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3 GEMINI
MITHUNA
The third zodiacal impulse represented by Gemini is very complex. It
indicates the end of the androgynal state and the division of the sexes. Yet
this simple description fails to convey all the important changes that take
place at this stage. The Hindus have described it as the manifestation of
Mahat or cosmic intelligence, the first and guiding principle of Nature. This
term, found in Yoga philosophy, stands for 'the great principle' from which
the other principles (tattwas) or essential constituents of the manifested
world originate. Intellect is one of these derivative principles, whereas
intelligence, which is the nearest English equivalent of the concept Mahat, is
its producer. From this intelligence arises the thinking principle known as
Manas, which further leads to Ahankara or egoism, the feeling of "I am
this." Gemini represents the impulse which enables cosmic intelligence to
manifest and through which further differentiation takes place. It begins the
actual process of the one becoming the many.
Spiritual intelligence represented by Mahat possesses tremendous energy. In
it lies the energy which polarizes the self-contained state of balance and
throws it into the whirlwind of creative activities. From it arises the positive
and negative or subjective and objective aspects of existence. As a result of
such polarization, there arises passionate attraction between the different
forms of existence. After Adam created Eve out of his rib, this led them into
a passionate embrace that drove them from the Garden of Eden. At the
Garden, their existence resembled that of Indra's court in heaven wherein
beings maintain their balanced unity not yet disturbed by the act of
polarization. Only when duality comes into existence can the manifestation
really develop.
The third sign of the zodiac does not represent merely the act of polarization
but its subsequent expression of triplication. The three primary attributes of
Nature — Rajas (activity), Tamas (Inertia), and Sattwa (harmony)
which enable the expression of the numerous levels of life and form arise at
this stage. Having aroused the necessary condition for the triplication of the