The following pages contain a brief evaluation of key elements of your birth chart, although it is by no means complete. Astrology can reveal many things about a person's life and personality, and you could study your chart for a lifetime without knowing the answers to all of your questions. The descriptions that follow will give you a "thumbnail" introduction to yourself through astrology.

In interpreting your chart, this report considers the sign of the planets and the north node in your chart, as well as their house placements. It also describes the sign of the Ascendant and the strongest aspects between the planets.

You may note that some of the following descriptions appear to contradict each other--and indeed we are all walking bundles of contradiction. If you examine yourself carefully, you will probably realize that you do in fact possess the qualities of both conflicting descriptions. Even though some parts of the reading may seem to clash, you will see that certain themes are repeated throughout the following pages. These are the ones that will become major issues in your life.

The readings stress that you are the ultimate decider of your fate. The stars may indicate the hand you were dealt at birth, but it is up to you to play that hand well enough to achieve your goals. Also, bear in mind that every "bad" aspect of a chart also has a "good" side. How it is expressed is really up to you. We tend to work at expressing ourselves more positively most of the time and only lapse into the negative behavior described when depressed, angry or scared. Or it is possible that some aspects may better describe your personality or behavior earlier in life. They may seem alien now because you have already worked through them.

A "Strength" number precedes each aspect description; this number takes into account how exact the aspect is, whether the aspect is a major or minor one, and whether an aspecting planet is close to one of the four chart angles. The higher the Strength, the more you are likely to feel the aspect and to act it out in your life.

Aries is the first sign of the zodiac, the newborn consciousness. Natives of this sign often retain qualities associated with youth--such as innocence and naivete-- throughout their lives. Like an infant, Aries is conscious only of his or her own needs. These people demand immediate satisfaction of their needs and will throw "temper tantrums" if they don't get it.

This may seem very selfish, but look again. Also like a child, Aries is quick to reward those who serve them with warm smiles and special favors. They are not even aware that they are causing any inconvenience to anyone. And this innocence serves to mask his or her aggressiveness.

Again like a baby, Aries people seem to be fearless but are in fact very vulnerable. Even after getting burned these people will forget the hurt and go back to try again, always believing that this time will be different. What you see is what you get with Aries, and the only "smooth" thing about them is their ability to handle a crisis unruffled. They will be outspoken and honest with you, and they are also willing to fight for what they believe in. But you may never see them shed a tear; they'd rather die than be caught being "weak" (especially the men).

The Ram is also endlessly optimistic, daring and enterprising. Often he or she feels committed to some mission in life, usually supporting the underdog or promoting social change. They can be very effective in such endeavors because they won't let anyone stop them from attaining their goals. The lesson for Aries is to realize their personal goals and also cultivate some humility and diplomacy (like someone else who is believed to have been born under the sign of Aries--Joan of Arc).

Another challenge for Aries is to learn to use love wisely. Instead of using others' love for you to manipulate them to serve you, give love to others selflessly, expecting nothing in return. This is the point where the baby grows up, leaving behind the egocentric and demanding infant.

Most Aries receive a head injury at some time in their lives, usually incurred as a result of their own rash behavior. Physically, problem areas include the knees, stomach and skin. He or she may also be subject to dental problems, migraine headaches and kidney diseases. Natives of this sign should definitely avoid alcohol.

Persons with Moon in Libra are known for their charm and social grace, and they have a natural talent for winning friends and influencing people. They use their good manners, kindness, and considerate nature to charm others and to make the right impression.

They present an image of total balance and harmony, but actually they perpetually struggle to achieve this impossible state. They can never achieve it precisely because they can see all sides of the picture. The scale cannot balance if it is constantly dipping from side to side. As far as physical weaknesses, the main problem areas for natives of this Moon placement are the kidneys and allergies.

Moon in Libra brings with it an appreciation for the finer things in life. Partly because of this, natives with this Moon placement do well in such professions as law, architecture, politics, the arts, and even homemaking. Men with this placement are attracted to very gracious and feminine women. Females with this placement usually find a good marriage in their life, although it may not be the first one.

Others often come to you for advice, and you do have a knack for helping to solve their problems. Again, this is because you can see both sides of a situation clearly. You also can apply the advice you give others to your own life with little difficulty, thereby learning from their mistakes so that you need not repeat them yourself.

You have a talent for rearranging your environment to make it more pleasant. Just be sure your roommate or lover doesn't mind you rearranging his or her world also. You find life to be continually stimulating and exciting and should find a partner who has the same outlook.

Although it may take you longer than others to master a concept, once you have done so it becomes a permanent part of you. You have many interests and want to absorb every detail you can about them all. While you may read theories in books, you will learn best by actually applying them in material form. You appreciate good craftsmanship and have the patience to acquire such skills yourself. Although you appreciate beauty for its own sake, you always look for a practical application for everything.

With Mercury in Taurus you are highly intuitive, yet intellectually grounded. You appreciate art, romance and the finer things in life, and you will share your good fortune with loved ones. Being sight-oriented, you get more enjoyment from reading a book than listening to a lecture. You are not a good listener and have a talent for tuning out unwanted and intrusive sounds as if they didn't exist. It is difficult for you to learn to put the needs of others before your own. If this is the case, one of your greatest lessons in this life will be to overcome self-absorption.

With your shrewd business mind and common sense, you could be a good manager. Your mind is strong enough to endure challenges, and you are stubborn enough to insist that regulations be followed to the letter. Since you love to accumulate material possessions, you should resist the temptation to be greedy. You express affection for your partner in a touching and loving manner.

With this placement of Venus, you require a great deal of freedom in relationships and will resist being tied down. You are also willing to provide this freedom to your partner, and you are not jealous or possessive. You look at your feelings intellectually and can appear aloof or impersonal to others. This Aquarian detachment gives you the ability to stand back and look at the situation more clearly. Just don't become so distant that you cannot empathize with your loved ones and offer them solace.

You may have felt that love was not freely expressed in your home when you were growing up. One challenge you face is to learn to be warm and understanding in love relationships. It is very important to you that your lover be a friend as well.

In your love relationships you prefer a partner who is unique and a little off-beat by society's standards. You need a lover who can respect your need for personal freedom and your own individual identity. Because you are so afraid of being tied down, it is difficult for you to establish and maintain long-term love relationships.

You are rebellious and "negatively suggestible" in your love affairs. That is, the best way to get you to do something is to demand that you do just the opposite. You can be extremely stubborn at times and can turn ice cold when you are hurt. Once you have committed yourself to a partner, you are loyal and truthful and are willing to extend the same personal freedom to your lover that you demand.

With Mars in Aquarius, you are eclectic, have a highly developed intellect and are good at "thinking on your feet." This makes you handy to have around during emergencies. You are very independent and insist that your loved ones accept you as you are and give you the freedom you require.

In your career you are a hard worker and have a knack for coming up with ingenious ideas to improve efficiency and effectiveness. Your friends and loved ones respect your loyalty to your friends and your "live and let live" attitude in competition. You have earned the trust and respect of your many varied friends.

You are somewhat unconventional in love (and proud of it) and often fly in the face of tradition. It is not easy for you to establish lasting intimate relationships, but once you have made a commitment you are very loyal and devoted. You must be able to respect your lover and consider him or her one of your best friends.

Your love partners are likely to be "different" from society's norm. You are highly eclectic yourself and are fascinated by people who are extremely unique or unusual. It is important to you that your mate relate to you truthfully and allow you to have your personal freedom. In relationships you have a "live-and-let-live" attitude and could not tolerate a jealous or possessive lover.

You are friendly and outgoing, and you enjoy entertaining guests. Since you strive for higher social status, you will do your best to become successful in your career. Because you have difficulty making up your mind, you may miss opportunities because you fail to act in a timely manner. Traditionally, this placement of Jupiter indicates that you will eventually have a happy marriage (or equivalent), although it may not be your first. If afflicted, Jupiter in Libra can indicate recurring legal problems.

You are highly intuitive and have a philosophical approach to life. Although you love to travel, it may seem that you only get to do so in connection with work or in emergencies. Your sense of discipline develops slowly, so that you mature later in life. With your enthusiasm for life, you would make an excellent teacher. Disciplines such as meditation can help you build concentration. Regular physical exercise will help prevent problems caused by poor circulation.

You are confident and well-organized, and have excellent leadership abilities. Since you find it difficult to tolerate restrictions of any kind, you can be defiant and rebellious toward authority. You do not follow trends, and in fact your values are usually different from what others consider to be acceptable in society. You will learn a great deal through sudden ups and downs in your love life.

You are driven to uncover the deepest secrets within society, and you have a keen interest in metaphysical sciences. With your strong desire for physical pleasures, you must avoid overindulging in food, drink, sex or drugs in an attempt to escape the tension of daily life.

Your generation saw the birth of social reforms, such as free medical clinics and food banks. Chemicals also became popular, and many miracle drugs were discovered. There was also renewed interest in organic health foods, vitamins and herbal remedies. You have a strong desire to achieve perfection. Avoid being too critical of yourself or others.

You have a deep desire for the finer things in life and are willing to work hard to achieve success and a sense of security. In many lifetimes you have had to accumulate and jealously guard material wealth in order to survive. Now that you have mastered this art, it is time for you to let go of the possessions you value so highly and to learn to be dependent on others. Avoid a tendency to stubbornly cling to old ideas and patterns which have worked in the past long after they've become obsolete.

You have a very eclectic mind, and your ideas are very unique and innovative. At times it may be difficult for others to grasp the concepts you outline, because your ideas are often ahead of their time. You live with one foot already in the future, and it is imperative to you that you feel you are always moving forward. Many of your inventions are designed to help solve social and political problems.

During your early life you may have felt that your family members (especially your parents) were not evolving or progressing in life. Perhaps you were expected to conform to tradition or "the norm" rather than being appreciated for being yourself. As an adult, you will be a free spirit, pursuing your highest truth in your own unique, unconventional ways.

Even as a child you were a deep thinker, and you may have felt that your interests were entirely different from those of your peers. At a young age you began to question the larger plan of the Universe and to understand its mysteries. Adults may have been surprised that a child so young could have such profound thoughts.

As you mature you develop an incredible ability to concentrate and to do in-depth research. Your mind explores the deepest realms of the unknown, and you are particularly fascinated with the mystical or mysterious. Your bounty of creativity could be the secret to your success, if you will dare develop it.

You would do well in such professions as medicine (especially surgery), research and development, chemistry, criminology or counseling. You also have a talent for handling the assets of others and therefore could do well as an accountant or other financial expert. Since your research skills are impressive, you could be a writer of technical papers or political/social analysis (or you could write mystery novels).

It is usually easy for you to look beyond the outside pretenses of others and to see their inner motivations. In this same way, you are able to size up another's potential and to encourage and support them in developing it. As a role model you will not be pushy, but rather will only give others as much guidance as they can handle--no more, no less.

Others may at times be intimidated by your wisdom and depth of thought and may even consider you to be a "know-it-all." Pluto brings much power into your mental processes; you must learn to control the intensity of it so that others can also have their moments of glory.

You have an optimistic attitude toward human nature and always try to see the brighter side of any situation. Others are inspired by your bright disposition and giving nature. Your friends and loved ones appreciate your kind, understanding and sympathetic nature and will often come to you to be "cheered up." Though others may not often see it, you do have your more serious side. But you share your problems with only a select few and do not let on that you have troubles at all.

It is important to you that those around you be ethical and somewhat refined. You treat others with sincerity and honesty and appreciate the same in return. You have no patience for people whose behavior you find vulgar or crass. Since you appreciate the finer things in life (music, drama, art, etc.), you prefer to associate with others who are well-mannered and gracious.

Because you have a natural talent for dealing with people, you would do well in a career in public relations, the arts, social organizations or other fields which provide a service for the public. Your own artistic talents could serve you well in a career involving decorating or design.

In love relationships you are attracted to a lover who is honest and sincere. Mutual respect is of great importance to you, and you would not last long in a relationship that does not include this quality. You are not fond of public displays of affection or other non-refined behavior on the part of your mate. In many ways, you are quite traditional and are drawn to others who share your views on love.

As with all contacts between Venus and Jupiter, this one indicates that you will have no shortage of potential sexual partners in your life. There is little danger that you will become overly promiscuous, however (at least not for long).

At an early age you probably noticed that you were different from others. Even as a child you seemed able to see lessons in everything that happened to you. You also learned to not hold onto the past but instead to release disappointments and hurts and move on into the future.

Your friends are many and widely varied. It would be hard to give a general description of the typical person you associate with because they are each uniquely different. As a youngster your parents may have disapproved of your choice of friends or even tried to choose your friends for you. However, since you are "negatively suggestible," this only increased your determination to maintain such friendships.

You would excel in an occupation as a: teacher (especially of history), writer, reporter, politician or researcher. You would be a different teacher or writer than most because you would make your work come alive for your students or readers. You are highly intuitive and can tune in easily to the feelings of others.

One of your worst faults is impatience. You learn quickly and want the rest of the world to keep up with you. It is frustrating to you to be able to see so clearly what has to be done to improve a situation but have to wait for others to share your vision before anything can be accomplished.

In your personal relationships you require a partner who can allow you complete freedom of movement and expression. Remember that your partner may not be as receptive to rapid change as you are. If you see changes in the relationship which need to be made, be patient with your partner. Take baby steps instead of giant leaps.

Communication is your greatest strength, and you could be successful in: writing, teaching, media, or detective work. You would reap great satisfaction from working with young people to help prepare them for the future. You would also be a competent advisor for leaders or others in positions of power. In such an occupation you could rise to a prominent position and gain widespread recognition for your efforts toward excellence.

You have an incredible amount of energy and can accomplish as much as two other people combined. You are overflowing with creative abilities and constantly seek new avenues for expressing your talents. You hold firm opinions but do not force them on others, recognizing instead their right to believe as they wish. Before reacting to any situation you closely examine all your options. If you should make an error in judgment, you don't mind admitting so.

Because you recognize the need to keep informed on current events and developments, you are probably an avid reader. You are confident of the position you take in any discussion because you are well informed. You also like to keep at least one eye peeled for new opportunities that you may be able to take advantage of.

In your love life you have strong physical desires, but you like to know a partner very well before engaging in a sexual exchange. You are a very reliable mate, and you can inspire your lover with your enthusiasm. The best mate for you would be one who encouraged you to develop your fullest potential.

This aspect indicates that you are enthusiastic and intensely curious about everything, but that you seldom follow up in detail to use these qualities constructively. You may know a lot about a lot of things, but your information may not have come from the purest of sources. In order to avoid being embarrassed, be sure you know what you are talking about before you open your mouth.

Others may see you as a pompous "know-it-all" kind of person who wants to constantly show off what you know. But since your facts are not always the most reliable, you can easily get "busted" in your discussions with others. Try listening for a while instead of talking about your opinions all the time. This way you can avoid jumping to conclusions when your information is incomplete.

You have a gift of insatiable curiosity, but you need to supply the self-discipline to put it to good use. You are highly creative and have many skills, but you lack the patience to develop any one of them well. If you can develop the required self-discipline, you can excel in such areas as law, writing, education, and public relations. In your attempt to achieve your goals, remember to choose those which are reachable. Then when you attain them, you can set new ones that are higher still.

Be careful of agreements with others that are not put in writing. Since you tend to ignore the details and skip over the fine print in contracts, you could set yourself up for legal problems. Hire a trustworthy legal advisor to handle your business affairs--it's worth the expense.

In your personal life you are quick to jump to conclusions about how others feel about you. Allow a relationship to mature before deciding what the other person's motivations are. Be honest with yourself, and others are more likely to be honest with you.

From an early age you have had to deal with the issue of power in your relationships. You can be very demanding in your relationships, and it is equally likely that you will attract others to you who are overbearing, manipulative and demanding. In either case, your relationships are emotionally intense and volatile.

Money may be a common source of problems in your relationships. However, as the Bible says, the love of money is the root of all evil, not money itself. Manipulation and possessiveness are the real problems in your relationships, although these are usually played out through issues regarding money.

You have strong physical desires and require a passionate partner. But you must also evaluate other criteria in choosing a mate. The best physical lover may not necessarily be the best co-parent for you. Be patient and you will find both qualities (and all the others you desire) in one person. This aspect indicates karmic significance in your relationships. You love deeply and with total abandon, and can also be overly possessive and manipulative if you feel your love is threatened.

Be careful that you only trust those persons whom you know will not deceive you, especially in your professional life. Be careful of back-biting and power struggles among co-workers and employers. If you do find such sources of difficulty, remain as emotionally detached as possible. Do not allow yourself to be abused or tricked. Learn to say no to the excessive demands of others.

You tend to come across as pretty intense to most people, and this can intimidate them. They know you can see beyond their outer exteriors and through to their inner beings. This is a wonderful talent; it is up to you to use it to help those around you, not to manipulate and attack them. This is the lesson connected with this aspect--right use of power.

You are ambitious and are willing to endure great sacrifices to obtain your goals. You use good judgment in making your plans for the future and accept responsibility for your actions. Friends can depend on you to fulfill your every commitment. You are not only reliable, but are patient, honest and fair, and those close to you respect these qualities in you. You believe in working for what you get and are not willing to let others do your dirty work.

Exercising great caution in your future plans, you leave nothing to chance. You are likely to succeed, even without help, because you are willing to compromise. But you are a good enough businessperson to know that it must be mutual, and you will insist on cooperation from others.

Others listen to you when you express your opinion because you demonstrate good judgment. You are a good communicator and, best of all, a good listener. Thus you would do well in the fields of building, finance and banking, insurance, real estate, design, sales, or law.

Some may consider you shy and withdrawn, but you are really just cautious. You won't profess love for another unless you are sure the feeling is mutual. You are considered socially graceful and refined, and vulgarity offends you. Because of your understanding nature, others (particularly your siblings) may come to you for advice. They can benefit from your optimistic attitude toward life.

In your love life, you seek a long-term stable relationship. You may be somewhat conservative in sex; you need a partner who shares this attitude. You are not overly affectionate, but instead express your love with more dignity. The love bond with your mate matures as you both age, and your relationships will improve with time.

You are very idealistic, and you are often disappointed in your relationships with others because you expect them to live up to your unrealistic expectations. You are naturally suspicious and will not tolerate dishonesty in others. Once you have decided to let down your defenses and trust someone, you take it very harshly if they let you down.

Because you are highly sensitive, it is best if you work behind the scenes and allow someone else to do the negotiating and public relations work. If you perform these tasks yourself, others will detect your suspicion and will be antagonized by you. You should choose a career which allows you to express your powerful creative and artistic abilities. Allow yourself to express your ideas creatively without trying to compare your work with anyone else's. Develop your own skills to the max; you are quite unique.

In your love life your suspicious nature can work against you. You fall into love rather easily and become fascinated with your partner, so that you must learn to distinguish between love and infatuation. In order to improve communication in your relationships, always speak your mind when something is bothering you. Otherwise, your partner will find it difficult to understand and meet your needs.

You will be happiest with a lover whose judgment you respect, who can offer you a "reality check" when you are in doubt. A practical partner would also help to put some of your many creative ideas into practice.

You have high ethical and social standards and want to achieve productive change in society. It is very difficult to hide the truth from you, despite the best of theatricals. You have an innate ability to dig through to the root of matters and have a talent for getting down to the facts.

You would do well in a career in law, medicine or psychology. These professions would make good use of your ability for intense examination and your eye for truth. Because of your high standards of character and integrity, you would be an especially good judge or legislator. You have the ability to rally others around you in order to bring about needed change.

Another of your strengths is the ability to manage large resources, such as in corporate financial transactions. This position brings with it a lot of power, and there would be little chance of your misusing it. As a matter of fact, whatever job you choose, your employees, co-workers or employers will be broadened by the experience of knowing you.

This aspect gives you a quality of spiritual knowingness that encourages others to share in a mutual obligation we all have to mankind as a whole. This is the key to choosing how to use (or abuse) power, and such is the lesson of this Jupiter sextile Pluto. With the need for expansion and growth (Jupiter) engaged with the planet of power and transformation (Pluto) in an aspect of cooperation (the sextile), there is no limit to the spiritual discoveries you can make in this lifetime.

In your love life you respond to others who are similarly inclined to strive for social change and betterment. The two of you could make a formidable team and may be settling a karmic debt by serving in this way. You constantly explore new emotions in your relationships, and you are a strong and creative lover. Your relationships improve with time as you are able to dig deeper and deeper into the life you share with your loved ones. You are not afraid of the changes life brings, for you recognize them as sources of growth.

This is a "generational" aspect which appears in the birth charts of those born in the 1950s. You are rebellious at heart, but somehow talk yourself out of doing anything about it. Because you are uncertain which causes you should back and are fearful that you stand to lose too much by flying in the face of authority, you often stand aside and watch others fight the battle for you.

If you fail to live up to your social responsibilities, you will suffer guilt and self-doubt. Remember how you would feel if others did not act to protect your rights when they were threatened. Since freedom and social justice are so important to you, don't be afraid to fight for others. Don't be afraid to speak out for what you believe in--no matter what the cost. You'll feel much better about yourself.

Don't be afraid to challenge others who abuse their positions of authority. Do what you can to see that they are brought to justice. You have a talent for inspiring others to fight with you. If you don't have the courage to become directly involved, you can always support those who do.

In your personal relationships, use your gift for weaving beautiful fantasies to your advantage--in the bedroom. Otherwise, be sure to separate fact from fiction when dealing with others. Just because the fantasies are so beautiful, that does not mean that real life can't be even better. Don't handicap yourself with such concerns; this can cause you to become sexually insecure.

You have the ability to succeed in whatever you undertake because of your persistence, determination and talent for self-discipline. At the very least you will give it your best shot, and you are very thorough in your work. You would be a very good supervisor; you take everyone's feelings and needs into consideration when making important decisions. You would be especially adept at handling the resources of a large organization.

Your powers of concentration enable you to manage your affairs quite well. Your thinking is very organized and practical, and you have a strong sense of duty. You accept responsibilities well, knowing that what you do contributes to the good (or bad) of all of society. In order to be in a position to bring about positive change, you may seek employment in government. In such a job you could help to reduce waste and improve efficiency, and somehow still manage to work within the rigid governmental structure to bring about positive changes for the benefit of the less fortunate among us.

Your determination and self-confidence can be contagious; children especially benefit from your influence. You have no patience for anyone (at any age) who will give up, saying "I can't do it" without really trying, and you will not accept such an attitude from your children. Young people are inspired by your social consciousness and may even be encouraged to get more involved in what's going on in the world around them.

This aspect gives you a talent for getting to the bottom of problems; you would be especially good at projects involving extensive research. You have much to offer to humankind -- you can see what's right and what's wrong with society without being overly critical and can work toward constructive change.

You are mentally alert and organized and are not shy about voicing your opinion. With your abundant creative talents, you can express yourself in a wide variety of ways. You have a natural talent for "turning lemons into lemonade" and can create opportunities for yourself if none present themselves. This creativity allows you to solve problems rather easily which would stump others.

You are very efficient in expending your energy and resources to the fullest advantage. You are self-confident and are often willing to take on tasks which others feel unable to perform. In times of pressure you are able to maintain a patient and calm attitude. You learn well from your life experiences and have a wonderful memory.

In a career you would do well in education, politics, architecture, management, science and research, archeology or writing. You have the enthusiasm and the intellectual power to handle the demands of these professions and will enjoy the creative opportunities they provide. You would also do well working with languages or in deciphering symbols and codes. Whatever work you undertake, you will certainly find fulfillment and deep meaning in your experiences.

You know your abilities and your limitations and are able to work within them. You pride yourself on your integrity and honesty and will go to great lengths to defend yourself if accused of indiscretion. Although you can tolerate a great deal in your friends, deceit is one thing which is not acceptable to you. You must be able to trust your friends and loved ones in order to have happy relationships.

Others will often come to you with their problems and will benefit from your good judgment and wisdom. Your later years will be very rewarding and you may find that you are drawn to writing at that time.

Your emotions are intense, and you may often funnel this intensity into creative projects. You have a large number of friends and enjoy good relationships with your loved ones. Because you are willing to compromise, others find you a pleasure to be around. You have mastered the art of relating to others and are able to be firm without being offensive or abrasive. On the rare occasions that you become really angry, you don't experience feelings of hate.

You respect the rights and privacy of others and expect the same in return. Because you are reasonably self-confident, it is not easy for you to be threatened by associates or competitors. You meet challenges with acceptance and determination to get through them. Because you are highly creative, this is usually not much of a problem. Others respect your coolness in times of crisis, especially children.

Children are especially drawn to you because you allow them to be the age they are and don't expect them to act like adults. You are warm and affectionate and don't suffer from hangups regarding rejection and insecurity. The only people you really avoid are those who are dishonest or insincere with you. Because you are emotionally independent, you find it easy to sever ties which are not beneficial for you.

You will be a good parent, although you may be somewhat permissive. You always give others a second chance when they "fail" you and don't expect perfection in those around you. You can see the good in everyone without concentrating only on the flaws they have.

You are highly intelligent and well-informed and therefore are blessed with vast resources of information. Your level of comprehension is high, so that you can literally absorb information everywhere you go. It usually turns out that you find valuable uses for this information later, to everyone else's surprise.

Because of your natural abilities in planning, your chances for success are high. You are highly creative in using the multitude of resources available to you in order to achieve your goals. You pay close attention to all details when planning your strategies in life, and you are willing to work hard and wait patiently for what you want.

It is important to you that you continue to grow in life; you constantly seek new ways to do so. You are willing to try most anything once--as long as it's legal and ethical--if you think it will have a beneficial outcome. Whatever you choose to do, you will have a reputation for being honest and reliable.

You could excel in such careers as law, education, journalism, teaching, politics, or social reform. You live life by your philosophies, which include justice and true equal opportunity for all. Government corruption angers you, and you may feel compelled to do something about it. You could easily do this, because you would be sure you had gathered all necessary information and thoroughly researched the matter before attempting a confrontation.

Young children enjoy your stories about your life and about history in general. You can make the past come alive for them in a dramatic way. They can see that you are concerned about society and feel strongly about each person's responsibility as a member of the whole. Children are inspired by you, and you can offer them a different philosophical perspective while at the same time being a good academic teacher.

You set the greatest example for others by the way you live your life. There is a certain wisdom and understanding about you which attracts those who are ready to share in it with you.

You are highly creative and have great leadership ability. Your personal magnetism makes you a pleasure to be around, and your understanding of people attracts many to you. Over the years you have learned to exploit your considerable creative abilities and to make good use of your talents. You enjoy the success you achieve, but you don't generally let it go to your head.

With your abundance of ideas you can accomplish most anything you set out to do. Success comes relatively easy to you (unless other aspects in your chart strongly contradict this). You would benefit greatly from an occupation in social services, education, counseling, or spiritually oriented programs. These jobs would provide you with the good feeling that you had done something for others, which is the reward you really seek.

You have an uncanny ability to tell when someone needs your help. Unconsciously, you project your own positive energy toward those who are down. You are always willing to listen to others' hardships, and you give generously of yourself.

In love relationships you openly express your feelings and need a partner who is similarly inclined. Your partner will benefit from your optimism and enthusiasm for life. You deal well with emotional changes in a relationship and may have to be understanding if your partner does not. You are highly imaginative and inventive in lovemaking.

You have little problem getting along with others because of your willingness to compromise. Friends appreciate your good nature and your social grace. You are very careful not to offend others, although you will not agree with someone when you know they are wrong. You have the ability to state your opinions in such a way that you threaten no one.

Though you are not violently argumentative, you are a good debater. Even in personal conversations, you converse with confidence and are able to back up what you say with facts. As a matter of fact, public speaking would be a good career choice for you, as could the dramatic arts. You could also be a good writer and have an in-born talent for expressing yourself.

You are intimidated by intense competition and may prefer to work alone or with small groups. You can inspire your co- workers with your good judgment and ability to keep peace through compromise.

You have the ability to turn ideas into income and should not be afraid to pursue your dreams. Just be careful that you do not expect others to take your risks for you. Instead, minimize your risks by researching your idea thoroughly before investing. If you feel apprehensive about this, stick to investments that bring short-term results instead of tying up your cash for long periods of time.

Verbal communication will play a major role in your personal relationships. You will use your verbal skills in lovemaking, enticing your lover with descriptions of your sexual intentions toward him or her. This would be a healthy way to live out your sexual fantasies.

With Mars opposite Uranus, you have a need to be constantly stimulated, and you will provoke arguments and even fights with others in order to produce excitement in your life. You enjoy being the center of attention and would like others to believe that your constant movement and bustling about indicates that you are competent, when this is not truly the case.

Since you are often moody and have a fiery temper, you are not terribly easy to get along with. You want your own way all the time and are most often unwilling to compromise. You expect others to meet your outrageous demands and to do what you tell them to do. Yet you will vigorously reject any attempt to control you or restrict your freedom in any way. You are usually quite critical of authority figures and feel you could do a better job than they are doing. Because you are so moody and unpredictable, you run the risk of losing friends when they have had enough of your abuse.

One of the lessons of this aspect is to acquire self-control and patience. You tend to jump into risky and even dangerous situations in an effort to impress someone or to win in competition. If you can cultivate some self-control, you would do well in politics, advertising, or science. Your willingness to take risks also makes you a possible candidate for such careers as racing, flying, exploring or mountain climbing. However, in order to keep from being accident prone (which can be deadly in these professions), you must again work on your self-discipline.

In your love life you need a partner who is flexible enough to adapt to your moodiness and demanding nature. Your romantic and sexual energy comes in sudden spurts, and your lover must be able to tolerate this. You are highly inventive sexually, even if you don't always have the energy to act out your fantasies at the time.

Your emotions (the Moon) and your ego (the Sun) are diametrically opposed to each other, and this results in a conflict between these two sides of yourself. This leads to difficulty in relating to others, as your inner conflict is projected into your relationships. You often act impulsively and then regret it later. It's hard for you to accept life's little failures at first, but you eventually learn that they are the essence of life and learning.

Often your need to assert your own individuality conflicts with your duties and obligations to loved ones. Although you would rather they support your individual expression, they somehow leave you feeling guilty--as though you have abandoned them for your own whimsical pursuits.

You must learn to "cut the cord" with your past and to live in the present. Take charge of defining and achieving your life's goals. Don't wait for opportunity to find its way to your door. Don't pout when things don't work out your way. And remember to take some time out for yourself-- a constantly hectic pace is not healthy for you.

Relationships are very important to you, and you need a partner who understands you (and loves you anyway). Your mate must also be your friend, and he or she must love you deeply and support you in your goals in life. They must be able to inspire you to recognize and develop latent talents and bolster you in times of weakness. Of course, such a person is rare; be willing to give what you need to receive.

With this aspect you are somewhat of a gambler, taking risks in life as well as in your personal relationships. You hand out trust without discrimination and are eternally surprised when others do not live up to your expectations. You confide in friends who cannot keep secrets and then feel betrayed when they share them with others.

As you grow older and learn many hard lessons around the issue of trust, you gradually will improve your judgment. You have a deep spiritual understanding of every human being's obligation to the race as a whole, and you are eternally optimistic about human nature. You are quick to give others the benefit of the doubt, even though your instincts will tell you the truth.

You would derive much satisfaction from a career in which you serve society as a whole. Education and medicine are obvious choices, as are various social service agencies. You may even be attracted to the Peace Corps or VISTA, or some other "missionary" group. You will find fulfillment in bringing love and understanding to those who need it most.

In your love life you must be especially careful that others do not take advantage of your tolerant and forgiving nature. Remember that you deserve to have a partner who will love you and who is also capable of receiving love. Don't be too quick to envision yourself at the altar when you begin a relationship. Take your time to build it and allow it to develop slowly. This way it will last longer.

With this aspect you may be tempted to use escapist tactics when confronted with harsh realities in life. Avoid drugs, cults and gambling.

This is the only aspect Neptune has made to Pluto during this century, and the planets will remain in sextile to each other for another hundred years, although the signs the planets occupy will continue to change as time passes.

For those born between 1942 and 1956, Neptune was in Libra and Pluto in Leo. These people were born at a time of global war. Governments rose and fell; kings were ousted from their castles. There were breakthroughs in air power (Neptune in Libra) which helped establish the balance of power between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. This time was filled with meetings and peace conferences between global leaders. Those born during this time know that compromise is not enough to achieve peace; you are naturally suspicious of your leaders, and this will help to promote greater honesty and accountability on the part of political figures.

If you were born between 1957 and 1970, Neptune was in Scorpio and Pluto in Virgo. There were new advances in health and medicine, as well as rapid spread of illegal drugs. Our long- held conservative attitude about sex began to dissolve, and we began to realize that marriage was not essential to maintain a committed relationship. Those born during this time seek to serve and improve society. You are also angry about the current state of our environment and natural resources.

If you were born between 1971 and 1983, Neptune was in Sagittarius and Pluto in Libra. Your attitudes about religion, education and human interactions are most likely different from those of your parents. Your religious beliefs, or spiritual practices, are important to you, and you are deeply concerned for the fate of your planet and the race of man. You will insist that your leaders be straight with you and will not accept excuses or manipulation. You are also interested in occult sciences, and many advances in this area will be made by members of your generation.

If you were born between 1984 and 1998, Neptune was in Capricorn and Pluto in Scorpio. You are part of a generation which will make great progress in dealing with power responsibly, both in terms of interpersonal relationships and as protectors of our Mother Earth. You will seek to transform society and replace rampant injustice with compassionate guidance.

You seem to live for mental exploration. Discovering and communicating the connections between ideas, people, and places is your function in life. Your active mind is good at identifying new frontiers whose basics you quickly master, so that you end up knowing something about almost everything. You have a dispassionate nature that cooly considers the pros and cons of a situation, able to place logic above personal emotion. From your mental viewpoint, emotions look irrational. You make a good negotiator, sales person, communicator, arbitrator, analyst, and information processor. Ideas flow quickly for you. While impersonal and dispassionate, you nonetheless thrive on communication and social interaction. At your best, you strive to understand and accept people, not to change them. Courageously, you adhere to principles. You appreciate culture, structure, and systems.

Your greatest strength is also your weakness, namely too much coolness from placing head above heart. Leaders must be able to follow their hearts without being indecisive or equivocating. And you ignore your real connection to others if you use your mental gifts to coldly manipulate them. Try to avoid isolation by functioning as part of a team in which your logic, analysis, and communication skills are put to good use. Work with others who may be more practical, sensitive, or passionate than are you. Don't keep your good ideas inside, but write them down and communicate them to others.

You are an active, future-oriented person who is not weighed down by past commitments. You take advantage of new opportunities better than most. Life for you can be a vibrant affair in which you passionately pursue causes, lovers, and experiences. You have the self-confidence to be a leader. Competitive and flamboyant, you have little patience for slow people or unexciting work. When an activity interests you, you can be very generous with your time, energy, and money. Find outlets for your gifts of creativity and intuition.

Watch out for a tendency to exaggerate or to be insensitive to others' feelings. More cautious types may envy and resent your free spirit and competitive nature. You get bored easily and may depend on others to finish the projects that you start. When your warmth is guided by love, wisdom, and positive goals you have the ability to heal and inspire others, but when you focus on your self or lack direction, your short-lived passions can affect others in destructive ways.

For you the world of feelings may be terra incognita. Close interpersonal relations, which require the expression of feelings, and empathy for others' feelings, do not come naturally or easily for you. You have difficulty putting yourself in someone else's shoes in order to feel what they feel. You will learn how to deal with life in a tough, mental sort of way. People looking for someone to empathize with them should not come to you. Those people who are comfortable with you are not looking for emotional closeness. It's not that you don't have emotions and feelings, but they do not come out easily in your relationships. If you are an artist, they may come out in your art. You probably take refuge from the difficulty of forming emotional connections by concentrating on intellectual, practical, or inspired activity. Your best companions would be those who are able to inhabit these realms with you, but who are also in touch with their feelings. They can help you to contact your own feelings and teach you to respect and honor other people's feelings.

A lack of planets in Water signs can be offset by a Water sign ascendant or by abundant planets in the houses of Endings.

You may be so focused on the "bigger picture" that you have difficulty managing the many details of life. Balancing your checkbook or leaving your bedroom clean may seem beyond your abilities. Other tasks may be important, but you find it hard to concentrate long enough to complete them. Knowing your own lack of concentration and self-discipline, you may cling to established routines because you know that you are able to do important things through force of habit. If you do not flit from job to job, you could hold onto a job or a relationship for too long because you do not trust that you will be secure without it. Your lack of real world perspective may make it hard for you to distinguish that which really matters from that which is unimportant, so that you sometimes focus on small things while leaving the really big things undone. You may say that you care about money, but unless you have abundant planets in the houses of Substance, you will not execute a detailed plan to get it. If you can avoid driving them crazy, enlist the help of those more grounded than yourself in order to turn your inspirations into reality.

A lack of planets in Earth signs can be offset by an Earth sign ascendant or by abundant planets in the houses of Substance.

With an abundance of planets in Fixed signs, you have the staying power to complete a project, grow a family, or expand a business. Your strength is what friends notice most about you. You have definite values; you focus your affections on the people and things that are part of your team. Friendships formed over time are important to you. You may be found at the center of a circle of friends, a large family, a government agency, or a business. You understand the contribution that stability and security make to prosperity and growth. It throws you off-balance when friends are not as reliable as you are or when love and ideals are not part of your life. Concentrate on developing confidence in yourself, a wholesome world for your family or group, and binding others to you with love. If you have a weakness, it is trouble changing or listening when people tell you a better way to do things. You can handle this weakness by empowering your team, as among them will be individuals who are good at reacting to a constantly changing world.

With an abundance of planets in the Cardinal signs, you find it easy to function on your own as an autonomous individual. You have a pretty good grasp of how the real world works, which you may have acquired through your willingness to try new things. An active person, you find challenges stimulating. Success comes through big ventures that others are too intimidated to attempt. You would make a good entrepreneur, but look for other indications in your chart to see if you have the qualities needed to stay with a project or grow a business. You're not really a team player. You are likely to encounter some problems in your life as a result of being so one-sidedly focused on your own goals and activities. But you are good at overcoming problems. Personal survival is important to you and you are capable of learning. You manifest your love through a lack of fear that makes the future happen.

With a lack of planets in the Mutable signs, you probably go your own way in life without caring too much what other people think. You know what you want and see little need to compromise. You lack flexibility and adaptability. You do best when you can establish a pace and stick to it. Leave those sports and activities that require fast reactions and adaptability to others.

Sometimes you say things that offend others, because you are not especially concerned with the feelings or opinions of others. In fact, you sometimes appall your friends with your single-mindededness and lack of sensitivity. Because of your individuality, people who are attracted to change and variety may find you stimulating at first, but after a while might find your predictability to be boring. This is unlikely to keep you from pursuing your path. Your path involves being yourself and changing the world. Just don't insist that others be like you.

A lack of planets in the Mutable signs can be offset by a Mutable sign ascendant or by abundant planets in the Cadent houses.

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