Astrological Mythology The Meaning of ... - Mandhata Global

social evolution and strengthens personal relationships. It functions
primarily by accentuating the urge to unite. While leading human beings to
procreation, Venus accentuates egoism and strengthens the urge towards
sense gratification. Venusian energy does not have much affinity with
Jupiter; the latter is concerned with wisdom and protection of the state of
balance, while Venus induces the individual to material desires, to take
several births and encounter several deaths. It is not interested in leading the
individual to liberation, though it is perfectly aware of the secret of it. It
produces attraction for physical well-being and social status, but it is also
appreciative of spiritual knowledge. It derives its support from the
preservation principle in nature: social connection, human relationship,
family cohesion, artistic talents, generation of finer feelings and enjoyment
of sexual pleasure. Esoterically however, the Venusian impulse shows that
mankind and all animal life have fallen from the Divine circle of wholeness
into the realm of generation based on duality. Yet it serves, thereby, as an
important step in concretization of the Divine Idea.
Blavatsky stated a great truth when she stated that every world has its parent
star and sister planet (SD Vol. Ill, p. 45} . She indicated that this Earth of
ours is the adopted child and younger brother of Venus, but its inhabitants
are of their own kind. There is indeed deep importance in the statement that
Venus represents the Sage's sacrifice for the sons of the Earth.
5 MARS
MANGALA
Mars, the fiery planet of the solar system, called Mangala the auspicious, is
graphically represented by an arrow jutting out of a circle". Most important
in this figure is the arrow, a symbol used sparingly in astrological literature.
In the Upanishads, the arrow expresses the direction of contemplation
towards the supreme goal. An arrow is used as a weapon of aggression either
to protect oneself or to attack an enemy. It is used in sports, especially for
hunting, to hit a target that is hard to access. Such actions imply effort to
reach and subjugate a distant object. Mars as a planet imparts great ambition,
the desire to scale the unexplored, the urge to roam far and experience new
ways of life. The Martian temperament cannot be easily satisfied. It suffers