Astrological Mythology The Meaning of ... - Mandhata Global

From the standpoint of the supreme unmanifest, all creatures, unless soiled
by materialism, are playful entities, innocent and frolicsome like a ram. The
spirit of purity, newness and the eager impulse to express latent possibilities,
the courage to cooperate in the Divine mission of manifestation and
reabsorption into the One, are the primary urges of Aries. In fact, in this
beginning is contained all that is required by the pilgrim on his cosmic
mission. The two wings attached to the vertical line stand for the sprouting
of Divinity in man which takes the evolving soul through the different
phases of materialization and eventually releases it from its shackles. The
sign represents this entire process in seed form.
2 TAURUS
BRISHABHA
Taurus is the bull of the zodiac. Geometrically, it is represented by a circle
with a circular arc at the top ft. It resembles the symbol for Mercury without
the cross hanging from it. In Hindu mythology, Shiva, the Supreme God of
creation, has as his vehicle a bull called Nandi. Shiva's bull is worshipped by
Hindu women who desire children. Nandi is Shiva's vehicle for travel. He is
intimately connected with the basic urge represented by Taurus.
Taurus succeeds Aries. Aries represents the struggling energy eager to
express itself and experience the newness of manifestation. The second stage
in cosmic evolution is the activation of creative energy. At this stage the
energy eager to express itself must immerse itself in the process of
materialization. There is a subtle difference between the two forms of
creative energy of Aries and Taurus, which radically alters their modes of
expression. The energy with Aries is a vague urge. Its action is not well
directed, its goal nebulous. The second phase imparts a specific goal. Taurus
has an object towards which the energy has to move. Unlike Aries, Taurus is
neither undirected passion, nor purposeless emotional upsurge without
expectation of result. Yet this does not give it the impulse for immediate
production so much as the the general desire to unite. At this stage desire is
more important than action.
Under Taurus, the basic impulse is to strive for creative union. Divinity is
essentially an impulse for externalizing the latent faculties of our being. This
externalization involves a process of creation. When a father engages