36 Spiritual Astrology
(2) After birth he follows the same path of development
within the egg of his twelve mundane houses of the
horoscope.
(3) After the birth of his personality he follows the same
path within the egg of twelve signs.
In the first stage his mind works through the mind
of the mother. In the second stage, that is after his birth,
his mind works through the mind of the mother-nature.
That is, he works through his own instincts and emotions.
In the next stage he works through his own mind
conditioned by his past and present karma.
It is also highly interesting that there are two
principles which aid man through his evolution: (1) the
female principle or nature and (2) the male principle or
his own consciousness. From this we can conclude that
the circular path of the Sun along the day has also the
male and female principles. When the Sun’s path is
marked by the east and the west, the circle is divided by a
diameter. That half above the horizon acts as the male
principle and that below the horizon acts as the female
principle. In the chart of twelve houses also the second
half of the chart is male by nature and the first half (from
the ascendant to the seventh house) works as the female
principle. His nature can be read through the first six
houses and his consciousness can be raised from his nature
by following the message of the planets and signs in the
remaining six houses. This is the reason why the ecliptic
also has the male and female arcs in it.
Even the planets are either male (active) or female
(passive) in their nature and this is determined by the
intrinsic nature of that particular planet. The solar energy
is active in nature and produces masculine forces while