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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 are careful and precise and come across as a caring and responsible person. Your
attention to detail and analytical skills (and probably mental, verbal) is obvious to all meeting
you. Your appearance is always refined and neat.
Virgo Rising

Your Chart Data
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Planet Sign Position House House Cusps
Sun Taurus 28°Ta14' 09th 01 25°Vi25'
Moon Pisces 19°Pi02' 06th 02 19°Li53'
Mercury Taurus 08°Ta08' 08th 03 19°Sc47'
Venus Aries 17°Ar23' 07th 04 24°Sg22'
Mars Pisces 21°Pi18' 06th 05 29°Cp21'
Jupiter Cancer 10°Ca18' 10th 06 00°Pi00'
Saturn Capricorn 25°Cp10' R 04th 07 25°Pi25'
Uranus Capricorn 09°Cp05' R 04th 08 19°Ar53'
Neptune Capricorn 14°Cp17' R 04th 09 19°Ta47'
Pluto Scorpio 16°Sc03' R 02nd 10 24°Ge22'
Midheaven Gemini 24°Ge22' 11 29°Ca21'
Ascendant Virgo 25°Vi25' 12 00°Vi00'
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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.
Here is great patience, able to respond to the world and to build upon what is already there
and happening. You are willing to listen to others, take cues, and then reflect and build upon
that information. Others find you gentle, steady, and, for the most part, kind. You take things in
and provide an environment to bring them forth. You make "fertile" your field. A ready ear.
Sun in Taurus
Responsibilities are easy for you, and you tend to pile on tasks, one after another. You work
very hard, with a gritty resolve, and can accomplish much. It takes a lot to overload your
willingness to take charge and help out. Organizational skills are good, and a career in one of
the physical sciences is quite possible. You find it easy to work with those in authority or those
who are more experienced than yourself.
Sun Trine Saturn
You get along well with older people, especially those in authority. It is easy for you to
convey yourself to others, and you always manage to make a good appearance. You have an
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easy manner and find it easy to communicate with just about anyone.
Sun Trine Ascendant
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.
The world is a sacred place to you, and you have an absolute commitment to spiritual ideas.
Intuition is a fact of life, and you are sensitive, kind, and gentle. A romantic too, with a tender
heart. You always work for a real future, doing what has to be done. You love all that is musical
and artistic. You have sensitivity to all that is psychic. You have real faith.
Moon in Pisces
You can be a real moving force in the lives of others. A natural group leader or trainer, your
vitality and drive are communicated to all those you contact, especially younger people. Your
enthusiasm is so strong that it can sometimes be a little too much, making others
uncomfortable. You put a lot of effort into those around you, and also into your surroundings
and home environment.
Moon Conjunction Mars
You have a knack for always finding assistance in whatever career moves you decide to
make. In fact, your ability to rally support makes a public career of one kind or another quite
probable. Success is indicated in education, politics, or the law. You know how to attack and
solve problems, whether personal or public. Chances are, your social skills mean that you are
popular with almost everyone.
Moon Trine Jupiter
You have a built-in sense of what the public wants and can always come up with just the
right image. You find it easy to work with the emotions and feelings of others, and with great
imagination. Your sense of the ideal springs to life whenever other people are involved. A born
arranger of atmospheres, you enjoy working with groups of people. You are also very creative
when it comes to your home and surroundings.
Moon Sextile Neptune
You have natural psychological ability, in particular when working with the public. You can
handle emotional and personal issues (vulnerable areas) where angels fear to tread. People
sense this about you and trust you with sensitive matters, inner worries, and questions of
personal identity. You have a real mission and a sense of purpose.
Moon Trine Pluto
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Your love of groups and the social scene may find you less concerned about you as a person
and more interested in relationships of all kinds. Others find you very unselfish and open to
sharing and cooperation.
Moon Opposition Ascendant
You could find that you are neglecting either your home and family or your career (or both)
due to your social and personal life. Relationships, working with other people, and making a
good presentation. Home life is secondary.
Moon Square Midheaven
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 enjoy deliberation and have a very methodical mind. Able to develop sound logic and
good arguments, you are practical, rather than abstract, and seldom nebulous. You make a good
student. A fertile thinker, you are slow and steady but always down to earth. No "pie in the sky"
here. You are careful and considerate.
Mercury in Taurus
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 Sextile Jupiter
You enjoy working with your mind, and your sharp perceptions make finding new solutions
easy. You always bring an unexpected twist or insight to anything you set your mind to. You
are able to teach or help others to be more original when it comes to the words or thoughts they
use. You can use the mind in original ways and probably have excellent eye-hand coordination.
Your laser-like mind makes conversations fast-paced and illuminating. A ready wit.
Mercury Trine Uranus
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You are expert at working with words that communicate mystical and mythological ideas. You
are at home in these realms and can always manage to bring other-worldly ideas into the
practical realms. You would make an excellent teacher of philosophy or religion, for you can't
help but communicate these subjects and enchant all who come to know you. Your
understanding of the unity behind appearances, along with the ability to put these thoughts into
words, is a rare and valuable gift. You would make a good director, for you like working with
mental images.
Mercury Trine Neptune
You like your conversations and the ideas you communicate to stay somewhere near the
surface. You want your privacy. You resent probing analysis and are quick to say so. Your
opposition to others' "getting personal" with you is loud and clear and may be the source of
more than a little argument. However, you don't mind a tasty bit of gossip when it is someone
else who is being discussed. There is more than a little incongruity here.
Mercury Opposition Pluto
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
You don't like making career decisions, and you can get downright confused when it comes
to making the right choice. You may not appreciate advice, and this makes the problem
somewhat more complex. It could be important for you to get the counsel of a trusted friend,
someone who can advise you as to the right choices. Whether you happen to like them or not,
once you have determined the right route, you should take it.
Venus Square Jupiter
You have trouble accepting responsibilities. You don't like them. You would rather enjoy
yourself at the expense of any obligations, letting them accumulate as they will. This struggle
with authority and simple duty makes for great tension and diminished good times. It is hard to
have fun when you are ignoring your responsibilities. What we have here is a stalemate.
Venus Square Saturn
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:
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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
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 have an unusual ability to motivate other people, especially in group work. Your
enthusiasm and drive is catching, and this makes you ideal as a teacher or group leader,
especially with young people. You sometimes push too hard and irritate others.
Moon Conjunction Mars
The word here is accomplishment. If there is a job, you can do it. A prodigious worker, you
pour yourself into any task with absolute determination. You are responsible to the extreme and
take on obligations as though you just can't get enough. You enjoy discipline, and limitations
are seen as opportunities rather than as handicaps. You would make a good teacher of others in
matters of organization, practical competence, and the like. You have a great desire and drive to
be thorough and responsible down to the smallest details. You always know what is essential
and what is not. You love the routine.
Mars Sextile Saturn
You enjoy working with whatever is psychological -- the hidden, vulnerable, sensitive areas
of the mind and self. You can handle material that is sensitive or taboo without batting an eye.
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This interest in all that is psychological makes you an excellent teacher in the field. You have a
natural grasp for the political, for handling the public, and you know how to get your way. Your
drive in these areas amounts to a passion, and those around you may feel that you are often too
intense. Power struggles are somewhat routine for you.
Mars Trine Pluto
You are very competitive -- even pushy -- when it comes to partners and other people. You
have a great social drive and love to work in a group or with close friends.
Mars Opposition Ascendant
You are very competitive -- even pushy -- when it comes to partners and other people. You
have a great social drive and love to work in a group or with close friends.
Mars Square Midheaven
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.
A career in big business is possible, for you like broad, secure foundations. It is important
for you to feel safe, and you are very domestic -- family, home, and kids. Supportive, nurturing,
you use your intuition and gut instinct over thought and deliberation. Fiercely loyal, you are a
street fighter when protecting your own interests or those you love. Very dependable.
Jupiter in Cancer
Like a fish in water when in the limelight or in a group, you have an innate social charm.
Political and lucky too! A natural sense of what's right or of the way to get things done brings
great popularity, even renown. Law, education. Could be lazy.
Moon Trine Jupiter
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 Sextile Jupiter
You have a habit of ignoring what is best for you and taking roads that you know will lead
nowhere, but might be fun to take. Career decisions may have to be made that don't cater to
your particular likes, dislikes, and value system.
Venus Square Jupiter
You like your career straight and conventional, and you defy anyone who would suggest
otherwise. The well-trodden path is where to find you. You go out of your way to conform, and
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avoid the new, novel, and unconventional with great vigor. Confrontations with people and
things that don't conform are common, not to mention arguments along these lines. That which
won't go along is opposed.
Jupiter Opposition Uranus
Your vocation may be less than ideal and not what you dreamed it could be. Chances are
that you have chosen the course you are now on, ignoring other more imaginative solutions. If
you have abandoned your dreams, the likelihood is that you did it deliberately and with the eyes
open. You may fear being carried away by your imagination, or perhaps you see a more ideal
existence as some form of escape. You worry about being deceived or seduced by your own
dreams.
Jupiter Opposition Neptune
Mass psychology (what motivates people) is something you understand. Your career may
well be in managing or working with people within a psychological context. You would make a
good teacher in these areas too. Counseling or helping people who are in crisis or working out
sensitive issues are careers where you could excel. You have a way of sifting through the
garbage and coming up with whatever is meaningful or relevant.
Jupiter Trine Pluto
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
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.
Organizational problems. You have a tendency to avoid taking charge or responsibility and
may need to accept a more disciplined and serious approach to life. Learn to enjoy hard work.
Persevere. Learn how to manage. You may feel uncomfortable when in the public eye.
Saturn in Capricorn
There is a real love of science and natural laws. You are a hard and tireless worker, with
absolute determination and the ability to accomplish great projects with ease. You are fiercely
loyal to your friends. Also, very integral... perhaps too sober.
Sun Trine Saturn
You may have trouble enjoying yourself, appreciating the finer things of life. Your
no-nonsense, serious approach may tend to limit and cut off feelings of warmth and
compassion. The result could be a struggle between binges and responsibility.
Venus Square Saturn
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Applied force. Practical competence. Tremendous discipline and a love of routine work. Ability
to simplify, code, and reduce a subject to its essential elements. Inner drive to be thorough and
responsible in minute details. Self-disciplined.
Mars Sextile Saturn
You express yourself deliberately and don't waste your words. You have a natural sense of
organization and come across as disciplined and careful, perhaps a little too sober.
Saturn Trine Ascendant
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).
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
Sharp, nimble mind with ready wit. Quick to get insights and to see new solutions.
Approaching genius when it comes to communication skills. Natural physical dexterity. Good
hands too. The life of the party when it comes to spontaneity.
Mercury Trine Uranus
Any unconventional behavior on your part often ends up affecting your career. Your
day-to-day path to success tends to be very staid and lacking in originality, which is what
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prompts you to leap outside convention and do something unusual.
Jupiter Opposition 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
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
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
A born director and orchestrator of the moods and emotions of a group. A sharp sense of
drama and a feeling for spiritual ideas and for art in general. Dreamy. Able to understand the
public's mood and what is required to please. Could be deceptive.
Moon Sextile Neptune
Great psychological talent. Able to sense and feel in the more abstract mental areas and to
bring far-out ideas down to earth. Always at the leading edge of social understanding. Great
sense of compassion and a real understanding of others.
Mercury Trine Neptune
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 often be tempted to make career moves that are unethical or at least conflict with
your own close-held dreams and ideals. You may feel that your vocation lacks imagination and
vision, and this could lead you to various forms of escape.
Jupiter Opposition 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
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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
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.
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
A born psychologist. Able to understand and handle a crowd and the public in general.
Devoted to children and the idea of future changes. Not much given to a misuse of personal
power. Always this sense of vision and purpose. Intense. The long haul.
Moon Trine Pluto
You try hard to be clear-headed and stay away from gossip and a tendency to probe and
analyze. However, your inner psychology and that of others (everything secret) challenges and
fascinates you. This could be a lifelong friendship/confrontation.
Mercury Opposition Pluto
Great intensity of emotions and purpose. Could be a spokesperson for a cause or a
generation. Fearless in action and not afraid to use power. Will have your way. Know how to
get what you want. A very magnetic and perhaps controversial personality.
Mars Trine Pluto
Organizational genius, especially when it comes to managing other people. You understand
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what motivates others from the point of view of mass psychology and can get at the heart of
things in an instant. You have a great talent for social leadership.
Jupiter Trine 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
Challenges and Abilities
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 can be a real moving force in the lives of others. A natural group leader or trainer, your
vitality and drive are communicated to all those you contact, especially younger people. Your
enthusiasm is so strong that it can sometimes be a little too much, making others
uncomfortable. You put a lot of effort into those around you, and also into your surroundings
and home environment.
Moon Conjunction Mars 02°16'
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 05°13'
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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You like your career straight and conventional, and you defy anyone who would suggest
otherwise. The well-trodden path is where to find you. You go out of your way to conform, and
avoid the new, novel, and unconventional with great vigor. Confrontations with people and
things that don't conform are common, not to mention arguments along these lines. That which
won't go along is opposed.
Jupiter Opposition Uranus 01°14'
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 03°05'
Your vocation may be less than ideal and not what you dreamed it could be. Chances are
that you have chosen the course you are now on, ignoring other more imaginative solutions. If
you have abandoned your dreams, the likelihood is that you did it deliberately and with the eyes
open. You may fear being carried away by your imagination, or perhaps you see a more ideal
existence as some form of escape. You worry about being deceived or seduced by your own
dreams.
Jupiter Opposition Neptune 03°59'
You are very competitive -- even pushy -- when it comes to partners and other people. You
have a great social drive and love to work in a group or with close friends.
Mars Opposition Ascendant 04°07'
Your love of groups and the social scene may find you less concerned about you as a person
and more interested in relationships of all kinds. Others find you very unselfish and open to
sharing and cooperation.
Moon Opposition Ascendant 06°23'
You don't like making career decisions, and you can get downright confused when it comes
to making the right choice. You may not appreciate advice, and this makes the problem
somewhat more complex. It could be important for you to get the counsel of a trusted friend,
someone who can advise you as to the right choices. Whether you happen to like them or not,
once you have determined the right route, you should take it.
Venus Square Jupiter 07°05'
You have trouble accepting responsibilities. You don't like them. You would rather enjoy
yourself at the expense of any obligations, letting them accumulate as they will. This struggle
with authority and simple duty makes for great tension and diminished good times. It is hard to
have fun when you are ignoring your responsibilities. What we have here is a stalemate.
Venus Square Saturn 07°47'
You like your conversations and the ideas you communicate to stay somewhere near the
surface. You want your privacy. You resent probing analysis and are quick to say so. Your
opposition to others' "getting personal" with you is loud and clear and may be the source of
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more than a little argument. However, you don't mind a tasty bit of gossip when it is someone
else who is being discussed. There is more than a little incongruity here.
Mercury Opposition Pluto 07°55'
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 express yourself deliberately and don't waste your words. You have a natural sense of
organization and come across as disciplined and careful, perhaps a little too sober.
Saturn Trine Ascendant 00°15'
You enjoy working with your mind, and your sharp perceptions make finding new solutions
easy. You always bring an unexpected twist or insight to anything you set your mind to. You
are able to teach or help others to be more original when it comes to the words or thoughts they
use. You can use the mind in original ways and probably have excellent eye-hand coordination.
Your laser-like mind makes conversations fast-paced and illuminating. A ready wit.
Mercury Trine Uranus 00°57'
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 01°46'
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 Sextile Jupiter 02°10'
You get along well with older people, especially those in authority. It is easy for you to
convey yourself to others, and you always manage to make a good appearance. You have an
easy manner and find it easy to communicate with just about anyone.
Sun Trine Ascendant 02°50'
You have natural psychological ability, in particular when working with the public. You can
handle emotional and personal issues (vulnerable areas) where angels fear to tread. People
sense this about you and trust you with sensitive matters, inner worries, and questions of
personal identity. You have a real mission and a sense of purpose.
Moon Trine Pluto 02°59'
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Responsibilities are easy for you, and you tend to pile on tasks, one after another. You work
very hard, with a gritty resolve, and can accomplish much. It takes a lot to overload your
willingness to take charge and help out. Organizational skills are good, and a career in one of
the physical sciences is quite possible. You find it easy to work with those in authority or those
who are more experienced than yourself.
Sun Trine Saturn 03°04'
The word here is accomplishment. If there is a job, you can do it. A prodigious worker, you
pour yourself into any task with absolute determination. You are responsible to the extreme and
take on obligations as though you just can't get enough. You enjoy discipline, and limitations
are seen as opportunities rather than as handicaps. You would make a good teacher of others in
matters of organization, practical competence, and the like. You have a great desire and drive to
be thorough and responsible down to the smallest details. You always know what is essential
and what is not. You love the routine.
Mars Sextile Saturn 03°53'
You have a built-in sense of what the public wants and can always come up with just the
right image. You find it easy to work with the emotions and feelings of others, and with great
imagination. Your sense of the ideal springs to life whenever other people are involved. A born
arranger of atmospheres, you enjoy working with groups of people. You are also very creative
when it comes to your home and surroundings.
Moon Sextile Neptune 04°45'
You enjoy working with whatever is psychological -- the hidden, vulnerable, sensitive areas
of the mind and self. You can handle material that is sensitive or taboo without batting an eye.
This interest in all that is psychological makes you an excellent teacher in the field. You have a
natural grasp for the political, for handling the public, and you know how to get your way. Your
drive in these areas amounts to a passion, and those around you may feel that you are often too
intense. Power struggles are somewhat routine for you.
Mars Trine Pluto 05°14'
Mass psychology (what motivates people) is something you understand. Your career may
well be in managing or working with people within a psychological context. You would make a
good teacher in these areas too. Counseling or helping people who are in crisis or working out
sensitive issues are careers where you could excel. You have a way of sifting through the
garbage and coming up with whatever is meaningful or relevant.
Jupiter Trine Pluto 05°45'
You are expert at working with words that communicate mystical and mythological ideas.
You are at home in these realms and can always manage to bring other-worldly ideas into the
practical realms. You would make an excellent teacher of philosophy or religion, for you can't
help but communicate these subjects and enchant all who come to know you. Your
understanding of the unity behind appearances, along with the ability to put these thoughts into
words, is a rare and valuable gift. You would make a good director, for you like working with
mental images.
Mercury Trine Neptune 06°09'
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You have a knack for always finding assistance in whatever career moves you decide to make.
In fact, your ability to rally support makes a public career of one kind or another quite probable.
Success is indicated in education, politics, or the law. You know how to attack and solve
problems, whether personal or public. Chances are, your social skills mean that you are popular
with almost everyone.
Moon Trine Jupiter 08°44'
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:
Your Personal Background
You may be a very social child -- an accomplished leader at the age of even seven or eight
and a real socialite in the early teens. All of this is somewhat premature, so don't be surprised if
you lose your interest in the external, social scene during your middle teens. You will discover
a more subjective you and elect to take a more inward direction. Turning away from the social
scene, you may spend many years pursuing your inner life. This more involuted and personal
time may intensify when you are 21-22 years and last until you are around 30 years of age. At
that time you will go through a remarkable change, sort of discovering yourself all at once. The
more inward years of inner searching will pay off with new confidence and real direction. You
will begin your real life's work after this time, and your middle years will be very strong and
successful.
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."
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Oct 08, 2008 1st Pass D> (Age 18 4m)
Apr 10, 2009 2nd Pass R< (Age 18 10m)
Jun 22, 2009 3rd Pass D> (Age 19 1m)
You are riding a high now in terms of taking advantage of the cycles in your life. This may
well be a high-water mark; however, this is also the beginning of a series of years during which
you should begin to consolidate and tie down the advances you have made in recent years. It
may be best to begin to dig in and strengthen your current position rather than expand outward
too much. You will find your mind beginning to turn away from the external (the material) and
to be concerned with more inward and spiritual ideas. All of this will become clear over the
next several years. This time marks a change of direction for you, away from the material and
glitter, toward inner needs and security. You will find yourself more concerned with
maintaining and strengthening your position, rather than pushing outward. In summary, a kind
of high-water mark in the outward and social department. These years should be easy and filled
with opportunities and friendships. Enjoy them. More demanding and inward years will be
forthcoming a little further on down the road.
Saturn in 04th Quadrant
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're concerned with preserving the status quo and are stable and methodical in your ways
of going on. You resist change and may have trouble getting started, but once on the move are
indomitable. You mistrust that which is new or untried.
Have Earth
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
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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
You may lack flexibility, managing a foot-in-the-mouth when you least need it. You could
have trouble adapting to situations or to the demands of those around you. Perhaps it is not easy
for you to communicate or smooth over things.
Want Mutable
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
You are inclined to do things from outer necessity rather than for emotional or idealistic
reasons. Your theories and mental activities may be fine, but you may lack heart or the
fixedness (or the necessary time) to let things ripen.
Want Succedent
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
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
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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
The mind, and all that is mental, will be the source of continued change and adjustment.
Letters, writing, speaking, and all things having to do with communication and cognitive work
assume great importance. Your mind tends to be engrossed with thoughts, ideas, and concepts
and remains in almost constant flux. Mental learning is an area of preoccupation.
Mercury
There are big changes (high burn rate) throughout your life in matters of organization and
responsibility. It may be difficult for you to learn to be thorough, to finish things, and take care
of all the loose ends. You may have a lot to learn regarding what is and what is not essential in
life -- separating the wheat from the chaff. Getting down to the nitty-gritty, the bare bones of
the matter, could well be a major lesson.
Saturn
Patterns: Your Inner and Outer Self
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
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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.
Your sense of direction and guidance are the key to understanding you at any in-depth level.
You are a natural problem-solver, always managing to come up with the correct approach.
There is an innate capacity to negotiate with the law and authorities, plus an ability to find your
way (the correct way) when it comes to inner and spiritual matters. Others sense this gift, and
accept guidance and council.
Jupiter
At heart, you have a deep sense of responsibility and purpose, and this seriousness is
genuine and felt by others. You seem to gravitate to those things which last and hold true, and
are always separating the wheat from the chaff. You manage to get down to the bare bones.
Matters of law, religion, and philosophy of the most resolute kind hold your interest.
Saturn
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The Key to your Personality
Your sense of direction (handling a person or a problem) is perhaps the key element in your
personality make-up. How you manage difficulties, find that diplomatic solution, or come up
with the right approach all are built around your talent. Your outward charm and ability to be all
things to all people is what is most central to your personality. This ability to solve problems, to
counsel and always to put others at ease is the key to meeting and coming to know you.
Jupiter
The Personal Hot Spot
Your surroundings, circumstances, and support system are the crucial spot, key link, or
what-have-you in the chain of your life. When things get hectic, it is in these areas that you can
expect pressure and greatest activity.
Moon
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.
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 Dis Neptune
A career in psychology, areas of the mind and self that are vulnerable and sensitive, is
indicated. You not only like change and transforming experiences, you pursue them for their
own sake. You head straight for whatever challenges your sense of identity and puts you
through changes. This life path could also carry you into subjects like reincarnation, psychic
experiences, and all that is occult or hidden from common view. You plunge right in, dig
through the whole mess, and leave not a secret unturned. Yours is a career deep in change,
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transformation, and metamorphosis.
Jupiter Inc Pluto
You may have a tendency to avoid sensitive subjects and to take refuge in duties and
responsibilities rather than face issues that might disturb you or put you through some changes.
You are a stern pragmatist in all that is psychological -- whatever wells up from inside us. Your
need for psychological security and absolute truth in all matters cuts through most chit-chat and
settles on core material. You concentrate on deep, inner changes in you and in others -- depth
psychology.
Saturn 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
of personal introspection and analysis is also sacrosanct.
Neptune Inc Pluto
Getting personal with you is a real mistake, for it always manages to plunge you into
turmoil. You resent probing on the part of others, yet are fascinated by behind-the-scenes and
so-called "secret" information. You may prefer not to think about anything below the surface,
but even this is not a constant, and this inner conflict produces more than its share of tension.
Pluto Dis Mercury
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.
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Jun 06, 2014 3rd Pass D> (Age 24 0m)
Things are happening, and your career, or path depends upon your own ambition and drive,
which are strong now. Able to use good common horse-sense, you can feel trends and make the
right moves. A time to get ahead by taking action.
Jupiter Trine Mars
Jun 24, 2014 3rd Pass D> (Age 24 1m)
Opportunities may go against your own sense of security and responsibility. Career choices
may require that you take a chance and neglect the home front. This is a tough call, and some
compromise is perhaps the best way to a workable solution.
Jupiter Opposition Saturn
Jul 08, 2014 3rd Pass D> (Age 24 1m)
Everything may be pouring in at once, and it's all good news. Your career direction gets
some encouragement, and life's problems should find easy solutions. You may benefit from an
older person or one in authority. Life could assume a dreamlike stance.
Jupiter Sextile Sun
Jul 13, 2014 3rd Pass D> (Age 24 1m)
Friends, group projects, and community concerns could play a key role that effects your
career direction. Altruism and humanitarian efforts can affect your work and life-path.
Jupiter in Eleventh House
Nov 06, 2013 1st Pass D> (Age 23 5m)
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
Nov 21, 2013 1st Pass D> (Age 23 6m)
You will probably be reviewing a lot of very sensitive psychological material. Although
you may not be able to notice any change, this is a chance to organize your thoughts and build
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new habits that will bring orderly change in the future.
Saturn Conjunction Pluto
Dec 18, 2013 1st Pass D> (Age 23 7m)
May 24, 2014 2nd Pass R< (Age 24 0m)
A good time, when your efforts really pay off and things seem to run smoothly. Now you
have an ability for sustained work that allows you to coordinate and organize like never before.
Bring to fruition uncompleted tasks or character development.
Saturn Trine Moon
Dec 26, 2013 1st Pass D> (Age 23 7m)
May 13, 2014 2nd Pass R< (Age 23 11m)
A time when ideas, thoughts, and communication of all kinds will assume increased
importance. You may find that you dispense with small talk and concentrate on the basic
realities. You may be less able to communicate on the superficial levels.
Saturn in Third House
Jan 13, 2014 1st Pass D> (Age 23 7m)
Apr 23, 2014 2nd Pass R< (Age 23 11m)
Circumstances may urge you to great effort and hard work. Things are working with rather
than against you, so don't hold back. However, don't overdo and try to go too far too fast. Let
things take their natural course, which should be an easy one now.
Saturn Trine Mars
May 05, 2014 1st Pass D> (Age 23 11m)
You could find yourself struggling to overthrow everything that is dreamy or other-worldly
in you, perhaps even undermining your real dreams and ideals. Don't throw the baby out with
the bath water. Perhaps your rebelliousness can be kept in tow.
Uranus Square 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
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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
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
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
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
You could be a terrific business person, as you have an ability to get past the surface of
things and separate out that which has real worth. In the area of possessions or material goods
you will go through a lot of changes and learn a lot.
Pluto 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
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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
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
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
You have very simple needs regarding home and surroundings. Some might find you frugal.
It may be difficult for you to send down roots, build a home-base, and feel secure. Feelings and
emotions may be on the sparse side.
Saturn in Fourth House
You are very independent when it comes to your own security and family. This could mean
an unconventional-style home or furnishings, or a different approach to sentiment, nostalgia,
and history.
Uranus in Fourth House
You don't have to leave home to escape from the rat race. Family, home, and security seem
just about ideal to you. You may be very imaginative with your home and domestic setup, or a
sense of community and unity pervades your family life.
Neptune in Fourth House
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
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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
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
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
You always find support from others when you turn your attention to health, food, nutrition,
and areas where service or attention to detail are in high focus. You may enjoy working with a
group of others where you can exercise your discrimination.
Moon in Sixth House
You are very motivated when it comes to matters of care and service -- taking care of
details. You are up for any task that requires conservation -- separating the wheat from the
chaff. An urge to salvage everything.
Mars in Sixth House
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
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
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You love social life and relationships of all kinds -- partners, marriages, teachers, and such.
You are very responsive yourself and value this in others. You don't play favorites and are quite
impersonal when it comes to your responsibilities.
Venus 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
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 have a very analytical bent, and your mind excels at making practical decisions. Your
ideas run deeper than superficial issues which could mean an interest in depth psychology and
even occult and mystical subjects.
Mercury in Eighth House
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
is the very heart of things belong here.
Ninth 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
You are direct and candid and tend to brush past appearances and settle on the truth within.
Ideas -- philosophy and religion -- are what life is all about. You may travel, counsel, and be a
teacher to others.
Sun in Ninth House
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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
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
It is natural for you to put your practical and managerial abilities to work. You can make a
career out of your keen organizational skills and clear insight into how things work.
Supervision and taking charge are your trademarks.
Jupiter 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
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
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
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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
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posted December 21, 2013 06:40 PM            

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Oh my gosh, Ellynlvx, that's incredible of you! Thank you so much for your generosity in posting this! So much useful information!

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posted December 21, 2013 06:50 PM            

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Just wondering though-- since we determined that even though they're not really 'transits' per se, but the current Venus Rx and Mars in Libra touch quite a few personal points on my chart-- do you see any significance in this? Or any way that it could potentially manifest?

Thank you again for your insight!

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posted December 21, 2013 08:54 PM            

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Are you going home for the holidays?

Beware of Handsome, Dark Strangers from your Past...

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posted December 22, 2013 03:09 PM            

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Haha well not "home." I don't really know where home is anymore-- I've moved 23 times! BUT... I am going as close to being home out here on the West Coast as can be for me-- visiting my friends in a city I lived in for 2 years prior.

And what do you mean when you say beware? Sounds quite ominous! Haha... But yes, funny you should mention it-- there is a dark, handsome guy from my past that lives there.

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