If Water features strongly on your overall chart, you will be able to deal successfully with Fire and Wood merchandise, as Water can control Fire and produce Wood. Likewise, this person will also be at home in his own Water- related professions, but may be unable to find easy success in Earth-related fields as Earth controls Water. Metal will also hinder him to certain degrees. Professions which involve person-to-person contact, public relations, psyhology, public speaking and the like should be associated with Water as the human body is made up mainly of water. Read the rest of this entry »

Uranus

The orbit of Uranus is 84 years, but variations during that orbit can alter the time of the all-important half-return. Uranus is going through a speeding-up process at the moment, so those who are now approaching their forties will experience the half-return at the age of 39. Older subjects will have experienced this at 40, 41 or even 42. Uranus, the ‘breakout’ planet, brings issues of freedom and originality to the fore, so, if a subject has been living a very conventional life up to the time of the return, they may kick over the traces when it comes. Read the rest of this entry »

Jupiter

Jupiter takes 12 years to make its return. If you understand natal charting, when trying to interpret this return you will need to take into account the sign and the house that natal Jupiter occupies as well as any planets that aspect Jupiter natally.

If you don’t understand natal charting, then just remember that Jupiter is a bit of a double-edged sword. As you begin to read and learn about astrology, you will soon come to see Jupiter as ‘the great benefic’, or the planet that, along with Venus, bestows all kinds of good things upon its subjects. Read the rest of this entry »

The Moon

The Moon travels around the Earth once each month. Therefore there will be one day in every 27.32 days when it returns to the place in which it was when a subject was born. This is called a lunar return. At this point in the book I suggest that you forget about the Moon, because apart from obvious things such as a woman having a menstrual period or one’s credit card bills coming in, there shouldn’t be too many earth- shattering things happening on a monthly basis. Read the rest of this entry »

Third house

Mercury

This is a great time for communications and for having an active mind. Don’t wear your nerves out by thinking too much! Try to finish one task before starting another.

Venus

Good relationships with those who are around you and a peaceful frame of mind are likely. A good old gossip with a woman friend from time to time will perk you up. Socializing with neighbours and siblings will be pleasant. Read the rest of this entry »

Fifth house

Mercury

You could take up a creative hobby or job that involves writing. Young people will bring pleasure.

Venus

Love, pleasure and a good time is ensured now. You may decide to work in a creative field or to express yourself in an artistic hobby. Much pleasure may be had from music, art, sex and holidays. Children bring joy and there could be a number of family celebrations now. (A Venus transit when a child is born would suggest a girl baby.) Read the rest of this entry »

This progression will bring a great expansion in all your horizons. Far-away places and the people who come from them will become a feature of your life now. This could take you travelling to places that you had never thought you would see. Foreigners, foreign goods and ideas that emerge from cultures and backgrounds that are different from yours will become important. You may choose to live in another country for a while and also to learn another language. Read the rest of this entry »

Friends will become an important feature of your life at this time and you will have more dealings with other people than formerly. You will feel the need to be identified with a particular group of people who share your views and represent a life style to which you aspire. Read the rest of this entry »

Ninth house

Mercury

Travel and dealings with foreigners in connection with work are likely to be beneficial, as would any course of training, or study. You may become interested in religious or philosophical ideas and something that uses a system, such as astrology, numerology or graphology. Read the rest of this entry »

Please forgive me for calling the Sun and Moon planets when we all know that they aren’t planets. All astrologers do this for the sake of simplicity and, anyway, you know what I mean!

Wherever the planets were when a subject was born, there are times when they return to the same place. Read the rest of this entry »

Chinese Horoscope Rat Born with Capricorn: Earth + Positive Water

Sociable, steady, resourceful. A consummate hoarder, he labels, catalogues and takes stock of possessions endlessly. Don’t laugh — come rainy weather, he may have cornered all the umbrellas on the market. The Capricorn Rat is wise and careful. He will be less mobile and adventurous than other Rats. Read the rest of this entry »

Because Pisces sometimes have to be forced into doing things for themselves, and are also notorious for ignoring their health, consider a voucher for a relaxation massage or a paid-up course in tai chi.

If your Pisces is the self-destructive type, stay away from presents of alcohol, but a great fantasy novel or a fantasy computer game will thrill them. Don’t expect to see them for the next couple of days, though. Read the rest of this entry »

Progressed Moon through Capricorn

Capricorn/Capricorn

Pure Capricorn: all the Capricornian traits are emphasized.

Capricorn/Taurus

This is a good money-making combination and a practical attitude to money and possessions will be needed. You may become more interested in creative or artistic hobbies and pastimes. Read the rest of this entry »

Progressed Moon through Leo

Leo/Leo

Pure Leo: all the Leonine traits are emphasized.

Leo/Sagittarius

The rather heavy and dramatic Leonine attitude will ease and a great sense of humour will begin to develop. Look back to the Sagittarian interests in the Aries/Sagittarius section. Read the rest of this entry »

Because the Moon moves so quickly, it traverses a whole decanate in just under a year, thus adding an interesting touch of spice to any lunar progression.

It is interesting to note that the first decanate of any sign is always sub-ruled by itself, so it is obviously at its most effective. Perhaps this is a necessity, because if it were not so the ingress of a planet into a new sign wouldn’t make as much of an impression. As the Moon works through the decanates of any sign the effect of the sub-rulers becomes quite obvious. Read the rest of this entry »

Moon in challenging aspect to the natal Moon

Domestic and family matters are likely to be strained just now and this is a bad time to call in the builders or to try to move house. Your emotions will be stretched and you may go down with some kind of ailment as a result of stress. Travel is not well starred, although you are restless enough to try it anyway. Read the rest of this entry »

Capricorns seem to grow young, rather than old. They are born thirty, and spend their youth and early twenties growing their body into its rightful age.

To be truthful, they would love to have skipped all those tiresome early years, having to be friends with immature brats and having no control over their destiny. The teenage years are especially painful for a Capricorn — rebellion holds no sway with her; she just wants to get out of school, so she can start earning a wage and take some control over her life. Read the rest of this entry »

Capricorn at Work

As the third Earth sign, Capricorn represents the principals of hard work, perseverance, integrity and determination. Earth signs are tenacious, and have stable reserves of energy. The symbol of the Goat is often used to explain the particular brand of Capricorn tenacity, climbing ever higher, not stopping to take in the view until they reach the top of that mountain. The Goat’s ambition to be at the top is not the megalomaniac ambition that can push Leo or Taurus; it’s simply a desire for the serenity of the peak. Read the rest of this entry »

Mercury

This progression or transit marks a good time to study and also to make new and interesting friends. Your ability to communicate and to project the right image increases.

Venus

Influential or wealthy friends (especially females) may enter your life, but whether they do you any good or not depends upon other factors. Social life will be terrific and friends could introduce you to the arts or to a more congenial way of life. It is possible that you will turn a friendship into a long-term love relationship. Read the rest of this entry »

Mercury

Dealings with sick people and those in places of seclusion is likely. You may decide to work for the benefit of suffering humanity. Guard against signing anything or committing yourself to any important business deals without taking good care to ensure that all is as it should be. Try to avoid spilling out secrets.

Venus

You will want to help others, and this will bring karmic benefits to you in its wake. You may decide to do something to make the lives of others more pleasant. Guard against falling in love with someone totally unsuitable or having a heart-wrenching secret love affair. Read the rest of this entry »