Astrological Mythology The Meaning of ... - Mandhata Global
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<strong>The</strong> seventh or invisible star <strong>of</strong> this asterism, the seventh sister, is said to be<br />
married to Dhruva, the pole star or the rishi who governs it. As the entire<br />
globe rotates around the pole, Krittika is the seat <strong>of</strong> this guiding impulse and<br />
its sevenfold manifestation through which life on Earth proceeds. <strong>The</strong><br />
relationship <strong>of</strong> Krittikas with the pole star emphasizes the importance <strong>of</strong> a<br />
central and invisible principle from which the laws <strong>of</strong> life<br />
derive.<br />
An important characteristic <strong>of</strong> Krittika is its feminine or passive quality, the<br />
Shakti tattwa, which is abundantly represented by Bharani, the second<br />
asterism. Under the third lunar mansion, differentiation <strong>of</strong> the feminine<br />
principle begins. This aspect is emphasized by the myths connected with it.<br />
Karttikeya, the son <strong>of</strong> Lord Shiva, is linked with Krittika, from which his<br />
name derives. Shiva is the most powerful <strong>of</strong> the Hindu gods. His power is<br />
rarely used for cosmic creation. His procreative seed is employed only when<br />
the other gods prove ineffective.<br />
In Hindu mythology, it is said that there was a time when the demons were<br />
destroying the world and creating tremendous problems for all creatures,<br />
even the gods. To defeat them, the gods obtained the seed <strong>of</strong> the Lord Shiva,<br />
which refers to his virility, energy or power. When the gods got Shiva's seed,<br />
it required special arrangements to preserve it. It had such a fiery quality that<br />
an ordinary receptacle or womb could not hold it. <strong>The</strong> seed was thus cast in<br />
fire and protected by water. <strong>The</strong> Krittikas were requested to nourish it in<br />
their womb. Karttikeya was thereby born and on the seventh day after his<br />
birth killed the mighty demon Taraka, and thereby delivered the gods from<br />
the demons who had defeated them.<br />
Those <strong>of</strong> spiritual knowledge are aware <strong>of</strong> the importance <strong>of</strong> the divine seed,<br />
the essence <strong>of</strong> fire or solar positive creative energy. <strong>The</strong>y also recognize the<br />
importance <strong>of</strong> the principle <strong>of</strong> water, the lunar passive preservative quality.<br />
Essentially, man is a son <strong>of</strong> God, a fragment <strong>of</strong> the Absolute, the nature <strong>of</strong><br />
which resembles fire. For his development the fluid, the bythos, is necessary.<br />
It provides the ever changing conditions under which the primeval essence is<br />
enabled to manifest at different levels while preserving its essential nature.<br />
For the growth and nurturing <strong>of</strong> the individual soul, the fiery seed<br />
fragmented from the Absolute, the motherly influence and care bestowed by<br />
the third lunar mansion Krittika is necessary.<br />
<strong>The</strong> influence <strong>of</strong> Krittika builds the divine qualities in man. <strong>The</strong> materiality<br />
<strong>of</strong> existence, the demonic forces, expressed in many forms such as false<br />
humility and self-centered docility, is incongruous with the radiation <strong>of</strong><br />
Krittika. <strong>The</strong> Pleiades are the collective womb <strong>of</strong> the passive septenary<br />
principle. <strong>The</strong>y enable the divine downpour that cleanses all the sheaths <strong>of</strong>