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oneruledbymars
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posted October 09, 2009 08:40 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for oneruledbymars     Edit/Delete Message
I find this Asteroid interesting:

Icarus/ Ίκαρος and his father Daedalus/ Δαίδαλος the famous Greek [Athenian] architect and inventor were invited by King Minos of Crete in order to prepare a prison for the son of Minos' wife Μινώταυρος and guarantee that would not be able to escape and place at risk the Minos reign.

Daedalus delivered the Labyrinth/ Λαβύρινθος that even Daedalus could not escape from it.

King Minos feared that Daedalus could reveal his secret and instead of letting them free kept them under his surveillance and custody.

Daedalus prepared two pairs of wings for their escape consisted of bird's feathers and wax. He instructed Icarus to avoid flying too close to the sun or too close to the sea for a safe flight.

Unfortunately Icarus did not fly as instructed and when he was too close to the sun he lost the feathers of his wings and as result he went down to the sea near by an island that bears his name ever since.

The island's name is Icaria/ Ικαρία and the sea is called Icarian sea/ Ικάριον Πέλαγος.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_meaning_of_the_story_of_Icarus


These are the interpretations I found from the same website:

The flight of Icarus could be interpreted as a lesson in the value of moderation. The danger in flying "too high" (i.e. melting of the wax wings) or in flying "too low" (i.e. weighting down the wings by sea-water spray) were advocations for one to respect one's limits and to act accordingly.

The myth has at least three levels of reading:
1. from the simple one of disobeying to instructions of those who know better is dangerous.
2. Is that someone may not be careless about powers/ dangers not evaluated properly.
3. Is the ways of an initiated person have a great risk of failure that sometimes the result is death.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_meaning_of_the_story_of_Icarus

This is significant in my Chart. Icarus is at 15 Pisces, conjunct Osiris 12 Pisces, and My Family name 14 Pisces, and my South Node at 16 Pisces, and loosely Ptah 18 Pisces. It Opposes Valentine/Angel at 12/11 Virgo, and is very loosely conjunct my DC 6 Pisces.

"the ways of an initiated person have a great risk of failure that sometimes the result is death"

I am quite certain that in past lifelines I have taken great risks of failure that have ended in death associated with the ways of the occult. There is no way I could have learned about the occult to the extent that I know and am comfortable with, without many lifelines dabbling in it. The Asteroids Osiris, Ptah, the family name, and my SN are where I intuit that from.
I had to get "burned" a couple of times". God knows how many lifelines I trapped in Astral fooling around with that stuff. But I guess its my style in general, "balls to the wall baby" lol and it is goes nicely with my Moon/Nept/Merlin/Reiki, all conjunct in Sag in the 4th House, opposing Karma/Destin. Crossing my MC/IC axis.

Whats funny is lately I keep having dreams of flying, with white wings. And I am half human and half bird.

Anywho, what is your Icarus, and does it relate at all.
Do we even have this Asteroid listed Tameem/DD/Tigerlily/Peri/PA?


Side note:
Icarus just tranisted my Pluto/DNA conjunction and is right at 22 Libra, getting ready to oppose my Sun, and is exactly inconjunct my Venus. Gotta love Astrology!

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blue moon
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posted October 13, 2009 04:42 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for blue moon     Edit/Delete Message
This slipped to page 2, victim of asteroid cherry-picking. It's not as sexy as Karma, Lust et, al.

Icarus is at 24* Pisces on my chart, moving in to oppose my Moon/Pluto. Got to be careful with that volcanic Moon/Pluto. Get to close to it, you might melt.

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Lara
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posted October 13, 2009 06:34 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Lara     Edit/Delete Message
Icarus @ 8' Taurus - conjunct my sun/mercury (1')
Square exact my surname
opposing my telephus/vertex exact and juno/karma

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downtomars
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posted October 13, 2009 07:22 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for downtomars     Edit/Delete Message
Here is an excerpt from an awesome book (The Astrology Encyclopedia) that I found while getting rid of some old stuff:

“…Unlike the planets, which are associated with a wide range of phenomena, the smaller asteroids are said to represent a single principle. George and Bloch (1987) give Icarus’s principle as “liberation”; their tentative key phrase for Icarus is My capacity for liberation and risk-taking. Zipporah Dobyns regards the occurrence of Icarus in a prominent house, sign or aspect related to the element fire as indicating the danger of overreaching oneself or acting prematurely. J. Lee Lehman related Icarus to shamanistic power, the power one gains from reconstituting oneself after the experience of “death” (in one form or another). In a more exoteric vein, Lehman also associates Icarus with flight, risk-taking and accidents.”

Mine is in Virgo in the 8th house, conjunct Saturn (orb 0), trine Chiron and Vesta (orb 0) in the 4th. I don't know, maybe Saturn helps a little, but maybe it is making me a little too cautious.

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oneruledbymars
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posted October 13, 2009 07:56 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for oneruledbymars     Edit/Delete Message
Lara,
For sure that describes you especially if it is conjunct your Sun. Your lucky it is not in a fire sign! *wink*

DowntoMars,
Great read. So that is something to keep in mind when doing charts. I love figuring this frigging things out. It feels like an adjective, you know the kind of Asteroid that describes the nature of an Energy by what its conjunct, possibly shedding light on the Karma of the past. Or the possiblities of it in the future. Stay tuned Im going to plug it into some charts and see what I come up with. Thanks..
By the way my Ascendant is at 8 Virgo and My Saturn is at 7.

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