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vesta-sister
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posted February 01, 2009 11:11 AM           Edit/Delete Message

Pandora (55)

Pandora " the all gifted one " was the greek equivlent of eve.

The eating of the apple was an event that led to a series of actions and events just like the effects of pandora.

Where Uranus will have a sudden effect due to one event, Pandora will have a casscade effect.

Though thought of as bad not all aspects are, especially in synastry.
An exact aspect of the Sun and Moon in synastry to pandora can be very powerful.
( Eve was the mother of us all ) and Pandora is her greek equivelent.

http://www.bristolschoolofastrology.com/toro_and_pandora.39.html

Pandora - A Gift Of Hope
'Hope sole remain'd within, nor took her flight,
Beneath the vessel's verge conceal'd from light'
Hesiod
Pandora's story was written eight centuries before Christ in the epoch when gender roles were rigidly
defined. Yet the mythic plot echoes timeless motifs, even ones used in contemporary science fiction.
In Greek myth Pandora is the first woman, mother of all mortal women, created by the gods to assert
their superiority over mankind. Cast as a femme fatale, a 'beautiful evil', she possesses a jar filled
with toxins designed to pollute the race of mankind. Alluring, yet dangerous, Pandora represents a
vestige of the ancient goddess culture threatening the emergent patriarch. Yet she also transports an
indelible gift from the goddess embedded at the bottom of the urn.
Three centuries later her myth was carved on the marble base underpinning the spectacular cult statue
of Athena. When designing the Parthenon and its decorations the Athenians chose the myth of Pandora
to be the motif at Athena's feet. On the pedestal of the colossal statue suppliants to Athena were
reminded of the creation of the first woman and the plagues she brought to bear on humanity, a striking
contrast to Athena who brought victory and pride to the Greeks. Like Athena Pandora's birth was
unusual. Fashioned out of the earth at the command of Zeus, Pandora was the instrument designed to
punish mankind for the unsanctioned possession of fire stolen by Prometheus.
Zeus was furious when Prometheus stole fire from heaven, smuggling it in a fennel stalk and
distributing it to mankind. With the theft the distance between man and god narrowed, as fire was the
alchemical agent that would refine raw materials and promote the development of mankind. As the
human race developed there would be less need for the gods. Zeus' revenge was to send a 'gift' to man
that would counterbalance the profit mankind gained from using fire. To date men had lived without
evil in a golden age, which now would come to an end through the guile of a beautiful woman.
Zeus instructed the smith-god Hephaestus to fashion a beautiful maiden resembling a goddess out of
clay and water. Athena was to teach the phantom how to weave a web, Aphrodite was instructed to
make her seductive and Hermes, the trickster-god, was to teach her how to be deceitful. Adorned with
beautiful garments from the Charities, Zeus breathed life into Pandora, who was given as a gift to
Epimetheus, the brother of Prometheus. In her hands she carried an intricately designed urn, the dowry
Zeus had given her. Shut inside it was all the evils, storms and plagues that bring misfortune to
mankind. Instructed not to accept any gifts from Zeus, Epimetheus became enchanted by the beautiful
Pandora and forgot his brother's warning. Pandora opened the jar and before she could close the lid
disease, old age, pain, toil, death and all the other ills that plague humanity spilled out. When she was
finally able to seal the jar nothing remained except Hope, trapped at the bottom. In their benevolence

the gods had insured an antidote for suffering. Pandora offers hope when all else has failed.
The myth of Pandora was included in Greek literature synchronous with the time that the myth of Eve
appeared in Jewish writings. In both myths Pandora and Eve become the patriarchal scapegoat for all
of humanity's troubles aligning feminine power with evil. This mythic misogyny defines the time when
masculine values were dominant and feminine values were denigrated, even demonised. Pandora and
Eve became the composite projection of evil, blamed for their lack of foresight, chaos and feelings.
Underlying the mythic stratagem was a motif from an earlier period when goddess culture was
dominant.
In Greek Pandora translates into 'all gifts' and her entry into Greek myth suggested this name because
the gods of Olympus each gave her a gift. However, this mythic thread is probably an inversion from
earlier goddess culture when Pandora may have referred to the goddess giving gifts. Gift giving
became an essential component of Greek culture and this inverted fragment reminds us of the abundant
side of the goddess who offers us the cornucopia of plenty. Pandora is born of the earth like Gaia,
supplying the gifts of life. And the gift of life she brings that cannot be destroyed is Hope. On a
psychological level hope is the mechanism that breathes life into the soul after it has been bruised and
deflated.
Pandora emerges at a critical time historically and psychologically. She enters Greek myth when the
goddess culture has waned and been rejected and man is no longer in favor with the gods.
Psychologically Pandora appears to offer hope in devastating times. She brings a powerful gift that
cannot be destroyed by life's ills. Hope is the life force that survives the disaster evoking images of
healing and improvement. When Pandora is prominent in a birth chart she confronts us to delve into
the deepest part of ourselves to tap the reservoir of faith. Having survived the projections and
denigration of the other, Pandora resurrects life once again through the auspices of hope.
In astrology Pandora reminds us that embedded in every disaster is the gift of renewal through the
auspices of faith and hope. Illness, destruction, old age and pain are part of feminine wisdom and this
knowledge stands in direct contrast to masculine fantasies of a Golden Age and Garden of Eden. How
she enters our life is reflected in the placement of the goddess.

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darkdreamer
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posted February 01, 2009 11:14 AM           Edit/Delete Message
Thank you for this. I was wondering about Pandora.

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Tigerlily
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posted February 01, 2009 11:28 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Tigerlily     Edit/Delete Message
Thanks for sharing that, vesta-sister.

Pandora really stands out in my chart: I have Pandora conjunct my Venus, Lilith trinity (Mean BM Lilith, True BM Lilith and Dark Moon Lilith/Lunar Apogee), DNA, Groom, Bacchus, Draconic Mars, Draconic Iris, Draconic Hypnos, Draconic Spirit and Draconic asteroid Lilith; so, the information you shared is particularly valuable to me. Thanks!

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posted February 01, 2009 02:30 PM           Edit/Delete Message
In synastry if lilith is in aspect to pandora:

It can be very alluring at first, though won't last long. Changes will result, especially in the lilith person, whom the pandora person has shaken up. However, when things settle the lilith person usually feels beter about the pandora person than the pandora person feels about the lilith person.

The relationship though brief is very signifigant.

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missneptune
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posted February 01, 2009 04:56 PM           Edit/Delete Message
Pandora has a double meaning for me. One of my very close lady friend's name is Pandora, and we have traveled together extensively. I was amazed when I realized Pandora exactly conjuncts My Sun in the 9th house of travels and higher education, which Pandora has helped me with as well - University stuff, she has her MA in English, and I plan to do the same!

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posted February 01, 2009 05:29 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for amowls     Edit/Delete Message
I have Pandora conjunct my Chiron and ASC in the 12th (Pandora is 25 Gemini, ASC is 27 Gemini, Chiron is 23 Gemini).

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