98 Spiritual Astrology
expression through sex-consciousness and possessive
nature. Bliss loses itself in its shadow, indulgence. The
whole creation is a play between Taurus and Scorpio.
When Scorpio gains the upper hand, there is the fall of
man into the cycle of births and deaths, misery, labour
and imprisonment. When it is of Taurus, there is the path
of liberation. Taurus represents the path of Bhakti (merging
into the higher through devotion). Aries denotes the path
of Karma (the workings of nature and gaining mastery
over them).
The glyph of Taurus is a semicircle upon a circle
This denotes the two horns of the bull or the cow. The
semicircle above the circle also represents the crescent
Moon above the horizon of earth. Moon is located on the
top of the circle. This gives the interpretation of the Moon’s
place in Taurus. Taurus is the exaltation of Moon just as
Aries is the exaltation of Sun. Moon is the seat of a higher
deity called Soma as we have already seen. In the supra-
cosmic symbolism Soma is the face of goddess Lakshmi.
For this reason, the Pura-n.a-s describe that the Moon is born
along with Lakshmi. Moon in Taurus is the symbol of the
food for Indra and the other de-va-s of the cosmic plane. To
a disciple, who is crossing the levels of the A
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jna--centre to
reach the Sahasra-ra, this food of the deva-s is used by him
to construct the higher bridge. This is also called the first
phase of Moon. Only a yogi can experience the first and
last phases of the Moon. For all normal purposes, Moon
in exaltation signifies the mind in its upward path. When
the mind serves as a vehicle to lead the disciple to the
levels above, the path is called Ra-ja yoga or the yogic path
of the Moon. A true disciple of Ra-ja yoga, who has derived
the full benefit of the crescent Moon or the first phase of
the Moon in exaltation, is called the Moon-headed being.