The Moon, the Planet of Fecundation.
FROM the Bible we learn that Jehovah made man
in His image. We are also told that angels vis- ited Sarah and proclaimed the birth of Isaac. They also foretold the birth of Sumson and Samuel and the angel (not archangel) Gubriel came to Mary of Beth- Jehem to announee the birth of Jesus. According to oeeult science also, Jehovah and Ilis angels aro the guardians of the seed atoms which are the basie fac- tore in fertilization, and their activities are directed to the maintenance of plant, animal and human life upon our earth, To this ond their forces are fo- cused by the wandering Moon through the twelve signs of the zodiac; they impinge upon the foetus in a creative manner during the period of gestation from the time of conception to birth.
Thus as the Moon measures the tides of the earth so also does she measure the soul’s passage from the shores of eternity through the waters of the womb to the world of time. According to astrology Cancer is the home of the Moon and the ancient Egyptians pic- tured this sign as a scarab or beetle which was their emblem of the soul and they called Cancer the sphere of the soul, for it is said that through this moist
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