Shael said:
So, the JoS page about
Astrological Degrees and Fixed Stars says this:
POLLUX - [23 degrees of
Cancer]
Pollux gives athletic ability, and is favorable for martial artists, boxers, fighters and warriors. This star is bad for the eyesight, and can bring injuries to the eyes and face. There can be connections with poisons. Honors are often followed by disgrace, and possible imprisonment. There can be a cruel, subtle, and scheming nature.
But I googled it and it says that Pollux is in the constellation Gemini. So where is it now? Is the info about it on that JoS page inaccurate, or perhaps the positions of the stars are calculated in some different way? Someone please clarify.
The constellations are separate from the signs. They move, along with their fixed stars whereas the zodiac's 30 degree allotments always remain in position. It's probably to do with the Earth's relation to the outer of space, space itself definitely doesn't have 'zodiac signs' it constantly moves. The zodiac signs are of Earth.
Earth rotates around the Sun constantly, but the Sun is mostly fixed in its motion as a star. The reason the zodiac remains in its fixed position is because it relates to the Sun and Earth, not any other outer bodies. The houses are created from the Earth's position in relation to the Sun and Moon, and also the Earth's tilt- which is why the houses every year are always random, as the exact specification of the Earth's tilt in this process constantly varies.
Also, the constellation's crossing over into other signs I
believe, is a necessary thing we are supposed to observe, that astrology is a material process and not based on superstition and fiction. I believe it was intended by the Gods to be that way to encourage our elaboration on exactly how within a 'sign' the expression of a cosmic body could differ from the wholesale description of the entire sign. There is detracting elements among each 30 degrees of a sign, which give rise to expressions of other things which could be described as not at all likewise to that 'sign' , decans are the line you have to follow in thinking on this.I don't think the zodiac's 30 degree format should change based on that, but it should change based on our knowledge of the Sun, which is minimal considering the state of our exploration of space. If we understand how the Sun moves amidst the universe, milky way or whatever, then it makes sense the 30 degree allotments should also change as yes, the constellations surrounding our solar system have constant activity going on which also relates to our Sun's position and defines our zodiac signs.
*Note- 30 degrees is important, there are 3 qualities, 3 signs to each element forming trines with one another (120', 1+2=3, 4 30's adds to 120 and there are 4 total elements themselves. 4 is an important Satanic number and relates to Cancer. Triplicities is also something I'm discovering which I'm unsure of but it's also significant for this 3 thing. 3 is the meshing of all influences.)*
Back on the point of the expansiveness of the 30 degree allotments, we liken all these other subtle seeming influences within a sign to the decans which are the 3 10' sections of a sign, but ultimately there are even fiery/airy Martian influences like Pollux, in the 23' of the water sign of Cancer. This influence of Pollux is interesting because it blends fire and martial expressions into a water sign, meaning say if you had your Mercury over it in Cancer for example, one would relate somewhat to some other description of Mercury (in Aries probably) even if their Mercury was unaspected, one may feel like a Mercury/Mars aspect for example even if it's not there in the chart.
What if the particular star has exploded? Or transformed in someway that one couldn't intuit? Would this change the understanding of the Planet you have in the degree before it as well?
Pollux is in Cancer, but when it and Castor were first written of by the Greeks I'm assuming they were in Gemini.
