Taurus – The Battle inside the Bull
The bull arena is circular like the zodiac, with the crowd watching in. The crowd is the other 11 signs of the zodiac, watching in in awe. They are ready to see a battle between pure, animalistic carnal desire and beautiful, cultivated intuition. By nature, the bull is stimulated by its senses. The red cape is the trigger, much like the sensory infatuation of Taurus, their natural erotic response to animalistic desires, their body craving nourishment through consumption. Taurus is also traditional sign of material abundance. Bullfighting was once a recreation reserved for the rich.
The zodiac is watching a great battle in Taurus in the arena. They are watching the intensive inner work Taurus must undertake for themselves, and by themselves. Taurus must abolish their fleeting earthly vices and satisfactions, the demands of the animal for something that cannot be touched. The audience watches the Taurus gracefully, convincingly, and masterfully subduing this animalistic appetite, the one we are all forced to confront and imitate Taurus as guidance. But this is not a combat battle. It’s not about Taurus obliterating or destroying part of their inherent essence. This sort of destructive tendency is a part of the animal itself. So the line is ultra fine. This isn’t a fight for Taurus. It involves gracious restrain, sublimation, and the transformation of energies. This energy is all seeing, all knowing, and all feeling, the ancient’s remarked this as a tool of ascension. There is a good reason why the Atlantean’s worshipped the Bull, they were very aware of its spiritual reverence. The art of the Taurus life is to facilitate the opening of the ‘eye’, the Buddha’s 3rd eye, transfiguring material desire and energy into awareness. I wonder if this is why they call it ‘bull’s eye’
-C.
[art: Xue Wang]