John Kerry: Interpretations for Transits for 11-2-2004, 9:00

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

Contents

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

Transits for 11-2-2004, 9:00 timezone 7.0 Standard

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Important Features

Transiting Jupiter in strong trine (fading, 1.8 degrees) with natal Uranus Angular planet - conjunct Descendant

This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 10/15/04 to 11/3/04, exact on 10/24/04.

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

This transit affects your urge for freedom and spontaneity. Feelings of restlessness may come up for you during this time. Sudden departures could become the norm. You may also have new and more powerful spiritual insights during this period of time.

Transiting Jupiter in strong sextile (forming, 0.5 degrees) with natal Pluto

This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 10/25/04 to 11/15/04, exact on 11/4/04; and 5/2/05 to 7/8/05, no exact.

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

This transit affects your urge for self-transformation and regeneration. Conflicts and drastic changes may come up for you during this period of time. Your plans and aspirations for the future, as well as your religious feelings may be affected. You are more serious and look more deeply into any fields of study that are important to you at this time. You could become involved in a research project or other serious study during this transit, and you will find that you have an increased capacity for such a project. Travel plans are another possibility for more serious and renewed consideration at this time. Your ideals and aspirations may also be called into question during the period of time that this transit is in effect. You also could find that you are more interested in your own unconscious process or that of others during this period of time.

Transiting Pluto in strong conjunction (fading, 2.0 degrees) with natal Sun

This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 1/18/02 to 5/24/02, no exact; and 11/17/02 to 1/4/04, exact on 1/10/03, 6/8/03 R, 11/11/03; and 6/21/04 to 11/3/04, no exact.

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

This is a period when many factors in your life could radically alter, because Pluto, symbolizing the process of decay and change, death and re-birth, is making its force strongly felt. You are in the midst of tremendous and far-reaching changes to the pattern of your life. These changes are for evolutionary purpose, and so they in your own best interest in the long run. Your very identity, how you customarily think of yourself, will almost certainly be altered as a result of this transit. During this period of time, you have tremendous untapped energy for renewal and transformation. You will emerge from this period of time more free in yourself and more confident of your true path in life. These radical changes in our self-concept can be quite difficult, since most of us tend to cling to our older and more established ways of being, and resist the pressure of the new with all our might. But these changes being forced upon you at this time are inevitable, and perhaps necessary for your growth as a human being. Sometimes these life changes will manifest more on an internal level, and sometimes outer events may bring them, such as a death in your immediate family, or some other radical alteration of your circumstances. Often, too, a strong Pluto transit means confronting parts of yourself that you would rather not face, and you may be tempted to evade this encounter. But running away from the battle will not help, for eventually you must admit the dark unknown and integrate it with your conscious self, if you are to move towards wholeness and peace of mind.

Transiting Uranus in strong trine (forming, 0.7 degrees) with natal Venus

This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 4/12/03 to 8/3/03, no exact; and 2/1/04 to 4/16/04, exact on 3/7/04; and 8/6/04 to 2/5/05, exact on 9/28/04 R, 12/24/04.

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

The energy you have for others is changing in some previously unexplored fashion. This gives you an exciting period of time in which to explore new love interests, or possibly to reexamine established relationships. You will gain new insights during the course of this transit. Even your values or your aesthetic sense could undergo a shake-up during this period of time. If you are involved in the arts, you may experiment with new media or techniques under the influence of this transit. The most likely area of your life to experience alteration is your close personal relationships. Usually these relationship changes have been waiting in the wings, so to speak, for some time, and only now are you ready to admit them into your conscious awareness. Any relationships that have accumulated a sense of unconscious frustration over time are now likely to change. Some relationships may end entirely, or they may transform into a new pattern better suited to your changing needs. It is important during this period of time to remember that you can't go back -- change is vital if you are to grow as a human being, since life itself is change.

Transiting Neptune in strong trine (fading, 2.0 degrees) with natal Mars

This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 4/15/01 to 6/5/01, no exact; and 1/31/02 to 9/10/02, exact on 4/5/02, 6/21/02 R; and 11/27/02 to 3/29/03, exact on 1/29/03; and 7/3/03 to 1/25/04, exact on 9/25/03 R, 11/18/03.

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

You may find you have a more disconnected energy than usual, and a sense of confusion regarding goals. This is a time in your life when you are more sensitive to others needs and concerns than your own. You are very aware of other points of view, and also very idealistic in pursuing your own agenda. You may even imagine goals for yourself or for other people that are more fanciful than realistic and that may never come to fruition. The life factors of outward-directed activity, assertiveness and also animal passion are now subject to compassion, idealism, and also illusion. It is necessary at this time to focus on what is truly important to you, and to not be discouraged by seeming setbacks, since every turn in the road serves to further your growing consciousness of what is possible, both in the physical realm and beyond it.


Sun, Moon, Rising Sign Features

Transiting Mercury in strong square (fading, 0.1 degrees) with natal Jupiter

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

This transit brings positive energy, optimism, faith, or luck as you may happen to think of it, to the areas ruled by Mercury: communication and intellect, the in-flow and out-flow of information in conversation or in writing. Your ability to express ideas will generally be enthusiastic during this transit. Greater energy is also available for friends and for thinking about future plans, although you may need to look more realistically at any limits and restrictions which could apply. Your mental process is full of philosophical energy at this time. You may find a higher purpose or a spiritual connection to your thought process during the course of this transit.

Transiting Venus in strong sextile (fading, 0.5 degrees) with natal Ascendant

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

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 relationship energy of Venus comes into your personality as a result of this transit, and you will be more sympathetic than usual to your fellow-man.

Transiting Uranus in strong square (forming, 2.2 degrees) with natal Ascendant

This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 2/26/04 to 10/20/04, exact on 4/4/04, 8/21/04 R; and 12/3/04 to 3/2/05, exact on 1/25/05; and 10/23/05 to 12/8/05, no exact.

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

Transits to the Ascendant affect 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 disruptive and unsettling energy of Uranus comes into your conscious awareness as a result of this transit, leading to a radically new level of understanding.


Other Transiting Aspects

Transiting Sun in strong square (fading, 2.0 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 Moon in strong sextile (exact at 15:06 ) with natal Chiron

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

For this brief period of time, feelings related to the symbolism of suffering, transformation and healing may come up for you. It is also good to take a look at other aspects which may be involved in this same configuration, since the Moon often triggers such configurations. 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. This transit may also focus your psyche on 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. Getting in touch with these deeper issues is quite important, and if this process can begin, no telling how far you can go in your journey toward health and wholeness.

Transiting Venus in strong square (fading, 0.5 degrees) with natal Mercury

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

This transit brings a soft, receptive and pleasant sensibility to your communication and your mental process, for these few days. It is an excellent time for computerized graphics work, or other primarily mental activities in pursuit of a graceful sense of aesthetics. You are more in tune with the beauty of your surroundings at this time. Your communication is also unusually receptive and loving for the period of time this transit is in effect, and you may connect with siblings or intimate partners in a fruitful manner during this period, hopefully with calm discussion and clear messages. This is mostly a peaceful and loving period of time in the area of communication and mental pursuits, very full of the joy of life.

Transiting Venus in strong trine (forming, 0.7 degrees) with natal Uranus Angular planet - conjunct Descendant

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

This transit affects your urge for freedom and spontaneity. Feelings of restlessness may come up for you in your established relationships during this period of time. The energy you have for others may be changing in some previously unexplored fashion during this brief period of time. You may very well gain new insights into your relationships with others at this time. Your values and your aesthetic sense could also undergo a shake-up. during the course of this transit.

Transiting Venus in strong conjunction (fading, 1.6 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 strong trine (fading, 0.8 degrees) with natal Saturn

This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 10/29/04 to 11/4/04, exact on 11/1/04.

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

The established structures in your life are likely to demand more of your attention than usual for this period of time. It is not a good time for going ahead with large-scale projects, but rather for sticking with routine and accomplishing in little ways.

Transiting Pluto in strong square (forming, 0.6 degrees) with natal Midheaven

This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 1/28/03 to 5/18/03, no exact; and 11/26/03 to 1/13/05, exact on 1/20/04, 6/1/04 R, 11/19/04; and 6/14/05 to 11/14/05, 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. There are also implications for your relationships. Those hindering development in the direction of your goals may be discarded, or else new relationships may come into being during the course of a powerful transit to the Midheaven. This period of time is highly significant for you. It is a time when many factors in your life could radically alter. The force of Pluto, symbolizing the process of decay and change, death and re-birth, results in significant life changes. These changes can be quite difficult, since most of us tend to cling to our older and more established ways of being, and resist the pressure of the new with all our might. But the changes being forced upon you at this time are inevitable, and perhaps necessary for your growth as a human being. Sometimes these life changes will manifest more on an internal level, and sometimes outer events may bring them, such as a death in your immediate family, or some other radical alteration of your circumstances. These events unfold over time. Often, too, a strong Pluto transit means confronting parts of yourself that you would rather not face, and you may be tempted to evade this encounter. But running away from the battle will not help, for eventually you must admit the dark unknown and integrate it with your conscious self, if you are to move towards wholeness and peace of mind.

Transiting Chiron in strong trine (fading, 0.2 degrees) with natal Midheaven

This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 1/8/04 to 2/22/04, exact on 1/29/04; and 7/17/04 to 12/2/04, exact on 8/24/04 R, 10/28/04.

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

Issues of outer-directed activity are emphasized for you at this time. There may be a degree of pain associated with 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. You may feel that unconscious drives are more powerful than your overt conscious motivations at this time. You have a powerful urge to achieve during this period, and you need to get in touch with how to use this energy and what it is that you want to accomplish. You may experience frustration in trying to go your own route, independent of what consensus reality surrounding you may dictate. Old wounds in the area of self-assertion and how you make your way in the world may also come up at this time as you try to find your true path. It is only by going deep within yourself and trusting the intelligence of your own inner awareness that you can make a movement toward healing these issues and enter a new birth of understanding and trust in your own process.

Transiting Sun in inconjunct (exact) with natal Mars

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

This transit will improve your energy level. The areas of outward-directed activity, assertiveness and also animal passion, are brought to your conscious awareness during this brief period of time. You may find that you make good progress toward your immediate goals during this transit. You also may be more contentious than usual with other people, so you may want to keep a some kind of check on your ego during this transit.

Transiting Sun in quintile (fading, 1.5 degrees) with natal Jupiter Ruler of rising sign

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

You are feeling optimistic these days. You may also experience a heightened sense of your own spirituality, or your connection with universal principles, during the brief period of time this transit is in effect. You should be careful of being excessively optimistic at this time, however, and you may need to temper your enthusiasm with a healthy dose of skepticism to stay in balance. The best use of this energy will be to positively re-evaluate your life's goals and your faith in their concrete possibility at this time.

Transiting Moon in semi-square (exact at 8:15 am) with natal Jupiter Ruler of rising sign

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

You will be filled with positive feelings for this brief period of time. You are likely to have beneficial contacts with other people, and also to have positive feelings in relation to your home and family during the brief period of time this transit is in effect. It may be that your relationship with your mother, or with another significant female in your life, takes a turn for the better today.

Transiting Mercury in quintile (forming, 0.2 degrees) with natal Chiron

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

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 Venus in quintile (forming, 1.0 degrees) with natal Sun

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

The relationship energy represented by Venus comes into your conscious awareness for this brief period of time, and you will be more sympathetic than usual to your fellow-man. You also have a heightened artistic perception, for these few days, and this love of beauty will enhance your appreciation of your surroundings. It is a good time to take stock and try to get an inside view of your relationships, to find out which ones are truly important to you.

Transiting Mars in quintile (fading, 1.2 degrees) with natal Mercury

This transit is strongest (within 1 degree) from 10/30/04 to 11/2/04, exact on 10/31/04.

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

This transit will have the effect of increasing your verbal punch, or the energy with which you express your ideas. What is affected is your mind and intellect, as well as your communication generally, such as written messages or conversations, also friends and associates, and these areas of your life will be energized, perhaps with a spiritual motivation, during the period of time this transit is in effect. Greater energy is also available for friends or perhaps for thinking about future plans.

Transiting Jupiter in quintile (fading, 1.5 degrees) with natal Sun

This transit is strongest (within 1 degree) from 10/21/04 to 10/31/04, exact on 10/26/04.

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

You are full of enthusiasm for your life and a healthy sense of optimism pervades your thinking. It is a good time to make plans for the future. You should also beware of excessive optimism during this period. Balanced with a touch of restraint, your optimism during this period of time can be a great benefit for you, long-term. The peaceful and expansive energy represented by Jupiter comes into your conscious awareness as a result of this transit, leading to new levels of faith and understanding.

Transiting Saturn in semi-sextile (fading, 0.3 degrees) with natal Jupiter Ruler of rising sign

This transit is strongest (within 1 degree) from 10/1/04 to 12/16/04, exact on 10/21/04, 11/25/04 R; and 6/14/05 to 6/30/05, exact on 6/22/05.

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

Your faith and your plans or aspirations as well as religious feelings will be affected at this time. These ideals may be restricted in some way and may change as a result of this transit. This is a relatively stressful period of time for you. Your natural optimism is deserting you these days, and It is a time to dig in and plug ahead with projects and life-time goals you have set for yourself. Travel plans are another possibility for restrictions and changes during the course of this transit. You are also more serious than usual during this period of time, and you should take time to just relax and enjoy yourself, rather than struggling 24 hours a day. Your resolve in implementing your dreams will be tested now, and you may well come away from the experience with an altered conception of their real meaning for your life.

Transiting Uranus in inconjunct (forming, 1.2 degrees) with natal Neptune

This transit is strongest (within 1 degree) from 2/26/04 to 4/3/04, exact on 3/15/04; and 8/21/04 to 10/21/04, exact on 9/16/04 R; and 12/2/04 to 1/25/05, exact on 1/4/05.

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

This transit affects your sense of spirituality, and your ideals. Feelings of confusion may also come up for you during this time. You will undoubtedly have new spiritual insights during this period of time. Your ideals may be in the process of changing, and becoming more charged with purpose for the deeper meaning of your life's journey.

Transiting Pluto in opposition (fading, 3.6 degrees) with natal Moon

This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 2/16/01 to 4/17/01, no exact; and 12/5/01 to 8/3/02, exact on 2/1/02, 5/7/02 R; and 9/17/02 to 1/23/03, exact on 11/28/02; and 5/24/03 to 11/22/03, no exact.

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

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 Pluto in opposition (forming, 2.9 degrees) with natal Saturn

This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 1/31/04 to 5/18/04, no exact; and 11/28/04 to 1/18/06, exact on 1/24/05, 6/1/05 R, 11/24/05; and 6/13/06 to 11/19/06, no exact.

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

You are in for an extended period of time when the basic structure of your life is subject to some inevitable and far-reaching changes. At this time you will feel the pull of your older and more habitual patterns as well as a strong and ultimately irresistible push for some newer and more vibrant way of being in the world. These feelings will threaten your sense of self, and cause you to struggle against accepting the process of change. You may have to surrender material things, or some other aspects of your life that you hold dear in the course of this transit. Of course this does not come easily. You need to let go of the past, and it may be quite difficult to let go. This is a time of great persistence and concentration, especially in regard to work related activity. You are trying to create something new in place of the old, that better serves your soul's evolutionary purpose. The changes that are being forced upon you are in fact in your own best interest, and these outmoded portions of your self-concept are being torn away from you in order that you may grow.

Transiting Chiron in sesquiquadrate (exact) with natal Uranus Angular planet - conjunct Descendant

This transit is strongest (within 1 degree) from 1/20/04 to 2/11/04, exact on 1/31/04; and 7/31/04 to 11/20/04, exact on 8/20/04 R, 11/1/04.

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

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 Jupiter in weak conjunction (fading, 4.0 degrees) with natal Neptune

This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 10/4/04 to 10/23/04, exact on 10/13/04.

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.

Transiting Neptune in weak opposition (fading, 4.1 degrees) with natal Pluto

This transit is strongest (within 2 degrees) from 4/25/00 to 5/21/00, no exact; and 2/1/01 to 9/1/01, exact on 4/10/01, 6/10/01 R; and 11/30/01 to 4/2/02, exact on 1/29/02; and 6/24/02 to 1/27/03, exact on 9/14/02 R, 11/23/02; and 10/1/03 to 11/13/03, 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 34' 22") Transiting Sun in the Eleventh House

This is an excellent time to focus on your ideals for social progress, and how you can take your part in actualizing them. you may find yourself asked to play a greater role in your community or other organization. In general, the fruits of your activities in the public sphere will be your focus now. What you have achieved, you must use wisely, for the good of the community. Alternatively, what you have failed to achieve, you must learn from to form the basis of a new approach for yourself, or perhaps a new way to look at social problems generally.

Transiting Moon in Cancer (12° Can 25' 38") Transiting Moon 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 are very sensual, and your feelings are strong and run deep; you are more passionate in your response to life. You can also have a tendency towards domination of your partner at this time, or you may feel extremely loyal. You also tend to be more stubborn than usual.

Transiting Mercury in Scorpio (27° Sco 11') Transiting Mercury in the Twelfth House

During this transit, you can be very moody and introspective, and your thoughts can turn to the deepest levels of your nature. You may feel poetic or visionary at this time, and have more compassion for other people than usual. This transit is concerned with subtle emotions and secret mystical depths, and you may also be very sensitive, and your feelings may be hurt by what other people say to you. It is a good time to reflect on the deeper meaning of existence, rather than the more superficial aspects of life.

Transiting Venus in Libra (5° Lib 37') Transiting Venus in the Tenth House

At this time in its cycle through the houses, Venus in the house of public life and works brings these factors into emotional harmony, for a period of time lasting about three weeks. Your relationship with your parents or with authority figures generally may be more pleasant or socially enjoyable during this period of time. You may show a serious and practical side to your personality, or an inclination to be ambitious and acquisitive, and should beware of trying too hard to achieve your own ambitions at the expense of others. New directions in your career may manifest at this time, possibly in terms of artistic, or aesthetically pleasing endeavors.

Transiting Mars in Libra (24° Lib 20') Transiting Mars in the Eleventh House

This transit is strongest (within 1 degree) from 10/27/04 to 12/3/04, exact on 10/28/04.

At this point in the cycle of Mars through the houses, group values and your goals generally are emphasized. The transit lasts about six weeks. It is an excellent time to focus on your ideals for social progress, and how you can take your part in actualizing them. At this time you tend to be future-oriented, intellectually motivated and idealistic. You are more enterprising or even ambitious than usual, and may be asked to play a greater role in your community or in another organization. You also may need to work through problems in getting along with other people during this transit. In general, the fruits of your activities in the public sphere will be your focus now, and you will work with others to achieve your goals.

Transiting Jupiter in Libra (8° Lib 05') Transiting Jupiter in the Tenth House

This transit is strongest (within 1 degree) from 8/9/04 to 9/14/05, exact on 8/14/04.

During this transit (for about one year) you are more responsible and practical than usual. At this time you tend to be extremely careful with money, and have a strong drive to achieve success. You may benefit from working with the public. There will usually be rewards associated with your career at this time. You generally feel renewed optimism and confidence regarding your professional life. You must try to be balanced in your approach to these benefits, and to be giving and generous with others.

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

This transit is strongest (within 1 degree) from 7/22/03 to 3/3/04, exact on 7/31/03, 2/2/04 R; and 3/11/04 to 8/5/06, exact on 4/9/04.

During this period of time, usually lasting about two or three years, there is an emphasis placed on your deepest and innermost feelings and motivations regarding relationships with others. As Saturn passes through the house of death and rebirth, there will be a transformation of some kind in your attitude toward your relationships. As a result, you may come to a renewed understanding of your dependency on other people. It may come about through emotional pain and suffering, less so if you accept the changes going on inside you. There may possibly be a literal death to contend with at this time, such as the death of a loved one, or merely the death and regeneration of older, habitual patterns which you have unknowingly outgrown. You need to make conscious choices at this time, rather than continue to operate at the level of instinctual behavior.

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

This transit is strongest (within 1 degree) from 2/17/99 to 9/6/99, exact on 3/8/99, 8/10/99 R; and 12/6/99 to 4/25/08, exact on 12/29/99.

During this transit, lasting about seven years, you will experience a disruptive transformation in the area of your thinking and your communication with others, which may be difficult to undergo but which usually opens the door to new insights and information. The changes may take several forms; your environment itself may be forced to alter, or close friends or loved ones may go through radical changes, thereby affecting you. You may find that you have a hard time adjusting to these new circumstances, and may experience a temporary breakdown in your normal routines and contacts, but if you "go with the flow" and inhabit your new circumstances with courage and vision for the future you will ultimately benefit from the changes to your life.

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

This transit is strongest (within 1 degree) from 1/17/87 to 7/10/87, exact on 2/17/87, 6/2/87 R; and 11/20/87 to 3/26/04, exact on 12/18/87, 9/18/88 SD.

During this transit, which lasts about 14 years, there are illusions or sensitivities regarding material possessions, money, or values generally. You may find yourself attracted to the glamors of affluence more than usual during this transit, or you may attempt a deeper understanding in order to resolve your underlying attitudes toward the material world. It is important for you to realize that a perception of the true importance of the material world is needed, in order to transform your values regarding the resources at your disposal.

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

This transit is strongest (within 1 degree) from 12/22/96 to 5/30/97, exact on 1/24/97, 4/22/97 R; and 10/21/97 to 3/12/11, exact on 11/17/97.

During this transit, usually lasting 14 or more years, you are likely to experience a transformation which will reshape your entire personality. This experience will focus your awareness on deeply held instinctual patterns which are ready to be outgrown. At this time, you may appear timid or unsure of yourself, but there is the potential for sudden bursts of anger as repressed emotions finally explode. You also may find yourself acting compulsively, or forcing your will upon others, which serves to focus conscious attention to these patterns. You should strive to balance this approach with a more compassionate one. Changes in your personality in process during this transit may be more obvious later on, with the perspective of time.

Transiting Chiron in Capricorn (21° Cap 22') Transiting Chiron in the Second House

This transit is strongest (within 1 degree) from 2/12/02 to 6/25/02, exact on 2/25/02, 6/9/02 R; and 11/14/02 to 4/8/07, exact on 11/26/02.

During this transit, lasting 2 - 8 years, and especially at the beginning of this period of time, your resources, values and monetary stability may alter, causing you to undergo a potentially painful period of re-examination and transformation. Your personality may become focused on the issues of money and material possessions during this period of time. You are on a path of transformation of your attitude toward the material, and your values in general. Issues of insecurity may arise at this time. Old wounds in the area of self-sufficiency versus the care of others, stemming from childhood, could come up for you, for the ultimate purpose of seeing these issues in a new and more beneficial light, and healing their effect on your present-day existence. You may also find that issues of bodily sickness and health may come up for you during this transit - be good to your body during this period of time, and try to tune into your inner knowingness of what is good for it to take in and how to exercise. That knowledge is available to you within yourself if you search for it. Your path now is to make proper use of your own resources, and your material goods as well, and to re-evaluate more positively the meaning of these things in your life.

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

The lunar North Node transiting the fifth house. South Node transiting the eleventh. During this transit, usually lasting 18 months, you may find your focus on friendships and social groups generally. You are also in the process of transforming your sense of your own individual creativity, apart from social feedback or group membership. You may, at this time, behave compulsively with regard to membership in a group, and may feel an unconscious pull toward an objective or goal that you do not fully understand. You like to be liked, and may be tempted to join a or expand your involvement with a social grouping, or to plan for the future without taking any direct action, but this will not help you actualize your own true potential during this period. Instead you must focus on the products of your own creativity. It is necessary to act now, and in your own individual way, rather than to sit back or to rely on others for guidance.