Why is Eris so exciting? Because she represents the thing unconsidered that throws a wrench in our mechanism. She represents Plato's Unaccountable unknown and she makes herself known when we trip over our own arrogance. Eris was the Greek goddess of dischord, and was sometimes considered the sister of Ares (mars to the Romans). She speaks to the truth that dischord comes naturally and that accord takes work, and more importantly humility.
Let us take a look at one of the stories of this Greek goddess as presented by the "Dischordians" a tongue in cheek theology devoted to her as told in the "Principia Dischordia or How I Met the Goddess and What I did to Her After I Met Her":
It seems that Zeus was preparing a wedding banquet for Peleus and Thetis and did not want to invite Eris because of Her reputation as a trouble maker.*This made Eris angry, and so She fashioned an apple of pure gold** and inscribed upon it KALLISTI ("To The Prettiest One") and on the day of the fete She rolled it into the banquet hall and then left to be alone and joyously partake of a hot dog.
Now, three of the invited goddesses,*** Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite, each immediately claimed it to belong to herself because of the inscription. And they started fighting, and they started throwing punch all over the place and everything.
Finally Zeus calmed things down and declared that an arbitrator must be selected, which was a reasonable suggestion, and all agreed. He sent them to a shepherd of Troy, whose name was Paris because his mother had had a lot of Gaul and had married a Frenchman; but each of the sneaky goddesses tried to outwit the others by going early and offering a bribe to Paris.
Athena offered him Heroic War Victories, Hera offered him Great Wealth, and Aphrodite offered him the Most Beautiful Woman on Earth. Being a healthy young Trojan lad, Paris promptly accepted Aphrodite's bribe and she got the apple and he got screwed.
As she had promised, she maneuvered earthly happenings so that Paris could have Helen (the Helen) then living with her husband Menelaus, King of Sparta. Anyway, everyone knows that the Trojan War followed when Sparta demanded their Queen back and that the Trojan War is said to be The First War among men.
And so we suffer because of the Original Snub. And so a Discordian is to partake of No Hot Dog Buns.
Do you believe that?
Now, three of the invited goddesses,*** Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite, each immediately claimed it to belong to herself because of the inscription. And they started fighting, and they started throwing punch all over the place and everything.
Finally Zeus calmed things down and declared that an arbitrator must be selected, which was a reasonable suggestion, and all agreed. He sent them to a shepherd of Troy, whose name was Paris because his mother had had a lot of Gaul and had married a Frenchman; but each of the sneaky goddesses tried to outwit the others by going early and offering a bribe to Paris.
Athena offered him Heroic War Victories, Hera offered him Great Wealth, and Aphrodite offered him the Most Beautiful Woman on Earth. Being a healthy young Trojan lad, Paris promptly accepted Aphrodite's bribe and she got the apple and he got screwed.
As she had promised, she maneuvered earthly happenings so that Paris could have Helen (the Helen) then living with her husband Menelaus, King of Sparta. Anyway, everyone knows that the Trojan War followed when Sparta demanded their Queen back and that the Trojan War is said to be The First War among men.
And so we suffer because of the Original Snub. And so a Discordian is to partake of No Hot Dog Buns.
Do you believe that?
So here is the deali-hoo, hot dogs and buns aside, When Jupiter ignored/ failed to engage Eris, she still caused all kinds of problems. Why? Because she exits to point out what we can not see because we don't know to look for, specifically within the realm of our social and psychological experience!
And right now? Why the moon has come Conjunct to her, and Lilith (that governor of all things we are emotionally hiding from) and doing it in Aries.
Translation? Emotionally we are being called to confront the things we A. emotionally hide from and B. need to learn and just are unaware of.
Not only this but The Sun is still in Stellium (3 or more bodies in the same spot in the sky from our vantage point) with Venus and Mercury (still in retrograde) in Leo. Which means a warm playful, possibly over-confident manner runs us directly into this MARVELOUS learning opportunity.
The moon is also in opposition to Saturn in Libra, which can mean a sense of insecurity and lack of emotional stability because in Libra Saturn can make negotiations and diplomacy difficult and constricted. This of course intern may feel isolating from our social networks and emotional support.
So lets show the inherent positivity and grand opportunity in all of this! Lets address Saturn. The answer to a difficulty with Saturn is always one of habit and ongoing commitment. In this case it really is about making sure we are going out of our way to connect on a day to day basis. Make the time in the moment for friends, and to listen to our needs and those of others.
And the bigger issue? The heart and soul of prospering from this and enjoying the good energy of it is quite simply Humility, the Secret message of trickster Eris. But what is humility? Humility is a limberness of spirit, heart and head. Humility is NOT self deprecation (in fact self deprecation is the enemy of humility). Humility is being attuned to the Cosmic Sense of Humor. Releasing expectations, releasing the need to believe that we have it all figured out.
We must address life actively in an understanding that every moment is a learning opportunity, and a teachable moment. Every short-coming is just a new thing to master. After all when we are honest with ourselves no one can possibly master everything, thus we are always learning when engaged. It can be scary,, particularly with the presence of both Eris and Lilith, but imagine how strong this lesson can make you. Besides all this is is the affectionate ribbing of a Cosmic older sibling, who just wants us to loosen up, and let go of our need to know, so that we may embrace our love of learning and ultimately of life.
When I stumble, I laugh with the Universe. When I stumble I learn from that moment. When I stumble I open myself to engagement with life, learn to let go of expectations, and learn. When I fall, I learn how to miss the ground, and fly.
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