200 Spiritual Astrology
This sign governs all the philanthropic activities of
the world just as the opposite sign Virgo governs service
for the suffering mankind. Hospitals and charity houses
come under this sign. Poetry, painting and music of a very
high order are influenced by this sign, because they are
linked up with Taurus in sextile aspect. Venus, the Lord
of Taurus, finds his fullest expression on the highest plane
in this sign. This gives the reason for the exaltation of
Venus in this sign. If the student of the spiritual path can
exercise the influence of Venus through this sign with the
aid of his Guru upon his word, self-expression and look,
he can cause the finest expressions of creation in God’s
kingdom. Such people co-operate with the creative
potencies of nature in using their word, thought-form,
will and look according to the divine plan. In the pura-n.ic
symbolism, their expression is called the truth-bearer
(Satyavathi).
In the allegory of the Maha-bha-ratha, Satyavathi is said
to have the odour of the fish. The fact that she gave birth
to the sage Ve-da Vya-sa as the son of the great sage
Para-s’ara is purely symbolical. This is proved by the fact
that Ve-da Vya-sa took this birth as a perfected being in all
the branches of wisdom. This means, he was made a
perfect sage through the initiation of the word, which
worked as the vehicle of truth. This initiation needs the
presence of a woman and the word should be transmitted
only through a woman (Virgin should be the mother).
Vya-sa is the son of a Virgin. This aspect is fully explained
in our article, Female Hierarchies.
The three watery signs of the zodiac represent the
three kinds of water on this earth. Scorpio represents the
water mixed with earth or stagnant water (life polluted
with matter and the sin of man). Cancer represents the