BoM/TWS Message Forum

I'm reluctant to entertain the idea of anyone else from Saratoga Falls being in the Stellae, even just to discuss their characters. I would be willing to do it given two very important caveats:

1. The characters, at most, are thought of as "associates" of the Stellae; and even then, special circumstances would have to be arranged in order to imagine even that.

2. According to the mythology, everyone is touched to one degree or another by the planets. However, that doesn't mean that everyone can be classified under two planets the way the Stellae are. The Stellae are born under very special and rare conjunctions. For most people, their charts would only show a lot of noise as various planets interfered with each other. For some, there would be a pronounced tendency toward one planet; for others you might be able to discern tendencies toward two or even three planets if they were complementary. So, I would warn against trying to wedge characters under two planets the way the Stellae are.

Take, for instance, Steve Patterson. It took some special circumstances to imagine him as a Stellae associate, and absent those circumstances I wouldn't even try to imagine him as an associate. He does make a good associate, though, IMO at least. I think in Steve you can see a Malacandran influence, and that is the strongest. More weakly, I think there is a Kenandandran influence and maybe a touch of Glundandra. The latter influence can be discerned in his alpha-dog tendencies, but they are fairly muted as he has no trouble playing the loyal lieutenant. The Ken. influence is reflected in his ability to make plans.

Carson Ioeger is another one who has become an associate in a branch. Again, the planetary influences are not particularly strong in him, but I think a chart would show Arbol (intelligence) and Catilindria (mischief) as the strongest of what influences there are, with maybe Kenandandra (strategy and planning) in there too.