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5. The Ascendant and the Houses
The man of the lowest level experiences an irregular
way of living. He responds to each and every effect of the
horoscope in a confused manner. This is because of the
following facts :
(a) The man of the lowest state has twelve points along
the zodiac that lie very irregularly. It is very difficult
to locate them. The cusps of twelve houses normally
calculated by astrologers do not respond properly
in his case. Those twelve magnetic points, which do
really respond in his horoscope, are located as the
four cardinal points calculated separately from his
Ascendant, the Moon and the Sun at birth. Transits,
progressions, lunations and eclipses upon these
points stimulate responses in his desire-body. These
responses are expressed as instincts, emotions and
behaviour on the lower plane.
(b) In the horoscope of an average educated man, who
receives the discipline enough only to keep the
civilized way of living, the above-said twelve points
are replaced by the regular twelve houses calculated
from his birth ascendant. There are again three sets
of houses in this case :
(i) The cardinal cross of houses consisting of the
first, fourth, seventh and tenth houses. These
houses cause the stimulation of his karma into
the active levels of behaviour.