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In
the last installment, we explored the meanings of the asteroids
by sign, house and
aspect in an individual's
chart (2/15/54; Newton, MA; 2:18 pm).Now we will go further, looking at the meanings
of Juno in this chart.
Juno,
the Partner, the Spouse & Ruler
of Marriage: By Theme, Sign & House in this ChartRemember
that Juno is the asteroid goddess most associated with
marriage, all partnership (personal & professional)
and relationship matters, as well as childbirth. In Greek
mythology, she was the
powerful, long-suffering wife of Zeus/Jupiter. She was
one of only two legally married women in Olympus; the other
being Venus
Aphrodite, who, fickle in love, took her marriage vows
lightly. Juno, however, known to the Greeks as Hera (feminine
form for “hero’),
honored her marriage vows with near heroic devotion, despite
innumerable obstacles.
In the first article of this series,
we described Juno’s understandably possessive, passionate
and jealous expression in the face of Zeus's many infidelities,
and, despite it all, persevered and maintained the sanctity
of her connubial vows. (You may also recall from the first
in these
series, reference to the prominent Juno placement in Hilary
Rodham Clinton’s chart. Juno’s core themes
certainly mirror many of the central issues reflected in
Mrs. Clinton’s
complicated and devoted relationship to her well-known
husband).
In addition, whichever sign Juno falls in your
chart reveals
what you are looking for in any long term sexual or committed
partnership, as well as a business partnership or enduring
friendships. It can also provide insight into recurrent
patterns or relationship
problems, as well as suggesting a means of resolving these
issues. Juno can sometimes be a marriage indicator, or
a match of equals,
as well.
Because of Juno’s lineage, you may note some
definite correspondences with the signs of both Libra and
Scorpio, associated
with the themes of intimacy and manipulation, respectively.
According to Demetra George and Douglas Block in the central
work on the
subject, Asteroid Goddesses, Juno rules and impacts the
following areas:
·
significator of relationship or patterns
in relatedness
·
enlightened relationship themes: principals of freedom,
self-expression, equality, trust, new forms of relationship
·
pathology in relationships:
infidelity, jealousy, power struggles & imbalance
·
themes of sacrifice in relationships
·
fears in relationships:
abandonment,
betrayal, sexuality & intimacy
·
power in relationships:
giving away of, projecting, misusing (i.e. through children),
manipulating
projection, repression, identifying with the powerless
·
the
capacity for meaningful relationship: commitment & enhancement
·
as an indicator of women’s cycles and functions
·
occult teachings: soul mates, tantric sex, sex as magic,
bliss, rejuvenation & alchemical
union
·
themes of transformation: separation & return & evolution
over time
In
this chart (2/15/54; 2:18 pm; Newton, MA), Juno is in the passionate
and theatrical sign of Leo in the 2nd house, blending the romantic
and practical: the earthy realm of money, possessions and how one
makes a living with the themes of partnership.J
Juno
in Leo:
Oh the drama! Oh the romance!
In
this individual's chart, she displays Juno in 17 degrees of Leo
with 29 minutes in
retrograde. This, in and of itself, indicates
an individual who attracts and desires passionate, romantic and
possessive partnerships with artistic, theatrical Leo types;
further, she approaches relationships with a childlike innocence
and looks
to her partners to add drama, fun and meaning to her life. This
is further amplified by the proximity to Pluto, also retrograde:
this will add intensity, soul connection and profundity to the
mix, as well as a Scorpionic flavor of jealousy, intrigue, control,
dominance and/or parental issues, as well.
The respective retrogrades of both Juno and its congruent Pluto
offer several scenarios: one that she attracts relationships
with a strong incarnational or past life basis, 2) that she takes
her
time about finding these partnerships, but once she does, latches
on with Plutonic intensity and with the resilience that the fixed
signs would indicate and 3) that she is attracted to demanding,
intense partners with an artistic type temperament. We also see
that once formed, these connections are extremely enduring. Because
of this, one might counsel her to choose wisely, as these relationships
would be easy to get into (Leo: fun, romantic, theatrical) and
difficult to get out of (rigidity of the fixed influences and
intensity and controls of Pluto).
In fact, she has in her limited romantic history been attracted
to individuals with challenging artistic temperaments, sometimes
difficult and moody artist or writer types who were extremely
intense, demanding, fun, artistic, highly creative and childlike
or emotionally
immature often with unresolved childhood issues or childlike
qualities of innocence.
Juno
in the 2nd: Money and Love
The
placement of her Juno in the 2nd house indicates that money,
job and relationships are often part
of her relationship fabric.
And, she often assisted her partners with their artistic
careers, even taking on the details of their career success,
promotion
and launch of specific projects. Additionally, she is vulnerable
to
taking on the financial responsibilities of her amours and
must handle this propensity with wisdom and awareness, so
that she
doesn't become a sugar person or a parental substitute (Pluto
in Leo in
the 2nd).
Another expression of these energies is that they can also
be projected out and certainly she has the capacity to attract
this
kind of
parental attention and support from her partners and in younger
years attracted much older partners who played more of a
parental role.
Looking further, we find an out of sign conjunction (which
some astrologers would consider out of orb). But due to its
proximity
to the congruent Pluto in Leo, we find the warrior goddess
Pallas Athena in the potent 0 degree within the same house.
This indicates
that, possibly unbeknownst to her, this individual probably
has a great genius in the relationship arena, but may doubt
herself.
It also emphasizes the parental influence and indicates that
she may be playing out some important daughter/father theme
in her
choice of partners. Her father is actually born in the sign
of Virgo and often encouraged her to show greater discernment
in
her choices of partner.
With Juno in the 2nd, love and money may be deeply interconnected
in her psyche, possibly due to her experiences with her father
(Pluto) through money and love, and interestingly enough
she often has earned her living in the arts, and as an actress
and performer
early in her career.
Juno:
Aspected Every Which Way But Loose
We
will note that her Juno is strongly aspected and in her splay
formation chart, and touches
nearly all other planets
in some
capacity throughout her chart. This indicates that relationships
are complicated
for her and are strongly interwoven with all other aspects
of her psyche.
To be continued. In our next installment, we will further
delve into the meanings of the aspects and current transits
to the
asteroid goddess Juno. Future installments will further
explore Ceres and
Pallas Athena, and how they impact this natal chart.
More about the Asteroid Goddesses and their interpretation
By Demetra George: Asteroid
Goddesses (also by Douglas Bloch)
*Asteroid Goddess Report Writer- Astrolabe (also by Douglas Bloch)
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