posted September 14, 2006 02:18 AM              

Or do you think it's easier to adjust to our "Cusp personality" than it is to adjust to the "Planetary personality"? Do you think that would be so in equal parts in one's lifetime?

posted September 14, 2006 11:06 AM              

Example: Venus, by sign and aspects, will show what is really valuable to us, while the second house is what we are taught to regard as valuable. They may or may not overlap or agree.

posted September 14, 2006 11:53 PM              

Example: Someone has 7th House issues, all the Planets seem to be a really harsh challenge to the Natal person. Looking at a House Wheel may help, example, finding new or hidden energies at work?

But where in all of this would you be able to find a place where one can be at a point of being "witness" in their own lives?

posted September 17, 2006 10:31 AM              

I don't use two charts, just read "between the levels."

posted September 17, 2006 10:42 AM              

Our self-image is composed of what we are called, and/or comments about us that are verbalized, or sometimes subliminally suggested, by older family memebers, especially parents. (Compare this to your Sun, which is the real you. A closer meaning of the Ascendant is what you "look like"...the impression you make, your aura.)

The Ascendant and 1st house show how we learn to describe "me" and the Descendant and 7th are what we learn as "not me". We then project it on significant others, attracting what we think is missing in us. It is not really missing, but only "behind our back," where it is not visible in the "mirror" of relationship.

You can take this a step farther to 2-8, which are "mine" and "not-mine."

Approaching your chart in this way, can tell you about the "foundation" of your life--and whether your foundation needs repairs to permit easier personal and spiritual growth.

posted September 21, 2006 07:29 PM              

How about if our experiences in life are in a counterclock-wise position - say you are a leo sun - if the house ruler of leo is the 5th house, your first experience may be 5th house like, then 6th house, then 7th house, then 8th house.

posted September 23, 2006 05:37 AM              

Gosh , thanks for putting some more thought into it.

I think I understand what you are saying, but it's not quite what I'm thinking. Maybe in terms of style of interpretation, if you look at both in the same way.

So if you approach the millionth Natal Chart you've studied intending to interpret it, that you attempt to do the same thing to a House Cusp grid.

Perhaps the Planet's personalities do not fully know themselves when we are very young, so that we are more reactive to a House Cusp & Sign connection alone. The Planets are still at the very core, but they represent facets of our psychology which we continue to integrate.

Along those lines ...

posted September 24, 2006 07:16 AM              

Yeah, like that. You've got it down even more pinpointed! That does make sense, doesn't it? Perhaps Signs which influence an "old soul" about them begin to integrate into those 4 Points at an earlier age (???? - makes you go hmmmmmm)