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Ellynlvx
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Your Rising Sign
First let's take a quick look at your ascendant, or rising sign. Astrologers want to know what
zodiac sign is rising at birth, since this gives a picture of the way you appear or come across to
others.

You come across as emotional and reactive. You sense things rather than think them
through. You tend to mother and include everyone within your protective envelope... are more
comfortable in this role.
Cancer Rising

Your Chart Data
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Planet Sign Position House House Cusps
Sun Aries 03°Ar56' 10th 01 20°Ca22'
Moon Leo 27°Le07' 02nd 02 09°Le57'
Mercury Pisces 06°Pi58' 09th 03 02°Vi47'
Venus Aries 20°Ar07' 10th 04 01°Li48'
Mars Pisces 13°Pi38' 09th 05 08°Sc16'
Jupiter Scorpio 13°Sc45' R 05th 06 17°Sg01'
Saturn Pisces 06°Pi32' 09th 07 20°Cp22'
Uranus Capricorn 25°Cp46' 07th 08 09°Aq57'
Neptune Capricorn 23°Cp05' 07th 09 02°Pi47'
Pluto Scorpio 27°Sc55' R 05th 10 01°Ar48'
Midheaven Aries 01°Ar48' 11 08°Ta16'
Ascendant Cancer 20°Ca22' 12 17°Ge01'
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Planet Aspects
The Lights: The Sun and Moon
At the time of our birth, the planets (through their configurations and relationships) tell us
something about how things were when we were born. Each planet points to special qualities
within us. Yet, of all the planets, the two most important planets to astrologers are the "lights,"
the Sun and the Moon. From where we stand here on Earth, the great shining Sun by day and
the reflecting Moon at night are our constant companions. They have much to tell us as to
where we have been and where we are headed.
The Sun: Your Self and Future
From the Sun comes light, that which draws us into life. The Sun represents all the changes
we have not yet taken, that part of us that we have not yet experienced but are headed toward.
The Sun represents our identity, or self, in that it is toward these that we are moving and
developing. Thus, it also represents that which we will become: older people, authorities --
those we look toward, or up to. Our essence, or future. Teachers, gurus, and older (more
experienced) people are represented by the Sun. The Sun is "hot stuff," those further up the road
of life experience.
Go for it! Do it now and ask questions later, for you are a born leader, always first and
never afraid to go it alone. Your sense of mission makes for impulsive, sometimes rash (but
always brave) actions. Your motto is: Don't think about it, let's get the show on the road.
Sun in Aries
You find it easy to work with sensitive material, touching upon the more vulnerable areas of
the mind or self. You are able to handle these delicate matters without ever breaking stride, for
emotional and tender areas of the human psyche don't phase you. You enjoy getting beneath the
surface and have an innate savvy for handling touchy subjects. This is perfect for any research
investigation or plain old detective work.
Sun Trine Pluto
You naturally gravitate toward positions of power and authority. Others see in you great
practical ability and accept you as a leader or authority figure very easily. Your career may be
very important to you, even at the expense of home life.
Sun Conjunction Midheaven
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The Moon: The Support System
Here is information about the kind of environment we create around us, our support system.
It is not only the surroundings that we set up today, but the Moon also represents our past, the
particular history and social background out of which we grew. Aside from our social
background, the Moon governs all of the old habits that we have grown beyond. We tend to
look down on, or back on, our Moon. It represents those experiences out of which we have
come, all those younger souls who are unconscious, or "sub" conscious to our own level. This is
why it is said that the Moon is a mystery planet, for it is both our parent and our child: our
parent in that out of it we were born, our child in that we can't but respond to others who are
now living as we once did.
You are gregarious, even to the point of bringing out the performer in others. You somehow
always manage to find a creative environment or the creative in any environment. You are great
with kids and big on animals, sports, and the outdoors. You are an instant umbrella of warmth,
friendship, and self-expression.
Moon in Leo
It may be hard to find support for your ideas, and arguments may arise with those who
oppose or challenge your way of thinking. You could find yourself thinking and presenting
ideas that are out of place or don't go along with the current mood. Since you don't always pay
attention to your own moods and feelings, some of your ideas may not even feel right to you.
You could say things that upset or challenge those around you. You may be great at argument.
Moon Opposition Mercury
You have a natural appreciation for the past, personal as well as world history -- all that is
traditional. You find it easy to work with music, color, fabric, and the arts -- whatever is
beautiful and genial. You would make a superb decorator of homes and, in general, all kinds of
environments. You enjoy moods and emotions (whatever is psychological), especially in a
group setting. Younger people, the helpless, and the needy can always be found under your
umbrella.
Moon Trine Venus
Your approach to discipline and responsibilities does not exactly cater to the moods and
feelings of others. You have little patience for sentiment, tradition, and history. Your lack of
control over your own feelings can result in real arguments. One result is that you may not
always have the support of those around you. You sometimes have to go it alone.
Moon Opposition Saturn
You keep your feelings and emotions to yourself and resent any attempt to analyze or probe
them. Your home and surroundings are tidy and air-tight, as well. However, you don't mind
probing and dissecting the lives of others. This can't help but produce a strain in your relations
with others, and you probably get very little support for your detective work. These two parts of
you which seldom meet cause constant tension, resulting in periodic explosions.
Moon Square Pluto
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The Inner Planets: Mercury and Venus
The planets Mercury and Venus have more to do with our internal and personal life than
with life outside us. These inner planets are located between the orbit of the Earth and the Sun.
We can look to qualities that are inside us. Venus indicates how we appreciate and measure our
experience, how we value life. Mercury tells us something about how our mind works, how we
think and communicate -- our intrinsic brightness.
Mercury: The Mind and Communication
Mercury is the light in our eyes, the ever-changing consciousness within us that moves from
idea to idea. Thus Mercury has always represented thoughts, ideas, and the mental process in
general. It governs not only ideas, but communications, too. Communications -- by phone,
letter, spoken, or however -- are ruled by Mercury. Also thoughts, connections, phone wires,
and everything that connects and conveys -- even conversations.
You are an intuitive rather than a rational thinker, and psychological thought (the psyche),
mysticism and religion are natural. You love poetry and music, tending to feel or sense with
your mind the truth of a situation. You are very sympathetic and understanding and have kind
thoughts. Compassionate.
Mercury in Pisces
You may think and speak in a way that others could find challenging or even antagonistic.
Since you don't always listen to your own moods and feelings, some of your ideas may not even
feel right to you. You could argue or debate in public.
Moon Opposition Mercury
You are a very forceful speaker and communicate with great enthusiasm. Words just flow
out and are always followed by an emotional impact that brings them home to your listeners.
You have no trouble putting your feelings into words; in fact, you may have to exercise some
control over your tongue, for you are quick to say things and everything you communicate
packs a wallop. Things you say mean a lot. You have a great mental drive and lavish great
energy on mental pursuits of all kinds. Ideas, words, books, and the like are pursued with great
gusto.
Mercury Conjunction Mars
You enjoy working with your mind and can usually find a solution to even the worst
problems. You like to solve puzzles and dilemmas, yours or others'. Your skills in this regard
make you expert at counseling and guiding others. Fine verbal skills and a natural sense of
justice makes legal work a distinct possibility. Working with laws, natural or man-made,
amounts to a real talent. You also have a great interest in ideas, the more true and lasting the
better. Religious concepts will be a lifelong concern for you.
Mercury Trine Jupiter
You are very deliberate when it comes to words, to what you say and think. When you
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concentrate, you always come up with what is essential to the matter at hand, ignoring all else.
You're anything but "flip," and your more serious approach to ideas, while welcome when there
is mental work to do, may not always be appreciated when others are in more social moods.
You are so serious. Philosophy, religion, and the like are natural for you.
Mercury Conjunction Saturn
Venus: Values and Discrimination
Venus rules our values and sense of appreciation. When we appraise or appreciate
something, whether that be another person or a new car, this is Venus -- the sense of love and
compassion we may feel. By the same token, this planet rules enjoyment too. Whether it be
self-appreciation or just plain old decadent self-enjoyment by having a good time, this is Venus.
When we go shopping or are on a spending spree, it is Venus that allows us to appreciate and
value all the good things of life.
You exhibit great appreciation, intense love, and always wear your heart on your sleeve --
always! Not too sensitive with others, you tend to be rough and ready and can sometimes
demand a lot of attention. Shy flowers, stand back! You are independent and single-minded,
demonstrative and very loving.
Venus in Aries
A born charmer with an innate love and appreciation for other people, especially children. A
sense of color, of music and all of the arts -- the beautiful and the comfortable. Always
welcome in a group, you are a connoisseur of things bright and kind.
Moon Trine Venus
Your conservative values clash with whatever is unconventional and different. You don't
value novelty and do your best to ignore changes. You appreciate tradition and regularity, and
your value system is dead set against anything new or out of the ordinary. Despite your feigned
ignorance to the contrary, you suffer regular infusions of change, which you find very
disturbing. New things threaten to overpower you.
Venus Square Uranus
Your value system has little room for the mystical, much less whatever the psychics are
talking about. When these things crop up, you cut them off early on. Your position is simple:
dreams, images, spiritual thoughts, and what-not are just not your cup of tea. You don't care for
them. And yet, this whole subject fascinates you. There is a siren-like quality to all of this,
calling and luring you. Sooner or later, this must be worked through.
Venus Square Neptune
Your love of family and home and lack of interest in external affairs (be they friends or
work-related) needs to be noted and kept in balance.
Venus Square Ascendant
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The External Planets: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
The major planets outside the Earth's orbit (external to us) are Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.
These are the planets of the outer world -- life as we find it outside ourselves. Mars tells us
something about the drive and energy we have, Jupiter shows us how to best channel that
energy, and Saturn decrees what sort of material or territory we will be passing through. Again:
Saturn tells us about the territory we will be going through, Jupiter the way or path through it,
and Mars what kind of push or drive we can count on to keep going.
Mars: Drive and Emotions
Mars is the planet of emotion and inner motivation or drive. When we search for the
meaning of something, life or whatever, it is Mars that urges us on, keeps us searching. Mars
also drives us against things, too and sends us into war and combat. The urgency of Mars, the
search for meaning, is identical to the need for union, yoga, and marriage. Mars is the planet of
union, and marriage is the most common form of yoga. When we have questions about the
opposite sex, we are looking at the planet Mars.
You have a sense of true understanding and real sacrifice. Dedication to long-range goals,
you are future-oriented. Intuitive, you have an inner drive for all that's psychological, religious,
and mystical. Artistic too. You are sensitive and can get lost in the clouds on occasion. You are
not too logical or practical.
Mars in Pisces
You think and communicate with great force and in a very direct manner. You are quick
with words, quick to anger, and often sorry later for the sharp things you say. You have great
mental concentration and perseverance. You can articulate your emotions.
Mercury Conjunction Mars
You are a great doer, an accomplisher. Your outgoing nature, coupled with extremely
skillful ways of handling other people, make you a natural for working with or for the public.
You would make an excellent teacher or coach, and helping others to make career decisions is a
skill you possess. Your career is never a problem, for you have the kind of drive that others can
only dream about. Everything works out well for you.
Mars Trine Jupiter
You are responsible to the extreme, always taking on obligations and pushing yourself to
the limit. You pursue your obligations with much emotion and obvious enthusiasm. You are
Spartan when it comes to your needs and surroundings. Small and less are beautiful for you. If
anything, you try too hard and tend to force things. Others may find your approach severe and
hurtful at times. You can be too sober and frugal.
Mars Conjunction Saturn
You come on very strong. You have great confidence and a "take charge" sort of manner.
You are a great doer, and others accept your commanding nature. You are a good team player.
Mars Trine Ascendant
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Jupiter: Career and Life Path
Jupiter is the planet of success and simple survival, the way we have to solve the problems
that confront us. Thus Jupiter has to do with the way in which we can be successful, our
vocation. The Hindu word for Jupiter is Guru. Jupiter is the guru and guide, the way we go
through life, our life path or vocation. Jupiter is the method each of us has for dealing with the
laws of life, our Saturn, or limitations. Jupiter is the light or path. Jupiter provides us with our
sense of direction, the path we are on, the way we handle life. It affects how we approach life's
problems. It has always been an indicator of how successful we may be, our vocation.
An in-fighter, with animal-like instincts when it comes to big business, you are always
where the action is most intense. Your penetrating mind gets through the B.S. and straight to
the bottom line every time. Exciting to be near, you are an entrepreneur, the big wheel.
Sometimes restless, driven.
Jupiter in Scorpio
Good ability to "get the picture" (the gist of things) and to communicate this to others. In
fact, helping others to find their way through life (for example via vocational counseling) is
indicated. Religious ideas and concepts are natural.
Mercury Trine Jupiter
Tremendous drive to succeed, plus some sheer good luck, brings real accomplishment. Lots
of physical energy available too. Very ambitious and motivated. Could serve as group leader or
manager. Family person. Career and marriage work well.
Mars Trine Jupiter
You are a natural architect and builder, able to use your mind to make decisions in matters
of form and function. For you, the goal and the way to get to it are the same thing. You like to
build each step and have each decision be an end in itself. Things must be done right. You also
have great skill with the law, whether man-made or those of nature, and you can put all of this
into words. You could well teach others in these areas. You understand how to handle
authorities and have a natural gift at solving problems.
Jupiter Trine Saturn
Your manner is so facilitating and attractive to others that you would make an excellent
counselor or teacher. You find it easy to solve the problems that present themselves, and others
benefit from this ability of yours.
Jupiter Trine Ascendant
Saturn: Responsibilities
The process of finding out who we are (self-discovery) starts when we come to grips with
whatever problems life presents to us and begin to get a handle on them. In other words, if we
have not dealt with Saturn, or time (that is, if we don't have some control of time), there is little
opportunity for other questions. Saturn rules the laws and limitations of this material world we
all live in. Saturn indicates where we are bound to learn, the narrowness that makes our way
felt, the walls that make homes possible. Saturn holds us together as much as apart. Saturn is
said to be the great teacher, the planet that keeps us from getting carried away in one direction
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or another. Although it always seeks to limit and determine any thought, word, or action, it also
defines and clarifies. Saturn is called the prince of the material world.
There could be problems with selfishness. You tend to ignore or avoid opportunities to help
out and give of yourself. You fear the deeper, mystical side of life and need to practice putting
others before yourself. Also learn to use intuition and feelings. Lend a helping hand.
Saturn in Pisces
You tend to organize and discipline yourself in a very different manner from the rest of your
crowd. Others may complain that your methods may ignore feelings and personal rapport. You
could turn your back on the past, ignore sentiment and moods.
Moon Opposition Saturn
You are a serious thinker and don't often waste words. Concentration is easy for you, and
detailed, technical, mental work would suit you just fine. Not free with your words, some may
find you a tad on the sober side. A disciplined mind.
Mercury Conjunction Saturn
It is easy for you to push too hard and maybe break something. You may have difficulty
learning to use force wisely or efficiently. Learning to contain yourself, foot your energy, and
build a good engine will be important to your well-being.
Mars Conjunction Saturn
You possess an architect's vision for what needs to be done and how to do it right to make it
last -- an expert or true builder. Knowing what tool to use and just how and when to use it. A
sense of the right path or dharma. With you, the means and ends are identical.
Jupiter Trine Saturn
The Outer Planets
In the previous sections, we have dealt with planets that we can see with our naked eyes. In
general, these planets refer to life as we know and live it and are the so-called historical or
classic planets. Beyond these are three planets that are not visible in the sky and which have
cycles longer than the average human life span. Since they are beyond Saturn or time,
astrologers call them the trans-personal or transcendental planets -- the planets beyond the
physical. One of the ways astrologers learn something about our life beyond time (eternal life)
is through these three outer planets: Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. Here we find information on
how we discover ourselves (Uranus), how we understand and accept these discoveries
(Neptune), and, in time, how we depend and identify with them (Pluto).
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Uranus: Break-Thrus & Insights
Our responsibilities can tend to weigh us down, and we each have our particular ways of
getting around (or breaking through) the mass of obstructions that tends to congeal around us.
The planet that has to do with how we get beyond the difficulties and problems life presents us
is Uranus. Here is the way insights come to us, how we discover or come to know and
understand ourselves. It has to do with finding new uses for old things, and it rules inventions
and sudden insights into our life -- everything that is unusual, eccentric, and out of the ordinary.
It is the reverse of the status quo and is always unconventional and heretical. Uranus is, in many
ways, the opposite, or undoing of Saturn.
You are innovative in the political and business arena. You find new ways to manage and
control things and people. Ever practical, you come up with new or alternate forms of
management -- breakthroughs in top-level management and corporate styles. You bring new
life to conservative traditions. Your emotions are very staid.
Uranus in Capricorn
You may not be able to let yourself appreciate much that is not conventional for fear of
going on some kind of a binge. A strong sense of the novel and unusual rears its head every so
often and upsets your whole value system.
Venus Square Uranus
You have real vision and insight into the unity that ties this world together. Your brilliant
imagination and enchanting manner transport all who meet you beyond the mundane and into
the extraordinary regions where you spend a lot of your time. You are a seer, in the true sense
of the word, and possess a waking experience of that part of us that is mystical and dreamlike.
You find new ways to bring people together, to unify situations. Unusual music.
Uranus Conjunction Neptune
You have great insights into what motivates the public, crowds, and the mind in general.
You can work with sensitive and vulnerable psychological areas without batting an eye, and
would be good at instructing others in these areas. Your keen mind and great analytical powers
always manage to get at whatever motivation is beyond apparent behavior. You can see what is
behind touchy and very personal matters.
Uranus Sextile Pluto
You have unusual relationships, perhaps a number of them, and not always of long duration.
You are creative when it comes to partnerships or lovers and seem to establish unusual and
different relationships.
Uranus Opposition Ascendant
Neptune: Ideals & Imagination
Even the most hard-nosed of us have moments of real understanding, when things are seen
as linked together and one piece. We stop getting the idea in little flashes and just get the whole
thing. It dawns on us. We each have our own way of letting go, having communion, and (as the
poet wrote) letting "the dewdrop slip into the shining sea." These moments and this state of
mind are, in fact, the source for all our imagination. There are many ways of seeing through the
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separateness in the world to the unity behind it.
The practical is the ideal. Form follows function. You have a dream of being in control --
the puppet master. You are very interested in tradition and tend to be dignified and
conservative. You believe in an orderly society led by benevolent monarchs -- those who can
see what to do.
Neptune in Capricorn
You won't let yourself care for or really go all out for your dreams and ideals. There is
something in you that wants to ignore or cut short your mystic and dreamy side. Your dreams
tend to intrude and haunt you. There is a real dichotomy.
Venus Square Neptune
You could be a visionary, with unusual and direct insight into everything mystical, the
dreams and ideals we all have. You are at your most creative when you are using your
imagination, pursuing your dreams, creating images.
Uranus Conjunction Neptune
You work with real imagination and understanding in areas of the mind that are the most
personal or private -- depth psychology. You are like a midwife of the spirit, assisting at the
birth of each individual going through a spiritual or re-birth process. You accept the natural
process of birth, spiritual and physical, and have dedicated yourself to helping it along. You
would make a great teacher in these areas.
Neptune Sextile Pluto
You are an idealist when it comes to partners and relationships, always holding out for what
your imagination tells you could be. This may result in disappointment when others fail to
measure up to your expectations.
Neptune Opposition Ascendant
Pluto: Inner Change and Growth
Pluto is the planet of profound change, starting deep within us and moving toward the
surface. It often touches upon the most sensitive psychological areas inside us. Once touched,
we have no choice but to change and grow. The most sensitive of experiences, the times of
greatest vulnerability, are times of complete identification with an experience, a person, or a
thing. We know in these instants that we are looking at our self, what we are. The most personal
of experiences is one of complete identification with a person, moment, or idea. Perhaps this is
only possible for most of us when we look into our child's eyes, and then only infrequently.
Love is not the experience here, but total identification. This is very sensitive stuff. To touch
upon this material is to go through deep inner change and transformation -- inner alchemy.
Identification and experiencing that life is our own creation and that, in fact, you are I and I am
you. This experience breaks us down and humbles. When we touch upon this experience, we
cannot but die to what we have been thinking and doing up to now. It reduces us to our most
sensitive because -- in a flash -- we see or remember that it all is us, our life.
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You tear through appearances in an effort to get beneath, behind, and at the heart or essence.
You may find psychology, initiation, and mysticism, and the occult of great interest. Intense
personal change and inner growth are lifelong habits.
Pluto in Scorpio
Innate intensity and seriousness are visible to all. A sense of the eternal aspects of life
makes authority and leadership positions natural and unavoidable. A gut sense of how to act in
stress situations. Lots of charisma. Power.
Sun Trine Pluto
Emotional stress stemming from your insistence on analysis and psychological probing at
the expense of feelings -- yours and other people's. No one will support it. Your sensitivity and
vulnerability often find you at odds with the group or with others.
Moon Square Pluto
Spiritual or psychological insight of the first order. Social and/or political revelation.
Looking into the inner workings of the mind and psyche. New and fresh viewpoints into the
social scene, mass psychology. Intense light.
Uranus Sextile Pluto
A searing vision that cuts through what passes for conventional religion. A vision of the
endless process of life ever being born afresh. Great acceptance and faith in the natural process
and next generation. Love of children and animals.
Neptune Sextile Pluto
You always manage to come across as intense and personal when communicating and
presenting yourself to others. Others can be fascinated by the way you come on.
Pluto Trine Ascendant
The supportive help of women or a girl can be an important factor that will affect business
or reputation and increase your sense of security. You are a fine psychologist, researcher, or
detective and are good at dealing with joint or others' finances.
Pluto Trine Midheaven
Challenges and Abilities
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Focus
These are areas of life where we show intense focus and activity. For better or worse, these
qualities stand out and are obvious to all those who come to know us. They are very clear parts
of our character.
You are very deliberate when it comes to words, to what you say and think. When you
concentrate, you always come up with what is essential to the matter at hand, ignoring all else.
You're anything but "flip," and your more serious approach to ideas, while welcome when there
is mental work to do, may not always be appreciated when others are in more social moods.
You are so serious. Philosophy, religion, and the like are natural for you.
Mercury Conjunction Saturn 00°26'
You naturally gravitate toward positions of power and authority. Others see in you great
practical ability and accept you as a leader or authority figure very easily. Your career may be
very important to you, even at the expense of home life.
Sun Conjunction Midheaven 02°07'
You have real vision and insight into the unity that ties this world together. Your brilliant
imagination and enchanting manner transport all who meet you beyond the mundane and into
the extraordinary regions where you spend a lot of your time. You are a seer, in the true sense
of the word, and possess a waking experience of that part of us that is mystical and dreamlike.
You find new ways to bring people together, to unify situations. Unusual music.
Uranus Conjunction Neptune 02°42'
You are a very forceful speaker and communicate with great enthusiasm. Words just flow
out and are always followed by an emotional impact that brings them home to your listeners.
You have no trouble putting your feelings into words; in fact, you may have to exercise some
control over your tongue, for you are quick to say things and everything you communicate
packs a wallop. Things you say mean a lot. You have a great mental drive and lavish great
energy on mental pursuits of all kinds. Ideas, words, books, and the like are pursued with great
gusto.
Mercury Conjunction Mars 06°40'
You are responsible to the extreme, always taking on obligations and pushing yourself to
the limit. You pursue your obligations with much emotion and obvious enthusiasm. You are
Spartan when it comes to your needs and surroundings. Small and less are beautiful for you. If
anything, you try too hard and tend to force things. Others may find your approach severe and
hurtful at times. You can be too sober and frugal.
Mars Conjunction Saturn 07°06'
Challenges
Life can be challenging, and things are not always easy. The major challenges in a natal
chart are where we can expect increased activity and personal involvement -- ready or not.
These critical areas of life can be difficult, and the resulting confusion and possible obscuration
often makes it hard for us to see and act with normal clarity. Therefore, when it comes to the
following factors you may wish to exercise caution and extra patience.
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Your love of family and home and lack of interest in external affairs (be they friends or
work-related) needs to be noted and kept in balance.
Venus Square Ascendant 00°14'
You keep your feelings and emotions to yourself and resent any attempt to analyze or probe
them. Your home and surroundings are tidy and air-tight, as well. However, you don't mind
probing and dissecting the lives of others. This can't help but produce a strain in your relations
with others, and you probably get very little support for your detective work. These two parts of
you which seldom meet cause constant tension, resulting in periodic explosions.
Moon Square Pluto 00°48'
You are an idealist when it comes to partners and relationships, always holding out for what
your imagination tells you could be. This may result in disappointment when others fail to
measure up to your expectations.
Neptune Opposition Ascendant 02°43'
Your value system has little room for the mystical, much less whatever the psychics are
talking about. When these things crop up, you cut them off early on. Your position is simple:
dreams, images, spiritual thoughts, and what-not are just not your cup of tea. You don't care for
them. And yet, this whole subject fascinates you. There is a siren-like quality to all of this,
calling and luring you. Sooner or later, this must be worked through.
Venus Square Neptune 02°57'
You have unusual relationships, perhaps a number of them, and not always of long duration.
You are creative when it comes to partnerships or lovers and seem to establish unusual and
different relationships.
Uranus Opposition Ascendant 05°25'
Your conservative values clash with whatever is unconventional and different. You don't
value novelty and do your best to ignore changes. You appreciate tradition and regularity, and
your value system is dead set against anything new or out of the ordinary. Despite your feigned
ignorance to the contrary, you suffer regular infusions of change, which you find very
disturbing. New things threaten to overpower you.
Venus Square Uranus 05°39'
Your approach to discipline and responsibilities does not exactly cater to the moods and
feelings of others. You have little patience for sentiment, tradition, and history. Your lack of
control over your own feelings can result in real arguments. One result is that you may not
always have the support of those around you. You sometimes have to go it alone.
Moon Opposition Saturn 09°25'
It may be hard to find support for your ideas, and arguments may arise with those who
oppose or challenge your way of thinking. You could find yourself thinking and presenting
ideas that are out of place or don't go along with the current mood. Since you don't always pay
attention to your own moods and feelings, some of your ideas may not even feel right to you.
You could say things that upset or challenge those around you. You may be great at argument.
Moon Opposition Mercury 09°51'
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Talents and Abilities
Despite whatever problems we may have, there are areas of life where we have clear insight
and real talent -- natural ability. When it comes to these matters, our judgment is sharp and we
always manage to take charge. We have the knack. It may be as simple as the ability to work
hard and accomplish things without something going wrong. An innate sense of the workings of
these parts of life makes it easy for us to learn and accomplish things where they are concerned.
You are a great doer, an accomplisher. Your outgoing nature, coupled with extremely
skillful ways of handling other people, make you a natural for working with or for the public.
You would make an excellent teacher or coach, and helping others to make career decisions is a
skill you possess. Your career is never a problem, for you have the kind of drive that others can
only dream about. Everything works out well for you.
Mars Trine Jupiter 00°07'
You have great insights into what motivates the public, crowds, and the mind in general.
You can work with sensitive and vulnerable psychological areas without batting an eye, and
would be good at instructing others in these areas. Your keen mind and great analytical powers
always manage to get at whatever motivation is beyond apparent behavior. You can see what is
behind touchy and very personal matters.
Uranus Sextile Pluto 02°09'
The supportive help of women or a girl can be an important factor that will affect business
or reputation and increase your sense of security. You are a fine psychologist, researcher, or
detective and are good at dealing with joint or others' finances.
Pluto Trine Midheaven 03°54'
You work with real imagination and understanding in areas of the mind that are the most
personal or private -- depth psychology. You are like a midwife of the spirit, assisting at the
birth of each individual going through a spiritual or re-birth process. You accept the natural
process of birth, spiritual and physical, and have dedicated yourself to helping it along. You
would make a great teacher in these areas.
Neptune Sextile Pluto 04°50'
You find it easy to work with sensitive material, touching upon the more vulnerable areas of
the mind or self. You are able to handle these delicate matters without ever breaking stride, for
emotional and tender areas of the human psyche don't phase you. You enjoy getting beneath the
surface and have an innate savvy for handling touchy subjects. This is perfect for any research
investigation or plain old detective work.
Sun Trine Pluto 06°01'
Your manner is so facilitating and attractive to others that you would make an excellent
counselor or teacher. You find it easy to solve the problems that present themselves, and others
benefit from this ability of yours.
Jupiter Trine Ascendant 06°37'
You come on very strong. You have great confidence and a "take charge" sort of manner.
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You are a great doer, and others accept your commanding nature. You are a good team player.
Mars Trine Ascendant 06°44'
You enjoy working with your mind and can usually find a solution to even the worst
problems. You like to solve puzzles and dilemmas, yours or others'. Your skills in this regard
make you expert at counseling and guiding others. Fine verbal skills and a natural sense of
justice makes legal work a distinct possibility. Working with laws, natural or man-made,
amounts to a real talent. You also have a great interest in ideas, the more true and lasting the
better. Religious concepts will be a lifelong concern for you.
Mercury Trine Jupiter 06°47'
You have a natural appreciation for the past, personal as well as world history -- all that is
traditional. You find it easy to work with music, color, fabric, and the arts -- whatever is
beautiful and genial. You would make a superb decorator of homes and, in general, all kinds of
environments. You enjoy moods and emotions (whatever is psychological), especially in a
group setting. Younger people, the helpless, and the needy can always be found under your
umbrella.
Moon Trine Venus 06°60'
You are a natural architect and builder, able to use your mind to make decisions in matters
of form and function. For you, the goal and the way to get to it are the same thing. You like to
build each step and have each decision be an end in itself. Things must be done right. You also
have great skill with the law, whether man-made or those of nature, and you can put all of this
into words. You could well teach others in these areas. You understand how to handle
authorities and have a natural gift at solving problems.
Jupiter Trine Saturn 07°13'
You always manage to come across as intense and personal when communicating and
presenting yourself to others. Others can be fascinated by the way you come on.
Pluto Trine Ascendant 07°33'
Landscape: Major Life Periods
What follows amounts to a brief overview of the first thirty years or so of your life -- a road
map of the years to come. Since childhood, adolescence, and early adult life are so crucial to
each of us, an attempt has been made to describe these formative years. Based on the gradual
movement of the planet Saturn, this is one of the most tested of all astrological techniques. It is
used by almost every professional astrologer as part of any personal consultation. Provided that
your time of birth is more or less accurate, you will find this information both accurate and
informative. Here is a general life overview, followed by a close-up on your current changes --
what is happening right now. First the overview:
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Your Personal Background
A fairly easy childhood up until around the 11-12th year, at which time you will begin to
become more subjective and inner-directed. This could mean that your adolescence is
somewhat more lonely and less socially oriented than the average. This inner time of
exploration lasts until you are about 18-19 years of age. At that time, you will proceed to take
hold, discover yourself, and become more outward -- in a rather short time. Your sense of
confidence will take hold and build, and the years of introspection will pay off as you begin to
reach out. The years from 18 through 25 or 26 will be ones of hard work and continued gains in
self-confidence. From the 26th year, your real climb to fame and fortune will commence. Your
30s and 40s will be very good and successful years.
Your Current Situation
Now for a close-up of recent years: while landscape was quite general, the dates given in
this close-up should be much more precise. Life is composed of sections of time, each devoted
to one kind of activity or another. We go along for a while in one direction until something
changes within (or outside) us and we head off in a new course. Some of our earlier activities
dry up and new ones spring up in their place. What follows is an analysis of the time period in
which you find yourself now. Don't look here for a day-to-day account of life but rather to get a
picture of this stretch of time, "these years."
Oct 11, 2009 1st Pass D> (Age 15 6m)
May 21, 2010 2nd Pass R< (Age 16 1m)
Jun 09, 2010 3rd Pass D> (Age 16 2m)
The date(s) (above) indicate the end of a very outward and perhaps successful period of
years for you, during which you may have had an opportunity to establish yourself both in
career and reputation. You may find yourself becoming less interested in the outer and social
world and more interested in your own inner changes. There will be less of an impulse for
recognition along with a growing sense of being by yourself and enjoying it. This coming time
will be less outward and may call for a change of approach and perhaps life style. This is not a
time of outreach, not the best point to start any great projects. Instead you may wish to
consolidate what you now have, pull back a bit, and prepare for a number of years of a more
inward and personal nature. This will be a time of introspection, and you may find yourself
letting go of plans and projects started in a more outward phase but as yet uncompleted. You
may take an interest in your own psyche, religion, and spiritual ideas. This is a time to absorb
and take in new impressions and information. In summary, here is a natural breaking-point in
life, a time to let go of what has been occupying you for the last years and assume a new
attitude. Many people find themselves withdrawing socially and enjoying their own company.
In summary: This marks a more inward period that will last 6-7 years, during which you may
feel insecure and on your own. Don't expect to make great headway in the outer, social world.
Bide your time and prepare for your "coming out" a few years down the road.
Saturn in 01st Quadrant
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The Elements, Modalities and Angularity
Elements, modalities, and house quadrants. These are all techniques used by astrologers to
gain a general picture of how a person measures up. How do your planets and houses total up?
Which do you have in abundance, and which do you lack, if any? Those with high totals show
what we can or must do in life. These are qualities we have. However, most people are more
interested by what they lack or want -- their lowest totals. They tend to study their "wants,"
imitate, and even pretend to have them. The old adage is: we become what we want (or lack),
while we do what we can (or have to do). Here are your totals:
You experience life mostly through your emotions and how you "feel" about someone or
something. Your intuition is strong and can guide you accurately in making forecasts or
decisions. Your sensitivity makes you recoil from aggressive types.
Have Water
You could have difficulty getting your ideas across to others, sometimes feeling inadequate
in matters that require logic or the use of your mental powers. You may have doubts about
those who talk too much and seem "long" on ideas.
Want Air
You are an aggressive prime mover, a starter, able to initiate and get things moving. Not
always hot on the follow-up, you may tend to get the ball rolling and get out to move on to
other things.
Have Cardinal
Your energies run effectively toward making yourself felt in the material, tangible outer
world. You are an "action" person who gains the attention of others and seems to get things
moving. The circumstances of your life suggest extroversion.
Have Angular
Your Burn Rate
We all change, but the question is: At what rate? Some of us tear through change after
change, one phase following another, year after year, while others move at a more serene pace.
Or, one area of our lives may be hectic and forever changing, while other areas are quite
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tranquil. Why do some people seem to live lifetimes within lifetimes? Here is an analysis of
your particular rate of change or "burn rate," including the particular areas of your life (planets)
where you can expect continued change and growth. Areas where there is a very low index of
change (indicating clear and easy use of the qualities involved) will also be pointed out. If you
have sometimes wondered about the areas of your life where the candles burn at both ends, here
are the details.
You have a very high burn rate (index of change) and tend to run hot and fast. It is almost
like having many lifetimes within this single one. Things are always fast and furious with you,
and you seldom remain calm for long. Your thirst for experience and growth keeps you always
on the move. You work through an enormous amount of change compared to an average
person. In particular, the following qualities are areas where you have experienced and will
continue to experience much change. These areas of life persist in presenting themselves to you,
so you may already have become very experienced in them. On the other hand, they could be
arenas in which you struggle but have not yet attained mastery.
A majority of planets in the PAST suggests that you are comfortable with established
values. You know and understand more than you let on, and life changes seldom take you by
surprise. You have a great deal of control over your actions.
Planets in High Focus
You have a high burn rate when it comes to questions of your independence and autonomy.
You tend to rebel and buck authority, and this will be a major source of change and adjustment.
You will be concerned with issues of freedom and independence far beyond the average person.
A passion for inventions, electronics, and the like can also be expected.
Uranus
You have a high rate of change when it comes to what you believe in -- your ideals and
dreams. You adjust and change your ideals often and struggle not to get carried away with each
new vision. The world of your imagination is a major focus of change.
Neptune
You have a high burn rate (go through a lot of changes) when it comes to sensitive,
psychological areas of your life or times when you are feeling vulnerable. Direct confrontation
tends to put you through a lot. You prefer diplomacy but find yourself in the midst of sticky
situations on a regular basis.
Pluto
Patterns: Your Inner and Outer Self
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Here we are examining your basic attitude or approach to life, what is called by some the
archetype or soul-type. If you know something about your particular soul-type, this can provide
valuable information as to the general direction and purpose of your life. In particular, it is
important to note the difference, if any, between our outer personality (the way we appear to
others) and our real inner self; how are we, in fact, as people get to know us? Not all people are
as they seem.
You are not what you appear to be. Your personality, the way the world sees you, appears
more independent and outgoing than is the case when people get to know you. An extroverted
manner screens a more inward and quiet-seeking self. In other words, you are much more
sensitive and concerned about what others think than meets the eye. Although your outer
personality may look tough and self-centered, you are more sensitive to the needs and feelings
of others than you let on. Whereas your appearance and personality may bring you unwanted
attention, the real you prefers to stay out of the limelight. Appearances aside, let's take a look at
the real or inner you.
Geo: Square Helio: Trine
Your Soul Type
You are the eternal patron of just about anyone who will let you look after them -- the
original mother hen. You need to feel useful and wanted and are never happy unless you are
active and involved. Always the host, you find yourself (in most situations) caring for and
taking care of others. In fact, you may tend to worry about others -- making a good impression
-- too much. Not content to let others judge you on appearance alone, you would rather be
judged by your actions, by what you have done or can do. You are most happy when you can
do something for someone and aren't above keeping others in your debt. Your general sense of
concern for everything makes you invaluable when anything needs doing and, if left
unoccupied, you have been known to even worry for worry's sake. Given only a few facts, you
are able to take in a situation and come up with a real picture of what is happening. Never
happier than when fully engaged. You will tend to find yourself in responding to others. You
can always put your ideas into words and describe or analyze situations for yourself and others.
Chances are you will work in one of the many service occupations, taking care of and looking
after people. You may feel empty or that there is not much to you, particularly in a group
situation where you will not tend to be the center of attention or a great entertainer. Your mind
and caring attitude are what others find attractive in you.
You are born to love and care for others and may tend to worry overmuch. Your fear of
being left out or not being fully used up in this life can be alleviated by much hard work, by
jumping in with both feet and putting your thoughts into action.
Trine Type
The Key to your Inner Life
Each person has one or more key qualities. Here we are not referring to our appearance or
personality, but rather to our inner nature, how we are when someone really gets to know us.
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Your most essential quality has to do with the very real love and compassion you radiate. Your
sense of values and sheer appreciation for life are communicated to all who come to know you.
Beyond whatever external considerations may be present, you exude a contagious thankfulness
and fondness for things and people. These inner, loving qualities are experienced as a very real
good.
Venus
The Key to your Personality
The key to understanding your personality and the circumstances in which you find yourself
can be found in the environment or support system that surrounds you. You are very much the
creature of habit and habitat, and the encircling network of friends, relationships, and what-not
are crucial to your success or lack thereof. You are nourished in great measure by the
atmosphere and conditions you are able to set up.
Moon
Your personality hangs on your mind, mental activity, and the world of communication.
This is the keystone that binds the rest of you together. Ideas, mental things, information
exchange, and the interrelating of all these is central to your outer makeup. Communication is
the interface that holds the rest of you together.
Mercury
The Personal Hot Spot
Your dreams and ideals are the number-one component for action in your chart. Your
imagination is crucial to your functioning.
Neptune
You tend to take everything with great intenseness. Your drive to get at the heart and truth
of things is constantly invoked, and serves as a common theme in your life.
Pluto
Interface: Innermost qualities
This feature is based on an intricate analysis of the position of a particular planet in relation
to the orbital planes of the other planets. The resulting series of crossings, or nodes, tells us
something about the nature of our innermost inclinations (Inc) and disinclinations (Dis). These
indicators are not to be considered at the level of our personality, but rather are deep-seated
parts of our innermost character -- our internal biases. These pros and cons are not apt to change
in the course of our lifetime.
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You place a high value on your dreams and ideals and don't consider them otherworldly or
impossible. You experience the unity around you -- that which joins things together. There is a
love of the sea and of whatever solves that which separates us. Mysticism, mythology, poetry,
and music are natural. These are all known items to you. People who encounter you may
sometimes feel deceived by your remarkable vision, which they enjoy when they are with you
but find hard to maintain by themselves. They wish the world were like you say it is.
Venus Inc Neptune
You have the mind of a lawyer, always able to size up a problem and come up with a
solution. Using your mind to negotiate obstacles and handle dilemmas (your own or those of
others), is a great talent. You have an innate ability to guide and lead others through the hurdles
and hassles of life. You could be very much in demand as a counselor. You are a
problem-solver.
Jupiter Inc Mercury
Your career is smooth until the question of personal freedom comes up. Successful career
moves may demand conformity and cost you personal freedom, perhaps toning down your
unconventional habits. You may have to conform and go along in order to get the right job.
This is a source of some tension, and your tendency to rebel can get you in hot water every time.
Jupiter Dis Uranus
You have real difficulties when it comes to matters of self-discipline. Your career suffers
due to your lack of training and education. You go against authority, clashing with it rather than
finding a way to work with and learn from it. You end up taking an unplanned course of action
that lacks any organization and seldom holds up for long. Taking the easy way out can be very
painful. You come back to square one again and again.
Jupiter Dis Saturn
You are responsible to the extreme, always taking on obligations and pushing yourself to
the limit. You pursue your obligations with much emotion and obvious enthusiasm. You are
Spartan when it comes to your needs and surroundings. Small and less are beautiful for you. If
anything, you try too hard and tend to force things. Others may find your approach severe and
hurtful at times. You can be too sober and frugal.
Saturn Inc Mars
Secrets have a short half-life around you, for you have them out in a wink of an eye. You
are brilliant when it comes to insights into the mind, psychology, and motivation -- yours or
others'. Your intensity is obvious, and some may prefer to keep their distance rather than
subject themselves to your laser eye. Nothing is passed over without being turned inside and
out. Your analytical powers are superb, and you enjoy finding new avenues of inner growth.
Uranus Inc Pluto
Your interest in religion, spiritual matters, and things that stretch beyond the course of a
single human lifetime is quite unique. Others may not be able to share your vision into the
spiritual and psychological, seeing you as something of a weirdo. To get to know you is to
catch a glimpse, however brief, into some of the eternal thoughts and realms. You are very
devotional when it comes to anything connected to spiritual and inner growth, and the process
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of personal introspection and analysis is also sacrosanct.
Neptune Inc Pluto
Major Transits Happening Now
Astrologers use the term "transits" to mean the positions of the major planets that are
overhead (in the sky) right now and their relationship to our birth chart. Transits are very
important indicators of the current situation in which we find ourselves. They can provide
insight into what we are now going through. Here are the dates when the next major transits for
the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto are exact in your chart. Some dates will
have already passed and some are still to come. Remember, with these large planets transits
don't just happen on the day when they are exact. They cover a wide span of days, weeks,
months, and sometimes years, depending on which planet is involved.
In general, transits of Jupiter take from several days to a week or two to complete, while
those of Saturn take from two weeks to a month to play themselves out. With the outer planets,
the period of activity is even longer: transits of Uranus take about two months, Neptune three or
four months, and Pluto takes about a year. Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto move so slowly that the
complete transit experience may take a year or two to complete itself. So be prepared to work
with these situations.
Jun 14, 2014 3rd Pass D> (Age 20 2m)
The career path is open and clear, yet it may go against or challenge some of your ideals
and life dreams. Choosing between the leadings of your intuition and the road to success is a
toughie. Take care to cut a deal that is a fair compromise.
Jupiter Opposition Neptune
Jun 27, 2014 3rd Pass D> (Age 20 3m)
Career choices, the obvious path that is opening up for you, may grate against your own
sense of freedom and independence. Success and security at the expense of originality may be
too great a price to pay. Some middle road could be found.
Jupiter Opposition Uranus
Jul 07, 2014 3rd Pass D> (Age 20 3m)
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You may find that both your personal growth and your career may depend upon how you can
handle the very sensitive psychological material that may be coming up now. You will benefit
from analytical insights, getting to the heart of things. Penetrating.
Jupiter Trine Pluto
Feb 14, 2014 1st Pass D> (Age 19 10m)
Mar 18, 2014 2nd Pass R< (Age 19 11m)
Circumstances should work together to help bring out your ideals, make it easier to make
your dreams real. You may find yourself examining and testing ideals, separating the wheat
from the chaff. All in all, a good time to project your image.
Saturn Sextile Neptune
House Activity and Emphasis
The twelve houses of the horoscope, particularly when they are occupied by a planet,
provide a clue to areas of special activity and use. Here is an analysis of house activity based on
planet emphasis:
First House: Appearance, Approach
The first house has to do with how we appear or the way we come across, thus our
appearance and personality. This is the essential stuff that bubbles up in us spontaneously and
that is obvious to others as our trademark or activity. It is what makes us each so personally
different. This house rules our personal self and everything about us that draws a reaction from
our surroundings or others.
First House
Cancer is the mother of the zodiac, always making a home, protecting and providing for
others. A sensitive sign where feelings and real experience count more than cold logic. It
doesn't get any more physical and emotional than here. This sign has a sense of substance, a
home base or foundation. Cancer energy is always limiting, bringing us down to Earth,
grounding our every thought in experience, in substance.
Cancer
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Second House: Possessions, Reactions
The second house is concerned with how we respond to or field whatever impulses or
unique and personal qualities we manifest via our first house. This is how we hold or "have"
things (possessions, material goods, money, and the like). The second house always refers to
how we secure ourselves, the kind of response we get from life and those around us.
Second House
Leo energy is expressive, emotive, and concerned with awareness and a sense of pride and
ownership. Here is always a sense of home base or confidence from which the aggressive and
outgoing Leo energy operates. Often very artistic, and always theatrical and expressive, this
sign is good for creativity and the arts. Warm and big-hearted, this sign belongs to love of
animals, sports, children.
Leo
Good things (the support you need) always seem to come to you. Friends, co-workers, and
plain old lucky circumstances offer encouragement and backing. You often get what you need,
when you need it.
Moon in Second House
Third House: Inquiries, Communications
The third house is concerned with explorations, investigations, and inquiry and research of
all kinds. It also rules connections, communications, wires, tubes -- anything that we can get
through with our body, mind, voice, letters, what-have-you. It is here that we explore and
search for the limits of our life, whatever we are working with at the moment. A very mental
house, concerned with finding, furthering, peering, and all manner of questioning. Traditionally
rules short journeys, siblings.
Third House
Virgo energy is analytical and precise, always separating what is worthwhile and worth
supporting from that which is outmoded and of no further use. A mental sign, where thinking
and examining are in high focus. Also, a different kind of mother, here an endless caring and
worrying (fussing) about just about everything. Always compassionate and responsive, Virgo
energy is service-oriented above all, often thinking and caring more about what others are doing
and thinking than for self.
Virgo
Fourth House: Home, Family, Security
The fourth house is where we send down roots, find our limits, and generally secure
ourselves. It is the end of any searching we might have done in the third house. Here we find or
end our search, settle down, and manage to get in possession of the whole situation. This is our
home and the base from which we can work, feel, and experience. This is the root of our
experience, the core or thick of it.
Fourth House
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Libra energy is always facilitating and responsive, assuming the appropriate reaction or
response to any question or statement. What is sometimes seen as two-faced is only Libra's
facility at responding to each in kind. This is certainly the social sign, par excellence.
Impersonal and impartial, this sign doles out only what is demanded, never overdoing things.
Libra
Fifth House: Expression, Creativity
The fifth house has to do with awareness, emotion (to move out), and expression (to press
out). Here there is always a growing sense of self-confidence and even a pride of ownership,
since we begin to recognize and own our experience. We know that we have had or are having
an experience. All forms of expression and offspring are connected to this house -- children,
animals, creative expression, and so on. A sense of direction and ownership takes hold at this
point in our experience.
Fifth House
Scorpio is the most famous sign. Intense, passionate, and very personal, Scorpio rushes past
superficialities and right to the heart of any matter. A loyal friend but a fanatic foe, this sign
does well in politics and all areas where someone who dares is rewarded. Often associated with
sexual energy, perhaps due to its tendency to strip away veneer, laying bare anything that is
there.
Scorpio
You could be successful working with creativity and self-expression through the arts and
theater, in sports, or with the ultimate self-expression, children. You may find yourself a guide
and teacher to others when it comes to these matters.
Jupiter in Fifth House
You are very sensitive (even vulnerable) when it comes to expressing yourself, getting it
out. Periods of intense creativity enable you to go through changes and inner growth. This
creative intensity is good for music, poetry, art, and the like.
Pluto in Fifth House
Sixth House: Responsibility, Work, Health
The sixth house has to do with salvaging and preserving what is good and healthy in our
experience. Here we separate the wheat from the chaff. We begin to care for ourselves and our
experience and thus health, nutrition. The idea here is that we are able to analyze our experience
and have thoughts about what is pure and what is not. The sixth house is an attempt to save the
heart of an experience, one that already by that attempt is beginning to pass or not cohere.
Sixth House
Sagittarius is nothing if not direct, candid, and to the point. Sometimes harsh, this energy
always is concerned with the absolute truth of the subject at hand. Associated with philosophy,
religion, and all things that last, Sagittarius energy is always welcome in politics as well as
social and community endeavors, where its basic fairness and evenhandedness is helpful.
Sagittarius
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Seventh House: Relationships, Other People
The seventh house is the house of partnerships, relationships, social life, and all that carries
us beyond our personal self into an awareness of other people, community, and the like. This
includes spiritual awakening and the discovery that we are more than just our personality. Here
we begin to respond to our personal needs (and those of others) for the first time. We can see
what is going on and are committed to it; thus, marriage and yoga, or union, is indicated in this
house.
Seventh House
Capricorn is the business energy of the zodiac, for it is the very opposite of the emotional
Cancer. Given to clear-headedness and practical insight and vision, this sign always takes a
distanced perspective, a cool appraisal. Logical and painstaking, Capricorns love hard work and
earned results. Money and things in general are very important.
Capricorn
You seem to assert your independence in relationships and the social scene.
Unconventional, to say the least, you may well enjoy a different kind of marriage or friendship.
You have insight into marriage or yoga -- the ties that bind.
Uranus in Seventh House
You never forsake your ideals when it comes to relationships of any kind. Your imagination
is at its best when you are being social or relating to others. You have a real vision of what
marriage is all about.
Neptune in Seventh House
Eighth House: Business Savvy, Elimination
The eighth house, traditionally the house of death, is concerned with getting rid of excess
parts of ourselves that we see we no longer need. Thus this house also covers initiation and any
activities where we are transforming toward a more integral position, getting to the heart of
things. The no-nonsense quality of the eighth house makes it good for business ventures since
here we are stripping away the dross to reveal the truth or essence of the subject.
Eighth House
Aquarius, the sign of humanitarian goals and altruism. Always impartial and nonsectarian,
Aquarian energy is communal (even global). The focus is on the goal, and the goal is always
one that is for the many and not the few. Thus this sign is connected to far-seeing visions, world
views, and group work of all kinds. This sign tends towards coolness, independence.
Aquarius
Ninth House: Religions, Philosophy, Ideas
The ninth house covers long journeys and religion (the longest journey of all). Here is what
remains of the purification that takes place in the eighth house -- the seed, or essence, of an
entire cycle of experience. Religion comes from a Latin word that means to bind back, and thus
refers to all things that last or endure, such as the truth. Essential ideas, philosophy, and all that
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is the very heart of things belong here.
Ninth House
Pisces energy runs deep and toward the psychological -- whatever is beneath the surface.
This sign is understanding, patient, and long-suffering. Pisces tend to absorb all the little barbs
and digs coming from outside. They always have their mind on an inner goal, something more
important. They are very forgiving and accepting -- giving of themselves for the sake of more
important issues.
Pisces
Your mind and thoughts always gravitate to what is lasting, true, or of the essence.
Philosophy and religion are subjects that often occupy you. Your ideas are always to the point
and candid, never florid or superficial.
Mercury in Ninth House
You may end up traveling the world. An inner urge to find the very heart of truth in all
things may propel you endlessly. You are very motivated when it comes to philosophies,
religion, and all things essential and lasting. No superficiality.
Mars in Ninth House
Religion, philosophy, and truth are essential to your life. You are painstaking and deliberate
when it comes to sorting through ideas and values for what is lasting and solid. You may appear
to others as too sober or religious.
Saturn in Ninth House
Tenth House: Practical Vision, Vocation
The 10th house is a house of practical vision and clairvoyance, for here we can see clearly
what is. Reputation and career are often connected to this house, since the areas where we can
see with greatest clarity are those we most often can put to use to make a living. In summary,
this house is where we have real vision and can see to do and work. Planets transiting this house
may provide moments of insight and clear-seeing as well.
Tenth House
Aries is the sign of the pioneer and leader. It is always impulsive, concentrated, and
spontaneous. Act first and think about what you have done later. Rushing in where others fear
to tread, the Aries energy is attention-getting. It always provokes a response from the
surroundings, from others. There is something essential and instigative that starts or causes
something else to happen -- a reaction or response.
Aries
You are very career-oriented, and your personal reputation and honor are of the utmost
importance. You possess a natural sense of organization and practical insight and may excel at
managing or supervising others..
Sun in Tenth House
You love large-scale organization, and career or business will always be close to your heart.
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Your sense of discrimination when it comes to practical issues is excellent, and you value
clear-headedness in others. You like to work.
Venus in Tenth House
Eleventh House: Dreams & Visions, Community
The 11th house has to do with putting our visions and dreams to work. We have been on the
mountain and had a vision (10th house). Here we take our vows never to forget what we have
seen and to work hard to make these dreams into reality. Thus this house has always been
connected with altruistic and humanitarian goals and trying to set them in motion. It is the
house of friends and community, because when we are powered by a real insight or vision we
share with all -- irrespective of differences.
Eleventh House
Taurus manages to respond, possess, and "have" just about everything possible. This is a
nurturing and fertile sign in that any seed or impulse is cradled, bringing forth growth and
development. Taurus is the way we "have" things, how we possess and acquire things. There is
something gentle, regular, steadfast, and determined about Taurus. Always accepting,
mothering, providing a base for... a matrix or womb where growth takes place.
Taurus
Twelfth House: Sacrifice, Psychology, Acceptance
The 12th house is about all that we go through in order to make our dreams into reality and
manifest them in the world around us. It covers what we are willing to put up with, the
sacrifices we will make in order to bring across what is really important. This is connected to
prisons, institutions, betrayal, self-undoing, and the like, because it is here that we must choose
to take some possible abuse for the sake of the message we are carrying, or blow it all away
with a negative reaction.
Twelfth House
Gemini is concerned with connections and communication of all kinds -- letters, wires,
telephones, voice, thoughts, writing, and mental processes in general. Gemini is the gadfly, the
communicator, the gossip of the zodiac. Searching conversations, scientific inquiry, research,
and so on belong here. Gemini energy is unattached, independent, and inquisitive.
Gemini
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