Activities of the Macrocosm 165 



form the constellations, though never diverging 

 far from the ecliptic, are most devious, being 

 marked by eccentric loops and kinks recoiling upon 

 their celestial pathways. Size and weight or ve- 

 locity of motion, and especially their position in re- 

 lation to the sun have been the factors supposed to 

 account for the influences and antagonisms driving 

 these stellar lords to so erratic conduct. 



That the antagonism was in substance, a ques- 

 tion of chemical affinity or repulsion shall we 

 not say of electrical condition ? seems never to 

 have occurred to investigators. But when we ap- 

 ply the Tattvic Law to the problem there is the 

 most logical basis to believe that it solves the enig- 

 ma, accounting for all vagaries and idiosyncrasies 

 and for the known influences of one planet upon 

 another. 



Let us begin with Saturn. By our law of corres- 

 pondencies, it seems a simple matter to recognize 

 that this most masterful and significant of the ma- 

 jor planets is the center of Akdshic influence, and 

 derives from the predominance of this Tattva all 

 the malefic influences which the astrologer attri- 

 butes to the " great infortune." The rays of light 

 thus thrown upon the subject dissipate a cloud of 

 mystery and make clear hitherto unexplainable 

 phenomena, as also many a legend and story of old. 

 Both Saturn and Jupiter are said to present " only 

 a surface of clouds, and may not have anything 



