Gemini 105subjectivity. Here Va-yu plays the role of the creator
through the breath (life-giver) or Brahma. Guru is therefore
invoked as Brahma (creator) in Gemini while he is invoked
as Vishn.u (the beauty in the form) in Taurus and as
Mahe-s’wara (the great lord of initiation in the head-centre)
in Aries.
In Ve-dic rituals, Brahma is the mouth-piece of the
ritual. He is said to utter forth the whole ritual in silence.
From the beginning of the ritual to the end, the person
enacting the role of Brahma does not open his lips but
conducts the entire ritual merely through his power of
thought.
Word as breath is located in Gemini. Word as voice
is located in Taurus. Word as the utterer is located in Aries.
Word as thought is located in the 90 degrees or the fourth
part of the circle which covers the three signs. This word,
as thought (the second emanation of the word) is called
the Grand Geometrician. His numo-geometrical value is
Pi.
“So” is the mantram for inhalation. This is the sound
of Gemini. It is located in the throat-centre. ‘Ham’ is the
mantram for Aries since the sign utters forth the whole
year. This sound is the mantram for exhalation. This is
located in the head-centre. ‘Ham So’ is the mantram for
the path of the descent of the disciple from the head-centre
to the throat-centre when he follows the planetary path,
that is from Aries to Gemini. This pass-word means ‘the
Great Swan’, the bird capable of separating milk from
water. (Here ‘milk’ means the eternal principle and
‘water’ means the fleeting principle). ‘Soham’ is the
mantram which leads the disciple in his path of ascent from
the throat-centre to the head-centre. It is the path of the