posted October 31, 2007 11:51 PM              

Currently conjunct Venus
Next is Sun
Pluto
Mercury
Moon
Uranus

I won't mention this to him, but I am a bit worried.

I don't know his birth time, but I've taken a guess based on how I see his personality and if I'm correct, this transit will pass through his seventh house.

posted November 01, 2007 02:03 AM            

As for difficult transits - I'm in the middle of huge onslaught of hard ones. But I look at tests and challenges as opportunies for growth and evolution...and sometimes, the harder the test and challenge, the more you will grow. I've had a very hard life but I look at it as my soul having chosen to take on a path of accelerated learning, difficult as it may be.

posted November 02, 2007 08:39 AM              

Gemini

Sometimes the most loving thing you can do for another is to abandon them--to leave them with the consequences of their own actions or lifestyle.

Compare this to the common habit of doing nothing about a pain until it gets really bad! He may need to "hurt enough" to get busy with his own growth. Your "support" can be enabling him to avoid taking responsibility. See?

posted November 03, 2007 07:25 PM            

It's TOUGH, but in the end, it's a good kind of tough--like a good hard workout that makes you healthier, leaner and stronger...or a good hard class that makes you a better scholar. Saturn wants you to improve, and helps you do that.

posted November 03, 2007 11:19 PM            

Could I see the chart?? If you don't feel comfortable posting it you could email me -- at the Free-For-All forum here, topics-header page, where it says Moderated by Azalaksh and Mirandee, my name is a hyperlink and will open a New Message in your email client.....

One thought: if you're guessing 7th house, Virgo's probably early degrees (thus Pisces also, on the Asc) -- and Uranus could have passed his Asc in the last year or two, upsetting his whole applecart Some astrologers call Uranus "The Great Awakener" -- and with Uranus opposing the mid-Virgo planets now and Saturn conjuncting the early ones, this could be a really confusing time for him. On Dec 20th Saturn goes Rx at 08Vir34, then May 1st 2008 turns D again at 01Vir40, so his early Virgo planet(s) will get 3 hits.....

posted November 04, 2007 08:37 PM            

I would not like to be your friend when tPluto squares his Chiron in Pisces (especially if it’s 1st house as you’ve guessed)…..

But tPluto will trine his NN at the same time so that might help transform the path he’s on to a more “healthy” one.

Something you wrote earlier resonated with me –

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He also doesn't take action and do things that need to be done, therefore he finds himself in messes that he has to dig himself out of.

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Along with the nearly unaspected Saturn AND Sun, there’s no Air in his chart!! From: http://www.astrology-numerology.com/elements.html
Air Absence --
The limited amount of the Air element in your horoscope suggests a need to learn adaptability and the use of the mental functions in a creative manner. You don't emphasize mental activity in your daily life. This is not to say that you aren't intelligent, but just that you don't place a lot of value on the world of ideas and education for education’s sake. Often, a shortage of Air signs signifies an inability to communicate effectively or clearly; you may be somewhat enigmatic and obscure. Sometimes there is a self-consciousness associated with such circumstances, and you may over-compensate by working hard to improve such inclinations. You probably don't enjoy learning unless what you're studying has an immediate and tangible end. A strength of the air-weak chart is generally the enhanced ability to communicate emotionally, physically or psychically. It may be hard for you to stand back, and clearly view an issue in an objective manner. Thus, there is a tendency to have some trouble in the task of planning ahead. You may find yourself wasting a lot of energy on this account. You must make a special effort to communicate clearly and plan very carefully or your advancement will come only through costly trial and error.

And this one’s approaching, along with the opp to his nJupiter…..
Neptune square Neptune: Self-scrutiny
This transit is often a part of the "crisis of middle age," since it occurs when you are about forty-two. During this period you are likely to intensely question your life, your goals and how far you have fulfilled your ideals. Depending upon the results of that evaluation, you may begin to make certain changes. The problem is that this is not the best influence for making well-thought-out changes in your life. There is a great danger that you will go off half-cocked in pursuit of some dream that is unrealizable and not even worth realizing. It is very important to use this period for self-scrutiny, but it is not a good idea to act yet.
If you act too quickly, you will only create severe disturbances in your emotional and domestic life or in your work. You are likely to operate on the basis of partially formed ideas about yourself and your needs. Unfortunately, since you are in your forties, you have probably convinced yourself that you know who and what you are. And perhaps you have known, but the function of this influence is to make you reevaluate who you are, which at this moment you do not know. The best solution is to recognize this situation and simply allow yourself to see the truth, whatever it may be. Give yourself plenty of latitude and have whatever experiences seem necessary. Just don't make any permanent commitments during this time. You don't want to spend the rest of your life with the consequences of ill-considered actions taken under the influence of a passing delusion.
Many of the insights you receive during this period will be real, and many will not be real. Only the passage of time will allow you to determine which are which.

It may sound harsh, but I hope you can give him enough space to learn his health-lessons on his own. I think Rev Alice makes a very good point, and a lot more succinctly than I could have – I can’t do it in 100 words or less
So, perhaps you’ll let me relate a little story: my brother has struggled with substance abuse issues all his life. He had his own tile-setting business, but only worked when he felt like it instead of building up a good clientele and the word-of-mouth referral that could have made him financially successful. He blamed his lack of “success” on others, instead of recognizing that the problem was HIM. My mother always bailed him out, gave him money, even paid for hospitalization when he had to have knee surgery – he was nearly the same age as your friend is now. Then my father passed away and my mother came halfway across the country to live with me – his golden-goose abandoned him. What I hear from people who’ve seen him recently is not good – he’s broke and not in good health at all. Mom doesn’t have any money left, she was just approved for Medicaid. I feel bad for my little brother that I always took care of and watched out for, but he’s a grownup and he HAS to find his own way, walking his own path. If he screws it up, fatally or otherwise, there isn’t anything I can do. I won’t enable him by giving him money, and that’s really the only kind of support he’s looking for.

I hope your friend takes advantage of the energies lined up to affect him….. but some people ONLY learn the hard way

posted November 04, 2007 10:57 PM              

But I guess that even if I was around, there isn't anything I can do to stop him anyway. He has to make his own choices... but he is a special friend so, maybe I should make it clear that if he ever needs to talk to someone I will be there.