My learning new Asteroids is, usually, chart driven. In other words, when I do a professional chart and the person has a Theme of an Asteroid I do not know, I have to learn it quickly. There is no shame in that. There are thousands of asteroids. I have even introduced the Master Astrology Tameem Saaid to an Asteroid or two. He is gracious and humble, as always. I think I introduced him to the Asteroid Maniac when I found it prominent in the charts of several clients who had Bi-Polar Disorder.
At any rate, I am doing the charts of Tori Spelling and Dean. I am running through my Asteroid list and looking for patterns. I happened on an interesting pattern with Medea. I will share that with you here.Medea is one of three witches. Circe(#34) and Hekate( # 100) are the others. Circe is an an enchantress. She kept Odysseus away from his wife Penelope for a whole year with her copious charms. Hekate is an ancient goddess of magic.
For now, I am going to look at Medea in the synastry of Tori and Dean because it is Double Whammy(DW) DW is when an aspect goes both ways. For example, if my moon conjuncts your Saturn and your Saturn trines my Moon, it is a DW. The aspects may be any of the major aspects–conjunction, opposition, trine or square. Double Whammies amp up what they touch to nuclear, so look for them in synastry. These planets or asteroids will be highlighted. They will be Themes.
In Dean’s natal, he has Nessus Retrograde conjunct Medea Retrograde. Retrograde produces depth. The native will turn inward . He will have to learn the lessons of the asteroid or planet before he can use it directly. Until then, it may be a submerged mush. However, if a submerged mush gets lit, it may explode. Retrograde would be different for Nessus, the asteroid of the abuser than for Mercury, the planet of the mind
Mercury Retro would learn things slower but Nessus Retro may be a slow, anger boil. If the native does not learn to incorporate the Nessus’ lesson, one day if he blows, it may be worse. Still waters run deep. Hence, Nessus can never, ever be overlooked in synastry.
Back to Dean. He has Nessus Retro conjunct Medea Retro. I would not have noticed if not for the fact that Dean’s Jupiter conjuncts Tori’s Medea. Jupiter enlarges what it touches. Hence, Dean is enlarging the myth of Medea in the life of Tori.
Let me make this practical. I looked at Dean’s natal in another article. I have background with him to which I come to this present asteroid, Medea. Dean is a powder keg, in my opinion. He really needs to channel his very, very difficult chart into something positive like God. He did not ask for his chart but he has no choice. Tori comes into his natal as the voice of reason, the parental figure. I would guess that he would not like this, nor she. However, we attract what is not good for us, in many cases. That would be my opinion of their synastry. However, now they are married and have four gorgeous children, so it is not as simple as if would have been if they had a synastry chart done before marriage.
At any rate, back to Medea. Medea was the wife of Jason. She was an enchanted woman, herself. However, Jason had children with her and abandoned her. She murdered her children in revenge. I am not saying anything literal in terms of Tori and Dean. The myths are figurative. They represent human passions and we all have them
Jason abandoned Medea after Medea bore his children. That was my parallel here.Dean seems to be like a Jason in his reported infidelity, which is the worst betrayal for a mother with young children. That was my point. The myths seem to play out on a modern day stage.