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InnerVerse • 2026

Symbolism & Myth

Mario Garza (Symbolic Studies) | The Wheel, the Bull, and the Chariot That Doesn’t Move

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The Dharma wheel. The Christian cross. The Egyptian bull god. Symbolic researcher Mario Garza of Symbolic Studies returns to InnerVerse for a freeform exploration of a central metaphysical pattern, questioning if that pattern may be the architecture of reality itself.

Why does the Rider-Waite Chariot card show wheels pointed sideways and sphinxes that aren't even harnessed? What does the bull have in common with the cross? Why did nearly every ancient culture place a bull, a tree, or a still point at the center of its cosmology? And what does any of this mean for the spiritual journey in an age of accelerating modernity? Topics traced: the unmoved mover, the still center versus the spinning circumference, bull symbolism across Vedic, Buddhist, Egyptian, Greek, and Phoenician traditions, the philological golden thread connecting wheels, bulls, bills, and lords, René Guénon's reign of quantity, and why "going with the flow" is centripetal physics in metaphysical disguise. The extended conversation follows the wheel and bull symbolism thread into the modern world, tracing the reign of quantity, the acceleration of time, and what ancient metaphysics has to say about the age of AI and digital consciousness.

ChaptersInside the full 2h 4m episode26 chapters
0:00The Rider Waite Chariot Card Is Motionless
1:26Welcome Back: Mario Garza on Symbolic Studies and René Guénon
9:22Taurus, the Bull, and the Axis of the Zodiac Wheel
12:16The Bull Behind World Religion: Dharma, Bacchus, Belenus, Baal
27:09Why Baal Became the Villain: How Esoteric Knowledge Gets Gatekept
29:30Why the Tarot Chariot Doesn't Move: The Unmoved Mover Decoded
32:07The Wheel as Reality: Center, Circumference, and the Spiritual Journey
36:55Being vs. Becoming: The Physics of Going With the Cosmic Flow
40:34Christ, the Hanged Man, and the Bull Beneath the Cross
41:52The Hidden Language of Power: Bills, Bails, Sir, Czar, Baal
52:47Astro-Theology and the Malleability of Ancient Star Maps
1:01:24The Reign of Quantity and Accelerating Cycles
1:05:12Money Velocity and the Speed of Time
1:07:35Trillions of Transistors in Your Pocket
1:11:55Data, Buddha, and a Body for Deity
1:14:48God and the Devil Are One Coin
1:17:16Modernity on the Rim, Tradition at the Center
1:19:54Atlantis and the Clash of Tradition and Progress
1:23:24Nomads, Settlers, and the Hero Twin Myth
1:28:16Tradition as a Current From the Golden Age
1:32:56Desire, Abundance, and the Sacral Center
1:37:07The Nomad as a Living Axis
1:43:11Inner Movement and the Escape Artist Trap
1:48:14The Clock That Points Away From Center
1:54:52The Bull as the First Primordial Creature
2:00:44Closing Thoughts and Where to Find Mario
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Artist & researcher behind Symbolic Studies

Mario Garza is the artist and researcher behind Symbolic Studies, a project sharing symbolic insights on the zodiac, mythology, folklore and world religions, with astrology as its foundation. A lifelong artist who has worked as an art director and graphic designer for nearly 25 years, he runs Symbolic Studies from the Pacific Northwest alongside his wife Michelle, who co-hosts the podcast with him. His work traces syncretic threads across tarot, occultism and comparative religion, including the argument that the major deities of antiquity were originally polar gods before a solar model was laid over them. He also offers symbolic birth chart and tarot readings, private lessons and freelance design.

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