What Is a Stellium?
November 5, 2004
http://cainer.com/ericfrancis/nov5.html
Hi Eric and staff:
Would you please explain what a "stellium" means? I have 5 planets in
Scorpio -- date of birth is Nov. 11, 1958 at 5:45 a.m. in
November Gal
Dear November,
Happy birthday! I'm going to refer you to the question above for a description
of a stellium and its energy, and though that addresses one particular event,
you can make some generalizations. By strict definition, it's a grouping of
planets in a sign, or a grouping of planets in general, though not including
the Sun or the Moon.
By practical definition, it's a
clustering of planets, and most astrologers will include clusters that include
the Sun and the Moon. It's all kind of a misnomer anyway because
"stella" means star, and in this discussion, we're talking about
planets and luminaries. But the early astronomers and astrologers (for a long
time there was no difference) often referred to planets as stars, which is
understandable enough. People like Galileo and Kepler had not yet come along to
explain the basics to them.
Anyway, the result of clustering the
energy together can create focus. There is a concentrating of energy. This
happens to be in your first house. That energy is sitting there waiting for
something big to come along and stir the pot. For example, Chiron came through
your Scorpio grouping in 1997-1998. What were the circumstances of your life at
that time? They will tell you a lot about the true nature of your Scorpio
stellium, as will the events of your life between 1977-1982 when Chiron opposed
all those planets from Taurus.
Also -- next week there is a new Moon in
Scorpio quite close to your natal New Moon in Scorpio -- so I would be curious
to hear about the most important aspects of your life right now.
Curious to hear what you come up with!
Make it concise and I'll publish some of it here, referring back to this
question.
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