Birth Chart Interpretation for Princess Diana of Wales July 1, 1961 7:45 PM Sandringham, England Shambhala Chart Service Hank Friedman 7622 Leviston Avenue El Cerrito, CA 94530 (510) 525-3399 From an esoteric point of view your birth chart is a portrait of your soul's intention for this lifetime, the lessons to be learned, qualities to develop, problems to be resolved, service to be rendered. From that perspective, the choices one makes in one's daily life have reverberations that may last beyond even this lifetime. This report is written to help you clarify your lessons and goals, illuminate your struggles, and encourage you to move in the direction of your true purposes. The best to you on your journey... * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Sun 9 Can 40 Pluto 6 Vir 03 Moon 25 Aqu 02 N. Node 29 Leo 43 Mercury 3 Can 12 Asc. 18 Sag 25 Venus 24 Tau 24 MC 23 Lib 03 Mars 1 Vir 39 2nd cusp 18 Cap 25 Jupiter 5 Aqu 06 3rd cusp 18 Aqu 25 Saturn 27 Cap 49 5th cusp 18 Ari 25 Uranus 23 Leo 20 6th cusp 18 Tau 25 Neptune 8 Sco 38 Tropical Equal Daylight Savings Time observed GMT: 18:45:00 Time Zone: 0 hours West Lat. and Long. of birth: 52 N 50 0 E 30 Aspects and orbs: Conjunction : 5 Deg 00 Min Trine : 4 Deg 00 Min Opposition : 5 Deg 00 Min Sextile : 3 Deg 00 Min Square : 4 Deg 00 Min Quincunx : 3 Deg 00 Min Conjunct Asc : 3 Deg 00 Min Above, 5 Deg 00 Min Below Chapter 1: The Moon The placement of the Moon in your birth chart is very significant from a karmic perspective, as it indicates the accumulated karmic tendencies, both positive and negative, that you carry from your past incarnated experiences on earth. While the Sun reveals your intended purposes and lessons for this present life cycle, the MOON represents what you have already done and developed, hence, what is instinctive and natural to you, and what you tend to do over and over again. Your childhood is also reflected in the Moon's placement, as it is through those childhood circumstances that any unresolved past-life issues are re-stimulated. Your subconscious predisposition is indicated by the Moon's position. It is the psychic imprint of the past. The nodes of the Moon describe behavior patterns from the past, as well as delineating a direction out of outworn or overdone behaviors and habits. Moon in Aquarius: You have a deep-seeded streak of unconventionality and an unwillingness to be bound by traditional stereotypes, rules, or authority imposed from outside yourself, so much so that you may feel conspicuously different or "from another planet" when in the company of people who do not question or think for themselves. This is a carry over from past life experiences in which you were very much outside the mainstream of society - a rebel, renegade, or heretic challenging the standards of the day and the orthodox ways of doing things. Stubbornly independent and recalcitrant, you refused to bow down to the powers that be and you still refuse to do so, at least internally. You may find that you threaten your superiors, because subconsciously you send the message that you will not defer or submit to anyone. Deep within you feel that all people are spiritual equals; you despise being dominated or having you freedom impinged upon. You can cooperate quite comfortably on a team or in a circle of equals; it is hierarchy and paternalistic authority you have trouble with. You may find yourself discontented and emotionally unfulfilled in a conventional existence, and thus need to experiment with alternatives and create your own patterns in the realm of sexual partnerships, family relationships, work, or general lifestyle. Traditional gender roles do not work for you (especially if you are female). You need to feel that whatever you do or give is done freely, and you balk when expectations and demands are placed upon you, or other people's should's and shouldn'ts. You may also have an inordinate need for personal space and freedom, so that you shy away from making binding commitments, or trading away your independence for security. (You are also apt to have peculiar tastes or quirky idiosyncrasies involving your diet, or sleeping patterns, or other domestic habits. In some basic way you "dance to the beat of a different drummer". This is fine, but it may require flexibility and understanding on the part of the people you live with). On an emotional level, it is very hard for you to admit that you have needs, or that you need other people. Early in this life (and quite possibly stemming from past incarnations as well) you discovered it felt safer for you to detach yourself emotionally and to be self-sufficient. Your early nurturing may have been inconsistent, unreliable, or abruptly interrupted in some way, and an undertone of disruption, of being uprooted, of not knowing what to expect, may have permeated your earliest years. As a result, it may be difficult for you to stay emotionally connected to other people when you are feeling threatened. You may abruptly cut off contact and become rather distant, aloof and unaccessible when conflict or other uncomfortable emotions arise. You have learned to play it cool -often at the expense of your real emotions and needs. Also, you are essentially idealistic, forever trying to be fair, reasonable, and unselfish, and you will not allow yourself to express or even acknowledge that you feel possessive, or hateful, or any number of other very real, human emotions. If you succeed in burying those feelings, you will begin to act them out erratically and explosively when the internal pressure becomes too much. In your deep subconscious memory, you may have little experience of stability or family in the traditional sense. You may become addicted to change and stimulation, having had to adapt rapidly fluctuating circumstances and many different types of people and settings. Now, you may find that your closest emotional bonds are not based on blood, but on spiritual blood relatives. At times you may even be curiously indifferent to them. However, you do need a society brotherhood or community to share your life journey with, for you are really a "people person" and get a lot of nourishment from group support. Moon Opposition Uranus: In your incarnational past there was a great deal of upheaval and sudden change, possibly precipitated by political or social shifts. You were forced to choose between your home and all that was familiar, versus freedom or your ideals. You became very adaptable, living moment to moment, and there was very little of a solid, enduring home-base. You lived a somewhat unorthodox and unpredictable life which, while insecure and uncertain in many respects, did afford you a lot of freedom and wild adventures. (The pattern of frequent change, movement and upsets in the home may or may not have been repeated early in your current life). The carry over from that time into the present is a peculiar, emotional excitability and a highly, restless emotional state which at times can lead to extreme nervous strain and exhaustion. Along with this is a craving for stimulation and a taste for the new, bizarre, even perverse. You may feel that you were not meant for a "straight", conventional, tranquil existence, even if you long at times for the comforts such a lifestyle seems to provide. A desire for total emotional freedom and release from past conditioning and inhibitions may compel you to make a nearly-total break from your family or heritage, to the point of adopting a new name, religion, or lifestyle than the one you were raised with. All of this may serve you well, to a point. Beware, however, of becoming an extremist and trying to rid yourself of everything in your past, "throwing the baby out with the bath water" so to speak, as this will cut you off from important aspects of yourself. This urge for emotional freedom and excitement can also interfere with your establishment of deep, ongoing relationships. You fear being trapped in monotony and boredom, if you commit yourself to a permanent relationship. Any long-term relationship you form must have a lot of personal space and room to change and to be spontaneous. When out of balance you can become very ungrounded and are prone to emotional swings. Positively, you can be very inspired, musically or artistically or in other ways. When balanced, you have a great sense of rhythm, and your spontaneous intuitive insights and impulses are apt to be right on the mark. Moon Square Venus: You have a great capacity for and one might even say craving for tenderness, devoted love, family belonging, and the sweetness of shared domesticity. Your marriage and your children may well be the focus in your life, but this arena is not apt to be completely harmonious. You have conflicting urges when it comes to satisfying your erotic love feelings. What you want and what gives you pleasure in love may be at odds with what makes you comfortable or secure. Your ability to give and receive love freely may be inhibited by messages you received or experiences you had in childhood, or you may feel conflicting loyalties between your parents and family of origin verses your mate or lover. Or, perhaps, your identification with your role as parent interferes with your lover-relationship with your spouse. Along with this is a tendency to become overly "close" and dependent on family. On another level, you are apt to have a lazy, pleasure-loving side that enjoys being pampered and is disinclined to real effort and self-discipline. A habit of doing things the easy way, and a certain passive desire to be taken care of, may develop. Also, quite possible is an addiction to sweets, and thus an ongoing weight problem. North Node in Leo: In your past, the needs of the group or collective took precedence over your individual wants and needs, and while you perhaps enjoyed the sense of belonging and comradery, your individuality was submerged. Your growth direction now is to become a strong individual in your own right, developing your own creative talents and abilities. North Node in 9th house: Your past tendency influences your thinking and way of interacting with others on a daily basis, perhaps more than you realize. Apply your new attitude or growth direction in the arena of your religious and philosophical beliefs and affiliations, and in developing and new and broader world view. Moon conjunct Venus Regardless of any traumas you may have experienced in the past, you were also surrounded with a lot of love and affection which has engendered in you a very kind, devoted, loving nature and a sweet disposition. Your relationships with the women in your life are apt to be a source of much happiness and blessings, also, because at a deep level you understand and appreciate them, having (most likely) been female often in your incarnational past. You have a rather peace-loving, comfort-seeking nature which may resist strenuous effort or discipline. You like to be pampered and may look for a "sugar daddy" or "sugar mama" to ease your way. Self-indulgence in sweets, or pleasures is apt to be a habit, too. Chapter 2: The Sun The Sun in your birth chart represents the primary creative thrust for this lifetime, those qualities you are to develop (or further develop) and express, and your current life focus. This may be in harmony with your instincts and your emotional habits, or along completely different lines. The Sun represents your conscious identity in this lifetime. Sun in Cancer: In terms of soul development, your capacity for deep emotional attachment and emotional union, for merging on a feeling level, and for sympathetic understanding and compassionate feeling, are among your primary concerns in this lifetime. Your ability to discover and express who you are revolves around the themes of nurturing and of creating a home and deep roots, which will nourish you and give you confidence. In the simplest possible form, this could be expressed as having a family and centering your life around caring for your mate and children, basking in the warmth and closeness and security of home. There are other ways for the same basic impulse to be expressed, however. Regardless of your gender and whether or not you have flesh-and-blood children or consider yourself very domestic, you do need to "mother" (nurture, support, take care of, protect, cherish) and to have a sense of belonging, a sense of family, and a sense of continuing with the past. The family however, can be a spiritual family or group of close friends; the home, an inner home or base of security you create deep within; and the mothering you do may be through your work instead of with your own kin. This is very likely to be the case, in fact, if your childhood and family of origin was not especially nurturing or close. Your work may directly involve children, or providing emotional support, or literally feeding people, but it may be more subtle than that. For instance, if you are a business person, you may feel that your employees and customers (especially the loyal, long time ones) are your family and try to take care of them as such. You care about their personal lives and feel for their troubles, and can like a good mother you see them through tough times. Or, to give another example, as an artist you may regard your "babies" with such affection and attachment that it is hard for you to sell them. You want to make sure they go to "a good home"! Whatever form it takes, this emotional attachment and sympathetic feeling are the care of your life. There are pitfalls and potential difficulties on this path, such as, becoming overly dependent on being needed and thus unable to graciously let go when the "child" outgrows you, living in or holding on to the past (including old hurts and grudges), and feeling deeply threatened by ("out-siders", non-family members, foreigners). You also tend to be powerfully conditioned by your early home life and your experience of being mothered. If your own nurturing as a child was unsatisfying, you may wander through life "on empty", desperately seeking the love and security you missed as a child. Or, instead, to rigidly deny that you need anybody, building protective walls around yourself to keep out the fearful world. Afraid of having your tender insides exposed, as well as of your own emotional neediness, you may over eat or over drink to pacify your longing. Becoming obsessively interested in the past or with money as a form of security are also ways you express yourself when you are out of balance. An overly close, smothering relationship to mother, or to "the way things are done in our family" can also prevent you from becoming a full-fledged individual in your own right, the proverbial cutting of the apron strings being rather difficult for you. Sometimes, to fill your need for roots and belonging and a meaningful connection to the past, you may choose to align yourself with a period in history that you feel a deep resonance with, a particular culture or subculture, or a spiritual lineage of teachers. This conscious choosing of "family" or "home" may be one of the most positive acts you can do for yourself. Another aspect of your ability to feel sympathetically and to emotionally merge with others is that you are very "psychic", and learning to listen to your deeper intuition and to use this type of psychic sensitivity may well be a significant aspect of your life path. Sun Sesquiquadrate Moon: In this lifetime, to fulfill yourself as an individual, you need to develop and express yourself along very different lines than you have in the past. Thus, in many instances, your conscious purposes and inclinations are rather at odds with the deeper subconscious belief, patterns and the familiar ways of being which are carry-overs from your incarnational past. Comparing the interpretation of your Moon sign and aspects in Chapter One and the interpretation of your Sun sign and aspects in Chapter 2, you will notice definite opposing or conflicting tendencies or inconsistencies. You will need to say yes to both of these sides of yourself, even though they may seem to pull you in different directions, for denying either side will keep you locked in conflict with yourself, or see-sawing between extremes. However, it is also important for you to bring to light those emotionally-based habits, prejudices and "needs" which you hold on to and which may be interfering with your current needs and requirements for growth. Sun SemiSquare Venus: How to be true to yourself while also enjoying close personal relationships is a pointed issue for you in this lifetime. When you compromise or give up too much of yourself for the sake of making other people happy or keeping a relationship intact, a lot of internal friction is created and you feel increasingly empty or uncertain of your identity. At other times you may see-saw to the other extreme and expect others to totally support your creative efforts or to revolve their lives around your needs. Finding a balance between blending intimately and being authentically yourself is your challenge. Chapter 3: Rising Sign The point that was on the eastern horizon at the moment of your birth is called the ASCENDANT, or rising sign. While the Sun describes your conscious direction and current life focus, and the moon your subconscious predisposition and past, the Ascendant indicates a way of being that transcends and embraces past, present, and future. It describes the way you engage and merge with the outer world and how you bring through into life the energies depicted by the sun, the moon, and the rest of your birth chart. Everything is filtered through the ascendant from an esoteric point of view. It indicates your soul's function and thus a key part of your destiny. Sagittarius Rising: Faith, belief and the ability to foresee and envision the future or "what could be" are essential elements of your soul function. You may well be ahead of your time or at the fore front of coming trends and movements in the collective. You are a seeker, one who searches for the overview, the larger pattern, or a broad, over-arching philosophy of life - an also a teacher who conveys that vision or broadcasts it in some way. Your ruling planet is Jupiter. Sagittarius Rising and Jupiter in Aquarius: Your Jupiter is in humanitarian, idealistic Aquarius, suggesting that global issues, understanding whole patterns and systems, and spreading a message across the world is an important part of your fate and function. The uniting of humanity or of spiritual brethren for an evolutionary purpose is a part of this. Chapter 4: Saturn, Your Achilles Heel Karmically considered, the placement of Saturn in your birth chart indicates where your energetic blockages, weaknesses and fears lie, and the areas of your life where the most concentrated effort and discipline will be required to master and overcome them. Yet it also points to the aspects of life which can become your greatest strength if you are willing to face your fears and difficulties honestly, and work with them patiently. Saturn in Capricorn The quality which is most likely to undermine you is your propensity to be very judgmental and hard on yourself (and on others as well). It is as if there was within you a very stern, exacting Father, always critically assessing your actions and condemning your weaknesses or mistakes, urging you to grow up and take responsibility for yourself and reminding you that life is serious business, not a playground. While this is not entirely without merit, it is hard to live up to these internal standards all of the time, and a sense of inadequacy, of never quite making the mark, can plague you. You can become overly responsible, overly conscientious and depressed by this burden some state of mind. Coldness, cynicism and a callous wordliness are negative potentials. And if you project these attitudes outwardly, you will find other people can never meet your expectations. A karmic link to your father with whom you are apt to have a rather difficult or distant relationship is also indicated. The test or lesson for you is to learn to embody all of the positive attributes of a father (regardless of your own gender), while also having compassion, humor and forgiveness towards yourself. Saturn in 2nd house: The arena of money, material assets and financial security is where many of your challenges or blockages arise. It is not so much that you are likely to be impoverished as that you fear you will be. Acting from this contracted state, you may make poor financial decisions, fail to take opportunities presented to you, or even act against your own best interests and higher impulses, wherever money comes in to the picture. And the Universe will not be very forgiving if this is so. You are apt to pay heavily for mistakes you make (whether practical or moral) in this area of your life. Any tendency toward greed, stinginess, or unwillingness to share what you have will exact a toll either on your body or your own financial success. One of the essential lessons for you is to learn to appreciate the true value of things. Having to work hard to earn your way, or enduring periods knowing, then, that your worth is not dependent upon "having" but on being, and that you can be happy in simplicity, you will be free of the hold money or "security" has upon you. Saturn is Retrograde: All of the above is complicated by the fact that you carry a rather heavy burden of self-doubt, mistrust or guilt over having let yourself and others down in your past, when you struggled (and failed) with these same issues. You now have the opportunity to correct your course, make amends and resolve a difficult karmic tangle, or a difficult state of mind. Chapter 5: The Hard Aspects The following is a description of your MAJOR LIFE CHALLENGES, both in terms of energies you are to learn to develop and express in a positive way, and those which are the result of struggles and unresolved karmic issues that you have come into this life with. Mercury is Retrograde: A prior lifetime in which you were discouraged to think, learn or express your ideas is indicated. This may have carried over in this lifetime as a mild learning problem in childhood, or inner (somewhat unconscious) doubts about your ability to learn or to communicate. Thus, you have a habit of rechecking, reconsidering, reviewing and rethinking everything before you put it out. You may even have a desire to learn about subjects that seem archaic, to learn about those things which were denied to you in the past. Mercury Quincunx Jupiter: Forging a link between your conscious intellect and your super-conscious or higher mind is a major focus for you in this lifetime. This may be felt initially in a number of ways; an urge to expand mental horizons and absorb as much knowledge as possible through broad study or world travel, an attraction to spiritual philosophy, or simply as mental restlessness and dissatisfaction with the mundane details of life. What you are seeking is to see the larger pattern, an overview which gives both an integrated understanding and meaning to one's experiences. This cannot be apprehended solely through the conscious intellect, but comes through the capacity to intuit and make connections and see patterns. This desire to see the big picture sometimes translates as a certain sloppiness or imprecision in your thinking. The broad brush strokes are often enough for you. Also, you quickly grasp the overall idea or concept and do not want to get bogged down with the particulars. You tend to focus on what is possible (the limitlessness of potential) rather than what already is. Optimistic and open-minded, you see reasons why things could happen rather than why they cannot. The development of this kind of faith and the belief in things not yet realized is also and aspect of your linking your conscious mind to your higher mind. The ability, and the calling, to communicate truth is a part of this energy pattern as well. When out of balance, you can be preachy, exaggerate what you know, or think you know it all. Channeled positively and productively, you could evolve into a teacher, and/or parts of the world together. Long distance communication and journeys (both in the physical, outer world and in the inner realms) are part of this. At your finest, with this particular pattern, you will act as a mediator or bridge between these places or realms. Venus Square Uranus: Both in your personal relationships and in your personal tastes, you will feel an attraction to wildness, rebelliousness, newness and erratic rhythms. "Alternative" life styles or love styles, with an emphasis on a strong need to be free, to experiment and to be spontaneous, appeal to you. Even if, at a conscious level, you believe you want stable and "normal" relationships, you will be drawn to people who are inconstant, creatively unwilling to make a commitment. You, on the other hand, may be the adventurous, noncommittal one, or find yourself sabotaging a relationship once it becomes steady and reliable. In some part of your life you must feel free to experiment emotionally and creatively. Dancing or music or some other free-flowing art form could be an outlet for this. Keeping love alive, fresh and surprising is an ongoing life challenge for you. There may well be a number of unions and separations, unexpected disruptions in intimate relationships, and/or periods of relatively little deep intimacy in your life; the karmic purpose of which is for you to be able to develop independence, autonomy and detachment from an overdependence upon relationships. However, you must beware of behaving selfishly, insensitively, impersonally and coldly in your pursuit of personal freedom. Mars Conjunct Pluto: In this lifetime you must confront the nature of power, and you have the opportunity to transform your relationship to power, clear away deep-seeded anger and resentment, and release karmic patterns of perpetrator/victim. If, in your past, you have been the victim of aggression, ruthless force, or misdirected male energy. You may subconsciously fear or even hate men, have great mistrust of people in power or experience problems in sexual relationships (the arena where power/fear dynamics are often most apparent). In addition, you are prone to self-repression, either of anger or of your own strength. If you have very little energy, consider yourself a weak person, or become extremely uncomfortable when others express any anger. You may be holding down a great deal of hostility. Or, you may be angry all of the time "for no reason". The question of appropriate expression of these intense energies is a delicate one. While withholding, it can wreak havoc on your health and sense of well-being. You do not want to unload the deep rage of centuries on innocent people. You may hold your anger or aggression back not only because you fear repercussions (you may have been bludgeoned to a pulp in the past), but also because you sense that whatever is triggering your emotions in the present is not the real problem. In a word, you overreact. (Wanting to kill someone because they forgot to walk the dog is an over reaction). On the other hand, you may carry an immense burden of guilt because you have been the one who misused your power, strength and/or sexual energies in the past. Another way you may be expressing this is that you may be intensely and compulsively competitive, acting as if each and every event is a mighty struggle for supremacy, a contest with life or death consequences that you MUST WIN at all costs. You may become compulsively active and productive and driven to "succeed" at all costs. This type of thinking and being creates great stress on your physical, emotional and spiritual bodies. Very likely it will also have a negative impact on all of your relationships. You will make a lot of enemies and actually force people to turn against you and bring you to your knees. Ruthlessness attracts ruthlessness. Coming into balance with all of this is a major challenge. Finding a safe place to explore your war-like, destructive, sadistic can help. Also, becoming sufficiently detached so that you can feel and acknowledge all of these energies, and choose when and how to express them, without being "taken over" by them is also a key. If you are willing to become conscious, you can actually become a great force for good, and can heal and release some very deep wounds you have carried for a long time. Jupiter is Retrograde: Moral concerns (including lingering unresolved issues stemming from a prior lifetime or lifetimes in which you exercised poor judgment in moral, ethical or religious matters) come into play here. Thus, it is especially important for you to maintain high standards while pursuing your aspirations. Jupiter Square Neptune: You are a visionary, a philanthropist, an idealist whose imagination knows no bounds. You believe in miracles, in the reality of the intangible realms, and you KNOW that nothing is impossible. Because your higher centers of intuition, spiritual vision and openness to the divine are very active, you accept and experience things many people would think quite impossible. When out of balance with this energy (if, for instance, you are operating out of greed or neediness), your imagination and expectations can bet grandiose, impractical, naive, and overblown. You may have difficulty accepting and working within the limits of mundane reality, and with setting boundaries in many areas of your life. Escapist fantasies, jumbling on highly speculative ventures that promise great gain with little effort expended, or wandering far and wide without grounding yourself anywhere are also tendencies when you are less emotionally and spiritually mature. You will evolve as you choose to discipline yourself and FOCUS your intent on real, concrete, practical ways. You can bring your vision to earth. Jupiter Quincunx Pluto: Part of your life mission involves learning how to generate and direct a great leap of power, material, political, social or spiritual power. You have a gift for spiritual or intellectual leadership. As an agent of transformation in your world, you are intended to help regenerate social or religious institutions and to effect profound change and growth in the people around you. There are karmic pitfalls involved in all of this, however. First, is the tendency to become infatuated with power and/or inflated with a sense of your own greatness. Secondly, conflicts with those in power and resulting loss in social standing or reputation. Putting yourself against the big guys and losing, is always a risk you will have to take if you are to fulfill your natural role and function. Past incarnations in which this did in fact take place, may leave you now with a fear or disregard of government, the church or other great authorities. Thus, you may have a struggle accepting you role as a leader or teacher, and/or integrating with society as it currently exists. Neptune is Retrograde: The above is complicated by the fact that you had a prior lifetime or lifetimes in which you dissipated your energy, fell away from your disciplines, or were to passive or irresolute to go after the spiritual opportunities open to you at that time. This carries over as a vague yet persistent inner nagging that you should be further on than you are, or a fear of spiritual failure. You may also have been involved in mystical or magical practices that created distortions in your life. It is important for you to take a balanced, patient, well-grounded attitude toward life - nothing too otherworldly, ethereal, or glamourous. Indulging in any mood-altering substances is particularly deleterious for you. Mars Conjunct North Node: Becoming more bold, assertive, active and self-assertive is part of your growth direction, and you will have to push yourself ahead and be a leader or a pioneer in some way. Chapter 6: Soft Aspects The following is a description of your GIFTS and STRENGTHS which can help you as you work with your major life challenges. These are abilities and qualities of heart, mind and soul which are quite natural to you. You probably take them for granted. Because these represent the lines of least resistance for you, you may rely too much upon them at times; hence, there are some cautions suggested. Still, these are the areas where good flows into your life and/or where you have considerable inner resources. Sun Trine Neptune: Your attunement to the spiritual or intangible spheres is both highly developed and something that you tend to take for granted. Due to previous development in this area, your urge to experience the transcendent is apt to take positive expression, such as an active involvement in meditation or prayer, service of a charitable, unselfish nature, or highly imaginative work, rather than more negative, escapist ways of seeking spiritual union such as addictions of various kinds. It is natural and instinctive for you to want to minister to others, to enlighten, or to help, and yet you are not prone to do so at the expense of your own well-being, thus such endeavors are apt to be rewarding and successful. It would also be relatively easy for you to develop and use your psychic and intuitive sensitivity to channel truth or healing to others in the context of spiritual advisor, physician or healer. Mercury Sextile Mars: As a result of prior development, you have extraordinarily sharp perceptions, quick reflexes and excellent hand-eye coordination. Thus, you can rather easily develop a high degree of skill in any activity that involves the use of your hands and fingers, or physical finesse. You also grasp ideas and new information readily and are able to respond immediately to any problems as they arise. You "think on your feet". Debating and presenting ideas forcefully and convincingly are talents you bring with you in this lifetime. You enjoy intellectual competition. However, because you have developed these abilities through intellectual contests and duels, you may be in the habit of turning any and all encounters into a verbal sparring match (good-humored, for the most part). Listening and truly hearing what the other person is trying to convey may not be your top priority. At your best, though, you have confidence in your intellect, are clear in thought and speech and carry through on your ideas with energetic action. Mercury Sextile Pluto: You have a gift for intellectual strategy and solving mysteries and puzzles. Intense mental focus and concentration, combined with your acute perceptions, enables you to do "magic" when you set your mind to it, and your wizardry in some specialized field may be well known. You are deeply interested in what lies below the surface in any situation or person, and have an instinctive grasp of these subtleties. You may, for instance, use your hands to perceive the auric field, discover imbalances and transmit healing energies to the one in need. The deep study of esoteric subjects, as well as, the development of your mental powers, is natural to you, as you have pursued these areas in your incarnational past. This knowledge can be reawakened in you rather easily, and you are likely to be a teacher and/or transmitted of the understandings you have gained. Venus Trine Saturn: Deeply-felt loyalty, faithfulness and commitment in love and in friendship are soul-qualities you are gifted with. You value that which lasts and endures, and are not prone to be consumed with frivolous or superficial values. You can also be quite happy in solitude or in relatively simple, uncluttered surroundings, content with a few genuine friends and those few things which are truly necessary. An appreciation for elegant simplicity, and the wisdom to recognize what is truly valuable, give your life such richness and depth. You will be blessed with a mature and lasting love. Neptune Sextile Pluto: Collectively, this is a time in history that enables you and those of your generation to advance spiritually through a heightened awareness of the invisible and intangible realms. A rebirth of spirituality through direct contact with higher forces is occurring in this generation. This contact takes many, many forms, including a compelling interest in life beyond death. You may or may not have a personal involvement with this, as it is a group karma rather than a primarily personal one.