48 Spiritual Astrology
According to correspondences, there is much deeper
symbolism between the Vis’uddhi and A
-
jna centres of man
and the four constellations from Gemini to Pisces in the
skies. The two vocal cords have their correspondence in
two great stars that are located in Gemini. They form the
two pillars at the entrance of the temple where the word is
located as the first pair (the utterer and the utterance).
This god of the word is called the first hermaphrodite
(Arthana-ri
-
s’wara). That is why Gemini is symbolised by a
male and a female in eastern wisdom and not by twins.
The manifestation of this double deity on the physical
plane as vocal cords is symbolised as the pair of millstones
which produce the flour required to prepare the globe of
oblation for the sacrifice. These two pillars establish the
unmanifest word in strength of the vital impulse. When
we come to Taurus from Gemini by following the path of
the equinoxes we come across a very brilliant star which
is one of the Pleiades. This is Aldebaron or the eye of the
bull. When we locate the fishes also with it in a place which
is just above the A
-
jna centre, we find the link between the
pineal and the pituitary bodies. This link is to be
constructed by the disciple as the higher bridge. This is also
called the birthplace of Indra (Indra Yo-ni) in the Ve-da-s. The
two fishes serve as the two graceful eyes of the elevated
mother-nature (Mi
-
na-kshi).
The higher bridge serves as the third eye. Only
through this third eye and from the point between the
‘two horns of the bull’ the Lord in the temple can be seen.
In the temples constructed for and consecrated to the
double symbol (Lingam) of S’iva, there is a rule that the
Lord should be seen only through the horns of the bull
located outside. Then, there comes a necessity for the Lord
to create a Kuma-ra in the disciple. If we come to Aries