nature's zodiac

The following is an excerpt from the book I am currently writing, Sun on Earth; A Handbook for the Individual in The Aquarian Age.

A torus field is like an invisible donut-shaped bubble of energy that surrounds things—like people, planets, or even atoms. Imagine a donut made of energy, with it flowing in through the top, around the sides, out the bottom, and back up again in a never-ending loop. This flow maintains balance and protection, akin to a force field.

A healthy torus field is vibrant, balanced, and interconnected, supporting overall well-being and energetic protection.

I discovered the zodiac to be a torus field in 2021 simply by arranging the signs vertically, from the wateriest of waters (Pisces) to the firiest of fires (Sagittarius). From here I connected some circles around the signs, leaving Taurus and Sagittarius without partners until I joined them together. 

That is when the torus field, or the Taurus field took shape. The torus field’s center is the same as its periphery. This is probably why Sagittarius is represented by the “cenTAUR”. Although it represents the greatest extent of expansion, it is paradoxically also the center.

Because it has been a year of more contemplation, I have realized something about the diagram. If we put figure eights to loop the ‘pairs,’ it is even further driven home that Taurus is always the central reference character. That is to say, when we interact with or experience something, we do so in a reflexive way, referring back to ourselves and what we know as we continue to explore it.

If Taurus serves as the central reference point—our place of Self that we refer back to in any given instant—then Sagittarius also represents the Self, since the center of the torus is the same as its periphery. 

A good metaphor I like to use is the bull’s eye, which aptly includes both Taurus’ Bull and Sagittarius’ archer .

The bull’s-eye is in the center, but it is also behind the eyes of the aimer. The aiming is something very primal. It precedes willing and decision-making and perceiving. Aiming leads to the heart of that elusive transcendental “I” that the philosophers are always chasing.

There is the center, which is what we aim for as well as the aim itself, and within this balance is something similar to a center/periphery blend. You could think about it also as a “bull’s eye feeling.” When things are, in the words of Bob Dylan, “right on target, so direct.”

When experiencing a bull’s-eye feeling, some individuals may encounter synchronicities or meaningful coincidences, which further suggest that the center and the periphery are inexplicably linked. Maybe the arrow of time is entangled with the arrow of our aims? 

Aside from the Bull’s Eye metaphor, we can play with other Taurus/ Sagittarius word combinations.

Meaning(Sagittarius) full(Taurus)

Spirited (Sagittarius) Nature (Taurus)

Systems (Taurus) of Learning (Sagittarius)

Embodying (Taurus) Wisdom (Sagittarius)

A Taste (Taurus) for Enthusiasm (Sagittarius)

Zest (Sagittarius) full (Taurus)

The goal is to summon as many as possible and find the one that resonates most. You can use it as a mantra and see if it helps to both center and expand your sense of self. 

Let us now take a second look at our diagram of the toroscope, that is, the zodiac arranged vertically to evoke the movement of a torus field.

The first figure eight only involves two signs: Taurus and Sagittarius. All of the other figure eights involve three signs.

But the two signs are really one because the center is the same as the periphery; that is, Taurus is really one with Sagittarius, spirited nature.

The three signs involved in the remaining figure eights are really four, because concealed within the sign of Taurus is Sagittarius.

We will explore the significance of these shifting numbers later. For now, just consider a hidden ‘one’ within the twoness and a hidden four within the threeness.