"It's awesome to hear about the momentum you've got going, Raymond. You seem to be making the very best of T Jupiter at your DSC.
Your personal inspiration to be an advocate for others is a perfect reflection of T Neptune conjunct N Mars to me - in your 6th House, with Aries on your 8th House. On March 13, the day you spoke, the Moon transited this contact and it will be back there on June 3rd for your web launch.
Best ahead "
Thank you
Transiting Neptune isn't conjunct my Mars in 6th right now. My Mars is in 25'54 Aquarius. Neptune is currently in 27'28 Aquarius. It's a separating orb of over 1 1/2 degrees.
It's not even conjuncting my Moon/Mars midpoint in 29'32 Aquarius.
I am not a believer in using wide orbed transits. I don't even get how astro.com comes up with those transit periods. It seems like you make anything work with wide orb transits. I believe in narrower orbs. I am also a believer once a transit is past exact and separates, it's not much of an influence. If it is, it's probably because it's applying in Right Ascension which is equatorial longitude. Right Ascension and Declination are the coordinates that astronomers use. I use those coordinates along with Ecliptic Longitude for a multidimension view of the chart.
I think that Eris is involved big time in my neurodiversity advocacy.
I see it as having to do with diversity,equality matters. People that are divergent tend to lack equal rights,and so they require advocates. Oftentimes, advocating for equality can lead to being viewed as controversial,discordant by people who embrace the status quo and want things to remain as they are.
A lot of its because of the view of one being right and the other wrong
Dr. Michael Brown seem to give the clue to Eris' meaning. He even said that it almost made him believe in Astrology.
Dr. Michael E. Brown, a professor of planetary astronomy at the California Institute of Technology who discovered the distant ball of ice and rock that he nicknamed Xena, chose the name Eris, after the goddess of discord and strife in Greek mythology. The International Astronomical Union made the name official today.
“It is absolutely the perfect name,” Dr. Brown said, given the continuing discord among astronomers and the public over whether Pluto should have retained its planetary status.
In mythology, Eris ignited discord that led to the Trojan War.
“She causes strife by causing arguments among men, by making them think their opinions are right and everyone else’s is wrong,” Dr. Brown said. “It really is just perfect.”
from what I gather from Dr. Brown's statement, arguments among people about what is right and wrong is related to not only discord but matters involving diversity,equality. If people's divergent from others, more likely there will be discord. There will be disregard for other's views that lead to lack of equality, and this will lead to the need for advocacy which is more about standing up for one's rights. It's a logical conclusion.
Just take Zane Stein's keywords for Eris:
Loss of innocence, entrance into adulthood; child's trauma being separated from parent; acceptance of unavoidable changes; dying and being reborn (as opposed to Pluto which rules the causes/processes of death and rebirth); internal split causing longing to be whole, the longing of the soul for its other half; the subject/object of a debate, argument, competition, conflict or war...what stirs people to fight or disagree; fighting for one's rights; strife and discord; pitting one side against the other; competition, contests and tournaments; struggles for supremacy; rivalry; a test of skills or abilities; love of fighting or debate; what one has at stake in a competition, dispute or conflict, or one's perspective of what is being fought over; refusing to relinquish one's hold on an ideal, belief, cause, or object...'not budging an inch'; the problems resulting from irreconcilable differences; contrasting different perspectives; comparing thesis and antithesis in the search for truth; contrasting opposing viewpoints to reveal each side more clearly, to seek similarities as well as differences; contrasting logical thought processes to show the limitations of logic; identifying with, or trying to understand, first principles; incongruous juxtapositions to force one to think outside of the box; the ethics connected with one's motives and methods, and the coming to light of less than spotless methods; the roots of one's motivations; piracy, defrauding, swindling; society's ethics; race intent.
Zane Stein seems to believe that Eris rules the dialectic process
some of Zane Stein's keywords have Persephone/Proserpina symbolism
Dr. Michael Brown pointed out that Eris as a Persephone/Proserpina-like orbit for half of the period, it orbits far away from Pluto and the other half , it orbits near Pluto.
It was Eris' discovery that led to Pluto and Ceres being equals as dwarf planets which astrologers still haven't really acknowledged yet. It was like how Hades/Pluto and Demeter/Ceres were forced to share Persephone/Proserpina.
check out what Eristic means in the dictionary
Given to or characterized by disputatious, often specious argument.
n.
1. One given to or expert in dispute or argument.
2. The art or practice of disputation and polemics.
of, relating, or given to controversy or logical disputation, esp for its own sake
n
1. a person who engages in logical disputes; a controversialist
2. the art or practice of logical disputation, esp if specious
[from Greek eristikos, from erizein to wrangle, from eris discord]
Noun 1. eristic - a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy
controversialist, disputant
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
contester - someone who contests an outcome (of a race or an election etc.)
accuser - someone who imputes guilt or blame
arguer, debater - someone who engages in debate
denier - one who denies
hairsplitter - a disputant who makes unreasonably fine distinctions
logomach, logomachist - someone given to disputes over words
obstructer, obstructionist, obstructor, resister, thwarter - someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take
quarreler, quarreller - a disputant who quarrels
crusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer - a disputant who advocates reform
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/eristicplease note that crusader, reformist,reformer,social reformer, a disputant who advocates reform is listed as definitions,synonyms for eristic
controversy,argument,and dispute are the main definitions for eristic
controversy,argument,dispute are connected to crusader,reformist,reformer,social reformer,a disputant who advocates reform
there is rationalism and logic behind the meanings of Eris in Astrology
In my natal chart
Sun oppose/conjunct Eris Nodes (both heliocentric,geocentric) with 10 minutes of arc
Eris sextile Midheaven with 1'01 orb in my Natal Chart.
Midheaven square Eris/Node midpoint (Eris,Lunar Nodes,and Midheaven are in 12th harmonic aspect to each other..I have Eris sextile/trine Lunar Nodes) with 8 minutes of arc in my Natal chart.
Mercury biquintile Eris with 6 minutes of arc
Moon semisquare Eris with 7 minutes of arc in Right Ascension
Venus quincunx Eris with 10 minutes of arc in Right Ascension
(I have Moon,Venus,Eris in 24th harmonic triangle in Right Ascension)
Eris conjunct Moon/Saturn midpoint (8th harmonic triangle) with 33 minutes of arc in Right Ascension
In my current Solar Return
Eris trine Midheaven with 20 minutes of arc in my current Solar Return chart that reinforces my Eris-Midheaven aspect
When I start DNA,transiting Eris in 22'05 Aries will conjunct my Moon/Midheaven midpoint in 22'12 Aries, my Eris/Sedna midpoint in 22'10 Aries.
Solar Arcs:
Solar Arc Moon conjunct my Eris with 20 minutes of arc applying
I also believe that Sedna is involved too in regards to concern for humanity,environmental awareness/consciousness, compassion
In my natal:
Sun oppose Sedna with 44 minutes of arc in Right Ascension
Moon sextile Sedna with 1'05 in Ecliptic Longitude and 39 minutes of arc in Right Ascension
Mercury oppose Saturn/Sedna midpoint (Mercury,Saturn,Sedna are in 11th harmonic triangle) - '17
Sedna oppose Mercury/Uranus midpoint (Mercury,Uranus,and Sedna are in 11th harmonic triangle) - '16
(Mercury,Saturn,Uranus,and Sedna are in 11th harmonic Isosceles trapezoid)
In my Solar Return Return:
I have Sedna square Midheaven with 10 minutes of arc in my current Solar Return
Solar Arcs:
Solar Arc Sedna conjunct my Midheaven with 25 minutes applying
I believe that neurodivergents (I believe that Indigo,Crystal are New Age terms for them) are strong in transneptunian energy. This is very true in my case. I am not just strong in Eris and Sedna energy, but I am also strong in Haumea,Quaoar,Orcus,Varuna,and Ixion energy.
I also believe that schizophrenics which have symptoms/traits that overlap with neurodivergence are also strong in transneptunian energy.
I believe that the discoveries of the transneptunians including especially the big transneptunian objects reflect the 21st Century.
I believe that 21st Century Astrology will involve the use of transneptunian objects with Eris as the ruler of 21st Century Astrology.
for the regular stuff:
I use the orbs that Robert Hand recommended in his book,HOROSCOPE SYMBOLS
5 degrees for conjunction,opposition,trine,square
3 degrees for sextile
1 1/2 degrees for semisextile,quincunx,quintile,biquintile,semisquare,sesquiquadrate
1 degree for parallel,contraparallel
midpoints:
direct - 1 1/2 degree
indirect - 1 degree
for the big transneptunians
I use considerably smaller orbs for them
3 degrees for conjunction,opposition,trine,square
2 degrees for sextile
1 degree for semisextile,quincunx,quintile,biquintile,semisquare,sesquiquadrate
30 minutes of arc for parallel,contraparallel
midpoints
direct - 1 degree
indirect - 30 minutes of arc
The big transneptunian objects includes Pluto too. Pluto is not a planet. It was never a planet. It was even discovered during a Sun-Neptune opposition/contraparallel suggesting an illusion,deception,confusion. This fit with Pluto being mistook for a planet. Remember that Pluto was thought to be much larger than it was now until the discovery of its moon,Charon in 1978 allowed astronomers to determine Pluto's true size,mass. Pluto was thought to be as large as Earth. It turned out to be much smaller than Earth's moon.
I was one of the minority of astrologers that was pleased with the demotion of Pluto and promotion of Ceres as dwarf planets. Pluto got the same treatment that Ceres did. Ceres was once classed as a planet, and it got demoted because it has lots of buddies. The same thing happens to Pluto. It was classed as a planet,and it got demoted because it has lots of buddies as well as doesn't have enough size,mass to clear the kuiper belt just like Ceres doesn't have enough size,mass to clear the main asteroid belt.
It wasn't a question of "if Pluto will be demoted" It was a question of "When will Pluto be demoted" and "What will cause that to happen" I think of Eris as "equal rights" for its discovery leading to Ceres and Pluto being equals as dwarf planets. Of course, Eris is a dwarf planet along with them. Eris' discovery led to re-defining and re-organizing concepts and coming up with new categories: dwarf planets,Plutoids. I'd think that redefining and re-organizing can also be keywords for Eris'.
Pluto wouldn't have been discovered if it wasn't for the fact that it was on the ecliptic at the time. Pluto's inclination is 17 degrees. When I was born, Pluto was 14 degrees from the ecliptic at the time. Pluto's fellow Plutoid, Makemake was 2 degrees off the ecliptic at the time that Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto. He found Pluto by accident. The calculations of Planet X that he used to find Pluto were based on errors. What gets me is some astrologers still swear by those coordinates as being valid, and use Transpluto. Philip Sedgwick notes that. I just can't use hypothetical planets. It's bad enough that astronomical community doesn't it take us seriously. Using hypothetical planets in Astrology would lead us to more ridicule. I stick to what astronomers discovered.
I believe in adjusting,progressing in Astrology according to the discoveries of astronomers. Mainstream astrologers have already done that. Uranus,Neptune,Pluto,and Chiron weren't used in Astrology in ancient times. Uranus is the planet associated with change. Saturn is the planet associated with the status quo. Imho astrologers that progress are the Uranian type astrologers and astrologers that don't are the Saturnian astrologers. The latter might be compared to the Vedic Astrologers that don't use the TransSaturnian objects.
Saturn and Uranus are co-rulers of Aquarius, the sign associated with Astrology.
Jupiter will be square the Saturn/Uranus midpoint when Uranus first enters Aries. I think that this will be judgments connection to conflict between progressing and staying with the status quo.
Raymond
