Hi,
.... was wondering a bit about the importance of the sun and the moon. After all, why is it that we apply stereotypes on each other based on our sun sign, and not, let's say, the moon sign, the ascendent or chart pattern, etc. Is it only because it is the giver of life on earth? ....
Certainly the Sun is considered the giver of life and is a very important element, just like the Moon. Astrologically speaking, they are two poles (literally day and night) where life and the astro-story of each native begins. Consider the two the foetus' heart and soul. The rest of the baby begins to take shape more and more only later (through other planets, astrologically speaking).
In Western Astrology, the Sun is the focus, hence Sun sign astrology has come into being, to put this very plainly and in simple terms. The mistake that we make is putting all solar or lunar or those with more of a typical energy in one basket and saying all Aquarians (using the description I gave in the previous sentence.. so not just solar Aquarians)are cold, detached and eccentric. That being said, these are traits for sure present in
all those natives that have more pronounced Aquarian energy (again either through the luminaries or other planetary stelliums in Aquarius), but it may:
a) be more dormant in some, whilst more integrated and active in others
b) and, it may come out at different stages/ages/circumstances in life.. often the reason being that that underlying, basic Aquarian fabric (natal constellations as explained) gets triggered/activated by certain transits and progressions. The timing of that and circumstances surrounding one are seldom identical for any two pronounced-Aquarian-energy indiviudals (not just solar or even lunar Aquas)
c) even if point b) above for two individuals were more or less identical, still two individuals will not be equally Aquarian, since other constellations in the chart will not be identical in both their natal charts. Person 1) with Sun and Moon in Aqua may have, just to name one constellation, Nep opp their Aqua Sun (which will dissolve that Aqua energy to quite an extent). Person 2) also with Sun and Moon in Aqua may have Mars opposing their Sun, which will aggravagate that Aquarian energy, hence it will come out more readily.. I could go on, but I think the point is made..
..As for (stereotypical aquarian) eccentricity, I have no planet in Aquarius, and yet, everybody who knows me tells me that I am an "odd one out"...
Reason 1) for the above in quotes can be taken from point c) in my explanation above
Reason 2) for the above in quotes has been given by the poster herself:
"Uranus is quintile my moon, conjunct my mercury and venus, square jupiter, sextile with saturn, inconjunct neptune and pluto, opposite chiron, trine my asc and sesquisquare my mc. It is probably the most active planet in my chart...."
Even if in the chart Uranus were not that active, and Therese, in any case, says that she is without any planetary placements in Aquarius, still, if Mars were quite active, that too could come close to Aquarian energy and ways, as it makes one bold and brazen, and a do-my-own-thing, and have-my-own-way individual.
One mistake that we make, as I said at the beginning of this post, is putting all those with pronounce Aquarian energy in one basket
and
the second mistake we (
some) make (and this is going to frustrate some now) is too readily identifying ourselves with the negative that has been said about a particular sign. To make this clear, I have some Aquarian energy, I know that I often dance to a different tune compared to the others at my workplace (my Aquarian planets are in the 6th house). I do know that I have the potential, why even do, emotionally pull myself away and too much one-to-one display of emotions make me quite uncomfortable. In certain situations, and at certain times, I have even simply withdrawn myself.. or generalised things too much. FACT is the Aquarian coin (and that energy is in me - my basic fabric) has detachment, emotional coolness, and eccentricity, if you so will, as one side of the coin. Or, in other words, these (less-positive) traits are assigned to the sign of Aquarius; just like the more positive traits of independence, friendliness, etc make up the positive side of the
sign of Aquarius. Why fight the negatives then? They are certainly there. And, I happen to possess the energy of that sign = I possess both the negative and positive traits that energy brings along with itself. Same goes for the sign and energy of Scorpio (positives: depth, loyalty; less-positve: manipulation.. ). However, not every Aquarius-energy bearing person is equally eccentric or even lives out actively their need for emotional space; or every Scorpio-energy bearing person equally manipulative or vengeant. With some you will hardly notice it. But the second mistake is that we fight the moment we hear the negatives because we (feel we) identify ourselves with it. Again, why howl everytimes the negatives of the sign of Scorpio or Aquarius are mentioned. The negative energy is certainly also there. We are describing that particular type of energy, not me as (one in a billion) indivudual. I am much more than just the Aquarian energy I possess. I could again go on, but I think the point is made (or so I really hope).
AQ7