John Kerry: Birthchart Interpretations

Birth data: 12-11-1943, 7:10 AM timezone 7.0 Daylight at Denver, CO, Lat. 39:44, Long. 104:59

Contents

Chart Patterns
Important Features
Angular Planets
Sun, Moon, Rising Sign Features
Other Natal Planets
Other Aspects

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Chart Patterns

T-Square, focal planet Chiron

You have a T-Square in your chart. With a this planetary aspect pattern, in which three planets or conjunctions are in square with one another, you have a high degree of motivation and drive. Your energies are most easily and habitually expressed by the energy of the focal point, the middle of the T-Square. You may also compensate for overdoing in the area of life represented by the focal point, by leaning toward the empty pattern element opposite the focal point, seeking to balance your activity. The lesson of this planetary aspect pattern is in learning to use your considerable energy wisely in the pursuit of your true goals. There is great tension represented by the focal planet or planets in your chart, where conflicting parts of your personality attain their focus and peak of energy, and you may observe compulsive behavior in the area of life represented here.

Chiron in the Ninth House (or sign) represents issues with one’s vital force of abstracting and understanding universal truth. This placement can lead to high achievement in the scholastic arena, but it may be nagging doubts that you are really good enough that spur you on, rather than a pure love of learning. There is likely to be some form of painful realization surrounding the pursuit of wisdom, or perhaps in the area of philosophy or religion. It may be that parental figures had different notions of what makes the world make sense than you did, but for one reason or another you didn’t take them on. Perhaps you were too young at the time for such a challenge, and now in your adult life you feel the pull of the beat of a distant drummer, but feel ambivalent or not sure enough of yourself to really do anything about it. In your frustration you may even seek to help other people to work out their own concepts of higher knowledge, while you yourself remain stuck in the mud of prior patterns. If so, it is time to shake off the shackles of the past and get on with your individual sense of your own philosophical values and visions. Perhaps by delving into what associations you have with bad models from early childhood, you can begin to more fully and completely inhabit the natural vision that belongs to your higher self. Then you can truly shine in the world of ideas, as you move out from your own center rather than the point of balance represented by other, more alien, philosophies.

The following applies to your generation as a whole as well as to you personally:

Chiron in Virgo (or the Sixth House) represents issues with one’s vital force of improving and organizing more efficient ways to serve self and others. With this placement you are more or less compulsively drawn to the issues of organization, and personal sickness and health, as well as service to other people. You may experience some degree of suffering through ill-health, either real or imagined, or through over-doing for others in a service role, perhaps as a member of an organization or work place. You may experience painful realizations around the possibility of perfection in this life time, such as keeping the perfect house in order at all times, so that it becomes an obsession, or the quest for the perfect body. These issues may stem from early childhood, in relation to being put in a position of servitude against your will, or challenged in your developing feelings of self-worth, so that issues of making yourself available to others become both a habit and a source of painful memories in your adult life. Or these issues may operate more at the level of the fantasy and the imagination. It is important to get as conscious as possible with these issues, to discover what actual events may have been essential to forming the constellation of your inner life. As long as these issues remain locked away your unconscious they are basically toxic to your healthy self-image, and they backfire on you when you least expect them to, and may eventually manifest as actual ill-health. As you become more conscious of these patterns deep within you the healing can begin, enabling you to be of true service to others, as you operate from a place of joy and well-being, rather than from a place of resentment and frustration. By doing this work on yourself, you get more clear, and you gain a truer perspective on yourself and your life’s journey. As you are better able to nourish yourself with what you actually need, you are better able to help others as well.

Yod, focal planet Uranus

You have a Yod planetary aspect pattern in your chart, also known as the 'finger of God'. This pattern consists of two different planets forming Inconjunct aspects of 150` to a third, or focal, point. Usually there will be a marked emphasis on the area of life represented by this focal point, which may be one planet, or two or more in conjunction. You may have physical or psychological problems associated with the expression of the energies of the focal planet or planets, creating a subtle form of tension in your life. Your lesson is to transform the expression of these energies along more positive lines.

Uranus in the Seventh House (or sign) gives an individual who is independent and original in the expression of artistic impulses and relationships. You are a lover of harmony and beauty, and you express this love in your own unique manner. In other words, you do not subscribe to a conventional sense of the aesthetic, but are always breaking new ground. You are idealistic and philosophical, and you have a restless interest in new forms of stimulation. There can be problems with marriage in that partners may find you alternately affectionate and uninterested. You also bring new concepts to the area of partnership which can help to resolve these difficulties. You are likely to seek a rather unconventional relationship, which allows room for growth on both sides. Your lesson in life may be the transformation of the partnership energy into a new mode of being that can both serve your own interest as well as enliven and invigorate your partner.

The following applies to your generation as a whole as well as to you personally:

Uranus in Gemini (or the third house) gives an individual who is restless and mentally acute, with an ability to grasp new concepts quickly. You are likely to change your focus quite a bit. Education is important to you, and you actively explore new subjects and disciplines, becoming adept at all of them, but perhaps without fulfilling long-term commitments. You may have had upsetting circumstances in the area of early home life or in relations with your brothers and sisters. Your relations with friends and associates are also likely to vary sporadically. You have the ability to think freely, unhampered by conventional attitudes or public opinion, and you can also benefit from developing self-discipline in your mental function. You have a need in your life to create a new basis of understanding with respect to the issues of mental process and communications with others.

Yod, focal planet Mercury

You have a Yod planetary aspect pattern in your chart, also known as the 'finger of God'. This pattern consists of two different planets forming Inconjunct aspects of 150` to a third, or focal, point. Usually there will be a marked emphasis on the area of life represented by this focal point, which may be one planet, or two or more in conjunction. You may have physical or psychological problems associated with the expression of the energies of the focal planet or planets, creating a subtle form of tension in your life. Your lesson is to transform the expression of these energies along more positive lines.

Mercury in Capricorn gives a serious, practical and detached mentality. With this placement you have a diplomatic bent, and also make a good teacher. You are determined and careful in your speech and communication with others, as well as your own mental activity. You are also acutely aware of your surroundings. You can help keep others on track with the reality of what is going on. You have good concentration and attention to detail. You can also be somewhat intolerant. You benefit from lifting your vision to the higher issue and cultivating idealism.

Mercury in the Second House represents a strong connection between one's inner awareness and one's values, or the resources available for use. You have an innate sense of what you most need in order to survive; your thinking, is well grounded in reality. You are a natural conduit for manipulating the acquisition and distribution of resources, and are likely to be clever in dealing with issues of finance or property rights. With this placement you also learn more from practical matters than from schooling. Ideas are not important to you if they don't have a practical application. You have an artistic quality of mind, with a well-developed aesthetic sense. You also have a strong tendency to go your own way, to believe what you want to believe. You may benefit from cultivating a more open-minded attitude.


Important Features

Jupiter in Leo (27° Leo 03') Jupiter in the Ninth House Ruler of rising sign

Jupiter in the Ninth House (or sign) gives you an out-going and optimistic nature, very idealistic and high-minded. You are freedom loving, and enjoy travel and adventure. You possess an innate sense of spiritual possibility in ordinary life, and are especially fond of being in natural surroundings. You tend to seek opportunity through education and exploring new horizons, and are constantly expanding your repertoire of skills and knowledge. You are generally quite successful at what you do. You like to take chances, and do not care about security or material rewards. Any work that motivates your ideals will capture your undivided attention, for as long as those ideals are motivated, and not longer. You are devoted to the principles of higher education, metaphysics and philosophy.

Jupiter in Leo (or the fifth house) gives you a generous personality with good vitality. You have dignity, pride and dramatic presence and are courageous in your sense of self, and loyal to others. You possess excellent executive abilities. You like to show off your good side, and have a natural flair and sense of showmanship that carries you far in life. You enjoy the limelight, and would always rather shine out on a hillside than hide your light under a barrel. You are attracted to higher learning, and the fine arts, including the theater, and may try your hand at acting. You can also be extravagant at times, or suffer from errors in judgment. You may tend to overdo, and should beware of egotism. You have good intuition; you make a more capable leader when you follow your inner guidelines.

Pluto in Leo (8° Leo 32'R) Pluto in the Eighth House

Pluto in the Eighth House (or sign) gives a serious and willful personality, with a focus on personal transformation. You feel deeply, and may have an almost psychic awareness of the feelings of others. You have strong desires, and are single-minded about pursuing them. You may need to combat a tendency to manipulate others for your own purposes. You may also exhibit compulsive behavior around the issue of sexuality, or in insisting you get your own way, which also must be transformed as the course of your life progresses. You have a powerful urge toward self-transformation, and may go through many changes in your life. If there is to be growth, there is a need to turn away from manipulating others toward redeeming your uses of power to regenerate your own life; to turn away from self-centeredness toward a more spiritual sense of personal power.

The following applies to your generation as a whole as well as to you personally:

Pluto in Leo (or the fifth house) gives a personality with a focus on being recognized and admired. You may feel a compulsion toward self-aggrandizement. You may have underlying feelings of insecurity leading to rather self-centered and ego oriented behavior. Your desire for reputation may be thwarted, but this can lead to benefits for you, by forcing a re-evaluation of your need to achieve. Transformation in this area is quite possible, moving toward a more positive expression of personal power. In expressing the more positive form of your creative energy, you can perform a service for yourself and society.


Angular Planets


Sun, Moon, Rising Sign Features

Sun in Sagittarius (18° Sag 37' 25") Sun in the First House

The Sun represents will and purpose, the sense of vitality, and the evolving higher Self. In Sagittarius it is Mutable-Fire, and rules the hips and thighs. Your ruling planet is Jupiter. Sagittarius is an optimistic, positive-thinking sign associated with the quest for freedom from all restriction, also idealism, religion and philosophy. Sagittarius people are direct and forthright, good-natured and optimistic. One always knows where one stands with you. You are honest and have a strong moral nature, yet you are also fun-loving and enjoy a good laugh, even at your own expense. Sagittarius is often associated with idealism, religion and philosophy and the quest for freedom. You love adventure, sports and travel, gambling and risk-taking. You are generous, likable, and easy-going, also very curious about the world around you. You are a lover of nature, and have an enthusiasm which can be contagious. At the highest level, you are concerned with understanding, perception, and mental activity in the service of high ideals, for the benefit of mankind.

The Sun in the First House represents a concentration of the vital force to be, to act, to initiate. You are enthusiastic and determined, and you have a very strong will. You are likely to be enterprising and ambitious. You radiate an energy which stimulates others to be attracted to you. You may be a strong leader although you must beware of tendencies to dominate those around you. You are likely to have good health and are enthusiastic about life. You perceive life as a challenge. You are inclined to be courageous, to forge ahead of the group, and to be decidedly independent. You seek the freedom of guiding, controlling, or governing your own will power. You can become overbearing and egocentric if you are not aware of other's personal viewpoints. You are at your best when you can demonstrate your own independence in a way that doesn't interfere with the independence of others and may actually demonstrate how others can be more independent themselves.

Sun in strong opposition (within 1.6 degrees) with Moon

The planetary energies are polarized; outer events stimulate their interaction; integration is the challenge. This aspect gives a willful and strong-minded individual. You may have two sides to your approach to life, which do not always blend harmoniously: your will and your instinctual, or more emotional, self. You have a high energy level and good intelligence, and are very aware and alert, but you may feel a conflict between your public and private lives or the work you set out to accomplish versus your personal goals. You may have experienced your parents as inharmoniously related to each other and also may have a tendency toward argument and conflict in your own interpersonal relationships. There is a creative tension in your relationships, and also internally within your own personality, that may lead you to accomplish much in life, through the path of struggle rather than the path of ease and comfort.

Sun in strong square (within 3.2 degrees) with Chiron

The planetary energies conflict; internal and creative tensions bring rich rewards through effort over time. With this aspect between Sun and Chiron you are likely to experience painful realizations throughout your own life and also have the ability to heal others as well. Chiron is called "the wounded healer" because it represents the archetype of imperfection and loss which when integrated leads to compassion and understanding of others' suffering. The empathy and the understanding that are gained through life's trials provides the ability to serve as a helper and a healer for others. You are more invested in this archetype than most, since it is in a powerful connection with your Sun, representing your conscious self. You have undoubtedly experienced pain and frustration related to your self-concept, perhaps through your relationship with your father or the same-sex parent. There could have been trauma in your early years concerning your parenting or the parental protection which may have been withdrawn too suddenly or misapplied. You may have suffered actual abuse in childhood or perhaps in later years such as in the period of adolescence, when you needed to make the transition to your own adulthood and may have been prevented from fully emerging into a more responsible and complete state due to external circumstances or your own lack or self-confidence. Since you have come through the fires of difficulty you are likely to be someone with career possibilities in the helping professions. It is often easier to face others' troubles than one's own, and you may even be more ready and available to help others than to help yourself. It is good to integrate your past experiences, no matter how painful they may have been, and no matter how painful these feelings continue to be for you in adult life. Then you will be in a position to truly sympathize with others' suffering and help them to work out their traumas as well.

Sun in strong square (within 2.6 degrees) with Midheaven

The planetary energies conflict; internal and creative tensions bring rich rewards through effort over time. This aspect gives a strong personality, very involved in work and career. You can be autocratic and may appear selfish, or bent on getting your own way. You have tremendous drive, and will likely go far, but you should beware of too much ego-involvement in being on top.

Sun in semi-square (exact) with Venus

The planetary energies conflict in determined subtle tension; calmness is required. This aspect gives an excitable and emotional personality, with cheerfulness and warm affections. There is usually artistic ability indicated, perhaps in music and dance, as well as a love of refined surroundings. You may appear flighty in your attitudes and your emotions. You are graceful and charming, and are usually well-liked.

Sun in quintile (within 2.6 degrees) with Neptune

The planetary energies are positively linked, subtle, and spiritual in dimension. This aspect gives a sensitive and creative individual. You are somewhat unworldly, and are likely to be artistic or musical. You may also be open to mysticism or the exploration of other dimensions through psychic perceptions. You are soft-hearted, and you may be perhaps even too willing to sacrifice yourself for the good of others. You may find your life's calling in the helping professions, for your compassion is strong. Your aim is to achieve a balance between spiritual dimensions of reality and ordinary life.

Moon in Gemini (17° Gem 02' 21") Moon in the Seventh House

The Moon in Gemini gives an active mentality, with perhaps a tendency to be nervous and high-strung. There is likely to be a glibness of tongue and a love of chatter with this position. You must beware of superficiality. Since the Moon represents childhood experiences, possibly there were two sides to your early life. You are shrewd and versatile, but you can be overly critical at times. You can also be hard on yourself. You like to express your opinion, and tend to react to situations with thinking, rather than with direct action.

The Moon in the Seventh House represents an emotional sensitivity in the area of interpersonal relationships. You are likely to be very social and may be quite popular. You feel comfort and harmony when you are in some form of intimate partnership with others who reflect your emotions back to you. You are very aware of how others affect you as an emotional being. You become more aware of yourself when you perceive your effects on those intimately close to you. You can easily become emotionally dependent on other people. You may attract a sensitive and moody partner who you can nurture. You may find yourself engaged in an emotional balancing act between yourself and another. You may have a difficult time perceiving yourself as a separate or unique individual outside your intimate relationships. It is important for you to learn how to value your own emotional needs, wants, and desires independent of the partnership energy which you connect to habitually.

Moon in strong square (within 1.6 degrees) with Chiron

The planetary energies conflict; internal and creative tensions bring rich rewards through effort over time. With this aspect there are difficulties indicated in relating to the feminine - either significant female presences in your life or else and including your own feminine side. This would be true, and different in its sense, in either a man's or a woman's chart. Of course the important early model for the feminine is mother, and it is likely that there were painful experiences of some kind in your early relationship with your own mother or significant female parental figure. Perhaps you had a close relationship, but yet your needs were somehow not met, resulting in unconscious resentments which only surfaced later in your adult life. You may in this case exhibit a strong feminine side through and over-attachment to your mother's feelings. It is important to note that there also may have been actual abuse, physical or otherwise. These experiences are so painful that they are often suppressed from your consciousness, and buried deep in your psyche. In your adult life, it is important to move past the resentment caused by early wounding into a more conscious and compassionate reconciliation with the walled off parts of your own nature. Therefore, deep psychological work of some variety is strongly indicated. Once you have begun to make conscious the pain and alienation surrounding events from the long-buried past, you can begin to truly help others as well as yourself. A creative side of your nature may emerge for the first time. The integration of the feminine side of your nature is a tremendous challenge for you, but the gold at the end of the process is well worth digging for.

Moon in sesquiquadrate (within 1.6 degrees) with Venus

The planetary energies conflict in determined subtle tension; control is required. This aspect gives you a somewhat difficult personality. You are kind and artistically gifted, but you may be hard to live with. You dislike having to act charming in social situations when you may not really feel it, and you have a reluctance to come forward into relationship with others, although you have a good deal of charm when you allow yourself to express it, and can be very popular socially. You may encounter sadness in your life as a result of close personal relationships that go astray. You also may spend your money foolishly, and need to cultivate more respect for its value.

Moon in quintile (within 2.0 degrees) with Jupiter Ruler of rising sign

The planetary energies are positively linked, subtle, and spiritual in dimension. This aspect gives an idealistic and humanitarian personality, friendly and sociable, with an inherent spirituality. You are loving and caring and are also strong in character, with a keen sense of right and wrong. You are fortunate in finances, and attract material rewards without seeming to try for them. You are honorable and dependable in your dealings with your fellow man, and work well with the public. There may be an inclination toward the mystical side of life.

Moon in square (within 4.1 degrees) with Midheaven

The planetary energies conflict; internal and creative tensions bring rich rewards through effort over time. This aspect gives an emotionally sensitive personality who is nurturing and caring. You may be over-dependent on others for your own feelings of self-worth. It is important to you that others look up to you. You do well in a business setting, having a dramatic presence that gives you natural abilities to influence others, and an attitude of caring that makes you easy to get along with, but you may have difficulties due to being changeable and engaging in political game-playing. You set priorities based on people rather than strictly on profits.

Sagittarius Rising

The Rising Sign is the mask shown to others, also the physical appearance.

Sagittarius Rising people are direct and forthright, good-natured and optimistic. Your ruling planet is Jupiter. One always knows where one stands with you. You come across as honest and forthright. You have a strong moral nature, yet you are also fun-loving and enjoy a good laugh, even at your own expense. Sagittarius is associated with idealism, religion and philosophy and the quest for freedom. You are friendly and well-liked by others, who are attracted to your open and honest nature. You love adventure, sports and travel, gambling and risk-taking. You are generous and easy-going, also very curious about the world around you. You are a lover of nature, and have an enthusiasm which can be contagious. At the highest level, you are concerned with understanding, perception, and mental activity in the service of high ideals, for the benefit of mankind.

Uranus in strong opposition (within 1.3 degrees) with Ascendant

The planetary energies are polarized; outer events stimulate their interaction; integration is the challenge. This aspect gives an eccentric and strong-willed individual. You are an original and independent thinker with an active, scientific mind, futuristic in outlook, and you are capable of bringing new ideas into being. You are inclined to be reckless, and periodically start over in your life, completely eliminating previous foundations. Because you are unpredictable at times, it can be hard for others to be comfortable with you. You are inclined to be nervous and impatient, and shy away from commitment and responsibility. You can be determined to get your own way, and love freedom from conventionality. You are likely to rebel against the norm, or conflict with others in this area. You can benefit from trying to control your energetic and visionary impulses in order to make these more concretely available in your own life, and in the life of society around you.

Neptune in strong sextile (within 1.0 degrees) with Ascendant

The planetary energies flow together, open into new possibilities, new connections. This aspect gives a highly sensitive, visionary and creative individual. You are somewhat unworldly. You are likely to be artistic or musical. You are soft-hearted, and you may be perhaps even too willing to sacrifice yourself for the good of others. You may have problems in feeling free to assert yourself, and issues with lack of self-confidence, but these are usually overcome. You may be open to mysticism or the exploration of other dimensions through psychic perceptions. Extremely aware of your surroundings, you may take on different qualities with different groups of people. You may have difficulties with motivation, but once these are overcome, tremendous creativity is possible, perhaps through artistic channels: music, drama, poetry. You also may find yourself at work in the helping professions, for your compassion is strong. Your aim is to achieve a balance between the spiritual dimension of reality and ordinary life.

Mercury in semi-sextile (within 0.1 degrees) with Ascendant

The planetary energies attract each other, require effort, allow entry of new information. This conjunction gives a person who values mental pursuits and communication highly. You have a need to connect with other people. Your attention is so much on communicating with others you may constantly worry about how you are coming across, and this may interfere with good communication with other people. You are quick-witted and glib, and may also be nervous and high-strung. You should beware of a tendency to dominate any conversation you enter into. Your pride in your mental abilities and education may overshadow your ability to hear other people's ideas. You can therefore be stubborn and difficult to shake from your own opinion. You are in essence an independent thinker with your own way of looking at things, and you may be inspired and even visionary in your outlook.

Venus in semi-sextile (within 1.4 degrees) with Ascendant

The planetary energies attract each other, require effort, allow entry of new information. This aspect gives a warm-hearted, affectionate and perhaps manipulative personality. You are cheerful, charming and likable. You are sensitive, with an inclination for artistic pursuits and refined surroundings, and you may possess considerable talent for the arts, especially music and dance. Relationships are important to you. You are inclined to reach out to other people, and may work even harder to charm them when they do not respond as you wish. You are firmly in contact with what you want and you are likely to be quite successful at getting it. With your poise and charm, this is usually not difficult for you.

Pluto in weak trine (within 3.5 degrees) with Ascendant

The planetary energies flow smoothly; the connection is easy and beneficial. This aspect gives a willful personality with a focus on being recognized and admired. You have strong desires, and are single-minded about pursuing them. You have an urge toward self-transformation, and may go through many changes in your life. In relationships, you tend to become intensely involved quickly, and stay absorbed in the relationship as long as it lasts. You also have tremendous powers of regeneration and rebirth. You tend to champion the underdog, and react strongly against social injustice. When you train your considerable energy on socially oriented rather than personal goals, you can become a focal point for the transformation of society.


Other Natal Planets

Venus in Scorpio (3° Sco 38') Venus in the Eleventh House

Venus in Scorpio gives a love nature that is passionate and intense, possibly obsessive or self involved. This placement may prove difficult for you, because the intense passions of Scorpio can be more than the milder love energy of Venus is ready for. You are sensual and passionate in relationships, and tend to relate to even casual contacts on a deeper and more personal level. For you, there is no such thing as a superficial contact with others. You may also appear friendly on the surface while acting selfishly at another more hidden level of your personality. You benefit from curbing the willful expression of your passion. The transformation of Scorpio passion into a more spiritual and caring relationship energy is your challenge.

Venus in the Eleventh House represents a strong connection between artistic sensibility, what one values, and group associations or ideals. You are very interested in groups and society in general. Your love and affection may express itself more for the general and all-inclusive vision of social connectedness than for any particular person, even your significant other, or others. Like persons with Venus in Aquarius, you function well in friendships and acquaintances, but you may not be happy in intimate relationships. Your love is broader and more general, and you may be given to spiritual or philanthropic activities. You are likely to possess artistic ability toward music, poetry or painting. You have an idealistic vision for the integration of society into a more unified whole that drives your basic approach to life.

Mars in Gemini (10° Gem 36'R) Mars in the Seventh House

Mars in the Seventh House (or sign) gives a sensitive, and emotionally impressionable nature that is very involved with other people. You are likely to have great charm and poise, as well as attraction to the opposite sex with this placement. You can be a persuasive talker, and are fond of getting your own way, but you are also truly committed to fairness for all parties to a dispute, and will go out of your way to make sure that it is achieved. You are likely to be a rash and ardent lover, and it is possible that you will marry early. You also may be attracted to the ideal of partnerships generally, and benefit from cultivating self-reliance. You might need to work through quarreling with others as a way of standing up to being overly influenced by them. You will benefit from cultivating moderation and objectivity in your dealings with others.

Mars in Gemini (or the third house) gives an alert, witty and energetic nature, possibly inclined toward sarcasm. You are adventurous and physically active. You are glib and communicate very well with others, although you may be a better talker than listener. If you have any weaknesses in this area, it is in being somewhat sharp with friends and relatives, or possibly indulging in gossip. You have a natural mechanical ability and do many things well, although you may scatter your attention, and could benefit by learning to focus and concentrate your energies.

Saturn in Gemini (23° Gem 31'R) Saturn in the Seventh House

Saturn in the Seventh House (or sign) gives a pleasant personality with a deepening or concentration of the power to relate to others. You are easy to get along with, and you usually do well in the areas of partnerships and business relationships. You are possessed of good judgment, diplomacy and tact. You are outer-directed. You are self-reliant and may experience a sense of isolation. You may find sorrow or difficulty in marriage, and yet rise above this circumstance, which can become an opportunity for inner integration and balancing. Your lesson is to make better use of relationship as a vehicle for self-discipline and to further your growth as an individual.

The following applies to your generation as a whole as well as to you personally:

Saturn in Gemini (or the third house) gives a profound mentality, deepening and concentrating the mind and the powers of speech and communication. You are shrewd in business, and are adaptable to a variety of professions. Long hours of concentration can produce a brilliant scholar. You should beware of weakness in the lungs, or a tendency for nervous disorders. You may have subconscious fears of inadequacy in mental pursuits, or a sense of isolation and loneliness. Your lesson is to learn faith in your mental powers and to cultivate a positive attitude toward the frequently untapped power of your mental process.

Neptune in Libra (4° Lib 03') Neptune in the Tenth House

Neptune in the Tenth House (or sign) gives a charming personality with an idealistic nature. You may achieve much in the helping professions. You also may have a musical career. You tend to give more than you receive in your employment. You are susceptible to suggestion, and you may have a tendency to avoid responsibility. There may have been difficulties or confusion in your early years, especially with regard to one or both parents. The image that you have of your parents may change and become less idealized as you mature. In general, you must learn to clarify your goals. You will not usually be content with an ordinary job, but must seek out some career which is a real calling. At your best you express the highest ideals of society and find a spiritual joy in your work.

The following applies to your generation as a whole as well as to you personally:

Neptune in Libra (or the seventh house) gives a charming, generous and idealistic personality. With this placement you have an intense love of beauty and the arts, especially music and painting. You are imaginative and visionary. You may feel a sense of obligation to other people. You can give a great deal to others without expecting anything in return. You dream of finding the perfect partner, but you may encounter difficulties in making that dream a reality. There can be emotional confusion, leading you to depend too much on the strength of another person. There are likely to be karmic lessons for you in regard to partnership and marriage. Making an effort to pull back from too much self-sacrifice can bring greater clarity to relationships, which can be of benefit to all concerned.

N Node in Leo (7° Leo 46'R) N Node in the Eighth House

Lunar North Node in the Eighth House (or sign). South Node in the second house or sign. This placement gives a focus on personal transformation, and on deeply felt relationship with other people. In the past, or in previous lifetimes, you paid a great deal of attention to ownership of property and material things. You need to gradually let go of these attachments in the course of this lifetime. This may prove difficult for you, especially if you have strong conjunctions between the South Node and other planets. As your life unfolds, you may develop an interest in occult science. Your focus as you mature will be more and more on how you can be helpful to others in your relationships with them, and less and less on status, prestige and the accumulation of riches. The sexual act itself can be transformative for you as you relate to others in a deeper and more spiritual way. Your evolutionary payoff comes from letting go of the material world in to order to accept the deep and universal connection with others that is the root truth of the social condition.

Lunar North Node in Leo (or the fifth house). South Node in the eleventh house or sign. This placement gives a personality with a focus on being recognized and admired for the personal creativity that you manifest. You are fortunate in this lifetime, for few people have the capacity, as you do, of actually making your dreams come true. You are engaged in a life-long process of concretizing your thought images, turning the products of your extraordinarily clever intellect into actual manifestation in the world. In the past, or in past lifetimes, you specialized in ideals and imaginings, without giving any thought to working these out in the real world. But as you get on with your life's journey you find that actually manifesting these thought forms becomes more and more your focus. When you are on your true path, you find that you must act, for in acting you give form to the otherwise formless and ideal, and in so doing fulfill your destiny as creator.


Other Aspects

Mercury in strong sextile (within 1.5 degrees) with Venus

The planetary energies flow together, open into new possibilities, new connections. This aspect gives a charming manner and an idealistic philosophy. You are friendly and sociable, and lean toward the beautiful and artistic side of life. You have artistic abilities and a youthful attitude, and tend to like young people. You like to dress attractively, although not necessarily expensively, and are likely to be cheerful and optimistic. You also usually have a pleasant speaking or singing voice, and express yourself well in speech or writing. You can be very persuasive in a quiet way.

Mercury in strong square (within 1.1 degrees) with Neptune

The planetary energies conflict; internal and creative tensions bring rich rewards through effort over time. This aspect gives a clever and imaginative personality with subtle charm. You are visionary and poetic, and quite possibly posses great personal magnetism. You are likely to be an inspired thinker, and may excel in literary accomplishments, especially poetry or fantasy, or perhaps in the visual arts. With a strong connection between your conscious and unconscious mind, you think in terms of symbols rather than logical connections. You are fond of education, but you may miss out on serious study because of your dreaminess and lack of focus. Your imagination is strong, almost to the point of deception; you may tend to confuse illusions with reality, or over-glamorize the object of your ideals. You can profit from learning greater discrimination in your thought process, which will allow you to reap the full benefit and inspiration of your marvelous gift.

Mars in strong sextile (within 2.1 degrees) with Pluto

The planetary energies flow together, open into new possibilities, new connections. This aspect gives a personality with a tremendous drive for power and transformation of self. You are strong-willed almost to the point of ruthlessness, and you have enormous energy and endurance at your disposal. You may appear timid or unsure of yourself, since the power urge is commonly repressed, but then there is the potential for sudden bursts of anger due to the repressed emotion finally exploding to the surface. You may also have feelings of insecurity which are compensated for by being overly forceful, acting compulsively or even becoming obsessive about achieving your will. In a more positive manifestation, you can exhibit a dedication to higher ideals and a willingness to be a channel for healing yourself and society. The challenge is movement away from feelings of insecurity and resulting separateness and loneliness, toward a better acceptance of other's needs and opinions in order to generate wholeness, forgiveness towards self and others, and a new and better sense of self-worth.

Mercury in inconjunct (within 1.2 degrees) with Uranus

The planetary energies do not flow smoothly, one or the other predominates; discrimination must be employed. This aspect gives an individual who is restless and mentally acute, with an ability to quickly grasp new concepts. You like to explore new ways of thinking and being. You are interested in occult realms of thought, applying conscious mental processes to these areas. You have a tendency to display a "know-it-all" attitude. There can be problems in communicating with others. You may lack discipline and persistence in bringing your vision to practical realization, and will benefit from attempting to gain better control of your mental processes.

Venus in inconjunct (within 2.7 degrees) with Uranus

The planetary energies do not flow smoothly, one or the other predominates; discrimination must be employed. This aspect gives an individual who is independent and original in the expression of social activities and in relationships. You are enthusiastic socially and are attracted to the stimulation and excitement of new contacts. You may also be quite unpredictable at times, making it hard for others to get along with you. You are likely to have difficulty, for example, in settling down with one person in a romantic partnership. You may appear to be immature, or self-centered, or lacking in interest in the other person's welfare, although you are also highly idealistic and humane in your outlook. You are unconventional in your attitudes and occupy yourself with multiple interests and explorations. You can benefit from attempting to bring a steady and consistent focus to your many interests and activities.

Venus in semi-sextile (within 0.4 degrees) with Neptune

The planetary energies attract each other, require effort, allow entry of new information. This aspect gives a charming and idealistic personality. There is love of beauty and the arts, especially music and painting, and an interest in spiritual matters. You are imaginative and visionary, also compassionate and kind, and are sensitive to the suffering of others. You may have a tendency to become enmeshed in emotional confusion. You will benefit from developing a more discriminating attitude toward relationships generally, and more confidence in the value of your own process.

Saturn in semi-square (exact) with Pluto

The planetary energies conflict in determined subtle tension; calmness is required. This aspect gives a forceful personality with a focus on issues of authority, power and control. You may have a compulsion for control leading to problems with interpersonal relations or rebellious attitudes toward established authority. What is needed is a re-evaluation and transformation of the urge for power and control, based on a deeper understanding of and more conscious and socially responsible use of personal power.

Saturn in square (within 2.3 degrees) with Midheaven

The planetary energies conflict; internal and creative tensions bring rich rewards through effort over time. This aspect gives an ambitious and clear-minded individual, with a strong sense of responsibility. You are persistent and thorough, and may be careful or calculating in your dealings with others, and may suffer from feelings of inferiority. There may have been problems in the early life with finding your own identity, independent of parental figures, so that in your adult life you operate out of a subconscious fear that if you don't conquer the world first, then it will conquer you instead. You may have difficulties, limitations or delays in the achievement of your goals, but you are likely to achieve success in the end.

Uranus in trine (within 2.3 degrees) with Neptune

The planetary energies flow smoothly; the connection is easy and beneficial. This aspect gives a future oriented and idealistic individual, very aware of collective energies. This is a generational aspect, which many of your contemporaries will share with you. You may feel a pull to the service of humanity. You are likely to be interested in mysticism and the occult. You may also be inclined to nervousness (especially if Uranus makes close aspects to the ‘personal' planets in your chart). You may feel some sense of confinement or restriction in the freedom to be who you want to be. Social ideals will strongly affect the expression of your individuality.

Uranus in sextile (within 2.2 degrees) with Pluto

The planetary energies flow together, open into new possibilities, new connections. This combination gives an individual who is willful and possesses great depth of passion. This is a generational aspect, which many of your contemporaries will share with you. You are to an unusual degree tuned in to the energy of the collective, especially with regard to the ultimate transformation of society. You have a keen intuition and great power to transform yourself and your personal relationships as you evolve. You may have an unconventional approach where sexual matters are concerned, or with interpersonal relationships (especially when Pluto makes close aspects to ‘personal' planets in your chart). At your best, you are compassionate toward your fellow-man, and you are apt to be a helper in the creation of a new world, based on humanitarian ideals of universal brotherhood.

Sun in weak opposition (within 4.9 degrees) with Saturn

The planetary energies are polarized; outer events stimulate their interaction; integration is the challenge. This aspect gives a deepening and concentration, or a blocking of your self-expression. You are ambitious and may make your mark in the world. There may also be a barrier between you and your self-realization, so that your true feelings are denied outlet. You may be strongwilled, or even autocratic, and can appear selfish, or cautious and reserved. There is usually a sense of rejection or coldness in relationship to your father, and a sense of lack of love in your life, generally, leading to a subconscious desire for recognition. There may be feelings of hostility or a physical ailment that prevents your total participation in life activities. Your heartcenter may need developing. The lesson for you is to deepen and broaden the knowledge of who you really are at the level of your innermost soul, and to really learn to love the person that you find in this process.

Mercury in inconjunct (within 3.4 degrees) with Pluto

The planetary energies do not flow smoothly, one or the other predominates; discrimination must be employed. This aspect gives a sharp and penetrating mind, together with unusually clear and direct communication skills. You are likely to be quite interested in the occult, or other hidden and potentially taboo areas of thought. You can also be compulsively attached to your communication or the results of your mental process, so that there is a danger that you may feel yourself to be correct in what you say in spite of what others may think. You can be a great source of inspiration when you use your powers of insight and expression responsibly, enabling you to share your gift with your fellow-man

Jupiter in weak sextile (within 3.6 degrees) with Saturn

The planetary energies flow together, open into new possibilities, new connections. This aspect gives a serious and conscientious personality. You are strong morally, and likely to be socially active. You are quietly ambitious, with a good sense about you that impresses other people. You make an excellent manager, and have a strong drive to achieve success, with a talent for working with the public. You desire to be a force for good in society. If you live up to this ideal, you will be a natural leader, being optimistic, yet practical, and possessing excellent judgment. For the early part of your life you may tend to hide your light under a basket; your powers are likely to grow as you mature.