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For the spiritualist, the path of the zodiac forms an important course
of his theoretical and practical study. The zodiac is the limitation of man
when he is in the lowest and at the same time it is the path of his liberation
when he is on the higher plane.

These lines are from Spiritual Astrology by Dr. E. Krishnamacharya. Spiritual astrology deals with the
relationship between man and cosmos. It is one of the six keys to the secrets of wisdom whose centre is
the consciousness of man. Through study and continuing meditation on the human and animal forms of
the zodiac, he discovers that he is a small image of the cosmic man. He eventually realizes within him-
self all the planets, the solar system, and the cosmic plan to which he devotes his life. This wisdom re-
veals itself to the person who lives in the soul consciousness. Whoever is firmly anchored in the personal-
ity will never find the subtle dimensions.

The Letters on Spiritual Astrology contain thoughts from the wisdom teachings. Their purpose is to
give encouragement to explore connections and correspondences and to elevate oneself to the level of
Oneness which is found beyond the riddles of creation.

Sagittarius

THE ASTROLOGICAL KEY

The Science of Wisdom is a process of becoming
natural and normal. In wisdom there is nothing
unnatural and abnormal, but only an intelligent
understanding of the mode of operation of Nature
and the ability to attune to it. Through the know-
ledge of the time dimension we get an understand-
ing of being and becoming, of the law of periodic-
ity and of alternation. For the spiritual man the
path of the zodiac forms an important course of his
theoretical and practical study. The word zodiac
means a group of beings. Seen from the earth, the
clusters of stars appear in the sky in different fig-
ures. The shapes ascribed to the signs of the zodiac
consist mainly of twelve groups and not of twelve
parts. For the mind of this earth they exist as
thoughtfor ms. The seers have studied them and
summed up and symbolised their features in the
figures, stories, colours and numbers of the indi-
vidual signs. These human and animal signs are
highly symbolic. For the disciple, who is working
out the astrological key, the stories are symbols
and allegories of the one life in the cosmos and in
himself. For him the life pulsating in the individual
and in the universe is one. For him the zodiac is
the wisdom book of all times, and the astrological
key reveals the Plan to him, to work in harmony
with the Will of God, so that "His will be done in
earth as it is in heaven". For someone who does
not have the astrological key, the stories and im-
ages only appear to be tales written by men. He
remains caught up in the jungle of his confusion,
and for him the whole literature of the Scriptures
of our world is a sealed book.
THE SINGLE-MINDED SAGITTARIAN
According to its nature, the fiery triplicity of the
zodiacal signs Aries, Leo and Sagittarius symbolises
activity and new beginning. With the energy of
fresh vitality a new phase is inaugurated, in a fiery
process the old and crusted gets burned. Sagitta-
rius has to do with the fire which has descended
into matter, the inner fire by friction. Matter is
heavy and full of resistance. The impurities in the
body-matter make us dull, lazy and sluggish in
thinking. So we are not honest towards ourselves
and have many excuses, why we cannot shape our
lives better. When we now have problems and are
disturbed by thoughts, it means the fire of the
thought is disturbing us and causing headache. As
soon as we adjust our lives and in spiritual life
focus all our forces on one goal, the fire gets ac-
cumulated and the distortions of the mind are re-
moved. Thus the fire of the single-minded Sagittar-
ian leads us beyond the mind: "The flame that
gleams beyond the mind reveals direction sure."
The archer on the horse are we ourselves; we are
souls who learn to bridle the impetuous horse of
our personality. In the state of the centaur man
and animal are still one, dominated by the animal
nature. When man sits riding on the horse, he is
the archer fired by ambition; his aspiration is like a
jumping horse which runs around wherever it
wants. Quick like an arrow, he is always busy with
many things at a time and lives in continuous ten-
sion. He runs the risk to ruin his vital forces and
thus become sick. His thoughts already revolve
around the light and he acts with good intention.
But he has not yet committed himself to a goal and
taken a task upon himself. Even if he, a leisure-
time aspirant, might think he is walking the spiri-
tual path, he has not yet set foot on it. When he
decides to do it, all his aspiration is directed to his
high aim. Willingly and voluntarily he then subordi-
nates everything else to this decision. The circum-
stances and events of his life no longer can divert
him. Thus he gains stability and upholds a constant
vibration in his striving.
THE UPWARD PATH
With his determination he frees himself from limi-
tations and can reach the state of liberation.
Therefore the month of Sagittarius is regarded as
the path to Light, to initiation, it rules over the
long journey of the soul on the upward path. So
the month of Sagittarius is not a time of hiberna-
tion, but should be used well in connection with
the spiritual practises. Even during the early morn-
ing hours between 4 and 6 o'clock, which are asso-
ciated with this sign, we should be more awake
than in the other months. During the first 13 de-
grees of Sagittarius and particularly at the time of
the 11th ascending moon phase the doors to the
higher circles are wider open than during other
times of the year. This day (in 2001 from November
25 to 26) is called in the East the Day of Synthesis
or of Narayana, the Lord of the Wheel of Creation.
In the wisdom teachings it says that among the
months of the year the Lord is the sign of Sagitta-
rius, among the moon phases He is the 11th, and
among the keys of wisdom astrology.
On the body Sagittarius governs the thighs and the
centre at the base of the spine called Muladhara in
the East. On the planetary scale it corresponds to
the South Pole. The Sanskrit word "Mula" signifies a
corner, a point, but also a lunar asterism in the
zodiacal sign of Sagittarius and the first 13 degrees
of the sign. The Muladhara-centre is a branching
off, where man either descends still further by
misusing his sexual impulses and loses himself in
the material, or with the base chakra as starting
point he turns again to spirit: His energy then rises
through the column of his spine as the vital force
of kundalini, and the individual soul can reach
Synthesis
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again the universal soul. So the base centre regu-
lating the matter in our body has a higher and a
lower side: On the lower path it is the centre of
reproduction, on the higher the centre of creation
out of the inner, in order to manifest things from
the invisible to the visible. When we have learned
to lead an orderly, rhythmically regulated life, the
higher functions awaken in us and the wisdom of
the divine Plan begins to unfold.
CALL AND RESPONSE
Sagittarius is a very profound sign related to the
sound-principle. Jupiter, the regent of Sagittarius,
rules over sound and impression, whereas Mercury,
the ruler of the opposing sign Gemini, governs ex-
pression. With sounds and rhythmic musical utter-
ances we can purify our personality and become
receptive for higher impressions. The uttering of
holy sounds or mantrams is the main key for a
quick transformation, faster than with any other
technique. By singing the holy word OM and then
listening to it, we trace the source from which the
sound emerges. Each sound uttered forth has its
basis in the unuttered sound. The uttering of a
mantram is a call, and no call is left unresponded.
However we have to pay attention to the response.
The intonation of OM, particularly in groups, builds
a cone into space which projects, and through that
projection energy can descend into us and impress
us. When we have gained the right impression, we
can also transmit the right expression with the
spoken word. But right listening takes a long
preparation. Through years of practice we learn to
tune up to the pulsating source, and we realise
that we ourselves have been uttered forth from it
and that we are an expression of the Divine Word.
To this it says in the evening invocation: "May we
speak the silence without breaking it, may we live
in the awareness of the background."
2001. Sources used: K.P. Kumar: Hercules: The Man and
the Symbol / seminar notes / E. Krishnamacharya: Spiri-
tual Astrology. The World Teacher Trust - Dhanishta,
Visakhapatnam, India (www.worldteachertrust.org ) - A.
A. Bailey: Esoteric Astrology / Hercules. Lucis-Trust,
London. (www.netnews.org / www.lucistrust.org).
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