Astrological Mythology The Meaning of ... - Mandhata Global

Under this asterism, the individual is prepared for a new realization of truth
and fresh impetus for a meaningful life.
The symbol of the fish is indicative of an auspicious creative influence. The
fish gives fertility and allows for rapid growth. It helps the one to become
many easily and rapidly. While doing so it also makes an individual turn
outward and consider the feelings of others. Having children was considered
by ancient people as the fulfillment of one's social obligation. When social
obligations are fulfilled, social prestige and contentment afford peace and
satisfaction to the person. Under Revati creative faculties enable the
expression of outgoing tendencies. A new life begins for an individual under
this asterism. Vishnu's avatar form as a fish, Matsyavatara, heralded the
advent of a new cycle of evolutionary growth. Similarly, under Revati, an
individual begins a more useful existence. Under this asterism there is
always a change and an impulse to begin anew, to immerse oneself in the
realm of materiality with the intent of beginning at a higher level of
existence.
Mythological references relate Revati to the Sun, the source of energy for
the sustenance of life. Revati is also linked with Saturn, who was born of the
Sun and Chhaya, the shadow of the Sun's wife. Saturn was bom on a
Saturday at dusk. He is the god of boundless time. Saturn was born when the
real wife of the Sun was away, having put in her place an illusory woman
called Chhaya, meaning shadow, to take care of her husband. From this
illusion under the impact of the Sun's union with it, Saturn was conceived
(see Ashwini).
Under Revati, active time represented by the Sun revolving in its cycles as
indicated in the allegory of its union with its shadow, becomes passive time
experienced as endurance, duration, eternity. The fish symbol emphasizes
the merging of Jivatman, the individual soul, in the Universal Soul,
Paramatman. At this stage the flame becomes the Fire, the drop joins the Sea
and the fish goes back to its home. Mercury, the ruler of the asterism, and
Jupiter and Saturn ruling its quadrants, provide the necessary impetus for
spiritualizing materialistic experiences and linking them with the world of
the gods. Arising out of the desire for spiritual unity caused by Jupiter ruling
the first quarter comes the penance and suffering caused by Saturn ruling the
second and third quarters, under which material cravings are completely
annihilated. By this the individual is reborn in wisdom, signified by Jupiter,
ruling the last quarter of the asterism. Under the impact of Mercury, the
individual attains pure awareness born out of discrimination and
dissatisfaction with external forms of religious observances.