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Taineberry
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posted June 30, 2011 03:11 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Taineberry     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Asteroid number 7 – Iris – deserves mention as it is the 5th largest main belt asteroid, and it is the fourth brightest object in the asteroid belt after Vesta, Ceres and Pallas. Iris was the Greek Goddess of the Rainbow. Like Hermes (Mercury), she was a messenger of the gods and she was depicted as a beautiful maiden with golden wings , dressed in robes of rainbow colours with a halo of light around her head. She carried a caduceus and a jug. She symbolizes the light of pure consciousness in the astrological chart. Although, like Mercury, she represents intelligence and ability to communicate, her emphasis is different. While Mercury is concerned with left brain analytical thought processes and articulation of ideas, opinions and thoughts, Iris is concerned with the intuitive mind (right brain thinking) and illumination and how you understand things at a deep level and grow in wisdom. Inn the natal chart she shows you how you receive ideas, listen, intuit and empathise, and how you deal holistically with all the information thrown at you. She brings with her qualities of receptivity and awareness and is strongly linked to the concept of Temperance – bringing harmony into an individual’s life based on an ability to adapt quickly and with conscious intelligence to bring the heart into balance. She represents the function of feeling when “feeling” is an active intelligent faculty of choice, not a reactive emotion. As well as ruling conventional communication when it comes from the heart, Iris also rules the individual’s capacity to communicate with the divine and telepathic communication (derived from her symbol – the rainbow – which acts as a bridge between the human and the spirit world, the ability to travel through all dimensions). In mythology, Iris was the only being ever to have penetrated the cave of Hypnos, the God of sleep, to give him a message. Astrologically, this indicates that Iris in your chart also describes your capacity to give or receive messages in dream states, and lucid dreaming. Iris also has a strong association with physical eyes – and a strong Iris in a Natal chart indicates both the possibility of having beautiful eyes and being able to communicate with one’s eyes (which are said to be the windows of the soul). Iris’s symbols also have symbolic meaning – the jug she carries contains water she collected from the river Styx which was a very powerful type of truth serum. She gave it to the Gods as a drink and if it turned out they were lying, the were rendered breathless for years and barred from tasting ambrosia, the elixir of immortality. Astrologically, Iris therefore also points to truthfulness in relationships. Her other symbol - the caduceus – reinforces her capacity to illuminate the mind as it is a symbol of healing and divine communication through which the kundalini rises with serpent-like energy. This, together with her rainbow symbol, can indicate the capacity to bridge the lower and higher self in the evolved individual.

In synastry, Iris is very beautiful as the Iris person can bring harmony, an intelligent balance, intuitive illumination, truth, authenticity and the ability to communicate feelings in the relationship. This may take place verbally or non-verbally – e.g. telepathically, through dreams and just by gazing into the lover’s eyes. A strong Iris connection is also a soul-mate indicator due to the authenticity and intuitive understanding of one other inherent in the bond it creates.

Overall, the rainbow goddess Iris, beloved of both Gods and Humans, provides a swift but gentle, wise, intelligent and versatile energy to the natal chart – it is worth investigating how she brings colour into your life, carries hopes and dreams to the heavens, represents hope, vitality and power of communication via spiritual channels and with the divine.

It would be great to hear how this asteroid functions in your chart, in Natal or in Synastry.

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posted June 30, 2011 05:06 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Aya_and_baby     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Interesting. The one relationship that has had the biggest effect on me, happens to have my Iris almost exactly on his Jupiter...

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posted July 01, 2011 02:12 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Taineberry     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
One of my children also has his Iris conjunct my Jupiter, and my Iris is conjunct his Sun - and they are both in trine with each other. We have an unusual mental connection and are able to easily intuit the real meaning behind the words we say to each other. Sometimes I want to tell him "I can hear what you are thinking loud and clear, you don't even have to say it" and I know he can do this too as he often says things to me that I have not ever told him about that are so spot on, it knocks my socks off. I can sense when he is going to call and he just knows when I need him to contact me, and vice versa. It is almost impossible for us to lie to each other, as we know instantly when this is happening.

By the way, I was just thinking - Iris in the Natal chart may also relate to one's capacity to astral travel as the rainbow symbolism can indicate multidimensional travel instantly by means of the light body, (made up of many colours.)

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posted July 02, 2011 02:22 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Applegreen     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
This is so interesting!

I was just talking about dreaming in the ASC conjunction thread with Ami Anne, and I took a look at this thread and..

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Originally posted by Taineberry:
Astrologically, this indicates that Iris in your chart also describes your capacity to give or receive messages in dream states, and lucid dreaming.

Iris conjuncts my Sun by an orb of 0°36.

I mentioned this in the other thread, but I had a dream where my grandpa disappeared. My dad woke me up from my dream to tell me something bad, and I asked if it was about my grandpa passing on. Perhaps this means that he was sending me a message.

Also, I often lucid dream. Yesterday, my I don't know what to call him... my secret lover I suppose, went to go visit his family overseas yesterday. I had a very vivid lucid dream about him/(with him?) last night. One part in particular, we were on a train, and we were holding hands. This made him very nervous, so I told him, "Don't worry, this is just a dream. It's okay."

Well, this explains a lot.

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posted July 02, 2011 02:47 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Taineberry     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Originally posted by Applegreen:
This is so interesting!

I was just talking about dreaming in the ASC conjunction thread with Ami Anne, and I took a look at this thread and..

Iris conjuncts my Sun by an orb of 0°36.

I mentioned this in the other thread, but I had a dream where my grandpa disappeared. My dad woke me up from my dream to tell me something bad, and I asked if it was about my grandpa passing on. Perhaps this means that he was sending me a message.

Also, I often lucid dream. Yesterday, my I don't know what to call him... my secret lover I suppose, went to go visit his family overseas yesterday. I had a very vivid lucid dream about him/(with him?) last night. One part in particular, we were on a train, and we were holding hands. This made him very nervous, so I told him, "Don't worry, this is just a dream. It's okay."

Well, this explains a lot.


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posted July 02, 2011 02:56 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Taineberry     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Originally posted by Applegreen:
This is so interesting!

I was just talking about dreaming in the ASC conjunction thread with Ami Anne, and I took a look at this thread and..

Iris conjuncts my Sun by an orb of 0°36.

I mentioned this in the other thread, but I had a dream where my grandpa disappeared. My dad woke me up from my dream to tell me something bad, and I asked if it was about my grandpa passing on. Perhaps this means that he was sending me a message.

Also, I often lucid dream. Yesterday, my I don't know what to call him... my secret lover I suppose, went to go visit his family overseas yesterday. I had a very vivid lucid dream about him/(with him?) last night. One part in particular, we were on a train, and we were holding hands. This made him very nervous, so I told him, "Don't worry, this is just a dream. It's okay."

Well, this explains a lot.


Wow. Your Sun conjunct Iris trine Neptune definitely describes a natural ability to connect with the people in your close relationships (7th hosuse) through lucid dreaming. Your 4th House Neptune is very interesting, becuase 4th house is also indicative of your subconscious - and dreaming is very much a part of that. No wonder you are so intuitive.

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posted July 02, 2011 04:42 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Applegreen     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Originally posted by Taineberry:
Wow. Your Sun conjunct Iris trine Neptune definitely describes a natural ability to connect with the people in your close relationships (7th hosuse) through lucid dreaming. Your 4th House Neptune is very interesting, becuase 4th house is also indicative of your subconscious - and dreaming is very much a part of that. No wonder you are so intuitive.

Reading through your original post again, I realize I forgot to mention that my Mercury conjuncts my Sun as closely as Iris does too.

I always thought I was crazy but reading all this helps me to believe in my "abilities" a little bit. I'm even kind of excited to go to sleep, lol.

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posted July 03, 2011 03:09 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for MsCandeh     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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In synastry, Iris is very beautiful as the Iris person can bring harmony, an intelligent balance, intuitive illumination, truth, authenticity and the ability to communicate feelings in the relationship. This may take place verbally or non-verbally – e.g. telepathically, through dreams and just by gazing into the lover’s eyes. A strong Iris connection is also a soul-mate indicator due to the authenticity and intuitive understanding of one other inherent in the bond it creates.

oh my goodness, we had Iris conjunct NN!

We dream about each other (even after the end of the relationship) and communicate through looking at each other. We couldn't stare into each others eyes for too long I think we just saw that deeply into each other it was scary!

Actually thinking back we communicated a lot through our eyes during the entire relationship and demise of it. No wonder I can tell that there is still something there..... it's like a sense of 'knowing' when you look at each other. Really hard to explain.

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posted July 25, 2011 04:05 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for IndigoDirae     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

This is quite fascinating!

Turns out that my Iris is trine my Moon-Uranus (3H) and Sappho. Grand Water trine, less than 1.5 orb. It's exactly conjunct my husband's Mars, and trine my co-star's Mercury and Neptune, again forming a grand trine, oddly enough.

My co-star's (VIrgo) is smack on my Venus-Ascendant, and my husband's (Taurus) trines it - curiously, trining his own NNode (Capricorn). Worth noting: my co-star also has an exact conjunction of Psyche-Hypnos and Iris; widen the orb, and you get Pluto and Uranus in there, too. Wow. And, yep, all except Uranus is on my Venus; everything's on my Ascendant.

My Iris is also on my co-star's Amor and Chiron. Curious.

Natally, it forms a few other interesting contacts: square my Psyche-Aura (Gemini), trine my Telephus (on my Moon-Uranus-Mars, all Scorpio in the 3H) and sextiles my own Amor.

I'll have to further investigate this gal.

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posted July 25, 2011 04:14 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for IndigoDirae     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

Further investigating the origins and how Iris works in the chart, this is filling in a lot of blanks for me. I used never to think I was psychic, despite my background, my very, powerfully psychic matrilineage, or the 'evidence' itself.

Why? Because my ability manifests through dreams. Almost exclusively. I get a huge kick out of the show 'Medium' and the real-life 'adventures' of Allison Dubois, with whom I've been in contact as a part of her 'psychic shelter' programme -- a meeting place for those, evidently like myself, who are needing to network and find a 'safe haven.'

But my life has been very much like that; so much that I used to work with an independent research organisation supplying them information I'd receive through the dreamstate so that they could contact whomever was necessary. Supposedly, I was able to anonymously help a number of people. I feel great about that.

So, maybe that exact trine of Moon-Uranus and Iris is to 'blame', heh. I've also always been directly plugged into my mother (Ceres) and my 'sisterhood' (Sappho) -- and I have trines with both of those. In fact, over time, I'd managed to convene a sort of sisterly group of women like me who were 'dreamers' - as we had no idea what else to call ourselves! We all dream lucidly, and that's how we receive important information from the Universe. We dream.

Anyhow, this is fascinating! Thank you. I think it definitely sheds some light. I'm not surprised, given my co-star's contacts now that I see the dreaming contact. He would contact me on the astral plane for months prior to our making genuine contact. It was as if it was a safe space in which he could be fully honest and expressive about things he wanted to say which he couldn't do here in the material plane.

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posted July 25, 2011 04:20 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Taineberry     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Wow, this is so interesting IndigoD - you really seem to have some potent Iris contacts going on there! Thanks for your insights.

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posted July 25, 2011 05:07 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for IndigoDirae     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Originally posted by Applegreen:
This is so interesting!

I was just talking about dreaming in the ASC conjunction thread with Ami Anne, and I took a look at this thread and..

Iris conjuncts my Sun by an orb of 0°36.

I mentioned this in the other thread, but I had a dream where my grandpa disappeared. My dad woke me up from my dream to tell me something bad, and I asked if it was about my grandpa passing on. Perhaps this means that he was sending me a message.

Also, I often lucid dream. Yesterday, my I don't know what to call him... my secret lover I suppose, went to go visit his family overseas yesterday. I had a very vivid lucid dream about him/(with him?) last night. One part in particular, we were on a train, and we were holding hands. This made him very nervous, so I told him, "Don't worry, this is just a dream. It's okay."

Well, this explains a lot.


Haha. I can relate to that one, Apple.

In fact, the aforementioned co-star first appeared to me in just enough of an abstruse, but clear enough, way for me to intuit what was really going on underneath the static of our public personae.

Outside of subconsciously becoming so flustred that he disconnected completely (Moon-Eros opposite natal Mars across the IC/MC) and started essentially demanding my attention in the dreamstate -- and in no subtle, quiet way. He would literally be drifting off to sleep, and -- BAM -- hear my name. Startle awake ... look around ... blink ... try and register the voice ... shrug ... go back to sleep.

Five minutes later -- BAM! Again! Rinse, repeat ... ruminate on placing the voice. Getting clearer, louder, but not there yet. Sigh. (I'm REALLY tired by now.)

Yet again, just as I'm drifting -- BAM. Louder than before! Clear enough to register. Slap my forehead. Exhale. Think: 'Oh, my God. Truly?' Send text message: 'Try the phone. I'm trying to sleep.'

His response: ' ?? '

My response: 'You're literally shouting in my head as I'm drifting to sleep. Not just once, either. Many times. If you need to talk about something, then let's talk.'

His response: 'Oh, dear. Forgive me; I had no idea my unconscious was so adamant tonight.'

It's his Iris, incidentally, that's smack on my Venus in the 12H, also conjunct my Ascendant, on both of our Hypnos.

Yeah.

Needless to say, that couldn't go on for long. (But it certainly inspired some wonderful material which was already along those lines! Gave it a sense of truth and realism that it had certainly been lacking.) The first dream had been indicative of where we were heading, despite the circumstances clearly against us.

By the time I started 'awakening' to find him casually leaning upon his elbow at the side of my bed, I knew that we needed to deal with this.

(He also showed me the malleability of reality in that state, though. Have you ever seen light bend because -your reality- is the thing that's bending? If only the Wachowskis had set up THAT shot in 'The Matrix'. It's quite the experience!)

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posted July 25, 2011 05:11 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for IndigoDirae     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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oh my goodness, we had Iris conjunct NN!

We dream about each other (even after the end of the relationship) and communicate through looking at each other. We couldn't stare into each others eyes for too long I think we just saw that deeply into each other it was scary!

Actually thinking back we communicated a lot through our eyes during the entire relationship and demise of it. No wonder I can tell that there is still something there..... it's like a sense of 'knowing' when you look at each other. Really hard to explain.


I get you. Wow, do I get you. It's an inexpressible kind of pain. He can't hide anything from me. ANYTHING. He's always stunned at how, no matter how thick the masque, I see right under and beyond it. Back when we were trying to ignore everything in hopes it'd go away, it was this kind of communication that just ripped me to shreds.

You can't be in the same room as someone with a connection like that knowing you can't connect with them in the way your being is demanding you do, and not feel as if a part of you is crumbling.

It's, needless to say, a deeply shattering experience. Extremely painful. I notice, we also have Chiron contacts with the Iris and Venus. I wonder if that contributes to the sense of it being deeply wounding when it isn't expressed?

Do you have Chironic (heh) contacts, too?

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posted July 25, 2011 05:34 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for IndigoDirae     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

Haha!

Speaking of 'can't lie to them' -- oh, wow. Karmic justice.

Both of my parents' have their Irises smack on my Sun-Pluto. Kind of hysterical. Not that I ever wanted to -- I've always respected my parents, even growing up -- but I never, EVER lied to them. And my mother (especially) ALWAYS knew. I'd never know how, but she KNEW. It would've been useless to try and even tell the littlest white lie.

Between them, my mother's Iris is trine my father's Sun, sextile his Moon, (nope, he doesn't try and lie to her either -- ever!) It's also trine my father's Uranus; his natally, hers synastrically. (Even as they're only born several months apart, Uranus moved significantly enough to be out of orb for her). It's square both of their Jupiters, though.

They're true twin flames with lots of karmic history, nodal connections, the Sun-Moon conjunction and the whole bit. Very telepathic. It doesn't surprise me then that my mother's Psyche is on my father's Mercury-Venus. Not much going on with his, though. Square my mom's Nep? Quincunx her Nodes? My Dad's Psyche's closely trine my Chiron, though. We have a very tight bond. I do with both my parents, but the one with my mom is slightly different. We've been the more volatilely close bond while I feel my father's been unfortunately pulled along for the ride, doing his best to maintain harmony across the board. But even though I can't quite put it into words, that Psyche-Chiron trine does speak to me. Very characterising of the nature of our relationship.

Ah, but I digress. Still -- it's all connected, isn't it? I almost wonder if it's the quindecile between my mom's Sun-Moon and my Iris that has led to us being SO obsessively connected (Pisces-Virgo) even if we were driving each other batty? Conversely, my Iris is also trine my mother's Mars, opposite her Merc, square my Dad's Sun and quincunx his Moon.

And the quindecile-Iris connection seems very characteristic of the relationship I share with my mother. Obsessively close, at times suffocating, and requiring a lot of growing and reorienting to become the sort of relationship we both need to be happy beyond the childhood years when hanging onto Mommy's apron strings was okay.

Regarding my father, evidently, we both had a similar series of recurring dreams around the same age - episodic, and of an almost 'sequel' nature. That really freaked me out. It became the basis of one of my novels, too. I also inherited something bizarre called Alice in Wonderland Syndrome (AIWS) from him -- where your reality can very literally become a dream-like state, complete with misperceptions and things changing size, and it becoming very difficult to orient oneself. It was prominent in adolescence, flared up again briefly under a lot of stress in college, and now rarely pops up.

Iris is a nifty asteroid.

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posted July 25, 2011 05:50 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for IndigoDirae     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Originally posted by Taineberry:
Wow, this is so interesting IndigoD - you really seem to have some potent Iris contacts going on there! Thanks for your insights.


Thank you! I had no idea that Iris even existed. I'm just now really exploring the 'roids after doing basic '9 planets plus a few points of interest' (10-12 points total, counting the Sun and Nodes) level astrology for decades. The points would vary. While I included Eros at one point, I think there was so little written on either Eros, Psyche or Sappho outside of a few books, that I was disheartened. I prefer forums like THIS -- astrology in action. Happening between real people in their charts, with personal (and second-hand) experience to speak of them. THAT's my kinda astrology.

I'd also get fed up with 'I CAN'T FIND IT!' syndrome and start throwing in everything at random until the chart was so overcrowded with junk that I couldn't tell what was what! Haha. Then, as expected, I'd wipe the whole thing and go back to the main 9, adding in a little bit more each session, until getting fed up again and doing Dracos, Harms, prog's and anti's.

I've been absolutely blown away this time around at how much the asteroids have been texturing what's already there. Rather than being overwhelmed, I've been able to investigate a few points thoroughly, get a good grip on how they operate, and evolve a wonderfully complete picture.

Iris is definitely another piece of the puzzle. And I'm grateful to have it! Thank you so much, Taineberry. Curiously, how on earth did you happen upon it?

-A.

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posted July 25, 2011 11:16 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for racole12     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I have Venus conj Iris (and Neptune and Psyche conj Sun)... this kind of scares me...

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posted July 25, 2011 11:32 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Applegreen     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Indigo, thanks for all of your insight. It's very fascinating to read.


racole12, what kind of experiences do you have with your Venus conjunct your Iris? We'd all love to hear it!

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posted July 26, 2011 12:34 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for racole12     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I would love to tell you but I need some examples so I can relate to it... and then I'll spill. LOL

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posted July 26, 2011 12:41 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for racole12     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I do know I'm definitely right brained... but that can be shown by my Sun/Neptune tho... that's the issue I'm having now... I need examples to help out my left brain. LOL

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posted August 01, 2011 10:00 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for MertSerimer     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
My iris has EXACT CONJUNCTION WITH my MERCURY!! only 16 minutes

It also conjuncts MC by 4.5 degree.

This explains how i used to calculate 3 digits number calculations only in my mind without using calculator when i was six-7 years old. Also had better iq results than my peers at these ages. I kinda lost it but still i was very smart =))

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posted October 08, 2011 05:19 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for BelligerentPygmy     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Iris is in opposition to my Ascendant (0 degree orb), right on my descendant line.It's conjunct my Mercury (1 degree), and sextiles my Jupiter-Saturn conjunction (1 degree for Jupiter;2 for Saturn), and makes an admittedly wide conjunction (7 degrees) to my North Node. A *lot* of the first post resonates for me.

The odd part is, rainbows have always been a theme in my life; as a kid rainbow colored objects always found their way to me, and it continues even now as an adult; sometime last year my sisters went on a trip and when they came back with small gifts for everyone, mine was a rainbow-colored keychain accessory (no, it wasn't something they knew about and intentionally planned their gift choice around).

Synastry-wise I haven't seen any connections, other than one of my exes having his Iris opposite mine, in a wide (6 degrees) conjunction with my Ascendant.

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I have Iris in Scorpio in the 9th house conjunct my MC (orb 2). I ordered an asteroid report a while ago and this is what it had to say about all that:

Iris, lady of the intuitive mind and illumination.

In Greek myth, there were two divine messengers: Hermes (equivalent to the Roman god Mercury), and Iris. Some traditions suggest that Iris was the messenger of the goddess Hera (whose Roman equivalent was Juno), whilst Mercury served Jupiter. However you play with the myths, there was a feminine energy associated with communication as well as a masculine one. And modern neuroscience tells us there are masculine and feminine aspects to the brain, too.

Few astrologers have learned yet how to honor the great goddess whose archetype stands behind the 'feminine' brain and style of communication. That is why this asteroid report is named in honor of Iris! The symbol of Iris was the rainbow, and the Iris energies of the horoscope seem to encompass all the colors of the spectrum, all kinds of light: ultimately, the light of pure consciousness.

Mercury shows how you think and communicate in a more systems oriented, data gathering and sorting way. His energy is yang and outward directed. Iris, however, has yin energy and is receptive. She shows how you receive ideas, how you listen, how you intuit and empathize, and how you deal holistically with all the information thrown at you by living in the world.

Iris helps you to understand things at a deep level, and to grow in wisdom. She adds color and depth to the Mercury energies of the chart, and shows another avenue of expression. She helps you to meditate. At her very best, Iris helps you to find true illumination. There is a vastness and sublime beauty to Iris energy. Wherever she sits in your horoscope can be magical, as she helps your consciousness to expand and evolve.

Iris in Scorpio:
Regardless of where your Mercury is and how he influences your outer world way of communicating, your inner world is alive with intense thoughts and feelings and its colors are many interesting shades of chiaroscuro (light and dark). As a teenager you probably did the brooding thing quite well, and can still turn it on as an adult when it suits you, or find it turns on whether it suits you or not. To some extent you may feel, or think (and for you thinking and feeling can be almost the same thing) you are responding to forces beyond your control.

The subtle realms of desire, the senses, oh, how well you know these places. You can gain much insight into the deeper layers of the psyche, but this often involves pain, and may make you defensive. Learn how to live with the gamut of experience and transform it: that is your gift to yourself, and ultimately to the world.

Iris in 9th house:
Iris has a lovely time in the house of the 'higher mind', since the expansion and illumination of consciousness are perhaps her greatest gift. You have the capacity to embrace and comprehend anything and everything, and not just mental constructions, either. Of course you can get a bit lost with all this, go dancing off into dead ends and even get carried away with fantasies about how you want things to be, instead of realizing how they are. But truth will out, sooner or later, and you have the grace to recognize when you've been wrong and do something about it if necessary. You are an idealist and a traveler, and can help to fire others with the quest to explore and know in turn.

Iris Conjunct MC, Orb: 2 deg. 16 min.
When you're on top form, your communication skills are fantastic, and a source of great potential for worldly success. You have a particular gift for listening and being present, and taking in everything around you. This enables you to tune your responses to situations with particular skill and sensitivity, winning approval and opening doors.

(From The Iris Asteroids Report at Café Astrology)

I didn’t know that I even had anything conjunct MC, besides Blythe, so this kind of perked me up! I have to add this to the spreadsheet, lol.

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posted October 27, 2011 03:21 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Anglerfish     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I have Iris cj my ASC from the 1st (SCO). I have some idea of how this works but not much.

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i belive iris and its dispositor explain where and through who we meet our destined someone. In my parents charts it shows scenes of how they met.

My iris is in aries in 10th house , mars in second in virgo. So probably i will meet him where i work,around some object or person linked to my money.

my iris falls in his 4th house if i take my 7th as his first and mars in his 8th
he should find me maybe in his hometown or over family member,around Other peoples money-probably mine.

Maybe i will lose a wallet

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I have my Iris conjunct my bf's Mars exact in Virgo. 1.35 and 1.34.

This may be a good substitute for a Venus/Mars pairing, but am not sure if Iris/Mars is more mystical in nature. It may be more a relationship of imagination.

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