Tim,
Oh wow. Saturn is exalted in Libra. I've been doing things wrong for a very long time!!!! Thank you for correcting me. I still think Saturn in the 7th house is an affliction though. Through my short experience, I've noticed that natals of Saturn in the 7th house cannot maintain a stable relationship until their first Saturn return. And those who get married before then either end up with a divorce or a really lousy marriage that cannot be fixed even after the Saturn return. But like I said, my experience is quite short. I've only been doing astrology for a year. Maybe I'll come across some cases that will prove my theory wrong.
Johan,
Here we go.
The base of the yod is formed of Pluto and Neptune. Let's study each separately first.
Pluto in Virgo, of course, has a generational effect. The functions of Pluto are mainly transformation, reconstruction after destruction and .. well.. extremes! Virgo colors the planets with shades of service, health and critical attitudes. So as a generation, these natals tend to help the world transform through perfection and health. It's highly likely to find them very interested in environmental issues.
Virgo, however, is a pretty unconfident sign. It tends to give a sense of responsibility and duty that lead to hard work (which is, my opinion, a defense mechanism against the low self-confidence). And with the extremist Pluto being colored here, related issues can be really high or really low.
Your natal Pluto is in the 12th house, the house with the worst reputation of all. And Pluto's energies are cruel to deal with much of the time. The 12th house is the dump where we hide things from ourselves and others, and Pluto's functions include secrets. With this placement it can be very hard – if not almost impossible – for you to open up to others. You have a great potential for psychological transformation though. It's just that you have to be careful with your ability of self-analysis. You can either use it or abuse it. Also, this placement can give potential for abusive drug or alcohol consumption.
Moving on to your natal Neptune; you got it in Scorpio in the 3rd house. It's interesting to find Neptune and Scorpio involved a sextile with Pluto in the 12th house. It will increase the intensity of the preceding issues. Illusions, delusions collective consciousness, higher spiritual perception are colored by transformation and, again, secrets and extremes. This time it's in those life areas related to the 3rd house. Siblings, neighbors, communication abilities, analytical potential, early learning stages and pretty much anything related to your mental ability will be affected be this placement. Like I’ve told Sophie already, Neptune’s illusions colored with the Scorpio shade of transformation and intensity will cause you to “expect” emotional support and valuables (material and otherwise) from others. She had to deal with that in the 4th house, you in the 3rd. Neptune will cause issues with you and your siblings, neighbors and anyone that you place in that category. You can switch from very close bonds to illusions and deception as intensely as your Scorpio related placements allow you (i.e., a lot). Aside from that, Neptune in the 3rd house can defuse your mental ability and concentration, but can give you a lot of talent. Don't do accounting, but do write fiction novels. You know what I mean?
You have special placements here. Pluto and Neptune are retrograde in your natal chart. Retrograde planets are usually associated with the first part of the word; "re". When transiting planets are retrograding, astrologers will tell you to re-do things in the area of your life related to the house under the Rx transit. When you're born under a retrograde planet, you tend to re-do things in that area of your life on your own. Yes, this means that the forgoing interpretation of your natal Pluto and Neptune will be issues that you deal with over and over again. Like everything, this has its pros and cons. The biggest pro is that every time you re-do something, you get better at it. You see new things that you missed the last time around. As they say, practice makes perfect. The main downside, and this will be especially obvious in your chart with Pluto, Neptune and the 12th house involved, is that you can obsessive about the issues in question. In your case, I can see potential of extreme self-undoing, destruction and trying to the construct with even more destructive tools. If you do suffer a lot from the downside of this placement, just remember that retrograde motion is an optical illusion due to the geocentric perceptive of astrology. Pluto wasn't really moving backwards when you were born. It just seemed to be doing so. I'd go on about how to deal with natal planets in Rx motion, but this is not the point of this post.
Anyhow, I think you can see how your natal Pluto and Neptune placements have affinity for one another. Throw in the sextile and you got yourself one tough team to beat.
Unlike like most of the yod natals, on the other side you got another team. You don't have one planet on the apex, you have two. Although team Vs team is fairer than team Vs one player, this particular situation will give you a tough battle. If you're into sports, you'll know what I mean. Have you ever watched a game where a strong team played against a mediocre team? The strong team will slaughter the weak one, but it will still be an easy game for both parties. But when two tough teams are playing, it's an interesting game with a lot of energy and conflict involved. Can you imagine such game where there is no particular time limit? Don't freak out. It's not so bad. Such games are actually good for the development of both teams. To see how that applies to you, let's study the apex team.
Saturn is in conjunction with Venus Rx in Aries in the 8th house. Tim is right. Saturn here is in fall. But “fall” doesn’t mean a bad placement. It simply means that the functions of the planet involved are colored with highly unusual shades. Saturn is cold and its functions include restriction, duty, responsibility, fear, care, etc. Aries gives a fiery cardinal warrior color with more than a hint of a leaping-before-thinking attitude. Normally, Saturn would be more than glad to sit down and wait until everything is thought out rationally and analytically. But Saturn in Aries just cannot wait and think. A good thing about this placement (in my opinion) is that its natals tend to gain security through initiative, something that is very much unlike Saturn.
Saturn is also used in a natal chart to point out the area of life where the natal would have a good career or assume most of their responsibilities. Yours is in the 8th house. This placement suggests a good career dealing with other people’s resources. You could be a lawyer or a banker using the energy of this placement (very much unlike what the base of your yod suggests, huh?). Maybe you’ll find yourself assuming responsibilities that should normally be assumed by your partners. The 8th house is also associated with sexuality. Saturn is a restrictive bundle of energy which gives the natal - with such placement - a need to have sexual matters organized and under control. However, your Saturn is in Aries, so this is a problem that you should be able to overcome. Also this placement could suggest problems in matters of credit, shared resources or inheritance. Yeah, you should be good managing other people’s resources, but not your own that are somehow linked to other people’s resources.
Venus is also in Aries. Venus is associated with arts as well as love and sexual attraction. Natals with this placement are likely to be direct and bold in the way you flirt. It’s fairly easy for them to get swept away with desire. They need constant excitement in relationships other wise they’ll just get bored. Exciting and risky is better than boring and comfortable for them. I don’t think you’re totally out of control that way but you could be obsessive for two reasons; your Venus is conjunct Saturn and it happens to be in retrograde motion.
Venus is used in the natal chart to show the area in life where natal would be most expressive of affection and social and artistic attributes. Yours is in the 8th house. My, oh my! You’re highly likely to express affection and creativity in sex. On the other hand, if Venus or the 8th house suffer affliction, there may be inherent fear and/or anger of inability to enjoy relationships to the fullest. There’s also a chance of material gain through partners (unlike what Saturn says, huh?). Again, keep in mind the Venus is Rx.
Ok. Try to fuse the energies of Saturn and Venus. You’ll see that their team gives them fire and initiative in issues related to others. But they are in a conjunction here, which means that their energies can be stressful or harmonious depending on many different factors. You’ll feel the expression of love and arts (Venus) within yourself, but you’ll feel that it is somehow under restriction (Saturn).
Let’s watch the game, shall we? On one side we have a team powered by the affinity felt by its members and the harmonious flow of energy between them. The other team is influential also but the members have very different functions and the flow of energy is stressful much of the time. Again, the base times wins and the apex team suffers.
Areas of struggling with psychological wellbeing, self-undoing, hazy communication and possible problematic relationships with siblings and/or neighbors will team up and affect the ability of expression in and sound management of possible outcomes of relationships. Sometimes the dreamy base will let the apex have a nice fantasy and other times it’ll just ruin everything that apex is trying to do. The Finger of God is pointing at the problems relating to relationships outcomes. You have to realize that these problems are not caused by the other person involved. It’s all coming from within. It’s not that the other person is not letting you express or doesn’t understand, it’s just that you’re expecting what is normally too much to be expected. Also, there’s a possibility that you project your own problems or attributes on others. A lot of denial is in the air.
You have a lot of healing powers. You need to use them on yourself. So you’re dreamy and you’re head is more in the clouds than on Earth? Good. Share the feeling. Picking the right words may be difficult at first, but you can learn. Share your dreams and psychic abilities. Just teach yourself to remember that your mind works in a different way than others and if they can’t understand you than maybe you need to explain with patience, if you want that is. Just don’t point the finger of blame to others. Turn it around and you’ll see that the solution lies within. If you can reconcile the differences between the yod members, you’ll be able to heal many relationships, including your own. See if the rest your chart has energies that could help with that.
By the way, I didn’t look at the rest of the chart. I’m sorry, but I’ve been so busy lately that it too me three days to write your yod interpretation alone. Much of what I said could be away from the truth if more powerful contradicting energies exist in your natal chart. So, like Elianah says, take what fits and ditch the rest.
Hope I’ve been helpful.
, since Mercury is ALSO the ruler of Virgo. These astrologers then create new exaltations for Mercury...but Mercury is the traditional one.
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