posted October 13, 2006 11:42 PM              

ps- welcome back.

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"WHATEVER the soul longs for, WILL be attained by the spirit"

"Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation"

posted October 14, 2006 12:02 AM              

There are many paths to Rome!

Don't let yourself be pressured into following a certain path if it's not the right one for YOU.

Someone once told me that the secret to having a happy career/life is finding what you love, and finding a way to get paid to do it. (I know, I know, easier said than done, LOL)

Maybe I am naive, but I think you should go with what you love, with what your heart yearns to explore. Work hard at it, and if it doesn't work out, that is okay. Most people switch careers, what, seven times in life? At least. So pursue what you have a passion for. If it doesn't work out, you will still learn from it, and you will find your way somehow.

Btw, with your Sun conjunct Venus in Leo, I would think you would have a flair for beauty, art, and design.

posted October 14, 2006 11:48 AM              

I think you should go back to school. One reason I think this is because you have three planets focused in the 9th house (expansion, also wisdom), which indicates a need to know. You also have Sagittarius (expansion, also wisdom) modifying your South node (the past), indicating knowing comes easily to you. However, you have Uranus (friends, also rebellion, restructuring) conjunct (energy is combined with) your South node, so you may rebel against learning. The challenge is to learn how to absorb the learning and then, later, restructure it for your own use.

The nodes can be VERY useful to look at when trying to understand our motivations. One of the best books on nodes I have found is Jan Spillers' Astrology for the Soul. I know this has been quoted before, but I was looking through the Gemini North node section and found this:

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These people really want to be totally free to pursue Truth, have adventures, be spontaneous, and be right 100 percent of the time. They want to speak completely from their Truth and their intuitive processes, and to have everyone understand them, learn from them, and appreciate their help.

To attain this goal, Gemini North Node people must stop focusing on "their Truth" and begin to focus on the people around them. They need to listen to - and understand - the information others share about their lives.

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You also have South node focused in the 10th house (duty, also authority). Jan Spiller says this about people with this in their charts:

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Tendencies to leave behind...Ignoring the process; being too focused on the goal

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I think leaving school denies you an awareness of what OTHER people are thinking, and so denies you the opportunity to do deep learning. Sure, you have your own opinions, but where do those opinions "stack up" with the world? What if "their" opinions could open you up to a whole new perception of the world...if you give it a chance? You are focused on the goal of getting a career...but you don't have the knowledge of what careers are out there and what skills are necessary to get them. In leaving school you have left behind the process of learning...and are left with confusion about how the world works.

Of course, I can't tell you what to do...YOU know that better than anybody! ;-) ...but I suggest that, by ignoring your need to know, and, later on, give back that knowledge, you are denying yourself the opportunity to develop yourself fully.

In addition, since you have 6 planets on the other (right) side of the chart, you may need to at least partially work through others to get your jobs in life...and the others may be unwilling to hire you if you don't know what you are doing.

Knowledge is not the answer to all things career...experience is also very important, too. But without knowledge you can not get experience, and without experience, you can not get a job.

Learning all the time,