posted November 19, 2005 10:18 AM              

Okay forget romance; never mind sex, and well soul crushes, unfortunately I need to stop contmeplating that for now. I need to make some serious decisions about my "career".

In the past I have worked extensively as a freelance writer, an editor, a Zine publisher, and now an Artisan with a home studio and business (in the black for five years but still not dizzying lucrative and very very labor intensive). I am also working on a book about my cancer journey; still debating editing a book with Doc and need to decide wthether or not to expand the artisan business into other stores. Money will also become an issue as our older child is getting ready for high school and it will be expensive.

If you look at my chart where do you see me career wise? Will I ever get this settled out.I have been juggling hard the kids and work and now they are getting older so I think I should start making different decisions. Any input on the chart would be helpful. TIA.

posted November 19, 2005 11:43 PM              

You have a "Splash chart". According to Tracy Marks of The Art of Astrological Interpretation:
"Planets are scattered around the chart, usually with no more than two planets in any one house, with no more than three empty houses, and with no empty area larger than two houses or 60 degrees...The splash personality...variety of interests and abilities and a tendency to scatter...[their] energies..."

So you will ALWAYS have many talents and interests. The challenge is to "keep it together" so your energies don't become TOO scattered. So pick one of the numerous things you are interested in, call it your "career" and do that until you get interested in something else!

Careering,

posted November 22, 2005 06:51 AM              

The information is from a book by Charles E. Luntz called Vocational Guidance by Astrology. Excellent text, inspired Noel Tyl, I believe (who has his own comprehensive work on vocational astrology coming out in January). You should see if your local library has a copy available.

Edited to add what the Parkers have to say about Sun in Gemini with Sagittarius rising ...

Characteristics: Enthusiastic, optimistic in outlook, breadth of vision
Needs: To communicate with others
Possible careers: Newsdealer, the post office, travel agent, advertising, publishing, the media, teacher

posted November 22, 2005 08:56 PM              

My career has been in flux for the past year too and I asked myself what kind of people I wanted to work with and that led me to the answer.

Ask yourself do you like structured, free thinking, long hours, short hours, ask around, watch others.

Personally I don't mind long hours, but I must have stimulating and intellectual-and writing-I have Gemini/Mecury too. That's why I chose to write for a law firm, the material is legal-stimulating there is a ton of writing involved, and the lawyers are funny and quick witted.

Talk to Virgos and Cancers who make good career counselors.

posted November 23, 2005 06:24 PM              

I have worked independently for many many years. I had to stop supervising other people especially interns. I found everyone was in my office asking for personal advice day in and day out. It was always draining whereever I worked. I always had bosses who would want me to come over to their homes for dinner and holidays and work late in their houses (nonprofit execs). I was always trying to emotionally separate from people after giving them way too much rope I fear.

I was usually popular with superiors. In 20 years of working I only had one unsavory work account and that was when the wife of a man I was helping to build a recruiting business in DC "fired" me. She thought there was a thing her husband had for me. But of course he never said or did a thing untoward to me though I sensed he was entering a midlife crisis and rather lonely.