posted March 27, 2014 03:37 PM
The Ego in the Natal Chart This article was sparked from the question of one of the most gorgeous men I have ever seen, Dan. He asked me if/where the Ego could be seen in the natal chart. I attempted to answer him and then thought that I should write an article. This is my attempt to answer that question.
When Dan posed the question to me, one thought hit me. It was the Combust. The Combust refers to Mercury conjunct the Sun at 5 degrees or less. The Cazimi is exact up to 3 degrees. It is noteworthy that there is a name for this phenomenon. It is a true phenomenon. It controls the natal chart.
It controls the chart the way a person with a deformity may be controlled by the deformity. It colors their world. If one has a huge port wine stain on one’s face, one will approach the world through that lens. The world will approach one through that lens, as well. Hence, one is defined, to a large extent by that deformity, to use the word lightly.Each person has a lens. The chart is the lens through which one sees the world. Think about that for a bit before you jump to criticize me.
I will get back to the Combust and the Cazimi. The Conjunction is a blessing and a positive, positive aspect. The Conjunction is a 6 -10 degree conjunction of Mercury and the Sun. It confers intelligence. I have this in Gemini. Many people have the conjunction. It is not rare. However, the Combust and the Cazimi are maleficent. I will get into trouble using words like these but people have to learn somewhere and many Astrologers won’t say things straight out, so I teach the way I want to learn.
At any rate, with the Cazimi and the Combust, the Sun, which represents the ego, burns up Mercury, which represents the mind. That is what is happening, energetically. The degrees are KEY. In most things in Astrology, every degree matters. With the Combust and the Cazimi, every degree Matters, Matters, Matters. It is a horse of a different color with just a one degree difference.
So, to get back to the question of Ego in the chart, one must look at the Sun, first of all. The Sun is the most important part of any chart. Just as the Sun is at the center of the solar system, the Sun is at the center of every man. That is why one can pick out Sun signs. One must see if the Sun is helped or hindered. One can do this by assessing the aspects from other planets, asteroids and angles( ASC, MC, IC and DSC) to the Sun. Houses play a role, too.
Let me give an example. If one has a strong Sun, one may have trines to powerful planets like Pluto or Mars. One may have the Sun conjunct the ASC or MC which gives a natural confidence. One may have the Sun conjunct powerful asteroids like Europa, which give glamor and shine. One may have the Sun conjunct powerful Fixed Stars like Betelgeuse or Aldebaran, which give powerful blessings if one has the integrity to take them.
On the other hand, one’s sense of self( Ego) will be assaulted if one has close conjunctions to Saturn. These confer self doubt. If one has a close conjunction to Chiron, one’s father was a source of great pain. One carries this pain in a deep way. It effects one’s sense of self. Again, degree is very, very important.
Once I open this subject, I see that I am going places I did not foresee. Chiron is a misunderstood and under utilized planet by many Astrologers. I have seen Chiron conjunct the ASC result in severe bullying in all cases. Hence, the native would have a life colored by this. Bullying seems to last with a person until death. The scars remain when the person is grown. They are deep scars.
Chiron conjunct the MC seems to be a bit easier than Chiron conjunct the ASC,but just a bit. With this native, his pain is shown to the world. One of my friends has a classic manifestation of this in that he is very obese. He has Chiron conj the Moon, as well as the ASC. As a young, vital man, he had to give up his life to take care of a bed ridden mother. He was a football player and a crazy kind of guy in the best of ways, a Leo. I think that the pain of all of this was too much and he turned the guilt inward with the eating issues. At any rate, the MC placement made it able to be seen by the world.
The human ego is a fragile thing. Some charts are easier than others. Some people are born with more natural self confidence than others. The chart shows all of this. It takes the Astrologer to weight all the aspects and come up with the native as a 3 D person. This is the hardest part.
We have talked about the Sun. We have talked about Chiron on pivotal angles( ASC and the MC). Now, let’s talk about the Moon, a bit. The Moon is not the ego, per se. It is one’s deepest heart. However, if one’s deepest heart is in torment, one will not be self confident. Hence, let’s talk about what makes strong emotions in which we can trust and what makes a fragmented person.
If we have an abuse asteroid such as Dejanira conjunct the Moon, we have an abused person, in every case I have seen. All but one had Borderline Personality Disorder. The one had severe sexual and emotional abuse.Hence, it goes without saying that such an assault on the emotions would fragment the ego, as well. I am thinking of other abuse asteroids such as Sedna, which is severe betrayal by men and Medusa, which is betrayal by women and hatred of men. There are a plethora of possible asteroids that could conjunct the Moon and fragment it. I will not detail them here, for purposes of time.
On the other hand, some asteroids strengthen the Moon. These would be any of the love asteroids such as Amor( pure love), Ceres( the unconditional love of a mother), Vesta( sacrificial service), Juno( loyalty and devotion) and Pallas( wisdom in the manner of a wise elder in a tribe) If the heart is strengthened, the ego will follow.
I realized I forgot an important factor for self confidence. It is not a planet but an element. It is the element of fire. Fire gives warmth. It gives optimism and it gives joy and a hopeful feeling for the future. Conversely, the Fire Voids struggle with these things. Hence, a good amount of fire is a natural ego booster.
Back to planets. One can begin to see the interplay between parts of the chart. This is always the case and what separates the novice Astrologers from the masters. There are few masters but many humble students, such as myself, who have the passion to plumb the charts and try to unearth their riches. I said, back to planets, and here we go.
If we have one House which dissolves ego, it is the 12th House. The 12th house is one of the hardest factors in the natal chart. Lets say that right off the bat. Any planet that lands in the 12th house will struggle, struggle, struggle to express itself. Any planet that lands in the 12th will lose a sense of confidence in this material world, in which we all live. YES, the person may be more spiritual but he will also have some self esteem issues in the here and now. If a planet is within 10 degrees of the ASC, I do not count it as 12th House. I count it as 1st house. So, please note that when you do charts. This is a commonly accepted stance of many Astrologers.
The 8th house can repress planets but does not suppress them as does the 12th house. Hence, the 8th House native is known to mature late.This may effect self esteem for a time, but not forever.
Mars is drive. If one has a fancy, BMW Mars, one would have more natural self confidence that if one had a clunker Mars. A confident Mars would be Scorpio. A clunker Mars would be Cancer. The Mars in Cancer will have more insecurity to go after goals than a Mars in Scorpio.One gets confidence when one achieves one’s goals, so we must add Mars here, to the mix.
Venus is the planet of love. I find that Venus in Scorpio seems to take away confidence. I am hiding under the bed for all those who want to throw tomatoes at me. I find that these natives harbor the sentiment that they are oversexed. They do not tell others, for the most part. I, as an Astrologer and a Counselor, am privy to secrets. Hence, when I have had enough people tell me the same thing, I start to form a theory on it. This is the case for Venus in Scorpio. Hence, this Venus may lead to some insecurity, at least in this matter.
Once again, I come to the end and could go on forever. I don’t like to make my articles so long that one gets to the end with a sigh of relief. I like to keep you coming back for more, so shall say goodbye until we meet again 
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posted March 27, 2014 03:37 PM
your article was very insightful.
posted March 27, 2014 06:00 PM