Wesley Clark : Birthchart Interpretations

Birth data: 12/23/1944, 7:21:00 Sunrise Chart at Chicago, IL, Lat. 41:51, Long. 87:39

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 Neptune

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.

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.


Important Features

Sun in Capricorn (1° Cap 37' 01") Sun in the First House Angular planet - conjunct Ascendant

The Sun represents will and purpose, the sense of vitality, and the evolving higher Self. In Capricorn it is Cardinal-Earth, and rules the bones, skin and knees. Your ruling planet is Saturn. Capricorn people are ambitious and practical, and have an excellent sense of social responsibility. You are conscious of social mores, to the point of over-concern. Your natural caution allows you to advance slowly and steadily to the top. Capricorn represents the accomplishments of the material: prestige, honor and success in public achievement. However the driving force behind your ambition may be deep-rooted feelings of insecurity or low self-esteem. Life is not easy for those with this sign. You tend to put yourself under enormous pressure to perform, and feel yourself responsible for those around you. You may have suffered from a restrictive early environment, or your aloofness may serve to protect you from close contact with others, which you may fear. You exemplify the values of work in service to the goals of humanity, and your redemption comes from allowing the love you feel to express itself in deeds of kindness.

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.

Mercury in Capricorn (0° Cap 34'R) Mercury in the First House Angular planet - conjunct Ascendant

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 First House represents a strong mental connection between one's inner awareness and the outer world. You bring an acute and intuitive perception to bear on all that you encounter, and almost nothing escapes your attention. You may be very sensitive to sense impressions either visual or auditory. You are also likely to be very curious about things you encounter. You are constantly asking questions to satisfy your restless quest for more and more information. You are in fact a perfect channel for ideas and information, and you have a natural ability to communicate your ideas to others. You are not a passive observer, though. As you ask questions about the world you learn about yourself in so doing. As you go through life, and your attitudes change inside, your perceptions of the world will also change.

Saturn in Cancer (7° Can 46'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 Cancer (or the fourth house) gives a deepening and concentrating, or a blockage in the expression of the feelings. You may seem to be rigid and unemotional. You may have had problems with parental care and guidance in your early years. You may have a fixation with one or both parents. You can be apt to withdraw from too close emotional involvement. You may have a need to achieve, arising out of a sense of inferiority. Security is very important, and may take the form of striving for material rewards. There could also be a tendency to introversion, or strong psychic powers. The lesson is to more fully and deeply understand and value one's true origins, leading to a better sense of security and greater self-acceptance. The personal and intimate world of your feelings must be accepted and integrated, rather than remain locked away behind the barriers of fear and isolation.

Chiron in Libra (2° Lib 47') Chiron in the Tenth House

Chiron in the Tenth House (or sign) represents issues with one’s vital force to act with authority and make a responsible contribution to society. With this placement you are likely to be somewhat rebellious of authority, and yet compulsively drawn to it as well. You have probably had many experiences in your life where you either had to knuckle under against your will or else over-exerted your authority with others in a way that left them feeling oppressed. The compulsion you may feel to be in authority perhaps arose in your childhood, when you were too forcefully controlled, leading to compensatory behavior as an adult. Everyone has a basic need to be in control, and if distrustful of authority as a result of early experiences, we tend to strike first rather than wait to be pushed around by others. Another manifestation is being drawn to achievement in the eyes of the world, yet feeling ambivalent about your successes. You may feel pushed to success by the important parental figures of your childhood, and never really have a sense of belonging to your own true destiny, rather than acting on behalf of others’ beliefs and goals. These feelings are also connected with low self-esteem, and you may seek to be a well-known presence in the world as a way of making up for feelings of lack of self-worth somewhere below your conscious level of reasoning, yet the victory when it comes may be hollow. In order to avoid these traps, it is good to be in more conscious touch with your hidden feelings, and attempt to bring these into the light to explore them in detail. Once you have begun this process, it will continue as a natural part of your growth, as it becomes easier and easier to confront the scary parts of yourself. At this point you can begin to wield a more conscious and integrated form of personal power.

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

Chiron in Libra (or the Seventh House) represents issues with one’s vital force to relate with others intimately. With this placement, you have both a tremendous desire to connect with other people, as well as frustrations that have arisen in this area. Your attempts to connect may have been frustrated through experiences of early childhood, when you wanted contact with others but were rejected or somehow prevented from establishing meaningful relationships with them. As a consequence you have been focused on establishing such a connection ever since. It becomes extremely important to establish a connection with another person, yet this contact, so desired and even longed for, can also be extremely painful. Any partial rejection can be seen as a revisiting of your earlier pain surrounding issues of relationship to other people. As time goes on, there may even be some element of self-sabotage involved in your relationship experience. You may also become compulsively attached to the idea of close personal involvement, seeing yourself as more of a part of a desired union than as an isolated ego, “on your own”. Yet your very wholeness does also depend on being able to stand independently, so that there an element of dysfunction in the way you deal with interpersonal relationships. Your path to healing these issues may be to become more fully conscious of the earlier wounding that you have experienced, enabling you to finally move through that pain toward a less fear-based way of relating, without the self-undoing or the extreme sensitivity that may have been unconsciously present. You may also find that you are able to take the conscious knowledge you have gained through this process further by helping other people deal with these same issues, either through work in the helping professions, or just with friends and loved ones in the course of your daily life. As you grow more sure of yourself, this area of interpersonal relationships, while still very important to you, can become a great source of strength for yourself and for others as well.


Angular Planets


Sun, Moon, Rising Sign Features

Sun in strong conjunction (within 1.0 degrees) with Mercury

The strongest blend of the energies represented by these two planets. This conjunction gives a person who values mental pursuits highly. Your logical and communicative abilities are excellent. You are quick-witted and glib, and can also be nervous and high-strung, or perhaps stubborn and difficult to shake from your opinions. You are an independent thinker with your own way of looking at things, and may be inspired and even visionary in your outlook. Although you value mental pursuits, when the Sun and Mercury are quite close to each other, within a degree or so, you may be more inclined to take a broad view of life’s activities and not consider things from a strictly mind orientation.

Sun in strong square (within 1.2 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 semi-square (within 2.0 degrees) 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 square (within 4.7 degrees) with Jupiter

The planetary energies conflict; internal and creative tensions bring rich rewards through effort over time. This aspect gives an optimistic and high spirited individual. You are likely to be fortunate in your material surroundings. You are convivial and lively, and generous with your money and your affections. There may be a tendency to overdo things, or to expand the waistline. You are attracted to higher learning, and the fine arts, and are courageous and loyal , but you can be extravagant and suffer from errors in judgment. You should also beware of too much egotism.

Sun in square (within 4.8 degrees) with Neptune

The planetary energies conflict; internal and creative tensions bring rich rewards through effort over time. This aspect gives a highly sensitive, visionary and creative individual. You are probably somewhat unworldly, possessing an ethereal quality, a marked remoteness from ordinary reality. You are likely to be artistic or musical. You are the soft-hearted type, and you may be too willing to sacrifice yourself for the good of others. You may also be dissatisfied with your work activities, or life in general, leading to the habit of evading decisions, or to other forms of escapism. In feeling unfree to assert yourself, you may engage in self-deceptive illusions, or even the use of drugs. You also may have issues with deceptions practiced on you by other people. In order to develop a clearer sense of self, accurate feedback from other people is crucial, so that to avoid these traps, you should strive for utmost honesty in your dealings with others. The other-worldly energy of Neptune must be used wisely. When the proper outlet is found, tremendous creativity is possible, perhaps manifested through artistic channels: music, drama, poetry. Your lesson in all this is to achieve a balance between the spiritual dimension of reality and ordinary life.

Moon in Aries (13° Ari 23' 44") Moon in the Fourth House

The Moon in Aries gives an ardent nature with inclinations to impatience, independence and impulsiveness. With this placement, you have a high energy level. You also have a strong competitive streak, which, together with your attack first attitude, may conceal subtle feelings of insecurity. Your emotions are keenly felt, direct and spontaneous. You may have to guard against a quick temper. You should also guard against a tendency toward a too hasty reaction to situations, rather than a more carefully reasoned approach. You are most comfortable thinking of yourself as strongly independent with great physical daring and courage.

The Moon in the Fourth House represents an emotional sensitivity with issues of home life and the way you care for those close to you in your environment. You are naturally domestic. You are very connected with the need to feel that you are in an environment which feels like home. You tend to be sentimental toward your family and close friends. You tend to select people around you who feel like family in some way or another. You may be possessive of your emotional attachments and can seem self-centered at times. You may sometimes withdraw into your own self as a way to create a more secure home base within yourself when you are not emotionally satisfied. You feel the need deep inside for a permanent home base. You are attached to possessions and hold onto what you have. Though you feel a need for a stable home, you may have changes of residences in your search for a secure and comfortable habitat. You also tend to hold onto your feelings. You need a creative outlet in which you can talk, write, or artistically express in order to release your deep emotions.

Moon in strong sextile (within 1.2 degrees) with Venus

The planetary energies flow together, open into new possibilities, new connections. This aspect gives a calm and steady emotional nature, with a refined and artistic sensibility. You are habitually cheerful and are likely to be happiest in your home and family. You possess a great deal of personal charm, and also have a love for the arts, especially music and dance. You are courteous and popular, and supportive to your friends. It is important for you that your home environment be aesthetically pleasing.

Moon in strong sextile (within 3.1 degrees) with Uranus

The planetary energies flow together, open into new possibilities, new connections. This aspect gives an unique individual with an energetic personality, and with a strong sense of intuition. Novelty excites you. You like to explore new horizons. You enjoy meeting people and have an enthusiasm which is appealing. Your early home life was probably very stimulating and challenging. You may be interested in studying occult realms of thought. You are able to benefit from fundamental transformations of identity in your life, and are quick to take advantage of new opportunities. You are very original and individualistic and may have difficulties in settling down with a steady partner. You can benefit from learning to balance your needs for security with the urge for freedom and experimentation.

Moon in trine (within 3.5 degrees) with Pluto

The planetary energies flow smoothly; the connection is easy and beneficial. This aspect gives a moody and introspective personality with a strong desire for emotional security. You are likely to be very sensitive and emotionally extreme, with a tendency to become completely absorbed in interpersonal relationships. You are also an extremely forceful individual, with the urge to transform yourself and your surroundings. When you have a goal in mind, nothing will stand in your way. Your need for security may manifest as an almost compulsive desire for a safe and secure home life, or a home environment which can be completely controlled, possibly even through dictatorial behavior. You have an unusually clear insight into the emotional depths of other people, which may border on an actual psychic attunement with their states of being. You also have the urge to break through the limitations of the parental influence you experienced as a child. You may have experienced controlling behavior on the part of one or both parents, especially your mother, and you may find yourself still involved in the battle for your own autonomy many years later. These struggles can be worked through in your life, beginning with a deeper understanding of what it is you truly need on an emotional level. Your challenge is to transform your sense of insecurity, by coming to terms with your survival issues based on a better insight into your own hidden motivations.


Other Natal Planets

Venus in Aquarius (14° Aqu 38') Venus in the Second House

Venus in Aquarius gives a calm and detached affectional nature. 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 an admirer of form and elegance, with an artistic ability toward music poetry or painting. You may have sudden changes in your love life. You could benefit from learning to sacrifice yourself for others.

Venus in the Second House represents a deeply felt connection between artistic conception and material form. You have a talent for artistic expression which manifests in a practical way, as in interior design or gardening, or perhaps in its full-on manifestation in the field of the visual or plastic arts. You also may display a fondness for the material things of life, or for their medium of exchange, money and finance. You are also likely to have a well-developed sense of what you value; your moral compass is unerring. It may be right for someone else, but if it not right for you, you won't have any part of it. You possess an earthy and practical love nature, very ardent and nurturing. This is a powerful placement of Venus, and your emotions are strong and long-lasting. You will always have an abiding sense of enjoyment from music and the arts.

Mars in Sagittarius (20° Sag 11') Mars in the Twelfth House

Mars in the Twelfth House (or sign) gives a sensitive and retiring nature, possible quite introverted and withdrawn. You are easily influenced by others, and can be moody and introspective. You tend to resent and be discontent with your situation or that of the world. You tire easily, for the physical energy is variable. You may need to work through a lack of truthfulness or being indecisive, and you should always be true to yourself and make an effort to overcome difficult circumstances. Your quiet exterior masks a restlessly searching interior process, which strives for nothing less than the transformation of yourself and society into a more ideal system.

Mars in Sagittarius (or the ninth house) gives a friendly and optimistic nature, spontaneous and impulsive. You are sometimes scattered in the application of your energies, and need to work at being more reliable. You lead a physically active life, and love sports and gambling. You are idealistic, and outspoken and honest with your opinions. You also have a propensity for higher learning. You have a kind of haphazard way of going about things which can get you into trouble, and tend to miss the details, by focusing on "the big picture". You could benefit by learning to slow down and concentrate your energies.

Jupiter in Virgo (26° Vir 53') Jupiter in the Ninth House

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 Virgo (or the sixth house) gives you an optimistic outlook on everyday life, including health issues and the mundane details of the daily workweek. You are one who is capable of enormous output when you get inspired, and approach the practical necessities of daily existence with a quiet joy and a gentle humility. You are an inspiration to your co-workers although you may tend to get caught up in details and miss the big picture approach at times. Health issues are important to you, but this does not imply ill-health. In an attempt to find the perfect fitness regime you may go to extremes of either abundance or abstinence. You are very determined and can turn small advantages into success over time. You excel in the natural religion of the ordinary, and take a practical and responsible view of life.

Uranus in Gemini (10° Gem 17'R) Uranus in the Sixth House

Uranus in the Sixth House (or sign) gives an individual with a clever and enthusiastic mind, original in thought and action and not comfortable with routine. You are likely to have a scientific and analytical mentality. You can also be impatient with others, or lacking in sympathy for their concerns. You like to change jobs, and you can be a hard worker, if allowed the freedom to work as you feel motivated. You may have to struggle with organizational elements at the expense of performance. You may have health problems, since the Uranian energy is fitful in its application. You also may experience difficulty with keeping things in order, but this can be overcome through persistence. You are likely to be interested in new-age healing techniques. You benefit from transforming your original creative impulse into a more long-lasting and concrete result through concentration and technique.

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.

Pluto in Leo (9° Leo 53'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.

N Node in Cancer (18° Can 32'R) N Node in the Seventh House

Lunar North Node in the Seventh House (or sign). South Node in the first house or sign. This placement gives a personality with a focus on forming close partnership attachments. You may have difficulties in marriage and partnerships; but there are also great rewards to be gained in this area. This is ultimately a spiritual placement of the North Node. In the past, or in past lives, you have been concerned with yourself alone, but now you must make the transition to being mostly concerned with others. This concern for the other person does not come naturally to you, for it is easier to rely on yourself, as you have always done. Now, in this lifetime, though, you need to focus your energies outward. The welfare of the other person, your intimate partner or your partner in other types of relationship, is a necessary key to your own spiritual evolution. Your lessons in this life revolve around true giving of yourself to another.

Lunar North Node in Cancer (or the fourth house). South Node in the tenth house or sign. This placement gives a strong desire for emotional security. You may feel you are a special person, a person of great achievements, and you may even feel isolated in your specialness, for in the past or in previous lifetimes you spent a great deal of your energy on getting to the top. But as the refrain goes, "It's lonely at the top" and your focus now will be on getting a better sense of who you really are, at the level of your emotional roots. You will find as you advance in your life, that your home life is extremely important to you. Exploring the depths of your being through meditation or some sort of transpersonal process work will also be extremely beneficial. Although you may feel tempted to go out and achieve in the world of career and public life, for which you have a natural affinity, it is in the area of establishing a secure base of operations, and of nurturing your immediate community of friends and family that you find your greatest fulfillment, this time around.


Other Aspects

Saturn in strong square (within 1.4 degrees) with Neptune

The planetary energies conflict; internal and creative tensions bring rich rewards through effort over time. This combination gives a clear thinking and discriminating personality. Saturn brings an extremely practical dimension to the visionary idealism of Neptune. You are responsible, compassionate and take social issues very seriously. You may have a musical career or achieve much in the helping professions. There may be confusion in your life regarding restrictions imposed upon you, in which you feel both attracted to the security imposed by such limits, and simultaneously repelled or stifled by these restrictions. You may suffer through many trials before learning to work with both energies in an effort to balance between either extreme of behavior.

Uranus in strong sextile (within 0.4 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.

Mercury in semi-square (within 0.9 degrees) with Venus

The planetary energies conflict in determined subtle tension; calmness is required. This aspect gives a charming manner and an idealistic philosophy. You are friendly and sociable, with a strong leaning toward the artistic and beautiful side of life. You may have marked artistic abilities. You have a youthful attitude, and tend to like young people. You like to dress attractively, although not necessarily expensively, and are for the most part cheerful and optimistic. You are likely to have a pleasant speaking or singing voice, and express yourself well in speech or writing. You also can be very persuasive in a quiet way.

Mercury in square (within 2.2 degrees) with Chiron

The planetary energies conflict; internal and creative tensions bring rich rewards through effort over time. With this placement you may exhibit difficulties in communication or in how you express your ideas. There may be painful realizations in your background in connection with how you expressed yourself while a youngster. Stuttering is one possible manifestation of this type of influence, or you may have difficulty in believing your own ideas rather than the ideas of others. You probably experienced a wounding in your earliest exploration with other youngsters, possibly siblings. With this placement you are clever, yet there is blocking and frustration, until you begin to gain more conscious understanding of the ways in which you have been wounded, and also unconsciously wounded others. You also have a sharp and very intuitive mind. When you begin the process of transforming your painful memories into clear pictures with less emotion attached to them, you'll discover healing energy within your own psyche, and for your communication with others as well.

Mars in quintile (within 1.8 degrees) with Neptune

The planetary energies are positively linked, subtle, and spiritual in dimension. This aspect gives an attractive personality with a strong psychic sensitivity and an inclination to mysticism and the arts. You possess a good understanding of and balance between the practical and the ideal. You have a personal magnetism that can influence other people. You are very creative, and also very tolerant and understanding. You are likely to be quite sensitive to the needs of others, and may have the talent of a natural healer. You can benefit from clarifying your aims, and learning to focus your power and become a channel for its higher use in your life and that of society around you.

Jupiter in semi-square (within 2.0 degrees) with Pluto

The planetary energies conflict in determined subtle tension; calmness is required. This combination gives a positive and determined personality, with an ability to develop your powers to the fullest. Your focus is excellent, and you make a good leader because of it. You work well in the area of interpersonal relationships, although you should beware of a tendency to dominate others. You may be interested in the occult, or possess the powers of a healer or mystic. Your best use of your powers of focus and self-transformation are in the area of working with other people, for you have much to share with your fellow-man.

Saturn in semi-sextile (within 2.1 degrees) with Pluto

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

Sun in weak opposition (within 6.2 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.

Moon in weak square (within 5.6 degrees) with Saturn

The planetary energies conflict; internal and creative tensions bring rich rewards through effort over time. This aspect gives a deepening and concentrating, or a blockage in the expression of your feelings. You may seem to be rigid, rather letting your emotions flow freely. You may be extremely sensitive. You may have had problems with the parental care and guidance you received as a child, or you may be fixated on one parent, especially your mother. There may be a sense of over-identification with mother, or possibly an unconscious rejection of her influence. You may have experienced her as rejecting or uncaring -- and this attitude may spill over to the significant women in your life. You may experience difficulties in your relationship to the feminine. In a woman's chart there could be a need to more fully identify with and bring into focus a concept of your own femininity. In a man's chart you may be in relationship to powerful feminine figures, symbolic of the powerful feelings that are denied full expression in your own nature. The lesson for you here is to more fully and deeply understand and value the true roots of your being, leading to a better sense of security and greater self-acceptance.

Mercury in weak square (within 3.7 degrees) with Jupiter

The planetary energies conflict; internal and creative tensions bring rich rewards through effort over time. This aspect gives a talkative and clever personality. You are also somewhat scattered. You are optimistic and may tend to exaggerate at times. You may be superficial, or changeable, or you may be too quick to judge others. Opportunities may be lost through lack of an ability to focus. You may be rash of speech, especially if there are challenging aspects to Jupiter. You also should beware of a tendency to be self-centered or conceited. You are fond of travel, intellectually enthusiastic and would make a good teacher.

Uranus in weak trine (within 3.9 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.

Neptune in weak sextile (within 3.5 degrees) with Pluto

The planetary energies flow together, open into new possibilities, new connections. This combination gives an individual with a personal involvement in the energies of the collective. This is a generational aspect, which many of your contemporaries will share with you. You have a subtle intuition and unusually clear insight into others. The influence of the unconscious is especially strong in you. You need to connect with your higher self in order to be happy. You function at your best in service to the world, helping to move it closer to a vision of spiritual union between all mankind.

Neptune in weak conjunction (within 3.6 degrees) with Chiron

The strongest blend of the energies represented by these two planets. With this combination of planetary energies in your chart, you have probably gone to the depths and back again in your life. You have a particularly strong access to the world of dreams and inner fantasy, which may serve as an escape valve for you. You may also be extremely sensitive to the psyches of others, may vicariously experience their pain. Something keeps you out of touch with consensus reality, but you also are not comfortable with this role. It is as if you stand on the other side of a glass door from the rest of society, through which you alternately gaze longingly and then lose interest and wander away into your own fantasy. You are capable of tremendous spiritual powers once you have begun to work through these difficulties and establish a better sense of where you stand vis a vis the remainder of society. You may exhibit great poetic or musical talent or the empathy of a born healer. Having come through a painful examination of your own psyche you are able to see more clearly and compassionately into the minds of others also.