Astrological Mythology The Meaning of ... - Mandhata Global
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the sharp penetration <strong>of</strong> an arrow. An arrow is directed toward a target,<br />
which relative to Ketu refers to the understanding <strong>of</strong> the process <strong>of</strong> Divine<br />
manifestation. When such an understanding dawns, the Shikhin does not<br />
leave the individual purely intellectual. He orients his Hfe in the light <strong>of</strong> the<br />
new understanding. Such an understanding under the impact <strong>of</strong> Ketu induces<br />
the individual to work for the Divine plan.<br />
This aspect is suggested by a horse, a bull, and so on. When the creative<br />
energy is directed towards manifestation, the mindstuff is vivified so that the<br />
subjective understanding affects objective forms. In this process the Ketu<br />
impulse functions as the fulcrum symbolized by a tree trunk around which<br />
various activities <strong>of</strong> the individual revolve. A religious mendicant, without<br />
desiring anything for himself except bare physical requirements, wanders<br />
from place to place sowing the seeds <strong>of</strong> religious thought among people. <strong>The</strong><br />
epithet Shikhin suggests that, surrounded by the darkness <strong>of</strong> the veil <strong>of</strong><br />
ignorance, Ketu arouses the thought process which rends the veil, and acting<br />
from within works like a horse or a bull for carrying out the Divine mission.<br />
In this enterprise the individual works like a religious mendicant desiring<br />
nothing for himself except that the will <strong>of</strong> God be done.<br />
<strong>The</strong> word Dwaja, which ordinarily means a flag or an emblem, has many<br />
other connotations. It symbolizes an eminent person, the organ <strong>of</strong><br />
generation, and a house situated in the east. <strong>The</strong> individual under the<br />
impulse <strong>of</strong> Ketu has the impression that he himself is the cause for its<br />
fructification. This is not true. <strong>The</strong> individual under this impulse works but<br />
what he does is for someone else: he carries out the order given by a higher<br />
power. A flag is an emblem <strong>of</strong> something higher in whose name and under<br />
whose authority the person carrying the flag operates. Similarly, the<br />
generative organ does not procreate, it merely carries the seed from the male<br />
to the female. Ketu provides the channel for creative energy. One may note<br />
in this regard that Ketu is analogous to the Fire-Mist which forms the basic<br />
material for the concretization <strong>of</strong> the universe. Similarly, mindstuff is the<br />
basic constituent <strong>of</strong> all forms <strong>of</strong> objective manifestation. By impregnating<br />
nebulous matter with Divine creative energy, Ketu assists in the<br />
externalization <strong>of</strong> the Divine plan. Ketu does not involve itself in the<br />
physical or material realm, as it is fully aware <strong>of</strong> the transient nature <strong>of</strong><br />
existence. It functions from the mental plane. It externalizes the wisdom<br />
concealed in manifestation so that the material entity is induced toward<br />
spiritual unfoldment. Ketu's influence acts as a catalytic agent to link the<br />
manifestation with its inner reality. In this process Ketu functions as pure<br />
intelligence.