Gonggong in Astrology Blog

Gonggong was a Chinese water dragon responsible for the chaos of floods, landslides, and the tilt of the Earth in ancient Chinese legends.

It’s a metaphor for a kind of experience that is synonymous with Gonggong in Pisces as astrological influence, connected to ‘once in a century’ type flood devastation and lack of disaster preparedness.

According to Wikipedia: “Gonggong is a Chinese water god who is depicted in Chinese mythology and folktales as having a copper human head with an iron forehead, red hair, and the body of a serpent, or sometimes the head and torso are human, with the tail of a serpent. He is destructive and is blamed for various cosmic catastrophes.”

‘Water dragon’ Gonggong is known from the late Warring States period (before 221 BC). Gonggong appears in the ancient "Heavenly Questions" (Tianwen) poem of the Chu Ci, where he is blamed for knocking the earth's axis off center, causing it to tilt to the southeast and the sky to tilt to the northwest. This axial tilt is used to explain why the rivers of China generally flow to the southeast, especially the Yangzi River and the Yellow River, and why the sun, moon, and stars move towards the northwest.

The trans-Neptunian dwarf planet discovered in 2007 is named after Gonggong. To understand why this story is so relevant to events in China, consider the massive river systems that flood and rage annually, that has been unprecedented in the scale of damage in 2022, and see the details in the articles listed below.

The Gonggong Yod came into 3 degree orb afforded a Yod around mid 2016 when Varuna moved into Leo, however Yods like this are often highly pronounced when in tight orb, and towards the end of them being in tight orb.

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A reported ‘Once in a thousand years’ rains devastated central China (called the Henan Flood) in July 2021, when the Gonggong Yod was in tight orb with Gonggong at 4 degrees Pisces, with MakeMake at 6 degrees Libra and Varuna at 4 degrees Leo. Scenes of utter destruction appeared in the media, due to devastating record rain. The 2022 flash floods in China was record breaking with the Gonggong Yod again in very tight orb.

Also consider the astrology that took place when some NSW regions in Australia experienced ‘once in a century’ type flooding, like what happened in January - March 2011, when Haumea in Libra squared Varuna in Cancer, making a Hammer of Thor apex on Gonggong in Pisces conjunct Chiron and Neptune. More ‘once in a lifetime’ floods happened in NSW around 2022 when the Gonggong Yod, along with the Sedna Yod and Haumea Yod were within tight orb. From about August 2020, Gonggong at 5 degrees Pisces has been at the apex of the Gonggong Yod in tight orb…

These kinds of disasters are behind the political talk of climate change and climate anxiety, which is supposedly to blame… Not the astrology though... (tongue in cheek). Yods and Hammer of Thor aspect patterns carry very heavy directional energies when projected onto a planet/object; Gonggong in this case.

These disasters destroy massive amounts of expensive infrastructure, like homes and businesses, that insurance is then expected to cover. The floods even destroy the ability to make a living off the land, as fertile topsoil, crops, and farm animals are carried off, which then becomes the burden of the insurer and the ultimately the bank, who may want to take their assets back, to mitigate their losses. It’s the kind of damage that begs for government buyback schemes, due to homes built on flood prone plains, such as those that indigenous Aboriginal Australians know as vulnerable to ‘once in a century’ type floods and natural disasters.

Gonggong is also about increased flood disaster preparedness… however the 6pm news can hardly talk about the astrology, therefore other narratives are spun… Neptune in its home sign of Pisces, in the last decan, is contributing to making Gonggong events more pronounced, as the water sign heralds the occurance of more water related events (see the articles for evidence).

Gonggong Snow White — ***Image: via*** ***Wikimedia Commons.***

In the discovery chart, Gonggong at 0 Pisces is conjunct the North Node of Destiny in Pisces, with a wide conjunction to Pisces’ ruler Neptune in Aquarius, which is a powerful watery symbol of confusion, uncertainty and vulnerability.

The sabian symbol of Gonggong in its own discovery chart carries the imagery of a public marketplace, which provides security, values and needs met in a community, generated by their collective discipline. In its discovery chart, Gonggong at 0 degrees Pisces is conjunct the North Node in Pisces opposed to the Moon, Venus and Saturn. Gonggong is the fated severe natural disasters that do happen on occation, that influence and oppose the emotions, relationships and resilience of a community, and how magnanimous solutions can be found, at the oppositional square to object Varda.

Gonggong Transits:

2010 was recorded as the state of Queensland, Australia’s wettest spring since 1900, and the Australian continent's third-wettest year, which is interesting as Neptune first moved into Pisces in April 2011, its watery home sign, while conjunct Gonggong and Chiron, and most astrologers know what that means… lots of water issues… and conjunct Gonggong… watery disaster… Other articles listed below also discuss other times of massive flooding when Gonggong and Neptune made some major tight aspect to each other… Neptune will leave home sign Pisces and the critical 29th degree for the last time in January 2026…

Currently, Gonggong is at the apex of a Yod with MakeMake sextile Varuna, but Gonggong is also a leg sextile Quaoar in the Varuna Yod.

To learn more about the object Gonggong as it pertains to astrology, and the Gonggong Yod and Varuna Yod, see The Pentagram of Change online course.

Experience Gonggong Energy:

One of the best ways to experience the potent energy of Gonggong (or any of the other KBOs) is in the week leading up to a Gonggong station to go retrograde, or station to go direct. Check your ephemeris or the Calendar of Events.

Gonggong in Astrology Chart Examples:

See the articles below for more details on Gonggong in Astromythology:

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