266 Spiritual Astrology
houses. Mars, as ruler of Scorpio, is linked up with sextile
aspect to Virgo and with trine aspect to Pisces. Moreover,
the sign of the Saviour, Capricorn, is linked up by sextile
with Pisces and trine with Virgo. It is an occult secret of
the Hierarchy that at present Master Jesus has taken up
the alleviation of these ill-effects through the missionary
zeal of the Christian churches. Christianity as a religion,
is directly under the influence of Mars. The neglected,
overlooked, oppressed section of humanity is raised by
the service of the Christian churches through orphanages,
centres of maternity, child welfare and the Red Cross.
There will be a rapid progress in the evolution of that
section of mankind through the duties of the Church.
English, the present language of not only the common
herd of mankind but also the language of the initiates,
who propagate their work and externalize some portion
of the Hierarchy will be the medium of good work.
To a student of occultism, who has to cross the
barriers of the lower planes, the vibrations of Mars are of
particular help. For those who suffer from malefic aspects
of Mars either in the birth chart or in the progressed
horoscope, the path of Shan.mukha is the best. The most
sublime and divine aspect of Mars is concealed in the
spiritual path of Subrahman.ya, the Kuma-ra. He is the six-
faced boy-warrior with the weapons, a spearhead and
Ankus’a (the glyph of Saturn) in his hands. The spear
signifies piercing through the dense lower nature of man.
Ankus’a is the symbol of self-discipline. His six faces or
heads are the six pairs of opposites in the struggling man
that are to be transformed into six unified forces. Ka-ma
(desire), Kro-dha (hatred), Lo-bha (covetousness), Mo-ha (false
impression), Mada (brutality) and Ma-tsarya (vendetta) are
the six vices without the corresponding counterparts of