Thanks Mindewiz! That was helpful. Let me see if i understand you right.
Ok so this means that my confusion and feeling like the majority of Aries didnt apply to me was because i didnt understand how the Sun works in Aries? So in other words what i described myself as wasnt really peculiar or odd for an Aries? That makes me feel a bit better and less confused there. And im assuming that Combust and Conjunction are referring to relative placement and angles between celestial bodies? Not too sure i understand the Math-y things, but i dont think thats important for me to know....yet
As I said in my post I don't use the modern sun sign approach, it's got all sort of problems so I wouldn't see you as an 'Aries' or a 'Pisces' or a 'Gemini' or any other sign. Signs are not personality characteristics, they are modifiers to planetary energy or functioning. That's been the case in both Western and Indian Astrology for over 2,000 years but sadly Astrology in the West almost died out after the seventeenth century and it's resurrection in the late nineteenth led to a wholesale change. This is not the place to go into that in detail but I'd address your Aries planets (as an example) as follows:
Sun in exaltation in Aries - exaltation enables it to act confidently and in a prominent way. The Sun aignifies (traditionally) the mature you - in exaltation it would be characterised by words such as faithful, industrious, good judgement and honour, generous, speaking with authority and gravity, speaking with confidence, commanding affection, very humane - honourable and nothing sordid.
Mercury - Not as strong in Aries as the Sun, indeed in some parts of Aries it's weak. In your case it has some small dignity, so it's a mixture of the good and bad of Mercury but with a balance towards the good. So you might well be good at arguing and debating, good at learning and can speak well but thre might be a tendency to overdo the wit and sometimes speak first and think later.
Modern Astrology tends to see Cardinal signs as thrusting and initiating - Traditional sees them as 'Moveable', they mark the changes from one season to another, and so are associated with change and transformation (not in the modern Pluto sense) So rather than constantly intiating and thrusting you may change things quite often, either because you are bored or because something else looks more interesting. Mercury has connections with travel so you might be keen on travelling (changeing your location or even your house)
n your case both planets are in the eleventh so their functioning tends to be more immediately in the area of friends, and also your hopes and aspirations. So the Sun describes how you deal with your friends and Mercury how you interact with them on a rational level. Obviously it's not the only area in which they function but it's the one where then shine through more clearly.
Zechariah13 said:
ok, so a sensitivity that isnt an easy sensitivity. Would that be best reflected by reading emotions that arent really there (i.e. thinking i've offended people when i really havent), tending to only sense the negative emotions of people (sadness, tension, 20 years of unresolved pain from abuse) or that when i feel the aforementioned neg. emotions, they tend to stick to me for about 3 days before i can get them off.
Or are we talking about a less mystic sensitivity, like not being able to handle very much at any given time before snapping? OR is it all of these? or none? Darn i love learning new things!
Yes those seem to be reasonable possibilities, though not necessarily all of them or all at the same time. It's perhaps more something that shows up in your interactions in the course of your employment (Moon in the tenth) that is with work colleagues or people you meet in the course of doing your job. Again they can show up elsewhere less immediately but significantly rules your second house of money and resources. By it's nature the Moon is changeable (it goes through phases) so you may well go through phases of being careful and then being a bit of a spendthrift.
Zechariah13 said:
well, now i know what that is. Thanks. But what would be your best interpretation of the North Node being in Pisces? I find it curious that Pisces and Aries and Gemini all seem to have an equal pull, or an equal number of pulls on my life (Aries: Sun and Mercury, Pisces Moon and N.Node, Gemini: Venus and Ascendant) Does that mean anything to you?
Dealing with your last point first, It's not unusual to have two to four signs emphasised. Sun, Mercury and Venus are always close together - Mercury is never more than 27 degrees from the Sun, so it's in either the same sign as the Sun or in one of the adjacent signs. Venus is never more than 48 degrees from the Sun, again a maximum of two signs from the Sun and more usually only one. So having all these three in the same sign is not unusual and it is less common to have them in three separate signs.
Now couple that with a list of ten planets, the Ascendant, MC, North Node and Part of Fortune and it's clear that some signs are going to have more than one planet or point and more likely several. Downplay the North Node, MC and Part of Fortune in terms of your overall character though.
On the North Node, oddly it does have Exaltation in Gemini, but otherwise it has no dignity by sign, so personally, I wouldn't give it any variation according to it's sign placement, what matters is planets that are in aspect to it, because it gives a benefic effect. Now I'm very non-standard in a modern sense, where most Astrologers tend to bestow all sorts of mystical or karmic overtones. Karma is a Vedic concept and if you're going to introduce Indian concepts you might as well go the whole hog and practise Vedic Astrology, where at least you'd get the authentic version rather than trying to cobble Indian Mysticism onto Western Astrology. Now that's very non-standard, so please read more about the Interpretations of the nodes.
Zechariah13 said:
Oh and if you want your reading now, you can post whatever question and spread you want, if you have a spread preference. There arent any questions that i wont do readings for. Thanks again!
Well I've not really done any reading for you, simply helped a little. but thanks for the offer.
I'll post your temperament reading later
