posted August 26, 2003 12:37 PM              

You are very patient and like to do things slowly so that you can see what is really happening.
You like to be comfortable. With your love of comfort and ease, you may try to avoid strenuous situations, but you really need such experiences to help you mature.
People will probably like you because you are affectionate; you give and receive love easily. However, if others try to take advantage of your placidity, they will quickly discover that when you are roused to anger, you don't calm down easily.
You find it difficult to work for abstract goals. You don't mind working a long time for the results you want, but you have to understand and relate to those results.

Sun in the Eleventh House
You are very social and enjoy being with friends rather than by yourself. You try to find out and emphasize what you and someone else have in common, instead of getting caught up in differences. You are a team player who knows how to make the best possible contribution to the workings of the group. You are quite capable of being a leader, because you understand what is best for all of you, not just yourself, and you are able to get others to work with you for group goals.
You are also an idealist with high hopes for your life.
Your most positive trait is your concern for those who are close to you, as well as for people in general.

Moon in Libra
You like life to be beautiful and prefer not to think about things that aren't pleasant. You are affectionate, warm and friendly, but you may overlook other people's faults that you should keep in mind. You are a peace-loving person and do not like to start fights with others.
You very much like to be with a group of friends so that you can talk and be friendly with everyone. But when there is work to be done you may try to use sweet talk to get out of work or to get someone else to do it. But people will like you anyway, not for the charm you use to get out of trouble, but for your real charms. Really you are a friendly and loving person, and you should try to develop that side of yourself.

Moon in the Fourth House
To be at your best, you need to have a peaceful home life, for this means emotional security to you. When you feel strong and secure, you are very kind and sensitive to other people's feelings. But if you feel depressed or insecure, you tend to withdraw into your own private world.

Your mother is very important to you, and you need to be close to her.
You are interested in the past, and you may become an eager student of history, especially the history of your own family origins and background.

Cancer Rising
You are a very sensitive person and very attached to familiar surroundings. When you encounter new people, you are friendly enough, but you won't talk about your inner feelings until you get to know them quite well. However, once you decide to trust someone, you trust him or her completely.
Where you live while you are young will always be important to you.
If you feel secure in yourself and self-confident, you can be a generous person, always willing to give of yourself.
In those areas in which you lack self-confidence, you have a serious problem. Your sensitivity makes it difficult for you to take criticism or harsh words from anyone, especially those whom you love. When you feel hurt, you withdraw into yourself and avoid others.

Venus in Gemini
You like to meet many people and have as many friends as possible, for you love variety. The more people you know, the less bored you are, so you act quite friendly and open.
You express yourself in a lively way, and others will probably enjoy your humor and interesting wit.
This position of Venus means that you will be interested in art and poetry when you are older.
Although you like to know a lot of different people, you are not interested in getting close to them or involved in their lives. It may be hard for you to form a deep attachment to someone.

Mars in Taurus
You work carefully and rather slowly, but your results are almost always good, because your thoroughness makes up for lack of speed. You are also quite stubborn and will resist anyone's efforts to speed you up.
You have a strong desire to own things, and your possessions are very important to you. If you decide you want something, you will work very hard to get it.

You may have a problem with jealousy, tending to be very possessive of the people you love. You have to allow your friends some independence, or you will lose them.
Anger can be a problem for you, because you have difficulty expressing it until it builds to the point that you lose control. The problem is that other people may try to take advantage of your apparent patience, not realizing that you are really angry. It is up to you to let them know how you feel.

Mercury in Gemini
Your mind is very active, restless and fond of change. You may get bored easily, unless something stimulating comes along. Your desire for constant activity may make you appear extremely nervous and unstable, but what is happening is that you mentally process the world around you faster than most people. This should make you a better than average student in school, as long as you receive intellectual stimulation from your parents. No one wants to learn unless encouraged early in life.
One problem stemming from your desire for new knowledge and experience is that you may never really finish anything. Try to be disciplined enough to stay with one train of thought long enough to learn something from it.

You are fond of communicating with others, and in fact, you may be more talkative than grown-ups want you to be. You should learn to speak only when you have something to say instead of chattering merely to keep the airwaves moving, as you often do. On the plus side, you should become a fairly articulate speaker and good at expressing your ideas clearly in writing as well. Again, this talent will develop only in a supportive home environment. You should read a lot while you are young, because your mind can absorb a great deal of information in this way.
You may also be fond of traveling, and certainly you do not like to be tied to one place for very long. Even if you don't travel very far from your immediate circle, you always want to move around, even if it's just getting out of your chair and pacing around.

Saturn in Libra
This placement indicates that you need plenty of time to make decisions and that you always want to know everything about the subject before making up your mind. Others may think you are indecisive at times, but they will find that when you finally make a decision, it is likely to be the correct one.
You may be somewhat reserved in relations with others, but once you commit yourself, you will stay with that person - friend or lover - for a long time. Your strong sense of fairness is evident in your relationships as well as in every other area of your life. You are conscious of rules and duty toward your friends, and you are not likely to break an agreement that you have made with someone. You take relationships so seriously that you would never make an agreement lightly. While you are young, this trait might not be very obvious, but it will be clearer as you get older.

You are very concerned that everyone has what they deserve, and your sense of justice is outraged when someone gets away with something unfairly or takes advantage of someone else.
If you are not encouraged to encounter other people and to believe in yourself, you may prefer to be alone, unburdened by the necessity of relating to others. Or you may stay by yourself because you feel that others do not understand you. As you get older, this should diminish.

Jupiter in Libra
You will do best in life if you can keep a perfect balance between extremes. Don't do anything to excess, and examine both sides of every issue before making a decision. On the other hand, when you have considered both sides, make up your mind firmly and decisively. One of the great problems of Libra is that it indicates difficulty in deciding which side to take on an issue.
Beauty is very important to you as an indication of order in the universe, although you are not likely to think about that at this stage of your life. But you are aware of an intense feeling of well-being when you see any kind of beauty. You will always enjoy elegance, the more spectacular the better. At a very early age you will learn to see beauty in every possible situation. By itself, this placement is not enough to indicate artistic talent, but if you have such talent, this will make it larger and more elegant.

Your relationships with others will be very important to your inner spiritual growth. You will discover more about yourself through the people you attract and your relationships with them than through any other means. Therefore, it is important to think about your relationships and not simply take them for granted. It will be particularly important for you to understand the problems you have in relationships, especially recurring ones, because you can learn a lot about yourself from them.
With your highly developed sense of justice, you do not like to see anyone get the short end of the stick. And you are willing to defend other people's rights, even if you are not personally involved.

Uranus in Scorpio
This generation of children may exhibit rather difficult moods and, according to adult standards, seem to act compulsively. It is rather difficult to get them to talk about their feelings, which they can't easily express in words. However, as they get older they will want to make sweeping changes in the world around them. As a generation they aren't likely to do things halfway, and the changes they work for will be extremely important. When they are older they may develop new techniques of therapy and healing for both mind and body. They encounter human needs at a very intimate and feeling level and try very hard to implement whatever measures seem necessary.

Neptune in Sagittarius
This placement should produce a generation of extreme idealists. Even with older people, this energy has brought about a religious revival unparalleled in this century. As is characteristic of both Neptune and Sagittarius, most of these religions are sects from other countries such as India, and their teachings are quite foreign to Western tradition. However, there is also a strong Christian revival, especially among the fundamentalist and Pentecostal sects. The children of this time will continue that trend.

Pluto in Libra
This placement lasts from 1971 to 1984. For those who are now adults, this period represents the greatest breakdown in modern history in the relationship of marriage. Many couples live together without getting married, and those that marry often do not stay married. Because of the general instability of their parents' marriages, the children of this era will have a much more fluid but unstable view of relationships and mutual commitments between people. They may be very reluctant to make binding agreements because of their childhood experience of marriage.

posted August 29, 2003 01:28 PM              

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love,

posted August 29, 2003 01:37 PM              

one other thing i wanted to mention is that there are astrologers in the world who do not accept payments for their work. we all have our philosophies and whatever works together in accomplishing a goal is great.

value is a judgement call; a highly personal one. when the time is right, life shifts into place and things generally turn out for the best in life.

everybody is worth having a reading. it's how it's approached and what kind of meaning is made from the energy exchange. i have done readings, and in exchange i have received gifts of lunch, dinner, room & board on trips, and services from those who perform other healing arts.

just know you have many options available to you.

love,