3 posts tagged “midheaven”

Soulmate signs (if you're into that sort of thing), and then a few couples for analysis:

Stevie and Lindsay:

"I have found, in my experience as an Astrologer, the two most important factors that indicate a significant relationship are contacts, from one person to the other, that hit one or more of the four angles of a chart: the Ascendant-Descendant axis (1st-7th house cusps, and the horizon line), and the Midheaven-Nadir axis (4th-10th house cusps), as well as the Lunar Nodes, which are considered strong indicators of our soul purpose and karma. I have noticed, in most of my significant relationships, a planet or planets, angles, or nodes will fall on one of my angles, nodes, or planets and sometimes vice versa. And this is totally the case in Lindsey and Stevie's relationship chart.

Lindsey's North Node (16 Aries) is conjunct Stevie's Ascendant (18 Aries). Stevie's North Node (13 Taurus) is conjunct Lindsey's Midheaven (10 Taurus). Stevie's Saturn (planet of karma) falls exactly on Lindsey's Ascendant/Mars/Pluto conjunction (17 Leo).

The way I read it is, they were married in a past life/lives (denoted through the Descendant, IC, and South Node connections), and in this life, they agreed to work it out in front of the world (as the Ascendant, Midheaven and North Nodes indicate). A Taurus Midheaven suggests that this time around Lindsey is gaining self worth by learning to rely on his own resources rather than other people's. An Aries Ascendant suggests that Stevie needed to become her own individual person outside of a relationship, and become a star on her own.

I think they tried to get back together as a couple because of the South Node familiarity, but the universe was prodding them toward their North Nodes and evolutionary growth. I think they separated and lived their own lives and became their own individual people, and now that they accomplished this, they are free to make music together again."

Desi and Lucy:

"Steven Forrest describes a soulmate as somebody who "messes with your soul." I like that. It implies that all of us are going to meet these special people along the way who our going to have a tremendous transformative impact on our foundation (our soul). We grow and evolve because of their presence in our lives. Everybody wants to find their one true soulmate, but even if you are lucky enough to find "the one," I suspect there will still be other people outside that relationship that will have a major soul shaping influence on you as well. Why limit ourselves to just one?

Also I have to add regardless of how beautiful and powerful the astrological connection is it doesn't mean that you are destined to live happily ever after or that your relationship will ever get off the ground in the first place. There is something that is much bigger than astrology that decides that and I think mostly it depends on how dedicated the two people are to making it work. It's only after the universe decides to bring you together and you both consciously decide that you want to be together that the astrology really comes into play. This applies to all kind of relationships not just romantic ones.

The fiery redhead Lucille Ball had an outgoing, expressive Leo Sun with a hard-as-nails Capricorn Moon in the Ascendant. Desi Arnaz was a sensitive Pisces with an equally sensitive and feeling Cancer Moon magnified to the extreme by it's conjunction with Pluto in the Ascendant. Just from those basic astrology observations we can see that these two people had very different natures but luckily opposites attract.

This is clearly shown astrologically by their Ascendants being almost directly opposite to each other. The Descendant and the 7th house in our own horoscope describe what we look for in another person and what we need in a relationship. Lucy has Cancer on the Descendant (conjunct Pluto) and Neptune in the 7th house so she needs emotional warmth, caring and domesticity (Cancer) in her partner and in her relationships with others. We can also expect with Neptune in the 7th that she would be asked to make great sacrifices in her marriage, she may over idealize her partner and look at her partner as a savior or become too much of a help mate to her partner. It's documented that Desi had problems with drugs and alcohol during their marriage and that's a classic Neptune in the 7th house situation.

Desi fit Lucy's 7th house bill perfectly with his Cancer Moon-Ascendant and his Pisces Sun and Mars (deposited by Neptune). Desi has Capricorn on his Descendant suggesting he needs structure and organization in his relationships and he's looking for an authority figure and somebody who will help further his career and social ambitions. Lucy fits his bill with her ambitious and authoritative Capricorn Moon and Ascendant. Their Moons overlay each other's seventh house of marriage, filling their partnership with strong emotions, both negative and positive, as they also provide one another with a great feeling of comfort and familiarity."

Howard and Robin:

"The next soulmate connection we see is that Howard's Nodal axis squares Robin's MC/IC axis. Her deepest roots (IC) and public destiny (MC) are intertwined with Howard's evolutionary journey (Nodal axis). Howard's Moon overlays her 10th house of Career, his emotional needs are in line with her career goals and this is another indication of deep comfort and success in their professional relationship. We see that his Sun and Capricorn planets overlay his 6th house of the work place proper, I noticed that when somebody's Sun falls in my 6th house they want to do things for me (it's a real Virgo feel), so Howard probably likes to serve and take care of Robin and Robin sees Howard as very useful.

In this case Howard and Robin are not lovers, they do not live together, and they don't even socialize that much outside of work. They have, however, spent almost every weekday morning together for over 25 years, and so they are forever linked together in the minds of their fans. That's a really powerful thing and their astrology together shows it."

"In a session with a client the other day, she asked me if I saw her moving any time soon.  She really wanted to move from where she was, and she was hoping that was indicated in her chart somewhere."

I hear that. Well, moving along with something in general, if not specifically the town I live in. (On my list of places to live, the town I am in is #3. That ain't bad. Especially since locations #2 and #1 are incredibly beyond expensive.)

But I do want to do...something. And I somehow absolutely cannot budge myself to do a damn thing. Oh, the joys of being doubly fixed. My poor lone Sag moon wants ouuuuuuuuut and the Taurus and Scorpio axis emphasis does not allow escape. I'm a chaos magnet, but in the last year and a half, my lightning-rod-ness has dwindled down to some degree. I'm used to lightning making decisions for me. And it seems like without being forced to because something blew up, I can't make myself do squat.

Then again, this could also be because I am also so sick of things exploding around me that I don't want to deliberately cause more unpleasant upset in my life. Then again, I'm unable to even go for PLEASANT upset.

So, what's the issue with this? Is it fixable?

Sometimes we have planetary events that clearly indicate a change is coming: for example, when transiting Uranus (radical change and innovation) crosses over the Midheaven/Nadir axis (cusp of the fourth house of home and tenth house of career).  Twice a year or so transiting Mars will cross that point, stimulating the desire for some sort of change.  But change is not always seen as just an event triggered by a planet; it is often the result of an activated Will that occurs after a longer-term cycle.

Yeah, so far this isn't panning out for me.

This client had what I like to call a "Mars Problem" in her chart, with Mars in the twelfth house, where it operates in the subconscious realms, and stressed by both Saturn (limitation and challenge) and Chiron (wounding and healing).  Mars acts as the Will of our personal self; in many ways it is our Free Will.  Mars is our desire nature; it shows how we go about getting what we want and keeping what we have and in that role it also shows how well we set boundaries and defend ourselves.  When Mars is stressed in the chart we have difficulty in all of these areas and our Free Will loses its functionality as a result.  Sometimes we can feel paralyzed, not knowing where to turn.

My Mars is hammered:

Mars Conjunct Midheaven  
Sun Square Mars  
Mars Square Ascendant  
Mars Square Uranus  
Moon Trine Mars  
Mercury Trine Mars  

Some good aspects, but enough hard ones in there probably drone that out. I can't help but think the Mars square Uranus might translate into "big changes = trouble for you." And the fact that it's on the MC and squared by the axis is not good either. Sheesh, and Saturn's not even involved in that.

In the case of my client, she was in a longer-term cycle of Uranus transiting through the tenth house which had caused her to leave her job and pursue a series of other opportunities.  She didn't feel that any of them were right for her but judged herself for wanting yet another change.  Because her Mars, her own inner direction of Free Will, was challenged in the birthchart it was difficult for her to feel safe in her choices.

We don't always get to exercise our free will, and we don't always get what we want as the Rolling Stones so aptly put it many years ago.  Sometimes our individual will (Mars) is blocked by the gods in the form of Saturn (restrictions) or Pluto (transformation) and in those cases fate takes over and all we can do is surrender.  But we still must exercise that free will or it will become atrophied and useless.

Exercising our free will and empowering our Mars is as easy as this:  Ask yourself, what is it you WANT to have happen.  And then DO IT!

*sigh*

Somehow JUST PICK AND DO IT!!!!!!!!! sounds a whole lot easier to say than to do. I can't help but think that if I make a choice and go after it, I'm just putting up the lightning rod and asking God to strike me down somehow. No wonder I can't do shit.

The upcoming solar eclipse will be landing on my MC (where the natal Mars is) on August 1. Hm. I wonder if that will help do...well, anything.

Okay, here's where I'll go through my favorite bits in this book to see what I should do in life.

From the Donna Cunningham chapter, "Updating the Tradition- Attitudes Brought to the Workplace:"

• People with a strong 10th house are motivated toward some vocation or calling. "Their drive towards significance is strong- they want to be somebody. The means may be less important than the end." I can't really argue with this, as you'll see in a minute. My current job is pretty well nobody-ish.
• "A planet within ten degrees of the Midheaven is the most powerful vocational significator- even and especially when it is in the 9th house." That would be my Mars in Leo in the ninth, a few degrees off from the MC. Incidentally, this is what astro.com says about this: "This aspect indicates that when you are older you should choose a career in which you can have a great deal of independence and expend a lot of physical energy." My jobs so far in life have had a lot of the first, not so much of the second. Current job REALLY doesn't let me expend energy, I'm penned in all day. No wonder I go to the gym and work out for 2 hours afterwards, and occasionally "run around the building" on breaks/lunch.
• "The house the Sun is in is also an important indicator. Since the Sun is the center of one's being and an important source of self-discovery and self-expression, one might as well get paid for it....There are occupations matching each of the 12 houses. If any area of life is outstandingly important, you can bet there is money in it."
• Then she mentions that while someone may have chart aspects that are favorable for a suggested career area, they may also have aspects that make those choices to be not such a good idea. I have Neptune in the second, so I think that means I REALLY SHOULDN'T start my own business, because I will fuck it up. No money jobs for me.
  
• 7th house indicates business partners.
• Then there's the concept of "Outer Planet People", people who have Uranus, Neptune, and/or Pluto aspects to the Sun, Moon, ascendant, or midheaven, or are heavily aspected in general. You guessed it- I've got Uranus square the midheaven and Neptune trine the midheaven. Lucky me! Oh, wait, not.
  
• OPP ("yeah, you know me!") folks with outer-planet emphasis in their tenth houses are "often reduced to earning a living through the 2nd House and the skills and resources shown there. Our society does not tend to validate or reward the callings denoted by the outer planets. OPP's are likely to regard their true vocation as a calling- not as something they chose but as something which chose them." That's another "calling" reference. Hmmm. "They are otherworldly rather than worldly, visionary rather than practical. These would include nontraditional careers like New Age practicioners, creative artists, or political or environmental activists- alternate lifestyles. Traditional vocational testing is likely to be useless- probably 90 percent would register as poets or artists." Uranian jobs tend to relate to science, computers, political activism or astrology, Neptunian jobs are more creative or medical/lservice-y.
• "OPP's tend to meander and have a history of false career starts until the time period of the Saturn Return or later. They often feel like miserable failures and wonder why they are not as well-established as their contemporaries. There is a good reason for this, in that it takes well-seasoned, mature individuals to handle these planets' energies well." (Or let's face it, it's harder to find, have, create, or maintain a "weird" career.) "Finally, after years of meandering, some transit sets off their 10th or 6th House or the Midheaven, and they find their calling. This transit often coincides with a re-evaluation of the life path, in which the individual changes to a nontraditional career."
• Though the good news is, when a major aspect between Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, or Pluto is going on, people with those planets in aspect tend to do well. That's going on now with Saturn/Neptune.
  

From Noel Tyl's "Special Measurements for Vocational Guidance":

• Moon in Sag means that you have the need to share opinions and speak your mind. Job environment must accept this need.
  
• When the moon is in the second house, the person needs a work structure that emphasizes self-worth and personal excellence. "Like a shiny object in a display case, the person needs to be on view when working or, at least, have the work evaluated frequently." This sounds more attention-whorey than I actually do act at work these days.
  
• He's got a concept that the planet closest to your ascendant (the "oriental planet", to use his terminology) indicates the style a person has towards need fulfillment. Mine is Pluto, which...um, makes me sound like a starfucker or a talk-show host. Seriously.
  
• "With Pluto oriental, there is an interesting consideration to weigh: the individual is attracted to opportunities to gain stature through affiliation, especially with prominent people. There is the need to gain power and personal prominence through the work situation. If that opportunity is not present, i.e. meeting celebrities, for example, feeling important by being with important others (or issues), this sense of style will be frustrated. Merv Griffin ins a perfect example of Pluto oriental....In short, the need is to enhance status through affiliation. If the job provides this kind of fulfillment, it is ideal." Much as I really fucking hate to admit it...yeah. This has appeal. I don't understand why anyone would want to be famous on the level of "I have paparazzi going through my trash and calling me fat" in general, but one of the few things I find really appealing about fame is having the access to more interesting job opportunities and getting to work/associate with talented famous people. You just don't get those things as easily (or in the case of the latter, probably at all) without fame attached to you. 
• Midheaven aspects are supposed to be a big indicator with regards to style expression, job milieu requirements, and individual needs. Again, a planet within 5 degrees of the midheaven, even if it's in the ninth house, is the big one with regards to this.
  
• Neptune aspecting the Midheaven (and/or moon) is apparently a very popular aspect in the charts of famous performers.
  

And finally, let's look at "Money Patterns in the Horoscope," by Gina Ceagilo:

• Money planets are Venus and Pluto.
• Saggitarius in the second house means that your attitude towards money is upbeat- you expect to be fortunate.
• Venus ruling the 7th and 12th means that you connect wealth to approval, private/secret activity, and subconscious need.
• Where Venus and Pluto are found by house, sign, and aspects to other planets are reliable indicators of a source of income and the dynamics that the client uses to approach these things.

So, how do we sum all of this up for myself?

1. I apparently need some job with a lot of independence and physicality, that's a calling, probably involves arts and probably definitely should involve fame/famous people. Too bad I can't act, eh?
2. As an OPP (yeah, you know me!- I'm sorry, I can't stop doing that), I should have some kind of unusual, untraditional job. Given how hard it is to find that sort of job, I might have to start my own business.
   
3. BUT: Financially, I'd better NOT start my own business, unless I have a partner to babysit me, because I am overly optimistic and yet vague about money. A partner would be good to combat that, but I don't know anyone suitable.
   

My old career (newspaper reporter) was probably a better fit than the job I've got these days (Uranian/computer related, but pretty staid and quiet). Being a small-town reporter wasn't exactly a fame-related activity, though.

I do feel kind of stuck these days. Like the kind of job I would like to have doesn't exist, and I'd have to create it myself. Except I can't manage money for/by myself, so I can't create my own job. So what do I do in that case?

I really have no idea. I guess I'm back where I started: nothing really works well for satisfying the soul, ambition, and starfucker sides of me AND gives me money to live on.

Argh.