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earthgoddess

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Hi all, thank you for reading my posts. I am an older woman. I am concerned by the amount of red lines in my chart, the things that look like squares and the the things that may or may not be yods. I have had a lot of trauma and crisis throughout my life and I'm tired of it. My chart is looking negative to me. I'm hoping to find ways to be more positive. I am a Capricorn but have never felt like a Capricorn. I even worked for a couple of years with a woman who was born on the exact birthdate as me (no idea of the time or place) and many people were surprised at how different we were. I'm going to gradually read through the many interesting-looking threads on here.

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Edit: Trying again to add my chart.

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As I wrote, I'm Capricorn but haven't felt very Capricorn my whole life, but I have just noticed my Pisces daughter has a 5-planet Stellium in Capricorn. Venus, Mars, Uranus, Neptune, and Saturn in the 7th House. I have already noticed that someone else has posted on these forums that they have the same Stellium. An interesting coincidence.
 
Hi,
If my maths is still o.k. you have just turned 61 years of age. If you 'have had a lot of trauma and crisis throughout my life' and you have got through it all to still be here to celebrate another birthday, I'd say you have shown the internal stamina for which Capricorn is renowned. It's the sign that does not give in to adversity, it's the rod in the back, the ability to 'turn to stone' to 'self protect' and stand one's ground in difficult situations, no matter how hard they may be or the hardship they bring. It can go that extra mile because defeat is not part of its vocabulary. Even with the pseudonym you have chosen for yourself, you may not recognise such inner strength in yourself but its been there when the necessity for it was present.

The blue lines in a chart are what are called 'inherent' qualities. It shows the possession of a very strong power of obsessive will, which does not always mean having/getting one's own way. It's then that the (in)flexibility of Moon feelings in Gemini kick in and Moon can make life 'feel' uneasy. Gemini is a sign that works through the mental application those feelings apply to situations. Capricorn, however is an Earth-based sign; the 'It is as it is' factor. When Sun and Moon are in a strained aspect with each other as in your chart, how one's mental feelings look towards situations may not agree with what is actually occuring. Add that Moon also forms a strained aspect to Neptune, the planet of sensitivity that can dissolve one's sense of reality to live in a dream world of irreality, and the Capricorn Sun has its work cut out for it to keep one grounded in the physical world. Otherwise, eventual consequences can cause harm which, if one were to think about it (Mercury), one actually brings upon itself.

It's the red lines in a chart, of which there are many, that can cause friction within one's self because they denote the challenges in life one finds one's self up against. Is a person assertive enough to meet those hurdles? Mars is the productive energy of that function. In the firey sign Leo, it can work very creatively in itself, yet its motor that provides that energy does not appear to be as strong as it should be( retrograde). It works inwardly, possible aggressively creating a lot of inner anger which would need to be controlled to work properly. In a positive sense, inspirational energy could work well in any 10th house business/creative career (ad)venture. In a female chart, Mars can be associated with 'male energy'; i.e. the role men play in one's life, whereby one's personal energy for one's self is set aside (NOT very Mars' 'me first' nature!).

A major issue in recent years may be that as the Sun has moved forward approx. 1 degree per year, it is has been moving through Pisces for at least the last 15 of them and has recently crossed the 5th house cusp... the realm of life referring to children, the parent-child relationship, eventual romantic affairs, and one's creative talents. A problem with Pisces is that it inclines to make one feel to be a victim of its circumstances because it dissolve everything that a Capricorn Sun nature considers important; the public and/or professional status, the bricks and mortar of a secure home, the financial situations one encounters. OR the opening of one's eyes to see why it occured.

You said yourself 'I'm tired of it' . With the planet of transformation (Pluto) hovering over the S.N. in Capricorn, and with transit Neptune sextiling it (I am experiencing the same), you may find that you are tired of carrying old baggage of situations from the past around with you and the time has come to finally change your views about them and then, willingly,let them go. The past cannot be changed Only your way of feeling/thinking about it can do that in your approach towards them.
At least your experiences have opened your heart to the feeling experience that the N.N in Cancer carries within it. You still have many years ahead of you to embrace it.

:)
 
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Thank you Frisiangal, That's beautiful and very comforting. I've never given my Capricorn side enough credit, it's a survivor.

I am looking at new ways to move on and let go. I am finding some peace. :) I am going to re-read your post later.
 
Most astrologers would not count the Venus squares that are marked in the chart you posted here. The Venus square Jupiter has a full 10 degree of orb and the Venus square Mars has a 7d orb. These are large orbs, and I will allow only 5-6 for trines, squares, and conjunctions unless they involve the Sun or Moon, and then I would allow up to 10d.

The closer the orb the stronger the effect. Aspects can change the expression of the planet's energy and are very critical to understanding a chart.

Not surprised that you do not identify with being a Capricorn. One's Sun sign is usually seen as only one of the three "primary triad" features, the others being your Moon sign and your Ascendant sign. So in your case, Sagittarius Rising and the Moon in Gemini. These two signs are quite different, almost antithetical archetypes to the slow, prudent Capricorn archetype. Both are mutable signs that need a lot of change, variety and mental or social stimulation. Also, in Hellenistic astrology, if one has a nighttime chart, as you do, the Moon is often considered a stronger influence than the Sun.

Also, an important fourth placement to consider is always the ruler of the Ascendant sign. Your is Jupiter in Pisces in H4. Because H4 is correlated to the sign of Cancer, a water sign, and Pisces is also a Water sign, you might identify more with the characteristics of a Cancer than those of a Capricorn? The Moon in aspect to Pluto always guarantees strong emotional responses.

And, you have a yod between Sun, Moon and Neptune - that is a prominent and important , often very difficult feature.
 

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