The
Asteroid Report
Chiron
and the Asteroids
Astrological
Report for Princess of
by Viniita Hutchinson
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Your Chart Data
Name: Princess
of
Date: Jul
01, 1961
Time: 07:45:00
PM GMD -01:00
Place:
000E30'00" 52N50'00"
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Planet |
Sign |
Position |
House |
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House
Cusps |
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Sun |
Cancer |
09°Ca40' |
07th |
|
01 18°Sg24' |
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Moon |
Aquarius |
25°Aq02' |
03rd |
|
02 12°Cp28' |
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Mercury |
Cancer |
03°Ca12'
R |
07th |
|
03 20°Aq59' |
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Venus |
Taurus |
24°Ta24' |
05th |
|
04 23°Ar03' |
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Mars |
Virgo |
01°Vi39' |
09th |
|
05 10°Ta54' |
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Jupiter |
Aquarius |
05°Aq06'
R |
02nd |
|
06 28°Ta58' |
|
Saturn |
Capricorn |
27°Cp49'
R |
02nd |
|
07 18°Ge24' |
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Uranus |
Leo |
23°Le20' |
09th |
|
08 12°Ca28' |
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Scorpio |
08°Sc38'
R |
10th |
|
09 20°Le59' |
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Pluto |
Virgo |
06°Vi03' |
09th |
|
10 23°Li03' |
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Midheaven |
Libra |
23°Li03' |
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|
11 10°Sc54' |
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Ascendant |
Sagittarius |
18°Sg24' |
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|
12 28°Sc58' |
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Chiron |
Pisces |
06°Pi28'
R |
03rd |
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Ceres |
Taurus |
10°Ta38' |
04th |
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Pallas |
Pisces |
25°Pi38' |
03rd |
|
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Juno |
Pisces |
26°Pi44' |
03rd |
|
|
|
Vesta |
Taurus |
13°Ta19' |
05th |
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Text
Copyright 1995 Viniita Hutchinson
Program
Copyright 1985-2003 Matrix Software, Inc.
Introduction
Astrology is an ancient science and art that has been in use for centuries. The
planets are named after the Mediterranean gods of ancient
The last few centuries have been an exciting time for astrologers. We
have witnessed the discovery of the outer planets and watched them conform to
the synchronistic meaning ascribed to them by their names, joining and
expanding the pantheon of deities that dance through the horoscopes of people
and political events. Astrologers have become comfortable with the extended
astrological family that now includes Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, and these
have been utilized in western astrology for most of the twentieth century.
Since the dust has settled from these cosmic discoveries, astrologers have had
some time to study the action of some other newly discovered heavenly bodies -
namely Chiron and the asteroids.
The asteroids lie in a belt that orbits between Mars and Jupiter. It
is now known that this belt is comprised of thousands of asteroids, but the
first four were discovered many years in advance of the rest. These four
asteroids were named after four major Olympic goddesses, which happened to
redress the gender imbalance among the primarily male planetary deities that
populate the horoscope. Thus it was that Ceres, Juno, Vesta,
and Pallas Athena came along at the time of the birth of the women's movement
in the nineteenth century. Astrologers do work with the myriad of other
asteroids as well, but these four, with their associations to four of the most
important goddesses, are the "standard" ones in use.
Chiron was discovered in 1977, and was named after the wise Greek
centaur who tasted immortality. Chiron lies between Saturn and Uranus and
occasionally passes within the orbit of Saturn. At first thought to be a comet
or asteroid it is now considered a "planetoid" or small planet-like
body.
The astrological portraits of the asteroids and Chiron have emerged
through the observations of fascinated astrologers over the last century. This
report informs you of their symbolic meaning and gives you insight into how
they operate in your own horoscope.
Chiron
& the Asteroids in Your Chart
Chiron
The astronomical body, Chiron (once thought to be a comet or asteroid,
now considered a "planetoid" or small planet-like body) is named
after the ancient Greek, centaur demi-god who was
horse from the waist down and human from the waist up. Chiron's orbit, unlike
that of the asteroids, lies between Saturn and Uranus, and is irregular in that
it occasionally crosses inside the orbit of Saturn. This astronomical
characteristic is symbolic of Chiron's reputation for being somewhat of a
maverick.
Chiron was no ordinary run-of-the-mill centaur at the mercy of
instincts and appetites. He displayed such self-mastery and was so wise and
gifted in both the arts of healing and the arts of war and statesmanship, that
he found himself mentor to hero's and kings and their sons. His service was of
such value that he was granted immortality by the gods. Chance would have it
that he was accidentally wounded in the foot by one of his own poisoned arrows,
carelessly tossed by one of his fosterlings (Heracles). Since by this time he
was immortal, the result of this mishap was that Chiron was condemned by fate
to suffer eternally the agonies of a poisoned wound that could not be healed.
In order to obtain release from his endless suffering, the wise old centaur
decided to relinquish the mantle of immortality that had been bestowed upon
him. He gave it, instead, to Prometheus (who needed it to be freed from the
punishment he suffered for mocking the gods and stealing their fire). In this
way, Chiron embraced death and found release from his suffering.
Astrologically, Chiron's placement in the horoscope indicates one's
experience of the wound that does not heal, (or the wound that does not seem to
heal, because although an important lesson may be learned through dealing with
it, the wound seems to spiral around with another lesson on a deeper level).
Chiron represents one's experience of woundedness and
the nature of the wound. Second, by coming to terms with suffering through an
acceptance of one's mortality, one arrives at a greater state of wholeness or
healing. Third, Chiron shows how one comes into one's own as an elder or mentor
who can provide healing and guidance to others. Thus Chiron also astrologically
indicates the ways and means with which you can guide others, as well as the
kind of mentoring and healing you seek for yourself.
Chiron in Pisces
With Chiron in Pisces, mentoring and the healing process are
associated with compassion, artistic sensitivity, and the fostering of a viable
spiritual awareness. This applies to both the kind of mentoring you seek for
yourself, and the kind that you are eventually able to extend to others. You
may encounter mentor figures who are mystical, artistic, or sensitive in some
way, or who can help you navigate the choppy waters of spiritual pitfalls. You
may experience wounding, inadequacy, or insoluble conflict arising from
exposure to victim/martyr dynamics, addictions, spiritual exploitation, or the
inability or unwillingness to distinguish "reality" from
"non-ordinary" states. Spiritual escapism, or the habit of taking
shelter in the cosmic state of oneness (or other addictions) as a way of
avoiding the suffering of the world, can hinder the formation of a functional
ego and healthy sense of self. Experiences such as these, or the loss of a
spiritual mentor, are painful events that evoke your philosophical side and awaken
a true sense of wisdom as you struggle to come to terms with the ongoing
suffering and the healing sought.
Chiron in 3rd House
Chiron in the third house indicates that the wounding/healing
experience (as described by Chiron's sign placement) plays itself out through
the sphere of life that has to do with the mind, intellect, education,
networking, and communication of thoughts and ideas (perhaps thoughts and ideas
pertaining to healing, or mentoring). You may routinely experience
misunderstandings in communications - a difficulty that forces you to work
extra hard in order to get your message across (which may exacerbate the
problem) or to clear things up. Perhaps traditional methods of education were
insufferable, abusive, unavailable, or simply unappealing, leaving you with a
sense of inferiority in matters of "knowledgeability."
Difficulties in networking with the community at large,
or in coping with traumatic sibling experiences could have the same wounding
effect, and any dysfunctional defense mechanisms you use to deal with the
painful issue can cause you further difficulties. Eventually you learn how to
integrate and learn from these experiences in such a way that you cyclically
reap deeper and deeper healing and wisdom from them.
Sun Trine Chiron Orb: 03°12'
Chiron forms a harmonious aspect with the Sun. The mentor/wounded
healer archetype within yourself supports your sense of self-essence. Creative
expression may be very healing for you as well as for those you share your gifts
with. Creativity can be an outlet through which you deal with a wound
associated with the father, or other animus figures. You may serve as a kind of
mentor or healer to creative people or to those who struggle with issues of
creativity, self-expression, and self-purpose.
Mercury Trine Chiron Orb:
03°16'
Chiron forms a harmonious aspect with Mercury. The
Mars Opposite Chiron Orb: 04°49'
Chiron forms a challenging aspect with Mars. The centaur and the
warrior butt heads! You may suffer due to opinions that it is unmanly for men
to engage themselves in healing, therapeutic or counseling endeavors. Or
perhaps you struggle with feelings of lack of confidence or fear of
confrontation when it comes to fulfilling a calling you feel to teach or
mentor. The ability to cope with confrontation and aggression, as well as to
assert yourself and express your drive and your anger in effective ways is, for
you, experienced as a painful or wounding issue in some way. You may have been
exposed, in early life, to an ongoing atmosphere of subtle or overt abuse and
intimidation that prevented you from learning the positive skills of
self-assertion and healthy anger. You may fear your own capacity for anger, or
believe that all anger is destructive. This can lead to a suppression of anger
that builds up and does start to feel threatening. As a result you may,
consciously or unconsciously, lapse into passive-aggressive behavior patterns
or indulge in backhanded competitive efforts to wreak vengeance on those with
whom you are angry. Direct honest expression of your anger can be the most
frightening and threatening challenge in the world, yet you long to learn how
to be able to handle yourself in such a way. When you do, you find the effects
incredibly healing. The trick is to learn to see that the need for healing and
the need for confrontation are not incompatible, and that by learning to
embrace both these needs you find the solution to these old patterns of
conflict.
Chiron forms a harmonious aspect with
Pluto Opposite Chiron Orb: 00°25'
Chiron forms a challenging aspect with Pluto. The mentor/wounded
healer archetype within yourself combines with the urge for powerful and
transformative experience in such a way that these two aspects of yourself seem
to be at odds with each other. You may experience a personal sense of wounding
due to issues involving death, sexuality, power abuses, destructive urges, or
intense and deeply buried emotions such as rage, jealousy, or possessiveness.
There could be an inability to perceive the destructiveness in oneself or
others, or a lack of trust in one's own instincts and gut feelings; in either case,
one's self-preservation skills may be impaired or wounded in some way. You may
be attracted to exciting but dangerous experiences that tempt fate - until you
get burned enough to recognize that something's got to change. The challenge is
to learn to reconcile the need for healing and wise counsel with the need to
deal with power and peak experiences. You need to make room for both needs in
your life, and to avoid the natural tendency to unconsciously repress or
project one of them out onto others. Once you have embarked upon your own
healing journey, you can have a profound healing influence on others who are
struggling with issues of power abuses and powerful or destructive emotional,
archetypal, or sexual energies. Your avenue of healing or counseling may
involve work with shamanism, initiation experiences, depth psychology, or
primal or archetypal energies.
Ceres
Ceres is the expression of the Earth Goddess archetype that has been
worshipped in many forms by various cultures. This archetype has always been
associated with mother earth, harvests, a transformational journey to and from
the underworld, rites of passage, and the birth or resurrection of a fertility
deity.
The myth of Demeter (da mater or "earth
mother") and the sudden abduction of her dearly loved daughter Persephone
by the lord of the underworld contains the same
universal symbolism as other Earth Goddess myths. These myths may appear, at
first, to be early explanations for the changing of the seasons. They are
actually wise, rich, symbolic teachings on such profound themes as loss and
renewal, death and rebirth, and the endless transformation that constitutes the
very laws of creation to which this universe and everything in it adheres.
On a more personal level, the Ceres myth deals with the severance of
the bonds of love and/or attachment. When we experience love as we have known
it being taken from us, we can feel as if we have been cast into a realm of
eternal darkness, never to return to the world of the living again. We may then
be unable to let go of the past, reliving it again and again in our minds -
protesting and resisting the present, and demanding that it somehow hand over
to us the treasure that has been snatched away.
Yet as with Demeter, who chose to forgo her divinity and wander in the
world of humans, after which she was reunited annually with her transformed
daughter, it is only when we can give up notions of eternal paradise and
immortality that we can relinquish old attachments. Only when
we have been humbled by and have accepted those mysterious cyclic forces beyond
ourselves that we can be restored to a state of plentitude and abundance in the
here and now. Then we can truly understand how our cup must be emptied
in order to be filled afresh.
Ceres in the birth chart thus describes what one really cares about,
and the way one nurtures others (and needs to be nurtured oneself) in a
parental kind of way. It also indicates where one may tend to cling, the kind
of separations that can be traumatic, and what one may be required to give up
(or share with others) in order to grow. It can also indicate the ways in which
we seek for something that seems to be missing,
something we didn't get enough of, as well as the ways that can help us mourn
such a loss. As with Demeter and Persephone, Ceres can also indicate the kind
of experience that constitutes a rite of passage - the most profound
transformation: the death and rebirth of the self.
Ceres in Taurus
When Ceres is in Taurus, nurturance is conveyed through physical means
- cuddles, hugs, and plenty of good food! You may even extend your nurturing
instincts to the physical earth itself, through such activities as organic
gardening and ecological movements. You may have an "Earth Mother"
quality to you, and a green thumb that can make anything grow. Any unfulfilled
needs for physical nurturing at an early age could be a source of grief through
which you learn how to provide this for yourself and, thus, for others. On the
other hand, this sense of lack can promote the tendency to accumulate material
wealth as a kind of unconscious physical substitute. Loss of material security
could be a transformative experience for you, one that initiates you into the
lessons of loss and return, death and rebirth, and simply letting go.
Ceres in 4th House
Ceres in the fourth house indicates a capacity for emotional empathy
and caring that calls to mind the unity between a mother and her unborn infant.
Nurturance is associated with an emotional communication so connected that
words are almost unnecessary and "cutting the cord" feels like a
threat to life itself. Perhaps the birth experience or some other parent-child
separation at a young age was a traumatic experience that introduced grief into
childhood. At any rate, you have an incredible capacity to provide emotional
nurturance and, with the home possibly serving as a base of operations, you
like to nurture others by providing food, child care, or emotional healing
through any method that addresses the wounds of childhood.
Sun Sextile Ceres Orb: 00°58'
Ceres forms a harmonious aspect with the Sun. The qualities of
nurturance and emotional bonding combine with the sense of self-essence or
self-identity in a natural, easy manner. You like to care for others, and your
grace in dealing with life's losses and difficult rites of passage makes you a
comfort to others grappling with these issues. You may have a green thumb, for
you have a knack for getting things to flourish.
Ceres forms a challenging aspect with Jupiter. The urges for expansion
and adventure, and the quest for meaning are affected by the Demeter-Persephone
myth in such a way that these two aspects of yourself seem to be at odds with
each other. Perhaps an interest in ceaseless travel and adventure or in a
particular belief system makes the formation of lasting emotional ties
impossible - a perceived threat to freedom. Or perhaps an excess of protective
nurturance has made you a little fearful of exploring beyond the boundaries of
the known because your own exploratory urges were never encouraged. Whatever
the reason, the challenge is to learn to see that both the need for nurturing
ties and the need for the freedom to explore and to expand your mind can and do
co-exist within yourself (and in others). These needs only appear to conflict
when we take sides with one against the other (often literally if projected,
through denial, out onto others); resolution comes about by finding ways to
meet them both. Once this balance has been achieved you are able to nurture
others by sharing the meaning and knowledge you have gained, and by encouraging
their sense of faith and optimism in life's journey. These nurturing activities
might be carried out through teaching, travelling, or
cultural exchanges.
Ceres forms a challenging aspect with
Pluto Trine Ceres Orb: 04°35'
Ceres forms a harmonious aspect with Pluto. The Demeter-Persephone
asteroid teams up with the Lord-of-the-Underworld planet, and this lends the
whole Ceres myth an extra impact on your chart. Your instinctive experience of
the deep inner forces at work in life grants you a psychological depth that
enables you to deal with grief and transformative rites of passage. Your almost
occult grasp of the laws governing death and rebirth enables you to nurture
others on a soul level. You associate nurturance with powerful instincts and
energies, and the encouragement of one's ability to handle power and undergo
transformative experiences.
Pallas
As with goddess-myths associated with the other asteroids, the myths
that pertain to the warrior goddess Pallas Athena reflect socio-historic
upheavals as well as archetypal themes. One of the most interesting aspects of
Athena's myth, as it has evolved, is the changing nature of her birth. In her
earliest form she was said to have been born of
Later myth also portrays Athena as bringing about the destruction of
both Pallas and Medusa in what appears to be sociological evidence of the
attempt to destroy goddess worship. (Pallas, Athena, and Medusa were the three
faces of the Libyan version of the triple goddess.) In one of these myths Zeus
tricks Athena into killing her Amazonian sister Pallas during a friendly
competition. Another myth relates how Athena helped King Perseus
to cut off Medusa's head by giving him a mirror to use so he could avoid her
deadly gaze. Yet, as much as these myths might have been used as evidence of
the wise Athena's denunciation of the Feminine, they also contain symbolism
that indicates how Athena preserved the goddess trinity. For, upon the death of
Pallas, the grieving Athena placed her sister's name before her own. As for her
attitude towards Medusa, she bore Medusa's image upon her breastplate and
distributed her blood to healers as a regenerative medicine. The symbolic
importance of the mirror in the Perseus-Medusa
conflict also hints at Athena's wisdom and gift as a mediator in teaching how
to reconcile opposites by seeing in oneself the
disowned qualities that are projected onto opponents.
Pallas Athena signifies wisdom and creative problem solving in which a
holistic view of conflicting or opposite elements (the Masculine and the
Feminine) is required. This sense of fairness is backed up by a willingness to
defend or fight for the underdog. Thus Pallas Athena is also associated with
fighting for causes. She represents the application of practical skill and
creative intelligence in order to best be of service.
She was the goddess of war (defense, originally) as well as the goddess of
wisdom and culture - patroness of the civilized arts such as pottery,
sculpture, weaving, architecture, and animal husbandry. Pallas Athena can also
represent the denial of one's own gender in an effort to cope with situations
that require the skills of the opposite gender in order to survive, as well as
the struggle to rediscover and reconnect with essential qualities of one's own
sex. Androgynous conditions and healing through feminine wisdom, energy
balancing or conflict resolution are also expressions of the Pallas Athena
archetype.
Pallas in Pisces
Pallas Athena in Pisces denotes perceptive insight into suffering and
the human condition. You may be intuitively subtle or wise in your ability to
express empathy, compassion, and unconditional love; and it may be important
for you to utilize these skills in your career. You could possess considerable
psychic sensitivity, arising perhaps from a natural ability to experience
states of mystic unity, or as a result of personal suffering, loss, or
deprivation. Your compassion and sensitivity may be expressed aesthetically in
powerfully moving song, poetry, or other art forms that emphasize the dreamy,
inspirational and ethereal. You may put these abilities to use in the defense
of some cause, especially any group that, for you, symbolizes the
"suffering humanity" (see Pallas Athena's house position, below) -
indeed you may be a crusader for universal Love. Difficulty may arise if your
natural spirituality and sensitivity are directed into a crusade or
militaristic campaign for unattainable ideals such as a perfect or divine
society - especially if religious guilt is involved. Skills in healing or
conflict resolution may lie in the creative ability to work with psychic or
faith healing; spiritual practices involving the use of meditation, mantra, or
visualization; shamanic journeying or imagery; art, dance, or music therapy;
and dream work.
Pallas in 3rd House
Pallas Athena in the third house denotes a truly intuitive gift for
teaching and communicating. Creativity, zeal, and practicality are blended in a
revolutionary approach to education and knowledge. You are the "warrior
student" or "warrior teacher!" You may be particularly inventive
or subtle in the use of gesture, words, speech or writing, and it may be
important for you to utilize your skills in the communication of knowledge and
ideas in your career. Your creative writing, your communications, and your
study may center around issues of justice,
humanitarian causes, women's issues, or the taking of a cultural warrior stance
of some kind. You might write as a way of making a cultural contribution, or
perhaps your thoughts, speech, or writing revolve around issues dealing with
sexual identity or healing gender conflict. Skills in healing or conflict
resolution lie in the creative use of language and thought: mantras,
affirmations, and positive thinking; as well as in therapies aimed at the functions
of speech, the nervous system, or manual dexterity. Difficulty can arise if
Pallas Athena's energy is expressed as a learning crusade in which information
is all that matters.
Venus Sextile Pallas Orb: 01°14'
The asteroid Pallas Athena forms a harmonious aspect with Venus. The
goddess of wisdom and culture meets the goddess of love and they strike up a
great friendship! You have an appreciation for the arts, and may have a fine
sense of beauty and aesthetic harmony. Your idea of the feminine can encompass
assertive and confident worldly or creative accomplishment together with the
more sensual, soft female qualities.You may support
such issues as women's rights or women's efforts to heal their sexuality.
Saturn Sextile Pallas Orb: 02°11'
The asteroid Pallas Athena forms a harmonious aspect with Saturn. Your
interest in artistic or political cultural expression and your urge to manifest
concrete practical goals can nourish each other, if you care to apply them to
the task. You are able to take a balanced approach towards the integration of
career/breadwinner activities with issues of creative expression and
socio-cultural involvement. Your organizational ability and your sense of duty
and responsibility can be put to use in the support of some favorite cause.
Juno
Juno (whose Greek name is Hera) is an
ancient Queen of Heaven Goddess dating from that matriarchal period when the
sovereign Deity was female and reigned alone, presiding over the mysteries of
birth, motherhood, and the various phases of reproduction. Mythology relates
how she was seduced by Zeus, married him out of a sense of honor, endured a
marriage characterized by power struggles over issues of fidelity and bearing a
line of descent, as well as how she went into retreat occasionally in order to
renew and center herself. Her myth parallels the history of social upheaval in
the lands where she was worshipped. Northern invaders struggled to impose
traditions of patrilineal descent and the worship of
their chief god, Zeus, upon the indigenous matriarchal cultures of Mycenaean
Greece and
Juno represents both the need for relationship and the refusal to
accept inequality within the context of a relationship. She represents the
struggle to balance the need for intimacy with the opposing need for freedom -
needs which both partners have, although one of these needs may be projected
onto the partner. She can also represent the need to take marriage as a sacred
trust, a way that leads to spiritual fulfillment through the reconciliation of
the opposites in a state of union.
On another level, Juno can represent the way in which one feels
rendered powerless by conflict in spite of sincere effort and irreproachable
conduct on one's own part. The harder one tries, the more inadequate one's
efforts seem to be, for there is a tendency to cling to old methods when circumstances
have changed and a whole new paradigm is needed before the way clear can be
seen. This frustration can sometimes lead to self-depreciation and loss of
faith in oneself. Juno thus symbolizes the transition state between old and new
ways of being, where the old fails to meet the needs of the times and the new
is not yet manifest. She describes the need for a kind of spiritual
self-rejuvenation that is needed in order to see oneself through times of utter
disintegration into the future that awaits. Juno in
the horoscope thus represents the ways in which we need to renew ourselves, and
where our ability to adjust to changing circumstances is most tested.
Since marriage proved to be this goddess' testing ground, Juno in the
horoscope also indicates the qualities associated with one's marriage partner
and the ways in which one handles intimacy/freedom needs as well as the
jealousy and insecurity that often accompany this balancing act. Juno's
position describes the nature of any control issues, the ways in which such
power struggles get enacted, and the type of sacred cows that need to be
relinquished so that the path to marital fulfillment can unfold. Juno's
placement in your chart can refer not only to your mate (or the way that you
perceive your mate), but to the relationship and to your own behavior in a
committed relationship as well.
Juno in Pisces
With Juno in Pisces, the qualities you seek in a relationship are
compassion, sensitivity, and unconditional Love. Knowingly or unknowingly you
may be seeking spiritual fulfillment through your relationship, and for this
reason some kind of shared acknowledgment of the importance of spirituality
(truly felt, as opposed to religious dogmas blindly followed) is important.
Otherwise disillusion can result from the direction of one's devotional
sentiment towards the partner, who is, after all, merely human. It could be
that, in spite of your best efforts, you yourself experience a sense of
inadequacy or powerlessness when it comes to such matters, or that your partner
is doing all the expressing in this regard (or vice versa). This could be a
source of difficulty when it comes to intimate relations. Intimacy/freedom
needs, childbearing, fidelity, and power issues need to be handled with
sensitivity and compassion, otherwise martyrdom and victimization can occur.
Juno in 3rd House
Juno in the third house indicates that communication and the exchange
of information are vital concerns in your relationship. It's important that you
learn from each other, that there is a give and take in this regard, and that
one person doesn't end up as "teacher" and the other as
"student." You and your partner may communicate through lots of
letters, daily messages, and phone calls. Siblings and the extended family may
enter into the relationship, or networking and community involvement. Issues
regarding communication are likely to be a major focus in your relationship.
The qualities described by Juno's sign position (above)
indicates the manner in which you can best deal with these issues.
Juno forms a challenging aspect with Mercury. Mental urges hook up
with the urge to relate intimately and on equal terms, but in a manner that may
be fraught with conflict. The longing for a mutually supportive relationship
may conflict with your belief system or your style of communication. Perhaps
one partner feels threatened by the beliefs or intellectual capacity of the
other. One partner may try to manipulate the other through mind games or
through belittling the mental achievements of the other. There may be
difficulty in verbally communicating one's need for equality and autonomy
within the relationship. One partner may lecture the other. The challenge is to
learn to see that both the need for a healthy relationship and the need for
intellectual expression and cultivation of the mind co-exist within yourself (and in others). These needs are not mutually
exclusive and you may need to find ways to meet them both, and to avoid the
natural tendency to unconsciously repress or project one of them out onto
others (especially your partner).
Venus Sextile Juno Orb: 02°20'
Juno forms a harmonious aspect with Venus. The pleasure principle:
beauty, harmony, and the world of the senses is
wrapped up with issues of equality and intimacy in relationship. This is an
effortless combination that works well for you. You associate healthy
partnerships with pleasurable pursuits or with the cultivation of self-worth
through affirmative touch and the affirmation of one's attractiveness. You
support your partner through a loving acceptance of his or her expression of
the sensual, the artistic and the creative. Or you may be attracted to partners
who appreciate your own expressions of beauty and pleasure. Such interests
provide you and your partner with a comfortable way to share and enrich your
relationship.
Saturn Sextile Juno Orb: 01°05'
Juno forms a harmonious aspect with Saturn. The need for a mutually
supportive relationship complements the urge to manifest and give practical
expression to your goals. You are able to take a balanced approach towards the
integration of career/breadwinner activities with issues of equality and
intimacy in relationships. Your (or your partner's) sense of duty and
responsibility helps to sustain and enrich your relationship.
Vesta
The asteroid Vesta (Latin) is named after
the ancient Greek goddess Hestia, first born of the
Olympian deities and last released by her father Cronos
(father Time), who at one point swallowed all his offspring. Thus she denotes
the beginning and the end - alpha and omega - and serves as a reminder of the
source from which all things originate and to which all must return. She
represents the preservation of sacredness and the state of connection to
formless Essence. As such, she is the only Olympic deity not worshipped
anthropomorphically; she is symbolized only by the altar and its sacred flame.
Thus she also represents any sacred space - be it temple, sweat lodge, or
meditation corner - that acts as a container in which we may center ourselves,
and feel the presence of Spirit. In ancient times Vesta
was worshipped both in the city center as the flaming altar, and in every home
as the central hearth whose embers were literally passed on down through the
generations from mother to daughter when the daughter married and established
her own hearth. In this manner Vesta came to
represent the perpetuation of the spark of life, and of civilization and one's
ancestral and cultural roots.
In early matriarchal societies, priestesses honoring Hestia maintained a connection to this spiritual essence
(represented by a sacred flame that they tended night and day). They offered
themselves in sacred sexual union in order to teach the divine aspect of
sexuality and the need to remain aware of the sacred while engaged in physical
life. The priestesses remained unmarried and committed to none but themselves and their worship. Their sons (conceived anonymously during
ceremonial summer solstice rites) served as year-kings when there was no royal
heir. These customs were finally abolished when patrilineal
traditions were enforced and the priestesses were compelled by the Roman king
to serve as keepers of the new (patriarchal) civilization and to observe vows
of celibacy. To break these vows entailed a cruel death penalty. In exchange
for the relinquishment of their sexuality, matrilineal customs, and true
spiritual function, the priestesses (Vestal Virgins) were granted freedom from
paternal control.
Vesta's
sacred flame represents, in the yogic tradition, the kundalinii
force which, when properly awakened and channeled, leads to spiritual
development. Thus, astrologically, Vesta has come to
represent both spirituality and consecrated (or desecrated) sexuality. This can
include a wide range of sexual expressions such as abstinence, renunciation and
celibacy, the celebration of spiritually honored sexuality, sexual idealism,
and the sacred whore. Astrologically, Vesta stands
for that which provides us with inner sustenance; the way in which we are pulled
back to our core or inner self; and the struggle between this and the demands
of the outer world. Vesta represents the way in which
we long to bless others with the fruits of the spiritual resources we have
found within ourselves, but it is also the need to retreat and preserve our
inner sanctuary against any disrespectful intrusion. Vesta
is associated with dedication, focus, and commitment. She represents those
things that helps us focus, the way in which we dedicate ourselves with heart
and soul, and that for which we are ready (or compelled) to make a sacrifice.
The things indicated by Vesta's position in your
chart may be things that you feel compelled to give up or sacrifice, often out
of a sense of spiritual compulsion. Yet they can also be the very things that
evoke your dedication - leading to a sense of deep inner fulfillment when you
are willing to make some sacrifices on their behalf. Keep this paradox in mind
as you read on, for Vesta can express itself one way
or the other - or both!
Vesta in Taurus
When Vesta is in Taurus, working with the
physical body or work on practical projects that yield tangible results helps
you to focus and center yourself. This is the avenue through which you get in
touch with yourself when moving inward; moving outward, it is the means through
which you can commit your focused energies with dedication, zeal, and even
sacrifice. You have tremendous physical energy and strong physical desires
which you may deny out of a sense of religious or spiritual obligation. (Yet
through the affirmation of your natural sensuality you can experience the
mystical aspect of sex, and come to understand spirituality in a way that
erases the dichotomy between spirituality and sexuality. Conversely, an
obsession with your own sexual needs could make you insensitive to your partner
and hinder you from experiencing this kind of spiritual union.) You can be a
real workhorse. It is possible that, through one-pointedness,
you focus so much on work and unswerving duty that the means becomes an end in
itself and you lose sight of the goal they are meant to serve (described
further by Vesta's house position, below). If this
happens, your disciplines or work habits become rigid and inflexible and you
end up feeling out of touch with yourself. By constantly re-anchoring your
physical drive and work energy in your sense of inner spiritual presence, you
can renew the sense of fulfilling dedication to your goals.
Vesta in 5th House
Vesta
in the fifth house indicates that creative play and exploration constitute the
sphere of life in which you tend to experience dedication or sacrifice. This
includes such things as creative self-expression, spontaneity, sports,
children, and romantic experiences (which often involve a spirit of play and
exploration). This sense of sacrifice could be expressed either as denial
(including self-denial) of these things - perhaps for the sake of duty or some
other commitment or goal (which may be spiritual or religious in nature); or as
an intense one-pointed focus and sacrificial dedication to these very things
themselves. You might, for example, be committed to artistic work but struggle
with bouts of creative block; or you might experience self-denial for the sake
of your children, or be denied the ability to have children. Sexual or
spiritual energies might be sublimated into creative endeavors, or be important
issues where children are concerned. Careful consideration of these activities
or issues will help you understand how to best manage your sense of commitment
and remain centered in your self.
Sun Sextile Vesta Orb: 03°39'
Your Vesta forms a harmonious aspect with
the Sun. You are able to balance the need for intense concentration and work
with the need for fun and games, and taking time for yourself. Perhaps you
dedicate yourself to or make sacrifices for the sake of creativity, children,
self-expression, or the dramatic arts. Your approach to spirituality is one
that affirms your inner essence and helps you find your spiritual authority
from within. Your awareness of the sacredness of the self and of life energies
may extend to your sexual energies as well.
Your Vesta forms a challenging aspect with
This sums up your report for Chiron and the asteroids in your chart. An
astrological chart is like a blueprint of the human psyche, with its great and
dramatic cast of archetypes. And each human psyche is like a unique,
one-of-a-kind carpet woven from many beautiful threads of many different
colors. Chiron and the asteroids are five of those threads.
This report has described each of those five threads by house and
sign, and has even described what happens when one of those threads is intertwined
with other single threads (the other planets). And this does give you some kind
of overall picture. But the best way to understand the pattern that all the
threads make in their weaving of the whole unique carpet,
is to consult an astrologer skilled in chart interpretation. The astrologer can
make a big difference in helping you piece together the puzzle of your chart so
that, in the end, you can see the beautiful carpet where once, perhaps, all you
saw was a tangle of threads. Hopefully, this report will help you to understand
some of the magical threads that are woven into your life.