I wrote already about Orius. Meanwhile I found that it isn’t sure that Orius, who is half bear and half human, is a Centaur. There’s definitely a Centaur named Orius and the celestial body of the group of the centaurs is named after him. But this Centaur is only perhaps and perhaps not the same Orius, who got described as half bear and half human. This Orius is further described as a cannibal. I wonder how he could be a cannibal when he was the only one, who was half bear and half human. Perhaps this meant feeding on bears and humans? Cannibalism was in the culture of the Ancient Greeks, and is in some cultures of today especially in North America, seen as a source of magic power. It could also be that Orius was a human, who turned, after eating other humans, into the creature, that was half bear and half human. Perhaps from then on seen as a Centaur. But later he changed even further and turned into a creature half falcon and half owl. This is on the one hand said to be a result of even more magic power because he was able to fly this way. On the other hand this is said to have been a punishment from the gods for his cannibalism. It could be both and would then be an example of what happens if you aren’t careful enough with your wishes.

Although it isn’t sure how much of a Centaur this Orius was, I also found an additional point in the tale of Orius definitely describing Orius. The god Dionysus gave the special wine to the Centaurs and Dionysus choose at first Orius to guard the special wine. Should Orius have been the one, who was half a bear and had magical power, then this would certainly have been the reason why Dionysus chose Orius as a guard. But later had Dionysus discovered that he couldn’t trust Orius. It is again not clear why. Perhaps Dionysus didn’t know before about Orius’ cannibalism and discovered it. Or Orius sampled the wine. Perhaps even more than once. It’s only sure that Dionysus decided finally that it would be better to give the special wine to Pholus and let him guard the special wine. This ended terrible too, but this wasn’t the fault of any of the Centaurs, who were simply not able to stop Herakles.

So now should the astrological meaning of Orius also be less mysterious. The centaurs are only good for synastry. Orius is obviously representing a person, who can’t be trusted. At least not if you trust in the judgement of Dionysus.