Hello David,
thanks for responding and please remember, I am still an astro novice!
When you say "Using whole-sign houses, that cusp situation can alter things significantly."
This is true, but not with regards to the ASC, right?
That should always stay the same, so it does not help me in figuring out what my true ASC is!
You say:
"If Cap. is first house, Saturn takes precedence; if it's Sag., Jupiter rules. Use your ability to weigh the evidence, as only you can personally know it:
Is yours a hazardous world requiring constant planning and caution; or a safe one, provided you keep your energy-level high and your wits about you? A blend of both, or more one than the other?"
I'd say it is a blend of both, however Capricorn stands out more. When I play the game of detecting (my) astro signs with new acquaintances, they very often think I am a Capricorn, rather than a Libra or Sagittarius.
(And my Sun is in Libra)
I used to travel a lot and after having been born in Germany, I lived later as an adult in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and now in the USA. That would fit more with Sagi, but maybe having my moon in Sagi caused me to look for my significant other in far away places?
(My wife is USA citizen and I once had a girl friend in Australia)
With regards to you saying:
"Is yours a hazardous world requiring constant planning and caution; or a safe one, provided you keep your energy-level high and your wits about you?"
I'd say that the first 30 to 35 years of my life were more along the lines of
"a hazardous world requiring constant planning and caution" possibly going along with one (or one and a quarter) complete Saturn cycle, but once I realized a few things by reading e.g. Jane Roberts - The Nature of Personal Reality, things shifted and I stopped seeing myself as a victim and started to create my own reality according to what I wanted. I had a very strong confined and restricted childhood and had to get rid of those 'chains' first.
It used to be like one astrologer once said to me that with first Saturn and then Jupiter in my first house, I will achieve what I want, but I have to
work for it! My younger brother is a Leo and things just come to him easily and effortlessly.
However that now changed a lot due to Jane Roberts and e.g. Abraham Hicks' teachings!
Thanks for this exchange, much appreciated, gis