Hi there,
I have been reading through the posts, and would like to share just a few astrological observations from my side:
To Pluto
It is better to not see Pluto (just) as a planet of destruction. It is, as you say
Rogue, a planet of transformation, but not of 'damnation'. The transformation, for eg, that it brings through death is not actually destruction, but renewal/to begin anew, if you will. Also, Pluto is a healer in its own way, in its own merciless way you could say perhaps. It is ruthless in making the native scratch the surface, compelling the native to look into those deep, dark realms of the psyche in order to expose those/bring the obstacles - the buried pain to the surface, so this can be dealt with, and the process of cleansing onto a real transformation can start. The process obviously is not an easy one, and, if the native chooses to fight this (painful) process of transformation, it all indeed can feel/even be very destructive in the end. One can delve deeper into this subject, but let us not digress from the main topic all too far.
I totally agree that pluto is not a planet of damnation and have never asserted it was, but it is representative of destruction thru which transformation comes. Each planet is a lord unto itself. Energy is reflected off one another but there is no consciousness between them. Plutos purpose is not one of healing. Plutos purpose is one of destruction and transformation, not for malevolent purposes but because destruction and transformation are necessary part of growth. Pluto is all about evolution, it is without conscience being single minded in its destruction and elimination of all redundant elements for the survival and proliferation of the human soul. It is neither negative nor positive, functioning simply but profoundly to enhance and advance the cycle of life. Healing can only take place on a conscious level through expansion and depth of understanding and acceptance. These are things of no concern to pluto. Pluto may facillitate healing just as maggots on a festering flesh wound facillitate healing but let there be no doubt that neither the maggots nor pluto heal anything.
To North Node
It denotes 'growth' through the direction meant for us to be taken in this life, but this does not come easy. It is something we have to work for in order to reach our destination, attain our goals.
I agree completely.
In our souls journey there is a place we must move away from, a place that is familiar, a place we learned to be ourselves. That place being the south node. Our soul yearns for evolution, to grow and transcend the existence we were born into. Does that come easy? Not on your nelly. It is easily they most profound and difficult journey ever requiring incredible courage and indeterminable strength. The south node represents the things we need to work through to realise and acheive the north node goals.
To the IC/MC points
This is still quite a debated subject - as in whether it is the IC or the MC that signifies the mother/father. Let us say that the IC/4th house denotes the roots/family/origin, so 'parents', in general, which form the family and home. This is not to say that there are no established theories on which point denotes what, but there are also many counter theories, which makes it all quite 'un-set' or debated.
My decision to assign mother father etc in this chart is not based on single significators but rather the dynamic interplay of all the characters in the chart.
To Chiron in Cancer
This indeed can show wounds related to the mother/motherly figure (Moon, natural ruler of Cancer clearly dentoes the mother and Cancer is the sign of the family and home life, of women in general, and esp of the mother/motherly figure.
Generally speaking yes but in this case the moon is ruled by saturn. We are not discussing theoretical significators here but instead the dynamic formed in this womans chart.
To Capricorn
It actually is a sign of early maturity, even wisdom to a certain extent, both of which can indeed come through some sort of burden (be it through family/finances..) thatthe native might have to bear early in life.
I dont think we can simply state that capricorns suffer or acheive wisdom due to burdens. Saturn is not all doom and gloom. Saturn represents stability, discipline, order, maturity, responsibility, stoicness and determination. Sure capricorns can suffer the ill affects of saturn and this is more so with the moon placed here but its very simplistic.
To Cap Moon
One surely should not assume that Cap Moon will not let a person forget some past circumstance/painful experience at all in life (like I said earlier, nothing in the chart can dam-n a person to unresolved sufferings for a lifetime, there is free-will and other factors in a chart always to show the opposite). However, it can be rather challenging for a person with (personal) planets in Cap to (easily) let go of the past; Saturn rules Cap, and Saturn is a planet of the past, the old...
As someone with a cappy moon and saturn in first house i can honestly say that the past holds no more weight for me than the future. Saturn has no time for emotions and certainly doesnt entertain pity parties based on past hurts. Saturn simply wants to stay the same. Saturn resists change and does this simply because that is saturns purpose. Saturn seeks resolution without disruption.
Astro 4U and Rogue, I just checked on the Sat-Chiron opposition, and found that it is almost 10°, and both these being rather slow-moving bodies, we perhaps should not count that opposition.
AQ7