The Path of Eris &
The Eris Synodic Cycles

2003 - 2016

Harmonic Cycles of Growth

Copyright © 2007 Nick Anthony Fiorenza, All Rights Reserved

Eris, recently discovered and larger than Pluto, catalyzed the demotion of Pluto and the creation of the new classification of planets to which Pluto and Eris now belong--the family of "Dwarf Planets."

Eris, the reorganizer, seems to create a disrupting commotion, but which leads to a new clarity of understanding with a new order to follow--sort of shaking up what is stagnant in consciousness which subsequently allows a greater clarity to emerge and a reorganization or new expression of what we are doing in our lives.

Learn more about Eris astrology at Asteroids Eris.

Presented below are the primary Planetary Synodic Cycles occurring with Eris from 2003 through 2014; and their star alignments in sidereal Pisces, as Eris moves through the belly of Cetus, the psycho-emotional world of collective human concsciousness. In 2016 Uranus and Eris start a new synodic cycle, the last having started in 1927.

The Earth-planet star alignments (looking from the sun / heliocentric view) reveal the nature of the specific synodic cycle theme. That theme will unfold until the same planetary alignment occurs again, marking the completion of the synodic cycle and the beginning of the next one--unfolding in a cycle of growth in human consciousness. See Synodic Cycles & Planetary Retrogrades to learn the basics about synodic cycles.

The only outer planet creating a synod with Eris during this period is Jupiter, which occurs every 12 to 13 years. The other significant synods are with: Mars (occurring about every 687 days; Earth (occurring every 365 days; Venus (occurring about every 225 days; and Mercury (occurring about every 88 days). (Mercury cycles are not shown in the chart below.)

The synodic periods are very close the orbital period of each planet because Eris moves so slow.

Due to the very long-period (slow orbit) of Eris around the Sun (~560 Earth years), Eris moves very little through the zodiac during this time. In 2003-4, Eris resides at ~25° sidereal Pisces conjoining Revati of Pisces. By 2012-14 Eris moves about 2° further through sidereal Pisces, to about 27° sidereal Pisces.

Eris Synodic Cycles

The Eris Synodic Timeline provides a visual look at the synodic cycles. The table below lists the synod details. A Star Chart showing the path of Eris and a discussion about the star alignments follows in the Stars & Constellations section. The 1927-2016 Uranus-Eris cycle is also presented below.

Synchronous synods (those involving more than one planet
occurring near the same time) have highlighted rows.
These produce dynamic and compounded synodic cycles.

Synodic Observations:

Generally there are two Earth-Eris synods for every Mars-Eris synod. Venus synods occur much more often, very close to a Venus Year, which is 224.701 Earth days ( ~0.615 Earth years ), moving slightly faster than Earth. Mercury-Eris synods occur near the rate of Mercur'y year, which is 87.95 Earth days. Mercury-Eris synods are not shown.

Synchronous Synods:

Earth Pallas Mars Eris 2003

Venus Earth 2010

Mars Venus Jupiter Eris 2011
The Last Jupiter-Eris synod occurred in May of 1999.

Venus Mars Eris 2013

Current Synodic Cycles:

Jul 02, 2007 Ceres-Eris - presented in the June 14, 2007 Lunar Planner: Tenacity of the Heart

Stars & Constellations:

Eris remains with ±1° orb of Revati at 24° 52 sidereal Pisces from 2001 through 2007. Revati, Zeta Pisces,literally is riches, money, financial resources, wealth of the human world. Revati is found in the essence of the psychic and emotional world of human affairs. This is also the exalted seat of Venus.

Although conjoining Revati, which is nearly on the ecliptic plane, Eris is quite south of the ecliptic, deep in the Aquatics, traveling northward through the belly of ole' Cetus the Sea Monster.

Eris moves into 1° orb to Baten Kaitos at 26° 56' sidereal Pisces, which marks the belly of Cetus, by 2010, and conjoins Baten in 2012.

Cetus, the technobureaucratic monster of collective human consciousness, is the whale of human emotional experience. South of Baten Kaitos is Fornax (the furnace), which provides the perpetual fire (digestive juices) for our transmutation while participating in the belly of ole' Cetus, in the wet, sensual, and emotional world of human affairs. Baten's ecliptical longitude also marks the exaltation of Venus--bringing attention to the relation of the flow of abundance and living from the Heart. Alignments with Baten can indicate the need to embrace the emotional aspects of mortal life and to emerge in transmuted form. The value here is to be able to participate from the wisdom of having been there, and to claim the potential rewards, the abundance, life has to offer in all of its forms. Here lies the theme expressed in the story of Jonah and the Whale.

Eris seems to be working at a very deep emotional gut level, having a profound effect in redefining our relationship of financial resources with the path of the heart--perhaps helping us to get our priorities in proper order by shifting our emotional drive from pursuing the quantity we have in life to the quality and harmony we have in life. In Eris style, perhaps turning our insides out in the process.

North of Pisces is Andromeda, the princess in chains, also contributing to the current expression of Eris in our lives, here aiding to free the feminine principle on Earth--a significant requirement to reestablish our equilibrium.

Eris & Uranus - 1927 - 2016

A new Uranus-Eris synodic cycle begins in Dec of 2016. The last Uranus-Eris synod occurred around 1927 in early sidereal Pisces on the Vernal Point. The vernal point is the primary fiducial (marking point) for the "moving axis" in the precessional "Cycle of the Holy Cross"; the timepiece that governs the "Evolutionary Cycle of the Soul Collective on Earth." Due to Earth's precession, in 1927, the Vernal Point was then aligned with Diphda, the thrashing tail of Cetus the Sea Monster, at about 7° sidereal Pisces. Diphda's theme is that of getting knocked down and thrashed around in the psycho-emotional world of collective human consciousness.

You can learn more about the Earth's ~25-000 year precesional
Cycle of the Holy Cross on the Holy Cross and Sidereal Astrology web pages.

Although Eris was not yet discovered, this 1927 Uranus-Eris synod should have catalyzed the beginning of a significant and radical transition for humanity--one that would help break humanity from the conforming limits of the past. The correlation of global events and historical transitions surrounding the 1927 Uranus-Eris synod may be ideal for astrologers to explore in order to gain more insight into the astrological nature of Eris.

A few events occurring during this time were: In Global Communications - The first transatlantic commercial telephone service was established between New York and London. There were breakthroughs in radio and television, with television's first successful long-distance broadcast. These were technological shifts certainly severing the limits of the past (a Uranian theme), ones that would then continue throughout the synodic cycle. These were also the days of Ford's Model A; Mae West, Duke Ellington, and Ernest Hemingway. However, shortly to follow was the Great US Stock Market Crash in 1929, which led to the Great Depression (fitting to the Vernal-Point-Diphda theme). Although originating in the US, the Depression spread to Europe and all other parts of the world causing severe political disarray. This also proved opportunistic for tyrants like Hitler and Stalin. World War II followed a decade later.

Remember, Uranus and Eris move quite slowly so their active orb lasts over a long period, and a synod merely marks the start of cycle which will then unfold over time--the Uranus-Eris cycle being about 89 years.

The 1927 Uranus-Eris synod occurred prior to the erect 270° Holy Cross, thus adding to elicit our "inner need to initiate change" in the precessional Cycle of the Holy Cross. The 2016 Uranus-Eris synod, although not in principal aspect to the Holy Cross, occurs after the precessional transition marked by the erect Holy Cross, in the beginning of "initiate change" in our ~25,000-year Great World Cycle, and of course much later in sidereal Pisces with entirely different star alignments. Uranus-Eris align almost a degree past Baten Kaitos of Cetus, as Eris starts its emergence from the Piscian aquatics. Mars comes along to activate the Uranus-Eris synod in Jan 2017.

Will we see another dramatic technological turning in 2016 catalyzed by Uranus-Eris, and another shift in the psycho-emotional world of human collective consciousness--perhaps one of emergence as Eris moves more north from the belly of ole' Cetus and through the last degrees of sidereal Pisces.

Learn more about Eris astrology at Asteroids Eris

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