34 Circe

[Ava]

Circe was an enchantress who lived on an island in the Aegean Sea. A daughter of the sun god Helios, Circe was a minor goddess of witchcraft, and skilled in potions and herbal lore, especially the arts of transmutation. She used these to transform into animals those who offended her, as Odysseus and his crew found to their regret when they were blown off course on their return voyage from the Trojan War, and landed on her island. The sailors had the misfortune to kill and eat a stag they found there, in reality one of Circe’s metamorphoses.

In revenge Circe invited them to a banquet, which Odysseus did not attend; she poisoned the revelers with a potion which turned them into swine. The messenger god Hermes assisted Odysseus in overcoming Circe’s charms, bringing her under his power, after which he and his crew stayed on her island for a full year, feasting and drinking, before resuming their homeward journey. Odysseus is said to have fathered a child on Circe. When he left, she gave him advice on alternate routes to his home in Ithaca, warning him of the passage of Scylla and Charybdis, and also a secret path to the underworld.

Astrologically, Circe represents seduction and bewitchment; the ways others can transform us against our will; the magickal arts and contact with magicians, conjurors or sorcery. It is also noted for being a helpful influence, offering sage advice and specialized information that can facilitate others in overcoming their obstacles.

alexasteroidastrology.com/circe/

Also:

1) mysticmedusa.com/2009/07/astro-fiends-asteroid-34-circe/

2) www.truthinaspectastrology.com/articles/asteroid-circe-34

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Where is your Circe.....where is the Circe of your love interest....do you believe in this stuff.....what do  you think?


 

[lumina]

My Circe is in 27.37 sag conjunct p's Sun in 26.57 sag, Moon in 28.38 sag and MC in 28.18 sag.


His Circe is in 0.04 Aquariums, square my Uranus in 1 Scorpio and conjunct our ASC in 1.19 Aquariums.

Btw that Moment in saturday Had ASC in 0.08 Leo.

[12YearsABlob]

Interesting story! Only thing is, I believe the Odysseus part has different versions(?) Oh well, that's what happens with such tales, I suppose. I like that she's not a sucker (for the most part). You go girl, poison the @$$holes who p*ssed you off.

I have it at 22 Libra, conjunct Sun. Lol. It's funny that I often make jokes about hosting dinner parties like that one. 'Course, the stories vary.

Honestly though, this is me trying to be seductive:

"The accounts vary but her father was the Sun-God Helios/Apollo & her mother either the Goddess of Witches – Hecate or a sea nymph. Circe was an accomplished mistress of metamorphing, a skilled herbalist, necromancer and illusionist."

"Not much is said about asteroid Circe in astrology – she would clearly be an influence of magic, cunning & libido. Theoretically, she’d come in handy for betwitching men…A man with Circe near his Moon, Venus or Descendent would find himself unfathomably drawn to witches."

From: Mystic Medusa.

I assure you, I have none of those powers. But it's nice to be *cool* for a day.   

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Ava, thanks for this thread.

Wikipedia suggests a different pronunciation - SUR SEE - which is how I'm used to saying it.

Circe is conjunct my Pluto - only 4 minutes apart - and sextile Neptune and Karma. I can't see any enchantress type manifestations in my love life or otherwise. I like the references to witchcraft though - maybe I have the potential to transform myself or develop psychic abilities through pagan or shamanic rituals ?!!

[12YearsABlob]

Oct 29, 2018 17:00:25 GMT lumina said:

His Circe is in 0.04 Aquariums

Haha, for a minute I was wondering how many fish you could fit in 1/25th of an aquarium.

[FruityLlama]

I have it in 12H, 3 deg Cancer sextile my moon by 1 degree. Basically doesn't do an awful lot in my chart haha!

[anela]

3rd house, inconjunct Saturn, sextile Neptune. I guess it's sextile Jupiter by maybe four degrees, so I don't know if it's close enough. Opposed MC by a few degrees/conjunct IC.

[Ava]

Oct 29, 2018 17:20:39 GMT 12YearsABlob said:

Oct 29, 2018 17:00:25 GMT lumina said:

His Circe is in 0.04 Aquariums

Haha, for a minute I was wondering how many fish you could fit in 1/25th of an aquarium.

ROFL

I love her autocorrect when it does that.

[lumina]

Oct 29, 2018 19:37:03 GMT Ava said:

Oct 29, 2018 17:20:39 GMT 12YearsABlob said:

Haha, for a minute I was wondering how many fish you could fit in 1/25th of an aquarium.

ROFL

I love her autocorrect when it does that.

I honestly hate it. I can`t even write one word right! it will change just everything.

[Ava]

Thank you, ladies!

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Sun conjunct Circe is very cool but let's hope you don't really end up living on an island, physical or metaphysical!

I wonder what the difference is, between signs. Any ideas, lumina and 12YearsABlob ? Does your Circe sign show how you operate, in this type of activity? Sag Circe excels in education and ancient language spells (Latin works ) while Libra Circe specializes in making you feel that you need them there in order for things to feel very balanced and level (?)

Well what EXACTLY are you thinking when you're seducing men and turning their friends into animals?

FruityLlama and anela , can you think of how your Circe sign shows up (if you feel that it does)?

@astrokeen

"maybe I have the potential to transform myself or develop psychic abilities through pagan or shamanic rituals ?!!"

Wouldn't that be great? Seems extremely intense though. I wonder if this indicates opportunities to bond through hardship, even by saving someone's life, or being for someone there as they go through a serious low point.

Wild guess, does this aspect your Angel asteroid at all?

[Ava]

Oct 29, 2018 19:49:05 GMT lumina said:

Oct 29, 2018 19:37:03 GMT Ava said:

ROFL

I love her autocorrect when it does that.

I honestly hate it. I can`t even write one word right! it will change just everything.

I know but "Aquariums" is so cute. My Mercury is at 5 Aquariums. Like it's standing in the aisle at a pet store, staring.  

[lumina]

Maybe I need to tap into my Circe-powers?

I mean I have Circe, Sekhmet, Reiki, Tesla and Mentor and Sheba on the same degree, 27 SAg. (remember Sheba, the queen who bewitched Salomo?)
Robinhood, Sun and Mercury and Nofretete (the famous Egyptian queen) on 25 Sag.
Merlin is on 24 Sag.
King and Caesar are on 26 Sag

Well I guess you better don`t mess with me for real.


I also looked up Salome (562) and Sheherezade (643), but they are not part of the Stellium.
Salome is on 26 Cap (on P`s Venus, he better watch out. AFter all John lost his head because of Salome, literally! )
Sheherezade is on 11 Pisces exact on my chartruler Jupiter.


As for Salome it is said that she was bewitching the king (I think her stepfather actually) by dancing the "dance of the seven veils" and so seduced him to grant her every wish, and when he conceded, she demanded that the head of John the baptist was being presented to her on a platter. (to satisfy her mother`s wish of seeing John executed). the king had given his promise and was bound to it, though unwillingly (result for John was of course letal, even if the king was not happy about it).


Sheherezade was the famous girl from the Persian fairy tales, where the king would marry a girl and then have her excecuted the evening and when she was marrying the king, she told him a story, but left out the end (she invented the cliffhanger I think. ), but the king was so intrigued he wanted to hear the continuation of the story and so he postponed her execution from day to day, cause she intrigued him so much, and over a time he fell truely in love with her and she with him, and that was it to the excecution-nunsense.

Funny enough I have MELPOMENE I think on 11 PIsces, too, the muse of tragedy/ tragic storytelling. and the muse of chorus incidentally. lol


But anyway 27 SAgittarius seems pretty loaded in my chart. lol

[12YearsABlob]

Oct 29, 2018 20:05:33 GMT Ava said:

Sun conjunct Circe is very cool but let's hope you don't really end up living on an island, physical or metaphysical!

Hmm..wow, what a spin to put on it. Hadn't thought of it that way. But I like the sound of that.

Oct 29, 2018 20:05:33 GMT Ava said:

Well what EXACTLY are you thinking when you're seducing men and turning their friends into animals?

I'm thinking, "Here's my entertainment for the night."
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Okay, I'll think about how Libra Circe works and get back to you...

[lumina]

Ava

Actually now that you mention it, I was inventing/ creating a spell/ prayer on Latin many many Suns ago, actually on Halloween/ Samhain. I was sort of chanting (to myself mostly) that prayer for a few days I think, maybe even a week, and the curious thing ist that actually within 3 months my life changed. or something happened 3 months later, that gave my life a different direction again (actually putting me on a path I had left some years before, but apparently was not finished with). Actually I have that prayer still here with me, though I never really looked into it anymore. Well except I reactivated it some years ago.

But anyway it sounds silly, and I did not even know why I was doing that, but just felt like it.

But then again seriously, who feels like "Oh let`s invent a chant and prayer for guidance". It seems a bit crazy. lol


I`ve also, well actually some years ago I was deliving into learning Sumerian, because I had once dreamed of Sumerian letters that I could not read, and I was googling a Sumerian dictionary, thinking I must be mad, but I actually found one. lol

[lumina]

Oct 29, 2018 20:05:33 GMT Ava said:

Well what EXACTLY are you thinking when you're seducing men and turning their friends into animals?




As for the second part - just turning their insides out. Showing them for what they truely are internally. (that is a popular topic in Greek myths btw. Turning people into objects or animals or plants to point out very literally a characteristic of their personality, and well those men were on the run after a lost war. They were soldiers, now let us think what most soldiers do, without a cause, being frustrated from having lost the war, aimless, disoriented, without any values.... we`ve all read the stories in the news.... just because Homer was not writing it out in detail, does not mean those men where any different than modern soldiers, with their plundering and raping. What is interesting is that Odysseus is portrayed differently, but then again he was the hero of the story. lol Buts eriously? He spent 5 years or whatever on that island, fathered a child with Circe and then tells his wife later on he did not "notice"?

[12YearsABlob]

Oct 29, 2018 20:08:07 GMT lumina said:

Maybe I need to tap into my Circe-powers?

Aah, you know - I was typing and erasing this during my post.

Oct 29, 2018 20:08:07 GMT lumina said:

I also looked up Salome (562) and Sheherezade (643), but they are not part of the Stellium.

Yeah, those two are also enchantresses, after a fashion. The difference between them and someone like Circe is (probably) that their "skills" were born out of necessity, whereas Circe was just naturally like that. Well, that and the ability to perform magic of course. I'm sure those two had natural charisma too, or they couldn't have pulled it off. Just that their actions were mostly circumstantial..
I know your post wasn't comparing them, just thinking out loud.

Side note: I read (most of) the original 1001 Arabian nights and was really shocked that it was deemed appropriate for kids. I mean, solely in the context of the store I got it from - dunno if it's the same at other places. I read it when I was very young, and it was in kids section. Ha, guess the store manager didn't know what kind of "stories" were in it.

[12YearsABlob]

Oct 29, 2018 20:26:43 GMT lumina said:

What is interesting is that Odysseus is portrayed differently, but then again he was the hero of the story. lol Buts eriously? He spent 5 years or whatever on that island, fathered a child with Circe and then tells his wife later on he did not "notice"?

Ugh, I know right? MEN.

And he conveniently dodges her magic skills or whatever and is able to charm *her* instead. Which is code for taming the shrew (of sorts). Like, "no matter how powerful a sorceress he encountered, our hero was not only invulnerable to her magic, but also turned her into another of his dumb mistresses who popped out a child for him".

What BS.

[12YearsABlob]

Oct 29, 2018 20:07:46 GMT Ava said:

I know but "Aquariums" is so cute. My Mercury is at 5 Aquariums. Like it's standing in the aisle at a pet store, staring.  

Yes, exactly! So cute.

lumina , happens to me too, bruh.

[Ava]

Elvis Presley has Circe close to his ASC 

12°22 Sag ASC
15°12 Sag Circe

He also has sun conjunct Odysseus. 

Priscilla has Odysseus @ 11 Sag, conjunct Elvis' ASC.

Her Circe squaring her nodes and Saturn (9 Cancer NN-Saturn, 10 Aries Circe). Her 3H Circe is in a Pythagorean Triangle with 8 Leo Pluto and 11 Scorpio moon.

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5254 Ulysses
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[lumina]

Ava

my Penelope (201) is actually conjunct P`s Odysseus. lol I am not intend to wait 20 years though.


his Odysseus: 19°50 Scorpio
his Valentine:19°36 Scorpio

my Penelope 21°10 Scorpio
my Anteros: 19°27 Scorpio
my Odysseus: 21°15 Taurus

his own Penelope is on 00 Cap conjunct my Circe (and conjunct my Vesta - well Penelope conjunct Vesta is interesting, two symbols of utmost dedication. lol)