Festival of Taurus
Keynote for Festival of Taurus:
"I see, and when the eye is opened, all is light."
Recommended Reading
The Forces of Enlightenment are active at the time of the Wesak Festival, the festival of the Buddha. Learn more about the Festival of Wesak from the Lucis Trust.
Learn about the transmission of energy from a higher state of consciousness to a lower state in a talk given at by the Lucis Trust at the the 2007 Wesak Festival in New York.
The World Service Group worldservicegroup.com publishes articles as food for thought for each full moon. (If their home page does not display an article on the sign you are interested in, check their archives.
The Labours of Hercules
Labour II: The Capture of the Cretan Bull
In her book The Labours of Hercules, Alice A. Bailey teaches us that this labour deals with the desire world and the potency of desire.
The following are extracts from pages 39-53 of her book.
The Law of Attraction
The key to this sign
Alice Bailey tells us that :-
"The broad lesson to be learned in this sign is to achieve right understanding of the law of attraction and the right use and control of matter."
Creative Force
The problem of Sex
"We find that this test concerns predominantly the problem of sex", says Alice Bailey. She continues, "Sex, desire, attraction, the instinctive urge to creation, the pull of the soul, the urge to divinity, desire of the male for the female, the lure of matter for spirit: all these phrases can be piled up to express some of the activities of Sex in its various relations." [p.42]
The Sign of Illumination
The Light of the World
Alice Bailey tells us that :-
"The "eye of the bull" in Taurus, the magnificent fixed star, Aldebaran, is one of the reasons why this constellation is regarded as conferring illumination. In ancient days it was called the leading star of the heavens, and Taurus has always proclaimed himself as the Light of the World. Light, illumination and sound, as an expression of the creative force: these are the three basic ideas connected with this constellation." [p.44]
The Moon and Venus
Consecration leads to illumination
The moon, a symbol of matter or the "form" aspect, is exalted in Taurus, and Venus is the ruler. Alice Bailey tells us that:-
"When the form has been consecrated, purified and spiritualised, then the glory and the light can indeed shine through and the moon aspect can, therefore, be exalted in Taurus. This is done through the influence of Venus, the symbol of earthly and of heavenly love, of both spiritual aspiration and of carnal desire, and is fittingly, therefore, the ruler of this sign."
The Constellations
Alice Bailey tells us that Taurus represents the form and the attractive pull of matter, and the Pleiades represent the "soul and the vast recurring cycle of experience; and, among the seven Pleiades, the Lost Pleiad (for only six are visible) a symbol of the obscuration of spirit, whilst soul, through desire, takes a body." These symbolise for us:-
"Spirit or God is "lost", or veiled, and disappears in the attractiveness of the outer form and in the glamour which the soul attracts around itself."