Taurus Full Moon

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Taurus Full Moon
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Why are we here?
The time of the full moon is a time of
celebration.
We celebrate the energy of the SUN.
The reason is that when the Moon is full it is
the furthest from the Sun, thus the Suns energy
is the strongest.
Thus we celebrate the energy of the Sun through
meditation and reflection.
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All is Energy!
For those of you who are not familiar with
esoteric philosophy or do not know it well I
will remind you that all is energy. Thus you
should simply relax and try to feel the energy
rather then concern yourself with understanding
everything.
During the lecture you can ask questions or make
comments. After the meditation you may also ask
questions.
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Taurus Presentation

• The Sign of Taurus
• The Labour of Hercules in Taurus
• The Taurus Full Moon Chart
• - Short Break -
• Meditation

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The Sign of Taurus
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Which sign is the Sun in?

• The Sun is in Taurus.

And which sign is the Moon in?
The Moon is in Scorpio.
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Why should you learn aboutTaurus if you are not
one?
You may have another planet - or the Moon in
Taurus.
Even if you do not the Taurus energy will still
affect you - and, perhaps, as importantly those
around you.
If you are a Taurus you may not display all of
the characteristics of Taurus as you have other
planets and energies which also affect you.
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What mode isTaurus associated with?
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stability or firm and dependable
Fixed
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What do we know about theFixed mode?
fixed signs are concerned with maintaining
something, changing things so they are the same
as before
Taurus wants to make the products of the self,
sometimes material wealth, permanent and fixed.
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What element isTaurus associated with?
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Earth
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What do we know about Earth?
possessed and owned
attainable
organized and predictable
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What else about Earth?
cautious, premeditative, conventional and
dependable
builders
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So what happens when we put the mode of fixed
together with the element of earth?
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We get Taurus!

• Taurus is the 2nd sign of the zodiac.
• Taurus represents the second stage in the
  evolution of man and his place in the universe.
  The first thing man uses are his physical senses.
  What he can see, touch, and physically hold
  represents the reality of his position. It is why
  the celestial heritage of Taureans is to conserve
  physical resources and possessively cling to
  people whom they regard as their own.

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Taureans are stubborn and impervious to changes
not of their own making.
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Taureans react to what they experience by
assessing its possible worth.
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Taurus Astrological Symbol

• For centuries, the bull has been a symbol of
  strength, tenacity, virility, and power. Left
  alone, a bull will happily graze but if it is
  bothered, it will charge! Similarly, the Taurus
  personality is thought to be calm and peaceful,
  but when their anger is aroused, their temper can
  be wicked. Taureans are often quite disturbed by
  sudden changes--they prefer their lives stable
  and secure.

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Taurus Constellation
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Taurus Constellation
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Taurus Astrological Glyph
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• The glyph for Taurus, quite simply, represents
  the bulls head and horns. 

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The Taurus Myth
Mythology abounds with motifs about bulls of one
sort or another.  For about two thousand years
the bull, the symbol of Taurus, was one of the
main religious symbols for the Taurean Age -
which occurred roughly between 4000 and 2000
B.C. In pagan religion of this time, the bull and
the cow were symbols of the fertility of the
earth, for the epoch coincided with the emergence
of the great agricultural civilizations of the
Tigris and Euphrates of the Nile.
As with Aries we will discuss two myths regarding
Taurus.
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Theseus and the Minotaur
Minos was the King of Crete
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The second myth
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Well now mention some of the challenges to
Taurus. Remember though we are talking about the
energy of Taurus and there are many types of
energy.
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TaurusNon-Challenging Energies

• Determined
• Punctual
• Productive
• Generous
• Affectionate
• Thorough
• Clever
• Trust-worthy
• Patient

• Artistic
• Dependable
• Persistent
• Organized
• Sensuous
• Resourceful
• Good-natured
• Warm-hearted
• Extremely good looking

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Taurus Challenging Energies

• Augumentative
• Inflexible
• Materialistic
• Hedonistic
• Opinionated
• Bull-headed
• Head-Strong
• Self-indulgent

• Lustful
• Self-Centered
• Jealous and possessive
• Obstinate
• Exasperatingly self-righteous
• Stubborn

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Who are some Taurians?

• Adolf Hitler
• Queen Elizabeth II
• Immanuel Kant
• Nicolai Lenin
• Robert Oppenheimer
• Leonardo Davinci
• Shirley Temple Black, Lee Majors, Shirly
  MacLaine, Barbara Steisand, Rudolph Hess, Ulysses
  S. Grant, Coretta King, Duke of Wellington,
  Pierre.T. De Chardin, Jack Paar, Catherine the
  Great, Dr. Benj. Spock, Pete Seeger, Karl Marx,
  Sigmund Freud, Orson Wells, Willie Mays, Johnnes
  Brahms, Harry S. Truman, Florence Nightingale,
  George Carlin, George Lucas, Cher, etc.

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The Exoteric Rulerof Taurus is Venus
Venus appreciates the gifts of Earth, and that
appreciation acts as a target for their
attraction.
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The Esoteric Rulerof Taurus is Vulcan
Esoteric ruler Vulcan bestows a will of iron,
unrelenting once the purpose is fixed and
executed with faithfulness. The individual has
the power to teach others to help themselves, to
stand alone and be detached.  
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Taurus - Ray 4
Taurus and Ray 4 are interesting archetypal
forces. While Taurus lures us into stability, we
actually end up in duality (at first). And while
Ray 4 is about the art of living, it really
provides us with a tremendous amount of tension,
chaos, and discomfort along the way. Why is this?
Life has a way of wanting to constantly evolve.
The questions that Ray 4 and Taurus are really
asking us, after we've experienced the duality,
are What represents constructive living? What
are the means by which a group, a town, a city, a
nation, or a world achieves harmonious and
constructive living? What instruments need to be
forged to achieve this? And what types of people,
thought processes, and belief systems will foster
a life in which work is not separated from daily
livingwhere freedom, creativity, and cooperation
are the primary focus of life and the group is
enhanced by the gifts of each individual?
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The Labours of Hercules
Each sign represents a different aspect of mans
development.
This is the story of the individual Christ,
crucified upon the cross of matter, and
incarnated in each human being, God, incarnate in
matter.
The Labours of Hercules was written in 1936 by
Alice Bailey wherein Hercules needs to complete
12 tasks one in each sign.
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The Labour in Taurus
Alone and still filled with deep distress,
Hercules must rescue a sacred bull from its
intended sacrifice to Minos, King of Crete and
deliver it to the mainland where dwell the
one-eyed men.
The Capture of the Cretan Bull - Which is very
much like the Theseus and the Minotaur we
discussed.
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Hercules completes his task
On the island, where the bull is captive, is a
vast maze, which can lure the adventurous to
their bewilderment.
Here, following the gleaming star shining from
its forehead, Hercules pursues the bull from
place to place.
Single-handed, he captures it and rides it like a
horse through the waters to the mainland,
surrounded by the seven Sisters. He leads it to
the Holy Place and delivers it safely to its
chief guardians, three one-eyed Cyclops.
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Interpretation of the myth
Only when the soul is single in its purpose and
free from the hold of matter will right action
follow. When the disciple achieves this, the bull
of desire is handed over to Cyclops, the initiate
with the single eye, which is himself, the soul.
Then begins the manifestation of the three divine
aspects, spirit, soul and activity, represented
by the three Cyclops of the myth. These begin to
take control of a person once desire is
transmuted into aspiration and spiritual will.
The opportunity in Taurus then is the
purification of form, its consecration and
spiritualisation, so that the light may shine
through it - the glorification of matter leading
to illumination. If thine eye be single, thy
whole body shall be full of light.
This second labour deals with the potent world of
desire and leads the disciple to an understanding
of the great Law of Attraction. The lesson
concerns the nature of desire and its
transmutation into aspiration, the right use of
sex and the law that governs that magnetic force.
All these must be mastered for the disciple to
control the bull of desire sufficiently enough to
ride it across the waters of the emotional
nature. In the myth, this effort is aided by a
star of illumination shining from the forehead of
the bull that has a physical plane correspondence
with the brilliant fixed star Aldebaran, in the
constellation of Taurus, and the nearby
constellation of the Pleiades, the seven sisters.
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Further Comments
The upwardly horns of Taurus simulate a bowl in
which many lights are hidden, a labyrinth of
lights deep buried in the bowl. This garden of
lights represents the many weak and feeble
qualities of our selfish personality aspects.
They must be transformed before the One eye can
project its light. The one or third eye is a
symbol of the Ajna-center in the aetheric body
situated in the region between the physical
eyebrows. Through the illumination which
originates in the heart 'all is enlightened when
the third eye is opened'. During our travel
through the signs of the zodiac, this indwelling
light must shine brighter and brighter until it
becomes a beam of radiation. The temple in the
story is a symbol of the sky or heaven where the
bull has to be rescued and the Cyclops signify
the main stars in the sign of Taurus. 'To ride
the bull' means to overcome all the wishes,
desires and demands which are so dear to us and
to learn to control them like a chariot driver.
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Group implications
Today, the goal is attained through group effort
and Alice Bailey writes of a new, subjectively
linked group of servers who work within the
influence of Taurus The group, therefore, which
serves as Aquarius indicates is the spiritual
Hierarchy the group which is speeded upon the
upward Way is the New Group of World Servers.
This group is ruled by Taurus, and to it that
divine Taurian energy brings illumination and
the attainment of the vision. This group is,
figuratively speaking, the bull, rushing forward
upon a straight line with its one eye fixed upon
the goal and beaming light. That goal is not the
goal of Self-illumination, for that lies far
behind it is the goal of providing a centre of
light within the world of men and of holding up
the vision to the sons of men.
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The Full Moon Chart

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• Time GMT Time Local

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Why are we here tonight?
The time of the full moon there is a direct
alignment between the energy of the sign the sun
is in and the affairs of the sign the moon is in.
Sun Taurus raising of desire
Moon Scorpio adds fuel to testing fires
In our meditation this evening, let us visualize
a common goal for humanity. Groups of men and
women of goodwill bonding together to support
right-human values. Let us use our magical powers
of manifestation, and see this happen. Leaders
and ordinary people alike, afire with goodwill
and humanitarian vision, acting in concert for
the good of mankind as a whole.
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Seed Thought for Taurus

• I see, and when the eye is opened, all is
  illumined.