236 Spiritual Astrology
there is nothing bad as such. Everything works up to its
legitimate end.
(1) The Square
When two planets make an apparent angle of 90
degrees relative to earth, it is called the square aspect. It
is supposed to be an evil aspect. This is because it gives
expression to the evil side of a person. The evil side is not
in the aspect but in the tendency of the person. It clouds
the true nature of man and works as a necessary limitation.
The ever-expanding higher nature in man is concealed
under his own past associations. The square truly conceals
the two points of the ever-expanding compass of man.
“Even after the compass is revealed from the limitation,
the square does not cease to exist.” Then it serves as a
wilful limitation. It exists in him as the willing obedience
to law. It serves as a symbol of equality and justice.
Whenever a square is stimulated in the horoscope, there
is a limitation, an obstacle. A limitation is an opportunity
to expand.
A man grows into a nobler one only through the
square aspect. All the heroes of the world had to “round
up their squares” before they ever became heroic. When
one faces the situations in life created by square aspect
one transcends the aspect. If he tries to avoid, he will be
cornered and made to experience the fruit. For example,
when a person refuses to serve a sick person in need, he
will have to serve a sick person among his nearest and
dearest, the need here being more compelling. This is truer
with a person who has just made his entrance into the
first steps of spiritualism. If he wants to mould a perfect
cube out of the rugged stone of his inner metal, he has to
face the square in the very first step. Without carving out
the square one cannot complete the cutting of a cube.