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Archetypal Zodiac
THE FIRST
CONSTELLATION
AND STARHOUSE - TAURUS
May15-June16
The Sun is in the Constellation of
TAURUS:
Life is good when it’s easy predictable and calm. Good to think about all the
different ways to understand and describe things. A positive outlook, steady
work, good friend’s, good food, good surroundings and interesting things to look
foreword to be all that it takes to keep you happy. And when the music is good
too, life is close to perfect.
But then the doubts come followed by that awful feeling of indifference and
emptiness. Is this the awareness of mortality? It is all you can do to just
simply endure going through the empty motions to get from one day to the next
until that abominable inner heaviness lifts and the world becomes real and alive
once more.
Well liked by most, you find it easy to make your way in the world. People like
you, befriend you and will open no end of doors to you; so that the world could
easily become your oyster. But you have no ambition as such beyond a desire for
security. The only thing that moves you is the love of a thing that gives you
well being while you do it. This very lack of cold ambition and the stubborn
determination to do only what you love is the foundation of your good character.
Instinctively you are drawn to real estate, organic farming, hotels and
restaurants.
And you can do any of these well for the money good company and security. But
what gives you real satisfaction will involve things like music, interior
design, software design, writing or holding a position as a literature or
philosophy professor.
You love good conversation and can discuss nearly anything with anyone. A
significant part of your charm lies in the fact that you are genuinely
interested in what others have to say. And even when you disagree you have a
diplomatic way of doing it and a readiness to laugh at yourself which endears
you to others no end.
In love you are ardent sensual and extremely indulgent, capable of prolonged
ardor you tend to overindulge and become satiated and bored. But then if your
partner is a good conversationalist and good cook you will probably settle right
in and stay.
Spiritual meaning is important to you and you are capable of holding very deep
and complicated thoughts about it. But fundamentally you are a secret fatalist
and doubt mans ability to really change his nature. This is the source of your
dark episodes.
If you ever have a direct and undeniable experience of the sacred it will throw
you into an extremely intense inner turmoil. Your whole existence will be called
into question. And you will have no peace until you become enlightened.
TAURUS:
Element: Fixed Earth.
Ruler: Venus + Mercury:
Exaltation: Moon. Dragons Head:
Detriment: Mars.
Fall: Dragons Tail.
Sense: Thinking.
Philosophy: Rationalism.
Archetypal Zodiac: 1st House.
Age of Pisces: 3RD House.
Throughout the ancient world the Bull or Taurus has long symbolized the power
of generation, birth and the physical body. During the great age of Taurus, 4099. C.E.-1939 C.E, the Bull was revered as the symbol of the age of Egypt -
Babylon - Chaldea, where astrology (as we now know) began.
Hermes
- Mercury is called the founder of Egypto-Chaldean-Babylonian civilization.
Egyptians understood the divine principle to be
threefold:
The Sun - Osiris -spirit
Venus - Isis - soul
Mercury -
Horus - body
Horus -
Mercury is the child of heaven and the first starhouse or ascendant.
Determined as it is by the exact birth time, the first starhouse signifies the
birth of the Individual. Birth is entry into the world of Earthly humanity.
Mankind throughout all races and cultures is characterized by the universally
human faculty of Thought. In the words of a Theosophical text:
“Manu the thinker is born”.
(Stanzas of Dzyan)
The
beings, who are existentially manifest in the constellations of Taurus, emanate
and focus the animating energy of the physical body or life force).
The
first impression is always an expression of the self of the other communicating
its Quality as a human being. And many people insist that their
first impression is always correct in the end. In fact, it has been determined
that human beings come to a decision about each other within the first few
minutes of meeting and speaking.
Mercury
rules the larynx and the ability to communicate the Quality of one’s Thinking Being. Mars in Aries in the 12th
starhouse rules the Power and Force inherent in speech. Venus-Mercury, ruler of
the first starhouse and the self’s ability to communicate the Quality of its Thinking,
co-ordinates and regulates the power and force of Mars arising as it does out of
largely unconscious depths. Indeed, Mercury-Venus co-ordinates and regulates the
entire Personality and its Projection. This adds up to the immediate presence of
a Self.
It is in the very nature of being a Self in communication with others that human
beings Rationalize. We are constantly involved in the process of explaining the
world to ourselves, and ourselves to others. We create a constantly shifting
network of Rationalizations on a moment-to-moment basis as communicating beings
who are all doing the same thing. We call the sum total of all of this Society,
in its immediate everyday sense.
Mercury has always been understood to be a neutral planet in that it takes on
the ambience of whatever it is most immediately associated with. When Mercury is
strong and well aspected in the birth chart, the individual is able, through a
high level of ethical communication and co-ordination of the self, to penetrate
deeply into the society of others in a creative and constructive manner.
Mercury has always been known as the messenger of the Gods. As co-ruler of Taurus
and the larynx, the Mercury sphere holds the key to the inner secrets of Mantra
or sacred sound. The spiritual faculty in the throat centre has sixteen fluid
Facets, eight of which are active in the average human being. Eight, as is well
known, is the number of infinity. When the other eight fluid Facets are
activated by spiritual training, the acolyte attains twice infinity and becomes
and Initiate.
This is what is meant also by the “Power of Speech”. The one who attains to the
“Power of Speech” becomes a “messenger of the Gods” and is able to impart
knowledge through speech and Mantra, and, of course, music. The twice born of
the Gods ascends into the perfect co-ordination of all three higher states: body
/ soul / spirit - hence, the founder of ancient Egypt is called Hermes
Trismegistos - thrice born Hermes-Mercury - who had attained the capacity to be
present in all ages, past, present and future - hence, Hermes Trismegistos.
The Taurus ascending personality is prone to a certain amount of confusion if
Mercury is badly placed and Afflicted, because instead of acquiring accurate
information about the world, a process of self-serving rationalizing takes over.
The result is a constant flitting from one idea to another, motivated by the
desire to appear to be well informed and intelligent. Severe afflictions to
Mercury by the combination of Mars, the Nodes of the Moon and Saturn, can result
in stuttering, or other speech impediments such as a discordant voice or a
squeaky voice. Under these circumstances the native may also be a liar.
The instrument which best reflects Mercury in all its states and moods is the
piano - the instrument which has no definite fixed character of its own, but
emulates the sounds of all other instruments. A positive emphasis of planets in
Taurus in a good starhouse with Mercury well placed in good aspect to Saturn
will give talent for the piano and a deep appreciation for music in general.
Where Taurus is emphasized and Mercury is weak, the native may own a piano,
which they are unable to play to any great extent, but still the appreciation
for piano music is highly developed.
In a birth chart where Taurus is the actual ascendant and where Mercury is well
placed, it reveals itself in the capacity to present a credible and intelligent
Personality, to the world.
The natives of this ascendant usually have very handsome faces. Their power of
projection and communication gain them many friends and social standing.
The Transcendentalism of Mercury gives the Taurus ascending personality the
desire and capacity to rise above collective realty or society, with the result
that they are often very creative. Yet, as a rule, they are not otherworldly
unless other facets of the chart indicate conscious spirituality.
The enjoyment of life’s fleeting sensuous pleasures is to be noted along with a
distinct attraction to luxury. An out-going, adventurous attitude towards the
diversity of all social situations and rituals leads to associations with
cosmopolitan friends drawn from many cultures and faiths.
The fixed Earth elemental nature of this ascendant gives a determination to
accomplish things of lasting worth. They work hard and long once they get
started on a project or career which can make an appeal to their sense of
aesthetics and self worth. This concern with work is further emphasized by the
fact that Venus-Mercury rules both the first and sixth starhouses (see Libra/6th
starhouse.)
In short, the ascendant determines the individual’s capacity to dwell in and
feel at home in the world as a place and as a society of other individuals.
Well-being as a self is determined by the individual’s experience of themselves
as one capable of “transcending” the world of others or society, in order to
attain a higher quality of life experience. Thinking, in this respect, is the
human activity which forever has for its context the state of awareness between
the self “with” itself and the self “with” other selves.
In this case the planet Venus-Mercury is the Significator of the chart.
About
Mercury & Venus: Hermes &
Aphrodite: Hermaphrodite: The Sacred
Hermaphrodite Means: The Mystical
Marriage Within The Innermost Self With The Sun: The Self’s
Abiding Within Beness. Buddhi:
Sacred Soul: = Venus: Mysticism. Manas:
Innate intelligence:= Mercury: Transcendentalism:
Before The
Modern Era The Planet We Now Call Mercury was Called
Venus. And The
Planet We Now Call Venus Was Called Mercury. This Can Be
Confirmed By Looking At Any Classical or Ancient Map
Of The Solar System. How is this
to be understood? The Sun Venus and Mercury were
understood by the Egyptians who originated Astrology As
Osiris Isis And Horus. This Triune Deity was later Called
God The Father The Holy Spirit and Jesus. This Triune
Deity was also called the Logos: The Authentic Unifying
Individuality within the Manifold field of Perception
and Experience. In This
sense every individual Self is a true Logos.
It is
advisable to understand
Mercury And Venus As a twofold yet Single Integrated Awareness State Of the
Authentic Individual. For Instance it is Most Illuminating To See Ones Natal
Mercury as Venus and ones natal Venus as Mercury. In the case of their
conjunction within one Sidereal Sign this is almost unavoidable. But when they
are in different Signs and Elements the results of this interchanged analysis
can be Highly Revealing.
The
principle, to be kept in mind and understood, is that Mercury Articulates and
Expresses Venus. And Venus Understands and makes Mercury Present as self
apprehending Self-awareness.
Mercury-Venus are the Transcendental-Presence Horizon of Self Awareness. The
following example will illustrate. You are Listening to a Concert of Complex
Emotionally moving Music, to which you have given yourself over entirely; so
that you have Become the Music. A vast inner space filled with the self as music
has opened up within you. At the
Horizon of this inner space Mercury spontaneously understands the beautiful
complexity of the Music and Venus feels it deeply. Or again:
You are looking at a visual artistic masterpiece. The subject matter and colors
invoke deep complex feelings: Venus. While you simultaneously appreciate the
technical virtuosity and composition: Mercury. Meditation is one of the ways to
cultivate and sensitize this Awareness State.
It was
surely a Mercury Venus Conjunction that said “ Truth is Beauty and Beauty
Truth”.
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THE ARCHETYPAL ZODIAC
FIRST CONSTELLATION
AND STARHOUSE - TAURUS
May15-June16
Element:
Fixed
Earth.
Ruling Planet:
Venus-Mercury.
Exaltation Planet:
Moon.
Detriment Planet:
Mars.
Fall Planet:
Dragons Tail.
Sense Of:
Thinking.
Philosophical:
Rationalism.
Age Of Taurus:
4099. B.C.E.-1939 B.C.E.
Traditional Meanings Of
The First House
House I: The appearance, disposition and manner of the native, outlook on
life, carriage, capacity for self-development, vitality, health, inherent
strength and physical condition, mental and emotional qualities.
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