Bull (Auroch) in Hall of
the Bulls, Lascaux
Prescriptions for testosterone drugs have shot up
around the world over the last decade. But there is growing concern that they
are being over-used and may not be safe. There comes a point in many a man's
life when he starts to feel a bit played-out. Tired. Grumpy. Apathetic. In the
US, sports and news channels are replete with ads featuring handsome men with
grey hair at their temples, too tired to play basketball and feeling irritable
even when they're on a romantic date with a beautiful woman. BBC; April 27.
The bull
was a potent symbol of power, strength, and fertility to the peoples of the
ancient world. This symbolism was manifested in several iconographic motifs.
These motifs reveal the bull as a manifestation of divine characteristics and
as an expression of the power of man. The sign Taurus shown as a bull
represents the same qualities in the zodiac. It is, therefore, not surprising
that the news item on male testosterone appears around the time of a solar
eclipse in Taurus. Also notice from the
eclipse chart that it sharply squares the meridian axis at London
That the
eclipse could raise medical concerns about testosterone levels can be also seen
from the asteroid Askalaphus.
The Askalaphus [5vi27] – Mars [11li52] midpoint is 23vi10 making a sharp sesqui
(135d) aspect to the eclipse Sun within
just 0d12m of arc.
Askalaphus: Contact with physicians;
belief-systems about the health, symptoms and medical conditions.
Mars: Masculinity; independence; available
energy; self-assertion and self-interests; testosterone levels etc.
In addition
the eclipse [8ta52] is conjunct the asteroid Toro [9ta44]. The keywords for
Toro given by Martha-Lang Wescott are given below. Notice that they are mostly
connected with testosterone levels and the word “Toro” is a Spanish word for a fighting
bull!
Toro: Machismo; bullying; intimidation;
doing hard, physical work; strength (muscular); muscle flexing—psychologically
or physically; challenging others; rough treatment; competitive; football;
prizefighting; toughness.
Message of the eclipse
A solar
eclipse on the South Node is essentially about ending a certain way of being
that is no longer in tune with our future. If change is resisted an eclipse can
become stressful or create upheaval bringing issues in the chart area that it
falls to a crisis point.
With the
South Node in Aries this eclipse is about ending the effects of testosterone.
This can be a symbol for ending a chapter in human history connected with the
human enthusiasm for war as evidenced in our collective history. With the North
Node in Libra, the evolutionary intent of this eclipse lies in the general area
of calming down and co-operating with others. To achieve that aim, we need to
understand the insidious ways we conspire to keep situations more dramatic,
intense and exhausting than they need to be. We need to stop classifying people
as “friends or foes” and instead take the time to understand the complexity of
human nature.
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