Monday, March 31, 2014

Past the New Moon

Sorry for the delay, but in fact I am in time to point at an important aspect combination during New Moon: Mars opposition Eris and Eris inconjunct Saturn. A Mars-Eris combination was prominent in the chart of Pearl Harbor. And though there are Mars-Eris aspects throughout the year, I believe that the third party (Saturn) warns us to be careful and vigilant. Today I read that there was a fiery conflict (Mars-Eris) between North- and South Korea. There is Ukraine. And there is Syria. As charts are to be seen in the light of the situation and conditions, I think that this combination is more dangerous than it seems to be. Any fiery conflict could explode. With Venus trine Mars and sextile Eris, square Saturn there is a big role for diplomats.

In The Netherlands, Mars and Eris are on the horizon:

The New Moon and the Sun are in aspect with Jupiter, Uranus and Pluto, promissing new inventions and more tension. It will not be a quiet spring. But is there ever a quiet spring? Think of 1968 and the so called Arabian spring... When the New Moon is in Aries and there is a need for action that is not being used to just clean the carpets and sew or buy new cloths, the mood might get fiery. Aries, after all, is the first fire sign and Ares was the god of war. 

For me, with New Moon in the first house, it is time to take care of myself. I did so yesterday, and the day before. After removing the winter cloths and planting colourful flowers, I enjoyed the extremely high temperatures (as if in May) in the garden. Safely:)...
Thanks for visiting Astropost today! Wishing you a flowery and peaceful spring!

Sunday, March 23, 2014

What is Ixion? Let's test it...

Ixion is a Plutino in the Kuiper Belt, discovered on May 22,  2001 and a bit smaller than Ceres (a category dwarf planet) is. In Greek mythology Ixion, father of the Centaurs, is a bad host and even worse guest who ruined his second chance (given by Jupiter) and ended on a fiery wheel, turning in Hades forever and ever. 

There is little study done on Ixion, up to now. He might be the symbol of the second chance, forgiveness, ungratefulness or 'the bad guy' inside or outside ourselves. In the Zero Aries chart of the Netherlands, Ixion is opposition MC and last week the 'bad guy' appeared in the shape of a politician who is about to be prosecuted and isolated because of what he said. His Ixion is conjunct Mars and Uranus was quindecile this Mars-Ixion conjunction last week.

How about your Ixion? If Ixion has an important place in your natal chart (say in conjunction or opposition with a fast moving planet, Sun, Moon, Sun/Moon or Ascendant or MC) the issue of 'gratitude' or 'second chance' or the 'bad guy without moral' could be very important in your life. When transit Ixion is in hard aspect with your chart, you could have to make a choice whether or not to allow a second chance or to be or not to be a host or guest. You could even meet the 'ungrateful dog' in person! This might also happen when there is a progressed aspect with Ixion. Better test it!

So where is Ixion now? In 2014 Ixion moves between 19d56 and 22d10 Sagittarius. Astro.com knows it all: http://www.astro.com/swisseph/kx76.htm

LINKS
About Ixion and astrology 

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Friday, March 21, 2014

Cycles repeated, history repeated?


When I had a look at the chart of the astrological New Year, I noticed Mars opposite Eris (for info on Eris, see Wikipedia). It is not an unusual aspect combination. I wrote about Mars square Eris in 2011. There has been a trine and an inconjunct in 2011/2012/2013 and now we have an opposition of Mars and Eris. In synastry it is not the best aspect for friendship:). This aspect fuels discord.

It is the kind of aspect that signals conflicts, often related to jealousy and sometimes this aspect sparks war, especially when Mars is in conflict with more challenging planets at the same time. Have a look at the Aries equinox chart of 1939. The transits are the positions of the day of birth of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. His Saturn was conjunct the Ascendant of the spring chart of 1939. Mars was trine his natal Sun.
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There is a combination of Sun square Mars, semi square Uranus and trine Pluto. Mars is in conflict with Uranus and Pluto. There are more moments of Mars-Uranus-Pluto and they are usually scary and reflecting crisis (more in another post).  It was just past new moon and the conjunction of Moon and Eris, both square Mars.

In 1939 World War 2 officially started. There had been a prelude to war, that looks frighteningly much like what happens in Russia/Ukraine right now, like the occupation of Bohemia and Moravia. Just like in those years, the neighbor countries had limited their expenses on the military*).

How about now?

The Mars-Eris conflict in the Spring chart of 2014 is not accompanied by aspects between Uranus-Pluto and Mars. This is the chart for Moscow when the new astrological cycle started. The transits are those of the day of birth of Vladimir Putin. His natal Sun trine transit Venus and on the Ascendant of the Spring equinox horizon could (and I hope it does) mean peace. His Uranus is on the Midheaven of that chart and that is (of course) signaling a nervous situation of changes.
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Around the 10th of July Mars will be opposite Uranus and square Pluto again. And later that month Mars will again be opposite Eris. Does that promise conflicts again in July? I hope not.

ARROW OF TIME
3 years ago I watched Professor Brian Cox explain the Second Law of Thermodynamics related to the universe. The arrow of time always moves on. So:
- entropy increases
- from order to disorder
- past will change
- future won't return to past 
That is the arrow of time. 

Everything must eventually end. And when it ends, we can't get things back as they used to be. Change is all around.

Picture this: you can ride in an antique train, but the station has changed, and everything around and you are a contemporary person. You can't actually go back in time, even though it may look like you have. That is what happens with history and the positions of planets, too. Nothing is the same as it was before. And sometimes that is a very good thing!
This 'law' is also effective in your personal chart. You may have experienced the first Saturn return and will likely have completely different experiences when you have the second Saturn return. That is because you changed, and everything around you changed. History never repeats the same way.


*)Later, Dutch marines had nothing more but stones to fight the German planes. While Germany was armed and the number of soldiers grew, the neighbors  cut their expenses and minimized the army.

LINKS
More on the arrow of time http://historiesofthingstocome.blogspot.nl/2010/08/arrow-of-time-physics-problem-solved-by.html
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Aries astrologer Dane Rudhyar


It is Aries time, time for the chart of an Aries astrologer. In 2008 I wrote about the chart of Dane Rudhyar, born March 23, 1895. I mentioned the creative quintiles, the musician and the astrologer in his chart. There is always Jupiter-Uranus in charts of astrologers and they were generous with Jupiter-Uranus combinations when Dave Rudhyar was born. Quoting myself:

 " In the chart of Rudhyar we see the Moon in Aquarius trine Jupiter, the combination of the calling Uranus and the ascendant in Sagittarius, but most of all the midpoint combinations with Jupiter and Uranus as an indication for the metier. 
Here we go:
Sun 157.5 Jupiter/UranusJupiter 157.5 Uranus/Nodes and 135 Asc/MCUranus 157.5 Moon/Jupiter and 90 d from Jupiter/MC"
HOW did Dane Rudhyar show being an Aries? He was a pioneer in humanistic astrology!

PS
a. 157.5 is the well known sesquisquare (135d) + half semi square (22.5). It is a minor, but not to be overlooked aspect.

b. a 'calling' planet is a planet without major (Ptolemaic) aspects in sign or orb 5 degrees. These planets show up at any kind of level, somehow and anyhow.

LINKS
Astropost: BIRTH CHART DANE RUDHYAR Born on the 23rd March… with more on his chart.

For more on Dane Rudhyar and a clear picture of his chart, see Astro.com: http://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Rudhyar,_Dane

See the interview with Dane Rudhyar on Khaldea.com: http://www.khaldea.com/rudhyar/at_interview1.shtml

More astrologers (and their sign) http://astropost.blogspot.nl/search/label/astrologers

More Aries: http://astropost.blogspot.nl/search/label/Aries

On Sun sign Aries


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Thursday, March 20, 2014

Happy Astrological New Year!

Today at 16:58 UT it is the beginning of the next astrological year. It is NY's day for astrologers every time that the Sun is at 0 Aries (Aries Point). That is when the new cycle starts. Zero Aries in 2014 has Moon in Scorpio, Sun and Mars 'calling' (no Ptolemaic aspects in sign or orb 5 degrees). The Sun is half semi square Eris and retrograding Mars is making an aspect with Eris as well. This opposition of Mars and Eris will be exact on March 29 and will be back when Mars is direct later. This may be regarded in line with the events in Ukraine, perhaps. It is a rather disturbing aspect that mirrors aggressive discord.
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As neither Mars nor Eris are angular, this doesn't seem to apply to Greenwich and neither is there a highlighted Jupiter-Uranus-Pluto in that chart.
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In Moscow, however, Pluto is exactly square Ascendant (stubborn, threads, danger), while in Washington Pluto is exactly on the Descendant (outspoken) and Jupiter closer to the Ascendant than Jupiter is to the Russian Midheaven.
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In Kiev Jupiter and Uranus are tighter connected to an angle as Pluto.

Time will tell what it means. It does have a meaning for those born at that time and place. May I end this story with the picture of NY2014 for Amsterdam? The day of the elections ended with Eris on the Descendant and there is a special place for Ixion on the IC in the NY's chart.


I haven't studied Ixion yet. I read that it is about a repeated cycle of forgiveness and hurt and more (see: http://www.lunarplanner.com/asteroids-dwarfplanets/Ixion.html ). Now watch what happens…

This new astrological year has a brave Moon in Scorpio. Because the square of Jupiter and Uranus is tighter than the aspects with Pluto, I have hope for better times. But I always have…Anyway, I wish you all a happy astrological New Year! Spring is near on the Northern half of earth!

*)  It is all about Geert Wilders being threatened and Geert Wilders and followers shouting that they want 'less Moroccans'. He is a Dutch politician born September 6, 1963 in Venlo, Netherlands. For more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geert_Wilders

LINKS
More on angularity by Dear Brutus http://www.dearbrutus.com/angularity.html

Picture thanks to Wiki Commons

Jean-Léon Gérôme - The Tulip Folly - Walters 372612.jpg 

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