Year one Semester 2 Lesson 4 Mars and the Asteroids

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1 Year one Semester 2 Lesson 4 Mars and the Asteroids Mars - symbols, myths, meaning, cycle Ceres Pallas,Vesta,Juno Cosmic Intelligence Agency 2015

2 Pick a planet/sign/house - exercises! Moon, in Gemini, in 12th house 2

4 Mars glyph! The glyph for Mars is made up of the circle of spirit with an arrow on top rotated 140 degrees. The arrow is the symbol of will, direction, masculinity and taking action.combined they represent primal energy of spirit being directed and focused. 4

5 Astronomy! When observed in the night sky, Mars appears to be red in colour, due to iron oxide found on its surface.! Named after the God of war, Ares (Greek) or Mars (Roman), the planet has always been associated with fighting, war and blood.! Being farther from the Sun than Earth, it appears in any place in the sky on the ecliptic.! Mars experiences seasons and violent dust storms, and has polar ice caps of carbon dioxide.! Features on Mars include an enormous volcano 550 km high (Olympus Mons) and the Valley Marineris, a system of canyons 7 km deep stretching 4000 km.! Diameter: 6,785 km! Mean distance from Sun: 227,000,000 km! Rotation: 24.6 hours! Orbital period: 1.88 years (i.e. 1 year & 322 days)! Atmosphere: Carbon Dioxide! Second smallest planet in solar system 5

6 Mars - Ares 6

7 Mythology! Son of Zeus and Hera (Jupiter and Juno)! Lover of Aphrodite, adulterous, Hephaestus! Sons - Phobos and Deimos- Fear and terror (Mars Moons), Eros! Sister - Eris - Goddess of Discord! Slayer of rivals, insatiable, destructive,! Violent, untamed, clumsy! Symbols : spear, helmet, shield, dog, chariot, vulture, flaming torch 7

8 Archetypal Mars! The beast - blind rage or aggression, Primitive form of masculinity. Primal. Raping, raging, pillaging soldier. Brutal force.! Puer Aeternus - Immature masculinity, daring, fighting, boyish. Freedom and flight. Unwillingness to be tied down.tied to mother.! Ares - Honourable, loves a good fight, physically strong. Dumb, silent type, relying on muscle and strength to attain goals.! Policeman, Armed forces - Maintaining order, upholding integrity of system against disorder and chaos. Exaltation in Capricorn! Master/Knight - Fighting skills never used for personal aggrandisement, but for maintenance of highest good. Spiritual warrior 8

9 Psychological function! My capacity to act and assert myself.! How I am an individual and am able to be independent and singular of purpose! The ability to project myself in the world! The masculine principle, relationships with men in my life! My sexuality, assertiveness and aggressive urges! My ability to go after what I want! My will to survive! Fight or flight response 9

10 ! Aggression is not necessarily destructive at all. It springs from an innate tendency to master life which seems to be characteristic of all living matter. - Clara Thompson! How would you hold your sword? 10

11 Astrological cycle! Mars takes just under two years to move once around an astrological chart and has a retrograde period once every two years for about 11 weeks.! The first Mars return is at two years old, when many toddlers begin asserting themselves during the Terrible Two s leaving the safety zone, and moving off by oneself, beyond safe boundaries.! Generally it take 2 years to repair a big injury, get over loss, make plans ideas come to life, projects eventuate 11

12 Opposite Sun Retrograde rx Conjunct Sun Direct dx 12

13 Mars - The Red Planet! The Red planet - associations with red, iron ore found on surface - Iron, is ruled by Mars, strong, tough, unbendable only in extreme heat, forge - Masculine - courageous, - blood, war, violence, (terror) - lifeblood, - anger, violence, fighting, pent up energy! First outer planet, beyond Earth - inner planets - Moon, Mercury, Venus - inner workings - Where we begin to fight/exert/push ourselves out into our place in the world. 1st House - ASC - Jupiter, Saturn - social planets, training, conditioning, beliefs - Chiron - bridge beyond self to transpersonal realm - Outer planets - transpersonal realm, beyond self! Planet that sends least amount of time retrograde - approx 2 months, every 2 years 13

14 Warrior Mars primal, instinctual, quick to act, red, re-act 14

15 Mars Sword, Blade, Gun, ammunition! Sword, Blade - cuts, hurts, separates by using blade, fights for us, kills for us, protect ourselves, surgeons knife - saves lives - Modern days - guns, bombs, terrorism! Mars - Separates by blade, destroys by fire, instinct yo command, space, fight for territory, that s mine etc! Red - heat, anger, inflammation - too much heat needs cooling off, calming down! Heat - cuts, burn, fevers, eruptions, inflammations, heated up, internal heat - moisture, gels! Energy - blood, motion, movement, lacking energy - iron 15

16 What s your Mars like?! How do you hold your sword when confronted by someone something?! Fight or flight instinct?! Stand up fight, react, get angry, get physical, vent! Shy away, cower, internalise, shut up! Get emotional, cry, fall apart.! Get frustrated? Bottle up!! Abuse verbally, smarten up, avoid issue. 16

17 ! Imagine your sword what does it look like?! How do you hold it? 17

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22 Natal Mars Mars is in what element? - Fire, Earth, Water, Air - In what sign? - Consider Mars in all signs, and what would be the main motivation of Mars in that sign. - Check Mars signs for close family members, how does their Mars sign show how they assert themselves, 22

23 Mars traits! Competitive, courageous, daring, sexual, chivalrous, strong, active, vigorous, assertive.! Shadow: Angry, fierce, dominant, violent, aggressive, rageful, forceful, impulsive.! In the body! Anatomy : head, adrenal glands, external sex organs Arteries, blood, inflammation, muscles, energy levels, cuts, fractures, burning fevers. 23

24 ! Rulership/Domicile: Aries, co-ruler Scorpio Exalted: Capricorn Detriment : Libra Fall: Cancer! Joy : 6th House! Colours - Red! Metal : Iron, Gems: Ruby, Bloodstone! Plants: Onion, mustard. Ginger, Pepper, Tobacco, Radish, Cactus, trees with Thorns! Tuesday, iron, surgery, surgeons, tools, weapons, the armed forces, violence, men, accidents, wounds. 24

25 The Asteroid Belt 25

26 The Asteroids 26

27 The Asteroids 27

28 Asteroid Goddesses! The asteroids Ceres, Pallas Athena, Juno, and Vesta coincided with the shift of a growing role of woman in society.! Ceres, the universal mother, creating, supporting, nurturing aspect brings us to how we feel nurtured and how we function with our roles of mother-child. She embodies the principle of unconditional love.! Pallas Athena is our Warrior Goddess, a woman in a man's world, carrying the principle of creative intelligence.! Vesta, our goddess of Focus and Commitment, High Priestess.! Juno, the Queen of Heaven and Divine Consort, our capacity for meaningful relationships.! Understanding the themes that each goddess holds enriches our understanding of that function and expression in our lives. 28

29 Asteroid Goddesses! Ceres/Demeter - Goddess of plants, childbearing, fertility, earth mother, nurturance! Juno/Hera -Empress, wordly power, equal, tradition, marriage, matriarch, mortality! Pallas Athena/Minerva - Culture, civilization, career, competitive, dutiful daughter, feminist! Vesta/Hestia - Focus, devotion 29

30 CERES! Discovered 1801 at the time of the start of industrial revolution! Giuseppe Piazzi,, the largest object in the asteroid belt.! For several decades after its discovery Ceres was known as a planet. after which it was reclassified as asteroid number 1.! In 2006 it was recognized to be a dwarf planet with Pluto, Eris, Make Make, Haumea (all transneptunians) 30

Ceres! Ceres/ Roman - Demeter/ Greek - sister of Zues-olympian! De-meter - mother - Goddess of the grain, agriculture! Myth of abduction of Prosepina/Persephone Demeters daughter by Hades/Pluto!

31 Ceres! Ceres/ Roman - Demeter/ Greek - sister of Zues-olympian! De-meter - mother - Goddess of the grain, agriculture! Myth of abduction of Prosepina/Persephone Demeters daughter by Hades/Pluto! Giver of joy, cause of deprivation! Resided over the sacred mysteries of Eleusis, secret mysteries of life and death, heiros gamos - sacred marriage, initiation, re-birth, induced with psychedelics 31

32 Ceres! Provider of food, harvest, bounty, famine,! That which nourishes can also destroy! State of planet earth, climate change, resources, supply! The rise of Ceres demotion of Pluto - symbol of change of power, focus, from money greed-to resources, saving the planet, the good of all.! Demonstrations, uprisings, not giving in, tenacity 32

33 Ceres! Ceres gives us an understanding of nature, her cycles and the passage of time.! Stability, routine, order, patience, persistence! Death and grieving, parent/child relationship! Spiritual connection to death! Cycle 4.6 years 33

Pallas Athena Discovered 1802 - (time of

34 Pallas Athena Discovered (time of start of industrial revolution, knitting, weaving mills) 22% mass of Ceres, Roman - Minerva Athena brings to Athens, culture, olives, weaving

35 Pallas Athena! Mythology - Daughter of Zeus, born from his forehead! Goddess of wisdom, civilisation, cultural change, courage, strategy(war), justice, law, arts and crafts! Companion and adviser of heroes! Function- extra intelligence, strategic thinking, not maternal, giving the world something beneficial, needed used! Symbols: Owls, Olive trees, Snakes, Aegis, Armor, Helmets, Spears 35

Pallas Athena! The Aegis animal-skin or a shield, sometimes bearing the head of a Gorgon.! The aegis of Athena produced a sound as from a myriad roaring dragons and was borne by Athena in battle,!

36 Pallas Athena! The Aegis animal-skin or a shield, sometimes bearing the head of a Gorgon.! The aegis of Athena produced a sound as from a myriad roaring dragons and was borne by Athena in battle,! the precious aegis is ageless and immortal: with a hundred tassels of pure gold hanging from it tight-woven each of them, and each the worth of a hundred oxen! The modern concept of doing something "under someone's aegis" means doing something under the protection of a powerful, knowledgeable, or benevolent source. 36

Juno! Asteroid 3-1804! - Mythology - Greek/Hera sister and wife of Zeus! Goddess of equality, relationship and marriage!

37 Juno! Asteroid ! - Mythology - Greek/Hera sister and wife of Zeus! Goddess of equality, relationship and marriage! Commitment, diplomacy! Worldly Power - Queen! Function: the need for equality in marriage, the role of women in general in the world 37

38 Juno! Symbols: diadem, the sceptre and the pomegranate, a symbol of fertility. Her flower was the lily and her sacred animals were the peacock and the cow. 38

Vesta! 1807 - asteroid 4 - second largest asteroid after Ceres! - Bright and white asteroid - minor planet! Mythology - greek Hestia - goddess of hearth, sacred fire!

39 Vesta! asteroid 4 - second largest asteroid after Ceres! - Bright and white asteroid - minor planet! Mythology - greek Hestia - goddess of hearth, sacred fire! Virgin goddess, vestal virgins Rome, keep the sacred fires burning! Never married, shy, devoted! Sacred flame - what burns within, devotion! Function- extra devotion, ability to focus, stay on one track 39

40 Vesta! Symbols- living flame, sacred flame 40

41 ! Which asteroid, do you resonate with the most! Check what sign are your asteroids in?! Consider the Asteroids that are close to other planets with 1-3 degrees. Especially to personal planets, Sun, Moon, Venus, 41

42 Recommended Reading! - find where your asteroids are.! Demetra George - Douglas Bloch Asteroid Goddesses - The Mythology, Psychology, and Astrology of the Re-Emerging Feminine 42

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