posted August 12, 2010 06:54 PM         

Arising from the Centre is Venus Aphrodite, Core Essence of the Feminine Nature in Her Manifest Form. Through her Powers of Divine Beauty and Magnetic Desirability as Love, She Awakens the Impulse to Life.

From the centre of the basic realm of primal lunar energy emerges Venus Aphrodite, the symbol of the active, magnetic , reproductive force of the feminine nature.

The archetypal feminine energy as Aphrodite also subdivides into a trinity, where she is identified with the names Aphrodite Pandemos, Aphrodite Ourania and Apostrophia. Plato makes a clear distinction between the ~common love~ which is Aphrodite Pandemos and the idealised spiritual or platonic love of Aphrodite Ourania (literally ~heavenly love~}. Apostrophia, the third form, translates as ~she who turns herself away~.

Referring again to the image of the mandala, from the centre of the lunar ground arises the core of feminine expression ~Venus Aphrodite~ the essential productive force which manifests through the feminine polarity as divine beauty, magnetic desirability and love.

Using her magnetic energy, Venus Aphrodite can either affect an attractive force between people, or she can turn away and create a repelling force. The ability to stir love and arouse erotic impulses in others but not to take responsibility for what one has awakened sets into motion the ~karmic causes~ which yield the future experiences of being ~rejected in love~. As Apostrophia ~she who turns herself away~ the dark side of Venus initiates us into the painful experiences of rejection and loss in love. She teaches us the meaning of responsibility so that we may learn to be sensitive to the emotional impact of arousing affections in others. Through experiencing the sorrow of rejection and loss, we learn the spiritual lessons associated with the transitory nature of love. Through pain and suffering Venus Aphrodite comes to realise the impossibility of possessing love. Love and passion are by their very nature impermanent. through the recognition of the transient nature of earthly love, Venus Aphrodite is able to express with heightened intensity, the ecstatic bliss of the Divine Love which begets and renews life.

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Where is your Aphrodite asteroid and does it show up in your synastry?

In my experience Aphrodite proves to be very important in love relationships and the above description is very accurate. That goes for the good and the bad aspect of the the Goddess.

posted August 12, 2010 08:46 PM         

Aphrodite in 9'46 Aquarius in 5th
conjunct/oppose Lunar Nodes in 10'30 Aquarius/Leo in 5th/11th
trine Midheaven/Imum Coeli in 11'14 Gemini/Sagittarius
sextile Chiron in 10'32 Aries R in 8th
sextile Jupiter in 8'17 Sagittarius in 3rd

in Right Ascension(Equatorial Longitude):
Aphrodite in 15'58 Aquarius
conjunct/oppose Vertex in 17'27 Aquarius/Leo
trine Uranus in 14'20 Libra
square Mercury in 15'33 Scorpio

Geocentric North Aphrodite Node in 3'46 Gemini in 9th
conjunct transneptunian dwarf planet candidate Varuna in 3'01 Gemini R in 9th
trine Vesta in 3'01 Aquarius in 5th
square Moon in 3'11 Pisces in 6th

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Raymond Andrews,
President,Executive Director of Developmental Neurodiversity Association
Supporting the Neurodiversity Movement

posted August 12, 2010 09:51 PM         

In a Synastry....
His Trine my Mercury
Conjunct my MC (O_O wow lots of MC/10th house connections)
Square my Uranus

Mine sextile his mercury and Venus and Square his Pluto

posted August 13, 2010 11:01 AM         

they are 2 completely different archetypes

Juno could just be mainly about committed relationships,partnerships,marriage, and contracts related to those things

Aphrodite could be more about romantic love but also sensual love
in the myths, she was not into commitment
She had many lovers that included mortals and not just immortals.

On the other hand, Juno/Hera didn't have any besides Jupiter/Zeus

I think it's easy to separate Juno from Aphrodite

Juno is one of the 4 major asteroids, and Aphrodite isn't. Therefore, Juno would have a greater influence.

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Raymond Andrews,
President,Executive Director of Developmental Neurodiversity Association
Supporting the Neurodiversity Movement

posted August 14, 2010 01:54 PM         

The first 4 asteroids were classed as planets for over 40 years in the 1800's. This was before Neptune was discovered.

These asteroids stand apart from all the other asteroids.

Of course,Ceres stands alone from all other asteroids including Juno,Pallas,and Vesta because it's a dwarf planet.

Ceres,Pallas,Juno,and Vesta are known as the asteroid goddesses. Demetra George and Douglas Bloch has an astrological report program based on only those asteroids.

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Raymond Andrews,
President,Executive Director of Developmental Neurodiversity Association
Supporting the Neurodiversity Movement