Sun Opposes Saturn

KEYWORDS: DIFFICULT STRUGGLES; ILL-HEALTH; PESSIMISM; ANXIETY; LONELY; INFERIORITY COMPLEX; CREATIVE BLOCK; LOW VITALITY; LIMITATIONS; PROFESSIONALISM.

Your SUN is OPPOSITE SATURN, which shows a conflict between your conscious self and the principle of limitation. With this aspect you may often fall prey to doubts, fears and anxieties about your capabilities and worth as a person. Many of your feelings of inadequacy are likely to stem from your early relationship with your parents, especially perhaps your father, who you may have experienced as remote, cold, or sternly authoritarian. Your attempts at winning his affection or respect may have been met with stony disapproval, and consequently you could have grown up with a feeling that nothing you could ever do was good enough. The standards you set yourself in adulthood may be impossibly high, so that in effect you are setting yourself up for failure.

You may not have the self-confidence or self-love to let yourself be what you are, or to let others love you for who you are. As compensation for feelings of inadequacy, you might become highly ambitious, struggling hard to achieve success in life in order to win the approval and acknowledgement you feel you missed out on. Admitting to your father (or perhaps simply to yourself) that you feel this way might prove a very healing experience, as it may have been only his inability to express his feelings or voice his approval that led to your feeling rejected by him. Stop judging yourself and instead learn to accept yourself as you are - only then will you find it easier to accept praise and love when sincerely given.

You are capable of doing well in your chosen career, thanks to your professionalism, commitment, and sense of duty. You are well suited to positions of administrative, technical or financial responsibility, but make sure that you pay equal attention to other areas of life apart from work. There is more to life than doing a good job, after all!

Sun Squares Uranus

KEYWORDS: REBELLIOUS; WILD; INDIVIDUALISTIC; RADICAL; REVOLUTIONARY; SELF-WILLED; IMPATIENT; TENSE; SHOCKING; UNCONVENTIONAL; ECCENTRIC; PROGRESSIVE; REFORMING; MODERN; ANARCHIC; DISLIKE OF RULES AND RESTRICTIONS; ERRATIC; ORIGINAL; TROUBLE-MAKING; RASH; HEADSTRONG; ACCIDENT-PRONE; NERVOUS; UNSTABLE; RESTLESS; ELECTRIC; DYNAMIC; FAST; MANY CHANGES; ARROGANT; LEADING; CREATIVE; INTUITION; RADICAL DEPARTURES; UNCOMPROMISING; INDEPENDENT; VISION; HUMANITARIAN; IDEALISTIC; ABSTRACT; TECHNICAL; SCIENCE.

Your SUN is SQUARE URANUS, meaning that your ego is in conflict with your desire for freedom. You are a rebel at heart, and much your own person. You go your own way, or at least seek to, and hate being restricted by rules or regulations imposed on you from outside. This makes your relationship to authority and authority-figures strained, to say the least. At school for instance, you may have been openly rebellious and difficult to handle, and your relationship with your father may have been, or still is, particularly tense. You have a highly progressive outlook on life and are impatient for changes to occur in society, and this can make you appear radical or even threatening to more conservative types. You are idealistic and uncompromising in your desire to manifest your vision of how life could be, but sometimes you can alienate those whose co-operation you seek, because you are unable to adapt your demands to accommodate their reluctance to change immediately. Your life is always in a process of restless change, primarily due to love of the new, and your dislike of being in a rut. However, in your desire for the new you often you 'chuck out the baby with the bath water', abandoning much that you later realise was worth keeping hold of.

You have a strong feeling of being different to most people, and at times this can grow to the point of alienation, from society and even from yourself. This is particularly likely to be the case if you are (for whatever reason) unable to utilise your abundant creativity, or if you feel confined or tied down. Following your own path does you far more good than following other people's expectations of you, which in any case you probably find impossible to do!. You have a strong need for friends who will submit to your ego, something that may, if you are unaware of it, prevent the formation of lasting friendships. You are not impressed with tradition or orthodoxy for its own sake and you may be regarded by some as highly unconventional, even eccentric in your behaviour and attitudes.

Sun Sextiles Neptune

KEYWORDS: OPEN; IMAGINATIVE; IDEALISTIC; ABILITY TO 'FIT IN'; CREATIVE; TOLERANT; HUMANITARIAN; SYMPATHETIC; BROAD OUTLOOK; CREATIVE.

Your SUN is SEXTILE NEPTUNE, which means that there is a harmony between your ego and your imagination. Even if there are strong indications to the contrary in the rest of your horoscope, it is unlikely that you are totally grounded in the practical 'realities' of life, but are instead open to higher possibilities or ideals beyond 'getting and spending'. You have an imaginative approach to life and bring creativity to most things you do - even your work. You mix equally with people of all types, since you are tolerant and do not judge people by superficial standards. You are sympathetic to those who are underprivileged or handicapped in any way, and prefer to live in a society where there is a sense of collective care and consideration for people.

Sun Trines Pluto

KEYWORDS: INFLUENTIAL; SURVIVOR; LEADING; STRONG CHARACTER; CREATIVE POWER; MAJOR CHANGES; RECUPERATIVE STRENGTH; DYNAMIC; TRANSFORMATIONS; PIONEERING; GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS; AWARENESS OF AIM IN LIFE; STRIVING FOR POWER; RUTHLESS; STRONG-WILLED; SELF-KNOWLEDGE.

Your SUN is TRINE PLUTO, which means that your ego harmonises well with your deepest instincts and ability to use power. You periodically undergo major transformations in life that are characterised by a death or loss of what is old and outworn (such as old attitudes, modes of behaviour, relationships, lifestyles) and a rebirth into a new and more authentic and alive state of being. Such transformations may be psychological, intellectual or even physical. Such is your resourcefulness and your instinct for survival that you are able to cope with trials and crises that would crush lesser souls with courage and fortitude. In such circumstances you find that you can draw on reserves of strength and energy that normally lie dormant. You usually grow from such tests, and usually put into practice the lessons that you learn from them. Some find your strength and willpower daunting, though more than a little fascinating too.

You are capable of great commitment to a cause, idea or plan, and also of great achievements should you so wish. In pursuit of your goals you are ambitious and determined, and you excel at marshalling all the necessary resources. You are dynamic, effective and influential, and people naturally look to you for leadership, since you seem to know what you are doing and why you are doing it. It is likely that you will make quite an impact on people's lives, be this on a small or a large scale. If you are so motivated, you can be highly effective in helping to bring to light some societal injustice and in pressing for change or reform. Whatever you do, you bring to it an intensity, thoroughness and energy. You often push both yourself and others hard, although rarely beyond your own or their capacities. Personally, you posses a magnetism and a personal power that can be quite charismatic, although daunting to some. Sex is an important outlet for your creative energies, which otherwise might accumulate and be released explosively or destructively.

With this aspect it is likely that your life is punctuated by meetings, events or circumstances that could be described as 'fated', in that they seem to reveal some kind of hidden pattern or purpose to your life that is inexplicable in everyday terms. It is as though you are able to penetrate the surface of ordinary life and glimpse a deeper and more powerful realm of reality.

Sun Sextiles Ascendant

KEYWORDS: OPEN; FRIENDLY; BRIGHT; PERSONALITY; ENERGETIC; POPULAR; POSITIVE; SELF-CONFIDENT; MANY CONTACTS; SOCIABLE; MOBILE; EXPRESSIVE; CREATIVE ENERGY; ENTHUSIASTIC; LIVELY RELATIONSHIPS; HAPPY MARRIAGE; OUTGOING; ACTIVE; RESTLESS; CHARMING; BREEZY; HUMOUR; GOOD CONTACTS; HONEST; INDEPENDENT.

Your SUN is SEXTILE THE ASCENDANT, meaning that your ego harmonises with your outward personality. You are generally bright, energetic and have a certain confidence, all of which goes toward you being popular and well-liked. You love activity and prefer to be 'on the go' - meeting people, socialising, and travelling, to being sedentary or inactive. You are naturally at ease with yourself, which enables other people to be at ease in your company. Your cheerfulness and good humour not only enables you to cope well with life's vicissitudes but is also one of the qualities potential lovers are drawn to. This aspect exerts a favourable, creative influence on marriage and any long-term partnerships (friendships, loves or business relationships) that you enter into.

Moon Opposes Mercury

KEYWORDS: INDECISIVE; NERVOUS; VOLUBLE; HIGHLY-STRUNG; IRRATIONAL; OVER-RATIONAL; DIFFICULTY EXPRESSING FEELINGS; EASILY IRRITATED; WORRY; ANXIETY; GOSSIP; CHATTER; RESTLESS; SUBJECTIVE COMMUNICATION; HABITUAL THINKING; RASH; CHANGEABLE; VACILLATING.

Your MOON is OPPOSITE MERCURY, indicating that you experience a conflict between feeling and thinking. Your thought-processes and communications with others are often strongly influenced by your emotions and feelings - which sometimes leads to misunderstandings. For instance, you are apt to speak without forethought, blurting out what you feel (or saying what you think) without considering the consequences or the repercussions. On occasions too you let subjective feelings or momentary considerations override reason and clear thinking, leading later to regret over impulsive decisions or hasty actions. You tend to mistrust logic, feeling it to be cold, hard and impersonal, preferring instead to judge people and events subjectively and by your own set of strongly held, although perhaps not explicitly formulated, values. You can be defensive and react strongly if your ideas or opinions are questioned, probably because you invest a great deal of emotion in what you think and believe. You find it tricky sometimes to remain detached and neutral in situations that other people seem to sail through effortlessly. You enjoy talking, but often end up talking about trivial matters or about your own private problems. Some with this aspect use up a lot of energy worrying, fretting or being in a state of anxiety - often with little real reason. Your state of mind is intimately linked with the state of your feelings, and if you are upset for whatever reason, your mind tends to churn, as you dwell on your problems. In this respect, relaxation or time set by each day for simply being calm and peaceful is of enormous benefit. Getting away from your home environment, reading, learning, joining discussion groups, and most importantly of all, discussing your feelings with a close friend or confidante, all allow you a healthier perspective on your emotional needs, and to understand them better.

Moon Trines Venus

KEYWORDS: GOOD TASTE; RELAXED; CULTURED; ATTRACTIVE; ELEGANT; WARMTH; LYRICAL; EASE; ARTISTIC; REFINED; HOSPITABLE; LOVE; AFFECTIONATE; SYMPATHETIC; ATTRACTIVE HOME; EMOTIONALLY RICH; GOOD RELATIONSHIPS; BEAUTY; INDOLENT; CHARM; POPULARITY; WELL-LIKED; RECREATION.

Your MOON is TRINE VENUS, which means that your feelings are in harmony with your ability to relate to people. You are warmly disposed towards people and able to express your feelings towards them with ease. Your manner is friendly and warm in a natural and unforced way. Consequently you get on well with people, and your relationships with people are generally characterised by their tact, harmony, and richness of feeling. You have a gift for putting people at their ease in such a way that those who are shy or socially un-confident are able to relax and open up in your company. You have a love of beauty and art, and your home is likely to be well-decorated and comfortable, reflecting not only your good taste but also the emotional atmosphere within it. You welcome guests to your home and will offer shelter to friends that need it. Arguments in the home are likely to be settled amicably and peacefully (unless, that is, you have contrary aspects such as Pluto square or opposite the Moon, or Mars, Saturn, Uranus or Pluto in the Fourth House). You get on especially well with women, and in general they are supportive and caring towards you. You dislike brutality and vulgarity and avoid them wherever possible.

Moon Opposes Mars

KEYWORDS: IRRITABLE; MOODY; AGGRESSIVE; IMPULSIVE; RASH; EXCITABLE; REBELLION AGAINST RESTRICTION; POLARITY OR CHOICE BETWEEN FEELINGS/ HOME-LIFE AND ASSERTION OR SEX.

Your MOON is OPPOSITE MARS, indicating a conflict between your need for security on the one hand, and your ability to assert yourself on the other. One manifestation of this aspect is that you may be subject to strong inner tensions which express themselves outwardly as irritability, anger or moodiness. If so, your relationships with others, especially those closest to you, may be tense. Such tension may have its roots in childhood. As a child, one or both of your parents (probably your mother), may have found it hard to express or satisfy their emotional needs in a balanced or reasonable manner, and consequently he, she or they may have often gave in to strong emotions such as anger or aggression. You may have grown up thinking that this was entirely normal, and so feel that you have to constantly defend yourself against attack, or even attack others before they attack you. Needless to say, this can give rise to friction between yourself and others. Anger can be a very destructive emotion, although in the right circumstances it is an entirely healthy and appropriate response. If you find that you are often touchy, irritable or angry with other people (or even with yourself) ask yourself whether you are in control of your feelings, or whether they control of you. Maybe they are simply a habit, a reflex. There is the possibility with this aspect too of having 'introjected' parental anger as a child, so that in adulthood there is a reserve of anger directed inwardly at ones own being, which may obviously give rise to all sorts of symptomatic behaviour, such as eating disorders or bullying.

Because your emotional reactions are often quick and intense, you may be prone to tensions caused by stress. You would do well to have plenty of outlets for your physical and emotional energies, in order to give yourself healthy 'release valves'. Sport, exercise, competitive games, outdoor pursuits are good candidates.

Another side to the Moon/Mars opposition is of experiencing a conflict between your feelings and your sexual desires. For example, you could feel that your family or parents don't approve of your sex-life or your lovers, or alternatively, you may feel that sex and intimacy are separate things. With this aspect it is important to cultivate self-acceptance and a healthy sense of self-love, so that one learns to direct one's plentiful emotional energies to emotionally constructive, fulfilling ends, rather than destructive and unfulfilling ones.

Moon Sextiles Jupiter

KEYWORDS: WARM; FRIENDLY; GOOD-HUMOURED; LIKED; CHEERFUL; GOOD RELATIONSHIP TO MOTHER; GOOD HOME; SYMPATHETIC; DOMESTIC HARMONY; HONEST; GENUINE; SINCERE; HAPPY WOMEN; IMAGINATIVE.

Your MOON is SEXTILE JUPITER, meaning that your feelings harmonise with your ideals. People like you because you are sincere and generally cheerful. Your childhood is likely to have been happy, and your relationship to your parents, especially your mother, good. This has given you a sense of inner security, born of the knowledge that there is always someone to turn to for support if you ever need it. You are instinctively honest and appreciate this quality in others. You are tolerant of people's failings and are prepared to give them a second chance if they let you down. People sometimes look to you for sympathy or to have their spirits lifted. Your home is probably a friendly, lively and comfortable place to live in.

Moon Squares Ascendant

KEYWORDS: OVERSENSITIVE; TOUCHY; MOODY; CHANGEABLE; EMOTIONS AFFECTING RELATIONSHIPS; HABIT; EARLY CONDITIONING; WITHDRAWAL; NEED FOR SECURITY; IMPRESSIONABLE; SENTIMENTAL; FAMILY TIES; SEEKS APPROVAL; NEED FOR DETACHMENT; SENSITIVITY; WARM; FEELING; SUBJECTIVE; CONCERN; CARING; PARENTING.

Your MOON is SQUARE the ASCENDANT, which means that you experience a conflict between your expressing your feelings and keeping them to yourself. This aspect can manifest in a number of different, sometimes contradictory ways, but each points to your being a sensitive, emotional person who sometimes finds it difficult to keep feelings under wraps, although you may try very hard. You may be notably warm and caring, but find it easy to become overly involved in other people's problems. Perhaps this is a way of avoiding dealing with your own. On the other hand, perhaps you are wary of expressing your feelings openly for fear of making yourself vulnerable, but even so, your strongly emotional nature will express itself as moodiness or irritability. Learn to respect and honour your own needs and feelings - they are what make you special, after all. Honouring your feelings means telling someone that what they said hurt, or that you are uncomfortable with their behaviour. It also means being honest about what you need and want in life, and about what you do not need and want.

Another possibility with this aspect is that you can be very much a creature of habit, which may annoy those who live with you. Trivial matters, such as where you keep your toothbrush (or where your partner keeps theirs) may become 'bones of contention' and assume more importance than they really merit. Also, your strong ties to your parents may cause a certain amount of resentment with partners, who may pressure you to decide which matters more to you, them or your parents. You have a strongly sentimental streak and love to surround yourself with mementoes of the past, heirlooms or possessions that have a story attached to them.

Moon Squares North Node

KEYWORDS: LACK OF ADAPTABILITY; DIFFICULTIES WITH FAMILY; NEED FOR SECURITY.

Your MOON is SQUARE the MOON'S NODE(S), indicating that you experience a conflict between your emotional needs and your desire to grow as an individual. As a young adult, pursuing your interests or hobbies may have met with the disapproval of your family. They may have had other ideas about what you should be doing with your time and talents, and this could have lead to quarrels or even a premature separation from the family home. On the other hand, you might be strongly influenced by family conditioning or by their concern for your security in life, and this might make you fearful of treading your own individual path or of discovering your individuality for yourself. If this is the case, it can lead to stagnation and to the comforting torpor of a totally secure (but totally predictable) life.

Another possible manifestation of this aspect is that your own desire to grow as a human being and fulfil your own potential may conflict with responsibilities to your spouse or children. If so, you should aim to integrate the needs of both, for example by including them in your plans and activities.

Ascendant Squares Mercury

KEYWORDS: GOSSIP; MISJUDGEMENT; SUPERFICIAL; FLIGHTY; ANXIOUS; NERVOUS; COMMUNICATION DIFFICULTIES; MISUNDERSTANDINGS; OVER-ANALYTICAL; CRITICAL; INTELLECTUAL; STIMULATING; CHATTY; UNFRIENDLY; DISAGREEMENTS; ACTIVE MIND; NERVOUS ENERGY; EDGY; SCATTERED ENERGY; RUMOUR; PRACTICAL JOKES; INSINCERE.

Your ASCENDANT is SQUARE MERCURY, meaning that you experience a conflict between your communication skills and your outward personality. This manifests in a variety of ways, the first being that you tend inadvertently to say things you don't mean, or are often misunderstood by people. You are naturally very talkative, and at times you find it difficult to stop yourself from gossiping or saying things you later realise you shouldn't have, and this may lead people to be cautious about what they tell you. You probably possess a high degree of nervous energy, and an active mind, both of which may make it difficult to slow down or relax. You are constantly on the move, and may even fear resting because it forces you to confront your real feelings and thoughts. Periodic rest is vital however, as it gives your mind and nervous system a chance to calm down and replenish their energy. Otherwise, you could exist in a state of restless anxiety.

You enjoy mental pursuits such as reading etc, and may be an obviously intelligent or even intellectual person. Don't let your intelligence get in the way of living however, or you could spend more time thinking about life than actually experiencing it.

Ascendant Trines Saturn

KEYWORDS: MATURE; RESPONSIBLE; SERIOUS PERSONALITY; EXPERIENCED; HARD-WORKING; SENSIBLE; RESPECTED; STRONG; STABLE; STABLE MARRIAGE; PRACTICAL; ECONOMICAL; BUSINESS-SENSE; SELF-DISCIPLINED; SELF-RELIANT; INTEGRITY; RELIABLE.

Your ASCENDANT is TRINE SATURN, which means that you experience a harmony between your outward personality and your ability to deal effectively with reality. You have a realistic attitude to life and are, if necessary prepared to put off short-term pleasures in order to achieve long-term goals. This aspect of Saturn lends weight to the personality, so it is unlikely that you are frivolous or superficial. Indeed, your sense of responsibility, and the natural air of authority you project, inspires people's respect. In your work you are suited to roles that demand discipline and professionalism. In behaviour you can be somewhat reserved, certainly not given to impulsive or uncontrolled actions. You do not unthinkingly trust your feelings, nor do you base your judgement and actions on them, which makes some people regard you as cold or uncaring. This would be a misinterpretation of your real nature however. Tradition and the past are important to you, and as such you may be rather conservative in your attitudes. Change simply for change's sake does not appeal in the least. You are capable of achieving much in life through your own hard work. Your relationships benefit from your maturity and loyalty, and consequently your marriage in particular is likely to be stable.

Ascendant Trines Neptune

KEYWORDS: COMPASSIONATE; REFINED; IDEALISTIC; ROMANTIC; KIND; UNDERSTANDING; ARTISTIC; IMAGINATIVE; WEAK; OPEN.

Your ASCENDANT is TRINE NEPTUNE, indicating that there is an easy flow of energy between your imagination and your personality. This aspect denotes physical sensitivity, and may bring a softness or gentleness to the appearance, as well as a certain imaginativeness to the clothes you wear and the image you project. Indeed, people may see you as glamorous, alluring or even mysterious. In general, your openness and sympathy makes it easy for people to trust you. People often open up in your presence, expressing things they would normally hold back. People often come to you when they need a shoulder to cry on - something you may or may not welcome, depending on the rest of your birthchart.

Art, fashion, beauty or spirituality may strongly influence your lifestyle, and you may be drawn to some form of spiritual path or artistic expression - although whether you pursue this seriously and with commitment is another matter. You need a harmonious or beautiful environment in order to feel at peace, and time spent quietly each day enables you to recharge your energies and recuperate from prolonged social contact or work. You are sensitive to your environment and quickly pick up the emotional atmosphere around you. You find it easy sometimes to let things drift, so it is a good idea to make time out periodically to attend to practical problems and get them out of the way.

Ascendant Opposes Pluto

KEYWORDS: POWERFUL OR DEMANDING MARRIAGE PARTNER(S); INTENSE RELATIONSHIPS; FATAL ATTRACTIONS; ANTI-SOCIAL; DOMINATION; SOCIAL POWER; FASCINATING; DEMANDING; PUBLIC OR POLITICAL POWER; TRANSFORMED BY RELATIONSHIPS; STRUGGLES; POWER GAMES; MANIPULATION; DEPTH OF LOVE.

Your ASCENDANT is OPPOSITE PLUTO, indicating that your long-term relationships are usually intense. The issue of power often comes up in your relationships, whether you actively seek it or not. You may be especially attracted to people who possess personal, social, financial or sexual power. On the other hand, you may have such power yourself and exert a similar fascination over others. This is fine if that power is not abused, but if it is then the relationship can prove quite destructive, with one partner subtly, or not so subtly, trying to dominate, possess or manipulate the other. For this reason you should be wary of whom you make any sort of commitment to, and should learn to trust both your instincts about other people (which are acute), and also the feeling that there is 'someone' out there whom you are destined to share your life with.

You may with this aspect be quite active publicly, perhaps even to the extent of 'courting publicity', though there is the danger that this backfires on you. You know how to wield power in social situations, and may at times even become involved in intrigues or political manoeuvring to maintain your position or influence.

Ascendant Squares Midheaven

KEYWORDS: CONFLICT BETWEEN PERSONALITY AND PUBLIC IMAGE/ HIGHER SELF AND LOWER SELF/ACTUALITY AND AIMS; UNDIRECTED.

Your Ascendant is square the Midheaven, which means that your outward personality conflicts with your public image. This is not an especially important aspect, but shows that the image you present to people at work or in your career or public life is quite separate from your everyday personality - a different 'front' if you like. Generally, you prefer to keep your career life separate from your social or private life, and you are quite successful in this aim. You may be distressed sometimes at the gulf between your goals in life and the actualities of your existence, but equally this may work as a strongly motivating factor.

Mercury Conjuncts Mars

KEYWORDS: MENTALLY ASSERTIVE; SHARP TONGUE; QUICK-WITTED; OUTSPOKEN; FRANK; ENTERPRISING; ARGUMENTATIVE; SARCASTIC; DECISIVE; REPARTEE; JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS; STRONG-MINDED; MENTAL BATTLES; RESTLESS; IMPATIENT; DEBATE; SHARP; INTELLIGENT; PENETRATING INTELLECT; HASTY; NERVOUS ENERGY; MENTAL ACTIVITY; ARTICULATE; MENTAL ENERGY; TOUCHY; MENTAL EFFORT; DISPUTES.

Your MERCURY is CONJUNCT MARS, which means that you assert yourself verbally and mentally. You have a sharp and penetrating intelligence and are definitely 'on the ball'. Your mind works quickly, and you are rarely stuck for an answer when questioned. You are naturally argumentative and defend your ideas fiercely. If criticised, or your judgement questioned, you react defensively and can take up standpoints that you know are not really worth taking. Depending on childhood experiences, you may be tempted to dominate others mentally, or attack them unnecessarily through criticism or even sarcasm. You are frank (sometimes overly so) and outspoken, and because you know your mind well you are not afraid to speak it clearly. You love a good debate and are an impassioned, skilled and forceful speaker, for which reason you may make a good public speaker, or may be drawn to politics. You put a lot of energy into mental activities and are capable of hard slog when it comes to writing, reading and thinking things through. You have much nervous energy and are rarely inactive for long. Take care not to overstrain yourself or over-tax your resources. Give your mind and your body a break sometimes.

Mercury Trines Jupiter

KEYWORDS: BROADMINDED; INTELLIGENT; CONSTRUCTIVE; POSITIVE MENTALITY; WELL-READ; LITERARY; PUBLISHING; HIGHER EDUCATION; WRITING; TOLERANT; CONFIDENT SPEAKER; HONEST; ETHICAL; QUICK GRASP; TRAVELLING; INTELLECTUAL PURSUITS; OPTIMISM; PHILOSOPHICAL; EVOLVED; LEARNING; FORESIGHT; WEALTH OF IDEAS; ORATORY; BUSINESS SENSE; KNOWLEDGEABLE; INTEGRITY; HIGH STANDARDS; AFFABLE; SENSE OF HUMOUR; GOOD COMPANY; ORGANISED; WIDE SCOPE; STUDYING; THINKING ON A LARGE SCALE;

Your MERCURY is TRINE JUPITER, which means that you have a positive mentality and communicate with confidence. You find it easy to grasp ideas and are confident in expressing them, for which reason you are likely to have done well at school. You believe in the power of positive thinking and always look for the opportunities to be found in even the most seemingly difficult problems. You enjoy thinking on a large scale and tend to make bold plans for the future. You have so many good ideas at any one time, that by the law of averages many never get past the drawing board. You could well have a talent for writing, teaching, or even public speaking, such is your enjoyment of, and skill in, communicating and presenting ideas in a way that stimulates and enthuses people. Even if you choose not to pursue these paths, your love of reading, literature and current ideas ensures that your mind never grows dull. You are stimulating company and have a generous sense of humour.

You enjoy broadening your mind through new experiences, for which reason you may be a keen traveller. You are tolerant, particularly of views or opinions different to your own, and are more interested in discovering the truth than in mindless adherence to a particular position. You may establish fortunate connections in the publishing or broadcasting field.

Mercury Squares Pluto

KEYWORDS: POWERFUL THINKER OR COMMUNICATOR; CONTROVERSIAL; SECRETIVE; PENETRATING; HARSH; PERCEPTIVE; CRITICAL; RESEARCHING; INVESTIGATIVE; PROFOUND; DEEP-THINKING; DETECTION; CUNNING; VERBAL AGGRESSION; INTELLECTUAL POWER-STRUGGLES; FORCEFUL SPEAKER; DISAGREEMENTS; STUDY; MYSTERIES; EXTREME IDEAS; INSIGHT; SUSPICIOUS; SARCASTIC; PROPAGANDA; TABOO; COMPULSIVE SPEECH.

Your MERCURY is SQUARE PLUTO, which shows that you experience a conflict between your mental and communication skills on the one hand, and your instincts or power needs on the other. You are highly perceptive, and rarely take things, events, or people at their face value. Indeed, your immediate reaction is often one of suspicion, which may lead to an overly cynical outlook on life. You can be highly secretive, and certainly, you are adept at keeping information to yourself. You realise that knowledge is power, and that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing (to use a well-worn cliche), so you are judicious in your communication of it to other people. In fact, you can sometimes be quite devious when you want to be. When you communicate, you do it forcefully, even harshly, and may be known, or even feared, for your cutting remarks or biting wit. Arguments and intellectual power struggles are likely to a fact of life for you, and it often seems as though people are threatened by what you say even - if this is not your intention. Perhaps your acute insight makes them feel uncomfortable. There is something compulsive about your thought-processes, and perhaps also with your speech. Once you start talking you may find it difficult to stop. Alternatively, it may be hard to get a word out of you at all. You can be a fascinating, moving and compelling speaker, a gift you may need to learn wisely and to constructive ends.

You are fascinated by mysteries, and not afraid to investigate or delve into areas many would consider taboo, particularly if they involve the darker or more hidden aspects of life, such as the occult, crime, sex etc. You are adept at thoroughly researching a subject, and have the knack of shutting out all distractions when you do. Be aware of your tendency towards obsessive or black-and-white thinking however, and allow other people to hold views that differ from your own.

Mercury Conjuncts Midheaven

KEYWORDS: INTELLECTUAL CAREER; COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC; MANY CONTACTS; ELOQUENT; THE MEDIA; MOBILITY AT WORK; KNOWLEDGE; INFORMATION; STRONG INTELLECT; WELL-INFORMED; CONSCIOUSNESS OF OWN IDEAS; PUBLIC OPINIONS; DEBATE; FLEXIBLE AIMS; SHARP MIND; OBJECTIVE; PUBLIC SPEAKING; PLANS; PRINTING; PUBLISHING; TEACHING; EDUCATION.

Your MERCURY is CONJUNCT the MIDHEAVEN, which means that your work/career utilises your intelligence and ability to communicate. You know your own mind well, and are a clear and objective thinker, able to comprehend ideas quickly and express your view and opinions confidently. You are eloquent, persuasive, and skilled in communicating with people, and these qualities are likely to strongly impress both employers and the public, with whom you are likely to have much contact. Publishing, journalism, the media, writing, teaching, lecturing, research, libraries, information technology, training, the travel industry, telecoms, commerce, printing, marketing and advertising are all fields in which you could excel. You are clear about your aims in life, though are not rigid about sticking to a single set of plans or goals. Indeed, you are remarkably flexible about them and are capable of changing track quickly if necessary, or if your interests change.

You could have a talent for public speaking, lecturing or presenting, and at some time in your life your ideas or opinions are likely to be heard or discussed by the public. You know many people, and are adept at fostering contacts that might be advantageous to your future prospects.

Mars Trines Jupiter

KEYWORDS: BOUNDLESS ENERGY; ACTIVITY; HONOUR; PROCREATION; LOVE OF FREEDOM; BUOYANT; OPEN; FRANK; OPTIMISM; LUCKY; JOIE-DE-VIVRE; SPIRITED; SPORTING; SUCCESSFUL ENTERPRISES; ORGANISING; PROWESS; ENTHUSIASM; PHILOSOPHICAL OR RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY; POSITIVE; HEALTHY AMBITION; CONSTRUCTIVE; ADVENTURE; PHYSICAL STRENGTH; FORTUNATE; DISLIKE OF UNNECESSARY RESTRICTIONS; BONHOMIE; COURAGE; CONFIDENCE; HONESTY; PRINCIPLED; DRIVE TO SUCCEED; TRAVEL.

Your MARS is TRINE JUPITER, which indicates that your ability to assert yourself harmonises with your ideals. You have a confident and positive approach to life and are highly energetic. You have strong beliefs and the courage to act on your convictions. Not that you are rebellious or go out of your way to flout authority, but most of your actions are based on ethical principles and you are prepared to stand up and fight if your freedom, or even other people's, is threatened, or you see injustice being done. Because of this people respect you, and they are also inspired by your enthusiasm and capacity for positive action. Your optimism seems to generate its own good fortune for you, and you are quick to spot and take advantage of any opportunities that come your way. You are enterprising and prepared to take risks in life, and for this reason are likely to be successful in many of your endeavours. You are frank and forthright, and believe in honesty and honour, and consequently people always know where they stand with you. You love the adventure and freedom that travelling gives you.

Mars Squares North Node

KEYWORDS: TENSION CAUSED BY DESIRE TO GROW; OBSTACLES; CHALLENGES; IRRITABILITY; CONFLICTS CAUSED BY PERSONAL GROWTH.

Your MARS is SQUARE the MOON'S (NORTH) NODE, which means that you experience conflicts when following your unique path in life. You want to fulfil the potentials symbolised by the North node in your horoscope, but often find obstacles in your way when you try to do so. Sometimes you have to fight to follow the path that you know is yours, even if this means going against other peoples' wishes, for instance your parents', or battling against difficult circumstances. The conflict between stagnation and fulfilling your potentials often gives rise to tension, irritability and anger, which can only be resolved by direct action.

Midheaven Sextiles Uranus

KEYWORDS: UNUSUAL HOME LIFE; FREEDOM WITHIN THE FAMILY;ENLIGHTENED UPBRINGING; POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDSFUTURE; ESTABLISHING ONE'S OWN LIFE; STIMULATING CAREER;

Your MIDHEAVEN is SEXTILE URANUS, which means that there is a harmony between your desire for freedom on the one hand, and your goals and your upbringing on the other (especially the latter). As a child, your parents probably gave you a great deal of leeway to be yourself and to do things the way you wanted to do them. They may have done this because they respected your individuality, or perhaps because they believed in a liberal upbringing. Either way, you no doubt benefited from the enlightened and fairly free atmosphere within the family, and this has enabled you to view your future with some excitement - since you instinctively feel that life will allow you the same freedoms that you experienced when young. For this reason you are likely to seek work that allows creative stimulation, or that requires initiative and the freedom to set your own objectives. You will probably change jobs, and even direction, several times in your life, as your interests and ideas change.

Midheaven Squares Pluto

KEYWORDS: TWISTS OF FATE; ABUSES OF POWER; DESIRE FOR STATUS; EXTREME AMBITION; DIFFICULT PUBLIC IMAGE; DESIRE TO CHANGE THE WORLD; REVOLUTIONARY; DISRUPTED CHILDHOOD; DESTINY; OFFICIAL DISFAVOUR; AUTOCRATIC; ABANDONMENT.

Your MIDHEAVEN is SQUARE PLUTO, which indicates that your desire for power conflicts with your career or goals in life. During childhood, traumatic experiences may have resulted in a lack of inner security, and a feeling that the world is a hostile place, full of potentially threatening situations. This could have resulted (naturally enough) in a desire for power, especially social power, as a means of enabling yourself to feel secure and in control. Indeed, for you, recognition, success, and status may very much be a substitute for missing childhood security, whilst recognition by the public may feel very much like the recognition from your parents you feel you lacked. Consequently, you may feel strongly driven to succeed in your ambitions at all costs, and this can give rise to conflicts with those who are threatened by your goals. Your aims may be at odds with those in authority, and thus you may also provoke their opposition. There is a strongly revolutionary streak within you, and this can lead to your imposing your will or ideas on people, which of course they will resist. If at all political for instance, you may be vociferous in your demands and not afraid to register your protest. The public, should you be known to them, may be wary of you, regarding you as either subversive (if not in power) or autocratic (if possessing power). You want to rise to the top, and given your motivation probably will, but you should be careful not to take too many short-cuts or make too many enemies on the way, otherwise you could be laying the foundations for your own downfall. You have a strong sense of destiny, and to back this up may experience many 'twists of fate' in your life that change your position radically. If you regard power as a tool to be used for everybody's benefit rather than an end in itself, you can potentially contribute a great deal to the improvement of society.

Saturn Squares Uranus

KEYWORDS: TENSION; REBELLION; UNREST; LIMITATION OF FREEDOM; STRAIN; EMOTIONAL CONFLICTS; USE OF FORCE; BREAK WITH THE PAST/TRADITION; RADICAL; AGGRESSIVE; INFLEXIBLE; OBSTINATE; CONFORMITY.

Your SATURN is SQUARE URANUS, indicating that you experience a conflict between restriction and freedom in your life. The operation within yourself of these two contradictory principles can give rise to a great deal of friction and difficulty, which may be expressed as irritability, occasional outbursts and even muscular tension. Depending on which planet is stronger in your horoscope, you are drawn either to rebellion and individualism on the one hand, or to conformity and duty on the other. If the former, you may experience the demands of work in particular as a burden that stifles your spirit, until the pressure forces you to suddenly break free, perhaps quite dramatically, from whatever situation, person or job is oppressing you. You may be in a perpetual state of rebellion against society or authority figures within it (who may all remind you of a parent!), so that your actions are not based on reason or conviction but sheer wilfulness. If the latter is the case however, the situation is very different, with you conforming to the role expected of you by your family, society or work at the expense of your individuality and uniqueness. If this is the case it can lead to anxiety, which in a sense is simply suppressed excitement, and even neurosis. Whichever planet is stronger, there is likely to be an 'on/off' quality about you which can be exhausting to others (and yourself!), and you may find a sense of stability and balance in your life difficult to achieve. You need to find ways to creatively engage with both principles so that you can give form to your true individuality. Your real growth in life comes when you have the courage to accept your real desires and establish your differences from other people, no matter how uncomfortable this may feel at first.

Saturn Trines Neptune

KEYWORDS: SELF-DENIAL; HEALING WORK; HELPING; ASCETIC; PATIENT; RENUNCIATION; CAUTIOUS; PAINSTAKING; MOROSE; SPIRITUAL DEPTH; SUBTLE OR BEHIND-THE-SCENES WORK; MEDITATION; SPIRITUAL WORK; KARMA; SPIRITUAL RESPONSIBILITY; HIGH STANDARDS; ETHICAL; UNDERSTANDING; SOBER; REALISTIC; PRACTICAL IDEALISM; PRINCIPLED; AUSTERE; SELFLESS; REFLECTIVE; MONASTIC.

Your SATURN is TRINE NEPTUNE, meaning that you experience a harmony between reality and imagination. You are subject to few illusions about life, mainly because you know that dreams are just that, dreams. Unless, that is, they are worked at in order to make them happen. Similarly with ideals. So-called idealists who talk persuasively but who don't put their ideas into action are unlikely to impress you. You take your spiritual responsibilities seriously and have a strong desire to do some good in the world. This could manifest as working with the underprivileged or the ill; helping to organise or administer some kind of reforming group (social, political, environmental etc); or as following some form of spiritual path (such as meditation) in a disciplined and methodical way. Being thoughtful and reflective, you find it hard to ignore the reality of suffering in the world, something that forces you to question deeply about the whys and wherefores of life. You can be incredibly self-sacrificing at times and will patiently do the hard, caring work - for instance looking after someone who is old or sick - that other people would rather not do. Your tendency to dwell on the gloomier side of life may occasionally weigh you down, so to combat this you should occasionally treat yourself to a complete break and let the world carry on without you for a while. It is important too that you show understanding and compassion towards yourself - you deserve it! You are quite monastic in a way and may be content to live simply, even austerely.

Saturn Sextiles Pluto

KEYWORDS: DISCIPLINE; HARD WORK; AMBITION; SELF-DENIAL; THOROUGH; PAINSTAKING; SILENT ACTIVITY; RESEARCH; COMPULSIVE; RIGID; ORGANISED; EFFORT; ENDURANCE; SURVIVAL; TOUGH; CONCENTRATION.

Your SATURN is SEXTILE PLUTO, indicating that your sense of responsibility and realism is in harmony with your deepest instincts. You have a toughness and endurance which, during the easy times of your life you may not realise you possess. For example, you are capable when necessary of falling back on your own resources and of relying on yourself for guidance and survival, enabling you to survive hardship and setbacks without giving in. Your knack for focusing your energies and concentrating on whatever you are involved in is should be appreciated as a valuable skill in certain work environments, and should increase your chances of advancement. If hard work is needed, you do it, even if it necessitates self-denial or great self-discipline. You are especially good at jobs demanding dedication, thoroughness and research - perhaps behind-the-scenes work that is necessary although not especially glamorous, such as industrial or mechanical work, or difficult work in extreme conditions such as mining or drilling for oil. Finally for this aspect, you are unafraid of being alone and may even be drawn to solitude or to wilderness experiences where there is just you and the elements.

Neptune Sextiles Pluto

KEYWORDS: AN INTENSIFIED AND PURIFIED SOUL-LIFE; GREAT SENSITIVITY; ACTIVE IMAGINATION; ILLUSIONS; CLAIRVOYANCE; MYSTICISM; THE SUPERNATURAL; SELF-KNOWLEDGE (BY INNER REALISATION OF TRUTH).

Your NEPTUNE is SEXTILE PLUTO, indicating that there is a harmony between the principles of transcendence and regeneration in your psyche. As Neptune and Pluto are the two slowest moving planets in the solar system, this aspect was active in people's birth-charts from 1942 to 1986. Nonetheless it does have an influence, albeit very difficult to detect in the individual. It is associated with the emotional confrontation with the reality of suffering on a mass scale, something that the 20th century has experienced too many times, through war, revolution, poverty and environmental catastrophe. There is also a greater awareness of the impact of humanity on the environment, and a greater realisation that we are all inextricably linked together regardless of race, language or even distance.