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All about Aries zodiac or Mesha rasi

1. The Zodiacal Sign ARIES?
By
Sandip Kumar Ladi

2. ARIES?
▶Aries is a movable and male sign.
▶It is also a malefic and bilious sign.
▶Aries is blood red in complexion.
▶It has a prominent big physique. It rises with its back.
▶It is a quadruped sign and strong during nights.
▶Aries denotes courage. It is related to Kings. It resides in the
east.
▶It is a fiery sign and it’s ruler is Mars. It has predominance in
Rajoguna.
▶Aries is symbolised by a vertical line divided in two at the top
with branches moving outward like two arcs of a circle?.
▶The symbolism is a profound representation of the pre cosmic
stage of existence.
▶The basic vertical line in the symbol stands for the spirit or
purusha, the positive creative impulse.
▶It is the consciousness aspect of the manifestation process.

3. ARIES?
▶It is the aspect of divine unfoldment which is self reliant. It
requires no support for its growth and multiplication.
▶It reflects the characteristics of ’Devas’ by which they shine in
their own light casting no shadow.
▶Standing alone, moving on its own to its creative pilgrimage,
it decides to become two, to bifurcate.
▶Polarization results from this decision.
▶This initial impetus which divides itself into two to begin the
creative process is represented by Aries.
▶The symbol of Aries which appears like a sprouting of a seed,
is a powerful impulse which contains within itself great
potentials as well as enormous responsibilities.
▶Aries stands for the process of transforming the subjective non
existence into the objective material existence.
▶The urge to grow is represented by the sprouting of leaves.

4. ARIES?
▶At this stage, the cosmic creative impulse, the positive force
in nature, represented by the vertical stem, shoots out the
first two leaves which in the course of time will grow into a
mighty tree.
▶These seemingly tender leaves contain an immeasurable
potential of expansion.
▶This immeasurable potential is concealed in a simple atom.
▶The subjective consciousness, objectified as an atom when on
the move, is the point which becomes the vertical line in the
symbolism.
▶An important feature of Aries impulse is its own sacrifice at
the altar of matter so that the subsequent stages of
manifestation can be made possible.
▶Prakriti, the material nature, can never exist without purusha,
the inner spirit.
▶Once the purusha has become externalised prakriti prevades it
to merge it’s identity within it.

5. ARIES?
▶This aspect of manifestation is expressed by the vertical line
representing the spirit on the move culminating in division and
becoming the two arcs of the universal manifestation.
▶The self sacrificing nature of Aries people enables their
progeny to blossom and grow in the objective world.
▶Additionally the symbol of Aries resembles a drooping Tau
cross, a forked tongue of a serpent as well as to the two horns
of a ram.
▶The first urge of the cosmic creative activity is a primordial
motion. However it can fructify only when there is
polarization.
▶Indecisive swinging between opposites and fullness of creative
vitality are basic characteristics of this sign.
▶Those who are born under Aries are highly creative but have
much duality in their nature as they go back and forth
between extremes.
▶They have intense love as well as deeply rooted hatred.

6. ARIES?
▶They are extremely energetic but lethargic and lazy at the
same time.
▶The polarized energy of the male and the female principles
represented by this sign give a tremendous attraction for the
opposite sex.
▶Aries born are ardent lovers but not exploiters.
▶They are generally guided by altruistic motives.
▶In all these experiences they discover themselves, their inner
motives and power and their path of inner growth.
▶The Tau cross represents the path of unfoldment of the divine
energy.
▶The first blades of grass or leaves of a tree have to exert
tremendous force in the sprouting process.
▶This characteristic is very true for the Aries person. They
have to struggle very hard in life.
▶Only after strenous efforts are their inner capacities
externalised, but when it occurs, it is a joyous moment, an
enthralling experience.

7. ARIES?
▶Their life is never easy and restful. In their life they move
frome one place to another in search of new experiences and
developing new faculties.
▶The serpents tongue analogy also emphasizes the dual nature
of Arian energy.
▶The tongue of the serpent is associated with its venom which
can be used for curative as well as destructive purposes.
▶Depending upon the situation and quantity of venom used, the
dose can be lethal or can counteract the most deadly poison.
▶In the same way the impact of Aries can be highly creative or
can destroy instantaneously.
▶It is not the thought aroused by Aries which precipitates such
a result but the basic impulse of Aries expressed as emotion
and passion.
▶The two spreading arcs, or wings of the vertical line, link the
sign with the material plane of existence.

8. ARIES?
▶It does not mean that there is no urge towards spirituality.
▶The two arcs, as two newly formed leaves or two horns of the
ram imply the presence of both the urge towards
materialization and that for the release from it.
▶One arc represents the origin from the primordial source and
the evolutionary course that immerses itself in material
existence.
▶Materialization impulse almost ceases when it’s energy begins
to concretize in an effective way.
▶The second arc starts from the level when the urge towards
liberation becomes irresistible.
▶The two arcs taken together represent Aries.
▶Together they indicate that Aries can lead one to deeper
layers of materialization as well as to the tremendous exertion
needed for release from material bondage and reabsorption in
the source.

9. ARIES?
▶Ascending from the planes of materialization, the life force
released under the impact of Aries meets the central shaft of
life and light, merges in it and again emerges from it, with the
downward course showing repeated immersion into matter.
▶This is the spectacle presented by the symbol when viewed in
its wholeness.
▶The release from bondage for the Aries born is never
complete. The thirst for life at a higher level of manifestation
is never satisfied.
▶Aries marks the stage in one’s evolutionary pilgrimage when
one cycle of experiences end and another begins.
▶Though Aries types are skilled in many ways and have deep
insight into many situations, they are often confronted with
radically different situations where their skills are of little avail.
▶The Aries individual is frequently confronted with new
circumstances where his old achievements are not of much use
and where he has to learn new lessons in order to succeed.

10. ARIES?
▶There is always an unconventional nature to his life and a
newness in his approach.
▶Aries gives rise to explorers and adventurers in the realm of
science, philosophy and new frontiers of knowledge.
▶As the first sign of the zodiac, Aries signifies new beginnings,
a new way of life, a new approach to problems.
▶All of which require courage, initiative, and the ability to
confront life alone, unaided and without any clear-cut
guidance from outside sources.
▶Aries has to exercise tremendous power to succeed in its goal
of externalization.
▶Aries is assigned the symbol of ram. The ram is an emblem of
freshness, innocence, purity, agility and beauty.
▶This symbol refers to the fragile man, who one day under
favorable conditions must come to express all the splendor and
glory of the divinity residing within him.

11. ARIES?
▶The ram is pure and full of joy in its innocence. It is happy
and frolicsome.
▶It is always eager to jump and play oblivious to any impending
danger that may lurk on its way.
▶The ram is an image of the pure spirit, enjoying the expression
of its latent energy.
▶The body of the ram is covered with wool showing that the
Aries born are warm, passionate and generous.
▶The spirit of purity, newness and the eager impulse to express
latent possibilities, the courage to co-operate in the divine
mission of manifestation and reabsorption into the one, are
the primary urges of Aries.
▶The two wings attached to the vertical line stand for the
sprouting of divinity in man which takes the evolving soul
through the different phases of materialization and eventually
release it from its shackles.
▶The sign represents this entire process in seed form.