posted September 19, 2006 08:18 AM              

When you make your chart go to the bottom of the page where you can select additional asteroids. They list the number for Eris there. I checked it for you; just type "999001" in the box and it will show you.

posted September 19, 2006 04:40 PM            

This is what I found....

ERIS GODDESS OF THE STRIFE OF COMPETITION
"It was never true that there was only one Eris. There have always been two on earth. There is one you could like when you understand her. The other is hateful. The two Erites have separate natures. There is one Eris who builds up evil war, and slaughter. She is harsh; no man loves her, but under compulsion and by will of the immortals, men promote this rough Eris (Strife). But the other one was born the elder daughter of black Nyx. The son of Kronos, who sits on high and dwells in the bright air set her in the roots of the earth and among men; she is far kinder. She pushes the shiftless man to work, for all his laziness. A man looks at his neighbour, who is rich: then he too wants work; for the rich man presses on with his ploughing and planting and ordering of his estate. So the neighbour envies the neighbour who presses on toward wealth. Such Eris (Strife) is a good friend to mortals." - Hesiod, Works and Days 11

posted September 23, 2006 02:12 AM              

Just want to be sure, in my own mind anyways, that Eris is reallly defined as the "Goddess of Discord", not so much "chaos". I think there might be other goddesses which come closer to representing chaos. History LOVES to pin these REALLY subtle nuances of negativity on "goddesses" rather than on "gods", or so it seems.

But subtle as it may be, in my mind I can delineate between "discord" and "chaos", and it's probably important that we do, discord being a ripple in the water, chaos being the perfect storm, type-thing.

I don't know if you can pick up on how subtle that is, and would love to know what you think.

posted September 23, 2006 01:09 PM            

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it's really saying to be willing to be my own person and express myself even if it creates a little discord

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posted September 24, 2006 07:34 AM              

Yeah, I was nodding my head, you're on the right track. Basically, you are going through a struggle with "to be willing to be my own person and express myself even if it creates a little discord". That 5th House is where all the drama comes in. Look at Rick James, he had Saturn in Leo, if I'm not mistaken. He had also become very religious and cursing off anything sexual like he had been known for.

Who knows what ended up happening. But we never got to see him with those two energies blended together (if only in a plastic package).

If you have Opposite energies working in Libra as well, that might be the exact energy working in your Chart to get you through it. So Eris is there too. So what!

posted September 24, 2006 10:44 PM              

I didn't know anything about Rick James having a religious conversion (before his death).......It would have been interesting to see both sides in some sort of balance or as you said, the combining of both energies.......I like it!

posted September 25, 2006 12:26 AM              

How slow does it move and is it a generational planet?

Mine's in Aries too.

posted September 25, 2006 05:44 AM              

hee hee

... but yeah, he was publicly out there for a little while about his religious conversion, much in the same way Prince did ... sort of from one extreme to the other, and then hopefully a happy medium. Unfortunately, I feel like Rick James died way too young. He was already a famous musician when his personal values changed.