by
Ly De Angeles 
Jan
Rae "Visitation" 2001
Appearing in Dell Horoscope Vol. 69 N0. 2 February 2003
by Kim Falconer
When will I fall in love? Where is my soul mate?
Is this relationship good? The most
frequent questions asked of the astrologer often have something to do
with love.
How do we answer? Where, in the horoscope, does the eye go first?
We might look at Venus to discover what we value and attract. We may
look next at the
Moon to investigate the give and take of nurturing. We look at the Ascendant
and Mars,
noting powers of initiative and the expression of vital energy. We look
at the seventh and
fifth houses, their rulers and any transits or progressions looming on
the horizon. We look
at the chart as a whole. Yet, how many of us are looking at the most
specific indicator of
attraction in the solar system? How many of us are looking at Eros?
Asteroid 433 Eros can give us information on a very specific kind of
love. When touched
off by transit, aspect or synastry, Eros evokes passions that ignore
lunar comfort, Venus
sensuality or Mars desires. Eros is not about relationships that make
us feel secure. It is
not about getting our way or winning love. It is not about commitment
or harmony. Eros
describes something altogether different. It describes the nature of
erotic love.
At first, it may seem excessive to study asteroid 433 Eros when the
horoscope bulges
with numerous important symbols. Between mid-points, Arabic parts, fixed
stars,
Centaurs and other bodies, isn’t it already getting too complex?
As eminent
astrologer/author Dennis Elwell says: We are talking about human beings
here. It is
supposed to be complex! Where then can we find this little planetoid
named for the god
of love?
Eros is one of the Near Earth Asteroids, also
known as a planet crosser. He orbits
between Venus and Mars, taking 1.76 years to complete a cycle. Tumbling
silently end
over end, Eros has now caught the attention of scientists by hosting
the first satellite ever
to reach, orbit and land on an asteroid. Given the known link between
discovering a
planet and the awakening of social values corresponding to what that
body represents,
this is the time for the astrological community to discover the significance
of Eros as
well.
What is the god of love all about? The name itself is the ancient Greek
word for erotic
love, although its meaning is not necessarily sexual. Eros to the Greeks
meant a merging
of the souls in such a way that it created a lasting transformation.
It can happen in any
situation of great intimacy, emotional risk, taboo passion or creative
expression. Harriet
Eisman describes Eros in current terms.
"Eros brings beauty, meaning and divinity
into our lives. It comes to us through a very
particular epiphany, a passionate inspiration present in a particular
lover, teacher,
melody, or landscape. We long to follow it always. But this is
not the whole story. For
Eros also brings us obsessions, cruelty, abandonment, and betrayal.
It may come through
anguish…”
Eros is about merging with the beloved to create
change, because we
must. With Eros,
there is great risk, danger, and often compulsion, whether the beloved
is an individual, a
creative project or an icon of the divine. When Eros meets in two charts,
no mater how
unaffected the other planets are, something begins to brew beneath the
surface. Given a
chance to operate, a potent energy is always unleashed.
Venus and Eros may initially seem indistinguishable in the horoscope.
Both are deities of
love and represent involvement with another person or creative pursuit.
Both are closely
linked in mythology as well. Yet, they are not the same. By understanding
the differences
between these two deities, mythically and psychically, the distinction
in the horoscope
becomes clear.
Venus, as goddess of love, entices us to relate according to her pleasure,
described by
sign, house and aspect placement. Venus says come hither to connect,
choose, indulge,
have sex or social interactions and experience loveliness. Where Venus
rules in the chart,
we find our orientation towards and desire for socially significant relationships,
values
and appreciation of beauty.
Eros is the god of love. Originally, he predates Venus/Aphrodite, creating
the manifest
world long before she emerges from the sea. Later, he is Venus’s
son, doing her bidding
by causing others to fall in love. Sometimes he operates solely on his
own, inducing his
victims to fall into the madness of divine passion, not by choice or
desire, but by fate.
Venus may rely on his help, requesting assistance or demanding action,
but it is Eros who
fires the arrow! Once pierced, even the gods could not deny Love.
Where Eros rules in the astrological chart—by sign, house and
aspects—marks our
beliefs, orientation and experiences of erotic love. This includes creative
passions,
transformational and sometimes taboo unions and the power of fate to
manifest through
intense intimacy with another. It can involve a direct experience of
the divine.
Sex and intimacy belongs to both bodies. Venus has sex for sensual pleasure
(Taurus) or
to seal a deal (Libra). Eros has sex for the intimacy and power it brings
and for the
potential to transform by touching the divine soul of another, at whatever
cost. The same
holds true for the creative process. Venus values and appreciates artistic
expression for its
beauty, refinement and the cultural and sensual articulation it provides;
Eros creates
because he is driven by the heart to merge, even briefly, with the ineffable.
Eros has, up
until now, been undervalued in our society because successful relationships
are measured
in terms of duration, commitment and orientation towards stability. Eros
offers us a
whole new yard stick, a whole new appreciation of intimacy and union
that is based on
risk and depth.
It was not long ago that astrologers had only seven bodies to assign
the machinations of
human kind. The attributes of Chiron, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto were
indistinct from
Saturn, Jupiter or Mars. As the natures of the outer planets erupted
into consciousness, so
did the significance and distinction separate out in the horoscope. Eros
may, at times,
sound a bit like Venus, a bit like Mars, a bit like Neptune and a bit
like Pluto. With
awareness and study, the characteristics of this body will become distinct.
The Mythology of Eros
Eros, as relatedness, some say, is the oldest and the greatest of the gods…
Ean Begg
A deathless god, Eros emerges from the writings of eighth century BC
Greek poet Hesiod
as one of four original deities. The son of Chaos hatched from the egg
of night, Eros
creates the manifest world. Amorphous and ineffable, he fathers the Olympians
and all
winged creatures. Hesiod’s Eros has no body and little resembles
images found in later
legends. Although his form emerges more distinctly in subsequent history,
the power to
cause things to mingle remains his initial and fundamental domain. This
mingling is
seldom achieved without disruption. Hesiod said:
…(Eros) who breaks the limb’s
strength: who, in all gods, in all human beings,
overpowers the intelligence in the breast and all their shrewd
planning…”
As Eros’ physical attributes in later Greek myth develop, little
agreement is found on his
parentage. He is born to Uranus, the starry heavens, and Gaea, mother
earth. He is also
portrayed as the son of Artemis, the moon goddess, and Hermes, the trickster.
He claims
Iris, guardian of the rainbow and Zephyrs, god of the north wind, as
parents. In
Phoenician Mythology of the first millennium BC, he is the son of Chronas
and Ashtart.
Although unknown in Homeric times, the Greek writer Euripides (480?-406
bc) describes
Eros in detail. Now he appears as Aphrodite’s son, a youthful winged
deity, the lithe and
gorgeous god of love. Carrying a bow and quiver of arrows, he selectively
shoots the
hearts of the unsuspecting.
"Eros flies over the earth and over the loud-roaring
salt sea and bewitches the one on
whose frenzied mind he darts, winged and gold-gleaming, he bewitches
the whelps of the
mountain and those of the sea, what the earth brings forth and what the
blazing sun looks
down upon, and likewise gods and mortal men."--Euripides
In some accounts, Eros is equipped with two distinct
kinds of darts.
The ones dipped in
gold (Sun) cause the victim to fall madly in love. The ones dipped in
lead (Saturn) cause
an equally vial repulsion. Either way, it is Eros who now creates chaos!
Eventually, the god of love manifests in Roman mythology during the
last few centuries
BC as Cupid, son of Mars and Venus. Depicted with a blindfold to mark
the seemingly
indiscriminate nature of love, he now takes the form of a laughing
infant who delightfully
shoots arrows into the hearts of the unaware. His victims respond depending
on their
temper. The cold, hard heart dies; the gentle but perhaps broken heart
heals in ecstasy. It
is the nature of erotic love to transform the participants in accordance
with their own
disposition.
These changing forms of Eros suggest an attempt to convert the unfathomable
power of
love into an accessible humanized figure representing personal feelings.
Jung spoke of
Eros in this way:
“Eros was considered a god whose divinity transcended our
human limits, and who
therefore could neither be comprehended nor represented in any
way. I might…venture
an approach to this daimon…but I falter before the task
of finding the language which
might adequately express the incalculable paradoxes of love.”
Some of these incalculable paradoxes are portrayed in the love story
of Psyche and Eros ,
written by Lucius Apuleius in 170AD. The story opens with young Psyche
in big trouble.
She has unwittingly evoked the wrath of Aphrodite by maturing into a
stunning beauty.
Folk in the surrounding kingdoms have gone so far as to compared Psyche’s
looks
favorably with the goddess of love herself. Aphrodite is not pleased,
and she plans to do
something wicked about it!
The irate goddess calls on Eros, her son, to punish the mortal girl
for this unforgivable
transgression. He must pierce Psyche’s heart, causing her to fall
in love with a vial
creature. Yet, Eros is so surprised by her loveliness, he accidentally
pricks himself on one
of his own arrows when he sees her. Instantly, he falls in love and steals
her away to his
magical palace.
Although treated as a queen with all her needs met, there are conditions
to living with
Love. Psyche is not allowed to look upon the face of Eros. She is not
allowed to know
who he is. Inevitably, Psyche grows restless and betrays Eros by glimpsing
him while he
sleeps. Shocked by his magnificence, she falls on one of his arrows,
swooning helplessly
with love herself. Eros is outraged by the treachery and flies away in
disgust.
Suicidal with regret, Psyche prays, paradoxically, to Aphrodite, who
answers her with a
set of cruel tasks. After completing all but one, Psyche fails at the
final moment. Eros
simultaneously recovers from his morose and rescues her, again. This
time Zeus grants
her immortality and Psyche and Eros wed on Mt. Olympus with all the gods
and
goddesses attending. Agony, ecstasy, to the edge of despair, so go the
trials of erotic love.
Plato called Eros a Great Daimon, a dispenser of fate. He felt that
love was a moving
force in the universe and when touched by this god, hearts ignited, empires
crumbled,
battles raged and worlds changed. He also felt that the god of love could
bring an
individual closer to the divine. In Alciato’s Book of Emblems we
see Eros snapping in
two the power of the heavens, depicting the force of erotic love.
The winged god has broken the winged
lightning-bolt. Now Love shows that there is fire
stronger than fire.
Eros in the Signs
The asteroids or ‘minor planets’ are
by no means minor in their power of expression.
--Demetra George & Douglas Bloch
Eros, like any planet in the astrological chart, represents a basic
human need or drive. He
moves us with a passion and intensity colored by the nature of the zodiac,
and describes
our approach to erotic love and creativity.
Eros in Aries wants action, competition and victory! The more impossible
the
relationship, the more ardent he becomes. Risky creative projects bring
out the fervor in
him and passion awakens during challenge and adventure. He hates feeling
trapped,
dominated or smothered.
Eros in Taurus seeks the indulgences of sensuality, be they in the dinning
room, on the
artist’s canvas or in a king size bed. He finds joy in tangible
pursuits that revolve around
making the body, or the bank account, feel good. He longs for transformation
yet
paradoxically dislikes change and upheaval.
Eros in Gemini thrives on the communication of ideas and the intellectual
stimulation
found in sharing observations, data and little understood facts. Tricky,
curious and zany,
this Eros flits from peeks to valleys—from head to heart to soul.
In art or relationship, he
can use triangles to avoid claustrophobia.
Eros in Cancer experiences a certain measure of affinity and ease with
erotic
transformation. Here the boundaries dissolve into a place of intimate
rapport where
emotions, fears and pains merge and mingle into one, in the studio or
in the bedroom.
There can be reluctance in the inevitable letting go.
Eros in Leo has a desire to feel extraordinary in an erotic union or
project. The second of
the fire signs, Eros here requires energy and returns it in playful abundance.
He dazzles in
the spotlight of admiration and gives priority to the creative, artistic
side of life. Enter the
drama and the theatrics!
Eros in Virgo has the propensity to analyze passion extensively before
giving into them.
There is an earthy, sensual quality to love and creativity, once the
critical eye is closed.
They relish the moment but do care what any bystanders might think. This
makes the
taboo uncomfortable and often inevitable.
Eros in Libra wants, above all, to participate with a significant other
in many splendid
activities. Eros here longs for beauty and refinement, yet grapples with
intensity and
closeness. Life needs to unfold pleasantly, but watch out for the Devil’s
advocate if
things get out of balance.
Eros in Scorpio has desires that are potent, fixed and involve a great
deal of focus. He is
interested in a deeply personal form of union and creative expression.
There are few
qualms about ripping off the surface scab of social superficiality to
expose the true nature
of one’s soul beneath.
Eros in Sagittarius is spontaneous, exuberant, adventurous and fickle.
He prefers a lively
experience with the beloved, one that will take him to the limitless
reaches of the
universe. Being with this Eros means being ready to soar. Travel is his
watchword and
that does not always mean physical!
Eros in Capricorn has powerful concepts about what is good and what
is good enough.
There is a need for competence and capability and an earthy sensuality
that only
unleashes after great time or deliberation. He looks for worldly results,
until the mystic
arrives. Then, the journey really begins.
Eros in Aquarius carries a high voltage charge with stimulating encounters
that need a lot
of air space to conduct electromagnetic charms. He desires the weird,
the wonderful and
the unusual, in the beloved or through the creative process. Fixed on
autonomy, he may
find intimacy brings shattering transformation.
Eros in Pisces wants to lose all sense of where he ends and the beloved
begins. He desires
a return to paradise, a drink from the Holy Grail and union with the
divine. He is willing
to give up everything to melt and merge until he is no longer distinct
but part of a greater
whole.
Eros in Aspect to the Natal Planets
The madness of being in love clearly shows many characteristics
of soul activity:
interference with plans and projects, long periods of time spent
in daydream…projection
of ideal fantasies…confusion about personal goals and values,
a weakening of
willpower—all of these reveal an activation of the deeper
strata of the soul.
--Thomas Moore
The aspects link the planets, points and angles together in the horoscope,
creating
indivisible bonds. Some ties will be harmonious; others will seem antithetic.
The vital
point is that they are connected at all. By looking at the Eros aspects
in the natal chart,
deeper meanings emerge.
If Eros links to the Sun, then evoking passions and erotic love will
ignite an awareness of
the essential Self. Contact with the Moon can link erotic love to comfort
and nurturing
while Mercury may want to express passion through the written or spoken
word. Venus
contacts may heighten the value of erotic love, combining it with charm
and grace, while
a Mars aspect may use it as a weapon or defense. Jupiter might dive into
intimacy
without hesitation; Saturn may be reluctant to let down his guard. A
contact with Chiron
may bring a deep insight through erotic love, and Uranus can mean sudden
transformation or unexpected encounters. Neptune aspects to Eros may
search for divine
union through the erotic, more or less constantly; Pluto may tear down
and rebuild the
heart, over and over again.
Eros in the Houses
Any planet or sign in a house always suggests the most natural
way to unfold the life plan
in the area of life the house represents--.Howard Sasportas
Eros by house pinpoints where, on an inner or outer level, erotic love
may awaken. It also
describes a place where Eros may arrive, unannounced, to create, challenge
and
transform us.
Eros in the first House contributes towards the general approach to
life. He may be part
of the mask. Eros in the second house values erotic union as a resource.
It’s like a second
skin. When Eros resides in the third house, communication and familiar
environments
can hold a passionate experience of love and creative expression.
When Eros is found in the fourth house, the erotic links closely together
with experiences
of home and family. It resides in the roots of the being. Eros in the
fifth house can appear
through self-expression—offspring, art work, performances, novels.
There is a drive for
distinction. Eros in the sixth may have some finely tuned proficiency
when it comes to
passion, art and erotic love! It can manifest in the day to day living.
Eros in the seventh can turn socially significant relationships into
erotic unions. The
paradox between commitment and transformation abounds. Eros in the eighth
house has
an increased desire to experience the erotic on a risky, often taboo
level. Throw out the
rules and enter the depths! With Eros in the ninth house, discovery of
new and previously
incomprehensible concepts, peoples or vistas ignite feelings of passionate
wonder and
intrigue. There could be foreign affairs.
Those with Eros in the tenth house want the world to know they are passionate,
erotic,
potent and charismatic. It may be part of the career. When Eros is found
in the eleventh
house, friendships, groups and goals take on creative and amorous qualities.
A twelfth
house Eros may awaken through injury, suffering or confinement. The case
of the doctor
and patient, or even bereaved brother and widow come to mind. Creative
expression
comes from the depths of the collective.
Eros by Transit or Progression
“Eros…stalks, goads, ruins, and transforms us… (he)
appears to us from the corners of
the earth or the depths of self with a force and urgency and sometimes
a destructiveness
so powerful we cannot help ascribing (it) to a god, for nothing
else--no psychologizing,
no moralizing--makes any sense.”--Peter Merin
As Eros moves through the sky by transit, direction, progression or
even converse
progression, he makes aspects back to all the planets and points in the
natal chart.
Likewise, the rest of the planets by transit will periodically make aspects
to the natal and
progressed positions of Eros. These contacts often coincide with a time
when erotic love
and creative power awakens.
When this happens, the intensity of emotions, the sensations of passionate
creative desire
and even the experience of falling in love can seem overwhelming. Frequently,
there is a
tangible component, an event, which can make the compulsive feelings
of love and
creativity merge with the drive for sexual intimacy. In this case, transits
involving Eros
may coincide with the appearance of a specific individual that captivates
the heart and
enraptures the soul.
Case History:
Once again, desire -
That looser of limbs and bitterly sweet -
Makes me to tremble
You are irresistible ....
--Sappho
The following case history exemplifies how the meeting of two people
and their
subsequent relationship reflects in the synastry, composite and transit
positions of Eros.
The couple under consideration are the extraordinary actor Sir Lawrence
Olivier (whose
charms, mystery and charisma on stage may be partially attributed to
Eros in Pisces exact
on his Venus/MC midpoint) and the equally talented, yet mentally tormented,
Vivien
Leigh. Although these example charts may be read against the plethora
of biographies
found on both individuals, here the attention will be restricted to their
involvement with
each other and the nature of 433 Eros.
Lawrence saw Vivien first in May of 1935 when she was performing on
stage. Both were
married, and both had a child. Lawrence felt an immediate attraction
and later that year,
during a Christmas party, the two were introduced. At that time, transiting
Eros was
returning in Lawrence’s chart and trine to Vivien’s Sun/Eros
in Scorpio. Their affair
began shortly after. According to accounts, Lawrence said of her, She
had . . . an
attraction of the most perturbing nature I had ever encountered.
During this period, Jupiter—the planet of expansion and opportunity—was
transiting in
Scorpio and then Sagittarius, making first a trine to Lawrence’s
Eros in Pisces and
conjunct Vivien’s Sun/Eros. It was sextile his Mars and trine both
their North Lunar
Nodes. Later, it set off his Moon/Eros/Saturn/Pluto/Asc T-square by taking
up residence
in the empty sign and activated Vivien’s exact Eros/Saturn quincunx.
Transiting Neptune—the planet of longings and sacrifice—was
moving up to a square
with Lawrence’s Ascendant and would spend the next year hovering
over his natal Moon
in Virgo, again setting off his T-square. It was trine to Vivien’s
Ascendant and square to
Saturn inconjunct Eros from the fifth house. The compelling affair remained
secret while
they worked together both on stage and movie sets.
With Lawrence’s natal Eros sitting right in the thick of this
T-square (involving the first,
fifth and eleventh houses), we can imagine that emotional attachments
were never light or
superficial for him. The experiences of woman as Mother, Lover and dark
primordial
force mixed with his needs for nurturing, security and erotic transformation.
The
combination could be disquieting, making it difficult to express the
divergent feelings.
Saturn wanted to control and contain the raw emotions, while Moon/Eros/Pluto
would
detonate against any such restraints. (It is interesting to note that
later in their marriage
when Vivien’s episodes of depression and hysteria worsened, Lawrence
became the solid
and sometime withdrawing container (Saturn) to Vivien’s manic outrage
(Moon/Eros/Pluto).
With their Eros’ trine in water, the need to merge and transform
in the erotic intensity of
a taboo relationship was mutual. That need was also, like its element,
boundless. That
they found heighten expression on stage and screen is obvious in some
of the roles they
played! Just being together would have ignited the passions and powered
their sense of
creativity. They continued their affair until their wedding on August
31, 1940. For a time,
the erotic nature of the relationship brought passion, meaning and love
to their lives,
although moving it from a fifth house love affair to a seventh house
commitment took its
toll.
Vivien had natal Eros trine to Mars, opposite a Taurus Ascendant and
semi-sextile the
chart ruler Venus. She also had a wide T-square between the Ascendant/Sun/Eros/Moon,
which complicated her search for Self through relationship. The mask
she wore (Asc.),
the individual she was (Sun/Eros) and what the public wanted her to be
(Moon), caused
grave conflict. Vivien’s Eros mixed with her sense of identity
(conjunction the Sun), and
her need for partnership to affirm that identity (conjunct the Descendent).
Indeed, she
was in relationship from the age of 19 until her death at fifty-three.
When asked why she
chose Jack Merivale as a companion when her marriage to Lawrence crumbled,
she said:
I need a man in my life. To be alone is nothing.
In Vivien’s Oscar winning roles as Scarlet in Gone with the Wind
and as Blanch in A
Streetcar Named Desire, her Sun/Eros in Scorpio soared and plummeted
with the moods
of her characters. She identified deeply with each role she played, taking
longer periods
to come back to herself between films. As time went on, she suffered
from increasingly
extreme bouts of spectacular excitement and optimism followed by devastating
depression. She began drinking heavily.
In the composite chart, the T-square now includes the Sun/Moon/Chiron
and there is a
cardinal grand cross involving Eros/Uranus opposite Neptune/Venus square
Jupiter
opposite Mars. The suddenness in which they met and the extreme emotion
and intensity
that radically altered their lives (Uranus/Eros), what they gave up,
including their
children, (Neptune/Venus) and the vividness of their joint productions
(Mars opposite
Jupiter) reflect these dramatic connections. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. said
of them, Their
romance grew to unbelievable fiery tension…a romance of classic
proportions.
Together, they reached pinnacles of respect and admiration in their careers
although
Vivien’s drinking, manic depression, ill health (she suffered from
TB) and tremendous
emotional need wore against Sir Lawrence’s desire for peace and
attention to his projects.
He wanted solitude (Eros conjunct Saturn in Pisces in the eleventh, Sun,
Mercury, Venus
in the twelfth) and she wanted the drama of social action (Eros/Sun conjunct
the
Descendent, Mercury in Sagittarius in the seventh, Venus in Libra trine
the tenth house
Moon).
What their Eros’ drew together took twenty-five years to sever.
The relationship itself
appears to have been deeply transformational for both of them, carrying
them to the
heights of creativity and the extremes of emotion. They finally divorced
in 1960 when
transiting Saturn was conjunct their composite Eros (sextile both natal
Eros). Vivien died
six years later from a resurgence of Tuberculosis, exasperated by smoking
and drinking.
Sir Lawrence, himself in hospital at that time with cancer, came to her
side to mourn her
death. He continued to act until his own death in 1989.
Conclusions
The most beautiful sea
hasn't been crossed yet.
The most beautiful child
hasn't grown up yet.
Our most beautiful days
we haven't seen yet.
And the most beautiful words I wanted to tell you
I haven't said yet ..."
Nazim Hikmet 1945
Eros functions most wholly through the magical encounters of sudden
and often
compulsive erotic intimacy, creative design and poetic expression. These
experiences
open us to the world of passion, desire and intense relating that brings
a sense of life that
no other occurrence can match. Suddenly, events become more meaningful,
colors
enrich, archetypal figures emerge and dreams turn into waking reality.
Our link with the
divine, with the desire to live completely and fully without apprehension
or constraint,
animates with a voraciousness paralleled only by other extreme events
such as birth, or
even death. Such is the nature of erotic love.
By including Eros in the natal, synastry and composite horoscope and
by watching his
positions by transit and progression, we can hope to learn more about
our innate erotic
nature. To ignore this god, even unwittingly, is to ignore a piece of
our own heart.
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Possibilities The
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Composite is constructed on the midpoint method, using midpoints for
Asc.and MC as
well as planets and points.
All charts CALCULATED by Matrix Software, Winstar Plus Astrology Software
for
Windows version 2, Matrix Software Inc. Big Rapids, MI 1998
All birth data is obtained from: Internationales Horoskope-Lexikon, from Greene, Liz The Astrological Neptune and the Quest for Redemption, Samuel Weiser Inc. York Beach, Maine 1996 pp 208, 210,211