Identifying
Aspects -- Plus Exaltations
June 17, 2005 (with chart)
http://cainer.com/ericfrancis/jun17.html
Dear Eric,
This may be a really silly question
but... is there ever an occasion when each planet is in the sign it rules?
Also, I wonder if having fewer aspects in
a chart is a good thing? I don't seem to have much going on with interactions
between planets, but tend to think this means less causes of friction? But
maybe I am optimistic :)
Namaste,
Tina Louise
Dear Tina Louise,
Gawd, I hope not. The person would
disappear into their chart. Plus, it would be a chart with a 'splash pattern'
-- all the planets spun out in a circle. These are challenging charts because
we all need focus and concentration in order to get anything done in life;
fortunately most charts have unevenly distributed planets, and this provides
people with the leverage they need to get through the day. A pile of planets
really helps. It's not easy, but man, it's good for you.
Often that leverage is also provided by
planets being allegedly poorly placed in signs. A planet can function
exceedingly well in a sign opposite the one it rules, or where there is no
apparent relationship. It does so because it can gather attention, energy and
effort and in a sense, build itself up to something greater than it could be
otherwise. (This is how Chiron works anywhere, and the effect is the same when
a planet is in a sign it is not supposed to get along with. It's a bit of a
pearl in the oyster effect.)
As for your chart, you have quite a few
aspects, including a stellium in Aquarius offering many conjunctions for you to
sort out (Saturn, South Node, Mercury, Jupiter and Mars), as well as a number
of squares to those planets from Neptune, which will take you very nearly
forever to figure out but which will teach you a lot in the process, as well as
an opposition from Chiron to Pluto (many people have this, and it's quite
interesting and works very well to bring out the highly compatible energy of
both planets), Mars opposite Uranus, and not to mention a wide but meaningful
Sun-Uranus opposition that is the very essence of an the opposition aspect.
You have
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