{"id":37588,"date":"2011-04-28T02:10:04","date_gmt":"2011-04-28T07:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=37588"},"modified":"2011-04-28T02:10:04","modified_gmt":"2011-04-28T07:10:04","slug":"the-state-of-personal-identity-mars-jupiter-and-eris-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/the-state-of-personal-identity-mars-jupiter-and-eris-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The State of Personal Identity — Mars, Jupiter and Eris"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Len Wallick<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Over the next three days Mars, Jupiter and Eris will take turns conjoining with each other. In other words, this is one continuous aspect and needs to be considered as such. Like the Aries stellium of which it is a part, this triple conjunction is of unusual duration. It’s functional this week and into next, as if to make sure that we pay attention. The implied issue is where and how your personal identity makes contact with others and the rest of the world. There is enough complexity so that we should step back and break it down in order to understand it better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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There are three things to remember about a conjunction. First, it is nearly always the start of a new cycle for the objects involved. It also represents a merging of planetary energies, usually within the ambiance of one sign. Finally, and ironically the most overlooked, there is the probability of an accompanying blind spot that comes of being too close, too attached or too invested.<\/p>\n

A conjunction of three planets is something that does not repeat very often. So it is not just the start of a cycle, but a very long one. This one closely follows rare sign changes by Chiron, Uranus and Neptune which all took place within a matter of weeks. That makes it part of a pattern. Astrology leads us to anticipate the pattern will have a counterpart in the events of our lives. That parallel will probably have something to do with a lot of exceptional things taking place in a short period of time. The question is whether you are participating or being acted upon.<\/p>\n

Every unprecedented event is a threat when conformity and organization are the prioritized. This is especially so when values are imposed by a power structure incapable of adapting to change. For those whose inclination is to act, explore or create, however, uncertainty is stimulating rather than something to fear. The current astrology indicates an advantage for the latter set of values. It implies we are facing challenges that our conditioning has not prepared us for. We are encouraged to be proactive and take our personal and collective evolution into our own hands. This begins with a sense of personal identity.<\/p>\n

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Aries is about personal identity. Having an unusual number of objects congregate there for an unusual period of time tells us that what Aries is about is also an issue for all of us right now. Of all the major planets that are part of that stellium, none of them addresses that issue better than a minor one: Eris.<\/p>\n

Eris is still new in our awareness. It was discovered in January of 2005. It is very far away, about twice as far as Pluto. It takes a very long time to go around the Sun, nearly 560 years. But it was the process and consequences of classification and naming, the determination of personal identity in other words, that distinguished Eris more than anything else. Before the academic dust had settled, the very nature of our entire solar system and all of its components were subjected to review and revision.<\/p>\n

To have Jupiter conjoin with Eris for the first time since its discovery will be to magnify and amplify what that discovery brought up. To have Mars conjunct Eris the very next day is to merge personal identity and desire into a single concept. To have Mars conjoin Jupiter the day after that is to transform that concept into a cause.<\/p>\n

The cause is your name and its meaning, your person and its value. How often does a piece of plastic that can be inactivated or transferred gain you some sort of entry? How often does your name or your physical, living person have that same power? That is just one example of what has already happened. Many are so closely identified with that plastic as to make it their personal identity. That is the blind spot in this triple conjunction and, of course, it raises the question of what happens when that device doesn’t work anymore.<\/p>\n

The next three days will witness three planets taking turns in conjunction. Think of them as a chance to discover yourself anew, to get passionate about identifying yourself and to share that with others. Sure, it’s going to feel a little funny. We have not been prepared to do those sorts of things. We will need to actually do some creating, of our selves, by ourselves. The alternative is, simply, to disappear.<\/p>\n

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By Len Wallick Over the next three days Mars, Jupiter and Eris will take turns conjoining with each other. In other words, this is one continuous aspect and needs to be considered as such. Like the Aries stellium of which it is a part, this triple conjunction is of unusual duration. It’s functional this week … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":537,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37588"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/537"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37588\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}