posted July 19, 2008 08:22 AM              

I have been pondering again wich asteroids / planets may tell us more about intimacy, romantic potential and passion / sex.

So far I have this:

Intimacy:
Moon, Ceres, Amor, IC

Romance:
Venus, Valentien, Juno, DC

Passion / sexual attraction:
Mars, Eros, Anteros, AC

I`m not completely sure about Amor and Juno though. Where would you put it?
Intimacy? Romance?

Amor means "Love", but it more relates to intimacy and acceptance, doesn`t it?
What about Juno?
She`s about marriage, commitment. Would this be better in "intimacy, closeness"?
But on the other hand s he also represents the romantic partner, so for romance?

Please help me; give me your opinions (so I can exploit them for this system).

I think it would be interesting to analyse synastries with this system to see which may be prevalent in a relationship and also who may feel more romantic than the other.

I actually think that the first: intimacy, closeness, care, can also be found in family-relationships, close friendships, because it tends to be purely platonic.

"Romance" for me here really includes romantic attraction (not necessarily sexual); you can be romantically attracted to someone without wanting to "jump" them.

"Sexual" speaks for itself I guess, pure sexual, physical attraction (of course the best case scenario would be if all three ingredients were there)

posted July 19, 2008 08:34 AM              

All the meanings of planets and asteroids are derived from their mythology and Juno definitely wasn`t all about sex.
I do understand how they come to their intepretation, since Juno deals very much with the issues of betrayal and infedility (the shadow side of her commitment and own fidelity in her marriage to Jupiter).

But the big difference in mythology is that Juno is on the RECEIVING end of infidelity, which makes her quite angry, as is understandable.

posted July 19, 2008 08:44 AM              

I will help you when I get home... I'm out, walking trying to clear my head!

posted July 19, 2008 09:49 AM              

I used Sun, Moon, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Pluto, NN, Vertex, Karma, Destinn, IC, AC and of course Ceres, Juno, Amor, Valentine, Eros, Anteros.

Would you include Mercury, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and Psyche, too?

posted July 19, 2008 12:34 PM              

Are communication and luck important when it comes to asteroids?

Yup, i'm traumatised lol
I sent him an email saying "wishing you a lovely weekend through this heatwave" and he wrote back saying "i'm happy to hear from you"
so ambiguous haha

posted July 19, 2008 12:37 PM            

Aphrodite is the Greek counterpart of Venus,and so that has to do with love. Freia is the Norse goddess of love. You can use those as love,romance indicators. Cupido also...asteroid named after Cupid.

the geocentric nodes of these asteroids are also relevant. Of course the geocentric nodes of Venus and Mars are too for love,passion.

also if you want to use Ceres, you might like to use the asteroid,Demeter which is Ceres' Greek counterpart.

posted July 19, 2008 01:23 PM              

yes, I feel a certain inclination towards Neptune and Psyche, too. But maybe that is just an individual thing for us two?

Are you two still talking to each other on a regular basis?

Glaucus,

yes, I know, but I actually wanted to limit the choice of asteroids to the real important and effective ones.

posted July 19, 2008 01:28 PM            

1388 Aphrodite: Impulsive love & attraction; love inspired by fated events

1943 Anteros: Love returned

2101 Adonis: Spellbound love; this is a potent tie & signifies desire to please the beloved

80 Sappho: A very passionate connection

posted July 19, 2008 01:45 PM            

I guess it really depends on the astrologer's perception of what is important.

A matter of fact, I had an accurate hunch that I have a geocentric Blondelet Node conjunct Juno within 1 degree in my chart. I have geocentric north Blondelet Node conjunct Juno within 1 degree orb,and that indicate my relationship with a blonde. That's a 1 out of over million hunch. I even have geocentric South Juno Node conjunct my geocentric south Blondelet Node within 1 degree which adds to that.

Here is a example of asteroid node aspects to my Sun

Sun in 5'20 Scorpio - I am a believer of Sun being the father
asteroid,Scotti in 5'23 Scorpio - Scott was my father's last name (I have my mother's maiden name)

Geo and Helio SN Eris Node in 5'30 Scorpio - diversity,divergence matters
Geo SN Apollo in 5'29 Scorpio - Apollo was my favorite Greek/Roman deity - god of light,music,prophecy,archery,and healing - also known as Sun God replacement for Helios/Sol
Helio SN Apollo in 5'52 Scorpio
Geo NN Rayhe in 6'05 Scorpio
Helio NN Rayhe in 6'27 Scorpio
Geo SN Laurentia in 6'05 Scorpio - Lawrence was my father's first name
Helio SN Laurentia in 6'28 Scorpio
Geo SN Hermes in 4'58 Scorpio - communications,speed......communications has been a strong theme in my life,and I was a very fast runner...also Hermes was also the recently departed souls' guide to the underworld....it could also relate to the occult
Geo SN Rayman in 4'55 Leo

the geocentric nodes of asteroids move much faster than heliocentric nodes which move much slower than outerplanets, but yet I have heliocentric Laurentia south node and geocentric Laurentia south node both conjunct my Sun....the same with Geo and Helio Rayhe north nodes and the Geo and Helio south Apollo Nodes. Those indicate very important energies/themes in my life.

The Eris heliocentric and geocentric nodes are the same because Eris is a very slow moving distant outerbody

If you use the nodes of asteroids and planets,use no more than 1 to 2 degree orb. tight orbs are only used with nodes...same with midpoints.

Raymond

posted July 20, 2008 04:03 AM            

Juno - intimacy/sexual

Sappho - intimacy

Valentine - usually around my IC, MC or reln houses

Eros - sexual

IC - depending which asteroid fell on it

MC - as above

Neptune - in reln houses

Venus - in positive aspect to my Venus, Juno, Sun or Mars; sexual, believe it or not!

Personal asteroid names - wow, this amazes me!!

I'm glad you've started this thread - this is an area I've been looking at a lot lately. It's good to see what others think, too!

Lara - hang in there. Seems like you're really reflecting things at the mo.

posted July 21, 2008 05:24 AM              

I read a bit about Juno linked with Hera, and the only way something can get intense and tumultous is due to passion - the devil in tarot.

posted July 21, 2008 08:09 AM              

The term platonic and unconditional love is sometimes used to describe Amor-love, that somehow makes me think more of intimacy, or doesn`t it? Ah, unsure.