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Sun is obscured by Rahu, it portends a karmic fault, in which relationship
the karmic restriction is worked out and the equilibrium reestablished. In the
process the individual, having suffered great psychological frustration,
becomes aware of the wider extension of life. This whole operation takes
place on an invisible, subjective plane, on the psychological and psychic
level. Rahu is a shadowy planet and its impact is directly felt on the
shadowy or the invisible aspects of the individual and only indirectly
experienced on the physical plane.
The Sun is the Atman, the Soul, whose obscuration envelops the individual
in complete darkness, isolates him from the eternal energy-source and
confines him in the psychological and psychic realms of manifestation. The
Moon is related to the psyche, the channel through which consciousness
flows to the Atman. When the Moon is afflicted by Rahu, the individual fails
to establish rapport with his higher nature. Consequently, suicidal
temperament, ambivalence, emotional storms, extreme likes and dislikes,
sudden fits of depression and drug addiction caused by psychic disturbances
become the main traits of the person. These personality imbalances caused
by Rahu's affliction do not easily respond to any physical therapy. They arise
at psychological and psychic levels; the healing influences must be directed
to these levels to be effective. Often these diseases have a karmic origin.
Rahu as an agent of the law of karma accentuates them in order to bring
forth karmic rectification. In the event of obscuration of the Sun and Moon,
the will-force flowing from the Sun is weakened, and the mental balance
resulting from the bcnefic effect of the Moon is absent. As a result the
individual fails to maintain his conscious control over outer disturbances.
Hindu mythology describes Rahu as born of a lioness and black in color. He
rides a lion and has four hands. In his three arms he holds a scimitar, a spear
and a shield, while from the fourth, he bestows blessings. The sages thought
that the birth of Rahu from a lioness and his riding a Hon are analogous to
the allegory of Vijaralana (SD Vol. Ill, p. 380; Vol. Vtp. 154, 284), which
described his usurping his father's kingdom. In an important way, this
allegory also refers to initiation rites or the process of awakening. Even in
Alchemy mention is made of a lion devouring the Sun. One has to recall that
in such references the Sun represents the cosmic creative and regenerative
principle, as does the lion. The initiatory rites that represent the unfoldment
of the human mind to cosmic truth are mystically depicted as the Sun
entering into the body of a lion, or even as the shearing of the effulgent solar
rays.
In order to discover the influence of Rahu in the process of spiritual
awakening, we have to go deeper into the details of the allegory. Blavatsky