posted October 07, 2007 06:26 AM              

I have stumbled across an article by Maritha Pottenger.(http://www.ccrsdodona.org/m_dilemma/1981/sag/aspects.html)

In that article she was writing about aspects and rolling conjunctions, meaning that if you come across a stellium of planets and the outer planets (at either edge of the stellium) are clearly out of orb, the middle planets, which are in orb to at least one of the "edge-planets", pull those in, and they are working like one large conjunction.

I have an example from a synastry (I`m leaving out the asteroids for now):

her Mars: 05° Sagittarius
his Neptune: 06° Sagittarius
her ASC: 07° Sagittarius
his ASC: 09° Sagittarius
her NN: 10° Sagittarius
her Neptune: 10° Sagittarius
his Venus: 13° Sagittarius

So, her Mars and Venus are 8° apart, so usually I wouldn`t call that a conjunction anymore.
According to Pottenger`s theory they would nevertheless be felt like a conjunction, because her Mars conjunct his Neptune; his Neptune conjunct her ASC; her ASC conjunct his ASC; his ASC conjunct her NN; her NN conjunct his Venus - and this rolling conjunction would pull her Mars and his Venus into an aspect.

Furthermore the exact conjunction (0°54) of his ASC and her NN fall onto the midpoint between Mars and Venus, with 4°/ 3° to either side; I guess that could also mean, there is a Venus-Mars-connection connected through / with the help of NN/ ASC.

Another example:
His Mercury: 20° Sagittarius
His Karma: 20° Sagittarius
her: Mercury: 25° Sagittarius
her Sun: 26° Sagittarius

The conjunction Of his Mercury / Karma and her Sun would be VERY wide, too wide for my taste. Would it make a difference, if Uranus was on 23° Libra, sextiling both, Merfcury / Karma and Sun?
Probably in this case both person would depend on Uranus to be active to actually FEEL that connection between Sun and Karma, like it would be dormant most of the times, but might "wake up", whenever Uranus is getting strong Transits?

What do you think of it`? Do you have experiences with such "rolling conjunctions"? Do they actually work this way?

posted October 07, 2007 06:36 AM            

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posted October 07, 2007 06:20 PM              

My Mars(Taurus 16*27')
His Mercury(Taurus 17*26')
My Chiron(Taurus 18*36')
My Sun(Taurus 26*29')
His Chiron(Taurus 27*44')
His Sun(Taurus(28*37')
His Mars(Gemini 2*20)
My Venus(Gemini 6*59)

I know that some of these are more than 3 degrees apart(from my Chiron to my Sun,& from his Mars to my Venus).I just wonder about all the energy contained in late Taurus-early Gemini in our charts.And I didn't even mention the asteroids!!It just seems between us that we are both loaded up in the same part of our charts.(It's my 12th house,BTW...don't know his exact T.O.B.,so I used "midnight")

posted October 07, 2007 11:36 PM            

Mercury-Mars conjunction suggests lively debate on the positive side of the spectrum, and just plain arguing on the negative end. Taurus has a stubborn energy, the need for stability and keeping things as they are.

Venus-Mars conjunction in Gemini may suggest active communication or correspondence about romance, art, social issues. There are some people who believe that Chiron rules Virgo, another sign dealing with detailed communication.

Those are just some thoughts. Personally, I use a 6 degree orb, even with synastry. Sometimes the measurement fits.

That's my 2 cents.

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