Important
Foundational Relationships
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Important Foundational
Relationships
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Taurus
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In Comparison
With
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Pisces
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| 1.
The Bull |
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1.
The Fishes |
| 2.
Esoteric Mantram: I see, and when the eye is opened, all is illumined. |
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2.
Esoteric Mantram: I leave the Father’s Home and turning back,
I save. |
| 3.
Exoteric/Evolutionary Mantram: And the Word said: Let struggle
be undismayed. |
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3.
Exoteric/Evolutionary Mantram: And the Word said: Go forth into
matter. |
| 4.
Quality of Light: The penetrating Light of the Path |
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4.
Quality of Light: The Light of the World. |
| 5.
Element: Earth Sign |
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5.
Element: Water Sign |
| 6.
Fixed Cross |
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6.
Mutable or Common Cross |
| 7.
Transmits R4 constellationally |
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7.
Transmits R2 and R6, with a possible secondary transmission of
R3 (matter—the “waters of space”) |
| 8.
Secondarily,(assuredly, but not exclusively), Taurus transmits
R5 and R1 through Venus and Vulcan—its two planetary rulers on
three levels—exoteric, esoteric and hierarchical. |
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8.
Secondarily, (assuredly, but not exclusively), Pisces transmits
R2, R1 and R6, through Jupiter, Pluto and Neptune—its planetary
rulers on three levels—exoteric, esoteric and hierarchical. |
| 9.
Color: deep blue |
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9.
Color: lavender |
| 10.
Creative Hierarchy number III (unmanifested), characterized by
“Light thro’ Knowledge” |
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10.
Creative Hierarchy number I (unmanifested). The energy of Intelligent
Substance |
| 11.
Associated with the de-glamorizing second initiation and
the ‘ego-shattering’, shroud-splitting, intuition-invoking (EA 205-206) fourth initiation. The blinding
light of the third initiation and the Vulcanian destruction
of the first also suggest a Taurean relationship to these
degrees. There is, as well, a possible relationship with the revelatory
fifth—revelation in the blazing “light of day” (cf. R&I 644) |
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11.
Associated with the Fixed-Cross-mounting first initiation
(cf. EA 125); the purifying,
desire-releasing second initiation; the crucifying, death-dealing
fourth initiation, as well as the liberating Path-revealing
fifth initiation, which in this case opens to the “world
saviour” the door to Shamballa and to great revelation through
self-abnegating willingness to serve the Divine Will. (cf. EA 141, 320-321, for the fourth and fifth initiations)
Since, Pisces brings about the “consummation of divine
desire”, the sixth initiation which restores the ‘Savior-Monad’
to complete power may also be indicated. |
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12. Associated
with the form-building throat center and the form-envisioning
and registering ajna center. A sacral center connection
is also reasonable, as Taurus is one of the major signs of sex,
and is related to the tangibility of the physical form—created
through the instrumentality of the sacral center. As
Vulcan is associated with the “heart of the sun” (the correspondence
of which is the heart within the head) Taurus
must be correlated, as it must with the solar plexus,
because “aspirational idealism
in its highest possible expression is also achieved in Taurus”
(EA 391), and the solar plexus is the center of aspiration. For
completion, fourth ray Taurus, is numerically related
to the four-petalled base center and the heart
chakra—the fourth! |
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12. Pisces
can be reasonably associated with the centers in the soles
of the feet, giving humility, ‘under-standing’, and the
power to tread the Path. Pisces is also strongly related to
the solar plexus center (in relation to which purification
of desire and detachment must prevail) and to the compassionate,
all-embracing, all-forgiving heart center—these centers
being ruled, in part, by Neptune, special ruler of Pisces. Pisces
can, at a high point of evolution, condition the ajna center
(when Alpha {Aries—crown center} and Omega {Pisces—ajna}) meet.
The buddhically-resonant heart within the head, of which
the Buddha, Himself, is a symbol (EXH
87) is another significant association. |
| 13. The zodiacal signs influence
the Monad of every human being (EA
411, 637, TCF 1191); the influence from Taurus endows it
with a portion of the “Greatest Light” which is resident within
Shamballa—the place of unfettered enlightenment. Taurus endows
the Monad with its inherent omniscience relative to the
human energy system |
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13.
The zodiacal signs influence the Monad of every human being (EA
411, 637, TCF 1191); the influence from Pisces provides
the foundational motivation for the entire monadic pilgrimage,
for every Monad is a “Lord of ceaseless, persevering devotion”
(EA 117) and, under the influence of Pisces—a
savior. The monadic pilgrimage is entirely sacrificial,
and is undertaken for purposes of redemption. Pisces both symbolizes
and impulses the humanly unfathomable Self-abnegation which send
the Monad forth. “Go forth into matter”, is one mantram of Pisces. |
| 14. Within the Triad—Taurus is
associated principally with buddhi as it bestows wisdom
and the “clear cold light” of pure reason
which is resonant to the “Greatest Light” of the monad.
There is some association with atma as well, because Taurus
and Vulcan are resonant to and expressive of Shamballa. |
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14.
Within the Triad—Pisces (which transmits the second ray)
is principally related to the second principle buddhi,
as it expresses the divine love, wisdom and understanding which
redeem. Pisces is also one of the intuitive signs connecting it
to buddhi. Pisces eventually induces a “pervasiveness of
wisdom” (EA 136), and wisdom is the influence of the first aspect upon
the second (as in the case of the Buddha). (cf.
DINA II 518) In Pisces there is a powerful sensitivity
to the will of God, (“Father, not my will by Thine by done”)
and thus to the atmic aspect of the Triad—and to the
Monad. Pisces, transcending Mercury, is less related to higher
manas. |
| 15. In relation to the Solar
Angel, and the soul-consciousness (and causal body) through which
it expresses—Taurus governs the causal body considered as a ‘treasury
of transpersonal quality’ garnered from personal experience in
the three lower worlds. Taurus is associated with soul-light
and, through Vulcan, with the Jewel in the Lotus and the light
emanating from that Jewel. |
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15.
In relation to the Solar Angel, and the soul-consciousness (and
causal body) through which it expresses—Pisces is the energy of
the will-to-save which animates those “Hearts of Fiery Love” known
as Agnishvattas, or Solar Angels. Pisces (in which Solar Angelic
Venus is exalted) provides the originating incentive for the sacrifice
which the Solar Angels made aeons ago, on behalf of the human
Monads, and in service of the Planetary Logos. Pisces governs
the Solar Angel as Savior. |
| 16. Within the Personality—Taurus
can be identified with the luminosity and determination
of the mental nature, for Taurus facilitates the state called
the “mind held stead in the light”; with the strong desires,
passions, incentives, aspirations of the
astral nature; with the pranic vitality of the etheric
nature; and, often, with the tamasic inertia of
the dense physical nature. Taurus is especially related to the
astral vehicle. (cf. EA 92, 380) (The
vehicular focus and its degree of prominence, depends upon the
stage of evolutionary development.) |
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16.
Within the Personality—Pisces can be identified with the impressionability
and eventual intuitive sensitivity of the lower mental
nature; with the sentient permeability, and imaginative,
tranquilizing processes within the astral nature; with
the induction of quietude within the etheric nature; and
with the general sensitivity of the dense physical vehicle.
(The vehicular focus and its degree
of prominence, depends upon the stage of evolutionary development.) |
| 17.
Stage within a Preliminary Fourfold Meditative Process: Magnetization |
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17.
Stage of Meditative Consciousness: Identification |
| 18.
The Choice of Values (Desires) |
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18.
The Choice of Method of Salvation (such as that which confronted
the Christ in the Garden of Gethsemene) |
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Wider
Relationships: Cosmic and Systemic
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Wider Relationships: Cosmic and Systemic
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Taurus
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In Comparison
With
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Pisces
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| 1.
Expressive of the third aspect of divinity because of its
identification with light, but of the second aspect
through association with the principles of consciousness
and of wisdom. The first aspect is distributed through
its ruling planet Vulcan. |
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1.
Expressive principally of the second divine aspect, with
a lengthy history connected to the material substance (“water”)
of the third. There is some emphasis upon the liberating
will of the first aspect. “In
Pisces, you have the consummation of the work of that which the
matter aspect has made possible, and the Christ emerges as the
world saviour. All this has taken place through the will aspect
of the second ray, focussed in Shamballa, expressing itself through
humanity and consummated in the Hierarchy. (EA 627-628)
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| 2.
Cosmically, preeminently associated with the Pleiades.
“…the constellation Taurus, the Bull, being found in the Pleiades.”
(EA 111) “Aquarius relates humanity to the Pleiades and therefore
to Taurus in an unusual manner.” (EA 200) “There is at this time,
owing to the influx of the Shamballa force, the establishing of
a peculiar relation or alignment between the constellation, Taurus
(with its own specific alignment with the Pleiades and Great Bear)
the planet, Pluto, and our Earth.” (EA 376) “A new light enters
in. The Seven Sisters play their part (the Pleiades are in Taurus,
the first sign of the Fixed Cross) and then three lights shine
forth. And thus one radiant sun appears.” (EA 562)
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2.
Cosmically related to Sirius. “The triangle of Pisces-Uranus-Hierarchy is becoming
magnetically attractive to the triangle of Humanity.” (EA 438)
“And then the heavens within the ring-pass-not responded to the
light from Sirius which, passing through the sea of Pisces, lifted
the fishes into the heavenly sphere (Uranus) and thus a lesser
triple light appeared, the radiant sun of suns, the watery light
of Pisces, the heavenly light of Uranus.” (EA 432, also 427-428)
A connection between the Dragon, the Pleiades and Pisces may well
exist, in relation to the saving, self-abnegating
Path of Earth Service. (cf. TCF
904, 1162) |
| 3.
Three Constellations Connected with Taurus: a) Orion—the Hunter;
b) Eridanus—“The River of the Judge”; c) Auriga—the Charioteer
(LOH 47-48) |
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3.
Three Constellations Connected with Pisces: a) The Band—(connecting
the two Fishes; b) Andromeda—the Chained Woman; c) Cepheus—the
King (LOH 200) |
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Relationships
Between Three Levels of Planetary Rulers, and Planets in Exaltation,
Fall and Detriment
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Relationships Between Three Levels of Planetary
Rulers,
and Planets in Exaltation, Fall and Detriment
| 1.
Venus is the exoteric ruler of Taurus. |
In Comparison
With
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1.
Venus is exalted in Pisces. |
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Subtle
Relationships Between Rays, Zodiacal and Planetary Energies
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Subtle
Relationships Between Rays,
Zodiacal and Planetary Energies
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Taurus
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In Comparison
With
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Pisces
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| 1.
Taurus transmits the fourth ray constellationally.
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1.
Only indirect fourth ray connections relate Pisces to the
fourth ray. Venus, the planet exalted in Pisces, can be
understood as associated with the harmony and beauty aspects of
the fourth ray (but not with the factors within this ray
which lead to conflict). Neptune, the special spiritual ruler
of Pisces (for “humanity as a whole”) has strong relations
to buddhi/intuition, and to the fourth plane, the buddhic
plane |
| 2.
Taurus is the second sign of the zodiac, and has, therefore,
numerical affinity with the number two, and with the second
ray. If numbering is begun with Pisces (which the Tibetan demonstrates
as possible), then Taurus is the eleventh sign on the clockwise
wheel, hence resonant with the second ray. |
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2.
Pisces transmits the second ray, constellationally. Jupiter,
the exoteric ruler of Pisces, transmits the second ray.
Neptune, as special, spiritual ruler of Pisces for “humanity as
a whole” (EA 129), transmits
the second ray monadically. Venus, “pure love-wisdom” (exalted
in Pisces), transmits the second ray.
(EA 281) |
| 3.
Taurus, the twelfth sign on the clockwise wheel, is numerologically
resonant to the number three, and, hence, to the third
ray. Further, counting by polarities (Aries-Libra-Taurus-Scorpio-Gemini-etc.),
Taurus is third in order, hence resonant to the third
ray. Further, within the three “cosmic decanates”, Taurus, Scorpio,
Pisces—Taurus is associated with the Buddha and the “light”, and
obviously upholds a connection with the third ray—Scorpio
being related to the first, and Pisces to the second. (cf. EA 204, 487). |
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3.
Pisces, associated with “water” and with the “ocean” has an
indirect connection with the material third ray through
“matter.” Pisces is the “fish swimming in the waters of matter
and finding there its sustenance.” (EA 287) ‘As we well know,
water stands for matter,…” (TCF 1005) “Neptune is as you know,
the God of the waters, and the term ‘water’ covers many angles
of the esoteric wisdom, such as: The whole concept of matter—universal
and itemised.”.. (EA 275) The Piscean is to become “the fish
who swims free in the ocean of matter.” (EA 62) Pisces is also
the twelfth sign on the reversed wheel, numbering normally and
also by polarities (Aries-Libra, Taurus-Scorpio, etc.),
and hence, resonant to the third ray. Neptune rules Pisces
in a special way (EA 171), and the Neptunian trident
connects it to the third ray. “Water” and “matter” are
equivalent and matter is ruled by the third ray. Pluto,
through it lunar, material, sub-conscious associations, and
its associations with the “past”, shows its relation to the
third ray.
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| 4.
Venus is the exoteric ruler of Taurus and transmits the fifth
ray. |
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4.
Venus (exalted) transmits the fifth ray. Pluto, for whom
Mars is the “Alter Ego” (EA 507) is connected with scientific
research, and Mars rules science—on the fifth ray. |
| 5.
Venus is “pure love-wisdom” and, therefore, can be seen as transmitting
the second ray (probably as the personality ray) (cf.
EA 281) (TCF 369)“…the second ray is the ray at present of the
planetary Logos” (DINA II 210) |
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5.
See #2 above. |
| 6.
Venus is the “home of the planetary Logos of the sixth Ray” (EA
595) thus transmits the sixth ray, probably monadically,
just as Uranus, with its first ray Monad, is the “home of fire
electric” (TCF 1154) |
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6.
Pisces transmits the sixth ray constellationally. Enthusiastic
Jupiter has sixth ray associations. Neptune (a special
ruler of Pisces) transmits the sixth ray. Pluto (esoteric and
hierarchical ruler) has sixth ray associations through
its relation to the solar plexus. (EA
78) |
| 7.
Vulcan, the esoteric and hierarchical ruler of Taurus, transmits
the first ray. |
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7.
Pluto is the esoteric and hierarchical ruler of Pisces, and transmits
the first ray. |
| 8.
Vulcan is associated with the “heart of the sun” (EA
393) and, hence, with the second ray. |
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8.
See #2 above. |
| 9.
Vulcan may be involved in the direct transmission the fourth
ray (DN 91—depending upon how this citation is understood), and,
in any case, is connected strongly to the fourth kingdom
(whether human or mineral, depending on the mode of counting);
the fourth scheme (the Earth Scheme); and the fourth
initiation within the Human Kingdom. |
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9.
See #1 above. |
| 10.
Vulcan, “the synthesis of matter” (TCF
597) is ruler of the mineral kingdom, and, as the “fashioner”,
is closely associated with the concretizing forces of the
fifth ray. (R&I 597) |
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10.
See #4 above. |
| 11.
Vulcan has resonance with the seventh ray through the principle
of rhythm. |
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11.
Jupiter, the exoteric ruler of Pisces, rules “ritualistic worship”
and, thus, transmits the seventh ray. (cf. EA 648, 660) |
| 12.
The Moon, exalted in Taurus, is a veil for the transmission of
the fourth ray. |
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12.
See #1 above. |
| 13.
The Moon, exalted in Taurus, is closely associated with the third
ray and the third aspect of divinity. (EA 280) |
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13.
See #3 above. |
| 14.
The Moon also is related to the seventh ray, through its (the
Moon’s) rulership of the seventh manifested Creative Hierarchy,
and, in general, through its association with the dense physical
plane—the lowest part of the seventh plane. |
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14.
See #11 above. |
| 15.
Mercury (called “Buddha” in Sanskrit) has a special place in Taurus,
the sign of the Buddha. Mercury is the “Messenger at the eighth
gate” (EA 298), and the Buddha
is just such a messenger from (from Shamballa) for eight
minutes every year. |
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15.
Mercury falls in Pisces. It “falls away” from its lowest expression,
and manifests as pure intuition, or buddhi. |
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| General
Qualitative Comparisons, Contrasts and Pragmatic Descriptors |
General
Qualitative Comparisons, Contrasts
and Pragmatic Descriptors
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Taurus
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In Comparison
With
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Pisces
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| 1.
The Buddha |
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1.
The Christ |
| 2.
“Buddha—Taurus.—Illumination through struggle.” (EA
487) |
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2.
“Christ—Pisces.—Resurrection through sacrifice.” (EA
487) |
| 3.
Wisdom |
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3.
Love |
| 4.
Will-Wisdom |
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4.
Will-Love |
| 5.
“Taurus—the Bull of Desire.—Material desire rules. (Life.)” (EA
232) |
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5.
“Pisces—consummation of divine desire.—The ‘Desire of all nations.’
The Cosmic Christ. (Appearance.)” (EA 232) |
| 6.
Attachment to the “contents of consciousness” (ESE, MSE) |
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6.
Detachment from the “contents of consciousness” and attachment
to being (ASE) |
| 7.
The substance of “Such-ness” or “That-ness”. The liberated, enlightened
state. (ASE) |
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7.
Substance presented under the spell of Maya; “water” as “matter”
and substance (ESE, MSE) |
| 8.
Illumination: “…let Taurus bring illumination and the attainment
of the vision;…” (R&I 23)
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8.
Salvation: “…let the mark of the Saviour, as the group toils in
Pisces, be seen above the aura of the group.” (R&I 23) |
| 9.
“…Taurus, the nurturer of all illumination…” (R&I 229) |
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9.
The Light of Divine Love |
| 10.
Taurus and the New Group of World Servers: “The initiate sees the New Group of World Servers brought
under the illuminating power of Taurus,…” (R&I 23)
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10.
Pisces and the Rest of Humanity:
“…with the rest of humanity still
under the influence of Pisces.” (R&I 23) |
| 11.
Taurus and the Overshadowing of the NGWS: “You have, consequently, the ‘over-shadowing raincloud
of knowable things’ hovering over humanity, just as the Hierarchy
overshadows the New Group and just as the soul overshadows the
personality of man; you have all the needed illumination and light
upon all the coming problems, waiting to precipitate itself through
the New Group of World Servers under the influence of Taurus,
the nurturer of all illumination,…” (EA 229) |
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11.
Pisces and Sensitive Humanity:
“…and you have humanity, at the same time, conditioned and made
sensitive by Piscean energy during the past two thousand years.”
(EA 229) |
| 12.
Disciples and initiates are “illumined by Taurus” (EA 233) |
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12.
Disciples and initiates “toil in Pisces” (EA 233) |
13.
Taurus and Pisces, through Vulcan and Pluto, are related to Ray
1. “Transmutation of desire…”
“…and of the individual will…”
The World Saviour (EA 67) |
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13.
Taurus and Pisces, through Vulcan and Pluto, are related to Ray
1.
“…into sacrifice…”
“… into the divine will.”
The World Saviour (EA 67) |
| 17.
Taurus: the twelfth sign on the ordinary or clockwise wheel
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17.
Pisces: the twelfth sign on the reversed wheel |
| 18.
Taurus: the second sign on the reversed wheel |
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18.
Pisces: the second sign on the ordinary or clockwise wheel
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| 19.
Taurus; the second sign on the reversed wheel |
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19.
Pisces: the first sign on the ordinary or clockwise wheel
by one method of numbering—(cf. EA 298) |
| 20.
Taurus on the ordinary or clockwise wheel: “…the man reenters the sign Aries again under the potent
impression of Taurus, which at this stage of development feeds
his ardent desire for the many material advantages of physical
incarnation and of constant worldly undertakings;…” (EA 107-108)
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20.
Pisces on the ordinary or clockwise wheel: “…thus after a period of re-creation, he passes out
into incarnation in Pisces and begins again the great round of
manifested life, for Pisces is the ocean wherein he is ‘the fish,’
controlled by the laws of substance or material existence.” (EA
107-108) |
| 21.
Taurus on the reversed wheel: “…he passes from Aries to Taurus, because desire has
at last been transmuted into aspiration.” (EA 108)
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|
21.
Pisces on the reversed wheel: “After proving his steadfastness to the ideal of the
spiritual life in the intervening signs, he passes again into
Pisces, from the opposite direction to his usual procedure, having
earned the right to mount the Cardinal Cross of the Heavens, the
power to take a final planetary initiation and the privilege of
passing on to one of the seven paths.” (EA 108)
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| 22.
Taurus: “a sense of the vision (through the illumined eye…” (EA
162) |
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22.
Pisces: “…the sign of all world saviours” (EA 162) |
| 23.
“Taurus—Desire—the incentive to evolutionary unfoldment in the
human kingdom” (EA 495) |
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23.
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| 24.
The First and Seventh Rays are Dominant upon the Path of Initiation:
Taurus is active in relation to the first ray through Vulcan.
(EA 166) |
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24.
The First and Seventh Rays are Dominant upon the Path of Initiation:
Pisces is active in relation to the first ray through Pluto.
(EA 166) |
| 25. Taurus—for the Undeveloped
Man: “Selfish desire. The Light of Earth.” (EA
332) |
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25.
Pisces—for the Undeveloped Man: “Responsiveness to environment.
The medium.” (EA 333) |
| 26. Taurus—for the Advanced Man:
“Aspiration. The Light of Love.” (EA
332) |
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26.
Pisces—for the Advanced Man: “Sensitivity to soul. The mediator.”
(EA 333) |
| 27. Taurus—for the Disciple/Initiate:
“Illumined living. The Light of Life.” (EA
332) |
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27.
Pisces—for the Disciple/Initiate Man: “Spiritual responsibility.
The Saviour.” (EA 333) |
| 28. Yearly Opportunity in Relation
to Taurus: When the Sun is in Taurus, an individual may cultivate |
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28.
Yearly Opportunity in Relation to Pisces: When the Sun is in Pisces,
the disciple will know that “sensitivity to the higher impression is his right and
privilege.” (EA 564) |
| 29.
The Life of the Christ from the Taurean perspective: “Christ
said (as have all the Sons of God Who know the true significance
of the Fixed Cross), ‘I am the Light of the world,’ and he added,
‘if thine eye be single thy whole body shall he full of light.’
Taurus is, as you have heard, the Mother of Illumination, and
[Page 566] the "eye of the Bull" is the symbol of the
eye to which Christ made reference.” (EA 565-566) |
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29.
The Life of the Christ from a Piscean Perspective: “The Piscean aspect in its highest expression is demonstrated
by His sensitivity to immediate and unbroken contact with His
"Father in Heaven"; He was in constant communication
with the Monad, thereby proving to the world that He was initiated
into states of consciousness of which the third initiation is
but the beginning.” (EA 565) |
| 30.
Associated with the light of the third eye and with the pineal
gland |
|
30.
Associated with the synthetic head center (Shamballa).
(LFC, CC) |
| 31.
The light which dissipates glamor |
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31.
The intuition which dispels illusion |
| 32.
Attachment (through desire) (ESE) |
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32.
Detachment (through relinquishment and humility) (ASE) |
| 33.
Detachment (through conquest of desire) (ASE) |
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33.
Attachment (through non-discrimination) (ESE) |
| 34.
Fixity; immobility |
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34.
Fluidity, mobility |
| 35.
Centralization |
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35.
Diffusiveness |
| 36.
Grasping (ESE, MSE) |
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36.
Releasing (MSE, ASE) |
| 37.
Possessiveness (ESE, MSE) |
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37.
Generosity |
| 38.
Love and Wisdom Lacking in the Taurian: “Only indirectly does the second Ray of Love-Wisdom
and its subsidiary line of energies appear and, therefore, love
and wisdom are often noticeably lacking in the person born in
this sign.” (EA 394) |
|
38.
Serving and Ministering in Pisces: “People born in this sign are frequently to be found
serving the race and ministering to its needs upon some level
of consciousness.” (EA 117) |
| 39.
War-like attitudes |
|
39.
Peacefulness; even unwise pacifism |
| 40.
Rage—“seeing red” |
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40.
Quietude, acceptance, resignation |
| 41.
Bovine contentment (ESE, MSE) |
|
41.
Capable of acts of extreme (though quiet) courage based upon Divine
Love (MSE, ASE) |
| 42.
Strength of will--determination |
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42.
Weakness of will—susceptibility |
| 43.
Initial weakness of spiritual will. To a disciple with the Sun
in Taurus: “You are stubborn but your will is weak.” (DINA I 472) |
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43.
Strength of spiritual will—achieved through the power to renounce. |
| 44.
Grounded practicality (MSE) |
|
44.
Ungrounded impracticality (MSE) |
| 45.
The earthly plane (dense and etheric) |
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45.
The astral plane |
| 46.
Materiality |
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46.
Immateriality |
| 47.
Worldly |
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47.
“Other-worldly” |
| 48.
“In this world” |
|
48.
“Not of this world” |
| 49.
Tangibility |
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49.
Intangibility |
| 50.
The bellowing of the bull |
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50.
The silence of the fish |
| 51.
Concretion, consolidation |
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51.
Dissolution, dispersion |
| 52.
Overt destructiveness (through Vulcan) |
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52.
Concealed destructiveness (through Pluto) |
| 53.
Pride. The Tibetan speaks to a Taurean disciple of “the inordinate pride of the Taurus individual, who
is on the first ray where his personality is concerned.” (DINA
I 471) |
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53.
Self-effacement |
| 54.
Principle of acquisition fed by desire. (ESE, MSE) |
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54.
The principle of sacrifice, fed by love and spiritual will. (MSE,
ASE, VASE) |
| 55.
The principle of detachment fed by illumination (MSE, ASE) |
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55.
The principle of attachment fed by susceptibility and non-discrimination. |
| 56.
Attachment fed by desire |
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56.
Relinquishment and renunciation fed by the will-to-liberation.
“Mukta” |
| 57.
Magnetism |
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57.
The severing (Pluto) or dissolving (Neptune) of magnetic bonds |
| 58.
Incentive—galvanized by “what the world can offer” |
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58.
Motive—salvation. (Really, monadic motive) Piscean
people prepare for “final sacrifice in Pisces which ‘absorbs them
back into their originating Motive,’.” (EA 117) |
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and Points of Cooperation Between the Influences |
Similarities
and Points of Cooperation
Between the Zodiacal Influences
Although
these signs seem very different, they are active in the drama of
detachment. Both can be extremely attached in the early days. Taurus
to its desires and to the fulfillment of its instincts and Pisces
to the entire sensuous life.
Later
the first ray becomes active in each via Vulcan in Taurus and Pluto
in Pisces and the entire world of sensory phenomena is left behind.
It
can be seen how both of these signs could be considered active at
the time of the crucifixion when destruction and isolation are the
rule. Destruction is brought about through the hammer blows of Vulcan
and the dissolution through Pisces. The price of wisdom (Taurus)
is total relinquishment (Pisces).
In
the relationship between Taurus and Pisces we find the relationship
between the Buddha and the Christ, both aspects of the 2nd ray.
Interestingly,
if one begins counting clockwise in Aries, one reaches Pisces at
the 2nd step and counter clockwise, beginning with Aries, one reaches
Taurus, therefore these 2 signs are symmetrically related and are
extremely active on the path of initiation.
In
the early days extremes of attachment can be found and complete
subjugation of the consciousness to the sensory life. Interestingly
the will is strong in both signs during later stages of development.
With Taurus we have the will to mould the personality under pressure
according to the soul's intent mediated through Vulcan. With Pisces
we have the self-effacing will to do willingly the will of the Father
mediated through the destructive influence of Pluto.
Although
it seems that Pisces is often considered a sign weak in will, this
is decidedly not the case in the later stages of evolution.
These
signs bring about, through the distribution of the 4th ray (through
Taurus) and the 2nd and 6th ray (through Pisces), the fulfillment
of the soft-line of energy—the love/wisdom line of energy. A
lso
Taurus, which in the early days is very attached to material values,
learns the worthlessness of such values and is thereby capable through
an act of will and illumination, of relinquishing them.
Pisces
similarly promotes detachment by dissolving all connection with
earthly values.
Both
of these signs are active in the work of healing and both are signs
of pronounced psychic sensitivity.
Since
the Ajna centre one aspect of the higher psychism and Taurus is
so intimately associated with it—Taurus also is a psychic sign. Since both of
these signs resonate with the number 2, they will naturally be associated
with the 2nd plane, the astral plane and with the emotional life.
In
the early days there is complete subjugation to this emotional life
and later the illumination of this astral plane, with light and
its irradiation with love. The light comes via Taurus and the love
via Pisces, for Pisces and Taurus are both, by numerical resonance,
connected with the buddhic plane which is the 2nd counting downwards
from the Atmic and the unitive light of wisdom in Taurus and the
unifying love of Pisces are different aspects of the Love/Wisdom
Ray and are reflected in the emotional nature.
A
great healing of the emotional nature is possible through the application
of these two signs. Each of them has strong a Venus connection—Taurus through the esoteric ruler and Pisces through
Venus as the exalted ruler. Hence the love energy is strong in both
and there is a great deal of magnetism.
Vulcan
is also powerful in both, esoterically and hierarchically ruling
Taurus and veiled by the rulership of the second decanate by the
moon, helping to establish not the self will of the personality
but the spiritual will of the soul.
From
another point of view both Taurus and Pisces might be related to
the monadic plane, which again is the second and at the fourth initiation
in which both signs can be seen as active, for there is a great
renunciation and detachment at that time.
The
monadic influence becomes more powerful in the life of the disciple
by far.
It
must also be said that both Pisces and Taurus are related to matter
and the mother. Each is the second in distance from the sign Aries
counting either counter-clockwise or clockwise. The second is always
the objective or matter/mother and just as Virgo is associated with
Mulaprakriti, so must Pisces and Taurus be associated with the great
sea of light which is matter as well.
Through
the action of spirit or Purusha upon the energies of Pisces/Taurus,
the tangible worlds are formed. Perhaps it might be said that Taurus
rules mother at the early stages of Manvantara and Pisces rules
Mother at the stage of Pralaya or dissolution when all is resolved
back into primary substance.
It
also must be said that whereas Aries is always the beginning, it
may be said that Pisces/Taurus represent the end, depending upon
which way the wheel is turning. Turning clockwise, Taurus represents
the refocusing of earthward desire prior to another assertive entry
into matter. Turning counter-clockwise, Pisces represents the termination
of all unfinished business prior to the inauguration of a new cycle
on a higher turn of the spiral. But their symmetrical position thwart
Aries, giving them therefore, a similar meaning.
So
in each case Taurus/Pisces represent 2nd steps and final steps and
their relationship to matter/mother/form, whether the creation of
form or the dissolution of form, is profound.
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