Taurus (Northern Hemisphere)

In the Northern Hemisphere, Taurus is the eighth month of Our Zodiacal Hellenistic Mystery Calendar. In ancient Greece, the month was named according to the chart below.

Eighth is the third Stabilizing month, which represents the natural law of Harmony under the rule of Aphrodite. In this Stabilizing month, Aphrodite brings Harmony to all things. The eighth level of ascension is the sphere of Ouranos, sometimes known as the Firmament. Symbolically, the Firmament is the outermost limits of the Cosmos; it is the shell or dome which contains every material thing and in which are planted all the fixed stars and constellations.

For his Eighth Labor, Herakles must steal the Mares of Diomedes. These are four horses, but they are fire-breathing and man-eating. Because these horses have an unnatural and destructive diet, their demeanor has become unnatural and destructive; they terrorize Thrace and are kept shackled in chains. To calm them sufficiently, or completely in some versions of the myth, Herakles feeds Diomedes to them. This myth tells us that in order to conquer one's own unnatural and destructive demeanors, one must destroy the source that feeds them.

Festivals in Taurus

References

Hellenion

Plynteria

Pytho

Herakleia

Paian

Months Across City-States

Kallímakhos

Hellenic Zodiacal Calendar, Natural Laws of the Olympians