One way to look at the planets is to see them as indicating Love, Truth or Power. Each of these can be viewed as primitive (self and physical body focused), average (working within your social network) or transcendent (where you desire this for all).
In Western Astrology we typically use 10 planets (we include the lights—the Sun and Moon). With three categories, and three levels, we have one planet left over. That would be the Sun, which is seen to be the self. Ultimately the Sun is the enlightened or integrated self, the goal of the spiritual seeker. Thus the goal of enlightenment is to know and make peace with your other nine major planets—Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto!
Let us begin with Love. Love = Moon + Venus + Neptune. The most primitive expression of love is the Moon. The Moon is about our comfort level, our bodily comfort, nurturing those with whom we have a body-tie. Thus the natal Moon indicates our relative ease with up-close and personal expressions of love. Within our network, Venus is the planet of love. Venus expands beyond family and kin to flirt and attract “new blood.” Often in the literal way of expanding the gene pool. Again, the condition of natal Venus says much about your expression of love in social interaction. Finally Neptune is spiritual love, love for all beings, love for the soul of all.
Briefly, having the Moon adversely aspected[1] indicates a lack of nurturing in your infancy and youth which interferes with your accepting and giving love later in life. Having Venus adversely aspected indicates early peer group problems that cause problems in social interactions later in life. The adverse aspects of Neptune can mean taking Neptune’s “Low Road” in life—primarily addictions. Please note that having any planet unaspected[2] may be as difficult as having it adversely aspected as it indicates a lack of connection and integration of that planet’s energy into your conscious life.
Let us look at Power. Power = Mars + Saturn + Pluto. The most primitive expression of power is Mars, the strength and assertiveness to make your needs known and to force others to serve those needs. Saturn expands your power into the community to create systems—Law—that insure that your needs are met. Finally Pluto creates world conditions that require balancing everyone’s needs. Pluto requires that the higher needs are met without consideration for any individual or group. Problems with Mars mean either avoiding asserting yourself, or over-doing it. Problems with Saturn mean either thwarting the rules, or overdoing them. Problems with Pluto may put you as an unwitting agent of Pluto or a victim…
Moving on to Truth. Truth = Mercury + Jupiter + Uranus. Mercury is the most primitive form of truth. Mercury jabbers away indiscriminately, talking in superficial, unexamined ways about every subject, including subjects others wish to avoid. Jupiter looks more closely and more deeply. However Jupiter represents established wisdom, he does not move into new territory. So Mercury can be glib and thoughtless, while Jupiter can expound on platitudes. Uranus is plugged into the mental realm and able to access new information. Uranus is the transcendent expression of Truth.
A badly aspected Mercury can mean you lack the ability to express yourself, or you are too expressive. Mercury does not care overly much about the Truth; in some cases Mercury indicates thieves and white collar criminals. Jupiter is concerned with ethics and moral systems. If badly aspected it can go either way—being too concerned with community morals and not necessarily taking care of individual behavior. Not following the precepts that you are teaching. Uranus in bad aspect is totally outside societal conventions—thus the association of Uranus with the gay movement, revolutionaries, and others outside conventional society. The squelched expression of Uranus is to be totally closed to new ideas, and totally conventional.
Let’s look at some example charts.
Love: The triple conjunction of Moon, Venus and Neptune is shown in the chart of Robert Redford with those planets in Virgo in the sixth house of habits. The grand trine of the three love planets is illustrated in three charts—Walt Whitman, Sri Aurobindo, and Ted Haggard—showing the various ways this can be expressed.
Power: the triple conjunction of Mars, Saturn and Pluto is shown in the chart of Al Gore, former Vice President, where they lie in Leo in the 1st house trine his Sun. The Grand trine is shown in the chart of Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State, where two planets are in water, the third in fire, occupying the houses of communication: 3, 7 and 11.
Truth: the Grand Air Trine of Mercury, Jupiter and Uranus is in the chart of Poet Omar Khayam, still popular after 1000 years! Note that Pluto figures into this configuration.
[1] Adversely aspected, meaning the preponderance of aspects is negative: squares or oppositions with any planets or conjunctions (and sometimes trines) with Mars, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.
[2] Lacking these aspects: parallel or contra-parallel within 1.25°, conjunction or opposition within 8°, trine or square within 6°, sextile within 3°, quincunx within 1.5°.
Monday, August 3, 2009
Monday, July 27, 2009
Money in the Horoscope
What indicators in the horoscope show money? How can you identify where money can be found in your life? When your financial life will be better?
Astrologers have many different ways of looking at money in the horoscope. Lois M. Rodden, the author of Money: How to Find It with Astrology, Focuses on the earth houses (2, 6, and 10), having to do with mundane life, and the water houses (4, 8 & 12), which have to do with wealth. Basically, you look to the money houses to see where your money is coming from. Where is the ruler of the second house? Is it tenanted? How about the sixth and tenth houses? Planets in the wealth houses, 4, 8 and 12, suggest independent means.
Let’s focus on what the houses mean in regards to money:
1st House:
Self employment, relies on beauty or physical attributes.
7th House:
Through spouse, counseling, partnerships
2nd House:
Gains money from collectibles, portable items of high value, jewelry
8th House:
Banking, finance, insurance, undertakers, detectives and police.
3rd House:
Sales in general, communications, writing, teaching K-12
9th House:
Law, religion, higher education, writing and publishing.
4th House:
Real Estate, family money, farming
10th House:
Own business, major corporations, politics
5th House:
Gambling, stock market investments, arts
11th House:
Organizations, trade groups, consortiums
6th House:
Crafts, health, medicine, provider of services to individuals, households and businesses.
12th House:
Is supported by others, retired, disabled, imprisoned, vow of poverty…
Venus rules Small Money, or Personal Money, and Pluto rules Big Money; as they are the natural rulers of the 2nd and 8th houses. Big Money means money of society, money of organizations, other people's money... so, money that you as an individual do not control. When Pluto changes signs, as it just did, Big Money makes important changes too. Economic conditions change in ways that create new opportunities and close old options. The lesson is to work with Pluto. To see what Pluto brings to your natal chart. (You can also consider how Pluto impacts the charts of any organizations or cities, states and countries.) You need to work with, collaborate with, Pluto. Pluto is like the 400 pound gorilla!
Take a look at your natal chart. Pluto indicates where Big Money lies. Transiting Pluto, now at about 3° Capricorn, indicates the current picture of Big Money in your life.
Venus, on the other hand, is a force we can directly use. Venus is where you attract money. Look to your natal Venus for your life-long ability to attract money, and to the current position of your secondary progressed Venus for your current opportunities.
A whole different approach to money in the horoscope is presented by the Magi Society in their book Love and Money. They look at four aspects: conjunction, trine, parallel and contra-parallel, with narrow orbs[1], that indicate money. There are five so-called Golden Linkages: Venus-Chiron, Jupiter-Chiron, Jupiter-Pluto, Pluto-Chiron, and Venus-Pluto. There are five Silver Linkages: Venus-Neptune, Venus-Uranus, Venus-Jupiter, Jupiter-Uranus, and Jupiter-Neptune. These ten aspects, together called Success Linkages, can be formed within a single horoscope, by transit, by progression, and with another person or with a corporate entity. When formed within the person’s chart, it is a life-long indication of some degree of wealth. When formed between charts, it indicates financial success while the parties are joined—during the marriage or partnership or period of employment. When formed by transit or progression, make hay while the sun shines, as this is temporary!
When we examine birth charts of notable people who are multi-millionaires and billionaires, let’s ask the question, “Who am I?” Here we look to a major life emphasis by the sign and house of the chart ruler.
Second, where is Venus, and where is Pluto? Do they contact each other? Now look further to spot any of the Magi Society enhancement aspects of financial success.
Now, what would it take to make your chart financially successful?
[1] The conjunction and trine and generally all longitude aspects would be within 3°. The aspects of declination would be within 1.2°.
Astrologers have many different ways of looking at money in the horoscope. Lois M. Rodden, the author of Money: How to Find It with Astrology, Focuses on the earth houses (2, 6, and 10), having to do with mundane life, and the water houses (4, 8 & 12), which have to do with wealth. Basically, you look to the money houses to see where your money is coming from. Where is the ruler of the second house? Is it tenanted? How about the sixth and tenth houses? Planets in the wealth houses, 4, 8 and 12, suggest independent means.
Let’s focus on what the houses mean in regards to money:
1st House:
Self employment, relies on beauty or physical attributes.
7th House:
Through spouse, counseling, partnerships
2nd House:
Gains money from collectibles, portable items of high value, jewelry
8th House:
Banking, finance, insurance, undertakers, detectives and police.
3rd House:
Sales in general, communications, writing, teaching K-12
9th House:
Law, religion, higher education, writing and publishing.
4th House:
Real Estate, family money, farming
10th House:
Own business, major corporations, politics
5th House:
Gambling, stock market investments, arts
11th House:
Organizations, trade groups, consortiums
6th House:
Crafts, health, medicine, provider of services to individuals, households and businesses.
12th House:
Is supported by others, retired, disabled, imprisoned, vow of poverty…
Venus rules Small Money, or Personal Money, and Pluto rules Big Money; as they are the natural rulers of the 2nd and 8th houses. Big Money means money of society, money of organizations, other people's money... so, money that you as an individual do not control. When Pluto changes signs, as it just did, Big Money makes important changes too. Economic conditions change in ways that create new opportunities and close old options. The lesson is to work with Pluto. To see what Pluto brings to your natal chart. (You can also consider how Pluto impacts the charts of any organizations or cities, states and countries.) You need to work with, collaborate with, Pluto. Pluto is like the 400 pound gorilla!
Take a look at your natal chart. Pluto indicates where Big Money lies. Transiting Pluto, now at about 3° Capricorn, indicates the current picture of Big Money in your life.
Venus, on the other hand, is a force we can directly use. Venus is where you attract money. Look to your natal Venus for your life-long ability to attract money, and to the current position of your secondary progressed Venus for your current opportunities.
A whole different approach to money in the horoscope is presented by the Magi Society in their book Love and Money. They look at four aspects: conjunction, trine, parallel and contra-parallel, with narrow orbs[1], that indicate money. There are five so-called Golden Linkages: Venus-Chiron, Jupiter-Chiron, Jupiter-Pluto, Pluto-Chiron, and Venus-Pluto. There are five Silver Linkages: Venus-Neptune, Venus-Uranus, Venus-Jupiter, Jupiter-Uranus, and Jupiter-Neptune. These ten aspects, together called Success Linkages, can be formed within a single horoscope, by transit, by progression, and with another person or with a corporate entity. When formed within the person’s chart, it is a life-long indication of some degree of wealth. When formed between charts, it indicates financial success while the parties are joined—during the marriage or partnership or period of employment. When formed by transit or progression, make hay while the sun shines, as this is temporary!
When we examine birth charts of notable people who are multi-millionaires and billionaires, let’s ask the question, “Who am I?” Here we look to a major life emphasis by the sign and house of the chart ruler.
Second, where is Venus, and where is Pluto? Do they contact each other? Now look further to spot any of the Magi Society enhancement aspects of financial success.
Now, what would it take to make your chart financially successful?
[1] The conjunction and trine and generally all longitude aspects would be within 3°. The aspects of declination would be within 1.2°.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Keep it Simple...
Hi,
The more astrology I do, the more important the simple things are. I will be doing a presentation in a few weeks, three weeks, about how the Ascendant influences ALL of our relationships.
We are pre-programmed to be our Ascendant, and to attract our Descendant! This presents lots of problems in relationships, even for those few relationships in which the two Ascendants are the natural compliments of each other.
Consider one famous couple, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. He has a Sagittarius Ascendant. He naturally is a teacher, and explorer, a comic. He gravitates toward the Gemini rising, witty flirtatious type.
Angelina has Cancer rising. Her maternal and family instincts are strong. Parenting and family are priorities. Her natural compliment is Capricorn, the serious, responsible type.
So, even though we know they have a lot of chemistry as a couple, we also know that there is some dissonance, in that each is trying to force the other into a mold. Brad wants Angelina to lighten up. She wants him to be serious.
What message does your Ascendant send?
The more astrology I do, the more important the simple things are. I will be doing a presentation in a few weeks, three weeks, about how the Ascendant influences ALL of our relationships.
We are pre-programmed to be our Ascendant, and to attract our Descendant! This presents lots of problems in relationships, even for those few relationships in which the two Ascendants are the natural compliments of each other.
Consider one famous couple, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. He has a Sagittarius Ascendant. He naturally is a teacher, and explorer, a comic. He gravitates toward the Gemini rising, witty flirtatious type.
Angelina has Cancer rising. Her maternal and family instincts are strong. Parenting and family are priorities. Her natural compliment is Capricorn, the serious, responsible type.
So, even though we know they have a lot of chemistry as a couple, we also know that there is some dissonance, in that each is trying to force the other into a mold. Brad wants Angelina to lighten up. She wants him to be serious.
What message does your Ascendant send?
Saturday, February 28, 2009
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