MDDM Ch. 78

[Dave Monroe]

"Next morning, at Breakfast, Doc is curious to know,
'Did you ever cast his Horoscope?'
   "'Quite early on, tho' I never told him.  His natal
Moon, in Aquarius...? and in Leo, the sign of his
Birth, he's bless'd with a Stellium, of Mercury,
Venus, and Mars,-- Mars being also conjunct with his
Sun,-- tho' both are regrettably squar'd Jupiter and
Saturn.  His Bread, that is, ever by the swaet of his
brow...so did it prove to be,-- yet Vis Martis enough,
and more, for the Journey...'" (M&D, Ch. 78, p. 765)

"He was born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, on
July 27, 1733" (Danson, Drawing the Line, p. 53) ...


Stellium

"A meeting of three or more Planets or points, usually
occurring within one Sign or House. It is a focal
point of energy."

http://www.ivillage.co.uk/astrology/tools/astrology_gloss/0,10005,3-542-S-,00.html

"... Stelliums are made up of Aspects -- Conjunctions,
to be exact. A Stellium refers to three or more
Planets that form a series of Conjunctions in an
astrological chart, regardless of whether the Planets
span into two Houses or if they are in different Signs
or the same Sign. Whatever the combination may be,
their combined energies create a particular focus,
making a Stellium deserving of attention.

"Within a Stellium, the power of the Planets is
focused according to the Signs and Houses involved....

"One more complication: A Planetary member of a
Stellium is subject to the influence of aspects to
other Planets in the same Stellium, even if the Orb is
too wide to normally include that Planet. This is
called aspect by association."

http://www.astrology.com/stellium.html


Vis Martis

"Power of Mars"

http://www.hyperarts.com/pynchon/mason-dixon/alpha/v.html

http://web.nwe.ufl.edu/~jbess/sp00/sp001131/reference/vocab4.htm

--- jbor <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote:
> 
> 765.15 "Stellium"  a star chart?
> 
> 765.18 "yet *Vis Martis* enough, and more, for the
> Journey"  *Vis Martis* = strength/power of Mars?

Astrology I don't know, but an interesting survival
here in an alleged "Age of Reason," no?  And see ...

http://www.ottosell.de/pynchon/m_d_astro.htm

Which, without actually elaborating on Dixon's
horocope there, seems somehow to confirm it as
apporiate, at least ...

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