posted September 18, 2012 01:30 AM            

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Originally posted by Aeline:
Going to research this one too.

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I have this conjunct my moon. *shakes head* I think that natally it actually means that people perceive you as being the answer to all their fantasies or dreams or whatever - they put you on a pedestal and don't see you clearly - at least in its negative manifestation.

Which really kinda falls in line with what the myth is actually about. This guy who is a sculptor and hates real women, and thinks they're all gross, decides to start sculpting a woman, just for the hell of it one day. As he's doing it, he realizes it's the best thing he's ever done, and by the end, it even looks realistic and everything and he winds up falling in love with it and wishing it were real and can reciprocate and return feelings to him.

He wants it so bad he wishes for it and even goes and prays to a goddess or whatever, who can see that he's so sincere and devoted that she's touched by it and takes pity on him and makes the statue come to life.

So in that sense I think too that it's more accurate to say that Galatea symbolizes the dream you longed for and wished for that comes true, at least on the positive side. On the negative it probably symbolizes the crushing of a dream or being put on a pedestal and not being seen clearly for who you are and having unreasonable expectations and hopes pinned on you. Which is how it's manifested in my own life anyway.

posted September 18, 2012 06:53 PM            

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Originally posted by Jovian:
Interesting, Gray. Despite the comfort level I mentioned, I would say that I always felt frustrated that my partner wasn't seeing me clearly--and perhaps didn't want to. It can be a frustrating and lonely experience. Now I wonder if she was experiencing things similarly, since we have a Galatea-IC double whammy.

I guess I then wonder how this differs from Neptunian influences, which seem similar to what you are describing. I'd always ascribed my above frustration to her Sun SQ my Neptune synastry aspect, and her general Piscean nature (Sun/Moon/Mercury), among other squares between us.

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It was probably both of those causing it. Usually there isn't just ONE indicator in synastry for that type of thing - I just gave an example of this in the "angel" asteroid thread, where there was a planetary aspect that backed up what the asteroids were saying in the chart.

But that's exactly what Galatea does, if you have it prominent, or if yours triggers prominent areas and/or planets in another person's chart - they end up idealizing you and turning you into some sort of symbol of perfection and really it's sad and lonely for the Galatea person on the receiving end of it.

posted September 18, 2012 07:35 PM            

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Originally posted by Gray:
I have this conjunct my moon. *shakes head* I think that natally it actually means that people perceive you as being the answer to all their fantasies or dreams or whatever - they put you on a pedestal and don't see you clearly - at least in its negative manifestation.

Which really kinda falls in line with what the myth is actually about. This guy who is a sculptor and hates real women, and thinks they're all gross, decides to start sculpting a woman, just for the hell of it one day. As he's doing it, he realizes it's the best thing he's ever done, and by the end, it even looks realistic and everything and he winds up falling in love with it and wishing it were real and can reciprocate and return feelings to him.

He wants it so bad he wishes for it and even goes and prays to a goddess or whatever, who can see that he's so sincere and devoted that she's touched by it and takes pity on him and makes the statue come to life.

So in that sense I think too that it's more accurate to say that Galatea symbolizes the dream you longed for and wished for that comes true, at least on the positive side. On the negative it probably symbolizes the crushing of a dream or being put on a pedestal and not being seen clearly for who you are and having unreasonable expectations and hopes pinned on you. Which is how it's manifested in my own life anyway.

Then again my interpretation might be colored by some other things I have going on in that same area of my chart - the asteroids "Magdalena" and "Paradise" are over there, too.

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Very profound, Gray. It is so great that we all have each other to discuss these things with

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posted September 19, 2012 01:06 AM            

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Originally posted by Gray:
It was probably both of those causing it. Usually there isn't just ONE indicator in synastry for that type of thing - I just gave an example of this in the "angel" asteroid thread, where there was a planetary aspect that backed up what the asteroids were saying in the chart.

But that's exactly what Galatea does, if you have it prominent, or if yours triggers prominent areas and/or planets in another person's chart - they end up idealizing you and turning you into some sort of symbol of perfection and really it's sad and lonely for the Galatea person on the receiving end of it.

In all the relationships I had, I always initially felt like this thing in a museum being gawked at or adored from a distance for something I wasn't and never claimed to be...then later, once they realize that you aren't that, they blame you and insist you lied to them somehow or misrepresented yourself, when it was really that they made a bunch of assumptions and built all these fantasies in their head, or lied to themselves, in a sense. It acts alot like Neptune in a romantic or social context. They go from, "You're my dream come to life!" to trying to punish you when the truth hits them.

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posted September 19, 2012 01:20 AM            

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Originally posted by Aeline:
Well, as i have seen, the person who OWNS the Galatea, is the one who is charmed by the personal planet or point owner!

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Seeing it from the outside and being someone who actually has it conjunct a luminary and sees the effect it has on others towards them, in synastry, is something different entirely.

posted September 19, 2012 06:32 AM            

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Originally posted by Gray:
Seeing it from the outside and being someone who actually has it conjunct a luminary and sees the effect it has on others towards them, in synastry, is something different entirely.

In short, I actually know whereof I speak. I stand by my statements.

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posted October 02, 2012 05:05 PM            

my amor - 14.37 cap
his galatea - 14.01 cap
his moon - 15.22 cap

his mercury at 12.28 gemini
my soulie at 14.50 gemini

his aphrodite 22.01 pisces
my karma at 24.29 virgo

posted December 14, 2012 06:55 PM            

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Originally posted by Moonfish:
If Galatea represents how Pygmalion felt about her, then what does Pygmalion mean in synastry?

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posted May 30, 2013 07:24 PM            

His Galatea gemini@29
My Mars gemini@29

posted February 12, 2015 10:26 PM            

My Venus and his Vertex are conjunct comp Galatea/Pygmalion

We both have this couple exact sextile in our natal chart, but they don't aspect each other in synastry.
His Pygmalion falls in my IC/Valentine/Eros