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<strong>The</strong> same idea is expressed by the symbol <strong>of</strong> a house. <strong>The</strong> house provides a<br />
resting place for recuperation <strong>of</strong> creative energies. <strong>The</strong> householder works<br />
elsewhere but stays at home to rest. A house is a place to leave and go to<br />
work from and to return to after the work is over. In this way, it is like a<br />
launching pad. It is a station where one can stay for a while before<br />
commencing one's journey.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Vasus are the Divine Agents evolving and nourishing the Divine plan.<br />
Punarvasu manifests the powers which materialize ideas at a higher plane<br />
and transfer them to lower ones. <strong>The</strong> asterism provides the impulse under<br />
which abstract ideas are concretized. At this stage, the creative agents are<br />
imparted fresh impetus for the performance <strong>of</strong> their arduous work primarily<br />
on a mental level. This asterism provides a resting place for the downward<br />
flow <strong>of</strong> Divine energy with a view to enabling it to function with increased<br />
energy. Punarvasu is not so much concerned with results as with providing<br />
the essential conditions for the onward journey <strong>of</strong> the soul.<br />
Whether the arrow is aimed at destroying the Gods as was done by the<br />
demons, or aimed at protecting the Divine seed from perishing depends upon<br />
the person discharging it. <strong>The</strong> agent who receives the impulse generated<br />
under Punarvasu determines the nature <strong>of</strong> the decision. As far as the asterism<br />
itself is concerned, it is merely the preparedness for greater action towards<br />
the concretization <strong>of</strong> the will.<br />
8 PUSHYA<br />
Pushya extends from 93° 20' to 106° 40' <strong>of</strong> the zodiac within Cancer, the<br />
sign owned by the Moon. <strong>The</strong> Vedic God Brihaspati, who is identified with<br />
the planet Jupiter is its presiding deity, but Saturn, which is specially<br />
associated with tamasic proclivities, rules it. Jupiter is exalted here. <strong>The</strong><br />
relationship <strong>of</strong> the astetism with these two opposing forces has given it a<br />
special status. Its primary motivation is Dharma, honor or principle. Its basic<br />
attribute is Rajas, activity, with Sattwa at a secondary and Tamas at a tertiary<br />
level.<br />
Jupiter aids expansion, it protects and nourishes its beneficiary, while Saturn<br />
concretizes, condenses and crystallizes nebulous matter. <strong>The</strong> combined<br />
effect <strong>of</strong> these two planets helps stabilize materializing energy, and then<br />
enables it to fructify in an entirely new form. At this stage, the subjective<br />
aspect <strong>of</strong> cosmic evolution becomes objective as an archetype. This asterism