posted September 28, 2010 07:04 AM            

"It is not a lesbian energy"

This is actually a historical and astrological misconception about her, or well, at least it is not the core.

This asteroid is neither about homo nor heterosexualism,b ut about passion which find creative expression.

It`s also about a purely feminine expression of energy in a powerful, independent way, which may have been considered as strange or even a thread to a mainly patriarchal culture, and thus may have led to coining the term of lesbianism.

posted September 28, 2010 08:21 AM            

Maybe, in older times, woman could not be passionate about anything without being thought of as "weird"

I am thinking of how the Victorian emotions were so repressed for example.

Maybe, if a woman was very passionate about anything, she was ostracized so found herself allied with woman who were the same way.

Maybe a community of woman arouse where they were allowed to be all those things society would not let them.

Sexuality was a part of it just as all types of passion were such as poetry,music etc was.

This energy of free passion might be what Sappho is.

I must have been STUCK in a past life

posted September 28, 2010 11:57 AM            

You have a good point about Sappho being associated with lesbians cuz lesbians broke the social mold of their time .
They lived a life which embraced a passion not allowed to the woman who was in the mold.

Thank you for your 3 thumbs up. When a Sag compliments you, you KNOW you did well

posted September 28, 2010 12:41 PM            

IOW, Sappho is an energy that is not related to being a homosexual.
It is an energy of freedom for passion, I think, which is not homo or heterosexual.

Are you saying that you embrace Sappho in another way, Vertiver?
Are you bi--sexual or just not rigid in one sexual orientation

If so, do you have astrological placements which relate to this?

posted September 28, 2010 12:52 PM            

there is nothing wrong with either sexual orientation, I just think that it doesn`T do Sappho any justice to limit her to be a symbol of sexual preference.
I think it is a misconception of this asteroid. That`s all.
Sappho can be strong in homosexual as well as heterosexual people, but this asteroid doesn`t solely indicate sexual orientation.

Having said that I repeat I definitely think that it might be strong in homosexual people, but not because it indicates homosexuality per se, but because of the uncompromising unwavering and aesthetical passion with which Sappho expressed her feelings. A way of truthfully lead her life regardless of societie`s thoughts on that.

That is probably true for most homosexual people, but it is not an exclusive trait of them.

posted September 28, 2010 01:51 PM            

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So my thought is that Sappho represents the "truthful and usually aesthetical expression of passion", no matter what or who triggers that passion.

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Yes, this describes Sappho well, DD.

This is my newest ear worm( a song you can't get out of your head )

I am just getting the last vestiges of Alice Cooper's Poison out of my head after 4 days of it

This describes the passion of Sappho, to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO9wd3ues5M&feature=related

posted September 28, 2010 04:37 PM              

trines my 11thsun,squares my 11thmars and Karma

posted May 23, 2011 07:33 PM            

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Originally posted by fenia:
I am bisexual and I have natal Sappho conjunct Venus. Also, my ex girlfriend and I had in Synastry Venus opposition Sappho and Square Uranus.

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That is interesting.Hmmm
I would love to hear other people;s placements with Sappho.
I thought I had Sappho conjunct my Venus but I was wrong.I have Eros

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posted May 23, 2011 07:54 PM            

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Originally posted by Ami Anne:
That is interesting.Hmmm
I would love to hear other people;s placements with Sappho.
I thought I had Sappho conjunct my Venus but I was wrong.I have Eros

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posted May 23, 2011 07:55 PM            

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