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The CentaursThe Centaurs by Liz Seddon Centaurs were beasts in Greek mythology with the body of a horse and the torso and head of a man. They lived in the mountains in the northern parts of Greece and were extremely fierce. They ate raw meat and the very smell of wine would make them go mad. They were known for their violent and licentious behaviour. Quite often they would fight amongst themselves or with the Lapiths, a people from Thessaly, who became known mainly because of their fights against the centaurs, together with Pirithous and his friend Hercules. The centaurs had all been invited to the wedding of Pirithous to Hippodamia because they were her kinsmen. Hercules, who was passing through at the time, was being entertained by the centaur Pholus. Hercules insisted that Pholus open the jar of wine that had been closed for a very long time and belonged to all of the centaurs. Upon scenting the smell, the centaurs came armed with rocks and spears to Pholus's cave but they could not handle the wine and as usual became intoxicated. A big battle took place in which many centaurs were killed. Among those was Cyllarus, who was married to Hylonome. Some of them fled and took refuge with Chiron, who was a gentle and learned centaur. He lived at Malea since having been banished from Mount Pelion by the Lapiths. When Hercules found them he started shooting his arrows and during this battle he wounded Chiron in the foot. He tried to remove the arrow and applied a medicine that Chiron had given him. But the medicine was useless, the arrows having been dipped in the poison of the Hydra. Chiron was by now in agony and wished to die, which he could not because he was immortal. Prometheus offered himself to Zeus to be immortal so that Chiron could die. Pylenor another centaur, was also wounded and washed his wounds in the river Anigrus, thereby providing the river with a peculiar odour and contaminating al those who associated with it. Nessus fled but was later killed by Hercules after attempting to violate Deianeira, his wife. Before he died however, he gave her some of his blood telling her it was a love potion that would keep Hercules faithful. But as Hercules's arrows were poisoned so was the blood of Nessus, eventually resulting in the death of Hercules. Some time after the death of Nessus, Deianara spread some of the potion onto Hercules's tunic that he took with him on a tournament. It was after he had gone that she spilled some of the potion on the ground. It began to froth and bubble and she realised what she had done. She immediately sent word to Hercules but by then it was too late. He was already wearing the tunic. The poison ate into his flesh and he died a long and agonising death. Astronomically, the centaurs originate from the Kuiper Belt, which is a region of the Solar System that contains some two hundred objects. They have been sucked out of the Kuiper disk because of Neptune's gravitational pull and thrown into short-term unstable orbits. They cross the giant planets' orbits as they do so but approach no closer to the Sun than Jupiter. Astrologically, the centaurs represent areas of wounding of which we are yet unaware and as such all have a transformational influence. The manner of the wounding depends on the centaur in question, i.e. its part in mythology, its discovery chart,its orbit in relation to other planets and of course the aspects it makes to the natal chart. They are the bridge builders between the subconscious and the conscious. The messengers between dark and light. It is during their transits that we are given the opportunity to recognise and confront our wound so that transformation is made possible and we can move on. This website was created using MAGIX Website Maker You will need the current version of Adobe Flash Player to view it. Further information can be found at magix.info - the Multimedia Knowledge Community by MAGIX, the market leader for music, photo, and video software. |