12th House in Taurus
A. N. Ryzhov. House Cusps in the Signs
Hostility from women.
Avesalom Podvodny. Houses in the Zodiac Signs
The Titan Atlas holds up the celestial vault. The prison walls of this person are thick and impenetrable, and he approaches his solitude very seriously, perceiving it as an important and essential part of life, especially with a strong 12th house. His help to the needy is seen primarily in material terms: pity, mercy, and compassion arise in him mainly in response to visible human suffering—difficult financial conditions, homelessness, long-term and incurable illnesses, and so on. Intense emotional experiences and energetic depressions often fail to trigger proper processing of the house. The sacrifices this person will have to make are material and significant (in his understanding), but if Taurus is not strongly afflicted, they are fully bearable. Here lies the danger of an overly dogmatic understanding of one’s duties and the obligation of impersonal service. One must remember that the main quality of the 12th house is creativity; and sacrifices prepared in boredom, no matter how diligently, are not pleasing to the Absolute. The same problem of stubbornness and backwardness arises during moments of self-denial and self-sacrifice: the person must clearly understand when, for what purpose, and in what form they are necessary, otherwise his service will be directed toward a low egregore. Repentance and penitence, if he walks this path, must be deep and prolonged, touching the fundamental structures of the subconscious, yet even here one must not fall into dogmatism—particularly, one must know how to stop in time, assigning an appropriate penance. This person in confinement must accomplish something material, highly significant and difficult, requiring great ingenuity and originality of approach, while external material activity, especially in the Taurian style—serious, fundamental, and persistent—evokes in him feelings of loneliness and inability to participate, which must be correctly understood as a sign from the Absolute.
Houses in the Zodiac Signs. Alexander Kostovich
Stable inner states, possible periods of severe trials. Vulnerability due to material problems, debts, uncertainty about the stability of one’s position. Pessimism is possible.
Pavel Globa. Houses in the Zodiac Signs
TAURUS—secret income. A covert millionaire. Innate talent of a modest swindler. Dishonest or secret financial dealings. In the worst case—vicious circle of severe trials, constant debts and losses, entanglement in material affairs. Mystical fear of the mysteries of the outer world. Enemies are most often of the female gender.
