Ponderous, or Ponderable planets. v. Planets. Posited. The position actually occupied by a body, in the heavens or in the signs and houses of a geocentric map. Positive sign. An odd-numbered sign. v. Signs, Positive.
A ponderous planet which receives the aspects of any two significators in some of their Essential Dignities. Both must be lighter planets than the Collector itself.
"see if the more ponderous Planet of the two, that is, the receiver of the Disposition …" p.447. - In this context the 'receiver of the disposition' is the planet being applied to by aspect.
- First, when a Planet of more swift motion applies to one more slow and ponderous, they being both direct; as Mars in 10 degrees of Aries, Mercury 5: here Mercury applies to Conjunction of Mars.
If they traveled in a straight line the smaller and faster planets would soon leave the more ponderous and slow-moving behind, but as they move in circle, they pass a given point of observation again and again.
Pluto is linked with regeneration and transformation, with changes that are ponderously slow, but are ultimately final. Its effects are subtle and gradual, but invariably unstoppable and total in the end.
SUPERIOR and INFERIOR PLANETS Saturn, Jupiter and Mars being placed above the Orb of the Sun, are called the superior, ponderous and more weighty Planets. Venus, Mercury and Luna are called the inferior Planets, being under the Orb of the Sun.
This is due to the more pronounced effects which their ponderous motions engender and the lower frequency with which these will occur.
In the Vedas, Yama is the god of death. He is the regent of the southern direction, has green skin and is clothed in red. He rides a buffalo, armed with a ponderous mace and a noose to draw the life of victims.
the old and replaces it with the new and is associated with drastic changes and forced conditions. Pluto is also associated with karmic responsibility and where a person must gain a deeper level of understanding. Pluto's action is slow, ponderous and ...
Saturn was in a wide square at 8 Aries, 2s11 latitude, and 01n28 declination. Look at the sequence of events that tie into the Mars-Saturn especially regarding legal action, slow ponderous conflicts, ...
Ponderous PlanetsSo called because their orbits lie beyond the Earth and thus take a long time to complete. See Superior Planets.
See also: Planet, Sun, Moon, Astrology, Venus
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