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In both these myths, Tara, the wife of the main character, is stolen from her
rightful husband. This gives rise to a feud, after which she is returned to him.
In Hinduism, the status of a wife is equal to that of the husband. The wife
complements her husband and enables him to discharge his religious duties,
especially by having children. The common feature in both these allegories
is the abduction of the wife by someone less noble, and the intermingling of
magnetic influences between her and this more materialistic personage,
followed by her final restoration to her rightful husband.
What is important to note is the nature of the impulses which bring about the
change. The wife undergoes an inner change from contact with a lower kind
of person that creates a situation for the more religious husband to live in a
better manner. The spirit in man, which in its original purity cannot
effectively mix with the materialization process, is to some extent defiled
under Mrigashira so that the further evolutionary process can be carried out.
The dawn of Buddhi, intelligence personified by Mercury, is an important
stage in the spiritual evolution of man. This asterism stands for all that a
curious, sensitive and outward directed intelligence is capable of.
The word Mrigashira consists of two words: 'Mriga*, meaning an antelope,
and 'Shira', meaning a head. The word Mriga also means to seek, search for,
strive for, as well as to seek or investigate inwardly. Shira means the head,
the top point of anything, the tip of any material creation. The compound
word Mriga-Shira represents the beginning of a search, either outwardly or
within oneself. The fifth asterism is associated with the beginning of the
creative impulse resulting in concrete manifestation. When the Lord Krishna
associated himself with this lunar mansion, it referred to the initial point of
manifestation, the spring which energizes all seeds and causes herbs to
sprout. The marriage of Lord Shiva also indicates the great cosmic fusion of
the Shiva-Shakti tattwas enabling the process of manifestation to begin in
the realm of objectivity. The birth of Uma or Shakti, the consort of the Lord
Shiva, is thereby the beginning of the world of manifestation. Unless the
matrix or cosmic womb, Hiranyagarbha, is created, there can be no
manifestation.
Mrigashira stands for a search, either inward or outward, under which the
spirit penetrates the outer crust of materiality with a view to ultimately
reveal its own reality and the illusory nature of matter. This is the idea of
chase, seeking, investigation. In the life of the individual, the impulse
radiating from this asterism causes one to be surrounded by material
affluence in order to realize ultimately the wider significance of life. One
can obtain many good things of life under the influence of Mrigashira,
which is why it is considered auspicious.