Professional
Natal Report
for
Tony Blair
May 6, 1953
06:10 AM BST
Edinburgh, Scotland
Introduction
The report that you are about to read is a first step in decoding the symbolic
language of your birth chart. It explains the raw materials that you have been
given for building a life. It outlines how the overall shape of your chart
reflects the overall shape of your personality, what your greatest challenges
are likely to be, the strengths you have been given to meet these challenges,
and the main arenas you are given for playing out your life’s drama.
In this report you may notice certain places where the information seems to
be contradictory. This is to be expected, because people are complex. For example,
in some situations we are shy and in others, aggressive. When you see repeated
patterns, though, take special note: these are apt to be the dominant themes
in your life.
The Main Emphasis in Your Chart
The general distribution of planets around you at your birth is one of the
things that shows the overall shape of your personality. Before taking a closer
look at the details, let’s stand back for a moment to see whether your
chart contains any obvious emphasis in a sign, group of signs, or other division
of the horoscope wheel.
Most planets are in the eastern half of the chart.
You prefer to be in charge of your own destiny, rather than following someone
else's dreams, adventures, projects or proposals. This tends to make you an
outgoing, active person, in charge of your affairs. Independent and outwardly
directed, you are conscious of the direction in which you lead your life. An
entrepreneurial pursuit of some type will find you at your best. You need followers
to help you, so be sure that you attract those who are willing to follow your
vision. Be clear, however, as to who is in charge. Joining forces with someone
as strong-minded as you may cause the kind of stress that will distract you
from your goals.
Make all possible allowances for practicality; and then go ahead and pursue your vision.
Most planets are above the horizon.
You tend to identify who you are with what you have accomplished in the world.
This may make you highly competitive in establishing yourself within a definable
lifestyle or career. Your trophy case or the diplomas on your wall may be a
source of great personal satisfaction. It is important to balance your need
for outer-world-accomplishments with care for your inner self. Also, take great
care not to lose sight of the needs of your loved ones.
There are many planets in Air signs.
With all those planets in signs such as Gemini, Libra or Aquarius, you probably
love to live in your intellect, and excel at organizing, planning, and developing
new techniques. Your strengths are logic, reason and impartiality. Because
of your ability to remain detached and objective, you are a fair-minded judge
of most situations. You can see and understand interrelationships that those
who are emotionally or practically oriented find difficult to fathom. You could
be a fighter for ideas and ideals, like a statesman who lives simply, has few
material needs, and is held in high regard for his beliefs.
You like to connect people and ideas. Not being much interested in practical
experience, you live in a world of concepts and use social interaction as your
medium. Although you are a very social person, you prefer to remain detached.
Emotional displays turn you off and you would rather negotiate. You may be
in danger of being cold and emotionally insensitive to others. Understand that
many do not operate in your rarefied atmosphere, and remember to be charitable
if they lead mundane, unimaginative existences.
Unless you also have an emphasis in Earth signs or on such planets as Saturn
and the Moon, your life may have a rootless quality. Although you may not notice
it, others may be aware of a lack of stability in your material, external sense
of being. To achieve balance, you may need consciously to stick to projects,
put down roots, and cultivate your emotional life.
There are few or no planets in Water signs.
With very little emphasis in signs such as Cancer, Scorpio or Pisces, you don’t
carry the baggage of complicated feelings and hypersensitivity to your environment.
This allows you to be forthright about your desires. Cool, detached, practical,
objective and willful, you have a lack of sentimentality that can be a great
asset in times of crisis and emotional stress. Your clearheadedness can lead
you to great achievements.
It is easy, however, for you to be out of touch with your own emotional nature.
You may feel that an emotional response like crying or moodiness is a sign
of weakness that is best avoided. You may find it difficult to deal with those
who express themselves from the heart. You end up not knowing how to react,
or you may be uncomfortable expressing the appropriate feeling of response.
You can also misread situations that call for intuition rather than reason.
Since your coolness and detachment may cause you to neglect the feelings of
others, you may need consciously to practice relating to others in a compassionate,
sharing and sensitive way. It will round you out to cultivate this nourishing
side of yourself. Soften up and bend your beliefs a bit so you can serve those
in need, for this is where happiness lies. When you let yourself go and dive
into emotional waters, you may find that the humanity that has always been
in your heart is drawn out into your personal world of expression.
There are many planets in Fixed signs.
Your strong emphasis in signs like Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius gives
you the persistence to bring any project to its conclusion. You are the one
who can be counted on to do whatever must be done. A preserver of old traditions
and customs, you know that forward progress can occur only if there is a firm
foundation to begin with. You are glad to build that foundation. Be aware,
however, that others may sometimes view your noble persistence as stubbornness,
cussedness or pigheadedness.
Aspects: Keys to Your Inner Drama
In your birth chart, the Sun, Moon and planets play the central role. They
are the actors in the drama, the moving figures on the stage, each with a character
of its own. How these characters relate to each other, whether and how they
clash or harmonize, whether they bring out each other’s best or worst
qualities, is shown by the aspects, or angles, between the planets.
Is the ongoing drama between two planets a continuing tension that periodically
erupts into crises (conjunctions, oppositions and squares), a harmonious alliance
where the two planets aid and abet each other (trines and sextiles), an uneasy
truce full of ambiguities (certain other aspects in neither of these families),
or simply indifference (no aspect at all)? Below you will see which pairs of
planets are in aspect in your chart.
Each of the following sections lists the aspects in order of their general
importance, with aspects involving the Sun, Moon and fast-moving planets coming
first. You can get a further idea of their importance in your particular chart
by going to the aspect table at the beginning of this report and finding the
five or so aspects with the smallest number of degrees and minutes in the “The
orb is” column.
Your Major Challenges
We start with your conjunctions, oppositions and squares because these tend
to point out the challenges that you have been set in life. Mose people experience
these aspects as problems, at least at first. Armed with awareness, however,
you can come to view these so-called “ hard” aspects as the blessings
that they really are. These are the forces that spur you forward. When you
face the challenges that these aspects pose, you grow in strength, confidence,
wisdom and maturity.
Sun square Moon
Whether the disharmony between your parents was subtle or obvious, it made
its mark on you such that it colors the way you react to life as an adult.
You seem to be comfortable only in situations that are full of stress and tension.
Given the choice between the easy path and the tough one, you (perversely,
it seems) choose the one that offers the most resistance. You love a challenge.
While this can be helpful in certain business and career situations, it can
cause problems in personal relationships. It’s best for you to choose
partners who don’t mind a bit of stress now and then.
Sun square Pluto
You have enough charisma, will and ambition to become a presidential candidate
or, at the very least, a leader in your chosen line of endeavor. The danger
is that you tend to use and manipulate others to get what you want. Sometimes,
you get away with it. At other times, you may find that you’ve stepped
on the toes of someone even more powerful than you, and just as you’re
about to reach your long-sought goal, your hopes are dashed. Only then are
you open to learning the lessons of tact and humility. It may be too late to
save the situation this time around, but if you can learn to respect the rights
of others, you will eventually be unstoppable.
Moon conjunct North Node
Your extended family is very, very important to you. You tend to treat almost
everyone with whom you form any kind of non-casual relationship as if they
were members of your intimate family. You delight in taking care of others,
ministering to their needs, and generally making them feel comfortable. This
applies to religious, political and charitable organizations and to anyone
in your neighborhood. You’re comfortable working behind the scenes as
long as you know that you’re making an impact. But be careful not to
neglect the needs of those closest to you. They may tend to feel slighted if
you spend a great deal of time away from home.
Mercury opposite Saturn
You have a continuing fear that whatever you decide is either incorrect or
inappropriate to the situation. You are driven by such high and narrow standards
of appropriate behavior that very often you are immobilized by the seemingly
bewildering array of options available to you. Learn to widen your horizons
and allow for alternative ways of acting, even though such ways may seem foreign
to you. This will relieve your continuing sense that life is oppressive and
difficult.
Mercury opposite Neptune
You feel an ongoing tension: between trying to see and communicate things clearly
on the one hand, and being called by your rich inner life of the imagination
on the other. Your imagination is a mysterious alternative to everyday reality
where all the rules are different, and for you it has a seductive power. The
resulting confusion and distortions may lead others to regard you as weak,
ineffectual, lazy, impractical and even deceptive. It is up to you to concentrate
on consensus reality and go along with it enough so that your actions are not
regarded as out of place (or time). Then you can set about convincing others
of the truth of your inner visions.
Mercury square Midheaven
Even though you spend a lot of time plotting and planning what you are going
to do with your life, you only seem to be able to move ahead in fits and starts.
This is because you get easily distracted and cannot always concentrate fully
on the task at hand. Ideally you should be doing something that allows you
to indulge your generalist interests, but since this is difficult to do, you
will probably have to bite the bullet and learn a little self-discipline.
Mercury square Chiron
At times painfully shy, you find it hard to communicate clearly. Of course,
this does not help lift your self- esteem or give you confidence in your ability
to express your opinions. Assertiveness training could help you overcome the
fear of criticism. You may not easily express yourself verbally, but your emotions
often speak louder than words. Extremely intuitive and attuned to the way people
think, you are able to identify with their thoughts, wants and needs. This
makes you an excellent psychologist, counselor or friend.
Venus square Uranus
Your relationships do not seem to last very long and that bothers you. It’s
not that you are incapable of caring deeply, the problem is that you have a
relatively short attention span. You need to feel that you can leave a relationship
at the drop of a hat in order to feel comfortable. You must realize that it
is unrealistic to expect others to be able to grant you this much freedom easily.
You may appear to be undependable and irresponsible, but it may just be the
best thing for all concerned if you do not try to hang on to relationships
that have outlived their time or usefulness.
Venus square Chiron
Restlessness and a fear of commitment prevent serious and potentially good
relationships from getting off the ground. Obsessing over affairs of the heart
can interfere with your capacity to think clearly and to conduct everyday business.
Excessive yet sincere, you dislike being alone. Still you may have to learn
to resist the temptation to be with someone just to have companionship. Therapy
can help you unburden your problems so you can deal objectively with what is
weighing you down.
Mars conjunct Jupiter
Generally speaking, you have an abundance of energy that makes you buoyantly
optimistic. You also have an innate sense of good timing so that when you do
take action, something positive and beneficial seems to occur. Others call
you lucky, but it’s not that — your upbeat, far-sighted attitude
puts you in the right place at the right time and allows you to do whatever
is necessary to seize the moment. You may have good athletic skills, but you
also definitely have leadership potential.
Mars conjunct Ascendant
You are known for being self-reliant, courageous and daring. You enjoy defending
your views and are unafraid to scrap with someone you think is invading your
territory. Very competitive, your abundant energies are best served when you
have someone or something to resist you. Sports, especially of the contact
variety, would be a natural arena for you if you are so inclined. You are at
your worst, however, when your natural aggressiveness degenerates into mere
belligerence or when you become petty and domineering.
Jupiter conjunct Ascendant.
You are known to be generous and helpful, with a cheerful optimism that makes
those around you feel good about themselves. As such, you are very popular,
and you enjoy being with others. Deeply interested in the larger questions
of life, you have developed a strong moral stance. Your fair-mindedness and
general good sense make others seek your opinions on a variety of topics. You
will be attracted to others in positions of power and authority who will be
helpful in your chosen career. In turn, you enjoy assisting others who are
worthy, and may be viewed by many as a mentor.
Saturn conjunct Neptune
Your self-discipline is prodigious. You have the ability to do without material
resources (or whatever else you decide is unnecessary to your daily existence).
This instinctive ascetic attitude can serve you well when times are tough,
since your expectations are not high. Be careful, though, that your desire
to withdraw from the world is part of a consciously accepted lifestyle and
not merely a mask for deep-seated insecurities and fears. Understanding and
dealing with such conditions may require long and patient therapy.
Saturn square Midheaven
You are such a perfectionist and are so self-critical that you rarely can measure
up to the high standards you have set for yourself. This causes you to withdraw
emotionally because you can never seem to please yourself. When you experience
these feelings of inadequacy and alienation, it helps to seek the counsel of
a respected friend or advisor. Once you examine the facts of the matter, you
probably will see that you have much to be proud of. Try to lower your self-expectations
a bit.
Saturn square Chiron
Lacking courage and conviction in your own beliefs, you tend to let others
steamroller you. Or, fearful of competition, you may overcompensate by needing
to be in complete control. You are a loner and have a difficult time reaching
out to others or allowing anyone to make suggestions. You have great difficulty
in trusting that promises will be fulfilled, and you have an aversion to being
told what to do. Stop playing the part of victim, and you may be able to open
your heart.
Chiron opposite Uranus
Due to separation from a parent or lack of communication in your earliest environment,
you have difficulty in sharing and opening up to others. Creative, independent
and yet high-strung, you will be successful so long as you develop patience
and refrain from being provocative. Asserting a contrary opinion or taking
an unpopular stance for the sake of rebellion can be as disruptive and destructive
as it can be creative and productive. As life goes on, you will get the knack
of being spontaneous without provoking others.
Neptune square Midheaven
You are unselfish and giving, but not very strong willed. This becomes a major
problem when you are in an environment filled with negative energy. You have
the ability to pick up “vibes” and will soak up the energy of those
around you like a psychic sponge. Because you do not feel confident enough
in yourself to take control of your life, you can succumb to the will of those
who might take advantage of you, with all sorts of negative consequences. It
is important for you to seek out objective advice at those times when you feel
confused or when you feel that your best interests are being compromised — and
follow that advice if at all possible.
Chiron square Neptune
Dreamy and uncommunicative, you have difficulty dealing with the stresses of
everyday life. Though you enjoy being alone, you must be careful not to completely
retreat into your own world. Lack of direction contributes to moodiness and
periodic depression. At your best, you are wonderfully supportive and understanding.
At other times, you exaggerate your problems and become too comfortable in
the role of victim.
Chiron conjunct Midheaven
Comfortable playing the martyr, you enjoy being the one upon whom everyone
relies. The first to lend an ear or a helping hand to those in need, you love
being appreciated for the work you do. When you experience defeat or humiliation,
you not only demand empathy but also want everyone to identify with your suffering.
Rallying for causes you believe in makes you a great teacher, political leader,
lawyer or lobbyist.
Your Sustaining Strengths
Trines and sextiles tend to work with a natural harmony that calls for little
effort on your part. They show the things that you just seem naturally good
at. Usually they point to the more positive parts of your nature, and act as
support that you can call on in difficult times.
Because these aspects are so comfortable, they are not likely to push you to
expand your limits or cause you to change. It is actually helpful to have a
balance of hard aspects (like oppositions and squares) to stimulate you to
grow, and soft aspects (trines and sextiles) to ease your passage and provide
places to rest.
If you are blessed with a predominance of trines and sextiles, your life may
tend to be placid and your nature serene. If so, remember that the world around
you is probably sorely in need of these qualities that are yours to bestow.
Sun sextile Uranus
Your free-spirited, innovative approach to doing things lets you shine in situations
that demand creativity and new input. You despise being in stagnant situations
and will be the one to stir things up if you begin to feel at all restricted
or bored. Your continual search for fresh and stimulating experiences may force
you into a rather unsettled lifestyle, but you probably won’t mind.
Sun trine Chiron
A born leader, you are highly driven and are capable of achieving everything
you want in life. A touch of humility, however, may be in order before success
is yours. At times, being in charge is frightening because you know that you
can easily abuse power. Instead of cowering from the responsibility, take advantage
of your impact on others by working and fighting for your ideals. It is your
ability to command the loyalty of others enables you to achieve all that you
desire.
Moon sextile Venus
You are known and loved for your gentle, caring and compassionate nature. You
enjoy making others comfortable and go out of your way to make sure that the
environment is peaceful and calm. Your grace, charm and fair-mindedness allow
you to function in the role of pacifier and peacemaker. There is nothing that
delights you more than reconciling two seemingly incompatible combatants.
Mercury trine Pluto
Once you have become interested in something, you dive into it with such intensity
that you often lose track of things that are peripheral to your central interest.
Hobbies become obsessions, and chosen careers are pursued with a totality of
absorption that borders on compulsion. You have the ability to convince others
of your conclusions. Just be careful not to use any underhanded tactics to
assist you in converting others. No one likes to be bullied.
Venus trine Pluto
Giving and receiving affection is the way that you grow and evolve and feel
alive. You tend to become totally absorbed in the concerns of your partner,
so much so that at times it is difficult to separate the two of you as individuals.
If this depth of commitment is reciprocal, your relationship will be transforming
and positive. If the other person is not as involved as you are, there is the
danger that one of you will become jealous and possessive, and that the relationship
will ultimately become destructive.
Mars trine North Node
If a community or charitable organization has a project that needs organizing,
you would be the ideal person to organize it. Your vigorous and decisive approach
to problem-solving, as well as your ability to motivate large numbers of people
from diverse backgrounds, will usually assure the success of any venture, as
long as you’re given a free hand to run it as you please. You’re
known as a team player, but you’re also an ideal leader of others. Once
they’re given, your loyalty and devotion are never questioned.
Jupiter trine Midheaven
You have such high standards of honor and integrity that others will seek you
out for positions of high trust. If you are so inclined, you might consider
a career in politics or diplomacy or perhaps the law. Your decisions are balanced
and thoughtful and will command respect. Your career may also be affected by
others who are wealthy and influential or, if you are fortunate in your personal
circumstances, you may be so yourself.
Saturn sextile Pluto
You have an innate toughness about you that sees you through difficult times.
Indeed you are at your best when challenged by seemingly impossible circumstances.
You have the discipline and tenacity to face overwhelming odds or to deal constructively
with radical and sweeping changes. You are a survivor and, ultimately, a winner.
As such, you have the ability to lead others, especially in times of stress.
Neptune sextile Pluto
You, and society as a whole, are witnessing a gradual spiritual transformation
that affects everything that you encounter. A solid foundation for protecting
the rights of individuals (and especially the underprivileged) was being laid
in the era when you were born, so that those in the future will have an equal
opportunity to grow, evolve and gain greater understanding.
North Node trine Ascendant
Your outgoing and charming demeanor makes you a popular and well-liked companion,
either at home or at your place of work among your colleagues. You know what
it means to go out of your way to make others feel at ease. You would be at
your best in situations where you can play host or hostess — or anywhere
that your skills at interpersonal interactions can be best utilized. You shine
when you’re with others, even with those whom you don’t know — but
you tend to get lonely and depressed when left to your own devices. Being allied
to a group or cause is what gets your creative juices flowing.
Rounding Out the Picture
Two other families of so-called “minor” aspects add yet more information
about the way the planets relate to each other in your chart. Semisquares and
sesquares (also known as sesquiquadrates) share the dynamic, crisis-prone nature
of the square but need to be quite exact in order to be felt.
Semisextiles and quincunxes connect signs that are totally unrelated to each
other. They can have an odd, unsettling quality, indicating problems or issues
that it’s hard to get a grip on. They are like interesting puzzles that
call for a creative solution.
Sun semisextile Venus
Your physical attractiveness is an annoying issue in your life. It is very
difficult for you to judge whether you are truly attractive or not, and you
usually will not take the word of those who are close to you. Remember that
they are attracted to you because of what you are. They accept you, and so
should you. Even though you think that you should always be seeking to make
improvements and will devote much time and energy to self-improvement, it is
probably not really necessary.
Venus semisquare Jupiter
You have such a warm and loving nature that others are attracted to you. Your
popularity assures that you are well provided for, perhaps too much so. At
times, you are overly self-indulgent and lazy, thinking that everything should
come to you by right and that you do not have to work for anything. Unless
you are blessed with inherited wealth, you may find that this is not the case
and that you will have to find the self- discipline necessary to motivate yourself
to get your life moving.
Jupiter semisquare Uranus
You are both optimistic and eccentric, which makes you a very exciting person
to be around. You are unafraid to follow a hunch as it occurs to you, usually
just because it offers you the opportunity to do something unique and different.
These things usually work out well for you because you do not mind the discomfort
of uprooting a settled lifestyle. You are free to do as you like because you
allow yourself to be so — and others envy you for it.
Chiron quincunx Pluto
Provocative and intense, you encourage your family and friends to confront
their emotions as willingly as you do. At times, your demands frighten people
away. Getting things off your chest helps you face personal problems and strengthens
your ability to help others. Therapists, healers, and religious figures are
good listeners who play an important role in your life.
Chiron sesquare Ascendant
You tend to be afraid to take physical risks, and may even feel alienated from
your body. Sometimes you may avoid treating yourself to new clothes and improving
your appearance. You may not enjoy even the most simple physical exercise,
and probably do not enjoy sexual contact as fully as you might. Your childhood
traumas can be worked out with a good therapist. Making an effort to express
yourself and heal the past is a first step.
Houses: Bringing the Planets Down to Earth
The positions of the planets in the zodiac, and the aspects between the planets,
are nearly the same for everyone born on a given day. But the houses reflect
how the planets were arranged around you and you alone, at a given hour and
minute, and at a given place on Earth. Houses therefore personalize the planets,
showing how they relate to your own particular life.
The meanings of the twelve houses echo those of the twelve zodiacal signs,
but are more specific and concrete. For example, the second sign, Taurus, is
much concerned with the material world, whereas the second house deals with
your actual possessions: how you feel about them, and how you acquire them.
The house delineations that follow show how the affairs of each house are flavored
by the sign that lies on its cusp. Since houses are sometimes larger than signs,
a house may also have one or more signs completely enclosed or “intercepted” within
it, in which case you will find additional material about the intercepted signs
in a house. Most important, you will learn below in what areas of life the
planets — the main actors in your drama — are disposed to be most
active, and how the way each planet operates is influenced by both its house
and its sign.
House 1: Your Interface with the World
The first house focuses on the basic equipment that you have been given for
interacting with the world: your body and your physical constitution, your
face, your appearance, your personality, mannerisms and the way you present
yourself. It may not be how you see yourself, but it is how others tend to
perceive you, and you should be aware that it has an important effect on how
you are accepted in social situations. Planets in the first house tend to be
strong and “out-front,” especially when they are close to (that
is, conjunct) your Ascendant.
Gemini on the First
Extremely active by nature, you like to get around, meet people and do varied
things. Very restless, you just can’t seem to stay put. To keep your
mind stimulated, you need to be involved in several projects at once, and may
be known as a Jack-of-all-trades. You like to read, write letters and talk — constantly.
Seemingly ageless, you will always appear much younger than you really are.
Adaptable and inquisitive, lively and versatile, you are always open to new
ideas and experiences. Because of the high nervous tension that you always
seem to have, you may find athletic activity a good way to burn off energy.
To counter a tendency to experience things only superficially, it would help
occasionally to make an effort to dig in and absorb things at a deeper level.
No planets in the First
You have no planets in the first house, which means that the way that others
regard you is not usually a major issue for you. Look to the house position
of the Sun, Mars and Saturn to learn how your sense of personal identity is
integrated into your overall character.
House 2: What You Own and Value
The second house goes a step outward from your own person and has to do with
resources that you possess, including money. It shows your attitude toward
what you own or would like to own: what you crave and covet, what you most
value, how you go about getting it, how you take care of it, and whether or
not you hang on to it. By extension, it can also indicate your sense of values:
not just material things but also the attitudes and ideas that you hold dear.
Gemini on the Second
More than most, you understand the value of intangibles: information, intellectual
property, financial instruments and paper assets. Some of your most cherished
possessions may be concepts, and when you do lust after a thing, it may be
a toy or game. You may also revel in the excitement of the investment game,
and here, also, your interests are wide-ranging. You prefer not to keep all
your financial eggs in one basket. Your preference for diversity is a good
thing for your financial safety, because you tend not to be a buy-and-hold
type of investor. Instead, you nimbly and frequently move your money around.
Your strength is flexibility, and the ability to act quickly on new information.
With this agile approach to the markets, you should be able to take advantage
of the most favorable investment climates. Do keep in mind, though, that your
values tend to fluctuate according to the fancy of the moment, and try to avoid
being swept up by the latest fad.
No planets in the Second
The second house of your horoscope contains no planets. This means that you
tend not to be overly concerned about what you own, and that your attitudes
and value structures are most likely integrated into your character as a whole.
If outside influences upset this balance and cause these issues to become more
important than usual, it will probably be only temporary.
House 3: Your Immediate Surroundings
Going a step further out from your own body and possessions, the third house
has to do with your immediate surroundings and how you interact with them.
The first “social” house, it describes brothers and sisters, neighbors
and anyone who just happens to be near you on a daily basis. It also describes
daily communication and transportation: letters, phone calls and emails, and
routine journeys such as commuting to shopping, school or work. The first “mental” house,
it governs early education and basic skills training, paving the way for higher
education in the ninth house which is directly opposite it in the chart.
Cancer on the Third
Your mind is very sensitive to nuances and subtleties. You have the ability
to see the emotional content and meaning behind the bare raw facts that are
presented to you. This intuitive “sixth” sense allows you to be
aware of the true motivations and intentions and needs of others and, as such,
how you can best accommodate them. You are excellent at positions which demand
interface with the public for these very reasons. At times, you feel insecure
and tend to withdraw and become quite moody. You delight in the activities
and daily routines of your family, relatives and nearby neighbors and will
devote much time and effort to make your home and neighborhood a more comfortable
and safe environment in which to live.
Uranus in the Third
Your mind is very quick, innovative and original. You have the ability to quickly
grasp complicated subjects and are attracted to new and unusual ideas and concepts.
You love to be the first one to know about something new. Pranks and practical
jokes appeal to you and you will go out of your way to shock others with your
outrageous conduct or lifestyle. Extremely nervous at times, you tend to be
quite undisciplined. Your attention span is quite short and you seem to need
constant new stimuli in order to be effective and functional.
Uranus in Cancer
For you, and for your peers as well, the demand to be free from entangling
emotional bonds is of paramount importance. You have a unique and unfettered
view of family life and will be attracted to experimenting with freeform styles
of relationship commitments. This may lead to a rootless, unsettled lifestyle.
House 4: Where You Come From
Being at the very bottom of the wheel, the fourth house is both where you originate
and where you come to rest. As such, it describes your parents and ancestral
background, and later the home or protected space into which you retreat each
day for nourishment and sleep. A deeply personal house, the fourth is concerned
with security and peace of mind, the safety of loved ones, and how you care
for others and yourself. The place of your roots and the earth beneath your
feet, the fourth house rules the house or apartment where you live and also
real estate in general. In your trajectory through life, the fourth house shows
your origins and where you are coming from, just as the tenth house and Midheaven
describe your career and where you aim to go.
Cancer on the Fourth
You are very sentimental about your mother (or the person who played that role
for you as a child), your home, your family and your cultural background. You
fondly remember those times when you felt most secure and comfortable and loved.
You will spend much time and effort trying to recreate those feelings — security
and peace of mind are paramount for you. When you are at your best, you willingly
provide warmth and comfort to all, but, at your worst, you are moody and unpredictable
and very demanding that others pay attention to you.
No planets in the Fourth
You have no planets in the fourth house. This means that home and family are
not likely to be major issues for you, or demand much time and energy on your
part. For further information on how you handle the issues of security and
peace of mind, look to the house and aspects of your Moon.
House 5: Playtime
After being nurtured and restored in the fourth house, you are refreshed and
full of energy for play and creative pursuits. Replenished by dreams, you have
creative ideas. Nurtured by your parents, you are ready to have your own children.
Fresh from the security of home, you are ready to trust the universe and take
risks. For all these reasons, the fifth house traditionally rules the child
in you and the children around you, your own personal creativity and self-expression,
plays and amusements of all sorts, gambling and speculation, and courtship,
love affairs and romance. This is an outgoing house, but it is still beneath
the horizon, in the territory of your heart’s desires.
Leo on the Fifth
For you, life is a stage and you are at the center of that stage. You love
the grand gestures and lavish entertainments that you think life should have
in abundance. With this attitude toward fun and games, it will be very helpful
if you earn a six-figure salary or have inherited wealth, otherwise you will
always be pining for what is out of your reach. But you are quite resourceful
and can usually look like a million bucks even if you only have modest means.
Very romantic when in love, you delight in treating your lover to the “good” life
and will try to impress him or her with expensive gifts and favors — and
you expect the same treatment in return. You are very proud of your children
and love to show them off to your friends and associates.
Pluto in the Fifth
When you have fun — and you love to — you do so totally, as if
your very life were at stake. Putting everything on the line gets your adrenaline
stirring, and you prefer it if your leisure time is spent doing things that
others might regard as foolhardy or dangerous. Winning is so important to you
that fun times often degenerate into fights, arguments and disputes. If you
have children, you tend to become quite obsessed with them and their concerns,
so much so that you find it difficult not to interfere with their daily affairs,
even well beyond the time when they should be making decisions on their own.
Pluto in Leo
Your entire generation was born at a time when the relationship of the individual
to society as a whole was being thoroughly re-examined. You and your contemporaries
will make major attempts to find a balance between the need to be self-sufficient
and the need to honor debts of social commitment.
House 6: Taking Care of Business
After the candle-lit dinner comes the credit-card bill. Courtship is followed
by the nitty-gritty of married life: babies, diapers and saving up for college.
After your creative impulse comes the need to learn the technique of actually
making something. And if you overexpend your energy, you get health problems.
The sixth house rules taking care of business on an everyday level. This includes
your job, paying bills and keeping the house clean. It also includes maintaining
your body with medical checkups and a daily regimen of nutrition and exercise.
In the old books it ruled servants, and it can by extension rule the way you
offer service to others. It also ruled useful animals, particularly small ones
like cats, dogs, chickens and pigs. Today this usually means small pets, which
exist in the personal, intimate part of your life that is signified by houses
that lie below the horizon.
Virgo on the Sixth
You are a diligent, careful worker — an asset to any work place because
you are the one who has the patience to be sure that all the small but important
details are taken care of. Your patience allows you to do tasks that others
regard as drudgery. Your critical faculties are such that you are often entrusted
with analyzing, cataloging and categorizing things so that order and efficiency
can happen. Very prim and proper, you are fearful of doing anything that might
upset your health. As such, you watch your diet very closely and are able to
exert a seemingly superhuman amount of self-discipline in controlling what
you eat.
Libra on the Sixth
You need harmonious working conditions in order to have peace of mind at the
work place. You cannot stand tension or stress and will work long and hard
to see that discordant energies are capped. You yourself will make compromises
so that things can run smoothly. You are also quite diplomatic and will be
able to find a middle path pleasing to all for any dispute. There is ample
reason for you to extend yourself like this — your health suffers significantly
when you are in a highly charged, uncontrollable situation. When things go
too well for you, though, your health can also suffer as you lull yourself
into thinking that you can get away with being lazy and self-indulgent.
Saturn in the Sixth
You usually have a very dutiful and responsible attitude toward your work.
You can be trusted to perform the thankless minor details connected with your
tasks and to do them well. Your highly disciplined approach can make you quite
successful at what you do. Although you are prone to be grumpy and complaining,
you really do enjoy working as hard as you do. A real perfectionist, what you
do is generally careful, thorough and of very high quality.
Saturn in Libra
Although you take quite a while to make decisions, you usually consider all
sides to a question, all the pros and cons, and the solution you come up with
is very often the correct one. You tend to be very reserved and shy, but, once
you make a commitment to someone (in either a business or personal relationship),
the partnership is forever. You have a strong sense of justice and fair play
and greatly respect the laws and institutions by which you are governed. As
such, you are outraged when others break laws or show contempt for authority.
Neptune in the Sixth
You have to learn to build up your sense of self-confidence. Your feelings
of personal inadequacy and self- doubt make you think that you always have
to give in to others and to serve them. On the positive side, you are a willing
worker in any project that appeals to your high standards and ideals. Physically,
you are extremely sensitive to outside influences. Unresolved emotional problems
can lead to illness or allergies, so try to keep your environment full of upbeat,
optimistic people — avoid tension and discord if at all possible.
Neptune in Libra
You and your entire generation idealized experimental approaches to relationships
such as “living together,” open marriage, and the formation of
communes and collectives. While your generation has a tendency toward weakening
commitments on an emotional and contractual level, on the spiritual and metaphysical
level it holds heightened expectations about commitment and mutual support.
House 7: Relating One-to-One
If you courted in the fifth house and woke up in the sixth yoked to another
in a daily routine, the seventh house gives you a chance to hammer out a relationship
of true equals. The goal is wedded bliss and a true sense of relatedness, but
along the way there may be fights as you each define your individuality and
establish your own territory. Not only is the seventh the traditional house
of marriage, it is also the house of open enemies, your sparring partners in
life. In general, since the first house is you yourself, the seventh house,
directly opposite, is the other person in a variety of situations. Besides
signifying a marriage or sparring partner, the seventh house rules business
partners, or those on the other side of a desk, such as consultants, lawyers,
therapists or astrologers.
Sagittarius on the Seventh
You seek a partner who can help provide you with a sense of overall direction
and purpose in life. Emotional considerations are not as important for you
in relationships (either business or personal) as are the integrity and high-mindedness
that a potential partner can bring to you and therefore allow you to focus
your energies on something that is important and beyond yourself. This will
help to liberate you and make you feel unencumbered. Once the ground rules
of the relationship have been set, you will allow each other more individual
freedom than most relationships can support — you are rarely jealous
or possessive of each other.
No planets in the Seventh
You have no planets in the seventh house of your horoscope. This does not mean
that you will never have any relationships or that you will never get married.
What it does indicate is that you will not find your life overly dominated
by working out problems associated with relationships. You will experience
more or less activity in these areas occasionally, along with everyone else.
House 8: Giving It All Away
Having achieved a relationship of equals in the seventh house, you are ready
to give up your separateness in the eighth, merging in sexual union and becoming
one on a deep emotional level. If the second house was about grasping and possessing,
the eighth is about sharing and letting go. While the second rules your own
money, the eighth rules how you deal with other people’s money and how
you pool resources. On a mundane level the eighth rules taxes, but on a fundamental
level it can rule giving up anything you value, including your ego and even
your body. In relaxing your grasp on what you find most dear, you may find
that you are really not as dependent on it as you thought. In relinquishing,
you achieve a new level of freedom, and feel lighter, renewed and more alive.
Related to all this, the eighth signifies mysteries such as death and resurrection,
magic and the occult, and the deep parts of the psyche that are beyond our
conscious grasp.
Sagittarius on the Eighth
You have a very honest, refreshing and open-minded approach to sexual matters.
You will only proceed in any liaison if your high standards of ethics and morality
are not compromised in any way. Once these conditions have been met, you are
an enthusiastic participant — willing to experiment if you both desire
to do so and enjoying and needing the more recreational aspects of one-to-one
intimate encounters. You also have an expansive and enthusiastic attitude toward
investments. You are willing to take risks if you are convinced of the moral
integrity of any scheme. You enjoy the thrills and sporting fun of speculation.
No planets in the Eighth
The eighth house of your horoscope contains no planets. This definitely does
not mean that you will not enjoy a rewarding sex life or that you will never
have any resources to invest or to share in common with another. What it does
mean is that these issues will not be as paramount in your life as they are
for others. You will experience a certain amount of disequilibrium and/or joy
about these matters, but no more than the average person experiences.
House 9: Expanding Your Awareness
Approaching the highest point in the sky, the ninth house wafts you up and
out of your rut, giving you a broad and lofty view of the terrain beneath.
Whereas the third ruled basic schooling and short trips, the ninth rules higher
education and long-distance travel. It removes you from your everyday routine
so you can see the overall pattern, the overlooked connections between things.
It rules all-embracing concepts (such as your philosophy of life) and institutions
(like religion and law) that stand over society and keep it bound together.
It can also signify your teachers and mentors, your library, and all else that
broadens your outlook.
Capricorn on the Ninth
You have a very practical approach to philosophical and metaphysical concerns.
Basically, you are only interested in an idea or viewpoint if you can turn
it to some immediate benefit. You are thus not attracted to abstractions because
they are really only speculative in nature and you only like to deal with the
known and reliable. You tend to accept the views of those whom you admire and
will not want to deviate from a life course once you have set on it. You are
thus orthodox and narrow-minded by choice. You do not enjoy surprises or distractions
as you proceed on toward your life’s goals.
Chiron in the Ninth
An effective and influential teacher, you developed your own unusual outlook
on life at a very young age. A precocious but serious child, you may have been
admonished and teased for being “different.” A superior attitude
could have prevented you from cultivating lasting friendships. Your independent
streak and singular manner of self-expression will serve you well as a writer,
publisher, teacher or raconteur. Success will be forthcoming once you realize
that you are equal to, not better than, your peers. Always remember that students
are your very best teachers.
Chiron in Capricorn
Extreme shyness and a fear of being ostracized can make socializing difficult.
Extending yourself to others will help you form meaningful relationships. Dutiful
and desirous of always doing the right thing, you are serious, ethical, and
responsible to a fault. At times, you place your own needs on hold in order
to please others. You may have had a devastating loss early in life. Don’t
let fear of losing someone prevent you from experiencing the joys of a meaningful
relationship. The love you experience will make up for past sorrows.
House 10: Your Public Self
If the fourth house showed your roots and where you came from, the tenth shows
what you are ultimately aiming at in life. Whereas the sixth shows your daily
job and how you make a living, the tenth signifies your career, your personal
contribution, your reputation and what you become known for. Some astrologers
also believe that the fourth house signifies one parent, and the tenth signifies
the other. The tenth-house parent is most likely the one who prepares you for
the world. The closer a planet is to the Midheaven, the more likely that planet
is to be the major significator of your life’s direction.
Capricorn on the Tenth
You have an incredibly strong need to succeed at whatever life goal you have
set for yourself. You feel that you absolutely must succeed, because you fear
failure. You therefore organize your life with an astounding degree of thoroughness
so that nothing can distract you. Your need to be thorough usually comes at
the expense of speed, making you a bit of a plodder. You are the ideal person
to supervise an ongoing task that must be executed with precision. Because
of your persistence, you are able to make real what for others are only dreams
.
Moon in the Tenth
Your mother (or the person who provided comfort and nurture for you early in
life) has been very important in shaping your life goals. Your heightened awareness
of the needs of others allows you to be successful in most careers that involve
a great deal of interaction with the public. It will, however, be a temptation
for you to merely reflect the feelings and needs of others. Try to be yourself — your
opinions and wants are important, too.
Moon in Aquarius
Very freedom-oriented, you must always be able to do what you wish, no matter
what. You become stubborn and recalcitrant when others try to force you into
a mold. You are a true democrat — you are not a follower, but you enjoy
being with those who are like-minded. You appreciate emotional self-control — you
practice it yourself and you look for it in others. You solve problems, including
emotional ones, with your brains and intellect, not your feelings. Try to be
tolerant of those who have powerful and obvious emotional responses — not
everyone is as objective, cool, dispassionate and detached as you are.
North Node in the Tenth
You tend to have a very practical approach to the way you deal with other people.
You rarely, if ever, form casual relationships, and need a real and identifiable
purpose for spending time with anyone. While some may regard you as cool and
calculating, you’re an excellent companion to those who can be of assistance
to you, especially those who can help you move ahead in your chosen career.
To avoid acquiring a reputation as a backslapper or social climber, in return
you must offer real value to those with whom you want to associate.
North Node in Aquarius
As long as someone else (or a group or organization) appeals to your intellectual
sensibilities, you’ll try to ally yourself with them in some way. You
may find that you always seem to get involved with many wide- ranging groups — so
much so that you find it difficult to fit them all into your busy schedule.
Your many friends and acquaintances provide you with needed stimulation. Loyal
and fair-minded, you try to spend time equally with all your friends, never
concentrating on just one or two for any length of time. Although probably
quite conservative yourself, you’re attracted to those who are a bit
offbeat or eccentric, because you enjoy watching their minds work.
House 11: Your Circle of Acquaintances
The eleventh is the last house of relationships: not brothers, sisters and
neighbors who just happen to be around you, not one-to-one partners, but the
circle of friends and associates whom you actively choose. It shows the way
you make and keep friendships, the organizations you join, the networking you
do, and the general way you interact with groups. After you have established
yourself as an individual and learned to form personal relationships with others,
you are ready to think about the common good. This is why the eleventh often
signifies groups dedicated to social or other sorts of collective improvement.
Aquarius on the Eleventh
You do not make friends quickly because you are wary of others getting too
close to you and making demands on your time. But, once you realize that the
other person shares similar interests with you, you will usually loosen up
and want to spend a lot of time with him or her. As a matter of fact, you are
quite comfortable with the “non-emotionally-involving” nature of
friendships and you will devote a great part of your time and energy to spreading
your circle of relationships. You like to function in group structures, partly
because of the anonymity they afford, and also because you feel that you can
be truly effective and that your efforts can actually bring results that would
be impossible otherwise.
No planets in the Eleventh
The eleventh house of your horoscope contains no planets. This does not mean
that you will never have friends or associates or that you will never be active
in groups that express your philosophy of life. It simply indicates that these
are not paramount issues for you. From time to time, influences from outside
you may cause you to become more active in these areas, but this will be temporary
rather than life-long.
House 12: The Hidden You
The twelfth house is where planets go just after they have risen. Here planets
are still wet behind the ears, blinking in the sunlight and unsteady on their
feet. Feeling completely vulnerable, planets in the twelfth tend to hide. Their
energies can become repressed and secretive, and sometimes they lurk as complexes
in the subconscious. This is why the twelfth is associated with self-sabotage,
with hidden enemies, and with prison and whatever else makes you feel confined.
The traditional association with hospitals and prisons suggest that constructive
ways of dealing with twelfth-house problems include helping others who are
similarly repressed or confined. Also, some with a strong twelfth-house emphasis
become successful as undercover workers or as the power behind the throne.
Pisces on the Twelfth
There is a part of you that you try to suppress because it gives the lie to
your usual self-image. While you love to portray yourself as aggressive and
self-directed and in charge of your own life, you have a sentimental, feeling
and caring side that embarrasses you. You become confused and guilty when you
realize that certain situations might be better handled with care and compassion
rather than with your usual devil-may-care bravado. You must learn to trust
in your self-composure to the extent that you know that you can wear your heart
on your sleeve without giving up any of your vaunted independence. Take the
time to help others — it expands and ennobles your humanity and takes
nothing away from you.
Aries on the Twelfth
You have developed a habit of initiating a response to certain stimuli and
then regretting that you did so. It is almost as if you were ashamed to have
notice brought to yourself. Perhaps, when you were quite young, you were told
or led to believe that it was not seemly to be forward or aggressive and that
you should always stifle any attempts to do anything with enthusiasm and energy.
Learn to trust your better instincts. You probably have built in so many defense
mechanisms by now that you will not do anything foolish in anyone’s eyes.
When you feel strongly drawn to initiating something, go for it — you
will be surprised at how effective you can be.
Many planets in the Twelfth
Whether your earliest attempts to make a mark in the world were regarded as
victories or defeats (by you) will be all-important in determining the ease
with which you attain later goals. If you thought they were defeats (they might
not have been in others’ eyes), you will tend to set yourself up for
future defeats by choosing situations for action that are inherently difficult.
Be more at ease with yourself — try not to let the ghosts of the past
intrude on a present that has untold positive possibilities for future growth.
As F.D.R. said, you “have nothing to fear but fear itself.” You
are stronger than you think you are.
Sun in the Twelfth
You tend to be shy and retiring, especially when your sense of self-esteem
has been threatened. You often feel that you do not deserve to make a mark
in the world, perhaps because of some painful early childhood experience. This
is an unnecessary fear, however. You have very good qualities and should be
proud of yourself. You are a caring, sensitive and compassionate person, very
helpful to others. Your awareness of your own pain and self-doubt makes you
very effective in extending your sympathy to others whose problems are more
likely than not much more tangible than those that you think are holding you
back.
Sun in Taurus
You are known for being patient, slow moving and careful — you love to
prolong and savor enjoyable times. You appreciate and need comfort, ease and
warm surroundings. Be careful of a tendency to become placid and self-satisfied
and to overeat (especially sweets). You require strenuous situations in order
to grow and mature properly, even though you try to avoid them. Affectionate,
even-tempered and slow to anger — when you do become emotionally upset,
you are also slow to forgive and time must pass before your calm returns. You
demand real results from any situation — abstractions are very difficult
for you to comprehend. Very artistic, your hands love to mold and shape things.
You portray an earthy, physical sexiness that others find quite seductive.
Mercury in the Twelfth
You tend to be secretive, not wanting others to know what you are thinking.
This is probably because you are afraid that your ideas are not worthy to be
heard or discussed. You tend to enjoy constructing a private fantasy world
into which you can escape. The danger of this is that others may take your
quietness for aloofness or snobbery and may start to distrust you. Another
danger is that you may become overly dependent on your inner world and become
fearful of everyday reality. Learn to trust others more. You will be surprised
to learn that they are as full of self-doubt as you are.
Mercury in Aries
Very quick-witted, you are known for being an independent thinker. You love
to debate and argue, and are excellent at repartee and battles of wits. At
times, however, you act too fast on hastily formed opinions. Defending your
rash and sometimes incorrect conclusions can waste a lot of energy. It is perfectly
acceptable to defend your beliefs with your usual vigor, but try not to take
the opinions of others as personal insults.
Venus in the Twelfth
Although a very loving person, you tend to be shy and reserved about expressing
your true feelings. You are afraid of being rejected by others should you become
too exuberant — you find aggressiveness personally offensive. You must
learn to trust others and yourself, too. When you are able to relax and not
feel threatened, you are very giving to others, especially those who are in
distress.
Venus in Aries
You are a very affectionate person but you hate to be tied down. You are more
than willing to be the aggressor in initiating new relationships. Indeed, once
you have set your sights on someone, you tend to pursue him or her ardently
and passionately. But you do demand your own way in a relationship. Try to
give in to your partner’s needs and desires once in a while.
Mars in the Twelfth
You have strong feelings and are probably naturally assertive, but a continuing
defeatist attitude, which probably stems from some unfortunate early childhood
experience, bogs you down. You flee from conflicts and always seem to be tired,
listless and irritable. It is important that others in your environment give
you support and encouragement in order for you to build up your self-confidence.
You tend to prefer doing things indirectly, behind the scenes or even in secret.
You have the ability (and probably the need) to work effectively on your own.
Mars in Gemini
Your energies get turned on quickly whenever anything interests you. But you
have a very short attention span and it is difficult for you to complete tasks
because something else more interesting always seems to be beckoning. You love
to debate and argue, usually in a spirit of friendly disagreement. Watch out
that you do not get overly aggressive or antagonistic, or others will be quick
to take offense where none may have been intended. You need to be in constant
physical motion, so that sports or daily exercise is a must for you if you
are to feel fit and healthy.
Jupiter in the Twelfth
You have a gentle, unselfish demeanor about you and you are kind and generous
to those who are less fortunate than you. Quiet and humble, you prefer to avoid
the limelight, doing the best you can from behind the scenes. You delight in
the peace, quiet and sustenance of your own inner world. At times, you have
problems caused by your tendency to be extravagant in your gestures — but
this is not usually the case.
Jupiter in Taurus
Growth only occurs for you after you have found a stable lifestyle and a dependable,
protective and secure environment. You are at your best when those around you
provide you with a great deal of affection and support. When you feel insecure
or threatened, you tend to become possessive and grasping and self- indulgent.
You are an inveterate collector with an expensive preference for all the good
things that life has to offer.
A Mirror of Your Uniqueness
This report is based on the position of the Sun, Moon and planets at the moment
of your birth, as seen from the point on Earth where you were born. Such an
arrangement of planets and stars will never be repeated in exactly the same
form. Like the genes that determine your body and temperament, your astrological
chart is made up of the same basic parts that other humans have, but the arrangement
of these parts is uniquely your own.
You could think of your birth moment as a seed that contains the potential
for how you will unfold. The arrangement of the planets at your birth does
not, however, cause your body structure and temperament in the way that the
patterning of your DNA causes it. Instead, the planetary positions at your
birth employ the language of symbols to mirror who you are. Like a mirror,
your chart enables you to see yourself from outside yourself, and it therefore
extends your point of view.
To use a different analogy, your chart shows the deck you’ve been dealt,
the raw materials you are given from which to fashion a life. Nobody’s
perfect: we are all given our special problems to solve and our special strengths
and beauties. In knowing what you have to work with, you will be better able
to make use of your gifts, fill in (or at least be comfortable about) what
you lack, and grow in the life directions that are right for you and you alone.
Instead of assuming that there is one norm for everyone, astrology attempts
to show the special pattern that is right for you. In doing so, it can give
you clues as to how you can more fully and consciously fill the unique role
that you have been given in this lifetime, and enrich the world with the gifts
that only you can bestow.
Oberon Astrology