Dennis Kucinich: Interpretations for Transits for 11-2-2004, 9:00

Birth data: 10-8-1946, 5:53 PM timezone 5.0 Standard at Cleveland, OH, Lat. 41:30, Long. 81:42

Contents

Important Features
Angular Planets
Sun, Moon, Rising Sign Features
Other Aspects
Other Planets

Transits for 11-2-2004, 9:00 timezone 5.0 Standard

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Important Features

Transiting Neptune in strong opposition (forming, 0.4 degrees) with natal Pluto

This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 2/9/03 to 9/1/03, exact on 4/23/03, 6/7/03 R; and 12/10/03 to 4/11/04, exact on 2/6/04; and 6/23/04 to 2/2/05, exact on 9/12/04 R, 12/3/04; and 9/27/05 to 11/24/05, no exact.

The planetary energies are polarized; outer events stimulate their interaction; integration is the challenge.

This transit affects your urge for self-transformation and regeneration. Conflicts and drastic changes may come up for you during this period of time. You will undoubtedly have new spiritual insights during this period. You are in the midst of far-reaching changes at this time. Feelings of confusion may come up for you during this transit, and you may feel yourself to be in the grip of compulsions of which you had been unaware until the present period. These may be in the category of power urges, or possibly sexual compulsions may come up for you at this time. You may also feel a sense of oneness with the universe, or a heightened religious sense of being an integral part of all mankind. This is a stressful, but also a tremendously important time in your life, when you are looking more deeply into the meaning of your existence than ever before. You may seek this meaning in the realms of occult studies, for they hold a special appeal to you now, in your strong desire to see beyond the surface illusions of your life. Your time spent in these almost religious preoccupations during this period is well-spent, for the very meaning of your life is the subject of your quest at this time.

Transiting Neptune in strong trine (forming, 2.4 degrees) with natal Sun Angular planet - conjunct Descendant

This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 4/22/03 to 6/8/03, no exact; and 2/6/04 to 9/12/04, exact on 4/11/04, 6/23/04 R; and 12/2/04 to 4/3/05, exact on 2/2/05; and 7/6/05 to 1/30/06, exact on 9/28/05 R, 11/23/05; and 10/24/06 to 11/2/06, no exact.

The planetary energies flow smoothly; the connection is easy and beneficial.

Things may be a bit confused for a while. You may identify with fantasy or other forms of illusion. Your dreams and fantasy life could actually become more real for you during this period of time than your "real" life itself. Hard and fast logic doesn't mix well with your personality during this period of time. It is a good time to open yourself up to inner explorations, such as meditation or psycho-therapy. The primary truth being urged upon you at this time is compassion, greater compassion for all of mankind. This transit represents a renewed connection with this most basic part of yourself, your loving and gentle nature. If you are able to sacrifice your own ego-needs for the moment, without bitterness, you may well reap the rewards in future of greater compassion both for and also from your fellow man.

Transiting Pluto in strong square (fading, 0.5 degrees) with natal Moon Focal planet of planetary pattern

This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 12/25/02 to 7/1/03, exact on 3/22/03 SR; and 10/23/03 to 2/26/04, exact on 12/19/03; and 4/21/04 to 12/13/04, exact on 7/15/04 R, 10/13/04; and 8/3/05 to 9/30/05, no exact.

The planetary energies conflict; internal and creative tensions bring rich rewards through effort over time.

You are experiencing a process of emotional transformation of some sort, leading to significant and far-reaching changes. Deep rooted emotions, long buried in your unconscious, may come to the surface of your conscious mind. You may become aware for the first time of old patterns that have ruled your behavior from below, as it were, for most of your life, and begin to integrate these feelings into a broader perception of their meaning for you. These feelings usually persist from childhood, when we wanted something that we did not get, and they may exist in the hidden depths of our being as rage, hurt and pain, or feelings of thwarted infantile desire for power. Bringing these issues to the surface is never easy, and in order for that to happen there usually has to be some kind of drastic force in operation. You may find yourself in the midst of a crisis. Perhaps your basic trust in life is threatened in some fashion, or you may feel moody and irritable regarding relationships, or ancient issues with mother could be reawakened. You need to be calm and examine what comes up for you at these times. An important event is unfolding in your psyche. You are being asked to rise to the occasion, to process the material presenting itself to you in your eternal quest for balance and wholeness so that your life may move forward.

Transiting Chiron in strong sextile (fading, 1.3 degrees) with natal Moon Focal planet of planetary pattern

This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 4/13/03 to 5/8/03, no exact; and 12/27/03 to 2/8/04, exact on 1/17/04; and 8/5/04 to 11/15/04, no exact.

The planetary energies flow together, open into new possibilities, new connections.

You are likely to be experiencing a process of emotional pain, and a transformation of the nurturing or feminine in you, leading to significant and far-reaching changes. Issues may arise with important female figures in your life, perhaps your mother or a significant other, as well as with the feminine side of your own nature. Something deep inside you, at the roots of your being, is going through a process of renewal at this time. There may be old issues that have been locked away in your unconscious for a long time that you are forced to acknowledge during this period, perhaps there are changes in the way you have habitually and unconsciously lived your emotional life up to now, a way of being that is no longer compatible with who you have become at a deep level. It can also be a time of great joy as you break with the past and come into the glow of a new emotional comprehension of yourself. There may be painful feelings from the past that reassert themselves at this time, and it may also be that relationship issues come to the surface, or perhaps other security needs such as a safe and cozy home life that may be challenged or otherwise changing during this period. The ultimate purpose for these issues arising is to heal them and to abate their influence for negative emotion in your life. Something deep inside of you is adjusting to a new understanding, and you can move into it gracefully if you can let go of the past.

Transiting Pluto in strong opposition (forming, 1.2 degrees) with natal Uranus Leading planet of planetary pattern

This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 2/23/03 to 4/19/03, no exact; and 12/11/03 to 8/2/04, exact on 2/10/04, 5/8/04 R; and 9/27/04 to 2/1/05, exact on 12/5/04; and 5/22/05 to 11/30/05, exact on 9/2/05 SD.

The planetary energies are polarized; outer events stimulate their interaction; integration is the challenge.

This transit affects your urge for freedom and spontaneity. Feelings of restlessness may come up for you during this period of time. You will undoubtedly have new spiritual insights and your will to be different will be more powerful during this period. This transit represents drastic changes to the expression in your life of your personal freedom, your will to be different or your ability just to be uniquely yourself. You are likely to experience a crisis of some sort at this time, which will have the effect of forever altering these areas of your life.

Transiting Jupiter in strong sextile (fading, 0.8 degrees) with natal Saturn

This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 10/19/04 to 11/8/04, exact on 10/29/04; and 5/21/05 to 6/19/05, no exact.

The planetary energies flow together, open into new possibilities, new connections.

The time is ripe for slow growth in progress toward your ultimate and far-reaching goals. You may feel frustrated by the slowness of the necessary approach, at this time, but your mind is full of caution now and it may be more clever not to go forward any faster than is possible in terms of practical reality. You are capable of great deliberation and persistence at this time, and more conscious of your duty to others as well as to yourself. It is a good time to make plans for the future, as these will be realistic and workable.

Transiting Saturn in strong square (fading, 1.9 degrees) with natal Chiron

This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 8/31/04 to 1/19/05, exact on 9/21/04, 12/26/04 R; and 5/20/05 to 6/25/05, exact on 6/8/05.

The planetary energies conflict; internal and creative tensions bring rich rewards through effort over time.

Your psyche is subject to a stressful and potentially vitalizing time, as the very structure of your life is subject to painful realizations, leading to great changes in your self-concept. At this time also, difficulties with authority figures may emerge, or your relationship with your father may challenging, or the way you live your life in relation to the structure of society itself may be coming to a point where changes that have been in the works for some time are ready to burst forth into your conscious awareness. There may be old wounds with your father, or with the parental care and discipline you received in early childhood, that re-emerge at this time, hopefully for purposes of healing these issues and the potentially debilitating effects that they may have on your life. At this time also, the self-concept that you have had up to now may be changing, leading to a renewed sense of your own healing potential. Through a slow concentrated effort you may begin to connect with a higher purpose in the work that you do at this time, especially if this work involves helping people to heal in some way, and to grow in their own understanding of who they really are.

Transiting Saturn in strong trine (fading, 1.1 degrees) with natal Venus Ruler of sun sign - sun's ruler

This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 9/9/04 to 1/9/05, exact on 10/4/04, 12/12/04 R; and 5/29/05 to 7/2/05, exact on 6/16/05.

The planetary energies flow smoothly; the connection is easy and beneficial.

For this period of time, you may feel somewhat isolated and involved with your own internal issues. You also will find your relationships in the outside world have a practical side to them during this period of time. It is an excellent time to take stock, as Saturn slows down your process of relating to others. You may need to pay closer attention to these areas of your life, even extending to your values, aesthetic and otherwise. Your values represent what you relate to in your environment. If you work with an artistic medium, you may establish new approaches to your work quite successfully during this period. It is important to slow down in these areas in order to focus on what is most important to you in the long run.

Transiting Uranus in strong trine (fading, 1.3 degrees) with natal Mercury

This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 3/3/03 to 9/26/03, exact on 4/12/03, 8/4/03 R; and 12/19/03 to 3/7/04, exact on 2/1/04; and 9/29/04 to 12/23/04, no exact.

The planetary energies flow smoothly; the connection is easy and beneficial.

You may experience an abruptness of thought and communication during this period of time. You will also be very open to new ideas of all kinds. It is a good opportunity to tune in to some different ways of thinking, or to explore other points of view that you normally would never be exposed to. You may find these types of communications seem to come to you more frequently during this transit. You may experience flashes of insight, or moments of great excitement as new ideas break through to your conscious awareness. Also, relations with friends or associates may alter due to these new patterns of thought. You should try to make the most out of these opportunities, and explore the new horizons offered to you, while the visionary energy of this transit continues to influence your thinking.

Transiting Uranus in strong trine (fading, 0.1 degrees) with natal Jupiter

This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 3/26/03 to 8/24/03, exact on 6/6/03 SR; and 1/17/04 to 3/29/04, exact on 2/22/04; and 8/27/04 to 1/20/05, exact on 11/11/04 SD.

The planetary energies flow smoothly; the connection is easy and beneficial.

Feelings of restlessness may come up for you in a big way during this transit. You may decide to leave on a trip, or your plans for the future could change, or a planned educational experience may suddenly alter. Existing travel plans are also subject to changes and increased energy during the course of this transit. Jupiter also symbolizes your faith and your aspirations, and your spiritual or religious feelings. You have a real need to express your individuality and your independence at this time, and you have renewed positive energy toward your own uniquely personal goals.

Transiting Jupiter in strong conjunction (forming, 0.5 degrees) with natal Neptune

This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 10/26/04 to 11/15/04, exact on 11/5/04; and 5/2/05 to 7/9/05, no exact.

The strongest blend of the energies represented by these two planets.

This transit affects your sense of spirituality, and your ideals. Feelings of confusion may also come up for you in a big way during this period of time. You will have renewed energy for the spiritual or philosophical side of existence during this time. You may also run up against illusions about what is possible, so that you think you can make more money or accomplish more than is physically possible in reality. It is good to hold back on major decisions during this period. A healthy dose of skepticism also works well at this time, as an antidote to over-reaching.


Sun, Moon, Rising Sign Features

Transiting Sun in strong conjunction (fading, 0.8 degrees) with natal Mars

The strongest blend of the energies represented by these two planets.

This transit indicates an extremely heightened energy level. The areas of outward-directed activity, assertiveness and also animal passion are enhanced and brought into focus at this time. There may be positive implications for your sex life. You also may find yourself being a bit pushy or even contentious with other people. Your will is strong at this time, and you benefit from trying to restrain yourself somewhat, rather than running roughshod over your friends and associates. You have loads of physical energy available to you now, and you may need to release it in sports and related activities, or just in plain old hard work. You can make some excellent progress toward your immediate goals during this transit.

Transiting Moon in strong trine (exact at 5:32 am) with natal Mars

The planetary energies flow smoothly; the connection is easy and beneficial.

Your ego assertion and outward-directed activity become more emotionally charged for you at this time. You will have no trouble expressing your feelings, and you may in fact want to take more time to reflect before speaking out. It is also important not to bottle up your emotions, so it is best to steer a middle course, by saying what is on your mind, but not so offensively that you burn your relationship bridges for later on. Your initiative and will-power are at a peak during this transit.


Other Transiting Aspects

Transiting Sun in strong square (forming, 2.6 degrees) with natal Pluto

The planetary energies conflict; internal and creative tensions bring rich rewards through effort over time.

This transit affects your urge for self-transformation and regeneration. Conflicts and changes may come up for you during this period of time. During these few days, you may find yourself behaving somewhat compulsively. Issues of control may come up for you at this time, which can provoke conflicts with other people, or just difficulties in accomplishing what you want in this physical world. Usually these events are full of significance for your inner life. These events help you to understand and actualize something in your will to power and in your desire to transform yourself nearer to your true spiritual path (which may be a relatively unconscious desire on your part). This is true especially if other transits to natal Pluto are in effect. In general, for this brief period of time, you are coming closer in touch with your fundamental life process, a process of growth through the death of the old way of being and the birth of the new.

Transiting Sun in strong sextile (fading, 2.7 degrees) with natal Midheaven

The planetary energies flow together, open into new possibilities, new connections.

Your public life, including work and career, as well as authority figures in your life, and your own ego assertion all come more directly into your conscious awareness. Energy and the will to be who you really are, at your best, comes into your personality as a result of this transit, leading you to a new levels of energy and wisdom.

Transiting Moon in strong square (exact at 3:18 am) with natal Neptune

The planetary energies conflict; internal and creative tensions bring rich rewards through effort over time.

Your emotions will be subject to illusions and some degree of fantasy during the brief period of time this transit is in effect. This transit is about your sense of spirituality, and your ideals, which are brought strongly into your emotional awareness at this time. Feelings of confusion, as well as of compassion for others, are likely to come up for you during this transit. You may find that you have a psychic identification with other people during this period.

Transiting Mercury in strong conjunction (fading, 0.8 degrees) with natal Venus Ruler of sun sign - sun's ruler

The strongest blend of the energies represented by these two planets.

Your mental attitude is one of pleasant possibility and artistic vision. It is a great time for desk-top publishing work, or any other application for computer graphics. Your communication is also unusually receptive and loving for the period of time this transit is in effect. It may be a time when you want to read for pleasure rather than for reality checks. Or you may connect with siblings or intimate partners in a fruitful manner, during this period, with calm discussion and clear messages. This period of time is peaceful and loving, especially in the area of communication and mental pursuits, and full of the joy of life.

Transiting Venus in strong sextile (forming, 1.7 degrees) with natal Saturn

The planetary energies flow together, open into new possibilities, new connections.

For this brief period of time you may feel somewhat isolated and involved with your internal issues rather than with relationships in the outer world. When you do relate outward, it will usually be in a serious sober and practical manner. Those relationships which are of importance in your life, long-term, are emphasized at this time.

Transiting Mars in strong conjunction (forming, 1.1 degrees) with natal Chiron

This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 10/31/04 to 11/7/04, exact on 11/4/04.

The strongest blend of the energies represented by these two planets.

For this brief period of time, you will become more conscious of the energy for personal transformation and healing in your life. This will likely mean exposing some form of deep-seated pain for the purpose of working through old issues and ultimately healing these issues. During this brief period of time, you may be blessed to provide the impetus for healing to others. You may also feel healing energy come into your life from a meeting with another person during the course of this transit. As another possible result of this transit, issues with ego may come up for you, or issues of self-acceptance versus feelings of rejection. Usually these types of events point to deeper issues which you may not have brought all the way up to your consciousness, but which remain as a source of irritation and frustration operating more or less unconsciously at a deep level of your psyche. These issues may be painful to connect with. But getting in touch with these areas is for your ultimate benefit, for the more integration you can achieve within your psyche, the more whole you are and the more you can bring yourself forward to be of help to other people on the same journey of discovery.

Transiting Jupiter in strong square (fading, 0.3 degrees) with natal Midheaven

This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 10/22/04 to 11/11/04, exact on 11/1/04; and 5/11/05 to 6/29/05, no exact.

The planetary energies conflict; internal and creative tensions bring rich rewards through effort over time.

This transit affects public life, including work and career, as well as ego assertion, and the authority figures in your life. Your physical vitality is also affected, and your attitude to life in general. The peaceful energy of Jupiter comes into your personality as a result of this transit, leading to new levels of faith and understanding.

Transiting Moon in sesquiquadrate (exact at 8:38 am) with natal Venus Ruler of sun sign - sun's ruler

The planetary energies conflict in determined subtle tension; control is required.

This transit brings the areas of love and relationship, aesthetic sensibility and personal creativity, to the forefront of your emotions. This transit also symbolizes your values, including your and your enjoyment of life's pleasures, or your appreciation for the beauty of your surroundings. These areas will be energized and enhanced during the few days that this transit is in effect.

Transiting Moon in semi-sextile (exact at 12:17 PM) with natal Pluto

The planetary energies attract each other, require effort, allow entry of new information.

This transit affects your urge for self-transformation and regeneration. Conflicts and changes may come up for you during this brief period of time. Your emotions may be subject to deep rooted and far-reaching changes during this brief period of time, which may involve your relationship with your mother, or another significant female figure in your life. You may also find something about your residence has changed during these few hours. Deep rooted emotions, long buried in your unconscious, may come briefly to the surface of your conscious mind. Events that happen today, during these few hours, may symbolize important parts of your psyche, that need more attention in your conscious life. It is wise to try to focus on what is really going on for you, beneath the surface your everyday existence.

Transiting Moon in opposition (exact at 1:42 am) with natal Midheaven

The planetary energies are polarized; outer events stimulate their interaction; integration is the challenge.

This transit affects your public life, including work and career, as well as ego assertion, and the authority figures in your life, as well as the opposite pole of public existence, your home environment and family. These areas are emphasized, and you may have strong feelings, possibly conflicts, around these areas of life that come up for you today. You may also feel sensitive, even vulnerable, and extremely tuned in to other's moods and feelings. You may feel like staying away from the crowds and settling in on the home front, and you may well have an emotional response to your work or career issues today.

Transiting Venus in conjunction (forming, 3.1 degrees) with natal Neptune

The strongest blend of the energies represented by these two planets.

This transit affects your sense of spirituality, and your ideals. Feelings of confusion may also come up for you in your established relationships during this period of time. The energy you have for others is changing in some previously unexplored fashion, during this brief period. You will feel more idealistic and self-sacrificing toward your close relationship partners during this transit. This can be wonderful for the partnership energy, but you must beware of extending too much and not taking care of yourself in your interactions. You will also be more of a starry-eyed visionary than usual regarding any artistic impulses you may have, or regarding your values in general. It is a time for imagining possibilities rather than for making such dreams come true in reality.

Transiting Mars in quintile (forming, 0.8 degrees) with natal Pluto

This transit is strongest (within 1 degree) from 11/2/04 to 11/5/04, exact on 11/3/04.

The planetary energies are positively linked, subtle, and spiritual in dimension.

This transit affects your urge for self-transformation and regeneration. Conflicts may come up for you during this period of time. Your assertion and goal-directed activity will be subject to changes, which may be for the purpose of bringing to light the inner workings of repressed impulses in these areas. Your drive to succeed may be riding at an all-time high during the short period of time this transit is in effect. On the other hand, this may be a stressful time which is ultimately productive of far-reaching personality changes, as you feel yourself directly challenged by inner processes that seem about to overwhelm your fragile ego. The challenges forced upon you at this time can be difficult and painful. You should have faith in your own process, to guide you through these events to emerge on the other side of them, calm once more, and even more wholly yourself than before you went through them

Transiting Saturn in quintile (fading, 0.7 degrees) with natal Neptune

This transit is strongest (within 1 degree) from 9/25/04 to 12/22/04, exact on 10/10/04, 12/6/04 R; and 6/10/05 to 6/27/05, exact on 6/19/05.

The planetary energies are positively linked, subtle, and spiritual in dimension.

This transit affects your sense of spirituality, and your ideals. Feelings of confusion may also come up for you during this period of time. You may feel restrictions threatening to your cherished illusions at this time, which may even have the effect of helping to redefine the very ideals by which you live. This conflict may be unsettling for a time, but it is said that no transit is experienced before you are ready for it, whether or not you realize this at the time.

Transiting Pluto in quintile (exact) with natal Neptune

This transit is strongest (within 1 degree) from 2/16/03 to 4/27/03, no exact; and 12/8/03 to 2/5/04, exact on 1/4/04; and 5/14/04 to 8/14/04, exact on 6/22/04 R; and 9/15/04 to 12/2/04, exact on 11/3/04.

The planetary energies are positively linked, subtle, and spiritual in dimension.

This transit affects your sense of spirituality, and your ideals. Feelings of confusion may also come up for you during this time. You may feel a sense of oneness with the universe, or a heightened religious sense of being an integral part of all mankind. You are also very aware of other people's emotions at this time, possessing an almost psychic sensitivity to their moods. This is an important time in your life, when you are looking more deeply into the meaning of your existence than normally. You may seek this meaning in the realms of occult studies, for they hold a special appeal to you now, in your desire to see beyond the surface illusions of your life. Your time spent in these almost religious preoccupations during this period is well-spent, for the very meaning of your life is the subject of your quest at this time.

Transiting Chiron in quintile (forming, 0.4 degrees) with natal Mars Ruler of rising sign

This transit is strongest (within 1 degree) from 1/24/04 to 2/16/04, exact on 2/4/04; and 7/24/04 to 9/7/04, exact on 8/11/04 R; and 10/14/04 to 11/26/04, exact on 11/9/04.

The planetary energies are positively linked, subtle, and spiritual in dimension.

Issues of outer-directed activity are challenging for you at this time. There may be painful realizations around the areas of how you assert yourself with other people and what exactly is your place in the world of activity and outward drive and ambition. At this time, you may also feel that unconscious drives are more powerful than your overt conscious motivations. You may possibly be tempted to "act out" in a wild and independent way that is heedless of consequences. You also have a powerful urge to create at this time, and you need to get in touch with how to use this energy and what it is that you want to accomplish. It is only by going deep within yourself and trusting the intelligence of your own inner awareness that you can begin to heal these issues inside you, come through this period of chaos and enter a new birth of understanding and trust in your own process.

Transiting Chiron in inconjunct (forming, 0.4 degrees) with natal Uranus Leading planet of planetary pattern

This transit is strongest (within 1 degree) from 1/25/04 to 2/16/04, exact on 2/5/04; and 7/24/04 to 9/7/04, exact on 8/11/04 R; and 10/15/04 to 11/26/04, exact on 11/10/04.

The planetary energies do not flow smoothly, one or the other predominates; discrimination must be employed.

You are likely to experience an urge for freedom and spontaneity at this time. There is a genius energy in you, an energy to create new things and depart from the normal run of the mill consciousness in doing so. During this transit your mental creativity and spontaneity is up for a transformation of some sort. Perhaps you will consider launching yourself into new ways of thinking and being, or even alter your lifestyle. There may be changes in store for you that have been waiting in the wings for the right moment to come on stage, new ways of being that would more truly serve the evolutionary purpose that you came into this life to actualize. There may be some pain associated with this type of transition, since any peeling away of old skin is painful, and the process may leave you raw and exposed for a while. But something inside is pressuring you to move ahead, in spite of the consequences, and it is well to heed the wisdom of your soul's higher purpose. You may emerge from your chrysalis with a brave form and new wings.


Transiting Planets

Transiting Sun in Scorpio (10° Sco 29' 22") Transiting Sun in the Seventh House

At this time of the year, relationships of all kinds are emphasized in your life. This can be a good time to focus on a marriage or other intimate partnership, or to forge new business alliances. There will likely be more awareness and interest in interpersonal contacts than in solitary activities, and these can benefit you. You should go with the flow here, and work with others for this period of time. There is also the possibility of conflicts with others, or legal entanglements (another way you work out your relationships in the world) but by focusing on the learning experience inherent in such battles you can still prosper from them. The bottom line is that we all need each other to survive and grow on this planet.

Transiting Moon in Cancer (11° Can 26' 21") Transiting Moon in the Fourth House

At this time there is an urge for security and one's home is important. You tend to stick close to your family and loved ones. You are sensitive and have a tendency to withdraw from the world. You may also feel a need to be nurturing. your emotions are more deeply felt, and you may tune in to other's emotional needs as well.

Transiting Mercury in Scorpio (27° Sco 04') Transiting Mercury in the Eighth House

You may seem to act compulsively during this period, as issues surface which have been buried away rather than being dealt with. You may be sharp-tongued with other people. Your mental powers are strong at this time, and your thoughts run deep. You may tend to be secretive, or quiet. You are a more acute observer of the world around you than usual at this time. You may also find yourself quite willing to express your opinions, and should beware of making judgments on other people, or of being overly critical. You may find that you have a strong effect on other people's thinking at this time.

Transiting Venus in Libra (5° Lib 31') Transiting Venus in the Sixth House

At this time you may appear somewhat reserved. You also like to be of service to others during this period, usually lasting about three weeks. You should guard against being fussy at this time, and beware of problems with health. You should also beware of attempting to change other people for the better, or being overly critical. It is a good time for detail work of all kinds, and for sorting out what is truly important to you.

Transiting Mars in Libra (24° Lib 17') Transiting Mars in the Seventh House

This transit is strongest (within 1 degree) from 10/17/04 to 12/14/04, exact on 10/19/04.

At this time, usually lasting about six weeks, relationships of all kinds are emphasized in your life. This can be a good time to focus on a marriage or other intimate partnership, or to forge new business alliances. During this transit you may find the need to demonstrate your self-reliance. You can be a persuasive talker, and are fond of getting your own way. You may need to work through quarreling needlessly with others as a way of standing up to being influenced by them. You can benefit from cultivating moderation and objectivity in your dealings with others during this period of time.

Transiting Jupiter in Libra (8° Lib 04') Transiting Jupiter in the Sixth House

This transit is strongest (within 1 degree) from 8/19/03 to 12/11/04, exact on 8/24/03.

During this transit (lasting about one year) there may be a turning point in your understanding of yourself and your relationship to the world. You also find joy in service to others at this time, and your health is excellent, although you should beware of overindulging in good food. You may feel a new burst of enthusiasm for a particular vocation or calling, or even branch out into new areas of endeavor at this time. It is usually a time of great fulfillment in the cycle of your productive development. Your work life will accordingly benefit.

Transiting Saturn in Cancer (27° Can 19') Transiting Saturn in the Fourth House

This transit is strongest (within 1 degree) from 7/27/03 to 2/12/04, exact on 8/4/03, 1/25/04 R; and 3/31/04 to 7/16/05, exact on 4/17/04.

This transit, which lasts about two to three years, represents a period of time when there are difficulties or restrictions (and also emphasis) in your home life and the expression of your feelings. This is also a time of great building energy, a preparation for the cycle of Saturn through the next fourteen years, culminating in its transit of the tenth house, or your public and professional life. Your desire for security is very important to you at this time, and may take the form of striving for material rewards. You also may feel the need to restructure your living space during this period. You can also be apt to withdraw from close emotional involvements, or there could be some renewed concerns or difficulties with parental care and guidance in your early years. The lesson is to more fully and deeply understand and value your origins, leading to a better sense of security and greater self-acceptance.

Transiting Uranus in Pisces (2° Pis 54') Transiting Uranus in the Twelfth House

This transit is strongest (within 1 degree) from 4/29/02 to 7/8/02, no exact; and 2/9/03 to 5/18/14, exact on 2/27/03, 10/5/03 R, 12/11/03.

During this transit, lasting about seven years, you will experience some sort of transformation in your hidden drives and your mystical urge for union with a higher power. It may be that these important although subtle aspects of your unconscious motivation have not been fully brought to your conscious understanding until now. During this transit, you may suddenly be forced into confrontation with these secret and mysterious parts of your psyche that have been acting all along to influence your life. This transit can be an important time of testing how well you have integrated these areas into your consciousness.

Transiting Neptune in Aquarius (12° Aqu 38') Transiting Neptune in the Eleventh House

This transit is strongest (within 1 degree) from 3/2/97 to 7/4/97, exact on 5/1/97 SR; and 1/2/98 to 3/15/11, exact on 1/29/98, 8/22/98 R, 11/28/98.

During this transit, which lasts about 14 years, you begin to get in touch with a more visionary side to your personality and better actualize your altruistic ideals for social progress. There may be difficulties to work through regarding the practical work necessary to achieving these goals, which may also be changing during this period of time. You may suffer from confusion regarding goals, or groups to which you become attached. There is also a danger of overly glamorizing group associations during this period. In general, this transit is a good time for reflection on your true aspirations for yourself and society.

Transiting Pluto in Sagittarius (20° Sag 35') Transiting Pluto in the Ninth House

This transit is strongest (within 1 degree) from 12/28/01 to 6/20/02, exact on 1/28/02, 5/12/02 R; and 10/28/02 to 1/15/12, exact on 11/25/02.

During this transit, lasting 14 or more years, there is an emphasis on your philosophy and your educational values. Your understanding may have to undergo a radical transformation in the course this transit, ideally toward developing your own unique ideology based on a more conscious understanding of your own processes rather than socially-accepted belief systems received from others. You may attempt to coerce others into accepting your own viewpoint or may be a zealous spokesperson for a particular philosophy or cause, and you must beware of being too dogmatic. By moderating the expression of your enlightenment you can bring these ideas to others, and serve a more socially active purpose at the same time as you advance your own understanding.

Transiting Chiron in Capricorn (21° Cap 21') Transiting Chiron in the Tenth House

This transit is strongest (within 1 degree) from 2/18/02 to 6/17/02, exact on 3/5/02, 5/31/02 R; and 11/20/02 to 2/21/05, exact on 12/2/02.

During this transit, lasting 2 - 8 years, and especially at the beginning of this period of time, your professional career or your presence on the public stage, even your very self-concept may alter, causing you to undergo a potentially painful period of re-examination and transformation. As a final result, you may come into a better understanding of your true calling, a path that fully expresses the intent that brought you into this life. At this time, the structure of society, perhaps in the form of parental pressure, does not rest easily on your head. You may experience doubts regarding your career or other expression of your public self, or wonder if you truly deserve prestige or honors that you have been given. You have a serious inner purpose at this time, that drives you toward changing your career in a way that more fully expresses your true mission in life. There may be old wounds that seem to inhibit you from fully expressing yourself in the world that come up for you at this time. Issues with the parental care and authority you experienced in your childhood may come up for you during this period. Revisiting these issues can be painful, but when you work through them you will find that you are further along on your evolutionary path to finding your real place in the world, independent of the belief system of society around you, or any other factor that does not emanate from your own inner guiding light.

Transiting N Node in Taurus (2° Tau 05'R) Transiting N Node in the First House

The lunar North Node transiting the first house. South Node transiting the seventh. During this transit, lasting 18 months, you will feel an alteration and eventual transformation in the areas of partnership and close interpersonal relationships, moving in the direction of forming a better sense of your own abilities independent of others. Your entire approach to relatedness is changing at this time. This may well be the signal for renewed vitality in your marriage or intimate partnership, or changes in this area, based on realizations which have been developing within you for a long time. The very basis for relationship may be changing along more spiritual lines. You may be tempted, during this period, to focus your attention on other people, meeting their needs instead of your own, and depending in turn on them for emotional support. You are being called to actualize your own individuality at this time, however, and to leave others to work out their own karma. This can be difficult, but also quite rewarding for you. Changes in your personality in process during this transit may be more obvious later on, with the perspective of time.