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the soul and enables them to operate on spiritual planes. When such
vibrations occur, the life of the individual changes radically. He becomes a
pillar of light and center of spiritual forces. These are the higher qualities
that hold the universe together.
Krittika provides the appropriate milieu for these centralizing spiritual forces
and the destruction of all dissipating energy. It has a constructive and
destructive potential. In its constructive aspects, it heightens the creative
urges in the individual. This can be felt as the sexual urge that creates
children, or it can increase sensitivity for artistic and intellectual
productions. On the destructive side, Krittika destroys those tendencies
which impede evolutionary forces. It can affect the individual as well as
society. Anything that is contrary to the Divine plan is importantly affected
by this asterism.
These characteristics of Krittika are represented by a razor or a curved knife,
which is not an instrument of war but a tool in the hands of a surgeon.
Doctors use a knife to remove foreign bodies lodged in human tissue so that
the natural functions of the organism are restored. The asterism is destructive
in this sense. Any impediment in the natural course of human or social
development, especially from the soul's standpoint, is removed under its
impact. Krittika links Aries and Taurus, subjective activity and the beginning
of creative impulse. Like every precursor of new exploration, the divine
creative impulse also encounters difficulties and to succeed in its mission
has to surmount them. Such confrontations are presented by this asterism.
The nature of confrontation is indicated by the planets which are located in
the asterism or aspect it. They represent the surgeon who uses the razor. If
the north node of the Moon, Rahu, is in Krittika, there can be explosions in
social and worldly relationships so that the annihilation of worldly
attachments can sow the seed of spiritual consciousness. The Sun in this
position can activate the thinking principle and give incisive intelligence
leading to a sense of dissatisfaction with one's physical involvements and
relationships. Depending upon the nature of the planet connected with the
asterism, the change occurs but the asterism by itself is neutral in creating
the impact. It merely shows the influence. It is the instrument which causes
an operation, but the actual performance of the operation depends upon the
doctor represented by the planets involved.
Krittika, as a mother of Karttikeya, was effective in discharging the difficult
responsibility of his birth only after Karttikeya was given to her as an
embryo. Karttikeya was nurtured by her but she did not produce the seed
from which he arose. In life the basic potential, represented by Krittika,
remains quiescent until a planet begins to operate its influence. The