posted June 30, 2009 09:27 PM            

So I got a neat little hand-bound book from a new age store in town about it, and so I've been reading up a lot on the Vertex/Anti-Vertex axis. Like the Asc/Desc and Moon nodes, they lie across a pole- if you're Vertex is in 10 degrees Libra, you're anti-Vertex will be in 10 degrees Aries, etc.

The Vertex axis is used primarily in synastry & w/ transits to pinpoint the people and situations that will have an inevitably profound effect on us or will otherwise be instrumental in opening new avenues of perception to us.

Vertex stimulation is not necessarily an indication of happily ever after, though- sometimes, but not usually. Deepest wishes and hopes will seem to come true, only to be fulfilled in ways we don't expect. When the electric axis is activated, we DO get what we dream of, but it's likely it will come along with suffering, sacrifice or potential tragedy-- particularly in the realm of personal relationships.

This is my case in point (and this one was a DOOOOOOZY)

This individual and I have double wammy Psyche/Vertex conjunctions; his Psyche (soul) tightly conjunct my Vertex in Scorpio and my Psyche tightly conjunct his Vertex in Virgo.

He appeared in my life randomly, by complete chance- we met while stopped next to each other at a stop light. To the letter, he seemed to be everything I had dreamed about in a partner. I was amazed he took an interest in me at all. The relationship at first seemed to be everything I had dreamed a partnership could be (remember, Vertex is all about wish fulfillment). He was affectionate and romantic, buying me odd little presents and showering me with compliments. We spent all of our time together, and he took me on all sorts of Sag stellium adventures, exposing me to all sorts of new and exciting things I'd never experienced before. Of course, I mythologized him almost immediately.

But Vertex is tricky, and reared it's head quickly- things began to sour without warning. This individual seemed to turn on me suddenly, withholding affection, making cruel comments about my appearance and constantly breaking his promises to me. Our relationship seemed to morph from a waking dream to a living nightmare overnight. It's possibly that he may have been sleeping with another woman, whom he would later leave me for. It took me years, literally, to fully recover. I held a serious torch for this dude for way, way longer than my Cap moon is ever going to admit.

Although the relationship itself was damaging, and the ensuing infatuation I carried with me afterward possibly even moreso, my life was profoundly changed through him in many ways. The most important of these was that through him I was introduced to a group of people who would end up being monumentally important in my life, future roommates, dear friends and soon to be lovers. The outside connections I had made through our relationship enabled me to move forward in ways I couldn't have dreamed at the time. Virtually every important (non-family) connection I have in my life at the moment can somehow be traced back to this individual and the experiences I had during our intense Psyche/Vertex relationship.

posted July 01, 2009 09:14 AM            

My bf's Psyche conjunct my Vertex too (2º40'). As well as his Uranus (1º31'), and his Moon squares my Vertex (2º44'). I was also surprised by his feelings for me back then, and we've started rather fast. ^_^;
Also, his Vertex is squared by my Uranus (0º12'), and conjunct my PoF (2º58') and my Lust (3º1').
In the draconic synastry, his draco Vertex conjunct my draco Pomona (0º11') lol.

I wonder if any Vertex conjunction/square/opposition with Venus/Moon/love asteroids can indicate that sudden romantic feelings of the Venus/Moon/asteroid person would kind of shock the Vertex person; yet while in the conjunction cases the feelings are expressed, in the squares/oppositions, it might not really shown or bear any fruit in the end (either kind of unrequited, or the romance goes wrong?). Anyone had any of these aspects and want to share experiences?

posted July 01, 2009 09:27 AM            

seems Pomona brings in spring fever to the relationship, a lovey-dovey flavour to it

guy 1: his Pomona conj my Chiron (0), my Pomona sextile his Neptune/Jupiter >> there were no lovey-dovey feelings about each other though!

guy 2: his Pomona sextile my Venus (1) conj my Jupiter (3), my Pomona conj his Karma (2) and loosely conj his Venus (5)

guy 3: his Pomona sextile my Venus (0), my Pomona conj his Pluto (0)

posted July 01, 2009 09:33 AM            

- transit Pomona conjuncts his Vertex (1º57');
- transit Psyche squares his Vertex (<1º);

- transit Sun conjunct my Vertex (<2º);
- transit Uranus squares my Vertex (<3º);

And when we started:

- transit Moon conjuncts his Vertex (3º04');

- transit Uranus squares my Vertex (<3º);
- transit Psyche opposes my Vertex (3º);
- transit Karma conjuncts my Vertex (<3º).

*edited* this is off-topic, but.. omg didn't realize there are so many meaningful aspects when we met/started, specially to the asteroids (there are many other aspects I didn't list here, as I just listed the Vertex ones here)!

posted July 18, 2009 10:43 PM            

I had at look at the asteroids and this is what I have come up with.

amor conjunct amor
my juno conjunct his psyche
my eros conjunct his moon
my pallas conjunct his venus
my mars conjunct his valentine
my north node conjunct his lust
my eros conjunct his MC
my valentine conjunct his DC
my venus conjunct his psyche
my lust conjunct his karma
my karma conjunct his lilith

Other aspects include:
his sun conjunct my AC
my NN conjunct his sun
my NN conjunct his moon
my NN conjunct his mercury
his venus conjunct my anti-vertex
IC conjunct IC
his jupiter conjunct my DC

Also in our composite chart we have venus conjunct pluto.

This relationship seems to be pulling me in, but into what exactly I have no idea. I can't stop thinking about it.

posted July 18, 2009 11:54 PM            

Especially if there is balanced synastry in the house overlays and between the personal planets, this might be a really exciting affair and/or long-term relationship.

The fact that you feel drawn in, yet perplexed sounds karmic to me--there's some deeper connection/reason for this relationship. Check out your asteroids Karma and Union at a narrow orb...that could tell you more about how and where you'll experience that karmic pull.

posted July 19, 2009 12:44 AM            

I think the orbs are reasonably narrow for most of the aspects.

As far as karma and personal planets goes, the only thing is my karma is opposite his saturn (2).

How bigger role do you think the arabic parts play? I had a brief look and we have:

posted July 19, 2009 10:05 PM            

The book I have talks a lot about this axis being about wish fulfillment in a "be careful what you wish for" way. Kind of like that old fable about the monkey's paw, where every wish the man makes comes true but in very literal and often skewed ways.

The book (it's just a little hand-bound home made thing) also calls Vertex/Anti-Vertex "The Electric Axis," and sometimes electricity can shock you back to life but it could just as easy kill you, heh heh. The explanation it gives for the polarity is that the Anti-Vertex is "cause," while the Vertex is "effect." So Anti-Vertex leads to transformation instigated by the self, while Vertex leads to transformation at the hands of another/others, maybe? It's not totally clear to me, and I've read it over and over a hundred times.

posted July 19, 2009 10:31 PM            

quote:

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Maybe LIFE is easier to handle when sex isn't involved?

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posted August 17, 2009 11:16 AM            

Basically, we have DW ASC/Vertex conjunctions and MC/IC conjunctions, AND Moon/Mars aspects. He comes into my life whenever I'm dating someone that I shouldn't be dating... or at least that's what I gather. He's been the cause of 2 break ups so far in my life. He'll pursue and pursue me if I have a boyfriend, but he'll stop being interested once I'm single. So we'll never be together. Also he's moving to Finland for at least a year in 2 weeks.

posted August 18, 2009 08:19 AM            

Certainly the most shocking relationship of my life to date, as I have literally had to re-write what it means to be "me" and how I relate to someone in a relationship. I fell in love at 17 and it hurt me so much I didn't repeat the exercise until I met this one, and went out with people who I was not all that passionate about. But I wanted to be with him so badly that I was prepared to endure any potential hurt, and it has revolutionised my outlook on life.

Sorry about the size of this. The orbs are reduced 50%.

posted August 18, 2009 10:44 PM            

But, my vertex is conjunct my own sun and descendant and opposite my ascendant.

seriously, 0 libra rising, sun 1 aries, vertex 1 aries.

I looked back on relationships and no one has anything near these degrees except my dad who has Jupiter at 0 aries and someone I first met 30 years ago who I recently reconnected with who has mars at 0 libra.