234 Spiritual Astrology
serious contemplation about it or a dream of the whole
incident in the case of the weak horoscope”.*
The majority of the people have no will power to
protect the incident from the cumulative thought-forms. The
result is that, generally, the prediction of the majority of good
incidents is not likely to be realised. The converse is the case
with a bad prediction. Out of fear, the person and his well-
wishers produce some amount of will power to see that the
bad incident does not occur. But the average man does not
know how to direct the will power. He has a mischievous
driver and that is his fear. It drives the thought in the direction
of precipitating the incident. In this way, seeking for a
prediction is twice harmful for a man who wants to follow
the spiritual path. At best, the average man can know the
direction of his life expression and be benefited by a good
self-analysis. One can know one’s strong points and weak
points through the horoscope. One should seek for good
advice and not for a good prediction through astrology. “This
science is only a light which illuminates the karma of our
past.”* With these few remarks as practical guidance, let us
pass on to the topic of reading the symbolism of the planetary
aspects.
*Vara-hamihira.