posted July 09, 2007 12:51 PM            

Help I don't know what I need to be looking for.

posted July 09, 2007 05:08 PM              

You could look at the transits for the natal chart.
Also a solar return chart could be useful in finding out what you will be focusing on the coming year in career and the tenth house. In natal and transits, look for the sign of the MC, the ruler og the sign, and the aspects it makes.
Look for planets in the tenth house.
By looking at the rest of the chart and also transits, one will easier find out what is going on more exactly in career as well as other areas that could affect this.

posted July 11, 2007 03:15 PM            

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Evaluating the Chart for Vocation
There are several key factors to consider when evaluating a natal chart with respect to vocation. In How to Find your Vocation in the Horoscope, Beatrix Braukmüller reviews seven steps:

NOTE: The following is an extract, slightly shortened and adapted, from Berufsanalyse mit dem Horoskop: Vom richtigen Beruf zur wahren Berufung [Occupation analysis with the Horoscope: From the right occupation to the true vocation], Chiron Verlag: Tübingen, 2000. Emphasis added.

Step 1: The Hemispheres
Emphasis on the eastern (left) hemisphere: everything that concerns the "me" or "I" aspects of life
Emphasis on the western (right) hemisphere: everything that concerns the "you" aspects of life
Emphasis on the (top) day hemisphere: "what comes to the light"
Emphasis on the (bottom) night hemisphere: "what lies in the dark"

Step 2: Distribution of planets in the elements (triplicities)
The elements tell us something about the temperament of the horoscope person.
Emphasis on fire signs: corresponds to C.G. Jung's Intuitive Type - active, impulsive, enthusiastic, interested the meaning of things.
Emphasis on earth signs: corresponds to the Jungian Sensation Type - practical, interested in realising things, perceives with the senses.
Emphasis on air signs: corresponds to the Thinking Type - intellectual, communicative, needs and provides mental stimulation.
Emphasis on water signs: corresponds to the Feeling Type - sensitive, empathic, sympathetic, profound, main motivation are emotions.
The polarities: Is there an emphasis on opposing elements? In what ways could they conflict, in what ways are they complementary?

Step 3: Distribution of planets in the qualities or modes (quadruplicities)
Cardinal: great activity and enthusiasm; danger of going over the top. Tendency toward leading positions and active professions.
Fixed: Stamina and stability; the horoscope person may lean towards a certain indolence. Tendency towards approved, routine professions.
Mutable: great flexibility and adaptability; difficulty in taking decisions. Tendency towards intellectual professions with a lot of variety.

Step 4: Planets in and rulers of the "professional" houses 2-6-10
2nd House: material security
6th House: work and health
10th House (MC): profession / vocation, position and reputation in society

Step 5: The Ascendant (AC), ruler of the AC and its aspects
Public appearance.
How does the person present himself/herself to others?
Which role does the person play?
How does he/she react to his/her environment?
The ruler of the ascendant shows the way and the areas in which the person wants to present himself/herself.

Step 6: The planets - their meanings in signs and houses, and their aspects
Sun: What is the central theme in life?
Moon: What does the person need to feel fulfilled and content?
Mercury: What is his/her mental attitude?
Venus: What are his/her artistic and social qualities?
Mars: In what areas does he/she use his/her energies? Where does he/she become active?
Jupiter: In which areas can the person expand and develop himself/herself?
Saturn: Where does he/she carry responsibilities and fulfils his/her duties? Where does he/she meet obstacles? What are his/her fears?
Uranus: Where does he/she show a need for variety and change? Where does he/she express his/her intuition, originality, sudden insights and impatience: Where does he/she show a need for variety and change? Where does he/she express his/her intuition, originality, sudden insights and impatience?
Neptune: In which areas does he/she use inspiration, instinct, sensitivity and imagination?
Pluto: Where does he/she express or feel control, power and powerlessness?

Step 7: The Nodal Axis / Moon's Nodes
The Moon's Nodes can add to the knowledge about a person's development. This axis is related to the relationship between personal social developments. Therefore, aspects to the nodal axis can give interesting insights on this issue. Especially important are planets conjuncting the North or South Node.
Source: http://www.astro.com/astrology/in_vocation2_e.htm

Vocation As A Way of Life — More than Just A Job
While some equate the terms vocation and occupation or career, we consider vocation in the context of a "calling" — defined as an unconsciously mediated experience which presents as a compelling sense of personal and collective "being" in light of an ultimate or transcendent reality. The experience of vocation is best described as an experience of one's way or path in life. It may be consciously expressed as a set of beliefs and behaviors that reflects this deep-seated inner orientation, but, at outset, one may simply feel impelled to act, with little conscious ramification of ideation in support of that activity.

Occupation and career involve a degree of social approbation, since you are being recompensed for the work that you perform. Vocation may manifest as a cardinal theme inherent in one's experience, yet for which one is not directly acknowledged or paid, as in the case of the bus-driving "buddha", in contact with whom, as he ferries you uptown, you feel inexplicably at peace.

We may use astrology to elucidate potential areas of work in which a person might be interested, but the identification of calling is not so formulaic. Indeed, one's appreciation of vocation has much more to do with the experience of ideational and emotional resonance. In this light, the study of archetypes in the natus can be particularly useful.

Assessing the Midheaven

Also known as Medium Coeli, "Middle of the Heavens", abbreviated in charts as M.C. One of the four angles in a horoscope. It marks the cusp of the tenth house and is directly opposite the Nadir. The midheaven represents ambition, ideals, and public image. Planets at or near the Midheaven tend to indicate that the person is likely to make a mark on the outside world. http://www.eluminay.com/astrology.html
For additional explanation, with diagrams, see Astronomical Foundations of the Astrological Houses, by Christopher A. Weidner.

In its broadest sense, the Midheaven (MC) is associated with one's profession, as is the entire 10th House. Planets or asteroids in aspect to the MC are thought to have key bearing on matters of career, public standing, and the ability to contribute to society. But the MC is also thought to describe your vocation, or calling, implying a deep-seated goal or conviction which informs the work that you do.

Archetypal influences are often evident, in this case, and astrological interpretations can prove much more resonant when these are elucidated. For example, in their classic text entitled Asteroid Goddesses: The Mythology, Psychology, and Astrology of the Re-emerging Feminine, authors Demetra George and Douglas Bloch present Ephemerides of 16 Asteroids 1930-2050, with insightful descriptions of aspects between four primary goddess archetypes and planets in the natal chart; they also describe the influence of each archetype in the Houses. A 9th-, 10th-, or 11th-House locus (depending on the House System you used to erect you chart) is especially significant for Ceres, Pallas Athene, Vesta, or Juno [we would add Lilith and possibly Pholus to this list], particularly if any of these is conjunct (± 10º of) the MC. Aspects from these asteroids to the MC (e.g. by square, quintile, trine, opposition, etc.) are equally instructive, as are placements of the asteroids in the 2nd House (personal resources) or the 6th House (jobs, personal service).

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