Separating Aspects

Colors & Flavors

You’ve probably seen books or websites saying something akin to what the egomaniac William Lilly says here about Venus:

“In colors she signifies White, or milky Sky—color mixed with brown, or a little Green. In Savors she delights in that which is pleasant and toothsome; usually in moist and sweet, or what is very delectable; in smells what is unctuous and Aromatic, and incites to wantonness.”

That’s all wrong not to mention the Renaissance and Classical astrologers couldn’t even agree on the colors of the stars, much less the colors of the houses. For example, Schoerner says the 7th House is black, while Lilly said it was white. The only thing they agreed upon was that Moon was the “co-significator” of the 7th House. How they came to that conclusion defies logic and astrologic which is why we ignore everything the Classical and Renaissance astrologers said.

Neither the houses nor the signs have colors or tastes. Yes, we know what the fraud John Frawley and his sports nonsense says. He’s wrong. To learn how to use the colors and flavors correctly we need to understand the process of separation.

When you see two stars forming a hex, square, trine or opposition figure or they are bodily joined (when in the same sign), think of that as having a conversation with someone.

The stars separate from a hex, square, trine or opposition, or from being bodily joined in the same sign when the faster star moves 1° past the slower star. Think of that as the conversation ending and you’re walking away.

Now consider these scenarios:

• Scenario #1: You’re talking to a supervisor who says you suck and if there’s lay-offs your name will be at the top of the list.
• Scenario #2: Your supervisor tells you a chimpanzee could do your job better than you
• Scenario #3: You’re talking to a supervisor who says you’re doing a great job.
• Scenario #4: You’re talking to a supervisor who says you’re doing great and management is thinking about giving you a pay raise or a promotion or both.

When those conversations end and you walk away, what kind of taste is left in your mouth or how was your experience colored by it?

Now you understand flavors and colors. Let’s start with the flavors.

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Flavors

Flavors are only used when two stars are bonded (bodily joined) in the same sign and one separates. It makes sense when you think about it because the two stars are “physically” joined together, meaning they’re in contact with one another, you know, exchanging bodily fluids like swapping spit. It is the faster star — the one that separates — that tastes the other star.

Let’s talk about tastes for a second:

• Saturn is sour as to taste like lemons or limes
• Jupiter is sweet as to taste (no explanation needed here)
• Mars is pungent as to taste (anything that is revolting, disgusting, putrid, rancid… well, you get the idea)
• Sun is savory as to taste (it’s often mistranslated as “bitter” but the real meaning is savory as in “delicious”)
• Venus is smooth and rich as to taste. That’s usually translated as “oily” or “greasy” but our resident Mediterranean experts Hunter and Marco say that indicates not only has someone never been to Greece, they’ve never been anywhere in the Mediterranean. The ancient Greeks used lots of sauces but the sauces weren’t made from butter or cream. They were made from olive oil combined with melted cheese in a clay pot (sometimes they added spices) and you dip your bread, meat or veggies into the sauce and eat them. And everyone thinks the French invented fondue. Wrong answer.
• Mercury is bitter as to taste (think lemon peels or coffee beans or unsweetened chocolate)
• Moon is salty as to taste (people put on salt on their food to make it taste better and the point is this is not a negative thing)

Those are from the Greek texts. Where does it say that Jupiter signifies, represents or denotes things that are sweet?

No Greek text says that. That Jupiter “is like” sweet things or is “as to taste” of sweet things in no way means Jupiter signifies sweet thing and Jupiter does not signify sweet things.

When Moon separates from Mercury, that leaves a bitter taste in Moon’s mouth. When Moon separates from Venus, it leaves a pleasurable taste. When Moon (or Mercury or Venus or Sun) separates from Mars, well, that’s gnarly tasting. Probably like eating road-kill.

We have not discussed retrograde movement yet. It is possible for Saturn to separate from Venus or Mercury when the latter two are retrograde. While Mercury would leave a bitter taste in Saturn’s mouth we don’t think Saturn would mind all that much.

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Colors

When two stars in a hex, square, trine, or opposition are engaged and they separate, the faster moving star that is separating is “colored” by the experience, so let’s look at the colors.

• Saturn is dark brown as to color
• Jupiter is light grayish white as to color
• Mars is of the color red
• Sun is as light or lemon yellow in color
• Venus is of the color white
• Mercury is of the color blue
• Moon is as light green in color

So the stars do not signify, represent, symbolize nor rule any color or flavor.

When Venus separate from a sextile, square, trine or opposition to Saturn, Venus is colored by the experience and since Saturn is dark-colored it is a drab experience. Again, we have not covered retrograde motion but it is possible for Saturn to separate from a retrograde Venus or Mercury or Mars or Jupiter.