Aspects To The Sun
The Sun must always be studied closely in regard to the aspects, as it is the most important planet in the birthchart. Any aspects to the Sun profoundly influence our individual psyches.
The Sun's energy is naturally warm, enthusiastic, and egocentred, and easy aspects promote these qualities in a generous, confident, likeable manner, but difficult aspects may produce too much ego, pride, and overconfidence. An over emphasis of difficult aspects to the Sun promotes tension and may lead to stubbornness or depressions. A person with no difficult aspects to the Sun but an abundance of Sun trines is usually agreeable and popular but may lack drive or self-confidence.
Apects to the Moon
The Moon is the most sensitive and trusting planet in the birthchart and all aspects to it influence the way in which we express our emotions. The house and sign position of the Moon affects how we reveal them - outwardly, for the entire world to see, or inwardly, in private. Moon reactions can be immature, tearful, obstinate, and illogical. Harmonious aspects, however, encourage the nurturing, caring, and considerate qualities of the planet.
The Moon is one of the main representations of the Mother in the birthchart, and so any aspects it makes will have great influence on the maternal relationship. Difficult aspects often produce detachment, coldness, dislike, or anger from or toward the mother, whilst easy aspects produce caring and loving feelings. Children of the same family may experience the mother in totally different ways - Moon conjunct Venus in a chart may suggest the mother is warm and caring, whereas a sibling's chart may have Moon square Saturn, and find the mother cold and indifferent. In general, children with Moon in a difficult aspect suffer traumatic childhoods, the effects of which often reach into adult years.
Aspects to Mercury
Aspects to the planet Mercury affect the manner in which we communicate - how we talk, what we talk about, how we write, the way we deal with everyday activity. Mercury on its own is adaptable and likeable but it takes on the energies of other planets directly it makes contact with them. Mercury-Saturn aspects slow down and stabilise all forms of communication but Mercury-Mars aspects speed up and energize them.
Easy aspects can produce outstanding skills in speech, writing, or communication, but it is the difficult aspects which are often more stimulating to Mercury and drive it into action, especially when connections involve masculine planets such as the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Uranus. However, the skills and talents of Mercury in difficult aspect rarely attain the success and recognition they deserve. Difficult aspects fight back, often to their own disadvantage, and hard Mercury aspects often produce anger, rudeness, conflict, and verbal or written abuse. These people find it hard to stop themselves once they are challenged and are often their own worst enemy. Difficult aspects to Mercury need to be controlled so that the qualities they produce can be used to the subject's benefit.
Aspects to Venus
Venus aspects enhance the fortunes of all but the most difficult birthcharts, moderating and softening even in difficult aspect. All aspects to Venus represent love, and sometimes materialistic concerns.
The expression of Venus in a birthchart always calls for careful study because both facets of this planet will often show at the same time; for example, a person with a beneficial Venus Jupiter contact is likely to be open in displays of love and easily attract the attention of others, but may also enjoy spending money and acquiring the luxuries that money can provide.
Difficult Venus aspects are always harder to show on a positive level. Good fortune and charm are there, but not for the taking - challenging aspects have to work twice as hard to attain half the results. With the difficult aspects, the beneficial charm of Venus may be less easy to show and subjects may find material wealth harder to acquire.
Aspects to Mars
Mars symbolises pure physical energy which needs to be channelled constructively by forming contacts with other planets. The energy of Mars is raw, unrestrained, and headstrong and although easy aspects help to refine this energy, difficult aspects can encourage Mars to head into disaster. Difficult Mars contacts to Sun, Jupiter, Uranus, and Pluto produce tremendous physical energy which can burst forth as anger, hostility, or aggression, showing either outwardly by the subject or in projected form from other people actually attracting aggression. Beneficial aspects to Mars usually give great strength, a drive to succeed, and athletic prowess.
Aspects between Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto
Any aspect between these planets is long lasting and can take generations to work through when the major aspects are involved. The conjunction can be remarkable in its effect and dominate the whole chart. The lesser aspects rarely seem to produce any obvious effect, whereas the square, opposition, and trine are mildly effective. Neptune and Pluto aspects arise only once every few hundred years and when they do happen, they usually herald an important event, milestone, or catastrophe somewhere on the earth.
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