Astrology
Orcus represents the awareness and awakening to our own life purpose and "soul oath" in the meaning of the promises we make to ourselves.
These energies also translates into "every day life" - the little moments, when we may "promise" something or make a "deal" with ourselves or others - promises that need to be fulfilled....
He represents the own paths, the "own way", the calling we feel within, the gifts we have in order to "liberate" the flow of abundance. Confidence, "heart" and integrity to Self and therefore others, will open the doors for fulfillment....
Incarnate and spiritual life are not "separate" - therefore its not one side or the other but a together, a "whole system"...
Nick A. Fiorenza saw also the correlation of Orcus dealing with the "loneliness" resulting out of such a life path that may go against the safety of "mass consciousness".
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Orcus belongs to the “Plutonian Bodies” and is in relationship with Neptune as well. There are the themes of greater evolutionary cycles, awareness and consciousness. Orcus is “silent” (more in the subconscious but wants to come to awareness) – Pluto is “loud” in the sense of in conscious awareness.
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Mythology:
Orcus was a god of the underworld, punisher of broken oaths in Italic and Roman mythology. As with Hades, the name of the god was also used for the underworld itself. In the later tradition, he was conflated with Dis Pater. Orcus was portrayed in paintings in Etruscan tombs as a hairy, bearded giant. A temple to Orcus may have existed on the Palatine Hill in Rome. It is likely that he was transliterated from the Greek daemon Horkos, the personification of Oaths and a son of Eris.
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From theoi.com:
Hesiod, Works and Days 218 ff :
"The better path is to go by on the other side towards justice; for Dike (Justice) beats Hybris (Outrage) when she comes at length to the end of the race. But only when he has suffered does the fool learn this. For Horkos (Horcus, Oath) keeps pace with wrong judgements."
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Hesiod, Works and Days 804 ff :
"Beware of all the fifth days [of the month]; for they are harsh and angry; it was on the fifth, they say, that the Erinyes (Furies) assisted at the bearing of Horkos (Horcus, Oath), whom Eris (Strife) bore, to be a plague on those who take false oath."
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Some Astronomy:
Orcus is a Kuiper belt object with a large moon called Vanth.
It was discovered on February 17, 2004 by Michael Brown of Caltech, Chad Trujillo of the Gemini Observatory and David Rabinowitz of Yale University.
With a diameter of 910 km (570 mi), it is a possible dwarf planet.
Orcus orbits the Sun at a distance of 30.27 AU (4.53 billion km) which takes him 247.29 years (Pluto 248.02 years) and so both are in a 3 to 2 orbital resonance with Neptune (163.72 years).
Orcus is just a little smaller than Pluto. Orcus, Pluto and Neptune form a beautiful orbital pattern. (Ref. Wikipedia)