#36 | The Abduction of Ganymede | Aphrodite Urania | Gaia & Uranus | Uranus Vs Saturn | Pluto heading to Aquarius

Following on from last episode's deep dive into the themes of Capricorn, this episode tracks the elusive 11th sign of the Zodiac, Aquarius, and the mythic themes that flow through it.

We watch as the beautiful youth, Ganymede, is abducted by Zeus and taken to Heaven to pour wine for the Gods while his father is left behind bereft. This story was taken from the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite and is followed by the tragedy of Eos and Tithonus; Eos is the Goddess of the Dawn who falls in love with the mortal Tithonus. She asks that he might live forever, not thinking to add the critical piece that he would remain eternally youthful.

How can these stories of the tension between the reality of ageing and the ideal of eternal youthfulness help us to see Aquarius more clearly?

We then follow Aphrodite (Venus) and her two births: one as the daughter of Uranus and the other as the offspring of Zeus & Dione (the feminine form of Zeus) before settling in to the original creative tension: Uranus the mind of god Vs Saturn of the earthly wisdom.

The New Moon is in Aquarius on January 21st, 8:53pm, GMT.

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Image: Johann Frank Kirchbach; The Rape of Ganymede (1892)

Podcast Musician: Marlia Coeur
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