Hi Julia,
Thanks so much for your wisdom on the topic!
When you mention this, do you mean in Synastry or Natal? Both?
This is so powerful of a position! Thank you for mentioning it! I know other astrologers who feel the same and some that don't. It's like studying the sign and recognizing and embracing their strong suit while being aware and minimizing their weakness.
So important to recognize that this is a challenging environment. Thanks for highlighting it.
So great to know that there is such a classification of astrology to assist with the deeper issues at hand.
Very powerful statements IMO. Thanks for sharing Julia!
Just so I make sure, when you say "Double Whammy" aspects, do you mean my Sun Squares someones Pluto and that someone's Sun Squares my Pluto?
Thanks!
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Hi StillOne,
Responding to your comments and question.
Yes I mean both natal and synastry. It is a karmic aspect, the inconjunct, and it is the cosmic equivalent to a modern day little yellow sticky saying "please take care of this issue once and for all in this life!" This has been deeply engrained challenging energy or situation from the past and it is time to deal with it. A person with more than one inconjunct typically wants to understand the reason behind the current incarnation.
Yes I know, there is a very wide variation in the theory and practice of astrology.
In karmic work we come from a very strong philosophical belief in various topics such as reincarnation, free will, enlightenment, a soul's relationship with its horoscope.
I really enjoy spiritual/soul/karmic work. I don't know if I should be allowed to call myself an astrologer. Astrology is a tool I use to assist in spiritual work. There are other tools I use, but astrology is one of the best, most exquisite tools available as far as I am concerned.
As an aside, I do feel the horoscope is a Divine gift from God. Who else but Divinity could have devised a symbolic coded visual, loaded with all kinds of information. It is like one of those tiny computer chips that contains an incredible amount of information. And each professional specialty can access the information they need to do his or her job. And of course since our natal chart is a gift from God, how could we possible be afraid of it, or feel cursed by it? Of course since we chose our charts, we may wish to curse ourselves from time to time.
Yes. In synastry, a "double whammy interaspect" is as you describe, except they don't both have to be the same aspect. Your Sun aspects the other person's Pluto. And the other person’s Sun aspects your Pluto.
Then from there it is fairly straightforward to quickly identify the specific issue. For example, Pluto of course is going to be indicative of past life power issues. Power, symbiosis, co-dependency, enmeshment, etc. The challenge in this life will be to have intimate relationships without smothering each other. It is also possible that the past life was a situation where one person had power over the other. And for example it is a Moon/Pluto double whammy they there is the maternal, emotional pain, emotional abuse, abandonment issues. Mercury/ Pluto would be one person had mental power or abuse over the other. Venus/Pluto indicates the couple has a desperate need for love, a needy dependent role will have occurred in past lives.
And it doesn’t really matter which partner took which role. We tend to incarnate with members of our soul group from life to life, and we usually switch roles.
I think you get the idea, once you have identified the DW interaspects, it is straightforward and a matter of just using the basic esoteric sign/planet symbolism as per our training. I also want to emphasize that the relationship pattern shown by the DW is not fated, the goal is to address the issue in this life if at all possible. We need to resolve the issue or separate.
Incarnating is a way to learn what we need to learn. As souls we can sit in a Nirvana classroom and learn about love, duty, loyalty, courage, etc. But this is abstract. It is not until we incarnate in human form that we can truly understand what these concepts mean. Certainly the lessons we learn on Earth, as humans, will be forever hard wired into our souls.
Julia