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Jul 16, 2013, 06:29 AM »
Hi Gray,
Upasika is planning on posting too. So this thread has come down to you, Gonzalo, Ari, and Upasika.
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Jul 18, 2013, 04:44 AM »
Hi Rad & Gray,
Yes I do hope to post. I've made a bit of a start on the weekend and was hoping to do the rest this week but have fallen behind schedule with some unexpected events. I do still plan on finishing but might not get to to it this week at all, and although I'd then really try for early next week there is a possibility it wouldn't be until nearer the end of the the week. So if that's just too long to wait I'll have to accept defeat at the hands of our friend Mercury ... he has not been helpful to me at all this time, I had a lot on as it was and now major delays have cropped up. Just let me know if this is too long to wait.
And Mirta, all the best with such a difficult time, best wishes to you.
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Jul 18, 2013, 08:01 AM »
Hi Upasika,
As long as you, Gray, Ari,and Gonzalo wish to continue on in this thread, which I certainly hope that you all do, we will just keep going no matter how much time it takes for any one of you to complete whatever stage, next step, we are at.
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Jul 18, 2013, 03:22 PM »
Hi Rad,
Thank you for understanding the time difficulties. And yes, I feel to continue the thread right through to the end.
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Jul 29, 2013, 05:20 AM »
Hi Rad,
Finally things slowed down enough for me to get something done .. thanks for your patience.
Why Charles Darwin's Mars is in Libra 10th
What is it that is central to all our lives? For the great majority it is the sense of being ourselves.
It is from this sense of being a something or somebody (that has awareness of it's environment) that we perceive everything outside us via our physical senses … and it is from this sense of self that we then try and make mental and emotional sense of all we have perceived in our environment. Central to this process is the sense of "ourself" - it is from this and to this that everything is referred.
This core sense of ourself (which we generally call me/myself/I) is an inner sense which is infused into our subconscious by the Moon (inner child/maternal urge/emotions), the 4th house and planets in it (our family environment & upbringing, needs for emotional nurturing), and wherever Cancer is in the chart - house cusp/planets in Cancer (our psychological attunement to/needs for/understanding of and appreciation of emotional bonding and emotional independence). It is through these family orientated type of emotions and experience that we express our Soul 's need for physical and emotional preservation, for safety – especially when we are relating to family members, and generally also to other people. All these basic familial emotional needs, identifications and attachments or the lack of them, together create our core self-image (our subconscious sense of what and who we are), and when this self-image is stable we feel inwardly safe and secure.
This sense of self is, however, directed by the conscious and integrative lifeforce wihin us (the Sun), according to our creative purpose - which is itself based on our Soul's (largely unconscious) intentions … shown by Pluto & the Nodes. This conscious sense of self is also anchored into the physical body through our subconscious instincts, which express spontaneously at the Ascendant, and only slightly less spontaneously through the 1st house (both "naturally" ruled by Mars, as the 1st is the "Aries" house).
These instincts operate on several levels. Firstly autonomously, without actual conscious awareness - for example driving on the highway, and a car coming towards us suddenly swerves into our path. Immediately we react by braking and /or swerving out of the way. No thinking is involved, just spontaneous reflexive action. It's only after we have acted that we become aware of what we have done – it was automatic. Instincts operating at this level are based on physical survival (1st house in conjunction with the 2nd). The body is programmed by nature to want to survive, and because for most much of the sense of self is anchored in the physical body (in other words being identified with it, feeling we
our physical body) … this then is also the most fundamental desire, preservation of the physical body.
Close to this level, we also feel urges to act which aren't spontaneous as such — although we still only have a subconscious awareness of these urges. And when we do act on them, the action is based on an impulse which we've made a snap decision to follow. Examples are when driving in town, suddenly pulling over to the side of the street to check out a particular shop we saw out of the corner of our eye; or briefly starting or ending a conversation; without thought just adding an extra sprinkling of spice beyond what the recipe calls for when cooking; or jumping out of a toasty warm bed early in the morning in the middle of winter because you have to catch a plane and time is rapidly running out, etc. In all these situations we are living life at a semi-automatic level, just reacting to simple direct stimuli.
However we often become much more conscious of some urges. The process is similar, in that these other urges arise by themselves from our unconscious manifesting initially on an instinctive level. But they are not related to immediate physical survival, nor to passing impulses, and so there isn't an immediate need to express or fulfil these urges. Thus we generally harbour these urges within us, taking anything from a brief to large amount of time to consider them, and through this process they become recognisable as desires. In this way we become familiar with these desires and develop more awareness of what each desire is for or about, and why.
These desires are related to our sense of self in a much more conscious way, usually as separating desires for "this" or "that" — either desires regarding our personal inner state (eg. for happiness, for more meaning in one's life), desires for a different or better body, desires for possessions, family or relationship desires, desires for a certain structure in our world, desires for more or less group involvement, desires for a different world etc, etc.
These desires are programmed by the Soul (Pluto) to be fulfilled in the current life, and thus like all separating desires manifest initially at an instinctive level (Mars). But being related to our sense of self, our sense of being an individual, these desires are pushed up into our awareness where we progressively register them more consciously (via the Moon, and also Sun). Thus we can then dwell on these desires, contemplate them, and go over in our minds what these desires actually are and involve. These desires are specific to each person, and may follow a central theme, or alternatively be of a widely varying nature, or somewhere in between. This can give rise to many conflicting courses of possible action, and thus we end up having to choose between these courses of action, prioritising them, which means choosing between desires. Regardless of whether we act instinctively or as the result of a deliberate choice, or sometimes in both ways combined, ultimately these choices and actions define our life.
The sense of ourselves is based on emotional security (Cancer, and unconsciously Pluto), and it is because of this need for that security that we resist changes to that sense of self. Yet the desires manifesting via Mars need to be lived, and it is these desires that energise our every moment, and give us the feeling that what and who we are, our sense of self, is becoming who and what we desire to be. If it's some item (thing) we want, our current self-image is of a person who doesn't have this item but who wants it. And once we have got it, subtly our self-image changes as we no longer have this desire … temporarily we have some peace as Mars energy is not activating our present moment with the desire for this item. Sooner or later however, another desire will filter up through Mars to energise our present, and the temporary feeling of peace will be replaced by the tension of wanting again. And again subtly our self-image will change as we have to accommodate a new desire (and thus a new tension) as part of our feeling of who we are.
It is our self-image (Moon/4th/Cancer) that makes us want to preserve the past (represented by the South Nodes of all the planets - except the Sun which doesn't have Nodes), and surfacing desires (Mars/1st/Aries) that fuel our need for a future (represented by all the North Nodes of all the planets), and the present moment contains the resulting tension between these two primary forces within us (the known and the unknown).
So, until all separating desires are fulfilled and finished with, and the desire to return to the Source becomes the single focus, we will always be moving from one self-image to another, always becoming who we always had the potential to be. And this whole process is catalysed by Mars, as desires emanating from our Soul move through our instincts into our consciousness. In this way, shedding one desire after another, our Soul is in a continual state of becoming, of growth, of coming closer to it's return home, to the Source.
Mars is the energy that gets us up in the morning, that goes to work, that cooks our meals, that tidies and cleans our home, that plays and dances, and has sex. It is the energy through which we assert ourselves, of natural fight or flight, or of sustained aggression (manmade war). However it is repressed Mars that causes many illnesses, and many difficulties in relationships. Mars is the energy for taking action in our lives, and so is the energy we have for acting out all our desires. Due to all this, the condition of Mars and it's Nodes in the chart is always going to be highly significant in terms of the individual's options, choices and pathway in the current lifetime.
This all becomes very interesting when we look at Mars in the chart of Charles Darwin.
We know the Soul's past, resulting in the huge momentum that caused it to be born with the Mercury, Ceres, Pluto, Juno and Jupiter stellium in Pisces in the 3rd house. Also with the Moon's SN in Taurus 5th and it's ruler in Aries 3rd, and the Sun and Moon in the 2nd house in Aquarius and Capricorn respectively. We also know that with Uranus conjunct the Moon's NN and Chiron square the Moon's nodal axis that both lunar Nodes and the PPP, as well as Pluto, have been activated prior to this life, not just Pluto and the Moon's SN, creating skipped steps. And that to resolve these skipped steps in this life the Soul must anchor it's operations at the Scorpio 11th house NN point as well as wholeheartedly embracing the Virgo 9th house PPP experience.
We can start our evaluation of Mars by looking at it's SN, it's past. This is in Sag in the 1st house, which on its own is no surprise, but it's also in a new conjunction with the SN of Uranus. Together these reflect the efforts the Soul has made in the past to follow its own desires without restriction, those desires being to understand reality in metaphysical or cosmological terms (SN Mars), plus the desires of the Soul to break away from the prevailing ideas, thinking and understandings of the societies in which it has lived in over the past, to find itself through finding its own understanding of life (SN Uranus). As we know the Soul has had success in doing both these things which has resulted in their ruler (Jupiter) being in a new conjunction to Pluto in Pisces 3rd in the current life – showing a new and deep understanding (Jupiter/Pluto) of the wholeness (Pisces) within which diversity (3rd house) is contained. And because their ruler Jupiter (and Pluto) is in a waxing square (crisis in action) to SNs of Mars and Uranus we can see that in this life Darwin will be prepared to "make a stand" with his views and beliefs, even if it feels pioneering and dangerous to do so. The need to do this will be felt deep in his bones, and will also add pressure on him to fully embrace the 9th house PPP.
Just as there was no other place that Mercury could be in this life (balsamic conjunction to Pluto) due to choices made in past lives, there is no other place that Mars could be in this lifetime other than in Libra in the 10th house, also due to choices made in the past. This need in the Soul (stemming from the SNs Mars/Uranus condition) to bring a long effort to fruition would have created a sense of urgency in him, and is one contributor to the inevitability of Mars being in the 10th house. In terms of where Darwin was going to direct his energies on a daily basis in this life, doing so in anything other than the 10th house would have been a distraction to his Soul intentions, made achieving his purpose and goals more difficult than it needed to be, and basically been a waste of his human time.
That it was a logical progression for Mars to be in the 10th in this life is also shown with SN Mars being in a disseminating sesquiquadrate to the SN of the Moon, showing that the old rebellion against society via self-centred activity (1st house) had been replaced more recently by an immersion into society in order to learn it's ways (sesquiquadrate). This would still have been on the Soul's terms with the Moon's SN being in the 5th house, but certainly indicates a yielding (sesquiquadrate) to the necessity of adapting to society's needs (NN in 11th). Additionally we know that many factors show Darwin had a special destiny to fufill in this life, and Mars in the 10th in LQ septile to the SN of Uranus is another factor reflecting that this was a life where individuality discovered deep in the Soul's past was destined to fruit in this lifetime.
Mars is also in a disseminating square to the SNs of Vesta and Mercury in Capricorn 2nd, reflecting that in past lives already a crisis has been building around the need to fruit many lives of focussed mental work, and that the key to doing this will lie in utilising all that the Soul has learnt in past lives about the way society tends to think. And looking at Mars in LQ square to the SNs of Venus, Saturn, Pluto and Jupiter shows that not only had this crisis been building in past lives, but that in these same past lives the Soul had already been dealing with crisis in other areas of it's lives – in terms of learning how to allow its need for relationships that reflected its individuality (LQ square) and also being responsible in those relationships (SNs: Venus New conjunction Saturn); in terms of surviving (2nd) in society (Capricorn) while having an individualised set of beliefs (SNs Jupiter & Pluto BS conjunction …), that were completely foreign or different (…ruled by Saturn BS conjunction to Neptune, both in Sag in the 12th) both to mainstream society and even most individualised Souls in it. This has been a very difficult challenge for Darwin in the past, and is another reason why actions from the past have left the Soul no possibility to have Mars anywhere other than in the 10th house in this life — so that his desires could be given the full light of day, peak expresion.
The deeply intense past efforts this Soul has made in becoming highly individualised in mental perception and understanding (Sth Nodes: of Jupiter BS Pluto New Mercury all in Capricorn), and developing such strong individualised values (SN Ven New conj SN Sat in 2nd) all the while trying to survive in the world, has forced the Soul in this life to direct all its intellectual pursuits into achieving social culmination. This is necessary in order to avert unhealthy compression and possibly damage at the Soul level. Even long ago the Soul has needed to be withdrawn and to possibly "hide it's light" in order to survive in society (SN Sat in Cap 2nd) possibly adding further detrimental effects to a long-standing wound the Soul has had regarding it's individuality (SN Sat square to SN Chiron in Aries 4th). Now in the current life, a strong need would have existed to not have to do this so much anymore, to be able to be as authentic as possible. And thus in this life, having Mars in the 10th in disseminating or LQ squares to all these 2nd house SNs in Capricorn … shows the Soul's clear intention in this life to channel as much energy as possible, into establishing as fully as possible, its own authority within society (based on the Soul's
values - 2nd house SNs).
This Soul has a lot of inner content to be released (stellium of 9 energies starting at the Sun and ending in Vesta) as it cannot contain it all anymore. Unless the Soul can release it's gifts and talents into society in this life they may easily be wasted for good, as in the coming lives the Soul will need to move on to new things. This is the Soul urgency into which Darwin was born. Now was the time (PPP in 9th, Mars in 10th, both culminating) to fruit so much (so many SNs in the 2nd house of substance), and it's another reason why Darwin was born with his Moon conjunct all these SNs … it's an unresolved point of tension needing constructive attention.
Also with the Moon in the 2nd being in a CR square to Mars in the 10th – Darwin must "own" his (Sun in Aquarius) ideas, these are his possessions (Sun in 2nd) and use them to establish his authority (Mars in 10th trine that Sun) on the subject so dear to his heart – the whole realm of nature and it's biology (Mercury/Pluto/Jupiter in Pisces, ruler Saturn conj Neptune in Sag 12th). There have been difficulties in this area previously. The ruler of the Sun is Uranus, which is in a New conjunction to the Moon's NN in Scorpio in the 11th house. In the past the extremely strong attempts to individuate (Uranus in the 11th) have indeed produced strong results – the Sun in this life wouldn't be in Aquarius otherwise. However much of the material in these results has had to be either suppressed or somehow hidden from society (ruler of Uranus/Moon NN is Pluto, which is squaring Saturn in the 12th). But with both the Sun and Moon in the 2nd house in this lifetime, instead of allowing fear of detrimental consequences for speaking up to make him pull back, he would have felt a solid confidence in the facts in his possession and had a more grounded and practical approach to organising and presenting them.
We have already discussed that in recent lives Mars has been progressively socialised, and now being in Libra 10th is well equipped to develop professional relationships (Mars in a FULL quincunx to Jupiter in the 3rd house stellium), and this would have created an open channel into the world for his learning output. Mars is also Full sesquiquadrate (Ceres BS conj Pluto in the 3rd), and shows the immense energy Darwin would have had to create the right channels for his work in the world, by learning and knowing who to be connected to (Mars in Libra) to increase his chances of succeeding (10th).
Given the Soul's entire past, including the severe Chiron wounding that had deposited in the 2nd, this life for Darwin may have been a case of "pursuing genius or courting madness" … and the choice was his. With Mars placed in the 10th he obviously chose to do his best, to have the public light shining on his actions, and all that comes with that - access to important people, public support, responsibilities, and if successful acknowledgement, prestige and rewards etc. This was a choice to pursue genius, and this choice had a huge impact on the Soul's underlying karma. This choice with it's associated results transformed the world's understanding of living things. It also culminated so much within Darwin thus effecting the release of all the pent up content, as well as the return of all the energy that had been invested in this path for many lives beforehand. Creating this life with Mars in the 10th was a wise and very effective decision made by this Soul.
The Soul is also highly motivated to create a family of it's own that would be based on its own ideas of what that family needed to be like, and to be about - Mars FQ square (NN Sat New conj NN Pluto) in Cancer in late 7th/early 8th. This family would ideally be geared towards his urgent needs for professional development (ruler of NN Sat New NN Pluto is the Moon in Cap 2nd which is in also Full opposition to these NNs) in order to help him provide for both them (Moon in 2nd). Which takes us to his relationship and sexual needs...
I haven't had time to finish this off yet Rad, But unfortunately I now have to get back to doing some things I cannot avoid. So I'll post what I've done now, and hope to do and post the remainder on the sex and relating etc as soon as I can.
I'll be busy with a move for a few days now, and then on the road for a few more days after that, so it would be about a week before I could do that. If you all need to move on before then I'll leave this here where it's at, and keep up with the group & just focus on any new assignment.
blessings Upasika
Last Edit: Jul 29, 2013, 05:44 AM by Upasika
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Jul 29, 2013, 07:35 AM »
Hi Upasika,
First, thanks for taking the time to post what you have developed thus far relative to why Darwin chose to have his Mars in Libra in the 10th. Your EA analysis thus far is spot on and as brilliant as ever, the reasoning employed being of course very, very accurate.
Second, yes, when you find a chunk of time to finish up with what you started please post at that time.
Just brilliant EA work Upasika. This is how EA is meant to be done.
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Jul 29, 2013, 09:30 PM »
Hi Rad and Group,
I will not be able to finish a post on this tonight, but I should be able to get at least something posted tomorrow, if you can wait that long.
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Jul 30, 2013, 07:34 AM »
Hi Gray,
It sure can ........
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Jul 30, 2013, 06:17 PM »
Hello again Rad and group,
In Evolutionary Astrology, the significance of Mars as being a lower octave of Pluto is profound, as Mars is therefore considered to be the leading edge of the Soul's evolutionary development. As Rad described, the Mars archetype in EA correlates to a need for an impulsive freedom to act upon Soul desires without a lot of forethought, in order to gain knowledge of how others react to this action initiated from desire. More specifically, Mars can also correlate to the sexual desires of the Soul on its evolutionary journey, and in combination with Venus and Pluto, further connects to how one projects sexual needs and expectations onto others, and how others then project their own sexual needs and expectations back to the individual. As we have discussed, Darwin has a Soul history of searching for and researching ultimate meaning and knowledge (Pisces Pluto in 3rd House balsamic conjunct Mercury and Ceres) with a sense of an entitled special destiny in pursuit of this knowledge (South Node of the Moon in Taurus in 5th; ruled by Aries Venus conjunct Aries Vesta conjunct IC; Aquarius Chiron in 2nd square the lunar nodes) and with a soul purpose to throw off and liberate consensus belief from conditioned thoughts and beliefs associated with religious dogma and other sources of societal conditioning that are not in alignment with the actual truth of reality (Aquarius Sun in 2nd House in trine to Libra Mars; Capricorn Moon in 2nd in square to Libra Mars; Sagitarius Saturn-Neptune in 12th in square to Pisces Pluto in 3rd; Pisces Jupiter in third).
Darwin's Libra Mars in his 10th House is close to a disseminating sesquiquadrate to his Pisces Pluto, but still in the full phase. Isolating the Libra and 10th House aspects of his Mars, part of his Soul's intention to have this Mars placement was to have the ability to establish a wide variety of relationships that would help him further develop and then disseminate his intellectual theories and knowledge, as well as having the authority to take on a major public role in authorship and expression of these ideas, to such a high level that his very identity would become associated eternally with his Pisces third house mental explorations and discoveries. In addition, his Mars in Libra would initiate relationships with a wide variety of people possessing a wide variety of beliefs and values, meaning he would receive a lot of feedback relative to his development of meaning associated with his Pisces Pluto through the reaction he would receive from his relationships to his thoughts, conversations, and behavior. Darwin's Libra Mars being in his 10th House also means it is a highly conditioned Mars, and so part of his intention through creating his Libra relationships would be to help him break out of this past conditioning, through making him more aware of his deep-rooted emotional issues connected with his past societal conditioning (Libra Mars square Capricorn Moon in 2nd that is conjunct a stellium of South Nodes of plantets). A further intention of him having a Libra Mars in the 10th would therefore be the fact that it is so conditioned, and so at the same time he would have a natural instinct for the rules and regulations of consensus reality, and possess the ability to move within the hierarchical structures of growing up inside the World Empire of the United Kingdom in the 19th Century. This connects to the full sesquiquadrate aspect between his Libra Mars (10th) initiation of Pisces Pluto (3rd) desires through the necessity of Darwin understanding the rules, laws, and traditions of the dominant culture of his birth so that he would be able to carry out his sense of a special destiny to transform consensus beliefs operating within this same culture.
In connection to the evolutionary journey of his Soul, Darwin's major "skipped step" is his Aquarius Chiron in his 2nd House squaring his nodes. This connects to the brilliant and unorthodox mind of this Soul in past incarnations who could develop liberating and radical thought throwing off limitations of consensus thought and reality. In line with a Chiron in Aquarius, however, this brilliant mental ability could have led him to become ungrounded and a Soul issue of being able to survive and prosper on a material level through this mental ability (2nd House skipped step) or perhaps more accurately that the value system his radical intellectual ability would have been rooted in, would not have been supported in a material fashion by the powers-that-be, the status quo in control of material resources in the society his Soul incarnated into. In his Soul's previous incarnation as William Dampier, the fact he was essentially a free-ranging pirate who was at the same time developing intellectual theories and research relevant to the natural environment he was navigating through in his journeys, goes along with this evolutionary Soul wound in the sense that by existing in an isolated context on the high seas, his Soul would have resisted the confines of consensus reality found in a more grounded community-oriented existence.
However, in the incarnation of Charles Darwin, his Soul now has the intention to take this radical mental ability and integrate it into not only a status quo societal context of the dominant culture (the United Kingdom of the 19th Century) but also through a personal establishment of a family dynamic to live from (as we have discussed, symbolized in part by the ruler of his South Node, a Venus Aries, being at the end of his 3rd house and on the edge of his 4th House cusp). In contrast to his past life identity of Dampier, who was very willful and assertive in actualizing his own evolutionary intentions, in the lifetime as Darwin this Soul intended to modify and align it's strong sense of purpose with the structures of the social environment (Mars in 10th) in part through the formation of important relationships to facilitate this integration (Mars in Libra). In addition, Darwin's Libra Mars in the 10th signified that he would have the intention to form relationships with a diverse group of people through not only his world travels as he did in his incarnation as Dampier, but also through his daily life and interactions as part of society. As a result he would be able to gain a better sense of how to fit his brilliant mental theories into a form that could be understood by a wide variety of people in society through the reactions he would receive through his relationships. If particular thoughts of his would generate a discordant response, for example, he would have the opportunity to reformulate how to communicate the idea in a manner that may generate a response indicating a greater level of comprehension in the future. Or if someone had an argument with something he said, he would have the opportunity to re-conceptualize and possibly expand his original thought to take in a broader perspective.
Chiron being a skipped step brings in some interesting aspects of the Chiron archetype. In myth, Chiron is from a region of Greece associated more with the indigenous people of the region, and as centaurs and Sagitarius can be associated with direct experience and knowledge of Natural Law, so can Chiron in a profound manner. Chiron was an intellectual giant in the sense of an intellect deeply rooted in Nature and Source, as opposed to a disconnected and overly rational intellect that Charles Darwin would have been associated with in the England of the 19th Century. Chiron knew the connection between the patterns in the stars above and the plants growing underneath his feet that held medicinal properties, and the divine origins and interconnection of all aspects of the material realm. The Soul of Darwin holds this ulitmate knowledge of ultimate meaning somewhere deep inside (Pisces Pluto in balsamic conjunction to Pisces Ceres and Mercury), but through lifetimes of becoming involved with organized religion and repercussions of organized religious dogma (Sagitarius Saturn and Neptune in 12th in last quarter square to Pisces Pluto) the Soul of Darwin had at some point become disconnected from this more wholistic perspective on Nature and Source that is associated with Chiron. In the previous incarnation of William Dampier, his Soul took to the high seas in a manner that led him into contact with many aspects of Nature that his Soul was able to analyze with the rational intellectual perspective it had developed. In the lifetime of Darwin, he had the evolutionary opportunity to work to further resolve the split between the actual truth of ultimate meaning versus the consensus-held beliefs about ultimate meaning that were not in alignment with ultimate meaning and so would result in Souls like Darwin's having experienced profound disillusionment in their past and present incarnations. In order to liberate consensus beliefs from religious dogma, Darwin in his incarnation had a focus that was more rooted in expression through a scientific method than a spiritual method. His powerful third house (Pisces Pluto, Mercury, Ceres, and Jupiter plus his Aries Venus that rules his South Node of the Moon) was therefore focused upon academic and scientific research and argument in order to liberate consensus belief from oppressive aspects of religious dogma. His 10th House Libra Mars acted from a heavily conditioned background, therefore, in part to help liberate himself in the end from this same conditioning.
Thus, although a Libra Mars in 10th acting from a Pisces Pluto in 3rd and in trine to an Aquarius Sun in the 2nd would have the ultimate intention of breaking free from conditioning, at the same time his every impulse in the moment would have felt the weight of past conditioning, similar to his Capricorn Moon in the 2nd that is in a crescent square to his Libra Mars. His sexual nature as a result would also be deeply conditioned, as well as all other aspects of his expression of Soul desire. However, through enacting this Soul desire into the world and initiating reactions from others, the crescent square to his Capricorn Moon would have ultimately helped him in the objectification and liberation brought on an evolutionary level from the trine between his Aquarius Sun in the 2nd back to this same Libra Mars. Furthermore, the ancient conditioning that is so deep it had become completely unconscious (to such an extent as manifesting as various illnesses that Darwin constantly sufferred from) can be seen in that his Libra Mars is in a tight square to the South Nodes of his Saturn, Venus, Vesta, and Mercury, and that his Capricorn Moon is also conjunct the South Nodes of his Jupiter and Pluto. His Capricorn Moon and South Nodes of Jupiter, Pluto, Saturn, Venus, Vesta, and Mercury are all ruled in his natal chart by his Sagitarius Saturn conjunct Neptune in his 12th that is square to his Pisces Pluto. Therefore, the very same religious and cultural dogma his Soul feels the intellectual destiny to overturn is the very same dogma that has heavily conditioned and oppressed his Soul in past incarnations. Another sign of this being a "crisis in consciousness" for this Soul on an evolutionary level is that the North Nodes of his Saturn and Pluto are also in a square to his Libra Mars from the sign of Cancer on the cusp of this 7th and 8th Houses, nodes that are also ruled by his Capricorn Moon that is in square to his Mars.
As a result, Darwin's Libra Mars in his 10th House was an important aspect of this evolutionary intent to help objectify and throw off some of the conditioned beliefs involved in widespread conditioning of his time (Libra Mars in trine to Aquarius Sun in 2nd) as well as the history of thought, belief, and philosophy that led to the current reality of consensus belief he found himself inside of in the 19th Century in England. His Libra Mars is an important initiator with regards to the evolutionary journey of his Soul because it is ruled by his Aries Venus that is also the ruler of the South Node of his Moon in Taurus in his 5th House. However, because again his Mars is in square to his Capricorn Moon and all those South Nodes (Pluto, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Vesta, Mercury) the re-adjustment of his Soul's desires to the rules and regulations of society (Mars in full sesquiquadrate to Pluto) could be especially humiliating and wounding to this Soul's deep intrinsic nature and instincts. And yet, because his Soul carries such a burning sense of special destiny (Aries Venus conjunct Vesta conjunct IC) he would have pushed through nonetheless. So, for example, although it took him some time to figure out how to form the specific relationships that would get him to where he wanted to ultimately go on a Soul level, in the end he did so. As I and others have written previously, this can be shown in how at first he formed relationships with people that would set him up in more of a religious role, but ultimately through financial resources of his biological father as well as the family he married into, and various other associations he formed, he was able to set himself up financially so that he could have the personal freedom to focus on his scientific research and writing. The Aries Venus at the end of the third, in connection with the Pisces Pluto in the third, also connect to the idea that he would have formed relationships primarily with the purpose to help further his own intellectual work. I'm sure he would have gained some personal and emotional meaning from his relationships, but his attraction often would have been based upon more of a mental aspect and how the person would assist him in some way, either through agreement or debate, with his special sense of destiny in scientific theory.
Although Darwin's 10th house placement of Mars that also square his 2nd House Capricorn Moon indicates heavy conditioning and some difficult emotions surrounding how he initiated his special sense of Soul destiny, the disseminating trine between his Libra Mars and his Aquarius Sun in his 2nd House shows that he had the ability to take his understanding of how society operates and draw upon it in order to actualize his groundbreaking and radical Aquarian theories into the mainstream of academia and consensus reality without the same extreme level of persecution that his Soul would have experienced in past incarnations for expressing more radical viewpoints (Aquarius Chiron square nodes, with Scorpio Uranus conjunct the North Node of the Moon in the 11th). He could also draw upon his past evolutionary development toward the 11th house concept of being one of many "stars" instead of his entitled sense of needing to be the star in control (5th House South Node ruled by Aries Venus), through forming alliances with other individuals doing groundbreaking work such as Alfred Wallace, instead of entering into open competition with them in a manner that would prevent them from receiving validation for their own work. In the past, he could have been in more open conflict with people he would have viewed more as competitor's on his sense of special destiny instead of as potential collaborators (Scorpio Uranus conjunct North Node square Aquarius Chiron in 2nd). Bringing in the archetype of Chiron again as his skipped step, it is interesting that in myth Chiron was a recluse who lived in a cave in part because of being an outcast not accepted by his parents, and that he transformed this status by fostering and nurturing many youth who had been abandoned by parents into individuals who could step into heroic status as adults. Similarly, I feel that Darwin had past lives in which he identified with being a reclusive outcast, somewhat like Dampier for example, but that in his lifetime as Darwin he would have been operating at the higher evolutionary level of his Libra Mars in the 10th by supporting the work of other groundbreaking theorists like Wallace and helping to bring them into more prominence than they would have on their own. And yet, there were still shades left of Darwin's past soul history of obsessional sense of destiny revealed at times like when he decided to finally rush to publish his work upon realizing that there were other people out there like Wallace working on similar ideas and theories. Yet by deciding to work with other scientists who were developing theories that were similar in some aspects and different in other aspects to his own ideas, he was able in the end to expand his own vision and understanding than if he had dismissed the idea of collaborating with others from the outset. With his Libra Mars ruled by his Aries Venus, however, in the end he was still more about working on his own concerning h is own ideas.
The archetypal theme of Darwin having a soul history connected in some way to the archetype of Chiron, centaurs, and Natural Law can also be seen in the South Node of his Mars being in Sagitarius (22'2'') conjunct the South Node of Uranus (15'45'') in his 1st House. Since the South Node of his Mars and Uranus in Sagitarius is in square to his Pisces Jupiter in his third house, I feel the Soul history of his Mars is similar to the signature represented by his Sagitarius Saturn and Neptune being in square to his Pisces Pluto. Darwin has a soul history of developing a strong belief system that could become dogmatic at times, or conditioned by the dogma of his culture, that in turn would lead him to experiencing extreme disillusionment upon discovering that the actual truth of his reality did not align with those beliefs, as well as the ultimate meaning of reality that his conditioned beliefs had led him to feel he had gained a sense of. As a result, in his incarnation as Darwin, his natal Mars being in Libra in the 10th was drawn from his Pisces Pluto third house purpose of developing a scientific method of process that he could feel more secure regarding because of the fact that it was supposed to lead toward greater objectivity through following the guidelines of the scientific method.
In contrast, the North Node of his Mars is in Aries in his 4th House conjunct his IC and his Aries Venus and Vesta. This again connects to the idea of Darwin having an evolutionary purpose to create a family in this lifetime, an evolution from past life identities like as Dampier in which his Soul avoided a family dynamic. In addition, the North Node of Mars being connected to his Aries Venus and Vesta, a Venus that also rules his South Node of the Moon, further intensifies the burning sense of special destiny he would feel in acting upon his Pisces Pluto (3rd house) soul desires connected to developing scientific theories in greater alignment with ultimate understanding than currently existed. Again, the role of conditioning is very important here, as his North Node of Mars is also in square to his Capricorn Moon and his stellium of South Nodes of planets, particularly his South Nodes of Jupiter and Pluto. This again brings up the example of how he was sick so often, a sign of how much his being was triggered on a deep unconscious level by stressful aspects of pursuing his evolutionary purpose in science.
Sexually, as Rad has already described, his Aries Venus as the ruler of his Libra Mars would lend itself to him having a sexuality that was very much about him meeting his own needs, including masturbation as a primary outlet. This outlet would also connect with the heavily conditioned nature of his Mars, and how he probably had sexual desires that would not be acceptable to his "conditioned self," and so he would have a more "secret self" possessing sexual desires he could express through masturbation and an active sexual fantasy life. With his strong planetary energy in his second house as well as south nodes of planets there, he also would have a strong association with sex as being about procreation and producing children.
The fact that he ended up marrying and having children with his cousin is another re-live aspect of his Mars, as having a Mars in the 10th with a north node of Mars in 4th, plus Mars ruler Aries Venus at the end of the third conjunct the 4th House, all together could indicate a soul history of having been romantically involved with brothers, sisters, cousins, basically romantic partners from the same biological family background. Since Darwin also has a Scorpio Uranus conjunct his North Node of the Moon, this could also be part of his evolutionary soul history with taboo aspects of society and conditioning. In his life as Darwin, at one point he questioned his decision to marry his cousin from the fearful perspective that it could have impacted the immune system of his children in a negative manner. In any case, since his Mars is in square to his Capricorn Moon and south nodes of planets, there would have been a lot of conditioning he would have had to work through in order to access his sexuality, and by impulsively acting upon his sexual desire he would have triggered the conditioning dynamics of his soul history relevant to his incarnation as Darwin.
With regards to the sexual needs and magnetism of Darwin, how he would project his sexuality and how it would be projected back to him, I feel it would also connect to the aspects we have covered connected to his Aries Venus in which he would often form relationships for mental or intellectual reasons, and perhaps at times there was at least some sort of unconscious sexual undertone to some of these relationships. He was passionate about his mental pursuits and so he would have formed relationships with people who would support the development of his mental work, and he would have projected this need on others. With the Aquarius Sun trine to his Libra Mars, it would suggest an intention with his sexual dynamics with others would have been to help liberate him from past conditioning around sexuality, however, it also unclear to me from historical records just how much liberation around sexuality Darwin actually would have experienced. It seems he may have been so wounded in past lifetimes that in his incarnation as Darwin he was very frigid with respect to his past conditioning. With a Libra Mars in the 10th that is square to his Capricorn Moon in the 2nd, perhaps the main emotional and sexual projection Darwin made came from a very repressed place, and so he may have in turn magnetized a repressive emotional and sexual projection from others toward him. As a result there could have been a lot of unconscious tension and stress, even pent up anger and frustration at times, occurring in his relationships due mostly to a repressed sexual and emotional aspect. Since he had a Mars square Moon aspect, Darwin himself could have become very angry at times in relationship with others, and also could have in turn been on the receiving end of a lot of anger.
I feel there is much more that could be found related to Darwin's sexuality in connection with his Libra Mars than I am covering here, but this is all I have for now.
with gratitude,
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Hi Gray,
First, thanks for taking the time to do this evolutionary analysis of why Darwin chose to have his Mars in Libra as well as it's interrelations with his South and North Nodes of his Mars.
Your EA analysis is simply brilliant, and to me, breathtaking. It demonstrates a depth and comprehensiveness that is the very essence of what Evolutionary Astrology is, and can be. I particularly enjoyed your deft interweaving the the archetype of Chiron within the overall analysis of Darwin's natal Mars in Libra in his 10th, with his S.Node of Mars being in Sagittarius conjunct the S.Node of Uranus in the 1st, and his N.Node of Mars in Aries in the 4th. And then deftly demonstrating the most recent past life for the Soul of Darwin, Dampier, to the current life of that Soul as Darwin in terms of how that life as Dampier set up the evolutionary progression and needs in the life as Darwin via the overall Mars signatures. Thus, the understanding of why the natal placement of Darwin's Mars in Libra was in fact the S.Node of Dampier's Moon, as well as his own natal Mars. This was just brilliant.
The evolutionary need and desire for a marriage relationship that Dampier did not have did manifest in Darwin as you rightly pointed out. And this is not only symbolized with the N.Node of Mars for Darwin being in his 4th, but also, that same N.Node manifests in Dampier's own 4th House.
Your analysis too of his sexual nature, and desires, was also quite accurate to the extent that you developed it. I have felt a resistance by all of those participating, those that are left, from a full development of this dimension of the Soul of Darwin. I think I will, within the next few days, present to our little group a more full analysis of this so that we can all learn from it: the full development of it. So if you, those that are left, would like me to do that please let me know.
Simply brilliant EA work Gray. All of your EA reasoning was extremely sound. This is how EA is meant to be done. You, as well as the others, are really helping all those who come to read this thread learn this fact.
Bravo !!
God Bless, Rad
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Hi Rad, I would absolutely love that. Thank you.
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Hi Rad,
Even though I did not contribute on the recent post on Mars, I have been following this stage of the planetary method and would also love to know what has been left out of Darwin's Mars placement, sexually speaking.
Thank you!
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Thank you so much Rad,
I'm glad you appreciated my integration of Chiron- in my more personal astrology work I have been looking more deeply into the Chiron archetype and so it is fortuitous for me that this is also the skipped step of Darwin. It makes me happy that resonated for you.
I would very much like to hear your thoughts on how sexuality through EA can be seen in the chart of Darwin. I do not feel like I have a strong grasp on sexuality through EA, and often go off writing I have seen in past posts on threads. The main sense I got purely on my own from Darwin's chart would be the repressed and conditioned aspect of his sexuality and how that could play out in projection back and forth.
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Hi Rad, I sure would like you to develop more of the sexual dimension of Darwin's Mars.
Thank you so much
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Hi Rad,
I would like to learn from your development of Darwin's sexuality, and be grateful for it.
God Bless
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Anyway. This particular train of thought was begun by my last post, in which a ship builder whom my ancestor knew--but who was not my ancestor--was enshrined in an exhibit at the Smithsonian. An "itinerant" ship builder at that. Another of my posts concerns a scientific pioneer, who married into the family, and that via a first cousin three times removed. Heck, one of my earliest posts was about a number of famous folks, from presidential relations to the subject of an Arthur Miller play, who married into my distant family. If you're thinking about bridesmaids versus brides right now, you're on the right track.
But what of my actual forefathers (and mothers)? Did my "Miner '49er" ancestor discover the gold in California? No, but he died there a year later looking for it. A couple days ago at the library, I discovered a book on the Mayflower that looked interesting. Flipping through the index, I noticed that out of over four hundred pages, in a book covering fifty years, my four pilgrim forebears warranted just a handful of mentions, usually as part of a longer list of names. (I still checked it out.)
My ancestors often seemed to be present at--or at least adjacent to--historical events and personages, but never quite got the glory. Which reminds me of the wonderful children's book (and later Disney cartoon) Ben and Me, by Robert Lawson. The "Me" of the title is a mouse, who was present at, and occasionally inspired, many of Benjamin Franklin's greatest achievements, but never got any of the recognition or acclaim himself. Lawson followed up this book with similar titles, whose subjects included Christopher Columbus and Paul Revere, among others.
Gertrude Stein, upon returning to America for the first time after more than twenty year's absence, wrote, "In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is. That is what makes America what it is." (Which was far truer in 1937 than it is today.) She was writing about geography, but I think there is a further meaning: that there are far more people who are nobody than anybody, in the sense of what she called "glory," but we might call fame. And accepting that interpretation, again her words seem even more true today.
|Gertrude Stein, at the height of her fame,
in a portrait by her friend Carl Van Vechten, 1935.
Almost fifty years after Stein's piece, performance artist Laurie Anderson wrote "Zero and One," a section of Home of the Brave, one of her numerous works that reflect on America and what it means. She continues the theme:
Now, nobody wants to be a Zero. To be a zero means to be a nothing, a nobody, a has-been, a clod. On the other hand, almost everybody wants to be Number One. To be number one means to be a winner, top of the heap, the acme. And there seems to be a strange kind of national obsession with this particular number. Now, in my opinion, the problem with these two numbers is that they are just too close; leaves little room in there for everybody else.
|Laurie Anderson, famous for explaining the US to us.
And speaking of trains (of thought), and has-beens, I am also reminded of the musical On the Twentieth Century ("as in flight, across the night, America the beautiful rolls by...."), a confection by Comden and Green, with music by Cy Coleman. It's one of my all-time favorites (and much in need of a revival), directed by the legendary, but usually more high-minded director, Harold Prince. It too talks about fame, dealing as it does with 1930s theatrical folk, a few of whom have even ventured to--gasp!--Hollywood. In a typical put-down, one of the characters says to two-bit leading man Bruce Granit, who plays opposite a much bigger star:
Don't tell me... I can't place the face, but I've seen you opposite Lily in all those pictures and I'd know the back of that head anywhere.
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It was the show that first brought him to fame.
Apparently I must content myself with being descended from a long line of backs of heads. But surely there is another way to look at things....
For an earlier American anniversary, our country's bicentennial, Stephen Sondheim wrote music and lyrics for a show called "Pacific Overtures." Sondheim being Sondheim, this was no 1776 of course, but an exploration of imperialism and global homogenization that was set in Japan, beginning in 1853 and ending in the present day, presented from the point of view of the Japanese, using elements of Japanese theater, including kabuki and bun-raku. It was one of a series of collaborations of challenging shows written by Sondheim and directed by Harold Prince, the same fellow who gave us the aforementioned On the Twentieth Century. (I told you he was high-minded.)
|The arrival of the Americans in Japan,
from the original production of Pacific Overtures, 1976.
One of the highlights of Pacific Overtures, and a high point in the Sondheim canon, is the song "Someone in a Tree." Recounting the first official meeting between the Americans and the Japanese, the narrator (accurately) notes that there are no records of the fateful day, which begins a thrilling musical sequence. An old man suddenly appears, who claims to have been there. He summons his younger self to tell of what he saw from his vantage point hiding in a tree, although he was too far away to be able to hear the events. Next a warrior appears, hidden under the floor, who is able to hear what is said, but not see the meeting. Each character adds their unique perspective, until they all realize that
I'm a fragment of the day.
If I weren't, who's to say
Things would happen here they way
That they're happening?
It's the fragment, not the day.
It's the pebble, not the stream.
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That is happening.
Not the building but the beam,
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And history
And someone in a tree.
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Perhaps songwriters Frank Loesser and Jule Styne summed it up best in their song "That Ain't Hay (That's the U S A)," from the 1941 film Sis Hopkins. "Hooray, hooray for the little guy...."
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Starbucks cups with gay author's quote pulled from Baylor
The Associated Press
WACO, Texas – Coffee cups with a gay author's quote about growing up homosexual have been pulled from Baylor University's Starbucks coffee shop.
Dining contractor Aramark pulled the cups earlier this month from the campus store following an e-mail sent to Baylor's dining service, saying the quote was inappropriate at a Baptist University.
Aramark, which oversees the coffee outlet, consulted with Starbucks' district office and removed the cups to avoid offending others, Baylor officials said Monday.
"My understanding is it was a decision made by Baylor dining services staff, and I've not yet been able to trace it back to any Baylor administrators telling them point-blank to pull the cup," Baylor spokesman Larry Brumley said. "I think they were trying to be sensitive. Obviously, Baylor is a Baptist-affiliated institution, and Baptists as a denomination have been pretty outspoken on the record about the denomination's views about the homosexual lifestyle."
The quote from novelist Armistead Maupin reads:
"My only regret about being gay is that I repressed it for so long. I surrendered my youth to the people I feared when I could have been out there loving someone. Don't make that mistake yourself. Life's too damn short."
Concerned Women for America, a national Christian women's organization, says Starbucks, which is based in Seattle, is promoting a homosexual agenda with the cup.
Cade Hammond, president of the board of directors for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance of Central Texas, said he sees pulling the cups as unnecessarily restrictive.
Copyright © 2005 The Seattle Times Company
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Artists' Alley FAQ
Below are frequently asked questions regarding the Anime Boston Artists' Alley. Please be aware that all artists must read and comply with all instructions, rules, and policies listed here. Failure to do so may result in expulsion from the Artists' Alley. If you have any questions, please post on our Artists' Forum or contact the Artists' Alley Manager.
Artists' Alley Application and Registration Phases
- How/When do I rent table space in the Artists' Alley?
- How old do I have to be to rent table space?
- What do I get with the rental of table space?
- What are the space sizes and prices?
- Should I get 3, 4, 6, or 8 feet of space?
- Do I need a convention membership badge and how do I get one?
- What is an Artists' Alley badge and why do I need one?
- Do I need a Tax ID to sell in Massachusetts? How and where do I get it?
- Can I get a refund?
- How do I get on the Reserve List and what are my chances?
- I didn't get a table. What can I do now?
Setting Up and Managing Your Artists Alley Space
- Can I get space in both the Dealers Room and the Artists' Alley?
- How do I check in and what happens if I don't?
- Can I come in early to set up and what is the schedule for the Alley?
- Are there limits to the number of people/chairs I can list/have at my space?
- Can I get electricity?
- Are there restrictions on what I can sell or use?
- Can I sell adult material?
- What constitutes 'adult material'?
- Can I sell fanart?
- Can I send someone else to the con to sell my work?
- What are some other rules I can get in trouble for if I don't follow them?
- What are the Legal Provisions of participating in the Artists' Alley?
1. How/When do I rent table space in the Artists' Alley?
There are two ways to get into the Artists' Alley. The first is a special opportunity called Pro Row which will work the same as the standard Artists' Alley Application (formerly known as the Letter of Intent or LOI). Details can be found on the Artists' Alley Pro Row page.
The second is the standard Artists' Alley Application. Both formats will work as described below, but will have different purchasing options and prices and will occur at different times. Each one WILL be treated as a separate application. The process is as follows:
Renting table space in the Artists' Alley is a two-phase process, done on the Anime Boston website. The date when the application becomes available will be announced on the website. When the application date arrives, the link will be available on the Artists' Alley page.
Phase One: Application
Fill out an Artists' Alley Application. This web form processes your name, email, country, and space desires/requirements and is sent to the Artists' Alley staff. If a foreign Artist may have difficulty obtaining the Exhibitor Tax ID in the time allotted, they may be passed over for space. The data is collected in a database so the staff can sort it and see what kind of space demands need to be met. This method will also allow individuals to keep applying without overbooking the alley before staff can determine if there is enough space. This process will be done via lottery. Applicants will have one week to apply, before they close again.
If you absolutely know that you cannot be online during that day, you can appoint someone else to submit your application for you - but you must make sure that they put it in your name with your email address. There will be no passing off of 'places in line'.
Phase Two: Registration
This phase will occur at a later point in time (not the same day). An email will be sent to each individual who completed the Artists' Alley Application and has been accepted into the Artists' Alley. It will have a link to confirm the status of the initial application and proceed with the registration form. Once you have received the link to the Artists' Alley registration form, there is no need to rush through it, as you have a 3 day window from the date when your email notification was sent to fill it out. Make sure all info on your confirmation screen is correct. If you have recently purchased a membership, or if you notice any errors and need to change the information detailed on the confirmation screen, please stop filling out the Registration form and contact the Artists' Alley Manager with the needed changes. The Artists' Alley Manager will correct any discrepancies and resend the link at which time your three day window will restart.
The Artists' Alley registration form requests further, more detailed information regarding your needs as an Artist. Please make sure to go through the entire form and fill it out as thoroughly and correctly as possible. All Artists' Alley information for badges, the online map, etc. will be pulling directly from the form. If you misspell your name or website, it will show up exactly that way. If you are unsure about something (the names of helpers, for instance) you can always fill it in later by contacting the Artists' Alley Manager. After filling out the form, you will then proceed directly to the payment process. After completing the payment process, you will have booked your space.
Artists' Alley Registration may have multiple rounds. If you hear about people who have confirmed space in the Alley and you have not heard yet, please don't panic. Some people will ultimately choose less space than they initially thought they would need, and the Artists' Alley Manager will be able to open it back up for another round. Each round will take a minimum of 4 days (3 for the deadline window and at least 1 for staff to process the next round.)
Please note: when the Artists' Alley has become full, the application form filled out in Phase One will also be serving as the Reserve List. You will be notified when that happens. If the Alley roster is already in Reserve List status, the Artists' Alley manager will not be sending out an update saying that you are on the Reserve List.
2. How old do I have to be to rent table space?
All artists must be at least eighteen (18) years of age at the time of applying for space in the Artists' Alley.
This change was initially made to address maturity and responsibility issues stemming from some artists under the age of 18. Now, because of the Exhibitor Tax ID requirements from the state of Massachusetts, we must ensure that all participants are at least 18 years of age for tax and legality purpose.
3. What do I get with the rental of table space?
You get the linear space at a table you have rented and you get the amount of chairs appropriate for that space. You - and any of your fellow artists/assistants also at your space - will get an Artists' Alley badge. This is not the same as a convention badge!
You do not automatically get a convention badge. You do not get tablecloths, walls, extra tables, easels or clothing racks. You do not necessarily get electricity.
4. What are the new space sizes and prices and why did you change them?
The standard space sizes and prices are as follows:
|Space Size
|Space Price
|3 Feet
|4 Feet
|6 Feet
|8 Feet
In our new location, we have a very limited access to 8 foot tables. Our experience in previous years has shown that giving the 8 foot option to standard sign ups gives an unrealistic expectation that we can process more than a mere handful of these. As such, 8 foot spaces will only be available to Pro Row Artists. In addition, we will no longer sell spaces that will span multiple tables due to stability (and therefore safety) issues.
5. Should I get 3, 4, or 6 feet of space?
This is sort of subjective. Most new artists - at least new print artists - won't need more than 3 feet of space. Artists who are veterans and have spent some time building up stock will likely need at least 6 feet.
Here is a picture guide to give you a sample of what that amount of space actually looks like while in use. You can also use it to try to plan what kind of setup you want to use:
As you can see, there are standing flip books, laid out on table browsing books, book stands, sign stands in the back, cubes also in the back with items hanging off them, and so forth. You can also get ideas in the forums about the best ways to maximize your space.
6. Do I need a convention membership badge and how do I get one?
The Anime Boston membership, which includes a convention badge, must be purchased yearly by everyone, including artists, to be able to attend Anime Boston. You will not be allowed to enter the Hynes Convention Center or participate in the Artists' Alley unless you have one.
There are two (2) ways for an artist to get a membership badge:
- You can pre-register for a badge prior to Artists' Alley signup. We suggest doing this only if you plan to attend the convention anyway, regardless of whether or not you rent space in the Artists' Alley. However, if you are worried about price hikes and want to ensure the lowest membership rate before you sign up for table space, and if you want to ensure that you have purchased a membership in the event that you are unable to be assigned table space, this is the way to go. You will pay the current membership price, as listed on our Registration Rates page.
- You also have the option of purchasing a membership along with your space rental. This is the recommended approach. In fact, if you say that you have not purchased a membership in the Application phase, the subsequent finalization of your purchase will automatically add one (1) and only one (1) convention membership badge in your name (and only your name) at an additional cost of TBD. This price will not increase if it is purchased at the same time as the table space, no matter if the current price as listed on our Registration Rates page has increased. REMEMBER: Do not purchase a badge prior to paying for your table space unless you intend to attend anyway.
All of your assistants and helpers are responsible for purchasing their own badges. Assistants' badges will not be included in the table sign up. They will be required to purchase their own convention badge at the current price at that time. Their names are only listed in the sign up as notification to the Artists' Alley Manager, in order for her to create the Artists' Alley badges.
Although some convention membership badges may say "Artist" on it (we try to make sure all of them do) instead of "Attendee", this is not an Artists' Alley badge!
7. What is an Artists' Alley badge and why do I need one?
An Artists' Alley badge is a courtesy badge that is included with your table rental; there is no extra cost to you or your assistants. As long as we know about them, one badge is automatically added for each person you list as an assistant at your table.
We use the Artists' Alley badge for early admittance into the Artists' Alley only. The Artists' Alley badge does not grant early admittance to any other event at the convention!
All artists and assistants must have an Artists' Alley badge to be able to sit at their rented space without being questioned by the staff. The Artists' Alley staff uses these badges to make sure that someone has not stolen your space simply by walking up to it and setting up his or her stuff. It is quite simple - if someone does not have an Artists' Alley badge, he or she does not belong at a table. We will check. If we cannot see your badge, we will ask to see it. If you do not have a badge, you will be asked to check in to get one. If it is found that you do not belong, you will be asked to leave.
8. Do I need a Tax ID to sell in Massachusetts? How and where do I get it?
Yes. A Massachusetts Tax ID is mandatory for all participants in the Artists' Alley. Read the Exhibitor Tax ID page for more information.
9. Can I get a refund?
You can get a refund for your space rental only if you contact us no later than 1 month prior to the convention. All Convention Badge registrations are non-refundable no matter how they were purchased.
Special Refund Rules for Pro Row can be found here.
10. How do I get on the Reserve List and what are my chances?
If you have sent in an Artists' Alley Application through the web form and if we were not able to provide you with table space during the initial table allocation, then you are already on the Reserve List.
Your chances will vary. While space allocation is determined by lottery, the demands of space needed by each artist will determine who receives the remaining spaces as the available spaces are filled. For example, if we have a three foot space cancellation, only people who are willing to work in a three foot space will be contacted.
11. I didn't get a table. What can I do now?
Unfortunately, the space for the Artists' Alley is limited and not all applicants are guaranteed a table. However, sometimes accepted artists are willing to share. In the [inevitable] event that the Artists' Alley is full, table sharing is permitted. However, there are several ground rules that must be followed by both the renter of the table and the artist borrowing space.
Once the Artists' Alley has been fully booked, a thread will be started in the Anime Boston forum where artists can request or offer table space. This thread will be started by the Artists' Alley Manager, so please wait for it. Be reasonable in your requests - you are more likely to receive 2 feet of space than 6 feet.
- Artists MAY NOT CHARGE more than $20 for every 1 foot of space. Tables may NOT be sublet for profit.
- The same space rules still apply, INCLUDING the amount of people per table.
- The artist who originally rented the table must contact the Artists' Alley Manager to inform her of the sale and provide the information of the artist who is sharing space. (Required information: Name, badge name if they want one, and birth date)
- The artist who is sharing the space with the original renter of the space MUST ALSO:
- Register for an EIN with the IRS and fill out a tax form with Massachusetts
- Check in with the Artists' Alley Info desk as normal.
12. Can I get space in both the Dealers Room and the Artists' Alley?
No. When space is in such demand, it is not fair to the other artists who were not able to get space in the Artists' Alley for you to be in multiple places.
13. How do I check in and what happens if I don't?
Checking in is really easy. After picking up your pre-registered convention badge, and during check in times, you need to go up to the Artists Alley in the Hynes. There, at the Artists' Alley information desk, you will talk to a staff member. Present your convention badge so that the staff member can read your name. To make this easier, we recommend taking the badge off and handing it to the staff member. You will be checked in and your Anime Boston 2016 and Artists' Alley badges will be handed to you.
All parties at your table must check in since each convention badge must be checked. Only one person from your rented space needs to check in for that space to be considered 'checked in'. Your space must be checked into by 10AM Saturday or it will be put out for rental with no refund of your table fee.
If you are at your table when it is put back up for rental, having not checked in properly, you will be asked to leave so that the new renters can take possession of the table.
14. Can I come in early to set up and what is the schedule for the Alley?
Yes, but only as scheduled. If the schedule says 6 PM, that does not mean you can come in at 5 PM. Hynes Public Safety has the schedule and will stop you from entering.
Early setup will only be allowed if you have already picked up your convention badge. Only pre-registered people can pick up badges on Thursday night before the convention starts. If you have others at your table and you want them to come in early with you, make sure they have pre-registered and that we know their names.
Here is the schedule:
Artists Set-up:
- Thursday: 7:30 PM to 11:00 PM
- Friday: 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM
- Saturday: 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM
- Sunday: 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Artists Take-down:
- Friday: 10:00 PM to 11:00 PM
- Saturday: 10:00 PM to 11:00PM
- Sunday: 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Hours of Operation:
- Friday: 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM
- Saturday: 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM
- Sunday: 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Check-in deadline:
- Saturday: 10:00 AM
Make sure you are capable of cleaning up within the allotted time. The room cannot be locked up until you leave, and we can't leave until the room is locked up. If the allotted time for clean up is not enough time for you, we suggest you start before the specified times.
In the past, we did a poll on the hours for the Artists' Alley. We found that most people like the versatility of the long hours but would like a more rounded number.
Also, we are altering the Thursday setup times due to issues we had previously when setting up the room. Trying to resolve those issues and process artists at the same time actually complicated things to a point where it was almost unfixable.
Note: Your friend or relative who will not be attending the con can NOT help you set up on Thursday. ONLY badged people are allowed into the Hynes while staff is still setting up. This is for security reasons.
15. Are there limits to the number of people/chairs I can list/have at my space?
YES. We allow two people per 2 foot space.
Two feet is not a lot of room. One chair can fit in there. We do not provide two chairs per two foot space so you can all be behind your table, but so you can take breaks, use the bathroom, get food, see a panel, check out the rest of the Artists' Alley, or anything you would care to do at the convention or in the surrounding area. You basically take turns.
|Space Available
|Maximum Chairs Allowed
|Total Individuals Allowed
|8 Feet (Pro Row Only)
|Four (4)
|Eight (8)
|6 Feet
|Three (3)
|Six (6)
|4 Feet
|Two (2)
|Four (4)
|3 Feet
|One (1) *
|Three (3) *
* All six foot tables will be allocated three chairs. Artists with three foot spaces at a six foot table will be able to share the additional chair between the themselves. Please be respectful of your neighbors in the use of this extra chair as it is also theirs.
In addition - if you have (for example) an 8 foot space and only two people listed on your Artists' Alley registration, we will assume YOU only need 2 chairs even if there is the the space for 4. If you do need additional chairs above the number of people associated, make sure to contact the Artists' Alley Manager.
16. Can I get electricity?
Yes, if you're willing to pay for it.
Due to being located in Hall C, electricity is now even available in a limited quantity unless you purchase a power drop. It won't matter where in the room you are, but if you tell us ahead of time, the cost is only $95 and you can split that with table mates or neighbors.
However, if you wait until the last minute pre-convention or at convention, the cost increases (you won't be paying us, you will be paying the convention center).
If you use electricity, all wires must be taped down with gaffer's tape anywhere anybody may trip over it (including yourself). NO OTHER TYPES OF TAPE will be accepted by the Hynes. Make sure you clean it up when you leave for the weekend. If you cannot find gaffer's tape in your local store, here are some links:
- Backstage Hardware: http://www.backstagehardware.com/ (Boston)
- Barbizon: http://www.barbizon.com/home/index.cfm (Woburn)
- Productions Advantage: http://www.productionadvantageonline.com/ (Online)
17. Are there restrictions on what I can sell or use?
Yes. Following is a list of what is allowed and what isn't allowed. Do not panic if you don't see what you what you are looking for; if it's not on either list, just contact the Artists' Alley Manager for clarifications on items allowed. You can sell just about anything you want at your table. The catch is that everything you sell must be your own work and your own designs and must not be mass produced.
For example, if you buy Hello Kitty products at a store, you cannot sell them at your table; instead, consider applying for a Dealer's room space. However, if you design a picture and send it out to be printed on a tee shirt and only have 30 tee-shirts printed, you would be eligible to apply for an Artists' Alley table.
- CD's
- Books
- T-Shirts and other clothing
- Bags
- Bookmarks
- Prints
- Cards
- Games
- Costumes and Accessories
- Plushies
- Etched Glass
- Chain Mail
- Pins/Buttons
- Posters
- Face Painting
- Stickers or Vinyls (including Clings)*
- Food**
- Store bought Merchandise
- Flammable items (such as chemicals)
- Convection Ovens
- Airbrushes
- Weapons (of any kind of material, including cardboard and duct tape)
- Heat guns
- No piercing or permanent tattooing
- No dental work
- No machinery of any kind***
- Images of copyrighted logos and trademarks
The Hynes Convention Center prohibits the following:
- * Sale and/or distribution of stickers of any kind, whatsoever. This change is because previous exceptions lead to confusion and ultimately the no-sticker rule being broken which caused property damage to the Facilities. In order to better comply with the Facilities' requirements, all stickers of any kind are prohibited from being sold, including ordering at the convention for later delivery.
- ** Sale or raffle of food of any kind (candy and drinks count).
- *** If you think equipment you use should be allowed, contact the Artists' Alley Manager. If you bring it and decide to use it without checking with the Artists' Alley Staff, we will ask you to remove it.
Hynes Convention Center policies state that you may not attach anything to the walls; this includes, but is not limited to: tape, tacks, nails, gummy tack, and push pins! If you attach any materials to the walls, you will be required to remove them.
Hynes Convention Center prohibits the selling or distribution of stickers in any way for fear of vandalism. This means that Anime Boston has to prohibit it as well.
When securing wires to the floors, do not use any tape other than gaffer's tape.
18. Can I sell adult material?
Any artist with adult-related material must have it clearly marked, covered, and supervised at all times to ensure that no minors are viewing it. Naturally, this also means you cannot sell this material to minors. Artists are responsible for verifying the ages of potential customers of this art. Failure to comply could result in disciplinary action and repeated offenses may result in expulsion from the convention.
19. What constitutes 'adult material'?
Nudity and/or anything sexually explicit.
Clarifications: A man without a shirt or a woman in a bikini is all right. Otherwise, we ask that you use your best judgement. Play it safe and keep anything questionable with other adult material, and be prepared to remove anything we request you to remove. Please remember: we are a family friendly con.
20. Can I sell fanart?
Fanart is allowed. Please use the following guidelines as you prepare your art:
- You are NOT allowed to copy, trace or in any way reproduce (either by hand or machine) an existing piece of art and sell it as your own.
- Fanart MUST be an original design that utilizes your favorite characters.
- We are not qualified to judge if you have changed a picture enough to make it your own. If you have only modified an existing image, please do not bring it. Use references as references ONLY and not as a base. If we can still recognize the original piece despite your modifications, we will ask you to take it off the table.
- Many artists practice by copying art from their favorite series or books. This is an excellent way to learn; however, DO NOT BRING IT and DO NOT DISPLAY IT if you do. Avoid problems and avoid complaints by just leaving it home. It will not be an issue if nobody sees it. If you are found displaying it or selling it, you will be found in violation of the rules.
- Our recommendation is to be safe and don't bring it at all. Even if we don't catch you, your fellow artists will. We pride ourselves on fostering a friendly and supportive artist community. Your fellow artists will feel like their own hard work was for nothing if they find others violating the above rules, so do NOT sell anything that isn't your own idea.
21. Can I send someone else to the con to sell my work?
Yes. We understand that events come up just before the convention and you don't want to lose your money; therefore, proxies are allowed, but you must contact the Artists' Alley Manager prior to the beginning of Anime Boston.
We do not allow an artist to sign up for multiple conventions the same weekend as Anime Boston and not show up at Anime Boston. Space is too limited to allow that and it is not fair to the other 300 artists who were not able to get space.
22. What are some other rules I can get in trouble for if I don't follow them?
Do not use any aliases during the sign-up process. Aliases are only used in a specific part of the table rental process. Anyone found signing up with an alias will lose their table and will not receive a refund. Anyone with an alias who slips through will get double-charged at pre-registration pick up because the alias you give will not match your drivers' license (or other acceptable state-issued identification) that you are required to present when you pick up your convention badge.
Do not pass your Anime Boston badge to someone else. If you have already purchased a convention registration prior to signing up for a table, then we need to know about it. You will have the opportunity to tell us before the completion of Phase 2. If you complete Phase 2 without telling us you have already purchased a convention registration, there will be no refund for a double purchase in your name. If you try to get around it by passing it on, we will cancel your registration.
The convention membersip registration and Artists' Alley table registration must match. This also means you cannot place a hold for someone else who is afraid they won't get in and then pass the table space off to them. The Artists' Alley Application serves that purpose and there is ample time to submit.
If you take money for a commission, you must deliver. It does not matter if you are a hobbyist or a professional - commitment is commitment and money has been exchanged. We can and will ban those who fail to follow through.
In continuation of the above: If you have quoted a customer one price for a piece, you cannot demand more money than has been agreed upon when they come to pick up the commission. If you feel that the piece is better than the price you quoted, you can raise your prices for the next patron who comes along, or ask your patron for permission to make and sell prints of the piece.
23. What are the Legal Provisions of participating in the Artists' Alley? INSURANCE - Artist acknowledges that neither Anime Boston, the New England Anime Society, Inc., the Hynes Convention Center, the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA), the Sheraton Boston, nor Starwood Lodging Corporation maintains insurance covering Artist's property and it is the Sole Responsibility of Artist to obtain such insurance.
HOLD HARMLESS - Artist agrees to assume all risk, and to indemnify and hold harmless Anime Boston, The New England Anime Society, Inc., the Hynes Convention Center, the MCCA, the Sheraton Boston, Starwood Lodging Corporation, its Owners, their respective officials, subsidiaries, agents, affiliates, operators, officers, volunteers and employees (hereafter "the Indemnified Parties") from and against any and all claims, demands, defense costs, liability, expense, or damages of any kind arising out of or in connection with Anime Boston's or New England Anime Society's use of the leased premises or arising out of any act or omission of Anime Boston, New England Anime Society, or any of Anime Boston's or New England Anime Society's employees, agents, contractors, representatives, patrons, guests or invitees; excepting such claims, demands, defense costs, liability, expense, or damages arising out of the sole negligence of one or more of the Indemnified Parties.
RESPONSIBILITY - Artist assumes responsibility and agrees to defend the Indemnified Parties from and against any and all claims, demands, defense costs, liability, expense or damages of any kind arising out of or in connection with Artist's, Anime Boston's, or New England Anime Society's use of the leased premises. Neither Anime Boston, New England Anime Society, nor the Indemnified Parties will be responsible for any injury, loss or damage that may occur to Artist, Artist's employees, or property from any cause whatsoever.
LIABILITY - Anyone visiting, viewing, or otherwise participating in Artist's exhibit is deemed to be the invitee or licensee of Artist, rather than the invitee or licensee of Anime Boston or New England Anime Society. Neither Anime Boston nor New England Anime Society shall be liable for any injury whatsoever to the persons conducting or otherwise participating in the conduct of Artist's exhibit or to invitees, licensees or guests of Artist. Artist assumes full responsibility for the actions of its agents, employees, or independent contractors, whether acting within or without the scope of their authority and agrees to hold harmless the Indemnified Parties from responsibility or liability resulting directly or indirectly, or jointly, from other causes which arise because of the actions or omissions of its agents, employees, or independent contractors.
WARRANTY - There is no other agreement or warranty between Artist and Anime Boston/New England Anime Society except as set forth in this document. The rights of Anime Boston and New England Anime Society under this contract shall not be deemed waived except as specifically stated in writing and signed by an authorized officer of Anime Boston or New England Anime Society. Any action which Anime Boston/New England Anime Society or Artist may bring against each other, based upon or in any way relating to this document or its performance, shall be brought in the Boston Municipal Court located within the County of Sufolk, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and Anime Boston/New England Anime Society and Artist hereby waive all defenses concerning personal jurisdiction and/or venue in order to give effect to this provision.