Hi Katrina,
Glad it is helpful. I would like to make a correction, however.
In my last post I said something about a transiting Venus-Natal Mars conjunction. Jettison that. I think my Mars return was playing havoc with my focus on Mars. :? :shock:
She does have Venus transiting her 1st house stellium of ASC-Uranus–Ceres-Pluto-Vesta-Juno. This is a very potent house on its own, without any transits or progressions. All of these planets and asteroids are working as one integrated energy in for her. Now add in the planet of balanced self-worth and reliance, interdependent- (not co-dependent) worth and reliance to the picture, and I can understand why she is going through a major shift. She is balancing out for herself what worth and reliance is for her, specifically for her and not based on what others or society says her self- and interdependent-worth and reliance should be.
This is not only thing that is affecting why she is "feeling" that this is in the public (i.e. Saturn) sphere. If you look at her secondary (2SP) and solar arc (SA) progressions, you will see what the Moon is doing. Starting with her secondary progressed Moon, it currently is in her Cancer 11th house. 2PR Moon is in its sign, which means that she may be looking for nurturing and support from people who have similar interests to her (11th house). Her 2PR Moon is needing to feel appreciated in public settings where she present her ideas and feel welcomed, which is echoed through her SA North Node in the 1st house.
Now her SA Moon is moving towards its conjunction with her natal Saturn. It would not be in close enough orb normally for her to be feeling it (it is at 1° Aquarius, her natal Saturn is at 7° Aquarius—I've rounded up to the next degree from the minutes) except for the fact that it is in almost direct opposition to transiting Saturn at 2° Leo. Transiting Saturn
is in orb with natal Saturn, so it is bringing that SA Moon energy into contact with natal Saturn. She may feel that she is wrestling with what her public identity should be for her and not how the public is wanting to identify it for her. She may feel the need to break (remember that Saturn co-rules Aquarius with Uranus) and rebel from public definitions of who she should be.
The other transit she is going through is her Uranus opposition. Since transiting Uranus is in Rx motion, it is making its final approach to direct opposition with itself. However, it will not make it as far back to make a direct opposition, but it will be withing 1° of doing so in November. This opposition energy may be making her look long and hard in new and novel ways of what it means to be herself in a truly unique and individual way and how to bring that person into a relationship in a balanced way.
Her transiting Uranus is also conjuncting her natal Jupiter-Chiron conjunction (which is also opposed to her natal Uranus stellium). Transiting Uranus may be making her reexamine old relationship wounds (and not just of the romantic kind) and find unique and unexpected ways of healing them so she can move on. Jupiter can help by bringing in higher evolutionary energy to heal the wound and then use the energy to teach how to heal other relationship wounds in the future.
As I noted, these relationship wounds are more than of the romantic nature because Pisces is in the 7th house. It is how she relates to others through all types of consciousness. She has been wounded before and has had those wounds expanded about what consciousness is. I wouldn't be surprised if at some time in her life she has had people that she was in close relationship with call her a space cadet and an air head (Pisces in an Air house). They couldn't get a grasp on her because she didn't play the normal relationship roles. She went beyond and above the roles and others just could not get that. So they may have categorized her into roles that may have made them feel safe rather than learning how to move beyond society's limited ideas of relationship.
I know this is more than what you asked.
I give it to you in hope that it may help her understand at a deeper level what is happening.
And, as always, keep what makes sense and jettison the rest.