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