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attachment to matter and awaken their spiritual knowledge. Yet if the soul is
not ready, material pleasure is bestowed on them so as to saturate their
craving and help bring it to an end. In either case, the final goal is the turn to
the spiritual quest, so that the limitations of the dwarf
are well recognized.
Libra stands for dynamic balance. At this stage, external stillness is
counterbalanced by inner movement. As the symbols indicate, perfect
balance exists under Libra despite the action of opposing forces. This
principle has wide implications. It represents the balance between day and
night, hot and cold, black and white, the clouds and the Sun, all beautifully
poised in the circular disc representing the evolutionary course of manifestation.
It is not that the opposing forces are completely neutralized, but
both are in readiness for action and equally powerful. For this reason, it is
difficult to predict whether Libra born persons will pursue the paths of
materialism or spirituality. They can slide towards the enjoyment of worldly
pleasures or they may proceed onward to the realization of their inner
purpose. Libra is the stage where the thirst for material indulgence is the
most intense. At this point, the materializing spark has reached its deepest
point. Depending upon the experiences gathered, the soul may linger at this
point dwelling on the delights of matter, or it may take the next step and
begin its return journey. There is no greater material depth to which the soul
can sink.
The Libra diagram is a double horizontal line, the upper line having a semicircular
bulge in the middle. As we have seen earlier, the horizontal line
describes the negative or Prakriti aspect of manifestation. The lower line
shows complete submergence in matter. Whatever interaction of this impulse
with the external world, the basic substratum is that of materiality
represented by the horizontal line. Even in the Nataraja dance, the dwarf
supports Nataraja, thereby emphasizing the foundation of materiality for all
the activities of this stage. The upper line with the spiritual bulge gives a
balance to this line. It is the outflow of the Ganges from the locks of the
Lord Shiva and represents the spiritual urge. The upper line symbolizes the
volcanic fire inside the being. External tranquility accompanied by internal
strife without losing psychological composure is expressed by this
geometrical representation. Librans have a deceptive external composure in
which a fire burns creating turmoil on the psychic level. Even the spirituality
aroused at this stage is based on some kind of thirst or reaction.
From an occult point of view, Libra has great importance. Material and
spiritual forces finely equipoised has the possibility of easy distortion if the
individual can somehow influence them. To avoid such an eventuality, the