Ashlee's Pluto Profile...

Ashlee's Pluto Profile...

 

 

Pluto- Power and Transformation

 

Pluto is the seed of power within, like the acorn is to the oak tree. This can amount to a sense of destiny or just an obsession. Either way, Pluto is a force to be reckoned with as it, the lord of the Underworld, urges your to get in touch with deep and profound levels of consciousness. It is the power of death and transformation and of sexuality and the secrets of birth and all other things. Pluto governs the hidden (occult) and the darker side of life. So Pluto either regenerates or destroys- nothing in between. It has the power to harm or heal as no other planetary force, and it shows your depths (which you might have to sink to) and insight ( that you gained thereby)

 

Pluto replaced the feminine side of Mars in its rulership of Scorpio. On one level, Pluto has been called the key to mass unconscious of any given generation. It stays in one sign for about 20 years so it influences a large group of people in each sign. It gives a symbolic message about the strivings and struggles of a generation; it can be used to indicate how a particular group of people will be motivated, how they will pursue consciousness. Everyone will feel the effect of Pluto foe everyone is a pert of a generation. It seems that wherever Pluto changes sign a new group of people makes attempt to free themselves from bondage, to shed the protective or restrictive bonds of strong governmental policies, to become a self-responsible and citizen directed group. This planets motion can be observed as a history being made and we can watch it indicate the struggle for power, transformation, for freedom on our own planet.

 

Pluto becomes personal when it attaches itself to one of our personal planets by aspect. This means that the values of our generation or the consciousness of our era are important t us in a very personal way. WE become more involved in our generations struggle for consciousness, although each of us will use the energy differently. In the family experience, the aspects between Pluto and the personal planets indicate that we are raised in a family the uses the energies of Pluto as a part of the family experience. If the aspects are easy, we are taught cooperation in the home. The easy aspects also can indicate a person who may be the victim of the goals of the generation (following blindly along with the generation of the moment) or one can offer his energies to the furthering of the needs of the masses because he is trained to do so.

 

The hard aspects to Pluto usually indicate that rather than cooperation, the energy of coercion is used in childhood. Which parent is involved in manipulating the family energy can be seen by observing the aspects: do they come from the father, the mother, or both? When Pluto aspects a planet symbolizing the father (Sun or Saturn) the pursuit of consciousness is important, for one's very existence and the quality of one's existence will be well established. The energy manifests on either a low or high level and the choices range from being obsessive and controlling to being at the height of conscious development- the choice is ours. The decisions to use this energy will involve becoming aware of the power in the universe, how to use and understand universal law, and how that understanding can further consciousness.

 

When Pluto aspects planets that symbolize a coercive mother image (Moon or Venus) one needs to free oneself from the confusion caused by a controlling mother and her effect on the image of the feminine in one's psyche. Until the confusion is understood, it may be difficult to develop the feeling side of the self. Several astrologers feel that Pluto is the great mother, the chaotic mother, that mother figure who is devouring. Pluto, as the ruler of Scorpio, does have a tie to motherhood. The feminine side of mars ( the ancient ruler of Scorpio) has to do with reproduction and sex for reproductive purposes. Sex in this sense is not the romantic kind that we think about when we fall in love, but rather the kind used in the mating process, the type which draws any species to mate because of the instinctive  and biological urges.

 

In the Hindu symbolism the figure Maya/ Kali has been used to symbolize Mother Nature, the constant teeming of life that devours itself on an unconscious level. The figure is both a beautiful woman (Maya) who symbolizes illusion and what we hanker after unconsciously, and Kali, the devouring mother who gives birth at one end and eats her children at the other. She is often pictured wearing a belt of shrunken heads; she is awesome and horrible, but she is real. Mother Nature is involved in a round of death and rebirth, and the sign Scorpio symbolizes that for us.

 

Shiva is another symbol of life and death in Hindu symbolism. He is an androgynous figure, both male and female; he has many arms and is called the lord of death and destruction- and regeneration. Most westerners forget the regeneration part and see Shiva as only a terrifying figure. But, he dances the dance of life and death. When we know Pluto well, we know about the round of life and death, we understand the teeming life force present in our environment, and what remains is to free consciousness from its familiar surroundings and allow it to expand to include the whole.

 

The hardest image to free ourselves from is that of the Mother. The Mother figure represents so much to the psyche, it becomes so complicated that unless the image is pursued on a conscious basis, most of the time it will lie in some confused state within us. When Pluto ties with the moon we must break ties with the mother; we must understand who our individual and physical Mother is and free her from the image we have of universal mother in the psyche.

 

People who are locked into a Plutonian vibration attempt to control love, to control children, to control the environment, to control the rain, and some of them even try to control their transits. The battle is a long and arduous one, and no matter how hard they try to fight they never seem to win. There is another side to the Plutonic energy, however it bestows fantastic creative energy and insight on those who are brave enough to use it. In order to use this energy one must let go of the power and control trip; for the urge to power, the urge to control, is always blinding to the owner.

 

 

Pluto in Libra

 

You are a member of the Plutonian generation (1971-1984) born during a period when marriage and social values underwent a profound change. A typical example of this would be growing up in a single parent family. Fashion took on a darker, more obsessive aspect with styles such as punk and heroine chic, devolving into fixations regarding physical looks, excessive cosmetic surgery, and anorexia and bulimia. So this was, and gave rise to, a time of great uncertainty concerning social justice, and the social norm. As a generation you are rewriting the social rulebook, but initially this means having almost no rulebook at all. And because profound Pluto  functions poorly in relatively superficial Libra, this will all take quite some time.

 

Pluto in 5th house

 

Power and transformation enter your life via your creative means of expression or romantic involvements. With the former, artwork, hobbies or drama can be quite heavy death-defying or macabre. You wouldn't just paint pretty pictures for instance; you'd really be working out some deep psychological matters in your art. The same cloak of intensity affects your affairs of the heart.

 

Obsessiveness and a strong accent upon sex bear witness to the fact that although you may have been in it for fun at the start, as it wears on, you realize that it is souls and not just bodies that are getting close, with all the highs, lows, and deep changes which this entails. And the physical result of sex, children, have an even more than usually profound effect on you.

 

As an alternative to this, you consciously or unconsciously sense what deep and turbulent waters love or art will get into- and so you back-peddle. But, as Dante said, " take away my demons and you take away my angels" in other words, your choice is between agony coupled with ecstasy, or safety coupled with frustration.

 

Retrograde Pluto: Symbol, personality, karma, sign, house

 

In the symbol of Pluto we find the Circle of Spirit soaring free above the connection between the Crescent of Soul and the Cross of Matter. This is so indicative of the unknown areas man has to pass through before finally reaching an understanding of himself at the very deepest of levels.

 

When the soul and the matter part of existence are not in contact with the essential Spirit of Light, the individual experiences the baser Plutonian energies. But, when he begins to transcend the unknown qualities within himself, he is able to bridge the gap between his lower life and finally link up with the Spirit of purified Golden light that God had intended him to know. When man is able to achieve this, he comes into contact with that part of himself that is so essentially good that he is sure that no one he knows would actually believe it. This is his real identity.

 

The great difficulties involved in reaching such Plutonian energies, is that like the seagull who flies the highest on his own wings, each individual must transcend himself on his own. The ending qualified by Pluto are the symbol is dropping off of phase no longer necessary for the individuals growth.

 

Since Pluto is retrograde nearly half of the time, then a very high percentage of the world's population has this configuration appearing in the natal charts. These individuals will ultimately become more concerned with transformations within themselves that with less fruitful attempt at trying to reform the outer world. By inverting the symbol, all else rises from the manifestation of the Divine Spirit expressing itself here on Earth.

 

Personality

This individual with Retrograde Pluto feels the ills of the society as a personal reason to transform himself. He knows that he cannot change the world. Still, he would like to if it were practical or possible. But, he can change the world within himself by ending his ties with all that bind him to less that his purified being. This is a process that takes many years, and sometimes many lifetimes to achieve. In it highest manifestation it represents the true Christ Consciousness of bringing the purest form of love here on earth.

 

In lesser measure and more common, he is continually elimination from his life all those factors which impede the progress of his Soul and the expression of his Spirit. The individual with Retrograde Pluto experiences the struggle of mankind as a very personal struggle within himself. He personally feels the need to overcome in himself all that has been lowering the consciousness of the society he lives in. Thus, he reacts strongly to other people's dishonesty to themselves, taking it as a personal affront to his own progress, which he feels he must make for the ultimate good of the civilization of which he is an important part. He must learn to detach a little more from the habit patterns and behavior characteristics of others whose lives really have so little to do with his own true inner reality.

 

Karma

 

The individual with retrograde Pluto is living through a Karma of experiencing mass consciousness within himself. He feels the impact of the world thought, and is conscious of how it relates to would thought throughout the ages. Not always expressing outwardly what he knows, he tends to see other individuals as part of a larger and more inclusive whole rather than on a constant one-to -one basis.

In his personal life, it is far less important what he does that what he thinks about what he does. Much of the time he lives within his conscious, sifting through the great multitude of feelings he experiences within himself.

 

The spiritual growth possible with retrograde Pluto is limited only by the individual's conscious mind. He can literally rise above much of the Karma of his entire race if he chooses. Interestingly enough, if he tries to avoid elevating his karma, he will feel the lower Karmas of others around him anyway. Thus, if he chooses to elevate himself, he truly can begin to live Jesus' parable of  "being in this world and not of it" In order to eventually achieve this he goes through temporary withdrawals during the first half of life, until he learns how to be impersonal with the intensity of the world he senses outside himself, so that he ultimately reaches the point at which he no longer feels it acting within himself.

 

Retrograde Pluto in Libra

 

Individuals with this placement have a rather unique experience in consciousness. They are observers in the evolution and transformation of the world, but do not really experience the desire to be an intrinsic part of it. On one hand, they personally experience the consciousness of everyone around them. This makes them a curious blend of all they have seen or touched. On the other hand they don't relate to themselves personally. Thus, they do not stand for that which they appear to stand for. The result is that this placement acts as a window through which the race's consciousness passes.

 

A strong sense of responsibility for others gives many with this configuration a silent martyr complex. They feel that their ability to balance those around them reflects in their personal accounting of their God. This is one of the most difficult positions for the retrograde Pluto as the force of change disrupts Libra's state of gentle inertia. There is a drive towards accomplishment coupled to a desire not to participate. When Pluto entered Libra, many great guru movements gained in popularity. even the strong advent of transcendental mediation is a peculiar application of this placement. To transcend is the force of Pluto; to do this through meditation represents the quiet non-activity of Libra.

 

On an individual basis, the retrograde action of the planet gives a person the ability to internalize human consciousness, so that he can become blended into the whole of all he perceives. This makes him go through phase 3 of the retrograde process much of the time.

 

Karmically, those born with this placement have an internally quiet and impersonal desire to transform the age in which they live. Their goal is a more peaceful and harmonious state of consciousness. 

 

Retrograde Pluto in the 5th house

 

Here  the individual spends much time in phase 1 of the retrograde process. He tries to express himself outwardly in order to prove to himself that the world will one day accept him. He can be forceful and dynamic. He has a powerful sexual nature. His genial outlook on life, along with his drive can be overbearing. Being too subjective in his general outlook on life he must learn to be more conscious of other people's feelings. Until he can do this, he can distort his perceptions since the world is really more impersonal that ne would like to believe.

 

With this placement there is sometimes one child that is either difficult to raise or hard to reach in terms of the child's own personal sense of individuality. Usually that child refuses to be molded easily. In some cases, the child tries to be the parent's teacher.

 

The love mature of the 5th house retrograde Pluto creates much inner turmoil as the individual is constantly questioning the different roles in which he sees himself. He may resent himself on very deep levels and is truly trying to find reasons for accepting himself and society he lives in. This often take the form of actively crusading for some form of personal expression that society in general does not readily approve of. In this manner he fells he is able to prove himself worthy of his own personal existence. He will reach happiness when he stops trying to topple the world and accepts himself as just one part in it.

 

Nearly always there is karma relating to past-life misuse of the creative process. Often this has occurred in sexually-rooted thought projections. Now the individual must learn how to give free psychic space to those around him . As he learns to do this he will find himself with an abundance of new energy to be directed into new areas of creation and accomplishment.

 

 

Aspects to Pluto

 

Pluto opposing Venus

These pressures to transform and reach a deeper sense of self involvement with life are hampered by your possibly unconscious desire to keep the peace and have a pleasant lifestyle. Ironically, though, it is just these predilections that draw you to someone who changes your life for you. The issue is really one of you being challenged to use your grace and charm to facilitate that transformation. There is something darkly but beautifully compelling about you or anything that you have created. So rather than being afraid of what you might loose, concentrate on what you have to give.

 

Pluto Conjunct Jupiter

A religious or self-righteous streak runs through these deeper feelings and compulsions. On the one hand this can make you a bit of a "hell-fire and damnation" type of moralizer. On the other hand, you make sure that your deepest desires are guided and tempered by ethical principles, which are equally deeply held.

 

Pluto sextile Neptune

You know that we are all in the same boat, and that it is a case of sinking or swimming so you look around, smile at your fellow human beings and pull together.

 

 

Pluto Quincunx Chiron

 

Your path of self-healing and initiation involves a riddle or a sense of paradox. Issues of personal power seem incompatible or unconnected with your journey of awakening and healing, so that you find it difficult to confront your deepest feelings about intimacy, loss and attachments. This dynamic can impede your ability to actualize your healing. You may have an attraction/avoidance pattern with your �shadow� side, thereby rendering yourself powerless to consciously direct or control your need to act out your psychological wound. You will likely make many efforts to bridge the gap between these aspects of yourself, usually with less than satisfactory results, but the effort can produce much personal growth and awareness within you.

 

Pluto trine Midhaven

Your power potential may be used positively to further your profession, or be an integral part of its nature. So your career could well involve psychology, metaphysics, healing or wielding some form of power.

 

Putting it all Together:

 

This is where I get my strong sense of self-righteousness and my divine power from. I have been to my personal hells and back each time becoming stronger and more spiritually divine. This is also where I get my feelings when I know that something is wrong. This journey has been the hardest for me since I had to become a person of "substance" Geminis naturally hoover above the earth and do not like to touch it much less be buried or sunk in feelings. So this is a huge life step for me to be acquainting myself with my Plutonian energy and continue my spiritual pursuits.

Ashlee's Neptune Profile...

Ashlee's Neptune Profile

 

 

 

Neptune- Sensivitity and  Spirituality

Neptune is the Spiritual, the mystical, and the ethereal. It is the sense that there is something 'in there' or 'out there' that has mysterious and subtle effect upon us all. It is the oceanic, undifferentiated realm where all is oneness- through which we find at-one-ment or redemption. As such it can be anything from enlightenment to delusion, devotion to addiction. One could view the saying, "we are all from a grander place" as a key to mankind's salvation or just as a pipe-dream. So wherever Neptune is in your chart you will find sensitivity, imagination, whether it is expressed or experienced as a blind spot or a vision; as romantic illusion or unconditional love as escape or relief; as suffering or compassion; as victim or self-sacrifice; as attunement or aversion; as madness or inspiration. Neptune is mostly patently experienced through music or meditation or selflessness.

Neptune is a slow moving planet that was not a part of the ancient horoscope. It was given rulership over the sign of Pisces and replaced the feminine side of Jupiter in the ancient wheel. Neptune, or Poseidon, is the God of the sea; and in myth as in psychology, Neptune the sea symbolizes a part of the unconsciousness. In astrology, Neptune represents spiritual or universal love; that love which includes compassion and understanding, that love which is more universal than personal, so it is often associated with spiritual love in the universal sense. Neptune represents dreams, the fantasies, the daydreams, the vagaries, the illusions, the inspirations, and the delusions in the personality. If a person is born without a strong Neptune aspects to the personal planets, the dreams of the generation he is born into will be a part of his reality but he won't be strongly involved in the energy of the planet. If his personal planets are involved in powerful aspects to Neptune, he will be a part of the creativity of the generation; he will need to explore his spiritual needs; he will be sorting out concepts of reality and fantasy.

In a personal case, close ties to Neptune indicate a natural bent towards the creative fantasy; the poetry and prose of creative endeavor lie close to the surface. Mostly a person with strong Neptune ties in the chart need help sorting out the differenced between illusion and fantasy, and those kinds of confusions are most often caused by the hard aspects. Neptune's aspects can tell where the one will most often be deluded, where one tends to see fantasy or illusion rather than insightful complements to intellectual concepts.

The placement of Neptune tells us how we can be deluded by self or others. The aspects to Neptune indicate the creative energy or the blind spots we develop based on early childhood environmental exposure. After considering the power parent- that is, the parent most influential in the development of our personal philosophy- look to Neptune to discern if this planet influences our concept of the parent. Neptune aspects involving planets symbolizing the mother or the father can give insight into the possibility of a distortion of that parents' role. Our distortions of reality, those distortions that encompass unreasonable fears or unreasonable concepts, will be indicated by Neptune aspects. Any Neptune aspect can be used creatively, for it symbolizes a creative source, a fountain of ideas within the personality. The hard aspects compel us to work for the  bonus; the easy aspects bestow the natural talent, and because we don't work for it we sometimes don't appreciate or use it.


Neptune in Sagittarius

You belong to a Neptunian generation born between 1970 and the mid 1980's. As this generation came of age, there occurred a blurring of the line between right and wrong. The underlying reason for this was a want of distinction between the law of man and the law of God. Where there is seen the unbridled following of the get-rich-quick ethos, later will appear a deep frustration and meaninglessness, and collapse. At the other extreme, fundamentalist religion seeks to overthrow anything that does not agree with it. Between these two extremes a germ of exquisite truth may be found.

Neptune in the 7th House

You look for sensitivity and idealism in others- or one in particular. You project on to your partner all those things that you long for in a mate. This can only too easily give rise to your having great love affairs that are followed by equally great disappointments. Furthermore, your partner becomes like a drug to you, for you are addicted to them and suffer very painful withdrawal symptoms when your "supply" is threatened or terminated.

It is of vital importance that you find some kind of "cure"- otherwise you could be doomed to be a "social junkie" That cure is in your realization that your yourself are carrying around within your psyche that ideal human being. The people that you long for and are fatally attracted to seem to be supremely gifted and so you worship them, or they are in some way afflicted and seem to need your help. In either case, you can often wind up feeling the victim in the relationship. The more you find the artist, mystic, healer, musician, visionary, or transcendental in yourself, then the more you will be able to relate to your partner as an ordinary human being with ordinary talents and failings.

Retrograde Neptune: The Symbol, Personality, KArma, sign and house

Neptune's symbol is formed by the Crescent of Soul ascending from the Cross of Matter. The horizontal line of the Cross falls closer to the bottom of the figure, suggesting almost an inversion of the Cross symbol, as it seems to be falling away from the rising Crescent of Soul. Here, the formless lifts from the formed, as the Soul's sincere desire rises above the lesser importance of matter. Mush like spiritual waters above earth, the symbol represents the dissolving matter that no longer needs to be crystallized.

It is interesting to note the inverted Cross bespeaks of matter dropping away into lower worlds. This is in great measure descriptive of the mystical qualities of the planet. When Neptune is in retrograde, the Cross appears upright through the inverted symbol, and the individual is more aware of his Soul as the Crescent of Soul appears closer to the earthly plane. There develops a powerful inner need to approach all material things in the world in terms of their deepest significance to the Soul. In a sense then, the Retrograde Neptune may indeed give the individual the opportunity to express a very advanced stage of evolution, since it forces him to live in this world, but not be of it!

Personality

The personality of the individual with Retrograde Neptune is not easily understood by others. His motives do not process the common sense that one expects to be at the root of all motivation. Instead, he vibrates to a higher music, heard only to himself. His perceptions do not come from the material plane, but are a direct connection with his Soul. Thus, he can be highly spiritual but cares little for the formed side of orthodox religion. He can have a great love for music, but cannot ascribe to any definite man-made structure within it. He senses practically everything, but he relates his senses mush less to physical reality than his perception of a cosmic universe. He knows much more than he could ever put into words, for here again he realizes the limiting qualities of language as being but just another formed boundary which could encircle his infinite understanding. He is able to see the appearances and illusions that others live in, and therefore has to try to make the best bargain between not toppling their sand castles, while retaining all the inner truths he knows.

Karma

The individual with the Retrograde Neptune is living through the karma of learning how to sort out that which is real in terms of his ideals and that which gives the appearance of fulfilling his dreams. He knows what he needs but has difficulty finding it in the external world. Constantly living one dream after another, he often winds up running from imaginary shadows, while chasing unrealistic fantasies. Still, he must find his ideals in the world of "no form" which has such a strong hold on him. He sometimes makes the mistake of projecting past dreams into present situations. This does not allow him to see the reality of the present clearly. He is highly intuitive, and through the different retrograde phases he is often able to know the outcome of situations long before he gets into them. But until he learns how to cope with the subtle flow of the Neptunian energy that he feel within himself, he does not easily trust his intuition. These individuals must learn how to integrate their senses with the ideals and dreams that they bring into this life. instead of trying to distort perceptions in order to make the present fit the past, there must be an awareness of what parts of the present truly symbolize the parts of the past that are karmatically incomplete.

Retrograde Neptune in Sagittarius

Here, the individual experiences a heightened consciousness of the world and his place in it. He learns to live without anchoring himself to roots. Instead he lives a more natural existence, flowing with the currents of his fortune. He is a free spirit with very few attachments that are meaningful to him on the physical plane. With almost a prophetic insight into the future, he can grasp the essence of things in a moment, but he has difficulty stabilizing himself in everyday practical matters. He will play a great role in delivering the spiritual message of the Aquarian Age. His life is built on the expansion of formless horizons he senses within himself. As the same time, he has an endless giver of information and knowledge to others. Through phase 1 of the retrograde process he can perceive distant possibilities as very real probabilities in the here and now. He is a dreamer of the first order. But his dreams are more of a vision for mankind rather than fulfillment of personal desires.
More than with other placements, this gives a powerful sense of the cosmic whole happening within oneself. Bursting with life, this person is a pure expression of the Soul finally set free.

Karmically, he is not to be bound by anything other than what he perceives as the deepest truths within himself. He will avoid mass movements, organizations, clubs, the institution of marriage and any other man-made structure which prevents him from experiencing all that he feels inside.

Retrograde Neptune in the 7th House

This placement forces the individual to become highly independent. The promised strength of others is denied, either through the escapism of a marriage partner or the unreality of other people in the individual's life. He learns how to trust and depend upon himself. The retrograde phase which is accentuated will naturally depend upon which sign is on the seventh house cusp, but it will also depend highly upon the individual's mate.

Usually, the individual reacts as a kind of secondary response to the way this planet is being used by those he loves. Through a tremendous sensitivity to other people's feelings, he grows more compassionate as the years pass. He learns to expect less from those who are less able to give. And, he learns how to build more within himself. He is living through a very spiritual karma of experiencing impersonal love in that one area of his life where he consciously expected personal love. While he will go through some disappointments in his intimate relationships, he is blessed with a tremendous opportunity for Soul growth through sincere sacrifice.

He will have to draw on much strength from within himself, because in this incarnation he will experience a good deal of loneliness. And much of the love he expects to receive from others will in actuality be the exact mirror of what he himself gives out. If married, he will pay a karmic debt to his partner through sacrificial love.

Aspects to Neptune

Neptune Square Mars
What is more, you feel that you must act upon these finer feelings and subtle yearnings. SO you can be impatient to reach some artificial high, make a sexual conquest, or save some siren-like figure or to be saved or conquered by some hero. Such sexual myth making is both enthralling and confusing, but at times can find you impotent or frigid, chaste or kinky. However, it is through these miasmas that you find your won fascinating blend of desire and imagination.

Neptune Sextile Pluto
Neptune is a generational planet as is Pluto. Where there are aspects between these energies they are common to a great number of people within that generation. Pluto represents the mass unconscious, the unconscious motivation of a generation. Neptune symbolizes the universal dream. The merging of the energies symbolizes the possibility of integrating the mass unconscious and its creative dream.

In the Hindu creation myth the "god" (or creative essence) is immersed in a dream of a world. In this dream state nothing happens; ideas float around but nothing materializes, nothing is realized. In order to actualize consciousness, the "god" realizes that some manifestation must take place. So he splits himself up into millions of pieces and becomes the universe- the planets, the sky, the earth and its waters, the vegetation, the animals, the grass, the rock. The universe teeming with life, all struggling to survive, is the conscious realization of that dream.

When aspects take place between two representive forces, great changes take place in the world. When we are born with these aspects great changes take place within us. The dream becomes intermingled with the unconscious motivation; the dreams bring the contents of the collective unconscious into realization. Unless the aspect between these tow planets also ties into a personal planet, the effect will take place in our generation; when they are tied to the personal planets in our chart we have a chance for profound personal transformations.

You are helped in taking steps towards enlightenment by the fact that doing so has become more a generally accepted pursuit since the horrors of World War 2. However, you will need more that this point alone to set you off on this path.

Neptune Sextile Midhaven
Your sensitivity and imagination may be used positively to further your profession, or be an integral part of its nature. So your career should involve the arts, metaphysics, healing, or anything that enlighten, relieves or entertains.

Putting it all Together:

My Neptune aspects make me feel like I am living inside of the ocean and watching others from a safe distance. It also reminds me of the song STILL by Alanis Moresette from the Dogma soundtrack. I see everything that is happening and going on which makes for a more serious and lonely side of me. That is why I have found my perfect mate in Jeff- he allows me to have my freedom but I know that I am loved by him- that it is something that is real and true. This planet has given me my most wonderful memories and my most horrific ones but it made me a better person and I have grown tremendously as a result. This hard planet has opened me up to receiving my spiritual nature and my spiritual gifts and took patience with me as I tried to find my place in this world.



Ashlee's Jupiter Profile

Ashlee's Jupiter Profile

 

Jupiter: The Retrograde, Sign, House and Aspects

 

 

The planet that governs over my relationships and my 7th house is Jupiter. It is my descendant which puts my 7th house in Sagittarius. this is also referred to as the Other, the Shadow, your alter ego, the side which you keep private...

 

Jupiter: Faith and Growth

 

Jupiter is all about growth and the laws, beliefs, and ethics that govern it. It is also a sense of expansion, which leads on to faith and joy, opportunity and enthusiasm. Naturally this can lead to excess and to being 'over' -something like overoptimistic, overindulgent, overrated, overweight, etc. It is also about growth in the sense of travel and philosophy, religion or broadening of knowledge and understanding. Jupiter is anything big, as well as the bigger picture and God.

 

When we are born, we look to the mother figure to give us our food and care. Our first attempt at relating to someone else comes from our own survival needs. A baby yells for food and the food appears; a baby needs care and after a cry or two the care appears. When a baby reaches out to another person, the reaching out is motivated by "need" The childhood years teach us how to relate with people who are not our parents; we usually learn how to do this because of our relationship with brothers, sisters and or playmates. We want their toys, we have to learn to share. We go to school and learn something about team play or teamwork. If we have problems learning to relate as young people or if we still find it difficult to relate as adults, Some Jupiter affliction may be prominent in the chart.

 

Many astrologers have called Jupiter the expansive planet; it indicates our "good luck" problems with weight gain, and it indicates abundance. Jupiter may symbolize all of those things, but if we are looking to discover what motivates a person , what the blocks may be when attempting to communicate with others, the problem may be diagnosed from the sign and aspects that are involved with Jupiter.

 

Jupiter can be called a generational planet because it sits in a sign for about a year, it takes 12 years to circle the zodiac. This means that lots of people have Jupiter in the same sign. Jupiter cannot be considered really a personal planet unless it aspects the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars or the Ascendant in the chart. The personal planets describe personal attributes, and Jupiter describes the beginnings of relating self to the outer environment. Some call the process of relating self to environment the microcosm-macrocosm relationship.

 

When Jupiter is afflicted, the individual is born into a household where attitudes regarding the concepts of relating or not well developed. This child sees a set of "normals" which imply that people do not consider each other's needs, or perhaps the family members don't listen to each other. As an adult, he may reach out to relate and find he's lapsed back into the patterns he observed as a child. He may express himself in an unconstructive manner, getting into these dilemmas fostered by "I want it anyway;" he may relate excessively, he may over expand or over relate; he may pursue whims that are not based on common sense. He may not have any conscious idea of what he wants for life. He may not know how to examine his personal needs because he never was allowed to do so as a child, or he may not have seen his parents doing it.

 

If we wish to experience more than just a role-playing relationship, we each must learn how to relate our feelings, our thoughts, and our personalities to someone else. When Jupiter is well Aspected, the individual is taught healthy relating procedures in the early home. When Jupiter is afflicted, the ability to relate to another person must be consciously learned. As we explore consciousness, if we wish to develop a well integrated personality, Jupiter symbolizes one of the stepping stones in our development, for it gives us the key to how we are functioning in the relating department.  

 

If we wish to go further in the process of evolving consciousness Jupiter symbolizes the need to integrate the knowledge we learn into our daily lives. The knowledge that we assimilate must be kept in perspective. The learned person may use his knowledge to set himself apart from others, to maintain a position above others, to remain untouched by those which whom he comes into contact. We hear the phrase, "He has a large ego," but more often than not the individual with the purported large ego has no ego at all. Because he has poorly developed sense of self, he has a need to make others aware of his importance. Relating, on the other hand, is a whole different thing, for it includes sharing, being a part of, while at the same time maintaining a sense of self. This means the self must feel pretty secure, for we can't really share it until we have a healthy self image! Relating to another person can be illustrated by thinking of a pebble thrown into a pond. It makes ripples. Every ripple is free and also a part of the water in the pond. We are each free to do our own thing, yet we, too are part of the "pond."

 

In the personal sense, Jupiter indicates how we will relate ourselves to others. Some people may feel that Mercury would better indicate this relating potential, but Mercury symbolizes how we think and talk. We can talk an awful lot without relating or allowing ourselves to be open or receptive to share with someone else. The aspects to Jupiter will indicate how the sign potential can be shared with others -friends, lovers, family, as well as how the personality is integrated into the environment. 

 

Jupiter in Scorpio

 

Your faith is discovered in crisis situations. So what or who pushes you to your limits is what you find irresistible. Whatever you are after in life is probably lying deep somewhere, either in earth, water or most likely in the mind or soul. You are enormously confident in your pursuit in such things, but you can also be ruthless too, getting people to do your bidding, often through sexual or financial means.

 

Because of all of this, you stand to gain, or lose, a great deal. As ever with Scorpio placements, there is an 'all or nothing' quality about them. And as Jupiter itself has to do with excess, your life will be punctuated with great highs and great lows. The big question is whether the ultimate payback is worth the investment, especially in emotionally terms. In other words, your undeniable ability to get what you want out of people and things could find you wealthy but not necessarily happy. What would prevent this dilemma from occurring is the purging of any greed or dubious alterior motives.  

 

Jupiter in the 5th house 

 



Most of all you apply this faith to, or look for it in, your enjoyment of living life to the full through creative, speculative, or romantic pursuits- or children if you have any. Your giving rein to your lust for life can lean towards the excessive, but you have the innate belief that it is only through experiencing something to excess that you will properly absorb the meaning and worth of that experience- and then know for sure where you stand in relationship to it. You are a great believer that life is a play and the world is a stage- but just make sure you know who the director is!

Retrograde Jupiter: The symbol, Personality, Karma, Sign and House

The greatest beneficent giver is symbolized by the Crescent of Soul rising vertically from the western arm of the Cross of Matter. When matter and soul combine harmoniously each is able to fulfill the other. It is interesting to note that the Western arm of the Cross is highly significant as the West always symbolizes maturity of that which has grown out of it birth in the East. In the normal symbol, the Cross of matter appears east of the crescent of Soul. Thus what the individual has materialized early in life, forms his wisdom later on.

For the retrograde Jupiter, the inverted symbol shows the Crescent of Soul in the East transporting the Cross of matter to the west. Thus, what the individual knows within his Soul early in this life ( and a result of past incarnations) is always what gives birth to what he experiences in matter later on. This can make retrograde experience a highly spiritual journey if the individual chooses to use it to its best potential. There is a type of incorruptible insistence on truth the retrograde Jupiter as it does not depend so much on the changes in matter that often sway the meaning of so many other planetary configurations. The individual is free to experience himself on a more pure level than if his truth depended upon his material existence.

At the same time, This configuration  causes conflict with the outer world, as idealism takes precedence over practicality. A natural affinity for Jupiter's pure truth creates a distaste for the mundane everyday experiences of life.

Personality

The individual with retrograde Jupiter is a living truth unto himself. His ideas about right and wrong, the morality of the world he travels in, and in the fairness of other peoples opinion has little effect on what he feels inside. In a powerful attempt to be righteous, this person develops his own unique set of standards. Usually, these are coming from past personal experiences early in this life as well as from other incarnations, and do not necessarily reflect mass consciousness, as much as they do the individuals privately formed conception of the universe.

He is highly conscious of different places and how much they are similar to each other. At the same time, his is conscious of different levels in his ways of thinking. Always a student of the mind, he seeks experience an abundant richness within himself. which he hopes will eventually qualify the possibilities that are available to him in the outer world. Often this causes him much discontent, manifesting itself as an inner restlessness. He likes to get on with things, grasping the essences of an idea and relating to its importance rather than the details necessary to put that idea into practice.

If  well Aspected, he can be strongly self-motivated, but has to guard against trying to do too many things at the same time. Basically, he is a free spirit. And while he will conform to the ideals of society which are helpful to him, he struggles constantly to maintain his sense of individuality.

Some with this placement have great wisdom, amounting to almost a prophetic ability. Quiet, unless spoken to, they can in few words sum up the essence of a long involved detailed projects, which would enmesh others in a multitude of trivia.

As much as the individual is capable of being conscious of, his intrinsic self-honesty is one of his most important identifiable characteristics. If poorly Aspected the Retrograde Jupiter can cause a person to hold grudges from past incarnations. In these cases, a long past desire to get even becomes reprojected onto new people in the present. Fortunately this is the exception rather than the rule; for the Retrograde Jupiter affords the individual an opportunity to see himself through his higher mind. when he does this some of this personal self-involvement gives way to a higher and more impersonal understanding. The development of richness in the inner being ultimately takes precedence over the desire  to acquire riches in the outer world.

Karma

The Karma in the Retrograde Jupiter always deals with the introspection through  the higher mind. The individual must be able to justify himself to himself in order to feel that he is truly worthy of the respect and honor that Jupiter promises.

In some former incarnation there had to be a higher regard for some religious or spiritual principle which the individual  has seen violated. In the current life he feels even more determined to restate the value of this principle in his mind.

He has to guard against being judgmental of others as he sees an outer world vibrating to rules he cannot fathom. Still he must have patience with others, if he expects them to listen to the expression of his inner truths.

On another level, there is a tremendous amount of deja-vu experiences inherent in the Retrograde Jupiter. Times and places from the past all blend into a continuous present, such that at any given moment or in any  given place, the individual is in touch with generalizing that time or place into all like times and place that he has experienced. Thus, his consciousness expands through these two dimensions simultaneously, and often without limitation. He does not know how to bind his mind totally inward to a fine point focus. Instead, he absorbs the symbols of his thoughts from his environment, ultimately to learn that anywhere is home, and anytime is now! The more these outer symbols represent the truths he learned in a former life, the more comfortable he becomes.

Retrograde Jupiter in Scorpio

Here much time is spent in phase 1 of the retrograde process as the individual tries to project what he believes to be the truth to others. However, this is the one sign in which the person is also aware that what he has convinced himself of as the truth is not the complete truth at all. Thus, he can project what superficially believes to be adequately complete while at the same time knowing that he is experiencing a deeper understanding on another level.

He brings into this life memories of struggling for honor and as he lives out his karma he becomes a test for other people in this area. He can bring out the worst and the best in himself and others at the same time. This causes him to be a peculiar paradox. for he is alternately understood and misunderstood, respected and degraded, loved and despised for all he represents to other people. His life is one of constant transformation as each day symbolizes new opportunities for struggle which help him to rise above the lower self which he now sees, but which still binds him in the current life. Very much the extremist, he stand for both heaven and hell at the same time. His ideals are usually very high, but during the first half of life he has difficulty pulling his higher mind out of these intense sexual drive which he brought with him into this life.

On any level, he is not to be bound, for the depths to which he goes are usually reached alone and often completely misunderstood by others. He must have this freedom to explore the unknown reaches of the universe that keep calling him.

Retrograde Jupiter in the 5th House

Here the individual spends most of his time in the phase 1 of the retrograde process. He is reaching outward to express the creative attitudes he has developed in a past incarnation. He sees life on a grand scale and the boundaries of conventional society as the stepping stones which we must transcend at any cost. IF the rest of the horoscope is strong, this adds to a domineering nature.

In those charts containing many squares, along with the emphasis on the fixed signs, the individual tends to be oblivious to the advice of others. He tends to invade other people's psychic space without realizing he is doing it. His own goals are very high but he often overestimates his ability to accomplish them. At times he can expect too much from children because through them he spreads the ideas that he is not capable of achieving himself. He lives with a "don't stop me" attitude as he is bursting forth to taste all life has to offer. At the same time his great sense of pride keeps him from embarrassing myself in the eyes of others. He would rather dart from one creative experience to another than be thought of as being wrong by those whose esteem he wants. He lives by the principle that if he can run through a rainstorm fast enough you won't get wet.

This is a difficult placement for marriage and relationships of a lasting nature as the individual's highest truth is always related to his own opinion of himself rather than the evaluation of criticism he might receive if he allows others to know him too well.

Here is the sense of identity is based on the gap between the ideals set up in former incarnations and all he creates in this life. Thus, he is truly the person who "is what he thinks, having become what he thought" and in later years he will know himself by what he has created.

The Aspects

Jupiter opposing Moon

(Already covered in Big 3 Aspected)

Jupiter quincunx Sun

(Already covered in Big 3 Aspected)

Jupiter sesquisquare Mercury

(Already covered in Mercury Aspects)

Jupiter conjunct Pluto

When the relating principle symbolized by Jupiter is tied to the unconscious motivation symbolized by Pluto, many different kinds of energy manifest. On the other hand, the individual may feel a strong need to develop a perspective between macrocosm and microcosm, and Pluto indicates the content of the collective unconsciousness, a combination of energy between the two planets can indicate a person who may be tremendously creative about manifesting the relating principle.

These aspects may indicate one who can relate to the needs of the masses, for Pluto also symbolizes the masses of people, the common folk. The aspects may also indicate the type of person who needs to control all attempts at relating with the masses, or with people in general.

Because Pluto is one of the slow-moving outer planets, many people born in any given year when Jupiter is transiting the same sign as Pluto will have this aspect. It creates a mini-generation of people who will have choices to make as to how they pursue relationships. If the conjunction is unafflicted by other planets it can be diagnosed by the sign and house placement.

It indicates that relationships will be affected by the unconscious motivation caused by the conjunction to Pluto. It can indicate a person who may need to control all his relationships, a person who needs to stay on top, needs to manage those around him. He may reach out for new experience with great care and caution because he doesn't want to feel out of control. This person may be extremely sensitive about relationships in general, for a chance word overheard can send his subconscious self on a trip that will analyze and re-analyze anything that bothers him because of certain kinds of early childhood experience. This oversensitivity can be worked out by examining childhood experience that relates to the formation of such sensitivities.

Jupiter Sesquisquare Ascendant

(Already covered in the Big 3 Aspected)

Jupiter trine Midhaven

This aspect is good in two ways: first, helping you find the right direction in your life. Second, enabling you to make others feel positive about you and eager to help if you need it. You are able to pursue your goals without making people feel that you will take something away from them. You have a strong sense of social responsibility, a feeling that you should give your life over to a purpose that is useful in the world. It isn't that you are totally selfish or self-sacrificing, but that nothing seems worth doing unless it is of use to others. You will always get along easily with authorities, and while you are young that usually means people who are older. You know that they have something to teach you, and you are willing to learn from them. You don't feel you have to show everyone how smart you are, even though you believe that you are rather special. You are willing to take your time and let the world find out how much you can do. You will always have a project to work on, because you hate to be idle, either in mind or in body. Usually you are busy with some consuming interest, which may mean more to you than being with others. You feel that you are self-sufficient, and that your activities are enough to give you a sense of fulfillment in life. You don't feel an urgent need to be with others all the time.

Putting it All Together:

Needless to say I was an extremely sensitive child. Optimistic. Hopeful. Innocently naïve little girl that wanted to relate to others but unless you spoke to me first I most likely wasn't going to talk to you.  My parents didn't relate well therefore I didn't relate well to others. For me, Jupiter is considered a "personal" planet due to the fact that it is Aspected to my Moon, Sun, Mercury, and Ascendant so for me relating to people means everything to me. Mix this with what you have already discovered about me you can begin to understand how much I had to overcome to become the person that you see before you.

Ashlee's Mars Profile...

Ashlee's Mars Profile

 

 

Mars- Self- Assertion and Sexual Drive

 

 

Mars is all about getting what you desire. This takes drive, including sexual drive, initiative and primarily courage. But basically Mars symbolizes raw energy, and as such needs direction, discipline and conviction as well as consideration. Without direction or discipline Mars can give rise to violence, anger, abuse and selfishness. Without conviction or contacting one's anger there is cowardice and possibly being a victim of aggression for Mars is like a weapon or tool that if not picked up and used can be grabbed and used against you. Without consideration there is impatience and strife. You need Mars to win, with its greatest prize being independence. And in order to win anything or anyone you have to be prepared to risk loosing or getting hurt by being in the firing line.

 

 

The planet Mars is the symbol for two basic expressions of the life force; it symbolizes the kind of action we take to express our Sun sign qualities; it can also be used to determine how we "act" sexually. When looking at the planet Mars, it should be considered in relation to the Sun and Moon: the Sun (the "I am" principle) and the Moon ("I respond" principle) are compared with Mars (how "I act" this out) Mars is the symbol of how we will manifest who and what we are, what we have, what we think, what we feel. Mars can be used as an indicator of how we will function in a work situation; the sign house placement and aspects can be used as determining factors when giving career guidance. It also symbolizes how we will "act out" our feelings of love when we consider this planet with Venus, the symbol for our intellectual concept of what love means to us.

 

In ancient times Mars ruled over Aries and Scorpio. Aries is the action sign; it symbolizes the pioneering spirit, the adventurer, the explorer of the undiscovered. Scorpio is the sign of reproduction, death, and one's potential for self-transformation; it's the sign of conscious rebirth. The life/death enigma symbolizes by Scorpio has been difficult to understand, but life and death function together, because of each other. Without darkness we can't see light, and without life there is no death and visa versa. In the symbolism of the house system, the first house (the Aries or Mars house) stands for any new endeavor, any new action taken. the eighth house (The Scorpio or ancient Mars house) indicates the reproductive system, the reproductive ability, and here Mars has to do with rebirth as well.

 

Staying with the astrological symbolism , and considering the ancient philosophical edict, "know thyself" can the chart show the dilemma caused in each of us when we struggle with "I am " and "I act?" The action principle comes from the first house, which can be called the persona, the masquerade of personality, our , "best foot forward" The sun is the natural ruler of the fifth house and it symbolizes the creative self, which may never really be expressed in a lifetime. The fifth house can be read as the house of children, and many people have worked towards achieving immortality by being remembered through children and their children's children. However, Mars energy can conceivably activate the consciousness as well as our reproductive organs. But in order for that to happen we must become responsible for our actions.

 

If Mars represents the libido, the sex drive, and represents our ability to transform as well, then Mars can be called the symbol upon which our chance for consciousness rests. The Mars energy represents action; it can also represent anger. When angry energy is rechanneled, it becomes "gold" It provides the energy that enables up to rise the Sun sign potential to the highest levels possible in a lifetime.

 

as Mars interacts with the other planets in the chart; the action energy becomes more and more complicated and exciting. Each nuance of unconstructive energy must be looked into and developed if the Sun is ever going to become expressive of its full potential. Because Mars rules both Aries and Scorpio, it seems that our sexual decisions will affect our conscious growth, for if we cannot express ourselves in a healthy or happy manner, we slow down our sun- the eighth house squares the fifth in the natural zodiac. In the oriental philosophies, one hears about the "wheel of life" and everyone involved is trying to get off the wheel , not to stop living but one must stop being unconscious in order to become conscious!

 

In the personal sense, the Sun indicates our personal archetype and the family environment that existed when we were forming our personalities. As each child manifests the "I act" principle, that energy becomes recognized in the family. If the child has difficulties with the parents, the difficulties will show up because of the aspects between Mars and the Sun, Moon, Venus, or Saturn. The child's action principle, as well as the development of sexual concepts, will be affected by the parent appropriate to the aspect. When Mars is afflicted, it means that the facets of life described by the planets involved will need to be consciously changed in order to allow maximum inner contentment.

 

Mars in Libra

 

You aim to get what you want and to please others at the same time. If successful in this you are quite the social mover. When, more commonly, this is not the case, you are left with the extreme alternatives of either satisfying your desires by being involved in something, which only concerns yourself, or being an indecisive yes person- or see-sawing between the two.

 

There is therefore a danger of you becoming insular or ineffectual, whether it is in a business or a sexual situation. As if to force the issues then, you are attracted to quite pushy or quick-tempered partners. And so sooner or later you have to get in touch with your own powers of self- assertion and be more unequivocal. until then, unless you are happy in the role of social buffer or arbitrator, you can be uncomfortably over sensitive to the reactions and opinions of others. Always remember: you cannot please everyone.   

 

Mars in the 5th House

 

Whatever your manner of self-assertion, because you have a lust for life you run into plenty of opportunities to exercise it. You are rather like a sparkling plug is to gasoline. Be it an affair of the heart, a business enterprise or whatever, things are set in unstoppable motion by your verve and desire.

 

If you are not aware of this productive streak in your nature, you will attract rivalry anyway- or else you could have children who are bold and arrogant. But really it is you that is the forceful one, and although there is the danger of being crude and unsubtle, going wholeheartedly for the object of your desire is in order.

 

The Aspects

 

Mars trine Sun

 

(Already discussed in the Big 3 Aspected)

 

Mars Sextile Uranus

 

Mars represents the action principle; it indicates how we will activate the energy of the self qualities symbolized by the sun archetype. Uranus indicates the behavior of the generation into which we are born. It also indicates that part of the personality which is self-willed, stubborn or eccentric. Uranus can symbolize creative energy, for it rules the sign of Aquarius and indicates how we will crystallize our ideas about consciousness.

 

Mars-Uranus aspects can indicate a certain kind of genius, for the person is motivated to action that is based on unusual insights. When the energy is misunderstood, it can cause erratic or eccentric action to take place, but these manifestations are more often tied to the hard aspects.

 

Mars represents the "I act" principle and Uranus indicates the behavior of the generation we are born into, as well as the part of us that expresses as self-will before it evolves consciously.

 

The sextile indicates that the action patterns formed by this individual in childhood were well received by the parents. The early environment demonstrated the ability to act (or sex) in a manner that expressed the will, allowing the child room for being "different" so that he could form his own particular value system. The value system can be diagnosed from the signs and houses.

 

Mars Square Neptune

 

Mars represents the action principle, the physical action taken to represent the self as it is symbolized by the Sun archetype. Neptune is the planet that symbolizes inspiration, creative fantasy, delusion. When these planets are joined together, creative fantasy and action are combined. We can take action to express our creative ideas; we can take action to express our ideas of spiritual creativity as well. Actions may be inspired by some ethereal creative urges, or our actions may be inspired by an illusion, or we may delude ourselves and our actions will be colored by our particular delusion.

 

Because Mars represents the sex drive, the Neptune contact will influence the sexual attitudes. It may add inspiration and spiritual love to the sexual expression, or it may warp the desires. It may veil sexuality with a could of guilt, or may help develop imaginative techniques that can be most enjoyable. The easy aspects are more productive than the hard aspects.

 

Here the action principle works against the creative energy within the individual. Neptune inspires or deludes one, and in the case of the square, the tendency is to take deluded action or action that is not carefully thought out. In terms of expressing the qualities of the Sun archetype, the Neptune influence may serve to confuse the action taken; the Sun-mars energy may not be operating in a clearly defined manner. Maya, the veil of illusion or delusion ( as described in Hindu symbolism) often takes over the action principle. This can be a creative aspect, however, but the creative energy tends to be disorganized. The tension of the unexpressed creative energy can cause too much fantasy, too much imagination, and this individual may resort to alcohol or drugs if he doesn't know how to release the energy any other way. He may find the physical universe unpleasant, he may be uncomfortable coping with the realities of day to day environment.

 

This individual may be prone to spiritual misinformation, he may search out all the groups that lead him down a religious path merely involved with religious theory and little practice.  It's important that he discover a life philosophy that he can live, a life philosophy that he can put into practice in his daily experience. As he examines his previous actions, as he examines his previous ideas, he can begin to determine what is illusion and what is creative fantasy. The energy of the hard aspect can be rechanneled into highly productive activity, but it won't just "happen" he has to make a conscious effort.

 

The Mars- Neptune square influences sexual expression as well. These people may have sexual fantasies, and depending on the other aspects in the chart, will use fantasy either constructively or destructively. Neptune adds a spiritual flavor to anything that it touches, for it has to do with the concept of spiritual love. Spiritual love and sex don't always express well together until the conflicts between the two ideas have been consciously understood. Feelings of guilt may interfere with normal sexuality.

 

A Female with this aspect may feel so guilty about "the animal nature" that she becomes frigid.  Guilt can manifest in an unhealthy expression of the sexual nature, for this person may attempt to live out sexual fantasies, or become involved in sexual relationships with people he or she doesn't love.

 

The conflict can be dispersed when the concept of sexuality and the concept of spirituality are explored. If this person was taught that sex is "dirty" those teachings need to be re-examined, for mother nature is not "dirty" The cultural or religious teachings that propagate such misinformation could be better examined. A healthy and comfortable expression of the love nature can be developed.

 

Putting it All Together:

 

My life has been about pleasing others. I was denied doing things for myself and was forced to do things for others; I wasn't allowed to shine the way that I do now... my creative genius wasn't acknowledged or given room to spread. I had to keep that pretty close to my heart. I didn't have an issue with sexual things; I was pretty curious about them but I knew the difference between fantasy and reality.  Mixed with everything else you we have discussed about my childhood you can see that I had to overcome a lot of "weakness" in order to become the balanced person that I am today.    

    

Ashlee's Venus Profile

Ashlee's Venus Profile: The Sign, house, Aspects

 

 

In the previous blog I revealed the Mercury Retrograde aspect of my personality. It shows the way that I perceive the world around me and how my brain works. Now we are going to look at Venus; the planet that governs over my moon and my emotions.

Venus: Attraction and Harmony

Venus symbolizes attraction- what you need and can give by way of love and affection, beauty, and happiness. A positive Venus shows as the social graces and charm. Negatively it represents indulgence, superficiality , and wanton pleasure- seeking- all of which could imply simply being anti-social. Venus also represents your ability to relate, harmonize and to express yourself through art and a sense of aesthetics. Venus also has a great deal to do with female sexuality and sensuality generally. Venus symbolizes what you like.

It is a planet that is never too far away from the sun; therefore it can only amplify the sun's energy. Venus represent our ability to love; not sex love, but the art of loving in it intellectual sense . Venus symbolizes our ability to appreciate being loved and how we appreciate affection. The sign that indicates the kind of affection  we will accept versus what the Sun sign is willing to give. The type of earthly beauty that we wish to be around, our taste in furniture and clothing, the things that we collect, our attitudes about loving, all come from Venus. It can represent the person we want to be and causes a dilemma when the Venus placement is different from that of the Sun.

Venus, on the other hand represents the impact that the mother has on the child's psyche and it is a more subtle thing. Each mother has her own attitudes regarding the concept of motherhood, the responsibilities of rearing children, and viewpoints regarding self-value. If a mother has poorly developed concepts of regarding the feminine principle if her self-esteem is low, if she thinks that women ( or the feminine) have little value, these concepts will be passed on to her child. Hard aspects to Venus can indicate if she affects her child adversely because of her state of mind at the time. Because a child is influenced during the first three years of its life, the effect on the subconscious may be difficult to self-diagnose. The mother may change, mature, become self- aware, develop self-esteem later and the individual wont remember the early pattern.

Venus operates differently in a man's chart than in a women's. When a women has hard aspects to Venus, she responds differently. She is receptive( during the formative years) to the attitudes projected by her mother; her response to the mother's influence is directed at herself. She may feel like a second class citizen, she may feel that women have no rights, and she may have little sense of self-esteem. She may be apprehensive regarding the role of the biological female; all phases of the reproductive and mothering process may be affected in some adverse manner, ranging from avoiding motherhood to overcompensating for her dislike or apprehension regarding the child-like process.

In contemporary society, she may be involved with women's liberation for all the wrong reasons. she may be defensive of herself and her rights, not seeing clearly that those ideas could be better established within. If she has no regard for her femininity, she may respond to love and affection with difficulty- it may not seem natural to her. She may reject men who are nice to her, for when a women regards herself as second rate she will suspicious of anyone who likes her. As she becomes conscious of the limitations of the hard aspects, she can cure them and thereby enter into more satisfying relationships.

The aspects to Venus tell whether or not we can easily handle emotional relationships, whether or not we really feel comfortable in an emotional situation or whether we have to work at being able to become receptive to the love vibration in the universe.

Venus in Aries

You love in a child-like way, regarding relationships as being natural and uncomplicated- at least initially. You are giving, guileless and forthright- and somewhat naively expect others to be so too. You are upset when you find that they are not, but noe usually heart-broken. You get back up as quickly as you fell in love in the first place. Your freshness and impulsiveness is spontaneously attractive to others, and more or less cuts through any caution that they might have.

It also makes you very impatient to give, gain or receive love. So much so that you are inclined to mistake infatuations or lust for love, and it takes a while before you are able to spot the difference. Then again, it could be sheer desperation on your part that sets you up with a poor match. There is something impish and naughty about you that can cause others to do childlike things they wouldn't do normally. This has its good  and bad sides in that you are able to introduce a refreshingly primitive glee into your social or romantic sphere. But you can lead others on and then be gone.

Venus in the 11th house

You want to experience these senses and bring this style of loving in an open, friendly, possibly somewhat detached and idealistic sphere of social activity. Your Venus sign qualities may or may not  lead themselves well to this. You very much want your partner to be on good terms with your friends and associates, and to share your social aspirations.

Conflicting aims or social values can spell disruption or death to a relationship. Knowing a lover initially as a friend is a strong prerequisite to having a harmonious relationship. And the actual meeting of your mate is more likely to occur at a club or some group gathering. Your social sense is quite evolved or future-oriented, but in this respect you are inclined to forget that one person's meat is another ones poison.

Venus in the Aspects

Venus opposing Saturn
When Venus and Saturn are in aspect, major phases of personality are forced to consciousness in order that we may mature. These contacts have not been easy ones in the people I've observed, for the energy tends to restrict the part of the self that reaches out for self satisfaction.

The Venus position indicates how our mother affects our psyche in regard to the feminine function; it indicates how she influences the development of a concept of womanhood, the concept of self gratification, and in a personal sense she influences our ability to love and appreciate being loved. Saturn represents our father's impact on our psyche during our early years. The Saturn placement is traditionally interpreted as a restriction; some astrologers explain it as "I lack" and it certainly represents an aspect of personality that is the least confident. The Saturn influence indicates the concept of self-worth and , as maturity occurs, self-confidence can develop in this area because Saturn becomes the strong point in the chart as the cycles of life progress.

The combination of these two facets of life indicate how we view our capacity for self-worth and how confidence affects between these planet sometimes cause an individual to pursue only career goals, for the emotional life my be repressed. In order to overcome Venus-Saturn aspects we have to reestablish personal values as adults. If we become victim of the aspect we often create the same relationship problems that our parents had; we project our parent's values into those people we love, and we may develop an extremely pessimistic attitude about loving. When pessimism is rampant, it usually indicates that all the energies are put into the accumulation of money, for money is a "trustable" commodity.

When people with hard Venus-Saturn aspects are successful in terms of career, it usually indicates that they have not been successful or fulfilled in the love department, for that part of themselves remains undeveloped. At some point in life it is important to experience love and affection; it's easier to reach a higher consciousness when we allow ourselves to be vulnerable in a feeling situation. If we cannot "put out" on a personal level, our philosophy of life is only a theory. A higher consciousness cannot be thought, it must be felt. When loving and appreciating being loved is restricted, the possibility of spiritual attainment remains only in an interesting concept.

Here the energy leaves you having an additional feeling of compromise or  loss ( or both). Venus symbolizes the effect of the mother and Saturn represents the affect of the father on the individual, and the images are confused. One parent may leave when the person is a child; but even if the loss of a parent doesn't occur, the person feels like a victim between the two parents who are each throwing a different vibration into his developing psyche. What is a man? what is a woman? How does one treat men and women, how does one feel about oneself and one's relationships with members of the opposite sex?

This often represents an individual who has losses in love because the psyche is programmed to lose; this individual may fall in love with someone who is unavailable or with someone who dies or who makes him intensely miserable. The parents removed the objects that the person was attached to during his formative years. The "love object" may have been a favorite toy, or a security blanket, or the affection of one of both of the parents. One parent may have been harsh to the other; one parent may have suppressed the other; the child saw the parents disliking each other in some way. So the image in the psyche carries a message that men and women are against each other- each must make the other compromise in some way.

The ability to love is harshened, or lessened and frequently authority is resented. When Saturn oppresses Venus, the father is harsh with the mother because Saturn is a stronger planet than Venus. It makes the person suspicious of their own desires, unnecessarily hard on himself, willing to give up pleasure, and ready to turn from love.

The mother didn't value herself, and this person will absorb her feelings: women have little value, love can hurt or love can be a harsh experience. This individual grows up to be very cautious about developing relationships, and it is this feeling of caution that makes him look for the love insurance policies that are unattainable. This is the type of personality that doesn't give of itself or gives only of the material self, or one who unconsciously picks someone to love who is taken from him.

Venus opposing Pluto

Venus symbolizes the intellectual concept of love; the regard for the feminine or the feminine principle. The attitudes affecting a woman's self worth and her response to her biological role comes from this placement for it indicates the attitudes of the mother in regard to her own nature when the individuals psyche is able to absorb those feelings. Pluto can be identified as the unconscious motivation of a generation as well as symbolizing the portion of the collective unconscious that holds the mythic archetypal images of humanity. When this symbol is not understood consciously, it can reflect as aspect of personality that is less spectacular but more commonly recognized as forms of personal control and obsession. The hard aspects to Pluto will require that the individual move from obsessive responses to transformation and regeneration. The hard aspects may in fact cause more growth potential than the easy ones.

When Venus and Pluto come together it is obvious that the effect of the combines energies will influence the personal capacity for love. The range of feeling experience is phenomenal for one can easily cooperate with the mood of the generation, changing the patterns of social custom in a manner complementary to previous traditions, or one can function in a highly controlled manner.

In the personal sense the combination reflects the possibility of including manipulation in the life experience. Because Venues is involved, the manipulation or obsession or control/power games comes from the mother influence. A person who is exposed to power games in childhood will develop into an adult who thinks that he must control everyone as well- because a child can only imitate what he sees his parents doing. The facet of life that has to do with love and affection will be the areas of heaviest manipulation.

In order to use the tie to the collective unconscious (symbolized by Pluto) the more obvious misuses of the energy will have to be rechanneled. When an individual takes responsibility for his actions, when he can recognize the control games that he plays, he can let them go. When this occurs, the energy becomes creative and exciting. The ideas are new, the fountain from the collective unconscious never runs dry. The struggle is worth it.

The psychological effect of the mother on this individual's developing psyche was a profound one. This person feels the need to compromise as well as control. The other managed the native's development. she may have decided what was good for this person, enforcing her decisions by not allowing him to make any decisions for himself. Because she may have had such an overwhelming personality, the individual develops a resentment toward her and other women over the ensuing years.

The concept of love included management, and this individual may attempt to develop love situations with partners who are easily managed. The female may fear her own femininity and may feel that in order to keep a man around, he must be manipulated. Both sexes will more than often get into role-playing marriages than good relationships, for they won't allow themselves to be spontaneous in love situations.

Pluto aspects inhibit the capacity for letting go of urges to control. The person has known no other way to approach life. Because Pluto symbolizes the collective unconsciousness and the mythic archetypes of human expression, the mother image can become distorted and confused. The personal mother may become confused with the myth is mother image, giving the personal mother a power that she doesn't recognize she has over the child. The resentments caused by this confusion may be difficult to let go until the confusion is consciously recognized.

In order to free the energy so that it can be used creatively, control games must be analyzed. Personal responsibility, morality, and ethics regarding those we love must be established on the conscious plane. We cannot make anyone love us, we cannot make the future of those we love; no one is dependent on us for survival. We cannot be responsible for anyone else.

Venus sextile the Ascendant
(Already covered in the big 3 Aspected)

Putting it All Together:

I naturally love people openly, honestly and unconditionally; generally accepting people as they are. I thrive when the people I surround myself are happy as well.  I grew up in an unloving childhood environment and it was made known that my father was opposed to me coming into this world- if it meant my death or my mothers he chose for me to be aborted rather than loosing her. So when she chose to keep me and bring me into this world it changed my father. He become extremely harsh towards me and refused to show me love; only that I was his burden that he wanted to "wash his hands of." He controlled the household; his rules or the highway. He treated my mother as if he didn't like her and said the reason had to do with me. He taught me to rule with an iron fist; that I was to rule with fear and oppression because it was better than to be loved by all.  My mother took her frustrations out on me making me feel like a was a second class citizen. I never saw them happy together or even laugh in the same room... I learned how to negatively survive this world and as a result I became a very cruel person. It wasn't till I understood that I shouldn't take any of my cues from my parents that I could see their behavior for what it was- horrible and not something that I wanted to pass down to my children. I had to learn which traits to pick and choose from in order for myself to grow. Next I looked to Mother nature and father time to be my surrogate parents so that I could learn positive attributes and instill them deep within me so I could become the person that I am today.  








Mercury Continued: The Aspects...

Mercury Continued: The Aspects

 

 

 

Mercury Sesquisquare Jupiter

 

When these tow planets link together, the ability to use these senses, to communicate, to use the mind, is combined with the relating principle. In order to have a relationship, we must be able to talk about it with the person with whom we are trying to relate. The hard aspects indicate that some lessons need to be learned. Jupiter represents how we absorb the atmosphere around us, how open we are to receiving new life experience. Mercury can indicate how we listen. During the process of individuation we must be able to read the signs along the road.

 

The aspects indicate that this individual is raised in a home where words are not used well, the mood of the childhood environment is somewhat excessive, and people are hurt by words- they aren't supported of each other. The family finds communication difficult; the family members are more involved in role playing than relating. The child absorbs this attitude and assumes that relationships are normal when words are difficult.

 

The aspect needs to be worked through if this individual wants to truly communicate and share his thoughts and feelings with another person. The power of Jupiter, the ability to expand the consciousness, to receive new ideas, cannot take place when one's words are not received well by others. This person has difficulty talking openly once a relationship has been established. He may not relate honestly, he may not listen, he may not hear what others say, he may even destroy relationships by misquoting what he thinks he heard. The ability to communicate can be learned if he thinks it is important enough. Excessiveness can be curbed and understood, for excessive or angry communication only hurts others.

 

Mercury Trine Saturn

 

Mercury is the messenger of the Gods, the symbol of outgoing communication, the mind, the ideas, the five senses. Saturn represents the law, tradition, the psychological influence of the father, our ideas of caution based on apprehensions that we may have absorbed from the early father image. When these tow planets are bound together it indicates that we take communication and words seriously, that inhibitions are traditions taught to us by the father will affect our ability to communicate. IT places restrictions on our confidence regarding our ability to communicate, even when the aspect is soft. This tie indicates a person who is serious, dependable and often hardworking. A certain kind of loneliness may be conferred, for when communication is restricted, limitations may be placed on the abilities to share thoughts.

this person is exposed to a father image that helps him learn how to communicate, even though the family communication tends to be serious. Because of these attitudes absorbed in the early environment, such people follow through on details, work well with the general public and have well-rounded minds.

 

Mercury Quincunx South Node

 

Your Mental/Communicative Function and Your Predispositions and Innate Qualities Exist in a Critical relationship

 

The quincunx of Mercury and the South Node indicates that you are not mentally attuned to your innate qualities or to the predispositions that govern your life and character.  Your mental awareness and connection to your natural talents and resources is not well developed, at least not in the initial phase of your life.  Thus, you are not likely to think much about the talents or innate gifts that you possess.  It is quite possible that you remain unaware of whatever talents and resources have been bestowed on you in this life. This is not to say, however, that each of these functions—the mental/communicative and your innate talents and abilities—are not well developed on their own terms. However, the link between them usually seems to be missing.  You may be intellectually well developed and a good communicator but you are not likely to bring your mental abilities or your communication skills to bear on developing your innate gifts and talents.  Neither are you likely to critically analyze your natural abilities or to communicate about them to others. On the other hand, you may possess talents and resources that are well developed.  However, these are not likely to be intellectual talents or communication skills.  Neither are you likely to think about or communicate your talents, resources or natural predispositions. At certain critical times, however, you may be forced to mentally confront you’re your innate character and those gifts that have been conferred upon you by nature.  Sometimes, a crisis may result from your failure to make good use of your talents or from you having used your innate resources for your own selfish ends.  Sometimes, the crisis that is symbolized by the quincunx is a result of your failure to critically consider your innate gifts and talents or to communicate them to others.  Through your action or inaction, you will generally create a situation from which there is no painless way out.  The call for you to usefully employ your resources and talents may be upon you and it may demand the engagement of your mental or communicative faculties to resolve the dilemma that this presents. The solution is hinted at in the association of the quincunx with the sixth house—involving purification and humility—and Mercury’s association with the sixth house.  It is likely that you will be called upon to purify your mental attitude and/or your attitude about your innate qualities and characteristics or your attitude concerning how you use your natural talents and resources.  This will involve employing the Mercurian tasks of objectification and analysis to clarify your perception of these things.  This may also involve the communication function that is symbolized by Mercury, to be used to share your gifts and talents with others.  The correct choice entails having the courage to face your role in life as in relation to your positive qualities and those innate abilities that you can bring to bear in this life. There may be a moment of opportunity, demanding courage to grasp, during which you can resolve the crisis.  The action that must be taken will usually require or bring about a purification or transformation of either your mental/communicative complex or willingness to employ your innate ability for the good of others or for your own higher good.  If the crisis is resolved, greater depth of understanding about what you have to give in this life, more focused communication and mental growth will occur.  If the crisis is not resolved, mental turmoil and crisis, the waste of your natural abilities and resources, ignorance of your own predispositions and/or personal humiliation may result, but hopefully you will have learned a lesson that can motivate future purification and transformation of your transformative and/or mental/communicative complexes.

 

Transcendent Potential

 

The transcendent potential of Mercury quincunx the South Node is realized when you discover your those spiritual inclinations and resources that lie within you through a process of intellectual inquiry and discovery.  As you come to realize the divine treasure that is your natural birthright, your desire to explore this Treasure, particularly using your intellectual faculties and by communicating with others who have knowledge of this Treasure, becomes a core motivation in your life around which everything else revolves.  Your critical mental faculties are now employed in order to access the spiritual life within and to achieve the high spiritual purpose for which you were born.  Ultimately, however, the intellect itself must be transcended as you dive, naked, into the Ocean of Light and Love. When you are inwardly insecure, you may be too fearful of others’ opinions, or too selfish, to risk sharing your innate abilities and talents with others.  Because you are protecting your insecure ego, you will make certain that the screen of illusion that blinds you to your spiritual birthright remains firmly in place, for piercing through this screen to the Truth would lead to the annihilation of your ego. Instead, you are content to lead a mediocre existence, giving nothing to the world and getting nothing of any real value from this life.

 

Mercury Conjunct Ascendant

(Already covered in the Big 3 Aspected)