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 square (fading, 0.9 degrees) with natal Mercury
This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 3/4/02 to 7/26/02, no exact; and 1/6/03 to 2/26/04, exact on 3/1/03, 8/5/03 R, 1/2/04; and 8/15/04 to 12/28/04, no exact.
The planetary energies conflict; internal and creative tensions bring rich rewards through effort over time.
During this period of time, your mental energy is both more inspired and more confused than usual. You are operating under an influence that is both mystical and also quite disorienting. As a result, your thought process may be subject to fantasy or other forms of delusion. You will also tend to be more idealistic in your planning than usual. You should try to avoid taking drastic action based on your reasoning during this period of time, preferring to wait until you have had ample time to reflect. You may notice also, that you are more attuned to other people during this transit. The mental process of others may appear almost transparent to you, and this increases your sense of compassion towards them. This is one of the treasures of this energy. You may even find yourself more inspired to write music or poetry during this transit. Although there can be drawbacks, in terms of confusion or unclear communications with others, this period of time can be a great benefit for yourself and any and all of your associations.
Transiting Jupiter in strong trine (forming, 2.5 degrees) with natal Moon Ruler of rising sign
This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 11/4/04 to 11/26/04, exact on 11/15/04; and 4/14/05 to 7/26/05, exact on 5/2/05 R, 7/8/05.
The planetary energies flow smoothly; the connection is easy and beneficial.
You feel a terrific sense of optimism and possibility. You are very sure of and comfortable with yourself, and may also expand your ideas regarding home and family. Your relationships with significant female figures in your life, such as with your mother, may also be full of joyful expansiveness, under the beneficial influence of this transit. What is affected is your feelings and your feminine or nurturing side, the deeper part of yourself, as well as your attitudes toward home and family. All these areas will be seen in a more positive light with the exuberance this transit brings to them. There may be more peacefulness and quiet optimism in your family life than usual, during this period of time. It is a good time to make plans for the future, or to involve yourself with on-going projects which have to do with your home base, such as decorating, or getting something done that needs taking care of around the house. It is a good time to buy a home or real estate, should that possibility be a part of your current situation. You may also want to take advantage of this period to work on family issues, if there are any that need addressing. You will find yourself in a good place to deal with other people during this period of time. If there is a drawback, it is in being so peaceful and content that it is difficult to accomplish your goals; your drive for achievement may be temporally short-circuited. But this is not necessarily a bad thing. Relax, and enjoy the moment!
Transiting Neptune in strong trine (fading, 2.1 degrees) with natal Moon Ruler of rising sign
This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 4/12/01 to 6/8/01, no exact; and 1/31/02 to 9/12/02, exact on 4/3/02, 6/22/02 R; and 11/25/02 to 3/28/03, exact on 1/28/03; and 7/5/03 to 1/25/04, exact on 9/28/03 R, 11/15/03.
The planetary energies flow smoothly; the connection is easy and beneficial.
You are particularly receptive to the moods of other people. This transit is symbolic of the ocean of universal oneness with all humanity, dissolver of barriers and limits, is strongly affecting your unconscious and your emotions during this period of time. You may feel an almost psychic receptivity to other people, such as friends and family during this transit, or this may be a time when romantic love blossoms in your life. Whatever form this increased receptivity to others takes, you are likely to be more forgiving and compassionate during this period of time. You may also be more willing to do things for others than normally, and you may wind up feeling taken advantage of as a result. You would do well to set some limits for yourself -- doing what you feel is right for you and not what others demand. This transit is also about illusion. It is important to double-check your feelings against reality from time to time during the period of time this transit is in effect.
Transiting Neptune in strong trine (forming, 1.6 degrees) with natal Neptune
This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 3/15/03 to 7/19/03, no exact; and 1/15/04 to 3/7/05, exact on 3/10/04, 7/28/04 R, 1/11/05; and 8/7/05 to 1/8/06, no exact.
The planetary energies flow smoothly; the connection is easy and beneficial.
This transit affects your sense of spirituality, and your ideals. Feelings of confusion may also come up for you during this transit, while the sextile or trine of transiting Neptune to its natal position is in effect. At this time, you are in the process of far-reaching re-evaluations. It can be a confusing time, as illusions and self-concepts, which may be the very motivating factors by which you live, are called into question and a new basis for re-imaging the fundamental concepts of your life may be emerging. Your imagination is very active now, for Neptune is the planet of image and illusion. You must be sure to weigh carefully any unsettling concepts that come up for you at this time, for although they speak a new truth to you, they may also exaggerate (either the up-side or the down-side) during this period. It is better to wait out the growing maturity of these new concepts, rather than acting rashly in being quick to make changes in your life at this time.
Transiting Saturn in strong trine (forming, 1.3 degrees) with natal Chiron
This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 10/11/04 to 12/6/04, no exact; and 6/19/05 to 7/21/05, exact on 7/5/05.
The planetary energies flow smoothly; the connection is easy and beneficial.
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, 1.7 degrees) with natal Sun
This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 9/2/04 to 1/17/05, exact on 9/24/04, 12/23/04 R; and 5/22/05 to 6/27/05, exact on 6/10/05.
The planetary energies flow smoothly; the connection is easy and beneficial.
At this time you are more aware of your limitations and responsibilities than usual. This can last for several months, during which time the structure of your life, and your ego-investment in that structure, may take a new turn. You may take on extra duties during this period, or try to get more organized in your life. You also may feel a bit lonely and cut off from friends or loved ones during this transit, with its accompanying pressures. It is important not to lose sight of the larger picture at this time. The key lies in balancing the energy to achieve and the energy just to be, without needing to achieve.
Transiting Pluto in strong sextile (fading, 0.4 degrees) with natal Venus
This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 12/29/02 to 6/25/03, no exact; and 10/28/03 to 3/9/04, exact on 12/23/03; and 4/8/04 to 12/17/04, exact on 7/9/04 R, 10/18/04; and 7/26/05 to 10/9/05, no exact.
The planetary energies flow together, open into new possibilities, new connections.
You will find some drastic alterations of your close personal relationships during this period of time. Existing associations will change in some way, perhaps frustrations that have been building over time will come to a head, or the relationship may suddenly end, at least as it existed before this period of time. New relationships begun under the influence of this transit will likely be quite intense, and will seem to have an ultimate purpose in your life, perhaps of working through some ancient issues which have long been buried in your unconscious. This is a chance for you to get in touch with such deep-rooted issues, which force themselves into your conscious awareness perhaps for the very first time. During this transit your creative abilities, especially in an artistic sense, could also alter. Even your basic values may undergo transformation at this time. If you are involved in the arts, you may go through some crisis in your work, or drastically change the medium of your expression, becoming a director rather than an actor, for example. Your creative energy may also be blocked at this time, as energy is diverted for exploring psychological issues. Deep-rooted issues which come to the surface also affect your values as well, and there may be changes in what you value or how conscious you are of the importance different values have in your life, and what relative priority you assign to them. For this reason, and as part of the process of internal psychological transformation, finances may change during this period of time, either improving or getting worse depending on other factors. It is important during all these changes to try to focus on what is truly important to you, and to value yourself more as a result of the deeper examination Pluto brings.
Transiting Chiron in strong square (fading, 1.2 degrees) with natal Venus
This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 12/28/03 to 2/10/04, exact on 1/18/04; and 8/3/04 to 11/17/04, no exact.
The planetary energies conflict; internal and creative tensions bring rich rewards through effort over time.
You are likely to be undergoing a period of suffering around the issues of close personal relationships, artistic expression, and your values in general. Relationship issues are definitely "up" for you, and you may find yourself in the midst of some very painful realizations because of it. It may be that old issues of the way that you do relationship with others, issues that you were perhaps not even fully aware of, may come to the surface to haunt you during this transit, perhaps brought on by current events such as with regard to your significant partnerships at this time. If you have a close relationship with an intimate partner it may be in the process of transformation during this period, which of course can be extremely painful, but extremely rewarding as well in terms of the larger picture of your life's path. It is also possible that your artistic expression or your aesthetic values may be in transition at this time, as you leave off ways of feeling and expressing yourself that no longer serve you. The ultimate purpose of these challenges is that you may grow in your self-concept, and adapt your relationship energy to a style that is more appropriate to your present state of evolution, as you let go of habits from the past that have been inhibiting the fullest expression of yourself in relation to another. The old ways are not working for you any longer, so it is best to get on with the new ones, rather than remaining stuck in the mud of previous patterns.
Sun, Moon, Rising Sign Features
Transiting Mercury in strong conjunction (fading, 1.5 degrees) with natal Sun
The strongest blend of the energies represented by these two planets.
You will be sharp and witty today. It is a great time for communication, either written or spoken, although you may tend to do more talking than listening. Your ability to express ideas is increased. It is a good time to initiate projects of a mental or associative nature. It's also quite possible that greater energy will be made available for friends and for thinking about future plans. It is a great time for communication, either written or spoken, and connecting with other people. Use this time wisely, your mental powers are at their peak!
Transiting Sun in strong trine (fading, 1.5 degrees) with natal Ascendant
The planetary energies flow smoothly; the connection is easy and beneficial.
This transit gives you positive energy, enabling greater self-expression, the ability to better explore your own creative potential and a generalized sense of well-being. Your physical vitality is also on an upswing these few days. 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 conjunction (exact at 4:04 am) with natal Ascendant
The strongest blend of the energies represented by these two planets.
This transit affects self-expression, including your creative potential and your sense of well-being. Your physical vitality is also affected, and your attitude to life in general. The Moon's energy comes into your personality as a result of this transit, leading to a comfortable period of time. You will feel at home wherever you are today.
Transiting Jupiter in strong square (forming, 0.9 degrees) with natal Ascendant
This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 10/28/04 to 11/17/04, exact on 11/7/04; and 4/28/05 to 7/13/05, exact on 5/29/05 R, 6/11/05.
The planetary energies conflict; internal and creative tensions bring rich rewards through effort over time.
You will find you have an expansive and optimistic attitude during this period of time. Your physical vitality is also powerfully affected, as well as your creative potential and your general sense of well-being. Although all this confidence is a real boost and you can get a lot of things done because of it, you may need to beware of being rash or having even too much optimism during this transit. There is also a peaceful and spiritual energy that comes strongly into your personality as a result of this transit, that can lead you to new levels of faith and understanding.
Other Transiting Aspects
Transiting Sun in strong conjunction (forming, 1.3 degrees) with natal Mercury
The strongest blend of the energies represented by these two planets.
Your thought process is brought more immediately into your conscious awareness these days. Your mental powers and dexterity are at their peak. It is a great time for communication, either written or spoken, although you may tend to do more talking than listening. It is a good time to initiate projects of a mental or associative nature. You will be sharp mentally during this transit.
Transiting Moon in strong trine (exact at 9:38 am) with natal Mercury
The planetary energies flow smoothly; the connection is easy and beneficial.
Communication and your thought process is especially important to you right now. You are moved to express your feelings in words. You have better access to your emotions than usual, making it a good time for communication between yourself and an intimate partner. You will be able to express what you truly feel and that is important for achieving rapport. In fact, you will be better equipped to deal with friends and associates, and the public, as well, since you have such immediate access to your mental process. You will be adept at all forms of thinking and manipulation during this brief period.
Transiting Moon in strong square (exact at 14:39 ) 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 (forming, 1.6 degrees) with natal Chiron
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. It may also be that communication with other people brings to light certain areas of your psyche that you would rather not have exposed, and that can be quite painful for you 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 Mars in strong sextile (fading, 1.0 degrees) with natal Mars
This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 10/28/04 to 11/3/04, exact on 10/31/04.
The planetary energies flow together, open into new possibilities, new connections.
Your confidence and will-power are at their peak. This transit stimulates your outward-directed activity, assertiveness and also pure animal passion. You are so full of vibrant energy at this time, you may need an outlet such as sports or another form of physical activity. Your will is strong, and you will have loads of energy for any kind of activity during this brief period of time. It is an excellent time for pushing forward with work that you are trying to complete, as well as for getting in touch with what it is that you truly desire for yourself. You may find great clarity in knowing exactly what you want in your life while this transit is in effect.
Transiting Sun in inconjunct (forming, 0.1 degrees) with natal Moon Ruler of rising sign
The planetary energies do not flow smoothly, one or the other predominates; discrimination must be employed.
The Moon symbolizes your feelings, your home and family and the unconscious. You are likely to enjoy your relations with your children or loved ones and place emphasis on your home environment for this period of time. You may also encounter significant female figures in your life during this brief transit.
Transiting Moon in sesquiquadrate (exact at 7:16 am) with natal Sun
The planetary energies conflict in determined subtle tension; control is required.
This transit affects your self-expression, including your creative potential and your physical vitality, or sense of well-being, your attitude to life in general. The Moon's energy comes into your conscious awareness as a result of this transit, leading to a comfortable period of time. You may also be more moody than usual, or more aware of the past during this brief period. You may have a significant encounter with an important female person in your life, or get in touch with your own feminine side during this transit.
Transiting Moon in semi-sextile (exact at 7:14 am) with natal Moon Ruler of rising sign
The planetary energies attract each other, require effort, allow entry of new information.
Personal emotions, your home and family life and the feminine, come strongly into your emotional awareness today. You may also be very moody during the brief period of time this transit is in effect. Your relations with your children or loved ones may feel very special today.
Transiting Venus in semi-sextile (fading, 0.1 degrees) with natal Saturn
The planetary energies attract each other, require effort, allow entry of new information.
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 semi-sextile (forming, 1.3 degrees) with natal Sun
This transit is strongest (within 1 degree) from 11/2/04 to 11/5/04, exact on 11/4/04.
The planetary energies attract each other, require effort, allow entry of new information.
You feel more aggressive these days and full of the zest for life. Your will is quite strong and you may also be more argumentative than usual as a result of this transit, so beware of getting into quarrels. You have so much sheer energy at your disposal that you may need to work it off in some form of physical activity, like sports or weight-lifting, for this brief period of time. There can be tension during this transit, and also good progress toward your goals if you can contain the energy.
Transiting Mars in sesquiquadrate (forming, 1.3 degrees) with natal Moon Ruler of rising sign
This transit is strongest (within 1 degree) from 11/2/04 to 11/5/04, exact on 11/4/04.
The planetary energies conflict in determined subtle tension; control is required.
You may find yourself expressing anger more openly than you usually do. This can be a benefit, since feelings brought out into the open are thus more available to yourself and others. This aspect also indicates a period of time when action is a more comfortable mode of operation than sitting back and awaiting events. Try not to be too rash in taking action, sometimes the "wait and see" game is best in the long run.
Transiting Uranus in opposition (forming, 2.5 degrees) with natal Saturn
This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 3/4/04 to 10/5/04, exact on 4/12/04, 8/11/04 R; and 12/18/04 to 3/8/05, exact on 2/1/05; and 10/8/05 to 12/23/05, no exact.
The planetary energies are polarized; outer events stimulate their interaction; integration is the challenge.
This is a stressful time of great internal pressure upon the existing structure of your daily life, as unusually vivid insights or perhaps unexpected events threaten security and your feeling of status quo. You may feel frustrated by limitations which seem unnecessary to your present circumstance, and which seem to hold you back from movement towards new ideas. You are forced to reexamine and perhaps discard old outmoded concepts or habitual patterns. Some of your existing structure may have to be maintained in the face of challenge to it, since it forms an important part of your self-concept. You must try not to throw out the baby with the bath water, as you struggle through the tests of this period of time.
Transiting Pluto in conjunction (forming, 2.7 degrees) with natal Mars
This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 1/24/04 to 5/27/04, no exact; and 11/23/04 to 1/12/06, exact on 1/17/05, 6/9/05 R, 11/18/05; and 6/21/06 to 11/13/06, no exact.
The strongest blend of the energies represented by these two planets.
Your assertion and goal-directed activity will be subject to drastic changes, for the purpose of bringing to light the inner workings of repressed impulses you may have in these areas. The life factors of outward-directed activity, assertiveness and also animal passion are now subject to transformation. Your drive to succeed may be riding at an all-time high during this transit. On the other hand, this may be a stressful time which is ultimately productive of far-reaching changes, as you feel yourself directly challenged by inner processes that seem about to overwhelm your fragile ego. Either way, compulsive or control-oriented behavior which normally lies beneath the surface of your conscious awareness could come up for you at this time. This may be a sign that you are ready to outgrow these behaviors, which may be carry-overs from the distant past, and no longer appropriate to your present level of maturity. The changes forced upon you at this time can be difficult and painful. Assumptions you have lived by up until this time may crumble now, and you desperately seek a firm place to stand and from which to re-build your life concepts. You should have faith in your own process, to guide you through these shattering events to emerge on the other side of them, calm once more, and even more wholly yourself than before you went through them.
Transiting Chiron in sesquiquadrate (fading, 0.9 degrees) with natal Saturn
This transit is strongest (within 1 degree) from 1/10/04 to 2/1/04, exact on 1/21/04; and 8/18/04 to 11/4/04, exact on 9/26/04 SD.
The planetary energies conflict in determined subtle tension; control is required.
Your psyche is subject to a stressful and potentially vitalizing time, as the very structure of your life is undergoing great changes. At this time also, difficulties with authority figures may emerge, or your relationship with your father may be 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. Often our sense of responsibility and the corresponding societal structure we have internalized during our formative years is a poor fit to our more mature and evolved understanding. It is difficult to give up old patterns, but If you can possess your individual sense of responsibility, as Astrologer Caroline Casey says "own your Saturn", you may become free for the first time of received opinions from consensus reality and be able to finally march to the beat of your own drum.
Transiting Mars in weak conjunction (fading, 4.1 degrees) with natal Venus
This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 10/24/04 to 10/30/04, exact on 10/27/04.
The strongest blend of the energies represented by these two planets.
You are full of relationship energy of all kinds. You have loads of energy for your intimate partnerships during this period, which may manifest as an enhanced sex drive, or just more of a drive toward closeness and intimacy. Affected also are your sense of aesthetics, and your values generally, and these areas will also be enhanced and energized during the course of this transit. It is a good time to involve yourself in artistic projects, or creative work of any kind. You will undoubtedly be more responsive to your surroundings than usual, and you may also experience an increased sociability at this time. It is a great time to go to a party, or to give one. You are not much interested in work and the harsh realities during this period, being more engaged in love and the joyous abundance of life.
Transiting Neptune in weak opposition (forming, 3.9 degrees) with natal Pluto
This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 3/21/04 to 7/15/04, no exact; and 1/20/05 to 3/13/06, exact on 3/17/05, 7/26/05 R, 1/17/06; and 8/5/06 to 1/14/07, 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 Planets
Transiting Sun in Scorpio (10° Sco 29' 22") Transiting Sun in the Fifth House
At this time, you are very dramatic and creative, also self-confident and assertive. You expect to be the center of attention, and often are. You have tremendous energy, also great courage and honesty. Your challenge is not to be arrogant or egotistical, but rather to develop humility and compassion, and to learn detachment in the gift of your affections.
Transiting Moon in Cancer (11° Can 26' 21") Transiting Moon in the First House
This is a two-day period of time when your subconscious tends to be preoccupied with yourself. It is a time when your feelings are keenly felt, direct and spontaneous. There may be a quick temper. A good time for recharging your batteries with relaxing activity in your best interest, and taking care of yourself generally.
Transiting Mercury in Scorpio (27° Sco 04') Transiting Mercury in the Fifth House
At this time, you are very dramatic and expressive, also self-confident and assertive, in your communications to other people. You expect to be the center of attention, and often are. You may enjoy mental games and recreations more than usual. You should beware of being too wrapped up in your own opinions and try hard to listen to other people during this transit.
Transiting Venus in Libra (5° Lib 31') Transiting Venus in the Fourth House
At this time there is an urge for security and your home is important. You tend to stick close to your family and loved ones during this period, usually lasting about three weeks. You are sensitive and may have a tendency to withdraw from the world. You may also feel a need to be either nurtured or nurturing. Your own emotions are more deeply felt, and you may tune in to other's emotional needs as well.
Transiting Mars in Libra (24° Lib 17') Transiting Mars in the Fifth House
This transit is strongest (within 1 degree) from 10/29/04 to 12/29/04, exact on 10/30/04.
At this time, usually lasting about six weeks, you are very dramatic and creative, also self-confident and assertive. You enjoy the pleasures of life more than usual. You have tremendous energy, also great courage and honesty at this time. You also tend to be extremely stubborn and convinced of your own point of view, and are likely to benefit from cultivating greater concern for others. Your challenge at this time is to avoid being arrogant or egotistical, and rather to develop humility and compassion.
Transiting Jupiter in Libra (8° Lib 04') Transiting Jupiter in the Fourth House
This transit is strongest (within 1 degree) from 11/22/03 to 2/15/04, exact on 12/1/03, 2/6/04 R; and 7/18/04 to 9/20/05, exact on 7/24/04.
For this period of time (about one year) you tend to have a more loving and secure connection with your family and close friends. You may feel the urge to connect more fully with your roots, including your home life, under the influence of this transit, or you may expand or redecorate your home. You are more friendly and sociable, generous and high-minded than usual. At this time you possess a natural sense of security and an inclination to relax in your home environment. It is a good time to enjoy these benefits, and to strengthen your connection with your innermost secret self.
Transiting Saturn in Cancer (27° Can 19') Transiting Saturn in the First House
This transit is strongest (within 1 degree) from 8/6/03 to 1/23/04, exact on 8/15/03, 1/10/04 R; and 4/20/04 to 7/5/05, exact on 5/2/04.
This transit, which lasts about two to three years, represents a period of time when there are difficulties or restrictions (and also emphasis) in the area of self-confidence and self-expression. At this time, you are more reserved and desire to achieve a better understanding of yourself. You are operating on the energy from Saturn's recent transit of the Ascendant, signifying the elimination of outworn parts of one's life. You may appear shy, stiff or awkward, or you may be defensive, or have a tendency to be argumentative or to misunderstand others. You also have good reasoning power at this time. You possess a strong desire for freedom of expression, that may not easily find its realization. Your lesson in this period lies in striving to overcome your fears of self-expression, and thus come to a better understanding of yourself.
Transiting Uranus in Pisces (2° Pis 54') Transiting Uranus in the Ninth House
This transit is strongest (within 1 degree) from 3/20/00 to 8/2/00, exact on 4/14/00, 7/5/00 R; and 1/11/01 to 4/21/07, exact on 1/29/01.
During this transit, lasting about seven years, you may experience a transformation in matters relating to your goals, religious beliefs or personal philosophy. There may be radical and unexpected changes in the direction of your educational process, even if you are no longer in school, or sudden and unexpected opportunities for travel may come up for you at this time. If they do, it would be wise to take advantage of them, for new insights into the basis for your philosophy of life are likely to result. This is usually a time of great and thorough revolution in your understanding, and to try to hold back the new insights presenting themselves at this time is not only to attempt to alter the course of your natural mental development, but likely to result in the necessity for more extreme readjustments later on in your life.
Transiting Neptune in Aquarius (12° Aqu 38') Transiting Neptune in the Eighth House
This transit is strongest (within 1 degree) from 4/3/96 to 5/25/96, no exact; and 1/20/97 to 8/31/97, exact on 2/16/97, 7/21/97 R; and 11/15/97 to 2/26/07, exact on 12/21/97.
During this transit, which lasts about 14 years, there will be greater involvement with your feelings about relationships with others, including sexual relationships, and also personal transformation. These feelings may become elevated to a higher, more mystical plane, or there may be confusion and illusions surrounding these areas. There may be a love of sensual pleasures or luxuries during this period of time, or there may be an interest in psychic matters or in occult studies, and you should beware of glamorizing such studies for the sake of your own ego. There may also be confusion regarding sexuality or with what is truly desired from relationships. During this period you can benefit from striving for greater clarity regarding your personal values and your relationships to the material world and to other people.
Transiting Pluto in Sagittarius (20° Sag 35') Transiting Pluto in the Sixth House
This transit is strongest (within 1 degree) from 12/31/95 to 5/15/96, exact on 2/10/96, 3/30/96 R; and 10/28/96 to 2/23/12, exact on 11/23/96, 7/23/97 R, 9/2/97.
During this transit, usually lasting about 14 or more years, you may feel a compulsion to be of service to other people. This compulsion can take the form of activities which are intended to be helpful, but which may not truly be appreciated by the intended beneficiaries. There can also be obsessive behavior regarding health issues, or organizational detail. The true purpose of such behavior is to purify the activity involved, and you should beware of it becoming an end in itself. There is a need for transformation in these areas, in order to learn how to be of actual service to others, such as a career in the helping professions, or work on your own issues in such a way as to regenerate your values and life direction.
Transiting Chiron in Capricorn (21° Cap 21') Transiting Chiron in the Seventh House
This transit is strongest (within 1 degree) from 3/8/02 to 5/28/02, exact on 4/2/02, 5/1/02 R; and 12/3/02 to 2/4/05, exact on 12/14/02.
During this transit, lasting 2 - 8 years, and especially at the beginning of this period of time, your close personal relationships such as marriage or business partnerships may alter, in conjunction with a potentially painful period of re-examination and transformation. During this period of time, partnerships may become a cause of suffering in your life. It may be that issues that have been disregarded for a long time re-emerge, forcing you to reflect on the way in which you form alliances with and connect yourself to another person. There may be issues with your self-concept, with your basic feeling of acceptance or rejection by others that come to the foreground of your consciousness at this time. We all have deeply held wounds from our past, perhaps ones that persisted from early childhood, when these issues were too difficult to face and had to be locked away behind self-protective barriers in order not to be too threatening to handle in that early developmental stage. Now these issues may finally come to the light as events bring them to your consciousness. It may also be the case that you form a relationship at this time, or already have one, with a person who has the capacity to heal you with regard to these issues emanating from the darker side of your being. Or you yourself may provide the healing role, which can be good for your own work on these issues as well. It is very powerful, and ultimately healing, to get to the root of these matters that keep you from being true to yourself both in relationship with others, and perhaps most significantly, in the important relationship with yourself.
Transiting N Node in Taurus (2° Tau 05'R) Transiting N Node in the Eleventh House
The lunar North Node transiting the eleventh house. South Node transiting the fifth. During this transit, usually lasting 18 months, the focus of your transformative powers will be your personal creativity, or possibly your relationship with your own children. At this time, also, you may struggle to attain some greater mastery in the area of social concerns and joining in with others in group activity. During the course of this transit you may feel the urge for being recognized and admired. You may also detect underlying feelings of insecurity in yourself. You may be tempted to fall back into a level of creativity that is purely personal or some other form of ego gratification. While this is a valid way for you to progress at another point in your life's journey, it is not your true path now. Your focus at this time is on social rather than personal concerns, and the betterment of society itself may be your object. Certainly you will be more future-oriented, and able at this time to put greater energy into formulating your goals, especially with regard to social issues. Your task is to attempt to make conscious choices, especially in the area of group dynamics, and to become more aware of your true objectives, for yourself, and for society at large.