Reading for MandMaud
Hi Minderwiz! You still taking questions on this thread? If so, here's mine:
I have recently decided on a definite new career direction. "Career" is too strong really; poor health has stopped me earning for years now and I've spent a long time trying to find something to bring some money in more than the occasional eBay listing. I've realised I must go for several little strands rather than one job. I have been discussing on AT the practicalities of reading tarot online, for example, but also I'm a healer and haven't ever done that professionally, and this week I have finally booked a course in teaching Laughter Yoga so I'll be qualified to do that by the end of March! This is something that's "solid" and I feel it will work best to let the other strands grow around and from the edges of that. If you see what i mean.
Things of this kind move VERY slowly in my life compared with "normal" (because of my level of health); think 5-6 times longer to take each step than you'd normally expect. That's not counting delays that happen. So instead of qualifying and then booking a room, getting insured, advertising, and starting to run classes after Easter, it may be months to get that far. There are other big projects ongoing (house repairs, an imminent legal battle, other stuff) and fluctuating health is in itself a familiar delay. I take enforced breaks and then continue where i left off.
Anyway my question is how things will progress regarding the new me, which I can picture easily now that I have clear plans. That is the me who earns, is "out there" and advertising, part of society again, etc. You could express it as "How will the new business develop?" but you see I had to give all this background because that wording, though appropriate, is misleading.
If you can look to the end of 2016, that's the time frame I'm thinking in terms of. If that's a bit too long, say the end of the summer as I can't see a great deal happening (at the visible level, a lot will happen beneath the surface like the legs of the swan
) before that.
This is a question primarily about the development of your business but it's also clear that your condition is more than just the backdrop to the question. Your condition helps to govern the pace of the business, its rate of development, or whether it develops at all.
The chart cast has Cancer rising but the Moon is placed in Gemini in the twelfth house of loss. In Gemini, the Moon is peregrine, that is without essential dignity, it's weak, in the sense that in order to be effective it needs help or direction, usually from it's domicile lord, Mercury in this case.
The Moon is also approaching Full, which also can be seen as a point where there is little power to act or influence.
In any other horary, I'd say that we already have a sign that things will not work out. However the astrological condition of the Moon, seems to reflect your own description of your current physical condition. So for the moment, I'll take the Moon as accurately signifying your own condition and your own inability to act rapidly or effectively in the short term.
So your overall condition gives me cause for concern in relation to this question. You have allowed for that but I'm not sure you've allowed enough.
There are a number of career indicators I could use. The most obvious one is the tenth house, but in this case I'll also consider the MC (not the cusp of the tenth in Whole Sign Houses) and also the Lots of Fortune and Spirit, which give an indication of how well you can cope with the environment in which your business will be operating.
The tenth house in the chart is Aries, ruled by Mars. Mars is placed in the fourth house of Libra, its Detriment. So in terms of opportunity for your business to flourish, it's in one of the best places. However it is not strong in terms of ability to perform. Mars is however fast and direct.
The second indicator of career/your business is the MC. It's placed in Pisces in the ninth house. Again the placement is quite good, the ninth being the strongest cadent house in a chart The ninth also has significance for Astrology and esoteric skills, whilst I've seen authors include Tarot here, I tend to put Tarot in the third. Jupiter is the ruler of Pisces and actually is placed in the third - just where I would like to see it from the point of view of relevance but, being opposite it's own domicile, it too is in its Detriment, though it is also in its own Terms. So Jupiter indicates some that the business has some ability to perform, though it's nothing strong. Jupiter is however fast and direct.
The last indicator is the Lot of Spirit (the Lot of Fortune indicates your vulnerability to outside forces). This is placed in the seventh house, and because the chart is cast close to the Full Moon, the Lot of Spirit and the Lot of Fortune are closed together in this house. The Sign is Capricorn and thus both Lots are ruled by Saturn. Saturn is weakly placed in the sixth house in Sagittarius. Saturn is also peregrine, at least by medieval scoring. The earlier Hellenistic system gave Saturn some Triplicity rulership in the Fire triplicity. Saturn too is fast and direct. But it is also combust and heading deeper into the Sun's beams. That would seem to reduce greatly it's indication of a positive outcome (though it does not remove it entirely).
So of the three significators, when I take accidental dignity into account I get:
Mars: Slightly weak
Saturn : weak
Jupiter: strong-ish
If I did it on the dignity count, it would come out as just a touch more than neutral. I won't do that because it would hide an important point. Jupiter shows that the idea is sound, Saturn shows that your own ability to deliver and the outside events you can't control weaken the prospects of success. You can't control the outside factors by definition but you need to look at how well you can react and manage what you do.
That Saturn lies in your own house of ill health, shows where the difficulties lie.
Looking at the Moon's progress. Her next aspect is the opposition to the Sun (Full Moon), which rules your second house of substance. Financial resources need to be in place to ensure that the business can cope even when you cannot, due to health reasons. This might be more difficult than you think.
After that the Moon opposes Saturn (your own strength and the external environment) and ends with an trine to Mars and an opposition to Mercury (who is the Moon's ruler and Jupiter's ruler) and that opposition brings Reception, so those last two aspects are favourable and not as bad as it could be. Mercury provides help.
The situation is going to be difficult. You need to look at your own ability to cope over a long period, when cessation of business because of health issues might seriously .damage the business prospects.
It's not a write off or a no-hoper but it's not a shoe-in by any stretch. I think you need support to do it. If that support is in place, then there is a chance that you might make it.
After that The Moon