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Dwarf Planet Eris and Your Relationships

We continuously are doing lots of astrological research and try to look at different methods and tools to increase the accuracy of astrological predictions.

No need to say this is a very time-consuming and laborious task and it literally takes time too to follow the outcome of certain configurations or astrological patterns in time.

While writing the monthly forecasts, we also keep track of numerous other bodies, points and asteroids to see if an event or experience can be linked to a certain astrological pattern, configuration, body or asteroid (in a recurring way).

While following the transiting position of the dwarf planet Eris for a couple of years now, we are pretty sure we can correlate specific aspects that involve Eris with certain outcomes.

What is Eris?

Eris is a dwarf planet, discovered on January 5, 2005 and often told to be the 10th planet behind Pluto.

Eris (first designated 2003 UB313) is named by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) after the Greek goddess of strife and discord.

Eris is actually a battle goddess.

The dwarf planet moves incredibly slowly and takes 556 years to orbit the Sun, way longer than Pluto.

How to find the position of Eris?

At Astrodienst you can find a FREE Geocentric ephemeris of Eris (2003 UB 313, #136199), that lists all the positions in 10 day steps from 1900 till 2036.

What does Eris mean?

Based on the transiting position, we can confirm the discordant influence of Eris indeed.

Other astrologers suggest Eris has other meanings as well, among others: rebellion, disruption, conflict, to assert oneself, feeling compelled to provoke change, to trigger conflict to catalyze transformation, challenging a status quo, strife, revenge and subtle vengefulness, the Trojan horse, ruthless competition, the undercover wrath.

What did we at Cosmic Technologies Find?

Anytime transiting Mercury is exactly conjunct, opposite or square transiting Eris (orb 0°0'), or when both are at the same numerical degree in a zodiac sign, these aspects coincide with an increased amount of disagreements, discord, arguments, disputes a bit everywhere.

So, be aware that such aspects are potentially indicating sensitive periods in time you should keep your cool as much as possible when dealing with others (in the widest sense).

Because Mercury runs fast and hardly stays long at the same numerical degree, such influences are not lasting long (except, of course during planetary stations that intensify the meanings).

However, it's best to cancel and postpone meetings or gatherings during such exact aspects to avoid discord after all, the more so because certain disputes or disagreements may be really harsh (depending on additional transits).

By following natural cycles, we all should be able to live more peacefully and in harmony.

When we discovered this phenomenon in the transits, we started to look at natal charts too.

However, because Eris is such a slow-moving body, we only looked at exact planetary aspects to find some patterns.

The meaning assigned to Eris (a body reflecting discord) seems to be confirmed, but still more research is needed because we don't have a lot of reliable biographies or personal information to build a theory on.

When Eris is in a tight aspect with the Sun, representing one's physical behavior and attitude, chances are this increases the odds of a person full of discord.

However, because Eris moves so slowly (and is currently at 25° Aries), it's difficult to say that everyone born around April 15 this year (with the Sun at 25° Aries too and thus exactly conjunct Eris) will have a discordant attitude.

It may not go that way so that we refrain from drawing premature conclusions when taking into account natal charts so far.

After all, discord can be indicated by other factors too.

We see astrologers use more than 1° orbs to delineate Eris in the natal horoscope and chart comparisons but that's definitely not the way to go.

When looking at some natal horoscopes with exact aspects between the personal bodies (the so-called Lights: the Sun and Moon) and Eris, the following examples can be shared:

• Charlie Sheen: natal Sun at 11°22' Virgo and Eris at 11°34' Aries (the Sun inconjunct Eris): tons of discord in his life because of his huge temper.
  
  
• Steve Jobs: natal Moon at 7°44' Aries conjunct Eris at 7°54' Aries: a very discordant approach and dissatisfaction.

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