Asteroid 3811 Karma

Asteroid 3811 Karma! What a popular topic. I’ve written on this in the past, on the 11th House Blog, but wanted to bring it in to GVA for us to study here. Those of you taking the Karma course, our call on the 9th of June will focus on this topic. Here’s a little warm up …

Astronomy of 3811 Karma

Asteroid 3811 Karma is a main belt asteroid discovered Oct 13, 1953 by Liisi Oterma, a Finnish astronomer at Turku Astronomical-Optical Institute. She discovered over 200 asteroids and three comets, an inspirational women and astronomer of her time. Karma orbits between Mars and Jupiter, taking 4.136 years to make the journey through the Zodiac.

So what is the meaning of this little asteroid and how does it relate to our natal charts?

In the astrological chart, it can be related to ‘consequences’, not in an ‘ouch’ way, but as in results or ‘vibration.’ We’re talking about this, in the Karma Course, but I’ll repeat it here.

Karma is essentially the Law of Attraction. It’s the vibration or pattern of energy we signal the universe to return to us. Like attracts like. As you sew, so shall you reap. I’ve summed it up like this:

The core meaning of karma in your life is not retribution or ‘pay back’ but synchronicity, and alignment.

Astrology of 3811 Karma

Those who have my book Astrology and Aptitude – How to Become What you are Meant to be can read a short delineation to get started. Another way to get to a deeper understanding of 3811 Karma it to look at the origin of the word Karma.

It is Sanskrit, from KARMAN or KAROTI, which means “to do” or “to work”. KARMA is a word and we attach meaning to it in the context of what we know, the usual being gleaned from Hindu or Buddhist “consequences of a person’s actions. Fate. Destiny. . . reaping what you sow.”

But, the word originally referred to the simple act of doing. In taking of action we have the RESULT, the consequences which will change our destiny (what we are creating in our lives.) NOTE: Karma isn’t the destiny, it is the action that leads to our ‘path’ as we walk it. We are deliberate creators. We decide. And with each thought, new worlds come into being.

In this sense, asteroid 3811 Karma is, by house, sign, aspect and transit, about ‘doing that which must be done.’ In the chart there is a kind of fulfillment, a ‘rightness’ when we activate that area of life. When the asteroid is activated in synastry (by another person’s placements) it can be that “the work or actions” of another trips our destiny switch. Being around that person when they are ‘doing’ their Karma could at times bring an epiphany or turning point. A realization. It’s a two way link that joins action with revelation.

Has anyone seen this in chart comparisons or by transit?

My natal Karma is 22 Gemini conjunct Mercury in the midst of my Gemini stellium so it’s hard for me to put my finger on it. I do to myself often things like, ‘I have to write! I have to communicate!’ Perhaps there is something of the ‘doing’ that motivates my Mercury energy. I know a lot of clients and friends, and readers, that have personal planets very close to my Karma/Mercury. Interesting!

In a quick look at synastry charts I noticed that Amelia Earhart (who I did intensive research on for a case study many years back) had Neptune at 21 Gem 33. I was doing at lot of work (Karma) on her mysterious (Neptune) disappearance . . .

As for Karma and Astro-Carto-Graphy, the town where I have worked harder in my life than anywhere in the past for 20 years has Jupiter exactly opposite my Karma! And BIG results!

Looking at synastry contacts is very interesting. As in, ‘Will they be ‘hard work’? lol Seriously, as deliberate creators, we wouldn’t want to think that!

Thoughts? I’d love to know where your 3811 Karma is.

Also check the transits, watching for change of house or exact conjunctions.

For those curious but not ready to dive into self-study, Karmic Astrology Readings are now available at the Astrology Shop.

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