Hi Aries Moon,
Thank you for revitalizing this thread. I too find the Davison charts quite interesting--they are set for a 'real' place between the two people and that suggests they address yet another aspect of relationship. I am wondering right now about transits to the Davison. Whenever a significant shift in a relationship takes place, there is usually an outer planet transit to the composite or progressed composite. I know it's a ways off, but I wonder what Uranus over 29 Pisces will bring!
Here is an excerpt for Eros and Chiron in the composite and and Eros and Jupiter:
Kim
Composite Eros and Composite Jupiter
Love is a believing creature. --Ovidio
Jupiter in the composite chart by house, sign and aspect can indicate the area, style and contingencies that give the relationship a sense of meaning and purpose. It can represent a mutual support, belief and growth. Composite Jupiter encourages the couple to travel, not just physically but mentally and spiritually as well. Conversely, if Jupiter is heavily challenged in its position in the composite chart, it can mean a lack of support or mutual belief that makes maintaining the relationship quite difficult.
When Eros mixes with Jupiter, the condition of both bodies will determine the nature of the combination. A strongly placed Jupiter with supportive alliances through sign and aspect can make the erotic experience of love and union a powerful basis for relating. If, however, Jupiter challenges outer planets, contradicts Saturn or is in an incongruent sign, the meeting with Eros can suggest conflicts and disruption.
Eros and Jupiter can mix to incline the couple towards indulgence in each other setting their own needs above those of business or other responsibilities. This can be a great asset in a relationship that might otherwise become entrenched in work or mundane concerns. In a relationship that is already predominately based on pleasure, it could tip the couple into a routine of over indulgence with addiction and obsession as a possible result. Jupiter expands whatever it touches and contacting Eros will expand erotic desires expressed in the union. These can be creative or destructive.
With the conjunctions, oppositions, trines and sextiles, the attraction to each other is heightened along with a sense of mutual purpose. The couple can feel that they were meant to be together and in doing so are fulfilling an aspect of their destiny. When they express Eros, by merging erotically or creatively, they evoke the expansive and optimistic nature of Jupiter. Being together then brings a sense of meaning.
When the aspect is the square or inconjunct, the same sense of meaning may be evoked although the couple can experience conflict in styles of expression or actual beliefs. Being together can highlight the differences more than the commonalties making the relationship seem like it hangs off the edge of harmony much of the time. If Jupiter is harshly aspected, there can be a difference of belief systems that seems impossible to bridge. This contrast will awaken with erotic exchange regardless of the nature of the Eros aspect.
An unencumbered Jupiter/Eros combination will want to soar to the vast reaches of the known universe. There will be a sense of freedom and rapaciousness to the relationship that serves to lift it well above the mundane and ordinary walks of life. However Jupiter fits in to the unique and particular aspects of a composite chart, it will seek to expand, mythologize and aggrandize the path the couple chooses to follow. If this is through the medium of erotic union, the full meaning of transformation may be glimpsed again and again.
Composite Eros and Composite Chiron
The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope. --Walter Benjamin
If Chiron is seen only as a symbol of the wounded healer, it represents a place where we are deeply damaged. Chiron experienced the core meaning of rejection and the ongoing suffering that comes from a wound that may be acknowledged but not healed. This is a place of great pain and suffering and also a place of empathy, love and compassion. Where Chiron is found marks our greatest anguish and also our greatest ability to relate with deep emotional tenderness.
But Chiron is more than a lame centaur. He represents more than an old wound that refuses to heal. He is the spirit of adventure that prepared heroes for their impossible journeys! He instills in us the audacity to attempt and the impetus and cheek to dare to be different. He’s about ‘super powers’ in every sense of the word! Chiron the teacher inspires us to do the 'undoable', conferring courage, prowess and daring. Composite Chiron does no less!
Chiron in the composite chart can indicate an area of sensitivity for the couple as well as the key to breakthroughs and adventures. It can be where they feel vulnerable to rejection, judgments around the body or physical appearance, and handicapped, often in invisible ways. It can be were they train very hard to overcome obstacles others see as overwhelming or impossible. Composite Chiron may also suggest an area of empathy, sensitivity and commonality for those who have been brave enough to face their wounds. When Eros touches Chiron, either the wound or the compassion or the audacity may be awakened. Often it is a mixture of all three.
When composite Eros conjuncts or opposes Chiron, it can seem like the couple have come together to heal their deepest hurts or attempt their wildest dreams. It is important to realize that this is no guarantee that healing or actualization will occur. Eros longs for merging and intimacy and, when Chiron is pulled in, there can be tremendous resistance to go so deep into vulnerability. The relationship can be fraught with levels of resistance, defense and protection. If they persevere however, they can emerge from the underside of pain and preparation more whole, healed and frisky!
All the Chiron contacts, including trines, inconjuncts and squares, seem to evoke issues around the body. There can be a feeling of inadequacy, inferiority, and even disgust that puts an understandable strain on intimacy. Sometimes the feelings of one person towards the other person’s body emerge later in the relationship, after a period of time. Then one may be accused of getting too fat, too thin, too soft or hard. It can symbolizes a rejection of an extremely personal kind that may be very difficult to overcome. Conversely, this contact can indicate an acceptance, compassion or even compulsion for the lover’s body. They may find erotic awakenings in training the bodies for some task of competition—Chiron invented the gymnasium!
The square between composite Eros and composite Chiron may be the most difficult aspect for the union as it appears to occur the least frequently in those who are actually together. This may mean that a couple with this contact is inclined to avoid any further relationship, although this is not always the case. The entire chart must be examined as well as the individual natal charts and synastry to get a feeling for what predominates in the relationship.
The inconjuncts seem to occur more commonly in the composite contacts between Eros and Chiron, yet they also coincide with these same issues of physical appeal, attraction and rejection. Given the high percentage of composite charts that have Eros/Chiron aspects, there appears to be a fascination for a relationship that can evoke both vulnerability and impudence! It is likely that the line between attraction and repulsion could be friable where Chiron is concerned or that what was once seen as an attribute, slightly altered becomes a deterrent and visa versa. Chiron Eros can indicate a relationship that brings together two people of different generations.