food for thought: Hi. I also have such a pattern in my chart, along with a Grand Water Trine as well. The oppositions here obviously intersect these configurations, indicating problematic areas in your life. Hanging onto sanity: the conjunct of Pluto/Uranus opp Mercury. Consider that the axis involved is between the 2nd and 8th houses; traditionally personal resources vs shared resources. But there is another layer of influence involved here as well, from a more spiritual level: the 2nd is also about our values and our belief systems relating to security. Moon in Taurus has an inner yearning or need, for comfort, peace and beautiful surroundings: such possessions represent security to you and you are apt to have a greater need for physical/material security and stability. In turn, then we consider the conjunction of Pluto/Uranus in the 2nd [power struggles, control issues, unexpected upheavals and instability] as a result of external influences over which we often have little control. This combination relates to political and social upheavals, which in turn may adversely affect your personal sense of security and instability. How then do you maintain stability when confronted with such unpredictability and uncertainty in life? By polarity, the 8th also relates to resourcefulness through the psyche, which can only come through spiritual awareness. Your Pisces stellium makes you highly receptive and sensitive despite your Leo rising: Saturn in Pisces often carries a karmic fear of 'lack or going without', which in turn increases an obsessive need for possessions and money. In turn then this creates imbalance [opposition] which must be somehow reconciled. Is this of concern to you? The answers lie within that grand trine/kite configuration, which points the way to unblocking that internal build-up of energy; such energy needs to be appropriately channeled. Neptune square Sun is another aspect that can contribute to insecurity, confusion, uncertainty, fear, victimization and weakness in expressing your true sense of Self. This could also contribute to your feeling of 'hanging on to sanity with a slippery grip'...sometimes reality can get skewed under the influence of Neptune. Personally I believe that the Grand Trine in particular represents divine intervention or grace when most needed. One thing further, the theme involved in the polarity between Virgo and Pisces is about gaining balance between serving yourself and serving others.