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Professional
Natal Report
for
M C Hammer
Prepared by:
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Worcester MA 01602 USA
508-853-5233
Planetary Positions
Planet Sign Longitude Declination
qSun is in aAries 9`37' 59" + 3`49' 00"
wMoon is in bAquarius 0`44' 16" -18`37' 00"
eMercury is in nPisces 24`09' 24" - 4`24' 00"
rVenus is in aAries 24`53' 51" + 8`57' 00"
tMars is in nPisces 14`30' 19" - 7`09' 00"
yJupiter is in nPisces 1`03' 24" -11`50' 00"
uSaturn is in bAquarius 9`16' 43" -18`22' 00"
iUranus is in gLeo 26`54' 27" +13`17' 00"
oNeptune is in xScorpio 12`58' 00" -14`00' 00"
pPluto is in hVirgo 8`05' 42" +21`00' 00"
lN. Node is in gLeo 15`18' 43" +16`15' 00"
jAscendant is in fCancer 21`28' 52" +21`44' 00"
kMidheaven is in aAries 5`40' 18" + 2`15' 00"
$Chiron is in nPisces 8`27' 00" - 3`33' 00"
Planetary Aspects
Your Sun is Sextile Saturn The orb is 0`21'
Your Sun is Quincunx Pluto The orb is 1`32'
Your Sun is Trine N. Node The orb is 5`41'
Your Sun is Conjunct Midheaven The orb is 3`58'
Your Sun is Semisextile Chiron The orb is 1`11'
Your Moon is Square Venus The orb is 5`50'
Your Moon is Semisquare Mars The orb is 1`14'
Your Moon is Semisextile Jupiter The orb is 0`19'
Your Moon is Conjunct Saturn The orb is 8`32'
Your Moon is Sextile Midheaven The orb is 4`56'
Your Mercury is Semisextile Venus The orb is 0`44'
Your Mercury is Semisquare Saturn The orb is 0`07'
Your Mercury is Trine Ascendant The orb is 2`41'
Your Venus is Trine Uranus The orb is 2`01'
Your Venus is Sesquare Pluto The orb is 1`48'
Your Venus is Square Ascendant The orb is 3`25'
Your Venus is Semisquare Chiron The orb is 1`27'
Your Mars is Trine Neptune The orb is 1`32'
Your Mars is Quincunx N. Node The orb is 0`48'
Your Jupiter is Opposite Uranus The orb is 4`09'
Your Saturn is Square Neptune The orb is 3`41'
Your Saturn is Quincunx Pluto The orb is 1`11'
Your Saturn is Sextile Midheaven The orb is 3`36'
Your Saturn is Semisextile Chiron The orb is 0`50'
Your Neptune is Sextile Pluto The orb is 4`52'
Your Neptune is Square N. Node The orb is 2`21'
Your Neptune is Trine Chiron The orb is 4`31'
Your Pluto is Semisquare Ascendant The orb is 1`37'
Your Pluto is Opposite Chiron The orb is 0`21'
Your Chiron is Sesquare Ascendant The orb is 1`58'
Planets in Elements and Modes
Fire : qrilk Total = 5 Weighted Score = 12
Earth : p Total = 1 Weighted Score = 1
Air : wu Total = 2 Weighted Score = 8
Water : etyoj$ Total = 6 Weighted Score = 15
Cardinal : qrjk Total = 4 Weighted Score = 17
Fixed : wuiol Total = 5 Weighted Score = 10
Mutable : etyp$ Total = 5 Weighted Score = 9
Weights Used Above
Sun = 6 Moon = 6 Mercury = 3 Venus = 3
Mars = 3 Jupiter = 2 Saturn = 2 Uranus= 1
Neptune = 1 Pluto = 1 N. Node = 0 Ascendant = 6
Midheaven = 2 Chiron = 0
Introduction
The report that you are about to read is a first step in decoding the symbolic
language of your birth chart. It explains the raw materials that you have been
given for building a life. It outlines how the overall shape of your chart
reflects the overall shape of your personality, what your greatest challenges
are likely to be, the strengths you have been given to meet these challenges,
and the main arenas you are given for playing out your life’s drama.
In this report you may notice certain places where the information seems to be contradictory. This is to be expected, because people are complex. For example, in some situations we are shy and in others, aggressive. When you see repeated patterns, though, take special note: these are apt to be the dominant themes in your life.
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The Main Emphasis in Your Chart
The general distribution of planets around you at your birth is one of the
things that shows the overall shape of your personality. Before taking a
closer look at the details, let’s stand back for a moment to see whether
your chart contains any obvious emphasis in a sign, group of signs, or other
division of the horoscope wheel.
Most planets are in the western half of the chart.
You love interacting with others, and delight in experiencing life in a social
setting. The challenge of working out the intricacies and problems posed in
relationships gives you a feeling of enormous satisfaction, especially when
things work out in a positive manner. To be sure, seeing life through the eyes
of others is a rare gift. Just take care that someone else’s personality
does not dominate you in such a way that you cannot grow and express your own
self.
Most planets are above the horizon.
You tend to identify who you are with what you have accomplished in the world.
This may make you highly competitive in establishing yourself within a
definable lifestyle or career. Your trophy case or the diplomas on your wall
may be a source of great personal satisfaction. It is important to balance
your need for outer-world-accomplishments with care for your inner self. Also,
take great care not to lose sight of the needs of your loved ones.
There are many planets in Fire signs.
With many planets in either Aries, Leo or Sagittarius, you are likely to be
one of the original self-starters. Passionate and full of strong feelings and
ideals, you do not need external stimuli to get you moving in new directions.
Drama is your mantra. Perceiving life as a game with high stakes, you are just
as passionate when you win as when you lose.
In many ways you act and feel as if the world revolves around you, and sometimes it does. You tend to dominate your sphere, and when you come across other Fire types you instantly like or dislike them with no feelings in-between.
You are devoted to your ideals and beliefs, and will play the game to the end, displaying your boundless enthusiasm no matter what the outcome. You despise static, unchanging and unyielding situations, and will put forth your best efforts to change them. With your courage, energy and dramatic flair, you can be an effective leader, and will be the first in line to explore uncharted regions.
Your tendency to act first and think later, however, may lead others to accuse you of insensitivity. Learn to be more aware of others’ feelings. Realize that your actions affect others’ lives in ways that you may not have considered. Remember to develop sensitivity and appraise situations intellectually before you act with your heart.
There are few or no planets in Earth signs.
With a marked lack of planets in Taurus, Virgo or Capricorn, you may find it
difficult to handle the practical, everyday details of living with any degree
of grace. Practical knowledge is not one of your higher priorities, and you
may not particularly like doing things that require hands-on manipulation. You
tend to be either unconnected with the day-to-day reality of your life or to
make plans that reality dictates cannot come to fruition. Because you dread
taking on everyday responsibilities, you may do things that others judge to be
childish or irresponsible.
Establishing good habits for daily living will help smooth out some of your inconsistencies. By taking the time to stick with a plan, regimen, or project, you will learn the value of creating things that last. Otherwise you will tend to drift from one idea or concept to another without really settling down and experiencing life on its most fundamental level. Try also to develop your sensual side. Take the time to feel, smell, taste, and physically experience things. Doing this will help keep you in focus and connected to the larger world around you.
There are many planets in Water signs.
With such a strong emphasis in signs like Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces, you tend
to move forward in life guided primarily by your feelings. Living in a world
of emotion and change, you are extremely sensitive to “vibes.” When you
are overwhelmed with feelings, the reality of a situation is of little
consequence, and intellectual abstractions have no meaning for you. You may
misunderstand the passions of others, thinking that such outbursts are real
emotional expressions when these people may be just trying to get your
attention.
When you encounter negative emotional situations, it is best to get out immediately, because you tend to mirror whatever vibrations are occurring around you. Then you react unreasonably and create problems for yourself. When, instead, you are surrounded by emotionally healthy situations, you become emotionally healthy.
A motherly person, you can be extremely compassionate, empathetic and protective of those in need. This is because you sense things in an unthinking way. Learn to trust your emotions, intuitions, and psychic ability, because they are usually correct.
Do not, however, trust your fears. You probably have many, but they tend to be irrational and compulsive. Since you can become irrational when you carry your expression too far, learn to trust the middle way and not take things to the extreme.
Your great strength is your empathy with others. If you heed the unsaid influences in every situation, this talent will give you an edge in business, love and play.
There are many planets in Cardinal signs.
Your strong emphasis in signs like Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn gives
you an ability to initiate things, whether they be actions, relationships or
projects. You do not care whether something has been done before: if it
interests you, you will attempt it. Though you tend to be sullen and unhappy
in the role of minion, you feel creative and fulfilled in positions of
leadership. Once projects are under way, however, you tend to lose interest.
It would be ideal to have someone to follow in your footsteps and complete the
details.
There is an unusual number of planets in Aries.
You are the quintessential free spirit and the ultimate pioneer. Extremely
willful, you must be first at all costs — even at the cost of others’
approval or feelings. If you do not moderate this tendency, you may find
yourself alone. Nevertheless, your enthusiasm and zest for life are
infectious. Others will probably let you have your own way as long as you don’t
go overboard. You teem with new ventures that you’d like to begin, and may
have to discipline yourself to finish them.
Aspects: Keys to Your Inner Drama
In your birth chart, the Sun, Moon and planets play the central role. They are
the actors in the drama, the moving figures on the stage, each with a
character of its own. How these characters relate to each other, whether and
how they clash or harmonize, whether they bring out each other’s best or
worst qualities, is shown by the aspects, or angles, between the planets.
Is the ongoing drama between two planets a continuing tension that periodically erupts into crises (conjunctions, oppositions and squares), a harmonious alliance where the two planets aid and abet each other (trines and sextiles), an uneasy truce full of ambiguities (certain other aspects in neither of these families), or simply indifference (no aspect at all)? Below you will see which pairs of planets are in aspect in your chart.
Each of the following sections lists the aspects in order of their general importance, with aspects involving the Sun, Moon and fast-moving planets coming first. You can get a further idea of their importance in your particular chart by going to the aspect table at the beginning of this report and finding the five or so aspects with the smallest number of degrees and minutes in the “The orb is” column.
Your Major Challenges
We start with your conjunctions, oppositions and squares because these tend to
point out the challenges that you have been set in life. Mose people
experience these aspects as problems, at least at first. Armed with awareness,
however, you can come to view these so-called “ hard” aspects as the
blessings that they really are. These are the forces that spur you forward.
When you face the challenges that these aspects pose, you grow in strength,
confidence, wisdom and maturity.
Sun conjunct Midheaven
This aspect makes the Sun extremely important in your chart. You have the
energy, stamina and dedication to realize your goals and to become a success
in your chosen line of endeavor. You are self-directed and are usually correct
in the decisions you make, but if you would have others not judge you as being
arrogant, listen to them once in a while and follow their advice — it will
probably be complimentary to what you would have done anyway.
Moon square Venus
Your easygoing and charming manner is usually your biggest asset, but it can
lead to problems. At times, your desire for life to move smoothly can cause
you to compromise in situations that would have otherwise called for you to
take independent action. There is such a thing as being too nice for your own
good. If you choose companions and associates as loving and sincere as
yourself, this will not be a problem. Otherwise, they may take advantage of
your good nature.
Moon conjunct Saturn
You are known for your coolness and objectivity in times of stress. You have
the ability to make unemotional and responsible decisions when others are
losing their heads or going off half-cocked. And you appreciate the trust that
others have in you. The negative side of this is that you tend to
remain cool and detached at times when warmth and spontaneity are needed.
Feelings of self-doubt can make you shrink from emotional attachments, so that
you run the risk of becoming lonely and alienated. Do not feel bad, though.
Once you have made an emotional commitment, you will toil long and hard to
make the relationship work. In the proper circumstances, this is a great gift.
Venus square Ascendant
Your pleasant, gentle manner that others find so engaging is usually sincere,
but at times it is merely a ploy to help you get out of uncomfortable
situations. You have the ability to flatter others and get away with it. Your
graceful ways often cover your tendency to be lazy, shallow and superficial.
Your personal challenge will be to become truly artistic, rather than simply
artificial.
Jupiter opposite Uranus
There is a continuing tension in your life that will not allow you to feel
comfortable and at peace, even when you are under no visible stress. You are
generally optimistic and positive and far-sighted in your viewpoints, but you
also fear being restricted in any way and will rebel should you feel that your
freedom or personal integrity is threatened. You need lots of “space”, the
freedom to come and go as you choose. If it is granted unconditionally, you
probably won’t roam very far.
Saturn square Neptune
By nature you are withdrawn and introspective. This can be helpful to
self-understanding when you are in control of the process. But often your
deep-seated fears and anxieties seem to take control of your life and run it.
When this happens, professional counseling may help you discriminate between
what is real and concrete and what is imaginary and illusory, and can restore
your ability to function in the world. You must learn to trust that the world
can indeed support and assist you. Above all, avoid any mind altering
substances , because these will only mask your problems.
Neptune square Nodes
You tend to put very little ego attachment into interpersonal relationships
— and that often causes you many problems. If you’re detached totally from
your relationships, you can end up exploiting others by lying or cheating (you
think it’s OK because “you” aren’t involved). Or you can be on the
receiving end of deception and deceit because you don’t feel worthy enough
to demand some respect for yourself. Relationships are often formed between
those who are not truly equal, so that one of you becomes the victim and the
other the savior. Ultimately, none of these scenarios is healthy and you
should seek the help of a trusted counselor or advisor if you wish to develop
a proper sense of self-respect.
Chiron opposite Pluto
You may have faced an emotional loss that forced you to grow up at a very
young age. Extremely serious and melancholy, you tend to spend many hours in
deep contemplation. Fearful and obsessed with death, you may find it difficult
to cope with the realities and stresses of everyday living. Therapy may help
you celebrate life rather than fear death. You will then be more apt to relax,
and will be able to help others as well as yourself enjoy each day.
Your Sustaining Strengths
Trines and sextiles tend to work with a natural harmony that calls for little
effort on your part. They show the things that you just seem naturally good
at. Usually they point to the more positive parts of your nature, and act as
support that you can call on in difficult times.
Because these aspects are so comfortable, they are not likely to push you to expand your limits or cause you to change. It is actually helpful to have a balance of hard aspects (like oppositions and squares) to stimulate you to grow, and soft aspects (trines and sextiles) to ease your passage and provide places to rest.
If you are blessed with a predominance of trines and sextiles, your life may tend to be placid and your nature serene. If so, remember that the world around you is probably sorely in need of these qualities that are yours to bestow.
Sun sextile Saturn
You have the rare gift to be able to be counted on by others. You are known
for your steadiness, your practicality, your maturity and your inclination to
accept responsibility. Even as a youth you were able to be trusted to do what
was right. You enjoy being dependable and expect the same from others. You
have very high and strict standards of correct behavior.
Sun trine North Node
You delight so much in serving your community — in politics, neighborhood
groups, charitable organizations, church groups, etc. — that you often
become totally oblivious of the more personal needs of your family and loved
ones. This isn’t usually an issue though, because your family and loved ones
probably realize what an effective force you are in all your various projects
and will themselves go out of their way to assist you. Your outgoing, cheerful
nature tends to endear you to all you meet. Your popularity is assured because
your sincerity is so very genuine, not at all forced or unnatural.
Moon sextile Midheaven
You bring a sense of enthusiasm and emotional sensitivity to whatever you do.
You are quite intuitive about the needs of others and this assists you in your
chosen field. Others trust you because you seem to understand them and
sympathize with them. As such, they give you the emotional support that you
need in order to feel comfortable. You project an openness and sincerity that
makes you quite popular.
Mercury trine Ascendant
Your active mind works best when it is sharing ideas with others. As such, you
would be very comfortable in the role of student or teacher. You enjoy
displaying your intelligence to others, and you respect others who can
stimulate you. Friends and acquaintances are very important to you, because in
order to feel that you are growing as an individual you need their
cross-fertilization on the intellectual level. Watch out, however, for your
tendency to want to fill up pauses in conversations with the noise of your own
voice. It’s all right to be quiet and meditative once in a while.
Venus trine Uranus
You find it difficult to stay in any one relationship very long, unless both
of you happen to be very unconventional and very creative in always concocting
new and exciting things to do together as a couple. Others may judge you as
irresponsible and undependable, but you really must be this way in order to
maintain your own sense of integrity — you must be free to “do your own
thing.” Your flakiness and lack of respect for tradition make you very
exciting to be around.
Mars trine Neptune
There is a continuing pattern in your life of seeking some individual or cause
to which you can devote yourself. At times you may not be discriminating in
your choice. If you find yourself often involved with lost causes or with
people who take advantage of your better nature, you may want to consider
seeking the advice of a trusted, practical friend or professional before
making a major life decision. This will probably go against your grain,
because it may not be in your nature to trust decisions based on rationality.
Though you may feel that the heart has its own reasons, it cannot hurt to seek
out a more grounded viewpoint before making up your mind. With this aspect you
may also be physically very sensitive, and may be better off refraining from
alcohol and other mind-altering substances.
Saturn sextile Midheaven
When you have decided on a life goal, you have the ability to work long and
hard to accomplish it. You are unafraid of taking care of the minor but
important details necessary to bring something to a successful conclusion.
Your ability to proceed in a disciplined, orderly manner earns you the
rightful reputation of a perfectionist, a reputation that you are justly proud
of. You are ideally suited to being either an administrator or a teacher.
Neptune sextile Pluto
You, and society as a whole, are witnessing a gradual spiritual transformation
that affects everything that you encounter. A solid foundation for protecting
the rights of individuals (and especially the underprivileged) was being laid
in the era when you were born, so that those in the future will have an equal
opportunity to grow, evolve and gain greater understanding.
Chiron trine Neptune
Optimistic, spiritual, and idealistic, you have a never-ending faith in the
human spirit. Compassionate and sympathetic, you always keep your door open to
those in need, including stray animals and others not as well off as you. Your
naivete and sweetness endear you to whomever you meet. Since you always lend
an ear and a helping hand, people enjoy being in your company. Professions
that utilize your admirable qualities include being a religious leader,
teacher, counselor, evangelist, or spiritual healer.
Rounding Out the Picture
Two other families of so-called “minor” aspects add yet more information
about the way the planets relate to each other in your chart. Semisquares and
sesquares (also known as sesquiquadrates) share the dynamic, crisis-prone
nature of the square but need to be quite exact in order to be felt.
Semisextiles and quincunxes connect signs that are totally unrelated to each other. They can have an odd, unsettling quality, indicating problems or issues that it’s hard to get a grip on. They are like interesting puzzles that call for a creative solution.
Sun quincunx Pluto
You have an annoying habit of mapping out a reasonable strategy for proceeding
with something and then acting unreasonably in the way that you carry it out.
Even though you consider yourself to be balanced and objective, you often
behave without tact or diplomacy — as if the feelings of others did not
matter or as if you thought that others were preventing you from reaching your
goal. You can see this happening and you become very frustrated when you have
to spend a great deal of time and energy undoing what you have done. Realize
that this tendency is a part of your nature and exercise as much
self-discipline as possible to keep it under control.
Sun semisextile Chiron
Fair-minded and benevolent, you will nevertheless turn your back on anyone who
has betrayed your confidence. You place great value on honesty and enjoy being
recognized for your achievements. Make sure that the desire for fame and for
pleasing others does not override the quality of your work and the morality
that guides you. Powerful, magnetic and influential, you may at times be
overcompensating for feeling different and alone.
Moon semisquare Mars
You are both aggressive and emotional, which can make it very difficult for
others to deal with you at times. While it is admirable that you are usually
so open and honest and direct about your feelings, others may wish for a break
now and then from your moodiness, argumentativeness and irritability. But
those who really care for you will stick with you and realize that your
storminess is soon past.
Moon semisextile Jupiter
You have a great and consuming need to be loved and accepted. If you had an
unfortunate experience as a youngster where love and security was denied to
you (at least in your eyes), you now tend to make unreasonable demands on
those around you to get more and more of this precious commodity. You do not
have the objectivity to see that you are asking for more than is your due and,
when others pull away, the pattern becomes reinforced. This leads you to
becoming more and more self-indulgent and selfish and may cause problems with
your health, especially weight related problems. Learn to relax and trust
people more or the pattern will continue.
Mercury semisextile Venus
At your best, you can sense the way that everything relates to everything else
as a part of an organic whole. This usually enhances your ability to think
things through. At times, though, when you are forced to think logically,
rigorously and matter-of-factly, you become confused and dumbfounded. This is
because you need to see whole patterns in order to make sense of things. You
flounder when you cannot see the forest for the trees. Try stepping back a bit
in order to get a proper perspective. This placement also indicates a refined
aesthetic sensibility that allows you to appreciate art or even be an artist
yourself.
Mercury semisquare Saturn
Your mind moves slowly and carefully, and you make no decisions until you have
reviewed all the relevant possibilities. Even then, you move cautiously.
Fearing to be wrong, you would almost rather not act at all than do anything
that might cause others to judge you negatively. This forces you to be very
thorough at whatever you do. In many situations this can be a great gift. It
can also, however, limit your life and keep you in a rut. Occasionally giving
yourself permission to be wrong can open up a world of new possibilities.
Venus sesquare Pluto
For you, relationships must be full of tension and crises. You need the sense
of imminent danger that comes from pushing yourself and your beloved into
situations where choices must be made. Thus, you constantly challenge your
beloved’s loyalty and become very jealous, possessive and manipulative. It
is your hope that, by doing this, you will allow the both of you to experience
each other at ever more intense levels. But be careful — unless your partner
is also willing to play these games, you will either push him or her away from
you or the relationship may turn into a pitched battlefield.
Venus semisquare Chiron
Your female friends and co-workers have always had a major influence on your
life. At times, you are jealous, competitive and afraid that they will
overpower you and make you feel inferior. Once you have healed your wounds
from the past, you will stop fearing rejection and will be able to experience
true, unconditional and passionate love. You must endeavor to keep your
self-indulgences under control.
Mars quincunx North Node
It seems that you love nothing more than a good fight or argument. Your
reputation as a quarreler or brawler is well-deserved — you won’t back
down from anybody or anything. But at times you wish you were much less
obstreperous — life would be so much easier without all the constant
bickering. Try to relax a little and let someone else take the lead, but
should that prove to be too dull or stifling, don’t be afraid to assert
yourself anew. You’ll have a great deal of energy to bring to group
endeavors, just as long as you and those with whom you associate can put up
with your overly zealous attitude from time to time.
Saturn quincunx Pluto
You tend to think that all of life is hard and difficult and that you can only
make your way by overcoming overwhelming odds. Everything that you do seems to
be an uphill battle and, if you continue to accept this as an inevitability,
your thoughts will assure that it will indeed continue as a never-ending
pattern for you. The only way to work around this tendency is to realize that
it is self-created. You must accept that things can be better and will be
better, only more gradually for you than for most others. At your best, you
have the toughness to weather any storm.
Saturn semisextile Chiron
To compensate for a lack of structure in your early family life, you may
become compulsively organized and intolerant of anyone who is not. Fearful of
relinquishing control, you may avoid long-term commitment. Learning the art of
compromise may be a great struggle, but once you master giving and taking,
your personal and professional relationships will greatly improve. You will
also become a much better teacher and a more patient parent.
Pluto semisquare Ascendant
You are fascinated by the give-and-take that is involved in relating to
another human being. Relationships are, for you, an intense sharing of
yourself with another and you delight in forcing both yourself and your
partner to ever deeper depths of understanding. At times, you carry this too
far, and the relationship becomes a battlefield where jealousy and
possessiveness are the chief weapons and control, manipulation and power are
the objects. Try to be more tactful and diplomatic if you can.
Chiron sesquare Ascendant
You tend to be afraid to take physical risks, and may even feel alienated from
your body. Sometimes you may avoid treating yourself to new clothes and
improving your appearance. You may not enjoy even the most simple physical
exercise, and probably do not enjoy sexual contact as fully as you might. Your
childhood traumas can be worked out with a good therapist. Making an effort to
express yourself and heal the past is a first step.
The positions of the planets in the zodiac, and the aspects between the planets, are nearly the same for everyone born on a given day. But the houses reflect how the planets were arranged around you and you alone, at a given hour and minute, and at a given place on Earth. Houses therefore personalize the planets, showing how they relate to your own particular life.
The meanings of the twelve houses echo those of the twelve zodiacal signs, but are more specific and concrete. For example, the second sign, Taurus, is much concerned with the material world, whereas the second house deals with your actual possessions: how you feel about them, and how you acquire them.
The house delineations that follow show how the affairs of each house are flavored by the sign that lies on its cusp. Since houses are sometimes larger than signs, a house may also have one or more signs completely enclosed or “intercepted” within it, in which case you will find additional material about the intercepted signs in a house. Most important, you will learn below in what areas of life the planets — the main actors in your drama — are disposed to be most active, and how the way each planet operates is influenced by both its house and its sign.
House 1: Your Interface with the World
The first house focuses on the basic equipment that you have been given for
interacting with the world: your body and your physical constitution, your
face, your appearance, your personality, mannerisms and the way you present
yourself. It may not be how you see yourself, but it is how others tend to
perceive you, and you should be aware that it has an important effect on how
you are accepted in social situations. Planets in the first house tend to be
strong and “out-front,” especially when they are close to (that is,
conjunct) your Ascendant.
Cancer on the First
Very sensitive by nature, you prefer to be in your own familiar surroundings.
Cautious and conservative, you make changes in your life very slowly, if at
all. Though you do not open up easily to strangers, you tend to make lifelong
friendships. Once given, your trust is forever, and you are very sentimental.
Your mother, your childhood home and your early family life are of paramount
importance to you. You have a strong need for security, in the sense that you
are being loved, nourished and protected. When you feel self-confident, you
are gentle, giving and protective of the needs of others. But when you feel
insecure or threatened, you become overly sensitive to criticism, shy,
withdrawn and moody.
North Node in the First
You tend to be a real “social creature.” You prefer the social whirl of
your friends and acquaintances — your need to express yourself creatively is
done so much better in group situations than if you were on your own. You’re
also a good friend and a trusted acquaintance and should be justly proud of
that. While you’ll be among the first to stick up for the goals and needs of
your group, try not to become overly dependent on your social acquaintances.
There are certain situations that demand that you be able to act on your own
and for your own personal good. You may have to go out of your way to learn
the skills necessary to become self-reliant. It will be worth the extra
effort.
North Node in Leo
When it comes to dealing with others, you prefer to take the leadership role,
and you enjoy administering and organizing group activities. Others tend to
listen to your suggestions because you tend not to be domineering or
patronizing. You love to entertain in a big way, and are at your best when
throwing a large and lavish party. Your popularity and social success are
assured as long as you don’t take others for granted Do resist any
temptation to become snobbish and arrogant.
House 2: What You Own and Value
The second house goes a step outward from your own person and has to do with
resources that you possess, including money. It shows your attitude toward
what you own or would like to own: what you crave and covet, what you most
value, how you go about getting it, how you take care of it, and whether or
not you hang on to it. By extension, it can also indicate your sense of
values: not just material things but also the attitudes and ideas that you
hold dear.
Leo on the Second
You devote a great deal of time and energy to accumulating personal
possessions and property. You have a great flair for the dramatic and you want
whatever you define as “yours” to bear that stamp as well. You prefer
lush, elegant, posh surroundings. Quite ostentatious at times, you are very
conscious of the fact that your home and clothes are props which assist you in
presenting yourself to others — and you delight in finding just the right
setting to properly display yourself. For you, meals are banquets and casual
get- togethers become grand and important events. Life is fun and brilliant,
especially when your budget can afford it.
Uranus in the Second
You dislike the responsibility that comes with owning property or having
possessions. Your demand that you live a free and unencumbered lifestyle just
does not allow you the luxury of settling in anywhere and acquiring things.
The possessions that you do have and cherish will probably be quite offbeat
and unusual. Money always seems to be an issue with you — when you have it,
you tend to spend it impulsively, and when you do not have it, you don’t
have the self-discipline required to dig in and let it accumulate. A
traditional nine-to-five working situation will not appeal to you — you need
to earn your money in some sort of unique, bohemian fashion.
Uranus in Leo
You are part of an age group that demands complete and total freedom of
self-expression. You and your peers want to make your mark in the world
according to your own lights and will brook no interference from traditional
authority figures, especially if they attempt to mold or shape you in any way.
You are honest and forthright, but a bit offbeat and eccentric. The lack of
self-discipline may hinder you from reaching your goals as quickly as you
would like.
Pluto in the Second
For you, material resources are directly equated with power and opportunity.
Money is very, very important to you because you recognize that it is the key
to getting what you want out of life. Once you have decided that you need
something, you will work long and hard for it, not stopping until you have
reached your goal. You are so aware of the relationship between the importance
of your possessions and your present and future security and happiness that
you demand complete and total control over them and do not willingly share
them.
Pluto in Virgo
Your entire generation was born at a time that saw profound changes in society’s
attitude toward work, duty and responsibility. There were also fundamental
changes in attitudes toward personal health and nutrition.
House 3: Your Immediate Surroundings
Going a step further out from your own body and possessions, the third house
has to do with your immediate surroundings and how you interact with them. The
first “social” house, it describes brothers and sisters, neighbors and
anyone who just happens to be near you on a daily basis. It also describes
daily communication and transportation: letters, phone calls and emails, and
routine journeys such as commuting to shopping, school or work. The first “mental”
house, it governs early education and basic skills training, paving the way
for higher education in the ninth house which is directly opposite it in the
chart.
Virgo on the Third
You are known as a “detail” person. Your orderly, practical mind delights
in taking things (file cabinets, daily living routines, diets, etc.) that are
untidy and chaotic and cataloging and categorizing and scheduling them so that
sense can be made out of them. This tendency to analyze and to impose order on
everything makes you very critical of anything that you consider to be out of
place. Make sure that this tendency does not get out of hand or you will pick
up the reputation of being a nag or nit-picker. You delight in organizing your
own personal affairs to a fare-thee-well and take great pride when your life
is working practically and efficiently — like smoothly running clockwork.
No planets in the Third
Your third house is not activated by planetary activity. For the most part,
how you order your daily life activities is not an issue for you. It is
something that you rarely think about or have to plan consciously.
House 4: Where You Come From
Being at the very bottom of the wheel, the fourth house is both where you
originate and where you come to rest. As such, it describes your parents and
ancestral background, and later the home or protected space into which you
retreat each day for nourishment and sleep. A deeply personal house, the
fourth is concerned with security and peace of mind, the safety of loved ones,
and how you care for others and yourself. The place of your roots and the
earth beneath your feet, the fourth house rules the house or apartment where
you live and also real estate in general. In your trajectory through life, the
fourth house shows your origins and where you are coming from, just as the
tenth house and Midheaven describe your career and where you aim to go.
Libra on the Fourth
Your home is a place of refuge for you, a place without stress or tension. You
spend a great deal of time, effort and expense in finding the appropriate
refined and elegant furnishings so that you and those with whom you live will
be able to relax and take it easy. You hate to live alone, delighting in and
learning from the give-and-take of relating to others. You are a warm and
gracious host or hostess, but you prefer to stay emotionally detached from
guests and family. You fear the obligations and responsibilities of deep
emotional ties and would rather be a friend and pal. Your innate tact and
diplomacy allows you to keep your home running smoothly.
Neptune in the Fourth
Your intuition is very strong. You have the ability to understand what is
happening deep within other people, even before they can vocalize it
themselves. Also, you tend to idealize people to a great degree. This probably
began early on in life when you put one or both of your parents up on a
pedestal and admired them for their “noble” qualities. Of course, you were
greatly disappointed and disillusioned when you found that Mom or Dad had very
human flaws and faults. Your home and home life reflect your need for a
peaceful place of retreat from the cares of the outside world. Because of your
inherent dislike of facing up to the truth in things, you may devote a lot of
time and energy to hiding one or several embarrassing family secrets.
Neptune in Scorpio
You, and your entire generation, are extremely interested in anything deep and
mysterious. You will explore and idealize the benefits that can accrue from
the study of the occult, healing and psychology. You are willing to experiment
with substances like drugs in order to push your understanding of your inner
being to the extreme.
House 5: Playtime
After being nurtured and restored in the fourth house, you are refreshed and
full of energy for play and creative pursuits. Replenished by dreams, you have
creative ideas. Nurtured by your parents, you are ready to have your own
children. Fresh from the security of home, you are ready to trust the universe
and take risks. For all these reasons, the fifth house traditionally rules the
child in you and the children around you, your own personal creativity and
self-expression, plays and amusements of all sorts, gambling and speculation,
and courtship, love affairs and romance. This is an outgoing house, but it is
still beneath the horizon, in the territory of your heart’s desires.
Scorpio on the Fifth
For you, fun and games are serious business — once you are attracted to a
particular form of amusement, you pursue it so obsessively that others wonder
where the lighthearted fun disappeared to. You have the same attitude toward
love and lovers. Your emotional reactions are so deep, overwhelming and
complex that you soon decide that you cannot ever be without your lover and
will do anything and everything to bind him or her to you forever. Be careful
not to be overly manipulative or pushy or the opposite effect will occur —
and your loneliness will be devastating. You tend to prefer relationships that
are secretive and sometimes illicit, usually because you distrust dealing
openly and directly with your complex emotional reactions.
No planets in the Fifth
The fifth house of your horoscope contains no planets. This does not mean that
you are any less self- expressive or creative or fun-loving than the next
person. It just means that your overall character is balanced to the extent
that these issues are not usually paramount for you.
House 6: Taking Care of Business
After the candle-lit dinner comes the credit-card bill. Courtship is followed
by the nitty-gritty of married life: babies, diapers and saving up for
college. After your creative impulse comes the need to learn the technique of
actually making something. And if you overexpend your energy, you get health
problems. The sixth house rules taking care of business on an everyday level.
This includes your job, paying bills and keeping the house clean. It also
includes maintaining your body with medical checkups and a daily regimen of
nutrition and exercise. In the old books it ruled servants, and it can by
extension rule the way you offer service to others. It also ruled useful
animals, particularly small ones like cats, dogs, chickens and pigs. Today
this usually means small pets, which exist in the personal, intimate part of
your life that is signified by houses that lie below the horizon.
Sagittarius on the Sixth
You must believe in the greater implications of your job in order to do it
well. There must be a higher purpose in the tasks you undertake or you will
simply lose interest and move on — you do not have the patience to deal with
trivial affairs. But once properly motivated, you bring an infectious
enthusiasm to the work place that gets others excited as well. You are very
restless and may be able to handle more than one task at a time, especially if
there is someone else around that can worry about all those bothersome little
details that usually foul you up. Your health usually suffers only when you
are stuck in a dull, unstimulating environment and feel that you are trapped
or overly restricted.
No planets in the Sixth
Your sixth house is not activated by planetary activity. Health and
work-related issues are not usually paramount concerns for you. Of course,
outside influences can temporarily upset this balance, causing you to devote
more time and energy to these parts of your life, at least on a temporary
basis.
House 7: Relating One-to-One
If you courted in the fifth house and woke up in the sixth yoked to another in
a daily routine, the seventh house gives you a chance to hammer out a
relationship of true equals. The goal is wedded bliss and a true sense of
relatedness, but along the way there may be fights as you each define your
individuality and establish your own territory. Not only is the seventh the
traditional house of marriage, it is also the house of open enemies, your
sparring partners in life. In general, since the first house is you yourself,
the seventh house, directly opposite, is the other person in a variety of
situations. Besides signifying a marriage or sparring partner, the seventh
house rules business partners, or those on the other side of a desk, such as
consultants, lawyers, therapists or astrologers.
Capricorn on the Seventh
You seek partners who are well-established, well-grounded and goal-oriented.
You yourself are often so heavily involved in your emotional reactions to
situations that you appreciate and lean on your partner because of his or her
excellent advice and common sense. You need the structure and direction that
an organized and practical person can bring to you. You are so aware of the
awesome burden of bearing mutual responsibilities in any contractual agreement
between people that you delight in finding someone who does not shrink from
accepting whatever must be done. This applies equally to personal and business
relationships.
Moon in the Seventh
You are highly oriented toward others. You need the security and emotional
closeness of a deep commitment to a partner in order to feel at ease. You tend
to attract very emotional people and, because you are forced to react to the
other’s moods, that is how you learn about your own emotional responses.
Your partners may tend to be moody, touchy or irritable, as well as changeable
and enthusiastic. You make an impression on others which causes them to react
to you. This makes relationships interesting and challenging.
Moon in Aquarius
Very freedom-oriented, you must always be able to do what you wish, no matter
what. You become stubborn and recalcitrant when others try to force you into a
mold. You are a true democrat — you are not a follower, but you enjoy being
with those who are like-minded. You appreciate emotional self-control — you
practice it yourself and you look for it in others. You solve problems,
including emotional ones, with your brains and intellect, not your feelings.
Try to be tolerant of those who have powerful and obvious emotional responses
— not everyone is as objective, cool, dispassionate and detached as you are.
Saturn in the Seventh
You have an ambiguous attitude toward relationships. You very much need to be
involved with someone else in order to feel whole and complete, but you regard
the whole process of relating as such a burdensome responsibility that you are
afraid to get really close to someone else. Therefore, at times, you prefer
just to be alone. At the very least, you demand that your partner (either in a
business or a personal relationship) be quite mature, even preferring those
who are considerably older than yourself (or younger — you are uncomfortable
with your peer group). But once you have made a commitment, you are very
conscientious about keeping any contracts or agreements made between you.
Saturn in Aquarius
Your personal sense of values is a reflection of the value structures of your
peer group and of those you respect and admire. Try to be more critical in
your acceptance of these values — you tend to prejudge the abilities of
those you trust and then follow what they say blindly. Basically very
conservative, you prefer orderly, systematic changes and fear doing things
rashly or impulsively. Ideas and philosophies must have some sort of
immediately realizable, utilitarian function in order for you to pay any
attention to them.
House 8: Giving It All Away
Having achieved a relationship of equals in the seventh house, you are ready
to give up your separateness in the eighth, merging in sexual union and
becoming one on a deep emotional level. If the second house was about grasping
and possessing, the eighth is about sharing and letting go. While the second
rules your own money, the eighth rules how you deal with other people’s
money and how you pool resources. On a mundane level the eighth rules taxes,
but on a fundamental level it can rule giving up anything you value, including
your ego and even your body. In relaxing your grasp on what you find most
dear, you may find that you are really not as dependent on it as you thought.
In relinquishing, you achieve a new level of freedom, and feel lighter,
renewed and more alive. Related to all this, the eighth signifies mysteries
such as death and resurrection, magic and the occult, and the deep parts of
the psyche that are beyond our conscious grasp.
Aquarius on the Eighth
You have a detached and intellectual approach to sexual matters. You carefully
and completely analyze the pros and cons of any potential liaison before
committing yourself to it. The main disadvantage here is that spontaneity has
been thrown out the window, but the relationship may stand the test of time
because you are probably quite sure that you are interested in maintaining it
almost before it has begun. Once you have made a commitment to another, you
can come up with unique, original and inventive ways to explore your
sexuality. Your ability to remain cool, detached and unemotional also allows
you to be a prudent and careful investor, but you are not averse to taking a
calculated risk every once in a while.
Jupiter in the Eighth
You tend to experience many major but positive and uplifting psychological
changes as your life ebbs and flows. Each change brings new understanding, as
well as new experiences and new knowledge. You enjoy sharing what you have
with others and are known for being able to cooperate with others in any joint
venture. You tend to attract individuals who bring you security and/or
material advantage. An avid student of human motivations, you understand the
needs of others and try to accommodate them as best you can. Others notice
this and reciprocate by bringing their best to you.
Jupiter in Pisces
You are at your best when you give of yourself and what you have — try to
avoid being a martyr about it, though. You’re a true idealist, but you must
learn not to be upset when life does not cooperate with the way you think
things should be. Very concerned with spiritual truth and growth, when you
practice what you preach, you make an excellent role model for others. You are
so devoted to altruistic ventures and concerns that you tire easily at times.
It then becomes necessary for you to go off by yourself to recharge your
batteries.
Chiron in the Eighth
Therapy may help you deal with questions and fears surrounding sex and death.
At times your emotions are uncontrollable and can run rampant. You risk being
overtaken by love, jealousy, greed, and fear of losing control. Talking about
positive and negative emotions will help keep you on an even keel. You can be
an excellent therapist and counselor because you easily empathize with the
plight of others. Intoxicated by the game of high finances, you have financial
instincts that are better utilized through sensible investing than through
impulsive risk-taking.
Chiron in Pisces
Intuitive and imaginative, you may have difficulty in verbal communication.
This often gives the false impression that you are confused and unintelligent.
You may have been teased by other children, leaving you feeling vulnerable and
distrustful. Retreating into the sanctity of your own world may have filled
many lonely hours. Your compassion and sensitivity can contribute to your
success in the helping professions. You are a wonderful friend who is ready to
answer the call when anyone needs you. Therapy is an excellent way to improve
self-esteem and to view yourself as the remarkable and unique human being that
you are.
House 9: Expanding Your Awareness
Approaching the highest point in the sky, the ninth house wafts you up and out
of your rut, giving you a broad and lofty view of the terrain beneath. Whereas
the third ruled basic schooling and short trips, the ninth rules higher
education and long-distance travel. It removes you from your everyday routine
so you can see the overall pattern, the overlooked connections between things.
It rules all-embracing concepts (such as your philosophy of life) and
institutions (like religion and law) that stand over society and keep it bound
together. It can also signify your teachers and mentors, your library, and all
else that broadens your outlook.
Pisces on the Ninth
Your philosophy of life and living is not based on wide reading in the
standard schools of philosophy or religion. You receive your knowledge and
guidelines as the result of your intuition or imagination. You tend to prefer
to live your life in surrender of your own ego, as long as by doing so you can
assist those who are less fortunate than you. You have inner visions of the
way things should be, but it is usually difficult for you to enunciate them
— you are not good at proselytizing. You would rather let your lifestyle of
selfless service be an example of your philosophy. You are attracted to causes
that reflect your own high ideals and philanthropic concerns and you will
devote time and energy in their service.
Mercury in the Ninth
You consider your thoughts to be important, and you enjoy communicating them.
Your inquisitive and restless mind attracts you to travel and education. You
tend to get bored and impatient with anything that becomes routine. Your
interests are wide-ranging, and probably include subjects like metaphysics,
religion or philosophy. You are fascinated with the larger issues of life, but
have a very practical approach to dealing with them.
Mercury in Pisces
Your ideas and thought processes do not come to you in an orderly, logical
fashion. Instead, you think with your feelings or with images produced by your
rich and fertile imagination. A very subjective person, you place great
importance on your dreams and fantasies. You trust your intuitions, and tend
to reject ideas that are based solely on logic. Very impressionable, you are
sensitive to the moods and emotional states of others.
Mars in the Ninth
Your beliefs and opinions (and prejudices) have become an ingrained part of
your nature. For someone to attack or question one of your cherished ideas is
just as if they were to attack you personally. You tend to react immediately
and aggressively. You are at your best when you have a cause to fight for.
Just be careful to avoid becoming too self-righteous in your pursuit of your
goals. Others have a right to hold opposite points of view.
Mars in Pisces
Sensitive and vulnerable, you find it difficult to assert yourself. At times,
you feel quite tired and you will require a lot of sleep in order to maintain
your health and strength. You are at your best when you act without your ego
being important. You can be very unselfish and considerate of the needs of
others. You get the most satisfaction in giving to others when you expect
nothing in return. Beware of a tendency to want always to work behind the
scenes or to work in a covert manner behind others’ backs.
House 10: Your Public Self
If the fourth house showed your roots and where you came from, the tenth shows
what you are ultimately aiming at in life. Whereas the sixth shows your daily
job and how you make a living, the tenth signifies your career, your personal
contribution, your reputation and what you become known for. Some astrologers
also believe that the fourth house signifies one parent, and the tenth
signifies the other. The tenth-house parent is most likely the one who
prepares you for the world. The closer a planet is to the Midheaven, the more
likely that planet is to be the major significator of your life’s direction.
Aries on the Tenth
You tend to think so well of yourself and your potentials that you believe
that there is nothing that you cannot do with your life. Very ambitious, very
optimistic and very confident in yourself, you are willing to take career
risks that others would not even begin to consider. It would be best for you
to seek a career in some highly competitive field where you can rise to the
top and become a leader of others. You are much more comfortable in giving
orders than in taking them. Your impetuosity and devil-may-care attitude
sometimes gets you into hot water. It will be difficult, but you should try to
learn to look before you leap.
Many planets in the Tenth
You want to get ahead in the world, to be noticed for your achievements, and
you will work hard and long and tirelessly to achieve your goals. Your
experience of your father (or the person who played that role in your life),
whether it was positive or negative, will play a very important role in
determining how you will react to the need for discipline and structure that
will be required in order for you to realize your goals. You are at your best
in highly structured situations and can be counted on to carry out a project
fully and completely.
Sun in the Tenth
You want to make your mark in the world and to be in charge of your own
destiny. If your past and early upbringing has supplied you with proper goal
structures and a sense of discipline and dedication, you should have no
problem attaining your desired ends. A consummate achiever, you must learn to
cooperate with and tolerate and respect the authority figures in your life in
order to ease your path.
Sun in Aries
By nature, you are very energetic and high-spirited. You are fiercely
independent — you must be first in everything you do, and you enjoy taking
risks. You are the one who will rush in where angels fear to tread. Quite
brilliant at initiating new projects, you are terrible at following them
through to completion. You are an enthusiastic leader but you tend to be a
reluctant follower. Often you are quick to anger, but you usually recover just
as fast, regretting later things you said when you were upset. One of your
best traits is that you are simple and direct, blunt and honest — just be
careful you do not hurt others’ feelings. Your need to be competitive at all
costs may provoke resistance from others, but, as long as you maintain your
usual Sunny good humor, this should not prove to be a major problem for you.
Venus in the Tenth
You see the world as being a beautiful, friendly and enjoyable place. The
warmth, love and support provided by your home situation as a young person has
had a great influence on your outlook as an adult. But you are not very
aggressive and tend to think that the world should come to you rather than you
going out to it. One of your better qualities is your ability to relate well
to others. You are quite popular due to your personal warmth and gracious
charm. Careers that involve a great deal of interpersonal contact should
appeal to you.
Venus in Aries
You are a very affectionate person but you hate to be tied down. You are more
than willing to be the aggressor in initiating new relationships. Indeed, once
you have set your sights on someone, you tend to pursue him or her ardently
and passionately. But you do demand your own way in a relationship. Try to
give in to your partner’s needs and desires once in a while.
House 11: Your Circle of Acquaintances
The eleventh is the last house of relationships: not brothers, sisters and
neighbors who just happen to be around you, not one-to-one partners, but the
circle of friends and associates whom you actively choose. It shows the way
you make and keep friendships, the organizations you join, the networking you
do, and the general way you interact with groups. After you have established
yourself as an individual and learned to form personal relationships with
others, you are ready to think about the common good. This is why the eleventh
often signifies groups dedicated to social or other sorts of collective
improvement.
Taurus on the Eleventh
Once you form a friendship or association in common with others, your loyalty
and devotion can be counted on forever. Your alliances and group networks are
usually a reflection of those you encountered as a very young person and may
be closely related to important familial or cultural or neighborhood contacts.
You value the interaction and mutual benefits that such associations bring and
will work long and hard to support and defend your friends because you
consider them to be an integral part of your extended family. It is almost
impossible for anyone to get you to change your mind when it comes to your
friends, unless they can be shown to be traitorous or scandalous, and even
then you will try to rehabilitate them rather than abandon them.
No planets in the Eleventh
The eleventh house of your horoscope contains no planets. This does not mean
that you will never have friends or associates or that you will never be
active in groups that express your philosophy of life. It simply indicates
that these are not paramount issues for you. From time to time, influences
from outside you may cause you to become more active in these areas, but this
will be temporary rather than life-long.
House 12: The Hidden You
The twelfth house is where planets go just after they have risen. Here planets
are still wet behind the ears, blinking in the sunlight and unsteady on their
feet. Feeling completely vulnerable, planets in the twelfth tend to hide.
Their energies can become repressed and secretive, and sometimes they lurk as
complexes in the subconscious. This is why the twelfth is associated with
self-sabotage, with hidden enemies, and with prison and whatever else makes
you feel confined. The traditional association with hospitals and prisons
suggest that constructive ways of dealing with twelfth-house problems include
helping others who are similarly repressed or confined. Also, some with a
strong twelfth-house emphasis become successful as undercover workers or as
the power behind the throne.
Gemini on the Twelfth
Part of you distrusts your innate ability to be logical and reasonable about
things. You have been conditioned early on in life to trust only strong
emotional stimuli in dealing with life, even though you crave and need
intellectual stimulation as well. You should demand the right to have a hobby
that allows you to indulge your normally suppressed inclination to think
things through clearly and objectively. As you develop more self-confidence,
you will be able to trust the thoughts and opinions that you have that result
from something other than intuition or sentiment.
No planets in the Twelfth
Your twelfth house is not activated by planetary activity. This does not mean
that you will never have to deal with energies in your life that are difficult
to understand, although most people would consider this a blessing. It merely
means that these will not be paramount concerns for you. Occasionally, due to
influences that come from outside of yourself, you will find yourself in
situations that prove to be temporarily uncomfortable or even mysterious, but
these incidents should not dominate your life as they do for some others.
A Mirror of Your Uniqueness
This report is based on the position of the Sun, Moon and planets at the
moment of your birth, as seen from the point on Earth where you were born.
Such an arrangement of planets and stars will never be repeated in exactly the
same form. Like the genes that determine your body and temperament, your
astrological chart is made up of the same basic parts that other humans have,
but the arrangement of these parts is uniquely your own.
You could think of your birth moment as a seed that contains the potential for how you will unfold. The arrangement of the planets at your birth does not, however, cause your body structure and temperament in the way that the patterning of your DNA causes it. Instead, the planetary positions at your birth employ the language of symbols to mirror who you are. Like a mirror, your chart enables you to see yourself from outside yourself, and it therefore extends your point of view.
To use a different analogy, your chart shows the deck you’ve been dealt, the raw materials you are given from which to fashion a life. Nobody’s perfect: we are all given our special problems to solve and our special strengths and beauties. In knowing what you have to work with, you will be better able to make use of your gifts, fill in (or at least be comfortable about) what you lack, and grow in the life directions that are right for you and you alone.
Instead of assuming that there is one norm for everyone, astrology attempts to show the special pattern that is right for you. In doing so, it can give you clues as to how you can more fully and consciously fill the unique role that you have been given in this lifetime, and enrich the world with the gifts that only you can bestow.
This is the Professional Natal Report, from Astrolabe.
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