Taurus 97the differentiation of sex in man which as the procreating
capacity reflects the higher creative potentiality. This
differentiation is signified by Scorpio which is the opposite
or the lower counterpart of Taurus. Every astrologer
knows that the sign Scorpio signifies the organs of
generation. Scorpio thus unfolds the story of all fall of
man into genesis. The disciple of the spiritual path has to
lift the lower centre and merge it in the higher. For this
reason, the sign Taurus signifies the woman in man while
Gemini signifies the woman and the man. Woman as one-
half of man is denoted by Gemini. Woman as the heart of
man is denoted by Taurus. Gemini is the symbol of
Arthana-ri
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s’wara but Taurus is the symbol of Lord Vishn.u
with Lakshmi in his heart. When the activity of the lower
pole is sublimated into the purest expression of love at
the higher pole, it signifies the woman in the heart of man.
Every man, of course, is a woman at heart at some level
or the other. The woman in man is the concept of woman
in the affections of man. The converse is the case with
Scorpio. It signifies the man in the woman. This means
the divine spark coming down into matter to be entombed
in forms. Now the disciple is advised to use his intuition
and meditate upon the following emblem: ‘On the surface
of the ocean there stands the great serpent of unwinding
coils. Amidst the coils, the Lord exists in blue colour. Near
his heart and on a great lotus, Lakshmi sits’.
The response of man to beauty, which is expressed
through form, has its highest expression in Bhakti. At this
level the experience of the disciple is called ‘the bliss’. It
finds its expression through him in the form of love.
Therefore, Taurus governs beauty, love and bliss. When
the man is pulled down nearer the lower pole, beauty is
misunderstood as form (idolatry). Love finds its