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 CHAPTER X. SarupN THE PLANET oF SoRROW

Keynote; Obstruetion

FRUITFUL method of acquiring knowledge is

by comparison of similarg and contrasts of pppo- sites; thus lights and sidelights ave brought out, which otherwise may eseape attention.

Applying this method te the Sun and” Seely, we remember that the keyword of the Sun is ‘‘Life,’” and at the vernal equinox when the Sun is in Aries, the sign of its exaltation, we may readily note the powerful effect of the erestwave of vital fluid then poured over the earth, Nature is vibrant with life, which races through the forms of all kingdoms and endues them with sueh abundance of vitality that they are compelled to generate in order to take eare of the overflow; Life manifesta as motion; but the keynote of Saturn is Obstruction, therefore that is the planet of deercpitude and decay, and conse- quently when the Sun is in Libra, the sign of Sat- urn’s exaltation, at the fall cquinox, Nature is tired and ready for its wintry sleep. The human frame also is energized by the solar life contained in our food, which enters our system through the head and

throat, governed by the exaltation signs of the Build- 244