Taurus 95serpents are called sarpa-s and they signify the existence
of man separately in the universe (Va-suki). The second
class of serpents are called na-ga-s and they represent the
wisdom of eternity (Anantha). “I am Va-suki among sarpa-s
and Anantha among the na-ga-s”, says the Lord in the
Bhagavad Gi
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ta. The snake of the sarpa state is elevated to
the na-ga state. This higher serpent is the friend of the
peacock of Kuma-ra.
The voice of man represents the fourth stage of his
utterance. Taurus therefore rules the voice just as Gemini
rules the vocal cords. The audible voice emanates through
the vibrations of the vocal cords. This vibration produces
the trill which makes the fire of the word manifest. This
trill is represented by the sound ‘R’. Before the voice
becomes conditioned as the sounds, words and sentences,
it is essentially the trill ‘R’ which is the origin of the
language in the form of sound of the objective man. In
fact, it is the sperm of sound which impregnates the
unmanifest thought into the expressed word. It is
therefore called ‘Rishabha’ the great bull in the Ve-da-s. In
the universe, it represents the primordial matter (Mu-la
Prakriti) which forms the basis of all the subsequent
emanations. It is called ‘the ghee of the universal sacrifice’
and also ‘the spring season’ of the whole cycle of one
manifestation of this universe. “The spring season is the
ghee in the sacrifice of the Purusha”, says the Purusha
su-kta. The passage of the annual Sun through Taurus
marks the mid-portion of the spring season.
Sun in Taurus is called the fertilising bull. This
represents the import of the word. Moon in Taurus is called
the cow. This represents that which is impregnated. Word
is two-fold: the concept and the language. Language is
feminine by nature and the concept is masculine by nature.