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Asteroid Bingle For February

February 26, 2010 in Asteroids by Mystic Medusa | 35 comments

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Well I wanted to do an Asteroid Bingle to vary it up a bit from being all about the major planets in Capricorn-Aqua-Pisces…Especially the latter two.

But guess what? All the asteroids I fancy to follow are there too…So it really is an intense Piscean moment.  Get this: Circe is between Pluto and the North Node. And then Ishtar is conjunct the North Node. We have to do spells and being cunning to help manifest our destiny? Why not. So long as it doesn’t degenerate.

Mercury, Neptune and Chiron are all in Aquarius, as you know. So is asteroid Persephone and the Dark Moon Lilith.  More witchery concentrated in the same area. Magic is brewing, i swear it.

And then, this is what’s in Pisces for the weekend and beyond: Asteroid Lust, the Sun, asteroid Pan, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus and Asteroid Psyche. Yes, that’s quite a lot.

If you look at the chart, with or without the fun extra bits, nearly all the houses are empty barring Capricorn, Aquarius & Pisces. Aim for an enchanted & fast tracked evolution where-ever you’ve got Pisces going on. Don’t repress the Lilith-Circe style energy or it will bank up and turn to bitcherel.

Weekend Asteroid Mash-Up

November 27, 2009 in Asteroids by Mystic Medusa | 47 comments

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Here is a batty asteroid mash-up for your weekend;  NOT that the Full Moon-Uranus Stationing Direct etc situation needs enhancement. I mean, what’s an even shorter way of saying “lol”. As always, i just sort of say what i feel in the moment re the asteroids. I don’t spend nearly enough time studying their effect, though i love throwing them occasionally.

“Ha!” sounds too sardonic. Or religious.

Okay there is a MASS of stuff in Aquarius – not just the official Auspicious Aqua-Weirding that will climax in Feb: I am talking Jupiter, Chiron and Neptune -yes – AND asteroids Psyche and Pandora…Psyche is the Soul.  Pandora…well, you know she’s curious and all. Mars in Leo is opposing all this stuff in Aquarius. Ego and force of will won’t cut it alone sans intuition and insider knowledge.

Isis, Uranus and Juno are all conjunct in Pisces – super hi-qi other worldly channeling of Dark Matter or whatever if you’re in the mood. Creative. Love triangles? Heightened cynicism re marriage et al but quite pleasurable. Isis is the High Priestess. Uranus is Fast Knowledge, Higher Hermes – this is a magical alignment. I mean that literally, as in good to do magick under such stars.

Dionysus nearing Saturn. We may totally feel like a dipsomaniacal bender with the Full Moon looming et al but this puts the brakes on a bit.

Pan-Sappho in Scorpio. Then again – pandemonium is fantastic for creativity is it not? Not being out and in crowds, but a quiet Pan-Sappho style weekend at home creating and invoking the Muses via whatever means it takes. So, as long as Dionysus/Pan harnessed in some way to the steadier urges of Saturn and Sappho – all will be well.

Circe and the Sun conjunct in Sagittarius. Circe is the Enchantress. Sun in Saggo gives her strength to totally follow her primal instincts, cut peeps off when she wants, seduce in someone else…More magick to go with the above.

Finally – Empress Hatshepsut is conjunct PLUTO in Capricorn. There are corporate player instincts and work ethics operating along with all the magick.

Hekate Again

September 28, 2009 in Metaphysical Quirks by Mystic Medusa | 12 comments

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A la my post on asteroid Hecate/Hekate the other day.

She is now in Saggo being squared by Venus in Virgo. That’s interesting. That would be – if we were giving asteroids heaps of credibility – like Venus in Virgo trying to be discriminating, witty, worldly & Hecate in Sagg just wanting to go for a wild gallop/do what thou wilt and maybe really angry at not being honoured. Remember Hecate is like the darker feminine. You could argue that her and Lilith operate like lady Plutos. There is a long conversation to be had re all this.

BUT i am actually just posting as the other day, i said Hecate is goddess of Trivia (as in the three roads – three-via) but somehow the name has been, well, trivialised over the years.  Trivial pursuit etc. Where-as note that that hasn’t happened to Jovial – from Jove aka Jupiter and, obviously, a male deity. Anyway, Trivia IS the Roman name for Hecate. So sorry for getting that wrong and is that not interesting?

Asteroid Bingle

September 24, 2009 in Astro-Fiends by Mystic Medusa | 17 comments

pandorasboxJohn William Waterhouse – Pandora

Mars is about six degrees away from a fantastique trine with Uranus, exact the week after next and one that will manifest all sorts of magical opportunities and strange synchronicity. Uranian wierding is always riddled with omens and synchronicity. Mars really revs up Uranus. A trine is considered ‘easy’.  But in the meantime, apart from that and Mercury going Direct, there really isn’t that much going on. Which is kinda nice, after all those Eclipses, Pluto Direct & Saturn-Uranus etc.

Of course, if you bung some asteroids in the mix – voila – a party.  I don’t usually work with asteroids for all manner of reasons but my idea is this: I throw some of what’s happening in asteroid-land at you & we see if they’re apt or not.

* Lilith, the Bitch-Goddess is nearly in Aquarius. Now that ought to lead to some outrageous female behaviour. Especially when she gets around to opposing Mars in Leo in November. Hot! Maybe.

* Circe is in Scorpio.  Conjunct my Midheaven, actually. It’s interesting but whenever Circe is strong in my chart, my divination (Tarot) skills intensify.

* Asteroid Lust (number 4386 if you want to play with it in the Astrodienst Extended Chart Options thingie) is on the North Node in Capricorn…Hmm. I very rarely look at this asteroid, though it DOES show up in synastry (chart comparison) between peeps who really fancy one another an awful lot. So what could Asteroid Lust conjunct the North Node mean? Lust leads you to your authentic destiny?  Lust blasts away jaded elements of  your past. Past life psych flashes via lust?

* Pandora is conjunct Jupiter. Meh. I don’t know how to interpret that so let’s free-associate. One could open up a Pandora’s Box of issues, ideas – could even be Promethean???  Isn’t there a feminist/more goddessy/less patriarchal version of the Pandora story someplace?? Like she wasn’t just nosy – she was more like Prometheus stealing fire to give to humanity? As opposed to a girl being blamed (like Eve!) for unleashing all the demons etc on humanity? So Pandora conjunct Jupiter – Jupiter amplifies whatever it’s near…Pandora cosying up to benevolent Jupiter = forgiveness/redemption for secrets?  Let’s see!

Dark Moon Goddess Hecate

September 15, 2009 in Metaphysical Quirks by Mystic Medusa | 26 comments

hecate-400Hecate – William Blake

Like Lilith, Hecate is a Dark Moon Goddess & deals with the more shadowy aspects of our lives. Especially secret woman’s biz. She is sometimes considered a Crone goddess (Crone comes from Chronos, for time) and sometimes a Virgin goddess…but generally she is a Goddess of magic, ghosts, storms, the night, dreams, cross roads and wild animals. She is able to see into all worlds and guards the border between this world and the spirit world.

She is considered the Goddess of Trivia which sounds stupid until you remember that trivia comes from the Latin “tri via” or three streets. A retired Roman soldier was posted at each such junction and was supposed to be able to answer any question at all…no matter how trivial, lol.  Hecate has similarities to Hermes and to Isis along with others. One of the titles was The Distant One and it was her who rescued Persephone when she was taken to the Underworld.

Hecate rules in this time – the Dark Moon & she is who you are meant to call upon when crossing a MAJOR border in your life, to aid in dream messaging and divination or during dark times…If you have a prominent Hecate in your chart, all these themes are infused into your everyday being. She is Asteroid 100 and you can add her into your chart using the Astrodienst Extended Chart Options.This statue of Hecate is in the Vatican City. Ancient, of course, but nobody knows who did it.

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In fact, you could see her as a kind  of Lady Pluto when interpreting her in your chart…Go ON have a look! And this is cool too…

“..Lucius Apuleius (c. 123 – c. 170 CE) in his work “The Golden Ass” associates Hecate with Isis:
‘I am she that is the natural mother of all things, mistress and governess of all the elements, the initial progeny of worlds, chief of powers divine, Queen of heaven, the principal of the Gods celestial, the light of the goddesses: at my will the planets of the air, the wholesome winds of the Seas, and the silences of hell be disposed; my name, my divinity is adored throughout all the world in divers manners, in variable customs and in many names, [...] Some call me Juno, others Bellona of the Battles, and still others Hecate. Principally the Ethiopians which dwell in the Orient, and the Egyptians which are excellent in all kind of ancient doctrine, and by their proper ceremonies accustomed to worship me, do call me Queen Isis…” From Wikipedia

Dionysus Opposing Neptune!

September 2, 2009 in Astro-Passages by Mystic Medusa | 22 comments

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Here is our lovely lady Kate, Lead Maenad of the world, in leopardskin again. This is a la the previous post re the followers of Wine & Debauch God Dionysus identifying themselves by wearing leopardskin print.

Now this week asteroid 3671 (if you wanna look it up in your chart, you can whack it in via the Astrodienst Extended Options) a.k.a. Dionysus is in LOUD LEO & opposite Chiron and Neptune…What does this mean??? Well, to  me it resonates in that there has been an endless array of mega-scary anti-booze articles (the opposition to healthful Chiron) and yet if one does go on le turps this weekend, it will be O.T.T. indeed, as the opposition from Dionysus to Neptune suggests.

Oh and a Full Moon in Neptune-Ruled Pisces…So it’s either quiet Theta-Brain-Waved meditation & salt bathing whilst reading Women Who Run With The Wolves

“Within every woman there is a wild and natural creature, a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing.  Her name is Wild Woman, but she is an endangered species.  Though the gifts of the wildish nature come to us at birth, society’s attempt to “civilize” us into rigid roles has plundered this treasure, and muffled the deep, life-giving messages of our own souls.  Without Wild Woman, we become over-domesticated, fearful, uncreative, trapped.”

Or it’s all ON with the Dionysian revels, sacred insane text messaging & encounters with crazed yet priapic Dionysian type men. And I have pmt (am glugging that Greenwitch stuff, lol) so i DARE any Virgo to e-mail me narking off that I spell Dionysian/Dionysius differently nearly everytime i write it.

Are you a Leo born mid-August??? You have Dionysus conjunct your Sun & it’s very hard for you NOT to be ostentatiously out someplace talking shit & drinking champagne in your most LOUD of outfits. Tell any peeps who complain that they’re lucky there are not any stags or panthers about, elst you’d be off on a wild Full Moon nude galloping session.

Cleopatra – An Aquarius? Plus Where Is Your Nefertiti?

August 12, 2009 in Astro-Fiends by Mystic Medusa | 56 comments

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All that is known of Cleopatra’s birth is that it was in January of 69BC, rendering her a Capricorn or an Aquarius Sun. I was sitting there last night, pondering some sort of gag a la how she could/could not be either one of those signs, whatever. Suddenly, like a fiend possessed, I decided to figure out her birthdate. Thanks to the glory of Astrodienst I was able to check out the astro for Jan 69BC.  You can’t whiz up charts for that date, but they have an ephemeris.

I have decided that she was born on January 28 in 69BC. She’s an Aquarius. This was not just me guessing. I actually looked for the date she met Mark Antony as I assumed that would show up some fairly significant astrological transits to her chart. So, they met in October  of 41BC – if she were born on January 28 that would have Uranus crossing over Mars at that point. None of the other dates earlier in the month fit this. Uranus crossing over your Mars is totally apt astro for a woman meeting a life-warper of a man. She would also have  had Saturn on her Mercury in Capricorn at that date.

The January 28 birthday gives Cleopatra Sun conjunct Saturn in Aquarius and Venus in Pisces square both Jupiter and Neptune. Sun-Saturn is a visionary and driven leader who feels enormous responsibility from a young age & had to wield power. Venus square Jupiter and Neptune can totally go over the top for love, and what’s more wants to. I think it fits her. She apparently wrote textbooks on cosmetics and gynecology in between being a Queen, managing an Empire, becoming a legend and being immersed in this all-consuming love affair.

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There is no asteroid named Cleopatra but there are some fantastic Ancient Egyptian themed asteroids, if you are interested. And no, i don’t really know what they mean in your chart but they’re fun to think about. For Astro-Fiends, at any rate. You can fling them into your chart using the Astrodienst Extended Chart Options feature;

Asteroid 42 is Isis (like the Egyptian Venus) and asteroid 2340 is Hathor (another version of Isis), asteroid 2436 is Hatshepsut – the only female Pharoah & whose rule was considered especially visionary & amazing. Asteroid 3199 is her granddaughter Nefertiti, she of the beautiful profile.  I am totally thrilled that i have Nefertiti conjunct my IC and Hatshepsut rising in Aquarius.

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See Also: Look What Retr0-Venus Unearthed

Astro-Fiends; Asteroid 34 – Circe

July 24, 2009 in Astro-Fiends by Mystic Medusa | 56 comments

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Wright Baker

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.

Circe_Offering_the_Cup_to_OdysseusJohn William Waterhouse

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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Ceres-Watch 2

July 20, 2009 in Astro-Baby, Astro-Fiends, Planets by Mystic Medusa | 8 comments

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You ideally need to please go read Ceres-Watch 1 for this to resonate BUT essentially, I go on and off observing this asteroid-turned- planet. So, as she has been in Virgo since November 2008 and is about to cross into Libra on August 4, this is a fab chance to collect some findings.

Note that ideas of what she represents vary widely. Ceres SO often ends up just sounding like the Moon. She is obviously linked with agriculture (the word cereal comes from her name) and as she is a.k.a.Demeter there is a link to her as that mythological mother…having to share custody of her daughter with Hades himself. Yah, Pluto…the demoted planet. Hmm. Some say Ceres is about the menses cycle & others call feminism.  Others say she signifies the eco warrior aspect of the Great Goddess.  Like Gaia.

Anyway, it will be interesting to see why wimmyn notice when Ceres goes into Libra – I think a shift from Virgo to Libra usually feels quite profound when any planet does it.

Also, if you are a mother, please compare your Moon and Ceres signs here along with which one you feel would most aptly signify your mothering style…I have Ceres in Pisces & the Moon in Libra & I think i’m more Libran Moonie at mothering with occasional veer-offs into Ceres-style. In fact, I think my Ceres only pops up when i feel absolutely absorbed by parenting to the exclusion of all else.  Could that be the key to Ceres?

Astro-Housewitchery; Your Oven-Hearth

June 5, 2009 in Good Housewitchery by Mystic Medusa | 60 comments

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Don’t freak but the fastest Feng-Shui/Good Housewitchery style fix you can do for prosperity is to clean your oven. Way more so than buying little knick-knacks or those pots of gold thingies. The oven is like a symbolic hearth – picture ye olde hearths which never went out & everything was cooked on them. Cleaning an oven may seem super-grotty but it’s amazing how often, if you get in there & just attack it with glee, something good happens financially v.quickly. As in within 24 hours. Broken ovens are, of course, shocking Feng.

The Celtic Fire Goddess Brigid is connected to the hearth, as is Vesta/Hestia.  Your Vesta sign & house placement is where you’re dedicated to keeping some sort of inner flame alive. Tending your Vesta area as if it were a fire you had to keep alive works wonders in terms of peace & prosperity. It’s where hard work & dedication totally pay off. She’s like a more sensual Saturn. You can check out Vesta via the extended chart options on Astrodienst.  And then go clean your oven!!!

BTW: i think the whole vestal virgin was that they didn’t marry – not so much that they virgins. That was prob a spin put on it by the Christians.

UPDATE: FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HAD SUN-MOON-VESTA CONJUNCT IN TAURUS;

Who Says Taureans Aren’t Eccentric?

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