{"id":54356,"date":"2012-03-13T00:08:28","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T04:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=54356"},"modified":"2012-10-04T05:38:19","modified_gmt":"2012-10-04T09:38:19","slug":"mars-psyche-and-eros-the-psychology-of-desire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/astro-daily\/mars-psyche-and-eros-the-psychology-of-desire\/","title":{"rendered":"Mars, Psyche and Eros: The psychology of desire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mars \u2013 one of the planets in the grand earth trine<\/a> happening now \u2013 has been backing into a triple conjunction with asteroids Eros and Psyche in Virgo. Eros and Psyche happen to be two characters linked in myth<\/a>. Taken together with Mars, this trio deepens the theme of \u2018the psychology of desire\u2019 already associated with this Mars retrograde.<\/p>\n

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You can’t see Eros and Psyche on this chart, but they are flanking Mars, all at 9 degrees of Virgo. What you can see, is that the planets in early Pisces make a kite pattern with the grand earth trine. Click on image for larger version.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Is it hard for you to trust that another loves and desires you without demanding \u2018proof\u2019? It can be a fine line between trusting love will come your way if you are open to receiving it, versus grasping for it and instead turning it into something else (like obligation or validation), thereby \u2018losing\u2019 it. How often have you let the fear of losing love get in the way of enjoying the love being offered to you? Too many people in this world don\u2019t actually believe they are worthy of what they desire, or that they are okay for desiring it.<\/p>\n

Mars retrograde conjunct Eros and Psyche seems to be asking us to sort out insecurities along these lines. It\u2019s about healing those seemingly un-healable hurts we carry that tell us we\u2019re not really loved, or that we will lose what we love, or that we can\u2019t trust love to be the continuum it is. There\u2019s also something here about how the socially-insisted upon model of relationships simply doesn\u2019t work for everybody. And that can leave people feeling very wrong in who they are, for no good reason. If you\u2019re struggling with some variation of one of these issues \u2013 and they might manifest as jealousy or self-sabotage or passive-aggression in an intimate relationship \u2013 there\u2019s an opportunity here for some perspective and self-understanding.<\/p>\n

The larger context is the grand trine saying, \u2018trust yourself to step forward, and when you take the step, allow the universe to meet you halfway — and then be open to receiving what is offered\u2019. But forward toward what? Well, forward into a way of relating that may be very new to you. It may feel like being unmoored at first, if you\u2019ve been using your insecurities as a source of false power. Forward toward an understanding of yourself that allows you to offer yourself some compassion and forgiveness; forward into a space that lets you see the love offered to you; forward into your own center, so that you can feel just how much love you can give.<\/p>\n

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Remember that the grand earth trine described by Len Wallick yesterday<\/a> is the overarching safety net. Since its planets are all in earth signs, the key to using its energy is to take some small, tangible external action. Don\u2019t get too caught up in any inner conflict and old hurts — focus outward. It\u2019s not about ignoring the inner, but rather, once you see what\u2019s going on in there, integrating it without staying attached to it as your sole \u2018identity\u2019.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re getting a good show of what it looks like when desires are not integrated; just watch the anti-women, anti-sex antics of the Republicans. It\u2019s an illustration of another major planet-minor planet conjunction in this grand trine: Jupiter conjunct Black Moon Lilith in Taurus. Jupiter is providing a safe magnifying glass for the properties of BML: we\u2019re getting a glimpse into the shadow feminine within men. In fact, Jupiter\u2019s presence in a conjunction may actually make this all \u2018beneficial\u2019 (it is often called a \u2018benefic\u2019 planet). It\u2019s getting all of this \u2013 the shadow feminine, the sense of \u2018un-healable\u2019 wounds to our love and desire (or lovability and desirability) \u2013 out there where everyone can see it.<\/p>\n

And once we can see it all, we can form a strategy and take steps to heal it and live differently. With this, we have the help of Chiron and Pallas Athene making angles to these earth planets from Pisces. If at any time in the next day or two it starts to feel like you\u2019re just swirling in circles, grab a hold of these two. Document what you\u2019re feeling, make a plan and take a step. It could be as simple as speaking your new perspective out loud, even if you\u2019re not so sure you believe it, just to see how it feels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mars \u2013 one of the planets in the grand earth trine happening now \u2013 has been backing into a triple conjunction with asteroids Eros and Psyche in Virgo. Eros and Psyche happen to be two characters linked in myth. Taken together with Mars, this trio deepens the theme of \u2018the psychology of desire\u2019 already associated … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7221,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[1734],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54356"}],"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\/7221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}