{"id":63794,"date":"2014-05-08T21:39:16","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T21:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theinnerwheel.com\/?p=3167"},"modified":"2014-05-08T21:39:16","modified_gmt":"2014-05-08T21:39:16","slug":"astrology-and-the-dark-goddess-continued-from-the-widening-gyre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astrologyblogger.com\/?p=63794","title":{"rendered":"Astrology and The Dark Goddess (Continued from The Widening Gyre)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Astrology and The Dark Goddess:<\/p>\n

“If we ever stop to think about the imagery and archetypes in the natal chart, it is no secret that they are primarily masculine. \u00a0This should come as no surprise to us. \u00a0Aside from the Moon, (which, as a light, I set aside along with the Sun–more on that later) we have only Venus to embody the feminine. \u00a0And I suppose this makes sense, too. \u00a0(I will ignore, for the time being, the influence of cultural stereotyping.) \u00a0It makes sense because the natal chart reflects the way we interact with the outside world. \u00a0It is about how we act, how we move forward, how we negotiate our way through the world. \u00a0Even if we retreat, even if we hide, it is an action. \u00a0Action is tied up with the masculine archetype.<\/p>\n

Venus seduces. \u00a0That’s her power. \u00a0She wins by seducing, and she connects. \u00a0This is traditionally the power of the feminine, to lure, to bait, to receive through attracting. \u00a0But even this is an action. \u00a0Where is the feminine in the chart, the true feminine? \u00a0A clue lies in the word ‘receive’–more on that later.<\/p>\n

Traditionally, the stages of the feminine journey are three: \u00a0Maiden (Venus), Mother (Moon) and Crone\/Wise Woman. \u00a0I don’t know about you, but I feel tradition has its limits. \u00a0I resent and reject the word Crone with its negative connotations. \u00a0This traditional triumvirate is missing a massive chunk of the feminine experience. \u00a0There is a huge chasm between ‘mother’ and ‘crone.’ \u00a0Most of us, as women, live most of our lives there, and yet there is no astrological correlative to describe the experience. \u00a0Nothing to mark our path as we grow into our wisdom. \u00a0And what are we wise about, ultimately? \u00a0The material world itself. \u00a0Feminine wisdom is about honoring life itself. \u00a0Knowing what it can and cannot give us, understanding its cycles, respecting its demands without giving in to its power. \u00a0Learning and respecting the rhythms of the material world without losing ourselves in the process requires a unique merging of instinct and intellect. \u00a0We must get beyond ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’ in order to embrace a new paradigm that transcends duality consciousness. \u00a0Far beyond the conflict of ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine,’ we are dealing with growth that requires the merging of spirit and matter. \u00a0And this is where the four major asteroids–Ceres, Pallas, Juno and Vesta–step in to save us. \u00a0They represent a vision of the mature feminine that delivers us from the mundane world. \u00a0(The Black Moon Lilith serves as a contrast and a corrective–more on BML later.)<\/p>\n

Make no mistake about it–ALL of these goddesses have a terrifying streak to them. \u00a0When they aren’t honored, when the forces in the natal chart go wrong, well, let’s just say that the students in last year’s The Dark Goddess class started calling them, “The Killers.” \u00a0(Even the usually sweet Juno has her darker side.) \u00a0There is a ruthlessness to the energy of these goddesses that must be acknowledged and respected. \u00a0Ignore them and mistreat them at your peril.<\/p>\n

Far from being, “just more asteroids” amidst the seemingly endless number out there, these four are special.<\/p>\n

These were the first four asteroids discovered, the Three Musketeers (plus D’Artagnan) of\u00a0 feminine sensibility.\u00a0All four asteroids were discovered in the period between 1801 and 1807.\u00a0 Their orbits\u00a0are\u00a0close: 3.6 years\u00a0for Vesta , 4.3 for Juno and\u00a04.6 for Ceres and Pallas.\u00a0 They represent the journey between Mars and Jupiter, between our action and our greater wisdom.\u00a0\u00a0 Whether we simply act, or whether we\u00a0act with mindful purpose, depends a great deal on our relationship with our four major asteroids.<\/p>\n

The elements create our known world.\u00a0 These four goddesses have a relationship to and\u00a0influence over the elements in the chart. \u00a0There was some confusion in the beginning, but now most astrologers who work with the asteroids agree that Ceres rules Earth, Vesta rules Fire, Pallas rules Air and Juno rules Water.\u00a0 Each can bring abundance via these elements, and each can be ruthless in her own\u00a0elemental\u00a0way.\u00a0 Ceres\u00a0may suffocate us, Vesta can burn us, Pallas can distort our minds and Juno can drown us.\u00a0 Each goddess has an\u00a0influence over any planet in her element.<\/p>\n

These asteroids, in their inimitable way, help us negotiate the known world.\u00a0 They are not unflinching forces from beyond, like the outer planets.\u00a0 They have to do with real life, real issues in our lives and our charts.\u00a0 According to NASA, they form a bridge between the rocky bodies of the inner solar system and the icy bodies of the outer planets.\u00a0 Between the\u00a0here and now and the demands of the\u00a0divine, in astrological terms.\u00a0Ceres and Vesta are the two most massive residents of the asteroid belt.\u00a0 We have a physical specimen from Vesta–the only other two specimens are from Mars and the Moon.\u00a0 Vesta is rocky, where Ceres, which is now\u00a0considered a dwarf planet, seems to have ice and minerals beneath her mantle.\u00a0 Ice (water)\u00a0and minerals are the cocktail that allows life to happen.\u00a0 Astronomically, we know less about Juno and Pallas.\u00a0 Perhaps, when we do, a leap of synchronicity will occur and we will understand more about the complex issue of equality within relationships, and be able to use better the power of perception and patterning.<\/p>\n

When the asteroids are working well in the chart, we learn\u00a0that the universe is receptive.\u00a0 It is responsive to our need for growth, and performs a productive dance with us if we are prepared to leave old patterns and honor the truth of our inner lives.\u00a0 These goddesses are teaching us that action without\u00a0intention is meaningless.\u00a0 They want us to open our eyes and our hearts, they want us to be aware of the greater patterns in life and find our place within them.\u00a0 They want us to be receptive and act from that newly found wisdom.\u00a0 They want us to embrace life.\u00a0 They want us to be respectful of it.\u00a0\u00a0 They want us to leave, once and for all, the notion that spirit and matter are in conflict.\u00a0 They want us to\u00a0experience the profound\u00a0divinity within our ordinary material existence.\u00a0 They are whispering to us that we must no longer carry the notion of ‘mind over matter,’ but accept the understanding that mind works with and through matter.<\/p>\n

When the goddesses go wrong, we have chaos, rigidity, obsession, hunger, ruthlessness, and blindness towards compassion, equality and fairness.\u00a0 They become the harbingers of destruction, Anti-Life.\u00a0 As I said, ignore them at your peril.<\/p>\n

Using the four major asteroids correctly will expand your knowledge of the chart ten-fold.\u00a0 Over the next\u00a0few weeks we will be exploring them on The Inner Wheel.<\/p>\n

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  Astrology and The Dark Goddess: “If we ever stop to think about the imagery and archetypes in the natal chart, it is no secret that they are primarily masculine. \u00a0This should come as no surprise to us. \u00a0Aside from the Moon, (which, as a light, I set aside along with the Sun–more on that […]<\/p>\n

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