Aries 87transforms into a serpent. If it is raised vertically it again
becomes the rod. This mystery explains the relationship
between the Serpent Fire (Kundalini) and the Rod of Law
(Brahma Danda). Serpent is the symbol of creeping time.
It is also wisdom concealed in man. When there is the fall
it is the serpent and when there is the elevation of man
into higher principles it is the rod at the top of which there
is the eagle. The glyph of Aries has two diverging lines at
the upper end. They are the tongues of the serpent in the
lower man and the wings of the eagle in the higher man.
The mystery of the eagle vanquishing the serpent is
allegorised in the story of Garuda (the lord of the biggest
cycle) in the Pura-n.a-s. This mystery is concealed in Aries-
Libra and Taurus-Scorpio. Garuda brings down the elixir
of life after vanquishing the serpents. The Ve-dic and the
Pura-n.ic mysteries abound in stories of serpents. The higher
bridge built by the yogi, through the principles of Aries,
with Taurus and Pisces on either side, is called the
birthplace of Indra. For him, the enemy is the serpent
Vruthra. Indra kills the serpent and places his body on the
funeral pyre “amidst the units of time”, as logs of wood,
which are ever unstable (moving forces) and which do
not have an abode (a permanent shape).
The three signs Aries, Taurus and Gemini constitute
the yogic implements of the head upto the throat-centre.
They cause the reconstruction of the vital body of the
disciple through a regulation of his breath, mind and the
buddhi. A meditation of the pass-word “So-ham”, wisely
distributed in the three centres (the Vis’uddhi, A
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jna- and
Sahasra-ra), causes the reconstruction of the vital body
through breath. S and H form the mantras of inhalation
and exhalation. ‘O’ between these two sounds forms the
tongue of the vital body which is pulled out by breath. In