posted September 16, 2006 06:34 AM            

But now if something challenging comes my way or circumstances are bad, I find it a whole lot easier to deal with than a person who has mostly easy aspects.

Plus if I didn't feel any squares in my chart I wouldn't have much drive to accomplish anything with them. Although I am still working on a lot of challenges in my chart like building my self esteem, finding my direction of who I want to be in life. Handling my emotions constructively, learning to love without controlling on either end of the relationship. I have lots of lessons to learn but I feel they must be achievable otherwise what is the point of coming down here to learn our lessons if we did not have the inner strength to do it.

I am also thinking about this because I have read some Astrological interpretations and they can be completely negative like your oppositions and squares are dead ends and you are fated to always live out the negative side of the aspect.

But overall regardless of what these interpretations state I feel with having stressful aspects I am a whole lot more stronger than how I used to be, I am 27yrs old now and I still have plenty of learning to do and lots more growth.

I guess what my question is - how do you see your chart in terms of your challenging aspects have you grown or are growing and learning from them. All your testing times through the years have they made you a stronger person for it. Do you look back now and think yes it was hard going at the time but I have learned so much from those hard times that I would never have learned if I had never gone through it.

Or maybe you take another view on your challenging aspects, and wished your life had been easier. Or you wished you had a chart with easier aspects.

On the subject of some charts being more challenging than others I would say the majority of charts have lots of oppositions and squares compared to trines. Although I have seen charts with loads of squares and I wonder how the person copes with all these challenges.

posted September 16, 2006 07:02 AM            

I am not saying Astrological interpretations shouldn't tell you what your challenges are because this is the very nature of why we have a birth chart to learn and overcome these challenges. I wouldn't be happy if I read an interpretation which just emphasised all my positive qualities because I want to learn about my challenges. It just makes me mad when there is no growth or learning offered to you in your interpretation.

P.S I just needed to say my little piece on that.

posted September 17, 2006 01:28 AM              

I appreciate your question. What it sounds like is a Saturian-type influence, and we ask these questions because Saturn is a Slower Planet. The truth is, we go through MANY Saturian-type lessons throughout life. Remember, the Goat, slowly climbing the mountain. The Goat's fishtail, in preparation for the Water Bearer.

posted September 17, 2006 06:49 AM            

I think with Saturn sitting on my Ascendant opposing my Sun must add the extra challenging effect I feel.

My sister has an easy chart I think and she expects good things to come her way. She won't do any favours for anybody but will charm her way into getting favours done by everyone else. If she wants something she gets it.

I do think you get people in life who expect the good things to come their way. And usually with this mind frame they seem to get it. But you can find the nicest most humblest people who have a lot of squares and oppositions or a really tough chart. Who don't expect things from you or expect the good things to fall in their lap.

posted September 17, 2006 07:14 AM            

It is nice to have a positive Astrologer who offers growth in their interpretations. You are doing a great job. I think it is possibly the very old Astrologers who gave quite negative readings. But you can sometimes still come across these readings. I remember my first little Astrology book it was on mostly sun signs it had Venus signs in also. I was only about 12 or 13 yrs old reading it and I mistakenly thought I had Venus in Pisces as well as Sun because I didn't understand back then that every planet had it's own sign.

I just found the book really negative in it's interpretation. I still have the book somewhere, I will have to find it to read through it again. Not the best book to be learning Astrology with.

posted September 17, 2006 07:34 AM            

It's crazy when you think about how you have all the outer planets in transit circling around ready to bring your next testing experience or positive experience your way.

I wouldn't say I particularly enjoyed Pluto squaring my Mars then my Sun and on to my Moon and now he's decided to spend his vacation with my Mercury.

But it is all about transformation, and I needed it. I needed to claim my power back.