Planets in Detriment
on the middle ground between realism and fatalism
⋆｡ﾟ︎｡⋆｡ ﾟ✮ ⋆ ˚｡𖦹 ⋆｡°✩⋆｡ﾟ︎｡⋆｡ ﾟ☾ ﾟ｡⋆✩₊˚.⋆｡ﾟ︎｡⋆｡ ﾟ✮ ⋆ ˚｡𖦹 ⋆｡°✩⋆｡ﾟ︎｡⋆｡ ﾟ☾ ﾟ｡⋆✩₊˚.
Astrology claims that the position and movement of the sun, moon, and planets in astrology can symbolically represent, and thus foretell, the entirety of human experience. Centuries of ancient scholars correlated earthly events with planetary movements and specified the meanings of the different planets: the movement of Venus correlated with harmony, beauty, love, the decorative, pleasurable parts of reality, and Saturn, well, Saturn dealt with other topics…
Later scholars found that Venus was very effective at promoting its topics when it was seen in front of some stars (Taurus and Libra) and less effective when it was seen against others (Aries and Scorpio). And so on with the other planets. This effectiveness was called dignity and a beautifully balanced conceptual system evolved from it.
Planets in Domicile (Rulership) have all the resources they need to bring about their significations. Someone born with Venus in Taurus, for example, will have learned or been encouraged to appreciate beauty and to seek harmony, due to any number of factors, some of which may be counter-intuitive: e.g. exposure to conflict and anger can often show us the value of peace.
Planets in Detriment, on the other hand, often describe a lack of resources. Childhood experiences or ongoing situations that make it hard for us to access the feelings or concrete manifestations of a planet’s energy.
In my experience, feelings of powerlessness and dysfunction accompany the “lack of resources” represented by planets in Detriment.
Like why does everyone else know how to ____ and I don’t?
e.g. socialize/flirt/relax (Venus)
organize/speak clearly/focus attention (Mercury)
feel hopeful/commune/find opportunities (Jupiter)
There are way to remediate our relationship with these planets, but this can imply that we are doing something wrong. That our misfortune is our fault. On the other hand, if there is nothing we can do, it can make us feel hopeless, imprisoned by the stars.
I think there is a middle ground.
We may not be able to change the hard limits represented by planets in detriment, but we can adapt to them. While this can feel unfair, infuriating even, limits can serve as scaffolding that guide our growth and stimulate creative solutions.
This is not submission, or despair, this is amor fati, the embrace of fate.
⋆｡ﾟ︎｡⋆｡ ﾟ✮ ⋆ ˚｡𖦹 ⋆｡°✩⋆｡ﾟ︎｡⋆｡ ﾟ☾ ﾟ｡⋆✩₊˚.⋆｡ﾟ︎｡⋆｡ ﾟ✮ ⋆ ˚｡𖦹 ⋆｡°✩⋆｡ﾟ︎｡⋆｡ ﾟ☾ ﾟ｡⋆✩₊˚.
⋆｡ﾟ︎｡⋆｡ ﾟ✮ ⋆ ˚｡𖦹 ⋆｡°✩⋆｡ﾟ︎｡⋆｡ ﾟ☾ ﾟ｡⋆✩₊˚.⋆｡ﾟ︎｡⋆｡ ﾟ✮ ⋆ ˚｡𖦹 ⋆｡°✩⋆｡ﾟ︎｡⋆｡ ﾟ☾ ﾟ｡⋆✩₊˚.
Right now, there are three 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑤?! (𝑉𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑠/𝐽𝑢𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟/𝑀𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑦) 𝐴𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡? 𝐷𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡?
𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠.
𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑑𝑜 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑡, 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛!
⋆｡ﾟ︎｡⋆｡ ﾟ✮ ⋆ ˚｡𖦹 ⋆｡°✩⋆｡ﾟ︎｡⋆｡ ﾟ☾ ﾟ｡⋆✩₊˚.⋆｡ﾟ︎｡⋆｡ ﾟ✮ ⋆ ˚｡𖦹 ⋆｡°✩⋆｡ﾟ︎｡⋆｡ ﾟ☾ ﾟ｡⋆✩₊˚.
(((((ᴀ ᴘᴇʀꜱᴏɴᴀʟ ᴇxᴀᴍᴘʟᴇ, ᴀ ᴠᴇɴᴜꜱ ɪɴ ᴀʀɪᴇꜱ ɴᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴍʏꜱᴇʟꜰ, ᴍᴀʏ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ʟᴇᴀʀɴ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴅᴇᴍᴜʀᴇ ᴏʀ ꜱᴏᴄɪᴀʟʟʏ ɢʀᴀᴄᴇꜰᴜʟ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴡᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ꜰɪɴᴅ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴇɴᴊᴏʏ ᴏᴜʀ ɪɴᴛᴇɴꜱɪᴛʏ, ᴏᴜʀ ᴅɪʀᴇᴄᴛɴᴇꜱꜱ. ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ʟᴇᴀʀɴ ʙʏ ꜰᴀɪʟɪɴɢ ᴀ ʟᴏᴛ—ᴀꜱ ᴀʀɪᴇꜱ ᴛᴇɴᴅꜱ ᴛᴏ ʟᴇᴀʀɴ—ʜᴏᴡ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀʀɴᴇꜱꜱ ᴏᴜʀ ᴄᴏɴꜰɪᴅᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ ᴛᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴜᴘ ᴛᴏᴏ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ꜱᴘᴀᴄᴇ, ᴏʀ “ᴀᴄᴄɪᴅᴇɴᴛᴀʟʟʏ” ᴏꜰꜰᴇɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ.))))))