MERCURY --- Vehicle of Concrete/abstract/illumining mind. The agent of active intelligence.  Mentality.  Thinking and ability to communicate.  Describes ability to make decisions and convey ideas.  "Son of Mind".  "Messenger of the gods".  Rules the threshold of the "Rainbow Bridge". *"Androgynous Mercury rules the Reasoning Mind, the link between Spirit & form. Perception & evaluation through thought and action, observing cause & effect, action & reaction."*(AAB/DK) * "Being reflective, it needs aspects for expansion; the closest is very important."(I.H.)*

VENUS --- "Personal magnetism"   Quality of: love nature, aesthetic sense, value system (inc. social values), reasoning capacity, --and their expression. *"Earth's primary or spiritual prototype. The mental energy of humanity which establishes relations between man & man. [The emergence of the Love Principle through the directing power of the mind]; Agent of intelligent Brotherhood."* (AAB/DK)*  Venus contacts are often Descriptive of the quality to which the person seeks to relate in others, can be descriptive of creative &/or intuitive potential..  "Goddess of Love"

 MARS --- Drive nature. Desire. Passion. Courage. Conflict. Anger. ENERGY. "The trigger point".  Vitality. Action oriented.  Energy at   the physical / emotional / lower-mental level; the type, amount, & quality will be shown by sign, house, and aspect. *"Rules and controls physical vehicle, governs the 5 senses. --form control or liberation from form control, & the subsequent release of the conscious individual.-- ‘Objective & full of blood' as compared to ‘subjective and full of life.' Characteristic mode of action as influenced by desire."* (AAB/DK)*  Traditional:  "God of war".
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JUPITER ---Expansive.. Benevolent.. Suppliant.. Philosophical.. Magnanimous..(Peace & progress) Head & Heart, Will & Wisdom, & their relation.  Ruler and conveyor of expansion.  Indicates areas of: sharing, social cooperation, generosity, earned "karmic reward".  Demonstrates the Cause and Effect Principle of giving and receiving. "Fruitful". "Gain in...."  Higher  education.  -"Jupiter is the Greater Benefic. It is the largest planet in our system. Jupiter does things on a large scale. He is the Promoter, expansive, optimistic, popular, successful & generous.  Jupiter afflicted is overconfident, exaggerates, is extravagant, conceited, fond of display, & goes to excess in many things. ,,,,also, the Preserver."-(I.H.)*

SATURN --- Contractive. "The Taskmaster", "The Lord of Karma",  "The Initiate". Constriction / Contraction.  Indicates the ways in which a person MUST be responsible, and develop maturity,  discipline and self-mastery. [Conscious CHOICE entailing responsibility.] Saturn placement is descriptive of the type of lessons to be learned;    *"Applies the tests by presenting unavoidable points of crisis which in turn present opportunity. --The imposer of retribution & the one who demands full payment of all debts.-- ‘Fulfillment of the Law.' Forces man to face up to the past, & in the present, to prepare for the future'."* (AAB/DK)* -Accomplishment of lasting value .  Assoc. with Saturn is hard work, limitation, crystallization, stability, Karma, seriousness, caution, restraint, sincerity.  Saturn is the Goat, of, "telling the sheep from the goats."'

CHIRON --- "Bridge" relating personality and soul. "The Wounded Healer", of, "Physician, Heal thyself!"  "The Rainbow Bridge", aka, the Antahkarana. The Bridge in consciousness which, when "built", connects the personal  & the Universal, the personality & the soul.  In this vein, Chiron symbolizes how one can best give & receive in the areas of teaching and healing.  Describes the work, (and its quality) done, and that now needed to be done, in the bridge-building process. ("Planetoid" between the orbits of Saturn & Uranus.)  Mythological  Chiron  was a Centaur, and a 'teacher of the gods.'
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URANUS ---Electrical-intuitive / UNIVERSAL MIND. "Central Spiritual Sun". Originality.  Planet of sudden change. *"Occult consciousness or that intelligent, fusing condition  which produces the scientific at-one-ment of the 2  factors, higher & lower self, through the intelligent use of the mind. [Transmutation of knowledge to Wisdom.] The will  to be and to know simultaneously on all planes of manifestation. The materializing of that  which is in need of objective manifestation through the bringing together of Spirit  & matter.  Gives (describes) innate spontaneous activity which produces evolutionary development. The urge to better conditions. Governs group relations & organizations.  ‘Organized  potency'."* (AAB/DK)*  In many, this electrical energy expresses as a nervous, high-strung quality, and as eccentricity. "Exciting". Unconventional.  Erratic. Sudden and unpredictable.  Can be Difference, for the sake of being different.  "The Abstract".

 NEPTUNE--- UNIVERSAL  LOVE / the Universal Solvent. Soul/Christ-Principle "Sensitive Response apparatus". "Heart of the Sun". Creative / imaginative, &/or misty / dreamer / mystical aspect.. [Can be descriptive of intuitive / telepathic / clairvoyant faculties.] *"Mystical consciousness, or that innate sensitivity, which leads unerringly to the higher vision, to the recognition of the interrelation involved in a man's essential duality during the process of manifestation."* (AAB/DK)*   {Love as: refined emotion / Universal Principle}  [devotee / Being] In the negative, can indicate addictive personality, escapist tendencies, -ie,drugs, fantasy, sleep..., deceit, or being deceived, illusiveness, nebulosity,.. "waterlogged".  Can be quite" foggy".

PLUTO ---UNIVERSAL WILL.  "The Great Transformer". (Transformation) Self-wil / Will-to-Good.  Power. Death & Regeneration. Symbolizes the "underworld" of ourselves: those portions of unconsciousness that are to be reworked & transformed into the next higher octave of being. It drags to the surface, and destroys all that hinders, in the lower regions of self. Describes generational mass karma, & how mass karma touches upon the individual. When angular, or more heavily aspected, more of personal ‘karma' is being depicted. This is the ‘portion of past-self' which must be regenerated: FROM expressIon through, by, and for, the personally motivated self-will,  TO the cooperatively unified Synthesis of the Universally motivated Will-to-Good.  Deposits of self-will clog the arteries that conduct the flow of Universal Will, and so must be Transformed. Pluto's house position & aspects show areas of self which are "up for Transformation"; behavior in these areas will tend to be compulsive until dug up and transformed: the death of the old making way for the birthing of the new.

PALLAS --- Ingenuity / inventiveness. -"Creative problem solving ingenuity, personal wisdom."(M.L.)* -"A creative and wise fighter for human rights & justice; inventive; self determined."-(D.L.) A  number of astrologers working with the asteroids are finding that Pallas has a strong connection with the immune system.

JUNO ----"Marriage and partnership qualities are strong; charm, cooperation, & diplomacy; empowerment issues in relationship."-(M.L.) -"The mate & attitude toward the mate, ‘the apple of your eye'"-(D.L.)

VESTA --- -"Allegiance to abstract ideals, received beliefs, group traditions.  Frequently involved in divorce, military service."-(M.L.) "Keeper of the Hearth."
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PART OF FORTUNE --- -".......is said to be the most fortunate position in the birth chart. Be that as it may, it does benefit whatever house it is in. "-(I.H.)  -"...a highly personal & intimate symbol. The point of greatest interfunctional ease, & is symbolic of the line of least personal resistance. (It is) a point of personal strength & happiness. (Its House) symbolizes the circumstances & type of experience in which the individual will find the greatest ease of functioning. (The Sign) represents the type of activity the individual will find most rewarding & will respond to with the greatest ease."-(M.M.)

PART OF MARRIAGE --- -"Shows how others are likely to respond to the way in whichwe project our desire to achieve harmony. .....representing those elements in our psyche which will help to consolidate, or provide a threat to, our marriage. May also indicate karmic factors that have a bearing on the marriage relationship."-(M.M.)

RETROGRADE -- When a planet, as seen from Earth, appears to stop, then appears to turn backwards in its orbit, it is called Retrograde in motion. During the period of seeming standstill, it is called Stationary(S). Planets when Rx, are expressing through the individual in a more internalized way than when in forward/Direct (D) motion.  When coming to terms with a part of self (the planet) that has been "re-organized" (or has progressed to greater comprehensiveness), or, perhaps needs intensive rethinking / reorganization, one will most often be more private and reserved about the expression of that part of self, in energy, action, and communication to others. During the Stationary(S) phases, the planetary energies are stronger, focalized, much intensified.
 

 SEXTILE--- (DARKER GREEN) 60* - 6* orb. INTELLIGENTLY  RESOURCEFUL. "CUSHIONING". "FRIENDLY".  COOPERATIVE. Represents an easy flow of ideas and opportunities that, if acted upon, will be helpful in the realization of goals. There is here, a constructive application of understanding and experience. With an abundance of sextiles in a chart, there is much friendship, and always something to fall back upon. Regenerative contact.

SQUARE --- (RED) 90* - 6* orb.  CHALLENGE!   "BOXING MATCH" (clash!). "CONSTIPATION". ENERGY. AGGRAVATIONS. often IMPULSIVE in nature. Indicates areas where "adjustments" MUST be made, and where one must expend conscious effort: to realize gains, or if not, to be ameliorating a constant source of aggravations, problems and troubles; according to individual choice. Can be an area where a person is at "squared odds" with himself, OR, through conscious effort & transmutation, can become the fuel for drive energy, for related positive qualities of self.  FRUSTRATING and/or ENERGIZING.

TRINE --- (BLUE) 120* - 6* orb. OPPORTUNITY.  MULTIPLYING.  MAGNETIC.  INSIGHTFUL (in-tune-with). "INTELLIGENT ADAPTABILITY".  MAGNANIMOUS.  "An aspect of CREATIVITY and expansion; most fortunate of all aspects."-(I.H.) Strong, harmonious interrelatedness, already established.   If misused: "Silver Platter" syndrome, laziness,  missed opportunities, boredom,  machinations & manipulations, and a focus upon the power of personal magnetism over others.  With many trines, the life is full of opportunities, whether or not they are recognized, or put to good use.

OPPOSITION --- (ORANGE) 180* -  6*  orb. --OPPOSING!, or, (COMPLIMENTARY). TUG-OF-WAR, or, "MIRROR IMAGED".   PROJECTIVE, or, REFLECTIVE.  Used constructively & progressively: objective awareness and wholistic perception are depicted.  Can be a negative compulsive area of psychological cleavage within the person;  two qualities at  war  with each other -opposing- for control over the type of expression that will be given in related situations ;(ie., emotional vs. reasonable) Can be compulsive in nature; competitive. OR, can be an area of recognized & useful complimentary values, both cooperative, and mutually enhancing.

SEMI-SEXTILE --- (LIGHT GREEN) 30* - 3* orb "CLOSE GOOD NEIGHBORS". FRIENDLY.  (ie., If you go next door and ASK, you can borrow a cup of sugar) Can be intimately harmonious. Something new being introduced, if one would like to make use of it; positive potential that, given invitation & attention, can be developed, or made readily available for use, comfort, or need, etc...

SEMI-SQUARE --- (PINK) 45* - 3* orb.  IRRITATION.  ROUGH  EDGES.  - "Indicates where we are becoming congested in our attitudes  & unwisely stubborn concerning the need for personal change. ....irksome & mild frictional strain. The nuisance aspect." -(Bil Tierney)

QUINCUNX --- aka: inconjunct  (YELLOW) 150* - 3*  orb. -"Basic role is that of breaking down and removing those non-effectual attitudes that interfere with ongoing growth. (A nagging problem)" -(B.T.)  Depicts where ADJUSTMENT is needed in our attitudes and perceptions, or when denied: neurosis.......Something new being introduced, whether you "like it or not".

   Sign             l           Rulers          l           Modality      l    Element
ARIES------------MARS-/-MERCURY-----CARDINAL------FIRE 
TAURUS--------VENUS-/-(VULCAN)-------FIXED----------EARTH
GEMINI ---------MERCURY-/-VENUS-----MUTABLE-------AIR
CANCER--------MOON-/-NEPTUNE------CARDINAL-----WATER
LEO ---------------- SUN-/-SUN---------------FIXED-----------FIRE
VIRGO----------MERCURY-/-MOON------MUTABLE-------EARTH
LIBRA -----------VENUS-/-URANUS-------CARDINAL-------AIR
SCORPIO---------PLUTO-/-MARS-----------FIXED---------WATER
SAGITTARIUS---JUPITER-/-(EARTH)----MUTABLE-----FIRE
CAPRICORN-----SATURN-/-SATURN----CARDINAL----EARTH 
AQUARIUS-----URANUS-/-JUPITER-------FIXED-----------AIR
PISCES-----------NEPTUNE-/-PLUTO-----MUTABLE-----WATER
                TRADITIONAL-/-ESOTERIC  

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