posted November 19, 2011 01:25 PM            

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posted November 19, 2011 10:16 PM            

"So saying, who are the Plutinos? Well obviously there are more than several of them. But at the moment the best known in this group are Pluto, Orcus and Ixion. Pluto we know fairly well. And Orcus we will leave for another day. This leaves us Ixion, a fundamental figure in Greek mythology. Descended from war god Ares, the first thing we can suspect about Ixion is that as a symbol, it incorporates something of a conflict factor. Seeing that the other name for Ares is Mars, this also begins to tie Ixion into the Plutino concept, with Mars being the initiator of all things Scorpio, where Ixion’s fellow Plutino, Pluto, “rules” the outcome.

The whole “what I am (and do)” versus “what I should be (and do)” conflict of polarity is the flesh and foundation of Ixion’s story. As a youth, Ixion (already king of his own realm) takes a bride and is approached by the new father-in-law for the agreed-on bride price.

Instead of paying, up Ixion sets a trap, one which causes his new father-in-law to fall into a pit filled with burning coals. Thus does our young king not only choose to be an oath-breaker, but also a torturer and murderer. Important to the myth is also that in doing all this he becomes the first human in Greek mythology to shed kindred blood, recalling the story of Cain and Able. With Ixion this was plainly a calculated move—and one which even on its surface showed a horrifying lack of regard for the value of someone else’s life.

Before we go on, let’s also remember that every point is in every chart. So we all have a little bit of Ixion in our souls, spirit, mind, mentality…however you want to phrase it. And this quotient is never about “the other guy”—they have their Ixion in their chart, you have Ixion in your chart. Don’t want to face that idea? Well if not, that may well be part of your challenge, one which is evidently likely to manifest particularly when you are in close emotional quarters, whether that pertains to blood family or not.

Moreover, nothing in the myth suggests that Ixion wasn’t clever. We are therefore called upon to consider whether he knew he was the first human to deliberately spill kindred blood, understanding that to commit a crime which had no precedent would allow him to avoid punishment under the “no law, no crime” theorem. (Intent? What intent could I have if I didn’t know it was against the law?)

From this we learn that where Ixion appears in the chart (by sign, house, close aspects and condition of the planet ruling the sign on the cusp of the house in which Ixion is placed) we get a picture of where/how we will each meet up with conflicts testing our ability to retain full cognizance of the “other.” Such conflicts are likely to feel like someone else is imposing some rule on us but at the core of all is our sense of entitlement. And it would be some “mythic fantasy” about ourselves (Neptune, remember?) which gives rise to that internal conflict, particularly your natal Ixion is focal to an angle or another planet. Or both (ouch).

Whatever its position by transit, Ixion would appear to make a statement in any natal chart, with its effects being far more noticeable if in conjunction (particularly tight conjunction) with any planet, node or axis. Much study needs to be done, but by any stretch or measure, Ixion is a point which recalls and tests our very conception of what it means to be wholly conscious while in the process of choosing how to go about being purely and mortally human. "

from : http://www.daykeeperjournal.com/2010/02/ixion/