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Pallas in the seventh house

the asteroid 2 Pallas in the seventh house, in modern Western asteroid practice

What the tradition reads

Pallas in the seventh house places the strategist in the house Alan Leo gives to unions, marriage and partnerships, and to individual character and humane tendencies, the house he says denotes relation itself and holds partnerships and unions of every kind, the chapter he gives it headed marriage, partnerships and enemies. AstroFix's list reads this placement as planning towards marriage and making plans for long term partnership, and gives the literal figure of the wedding planner alongside the battle plan kept for declared opponents. It reads wisdom inside relationships between equals, such a person acting as the wise counsel of a partner, and a deferring to that partner; it reads a holistic grasp of significant personal relationships, and the seeing of patterns in them, with the candid alternative that the patterns may be perpetuated rather than seen. The same list includes an androgynous partner, or no preference as to a partner's sexuality, and partners equally wise. Astrology King's account of the modern reading fits the house through Eric Francis, quoted there to the effect that Pallas Athena represents political and negotiating skills, transformed into a kind of modern lawyer-like warrior. Wikipedia offers the plain reading of Pallas as an indicator of effort.

The story

Pallas was found in the company of another body and has kept that company since. Olbers was attempting to relocate Ceres in March 1802 when he noticed a second moving object nearby, coincidentally passing close to Ceres at the time, and the two have a near one to one orbital resonance, which astronomers describe as probably coincidental; Pallas also holds a near eighteen to seven resonance and an approximate five to two resonance with Jupiter. Keeping step with a neighbour, by accident, is a fair emblem for the house of partnership. The goddess has her own history of contest and alliance. She competed with Poseidon for the patronage of Athens, each offering the city a single gift, with the king Cecrops judging between them; and along with Aphrodite and Hera she was one of the three goddesses whose feud resulted in the Trojan War. Open rivalry and formal agreement are the same house in the older scheme.

Written from

Corpus key point:Pallas:house:7.