The Descent of the Avatar – At Buddha’s Nativity, four planets formed a formidable combination in the House of Profession, with Sun, the Atma Karaka exalted. Lo ! the Moon shone by the Crab / The stars stood ranged to say / Choose thou ! / The Way of Greatness ( Caesar ) or the Way of Good ( Rishies, Yogis ) / To reign a Kings or Kings or wander lone / Crownless and homeless, that the world be helped ! – Sir Edwin Arnold, Light of Asia