soon,
when the man takes to spiritual practice. Then the
influence of progression is the only thing left. The transits
influence him on the conscious mind and hence mastery
is gained over them sooner. The aspects of progression