THE G♉︎OD SIGN

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"With the Persians, the first six Genii, created by Ormuzd, presided over the first six signs, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, and Virgo: and the six evil Genii, or Devs, created by Ahriman, over the six others, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, and Pisces. The soul was fortunate and happy under the Empire of the first six; and began to be sensible of evil, when it passed under the Balance or Libra, the seventh sign. Thus the soul entered the realm of Evil and Darkness when it passed into the Constellations that belong to and succeed the Autumnal Equinox; and it re-entered the realm of Good and Light, when it arrived, returning, at those of the Vernal Equinox. It lost its felicity by means of the Balance, and regained it by means of the Lamb. This is a necessary consequence of the premises; and it is confirmed by the authorities and by emblems still extant."

MORALS AND DOGMA OF THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE OF FREEMASONRY 1871

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VENUS: Love and War

“Hephaistio of Thebes writes that the Star of Aphrodite is the warrior goddess when she rises before the Sun (as the Morning Star) and she is the goddess of love when she rises after the Sun, thus being the Evening Star. He says that this belief comes from Sumerians, referring to Inanna as the Goddess of Love and War.”

Source: https://dreamloreblog.wordpress.com/2018/11/17/star-of-aphrodite/

Star of Aphrodite

Hephaistio of Thebes writes that the Star of Aphrodite is the warrior goddess when she rises before the Sun (as the Morning Star) and she is

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THE CULTS OF BULL

Bull cult, prehistoric religious practice that originated in the eastern Aegean Sea and extended from the Indus Valley of Pakistan to the Danube River in eastern Europe.

The bull god’s symbol was the phallus, and in the east the bull often was depicted as the partner of the great goddess of fertility and thereby represented the virile principle of generation and invincible force.

Numerous pictorial and plastic representations of the bull have been uncovered, many designed to be worn as a charm or amulet; these representations were probably copies of larger statues constructed in tribal sanctuaries.

The bull cult continued into historic times and was particularly important in the Indus Valley and on the Grecian island of Crete. In both places the bull’s “horns of consecration” were an important religious symbol.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/bull-cult

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TAURUS ♉️

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Venus: The Queen of Heaven

Source: “Ancient History and the Worship of The Planet Venus” by Irene E. Toye Werner  http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1909PA.....17...80W

From time immemorial the planet Venus has fascinated terrestrial skywatchers, and cultures everywhere assigned it a prominent role in their mythological traditions and religious rituals. Already at the dawn of recorded history, Sumerian priests composed hymns in honor of the planet which they venerated as the goddess Inanna:

"To her who appears in the sky, to her who appears in the sky, I want to address my greeting, to the hierodule who appears in the sky, I want to address my greeting, to the great queen of heaven, Inanna, I want to address my greeting, to her who fills the sky with her pure blaze, to the luminous one, to Inanna, as bright as the sun, to the great queen of heaven."

Source:  “The Many Faces of Venus: The Planet Venus in Ancient Myth and Religion" by Ev Cochrane https://www.aeonjournal.com/venus.htm

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Standing bull, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Ancient Near Eastern Art

Rogers Fund, 1947 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Bronze

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/324027

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Bull’s head, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Egyptian Art

Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: cupreous metal

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/570259

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TAURUS & GODS

“The bull was a widespread symbol of the gods in the ancient Near East. In Egypt, the bull was a symbol of the fertility god Apis. In Mesopotamia the storm god Ishkur/Adad is called "bull of heaven" and "grand bull." In mythological texts from the ancient city of Ugarit, the bull is associated with the high god El, symbolizing both strength and fertility.”

Source

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Taurus, the Bull of Heaven, is the sign most associated with various gods of the ancient times. The Sacred Bull, the planet Venus, and the Moon are all related to many ancient deities.

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The constellation Taurus’ alpha star, Aldebaran, also known as the Eye of the Bull, Eye of God, Eye of Heaven, Eye in the Sky, where we got the term “bullseye,” is one of the four Royal Stars of Persia, or the Guardians of Heaven. To this star is asigned the Watcher of the East, or the archangel Michael—a name which means “Who is like God.”

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“The Sign of Taurus is embodied in the Hierophant of Tarot – Magus of the Eternal Gods. The Hierophant, like the High Priestess, is seated between two pillars. The Hierophant is depicted as either a man or a woman but always represents the spiritual side of masculinity with a Taurus influence. The pillars represent masculine & feminine, day & night, balance between opposing forces or elements. The Hierophant Tarot card corresponds to Wisdom, Spirituality, Harmony, Spirit, Ceremony & Patience.”

Source: https://www.paulomara.com/blog/the-sign-of-taurus-tarot-the-hierophant/

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The numerology of this sign Taurus – Shor (Hebrew שור) has the numerical value of 506 which is also the numerical value of unconditional love – Ahavat Hinam (Hebrew אהבת חנם).

Source: https://livekabbalah.org

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ALPHA TAURI

Aldebaran is claimed to mean “the follower” in Arabic, because the Pleiades rises before it. We have all yet to hear an Arab historian to confirm this, because there are texts that objects to it.

“The Arabian word AL-DE-BARAN, means the foremost, or leading, star: and it could only have been so named, when it did precede, or lead, all others. The year then opened with the Sun in Taurus; and the multitude of ancient scriptures, both in Assyria and Egypt, wherein the bull appears with Lunette or crescent horns, and the disk of the Sun between them, are direct allusions to the important festival of the first new Moon of the year: and there was everywhere an annual celebration of the festival of the first new Moon, when the year opened with Sol and Luna in Taurus. The crescent and the disk combined always represent the conjunctive Sun and Moon.” —Albert Pike

Source: Morals and Dogma, p.451

“The Arabians call it Ainaltor, the Bull’s Eye; But Aldebiron signifying “he went before, or led the way,” points to a period in the history of astronomy when the star was foremost, or the most illustrious, among the celestial hosts, Taurus being then the first of the signs.” —Thomas Ignatius M. Forster

Source: The Perennial Calendar, And Companion To The Almanac: Illustrating The Events Of Every Day In The Year (1824), p. 254

“In Babylonia around 3000 BC., Aldebaran was known as The Leading Star of Stars because the arrival of the constellation Taurus coincided with the vernal equinox, which was the start of the Babylonian year… The Mesopotamians called Aldebaran the Messenger of Light.”

Source: https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Aldebaran/309752

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Taurus is where Moon is exalted at 3°, which is 32° in the zodiac wheel, or 33° in the protractor.

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“Taurus was the emblem of immortality to the Egyptians and worshiped centuries before the time of Christ in Persia and Babylon. Over 4,000 years ago, the bull marked the Vernal Equinox, the position in the sky occupied by the sun on the first day of spring. This yearly occurrence was the cause of great festivals and celebrations throughout the ancient world.”

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:USS_Taurus.djvu/22

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“Taurus, The Bull, symbolised both Osiris and his sister Isis who were represented as a bull-god and cow-goddess respectively.”

Source: https://www.heavens-above.com/myth.aspx?lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=UCT&cul=en&con=Tau

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Taurus is sign ruled by the benefic (produces good outcome) planet Venus — the planet of love, desire, pleasure, sex, unity, harmony, beauty, and victory. Named after the Roman goddess who was Inana in Babylon, Ishtar in Assyria, Isis in Egypt, Astarte in Phoenicia, and Aphrodite in Greece.

More about Venus:

Source: http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-iarticle_query?bibcode=1909PA.....17...80W&db_key=AST&page_ind=0&plate_select=NO&data_type=GIF&type=SCREEN_GIF&classic=YES