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Easy Aspects: (sextile, trine, conjunct) lack of focus, will, desire for activating and enhancing these qualities. A natural competence or ease can create a sense of comfort that leaves these energies in a low mode of operation

Hard Aspects: (square, opposition, conjunct) an explosive collision of conflicting energy at equal pace generates internal tension, stress, and oscillating responses that demand attention and the adequate focus, exertion, resilience, and inner conflict resolution that activates the higher possibilities and potentials that the planetary contact has to offer

Easy Synastry Conditions: (sextile, trine, conjunct) too many similarities and the sense of having done this before can turn down the heat, the stimulation, and the magnetism of the unknown. there can be a lack of will or desire to work at the relationship or repair the cracks when they begin

Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces 

Mars rules Aries and Scorpio, exalts in Capricorn Mars is reckless, free, excited, and fighting for a personal cause in Aries. They battle against life and the forces that stand in the way of pure, undiluted self-expression and triumph.  Mars is not alone with Scorpio, Mars is there with Pluto and those daggers can feel like they are being thrown into sheer darkness. The fight is for larger-than personal causes, the battle is for the truth that is revealed to them from behind the veil, fighting death. These conflicts are taken partly under water where they cannot breathe, and partly on land where the smoke is too dark to see through, daggers are thrown from the invisible  Mars comes to fruition in Capricorn, it evolves from the child in Aries to the Capricorn parent in a powerful, profound, and influential manner. The only way forward is in an upward direction, climbing up the mountain in sheer determination The Ram and the Goat both have horns. So does the devil that Scorpio battles.

Venus rules Taurus and Libra, exalts in Pisces

Taurus is the creator and lover of beauty with Venus, standing in marvel at the natural design and mimicking these practices with the material and the mind. Taurus envisions, conceives, paints, and brings to life the sensory delight of the universe, Aphrodite plays with Taurus when they light a fragrant candle, soak in a sugary bath bomb, and dance to a song. Love is a tangible display Taurus decorates the room, Libra makes it warm, inviting, and personable. The beauty of Venus is integral to the Libra’s inner balance, but that means balancing beauty with the grotesque, softening its sharp edges, using its shadow to reflect beauty in the light of the Venus mirror. Love soothes the whole world. Venus is a mental dreamer in Libra, a mind that paints idyllic lenses over their eyes, they can oscillate between two worlds - the real world, and the imaginary Pisces doesn’t just imagine the dream, Pisces lives in it. Pisces is inspired by beauty and the beautiful act of creating it, infusing the spirit of Neptune being the higher octave of Venus. Love is an experience of bringing and experiencing God

Mercury rules Gemini and Virgo 

Mercury is childlike, restless, wild, witty, informative, clever, and mischievous in Gemini, delighting in Gemini’s multiple interests, curiosities, and minds. Gemini learns out of self-satisfying indulgence and the instant gratification of sharing new information before it becomes tedious and swiftly forgotten, they can become lost and distracted in nervous energy The twins have grown up into a seamlessly multifaceted, steady and adaptable in Virgo, Virgo is Gemini wearing the focused and analysed glasses, capable of remembering and applying important and applicable facts. Virgo sublimates nervous energy into productive outlets. Virgo is a mutable mercurial sign like Gemini, so they are many people inside Virgo, but they are better at hiding them and utilising their qualities at the correct moments than Gemini is. Unlike airy Gemini, those Mercury wings are chained to the earth, it makes the picture much clearer  

Jupiter

rules Sagittarius and Pisces, exalts in Cancer The Jupiter temple is reached by foot, flight, mind, intuition, and experience with Sagittarius. Jupiter is the publisher and the philosophies of Sagittarius are stored by the Jupiter’s pen in the collective cultural mind. There is a real opportunity to rule their world, because they know as it stands that their positivity, optimism, faith, and generosity is rewarded by fortune and their hostility, anger, self hatred makes the skies turn grey Jubilance and rapture is the peak Jupiter experience in Pisces generated by faith, unity, and belief. Pisces is the celebration of spirit, evangelical song, and courting the mystical, the saviour that Sagittarius writes about in their myths. Pisces is the temple Sagittarius searches for.   The expansive quality of Jupiter is experienced through Cancer’s imagination, dream, and internal experience where the seven seas reside when they shut their eyes. The temple is the light inside.

Saturn rules Capricorn, Aquarius exalts in Libra Capricorn materialises spiritual law through form and structure. Capricorn is an earth sign so it’s also the construction of laws of land. This is Saturn reaching and expressing its ultimate and peak potential, so anything is possible with Capricorn. Aquarius materialises cosmic and celestial law through consciousness. Aquarius threatens the structures of Saturn. Aquarius is Capricorn who has climbed to the top and mastered the system, Aquarius has inherited this expertise, and so it can be detonated from the inside Libra materialises karmic law. Libra also negotiates and compromises the rigid laws of Capricorn by integrating and shaping the human perspective, ethic, and moral righteousness. Capricorn has implemented the law, but is this law fair and reflect a human value system? Capricorn is the judge, but Libra is the prosecutor, defender, the witness, and the conscience

Born in the cosmic transit lounge to celebrate a 30th birthday (30 degrees) and new life (a new sign at 0 degrees). These people farewell the sun’s departure from one mansion and await its arrival at the next destination

there isn’t a unique class of glyphs, archetypes, and myths we use to illustrate ‘cusp signs’. there is no zodiac sign, condition, or symbol conveying the converging of two signs. you can have a birthday during the ‘cusp’, period but you cannot be a ‘cusp sign’. people with birthdays from around the 16th-26th day of the month are born during the cusp phase. at some point during this juncture the sun will complete the cycle at 30 degrees and move into the next sign

the cusp and sun pass over dates are not fixed by sign, month, or year. the sun can cross into the next sign at any stage in the cusp phase, there is no pattern or exact date that the sun always passes on. for example, last year the sun went into the sign of aquarius on january 23 in 2016, and last year the sun entered aquarius on january 19. if you are born during the cusp phase it is really important to check the ephemeris and find the position of the sun for the specific year that you were born. 

“But I’m a mix of both signs! I’m a blend!”

the sun is the centre and the inner planets like mercury, venus, and mars are always within close proximity to the sun. yes you are special because you are a blend of more than one sign. just as special as all of us. the sun cannot divide its light and position. the core of astrology is purely mathematical, so if it doesn’t make mathematical sense it does not make astrological sense. i will use my daughter as an example here. her birthday is june 23 and she was born at 0 degrees 17 minutes cancer. she was born with the crab illuminating. she likely waited that extra 17 minutes for the sun to leave gemini (yes they certainly know exactly what they are doing) the energy of gemini was literally still the illuminant less than 20 minutes ago. the sun was at the very beginning of cancer, and she was born with mercury and mars in the proceeding sign of gemini. you can see how it would be possible for someone with a similar birth to assume she is a ‘gemini-cancer cusp sign’ by virtue of a june 23 birthday and identifying with both the gemini and cancer qualities that reinforce the ‘blended’ cusp notion. you can see it would make sense for her to feel this mixture and relate with both signs. her solar light and essence is cancerian, and she thinks, moves, and jumps like a gemini. it’s not because the sun has split between two signs, it’s because the sun always has close company in the planets sprinkled around its auric field. most people have an intense double sign emphasis because we are way to complex to adopt a personality based on a theoretical calendar line. you have one sun sign, just as you have one heart, one self, and one soul. the sun is the king, the performer, the leader, and the ego. its much too regal and entitled to share it’s light across more than one sign 

http://www.alwaysastrology.com/birth-chart-calculator.html if you are new to astrology. when i was learning i used this website a lot because it was interactive

Like constellations, astrology is dots and it’s up to you to join them together

Astrology cannot predict the future, but it will help you create the best possible future for yourself. It highlights your unique talents, your purpose and personal mythology, and as Joseph Campbell calls it, ‘your bliss’

planets occupying most of the houses (like a splash chart) = the ability to see and experience multiple perspectives, directive confusion, lack of predictability, learns quickly but isn’t given time for much depth, can be rattled by the level of unassociated circumstances and experiences

2nd house: The value we place on ourselves

3rd house: Our personal radio transmission

4th house: The way we perceived our childhood

5th house: How we parent and relate to young people

6th house: The way we listen to our bodies

7th house: Unacknowledged personality traits are revealed to us by relationships

8th house: Inheritance- wealth, psychic abilities, ancestral trauma and mental illness, family secrets

9th house: How we gain a greater perspective

10th house: The life waiting for us

11th house: The way we celebrate friendship