Circe was an enchantress who had a year long relationship with the hero-warrior Ulysses. It was a bit complicated as she first tried to put a spell on him & she also turned his team of trusty helpers into swine. Plus he was married. The accounts vary but her father was the Sun-God Helios/Apollo & her mother either the Goddess of Witches – Hecate or a sea nymph. Circe was an accomplished mistress of metamorphing, a skilled herbalist, necromancer and illusionist. The term “holy moly” is linked to her tale. Moly is an old name for the flower Snowdrop, the essence of which Ulysses used as an antidote to her witchy potion.
Astrologically, she is asteroid number 34. You can use the Extended Chart Options on Astrodienst to see where Circe is in your chart or anyone elses and by transit. Not much is said about asteroid Circe in astrology – she would clearly be an influence of magic, cunning & libido. She is loosely trine my Ascendent but i weirdly found asteroid Circe to be present by transit a lot…Theoretically, she’d come in handy for betwitching men…At the moment she’s at 10 Libra. A man with Circe near his Moon, Venus or Descendent would find himself unfathomably drawn to witches.
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ok- OMG, what does this mean- my fella’s circe is conjunct his venus BUT ALSO right on (as in- exact) my Sun.
auspicious? or merely that i am said ye olde witch to his venus??-
U send him mental with lust and you fascinate him but he doesn’t trust you???
Mind you, Venus-Sun synastry is pure love as well. beautiful-
thank you mystic! that’s gorgeous to hear (the synestry bit), and even better as his sun is also exactly on my venus- our charts in general are really aligned. pure love- that phrase has made my day. xx
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actually, this post also had nice synchronicity for me- just looked up transits and saw transiting Circe is smack bang on my North Node at the mo. lovely!
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I so love that Waterhouse painting.
I have Aries Circe in fire grand trine with Sagg Moon conj Mec and Leo Pluto involving 4th/8th/12th houses. Bit witchy-poo.
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So you are a necromancer or shapeshifter??? You would write a scorching love letter
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thanks Myst, I have been known to express myself fairly well. My Circe is conj Alpha Tauri’s Venus, his is Aqua, sextile my Sagg Moon+Merc and sextile Gem Uranus but opp my Pluto.
When much younger I had some weird wacko seance experiences so have never gone there again. As to shapeshifting, I can go from garden grunge to glam in 10mins.
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IVE GOT
natal sun sextile Circe transit
natal mars, Jupiter, Pluto & MC semisextile Circe transit
Natal Saturn Biquintile circe transit
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oh and Natal Circe Sesquisquare Venus
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Minor-minor-minor aspects hun…You maybe don’t NEED to be bewitched by a Circe as you a diff archetype.
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Thanks for this post, Mystic. I was looking to find out more about Circe.
I only just discovered my Circe is conjunct my moon, n node and Lilith after reading about her in Kim Falconer’s ‘Astrology & Aptitude’. (Thanks for the recommendation Fluid Feline, it’s an awesome book) Plus she + moon etc forms a grand trine with my Sagg Asc and Virgo sun, merc and Ceres.
So yah, it adds up with my witchy occupation as a practitioner of traditional medicine. Was raving on about eclipse realizations and another one is that I’ve become even more gung ho feminist (which is not a synonym for anti-maleness davidlove) the more that I’ve had to help women with gynecological problems and seeing how poorly women are treated by mainstream medicine. We need more witches!
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That is awesome for a trad herb practitioner…especially with Lilith added in there…What house? This is SO weird but i suddenly thought Circe-Circe-Circe right…And then i realised i am having my Circe-Return…
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5th house. I’m working on a creative project as we speak that strongly features Lilith Circe Moon etc themes.
It was quite a revelation for me to discover my life was matching my chart. I mean using my herbal and hands on Circe skills primarily for moon Lilith problems. Goddess, I love astro.
How do you suppose your Circe return is manifesting? Circe seems very mutable and lady tricksterish, but with an earthbound botanical qi connection. Godesses are so fascinating, non?
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You are so right about the last part dear, we ar treated like shit by mainstream medicine. Two years of suffering with severe pain & thanks to your posts I’m planning to check out Chinese medicine. Glad there are good healing workers like you out there!
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Well done Ariel! Do your research and ask around for the best practitioner in your area.
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wow thanks mystic i will have to look that up in more detail on astrodienst. i have a feeling circe is my favourite astrological object thus far.
personally a fan of enchanting witchy women/womyn/wimmin but that would make sense with Circe currently in Libra where my natal venus is.
the waterhouse painting is just breathtaking.
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Someone fabulous mentioned Circe in their comment yesterday & so I immediately googled her & found she is natally in Cancer, in my 7th sextile Jupiter in Virgo in the 9th. Kim Falconer’s book re:Uber Virgo’s post came up too; talking a lot about her nurturing, helping dynamic & the whole mixing of elements thing. This is fab synchro news for me right now-another piece of the puzzle- & am rather excited about the astro-coven for further delving….thankyouthankyouthankyou…
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O yes! Circe transiting my NN conjunct Pallas Athena in the 10th…
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so u blend more Circe-like qualities into your more patriarchal and structured, system oriented Pallas vibe
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I love it when the ‘roids come up. Such lovely new discoveries in linking the ‘roids back to their mythological counterparts. I was reading a bit about Circe lately and have always been a bit of a fan.
So I just checked and my Circe is sitting right beside, almost in the lap of my Aquarian Venus in 6th House… Any ideas what this might mean?
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U need to work with a witch in your health…?
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I did briefly flirt with ‘witch-doctor’ as a career choice, still mix a few potions at home, and specialty teas for troubled friends. Had a job that involved mixing bush-flower remedies and got a bit of a reputation / following for a while. Then I got bored with other peoples problems… Oh well.
But will take Circe discovery as a cue to go to the acupuncturist.
Hey – could having Venus and Circe so close in same sign and house possibly explain my uncanny ability to attract straight men?
I do, truly, bewitch some blokes who’ve never looked twice at a guy before. Flattering but doesn’t do much good for me…-
Lex, you’re a witch with a willy.
Your beauty tips in the hippy post were fab. I printed them out.
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oh Ubes
Where would we be without that tremendous Virgoan talent to sum people up so eloquently!
WITCH WITH A WILLY
I am putting that on a t-shirt and wearing it to mardi gras.-
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Can I come too? I’ll wear a matching one that says ‘witch with a witch with a willy’ Although I may have to go home early.
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Try saying that fast.
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oh, Circe is exactly conjunct my Virgo Sun.
Plus both squared by Neptune and trine Chiron.
have no witchy occupation… but a lot off-the-planet stuff going on all the time. An accupuncturist I went to only once, told me after the consult, that I should rather work as a shaman or healer than in the bling-bling film industry… I thought this was quite OTT, as I feel rather human. Did he probably sense this energy?
I am going to practice seducing men by sitting on a rock and chanting from now on. -
Circe and Lillith are right on top of each other (both at 0 deg) in my 12th house in gemini. chiron is 9 deg away, and ascendent also in gem, everything else is pretty much on the opposite side of the chart.
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The only thing I can work out is that I have Circe in Pisces – don’t know how to read what it conjuncts etc Can anyone tell me what that means? Thank you
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Me too. My Circe is 6 degrees away from my sun in Pisces. Help anyone?
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Don’t trust me as I’m not an expert, but your sexy witch factor would have a Piscean flavour. If she’s near your sun, there is some sexy witchy tricky way that you manifest and express yourself.
I’m pretty sure asteroid orbs need to be tight though, within 2 degrees to have much influence on a planet. Astrofiends please correct me if I’m wrong.
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Circe 6 deg from my Sun too – in the Sixth House in Leo. I have Lillith and Ceres conj in Sagg in the 10th. Circe trines my Second House Part of Fortune in Aries. Uber would be grateful for any interps?? Anyone?
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I’ll go out on a limb FF. (Disclaimer – I’m not expert, so intuiting heavily) Lilith + Ceres in Sagg in the 10th suggests a free style womanly autonomy that incorporates motherhood and somehow forms part of your vocation or public persona. Circe trining your part of fortune possibly means your success in life could show as material security that enhances your inner witch or vice versa. In Aries needs to go gung ho at it.
Interesting that Kim Falconer’s book talks about Circe representing a gift for combining elements – herbalism, cooking, mixing paint as an artist, chemistry etc
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Thankyou UV! I actually haven’t read the Circe interps in KF’s book but you’ve given me much to mull over. I am researching a reinvention of career post-divorce and need it to be something I love to do rather than just money for living. Someone else could rephrase that more succinctly I’m sure but you know what I mean. thanks again xx
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Thanks Uber, and it is in my 8th house as well.
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Interesting to note, as roid 34, she’s a numerologic number 7 – which is the number oft linked to the occult / witchy poo / dim arts…
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Circe at 2 Aries 1st house & shares with pisces rising…..
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Wherever she is in my chart, she’s turning me on right now.
It was the Waterhouse painting! Lions & wolves & my Lover is coming
over tonight has me now fantasising.
Having not seen him for 6 weeks & he’s the KungFuing Sagg/Tiger Sherriff’s
Officer & ex Firefighter………..already a girl like me’s fantasy, hope to enchant
him once more on our 16th first date.
A real life sex god BUT all i really really want is to see him paint a wall or put up
a shelf or 5. Light a BBCue & a tinny in hand. Want to watch him working, in other words
Real Life!-
Watching a man do “man’s” work = SEXY AS HELL
Wonder if that’s how guys feel about girls doing “woman’s work”?
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Circe in very late Virgo somehow trines my early Sun in Gemini, and squares with Mars & Saturn. Is this why I’m having such a damn hard time of Saturn in Virgo perhaps? And why only the witchy, surreal, psychic & alternative medicine/ mind-body healing routes seem appealing to help me thru it? I can but guess!
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Thank you so much for posting those, Mystic! they’re beautiful. i don’t know a thing about the asteroids, (will do!) but thankfully the goddess is out & about again, and looking lovely.
sigh. peace love & mung beans, one & all-
oops *sorry* i keep getting my wucking murds fuddled. sorry, no offence. i meant peace love & mung beans everyone
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Circe in Virgo in 8th house. Holy moly!! that’s four Virgo planets all in 8th house.
Circe opposite Chiron (in Pisces)
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Ulysses and Penelope: he spends 30 years “at work”, she spends the time taking one step forward, one step back, just “waiting” for her man to return. Is this the story of every woman who waits for her man to turn 60…65…75…before realising what he’s got at home? Or is Penelope really the story of the woman who gets to “pull all the strings” in the convenient absence of her husband?Rescue Reading Feminism? Two sides to every story?
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Any clues as to how to interpret Venus and Circe in Aries in 9th house??????
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You go far away or into halls of higher learning to apply witchy wiles and herblore. You don’t for Ulysses and his men to rock up in boat – you go to them in YOUR boat. Maybe.
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Thanks for that, Mystic…actually I am in the halls of higher learning, legitimising my instinctual, witchy-herby medical leanings. Not sure about my approach to Ulysses et al; I’ve always considered myself a bit too shy for first approaches, in fact I think it’s something I should change about myself. But then again, maybe I’m making those approaches unconsciously by sending out my witchy vibes like a siren’s call!
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Mine is in Virgo, sextile ascendant/trine sun/Chiron/descendant. Witchiness indeed.
I looked at ye olde celebrity crush and he has his Circe sextile sun, which makes me wonder.
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Mine is 1 degree sadge in the 3rd, conjunct (1 degree) IC, square NN and pluto in the 12th. Absolutely clueless.
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See above disclaimer. I’m not an expert and I’m taking a stab. Conjunct IC would that your circes witch would manifest in your private arena, but with Sagg curiousity and adventurousness. Squaring Pluto and NN in the 12th might mean there are transformative lessons associated with it, that may not be easy, but will be deeply felt.
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Where does one get one of them there thrones these days?? It must be hard to be a goddess in the current era what with all this prefabricated modernist crap everywhere. I mean could you imagine Circe doing her witchy stuff on that Ron Arad couch??? I like Circe. I’d be quite happy flouncing around in that see-through number turning men into swine.
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oops Circe in Pisces in the 11th
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Cool – as i add more asteroids into my chart, my 11th house gets v busy! Circe, Lilith and Jupiter in 11th. Lilith is conj Jupiter. And trine moon in 8th. No major aspects for Circe tho. I’m cool with that.
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My Circe is in my Virgo Asc and she has a square to uranus
In our synastry chart whit my boyfriend:
His cirece and mars conj my LucieferAnd my Circe conj his Merkury…. does it mean that a can betwitch him whit my talk?
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all of you are gay
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