Rhetorius. āFor the malefics are blunted three ways; a star is no longer evil when it finds a good house, nor a house bad when it embraces something usefulā
Such an important thing to consider when delineating. Mitigating factors are sooo important. I also really love how this states it too. Often malefics get lumped into ābad luckā and āderailmentā, but the intensity of a malefic can often be turned into something really productive.
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Asteroid Melancholia (5708) was discovered by Paul Wild in 1977 and the characteristic of this word is that it creates us a feeling of yearning, usually acompanied with sadness, of something related to the past. Like a memory, a person, a smell, a photo, a place, etc. Sometimes we are not conscious of what is the thing that triggers this feeling or how it is connected our memories, but I honestly believe that melancholy is, mostly of the time, connected to our past (fragment taken from my book of observations).
In astrology, this asteroid can talk about the things that triggers our melancholic side so, in this post, I'm going to detail about how this asteroid affects us according to the signs and houses.
Aries/1st house: to other people, these individual look as if they're melancholic mostly of the time even if they are not feeling like it. That's because they probably have this asteroid in the ascendant. The things that could bring melancoly to you could be related to how your body has changed over the years. Maybe you think that you looked better in your childhood or teen years. Or when your body was slimmer or fitter. Since Mars is the planet of action and movement, these individuals could feel melancholic when they are not able to move or act in the same way than before. For example, as you get older your body won't be able to do the same things that it used to (unless you do a lot of exercise). The same can be said when they suffer an accident that affects their mobility.
Taurus/2nd house: the things that could trigger these natives to feel melancholy in general are objects/material possesions that are valuable to them because, or either those objects were bought by the own effort or by the effort of your family. I think, as an example, of maybe some toys like an expensive doll house or a game console. Due to this, you are very carefull with the things that you buy/recieve because you can see the effort behind the object and maybe that's why it is also difficult for you (on some extremes it can be even painful or traumatic) to release/sell/gift those things that are so valuable to you. It brings back memories and moments, causing you to feel melancholic.
Gemini/3rd house: you could have a voice that sounds melancholic to others. The things that makes you feel melancholy are those related either to school, to brother(s)/sister(s) or maybe some local places that you used to visit before (this is due to the fact that the 3rd house rules short trips/voyages). Maybe you had good experiences in school and so you look back to your schoolar years with melancholy or the way you used to connect and interact with your brother(s)/sister(s) is something that brings this feeling into you. On the other hand, maybe there are some voices that brings that sence of familiarity to you, like it remembers you of something (like music) or someone and that makes you feel melancholic.
Cancer/4th house: for these natives, everything that reminds them of something or someone they used to connect with emotionally brings them melancholy. I can already see that a huge number of these individuals are really close to their family so being apart from them (physically or emotionally) can be a huge point that causes you to have this feeling. On another level, these individuals are, in private, very melancholic even when they don't know it themselves. It's like, when they are alone, they naturally think of the memories, the people, the moments that are deeply conected to their emotions (good and bad). For example, you look at one flower and suddenly feel melancholic because those were the flowers that your ex used to bring you.
Leo/5th house: the moments where you were able to show your autentic self, your creative side or when you were able to connect with your inner child are the moments that brings you melancholy. It's funny, but I hear that growing old is something that worries you because, in the actual times (at least since the last century) it is said that we must have a stable job that brings us money and stability in life and not pursue what we really want (especially if the thing we choose to follow doesn't give us stability). Being an engineer or a doctor are the classic careers that are chosen in relation to this. I mean, it's perfecly fine if that's what you want and brings you happiness but, for these individuals, putting aside your dreams or creations or anything that fulfilled your inner self, is something that really makes us feel melancholic. On the other side, another thing that could give you this feeling are the memories of the relationships that you used to have.
Virgo/6th house: you may feel nostalgic either when your health, or the health of other people, is affected or when you finish a hard work/project that took a lot of effort, planning, corrections and a lot of time to cover all the details in order for you to present or finish that proyect. You look back at what you have acomplished through hard work and that creates a feeling of melancholy. In relation to health, you could feel melancholy either when you are sick or when you help others with their problems (being those related to work, physical health or mental health). In the first case you remember with certain nostalgia the things you used to be able to do when you were healthier. In the second case, maybe you remember the people that you helped and miss the feeling of healping others, or you remember them and wonder what are they doing with their lives right now.
Libra/7th house: what these natives miss and feel melancholy relates to others. To their relationship with other people. Breaking up, separating from others, fighting or not talking to others can be hard for them because they tend to remember how their relatonship used to be, especially the good moments, and seeing how these relationship changes or ends makes them sad. "I remember how we used to play in the gardens" or "I remember how he/she used to surprise me with little gifts or gestures to tell me how much he/she loved me" are some examples of how this asteroid can manifest in these natives. Seeing injustice or cruelty against others can be a theme too and so they will remember with melancholy of those times when he/she wasn't conscious of those problems.
Scoprio/8th house: these natives tends to hide their melancholy side from others very well and that's because their very private. Only a few can see this side of themselves. Now, one of the things that creates melancholy to those who have this asteroid in Sorpio or the 8th house is intimacy. Personal intimacy. That can be sexual or emotional. Not being able to have close relationship with others due to whatever reason, or seeing how a personal relationship is loosing that intimate spark between them, will cause the native to feel melancholy and look back into the past and the moments he/she used to have intimate connections. Maybe loosing their status or personal power can be a theme too. Along with that, the 8th house talks also about possesions, inheritance and death so it is a possibility that they feel melancholy when they remember the loved ones that already passed. This is stronger if they recieved an inheritance from them.
Sagittarius/9th house: in this house or sign, the asteroid Melancholia could tell us that one of the themes that creates this feeling into an individual is by education. By learning. Why do I feel this? Because maybe these individuals realise how long has been the journey of the actual knowledge. How much effort has been put through centuries so we could have the knowledge that we have. Following this same trend, maybe you had a great time in college and that makes you feel melancholic (I feel like it can relate to all who prefer to go back to being a student rather than being an adult). On the other hand, it can talk about foreign lands or cultures so, if you used to travel or lived in another part, that can also help to create that feeling inside of you.
Capricorn/10th house: does your collages sees you as someone melancholic or does your job/career makes you feel that way? Maybe the struggles, the difficulties, the obstacles or the delays in your carrer makes you feel melancholic. I see the image of an old man coming back home, exhausted for the long journey and hours of work, thinking about the years of work and struggles he had to face in order to reach the position that he has so, most probably than not, your carrer creates the feeling of melancholy within you since it remembers you of your hard journey to reach your rewards.
Aquarius/11th house: does your friendships makes you feel melancholic? With this asteroid in the 11th house it can signify exactly this, especially if you don't communicate or see your friends for a long time. This can also apply to your social life, since (if you have other planets in the 11th) it can tell that you are either very popular or, at least, you enjoy going out with friends, meeting new people, go partying, etc. When you can't do neither of this things due to whatever reson (the pandemic, your grounded, etc.) it makes you feel melancholic. On another hand, if you feel connected to starseeds topics, it could indicate that maybe you feel melancholic by wondering where has your soul being, in which system do you belong to, where do you come from. These can be some of the possibles topics that makes you feel melancholy.
Pisces/12th house: you have an inner melancholy within you, within your soul, that maybe you are not even conscious about. Maybe when you are alone, at your own, when you are able to connect (consciously or not) to your higher-self, the feeling of melancholy starts appearing without any logical explanation. In this case, I will pay extra atention to the images or thoughts that comes through your mind at those times since Neptune, ruler of the 12th house and Pisces, rules imagination. Even your dreams can give a clue abot what it is that you are missing. On the other hand, since Neptune also rules intuition and psychic abilities, it can tell that you can feel intuitivly other people's feelings and melancholy, that's why you suddenly have this feelings of melancholy.
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