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TAURUS, THE ZODIACAL SIGN
A symbol of the second period of the cycle of
life. It signifies the Divine out-going activity in the creation of
forms. The "Bull of the West" represents the Matrix of Forms on the
buddhic plane; or the productive energy of buddhi. It pertains to
the period of involution when spirit is descending into matter and
giving it the potencies of forms and qualities afterwards to be
evolved in natural phenomena, and in the souls of humanity.
"The title given to Merodach the Sun-god, when he passed through the
twelve zodiacal signs, was Gudi-bir, 'the bull of light.' Hence it
was that the ecliptic was termed the yoke of heaven,' bound, as it
were, upon the neck of the solar bull; that the first of the
Zodiacal Signs, the opener of the primitive Accadian year, was
called the bull who guides the year; and that two prominent stars
received the names of 'Bull of Anu' and 'Bull of Rimmon.'" - SAYCE,
Rel. of Anc. Babylonians, p. 48.
The Higher Self (Merodach), as the matrix (bull) of all forms and
qualities, passes through the twelve stages of the cycle of life.
"According to the Chaldæans, Aries is a male zodiacal sign, but
Taurus female." - HIPPOLYTUS, Refutation, V. 8.
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