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Pam
Fottrell, Owner, Astrologer,- PamFitness
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PERMANENT INFLUENCES
At the location which you have specified, there was more than one important influence at the time of your birth. Below we have identified the nature of these influences, and they will probably seem somewhat contradictory to you. Residing in a location where there is more than one important planetary influence is of itself somewhat stressful, and it is likely that one or more of the influences will be "projected"; that is, instead of acknowledging and assimilating the influence yourself, you will be inclined to seek other people, or external situations, to act it out for you. Nevertheless, you should attempt to comprehend all influences operating here, since it is only by inwardly accepting such power that you can gain control over it.
To understand the following influence, you should be aware that it is strong in this locality, though not overbearingly so. While reading the psychological description of its manifestation below, you should recognize the major theme that has operated for you (or will operate) here, though it may not be your prime concern at all times. You can ignore it for long periods, and this moderation of the influence tends to mitigate some of the more frightening and dangerous excesses that can occur. Probably, the more unusual manifestations won't happen to you, as this influence merges with others in your personality, creating a more balanced manifestation.
Mercury-Imum Coeli
IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND YOUR PAST, YOU'LL REPEAT IT
The nature of Mercury will manifest most obviously and directly in areas that concern the home, the family, and your sense of personal roots and origins. The past -- your own, and that of your family, race, ethnicity, or region -- is apt to here become a means of self-identification and definition, so that fascination and research into genealogy, the family tree, forgotten past, and the unconscious lead to a rooted sense of self and more powerful identity. These inner factors can be organized into a coherent personal myth here, one that serves to structure the mind more efficiently -- a mythological organization of the past that allows a more thorough comprehension and utilization of the present. You become sensitive to how the past has conditioned you, especially in private study and introspection, and so are able to modify its effects. The "archaeology of self" is plumbed, perhaps through psychoanalysis; racial and family "karma" are understood.
Allegiances to family, nation, and religious tradition may deepen here, so that such identifications become a more important part of self-definition. Moreover, what you do may here be noted in family history, and you have the opportunity to change your role in it. Home interests remain fluid and flexible, perhaps unsettled much of the time, and family life seems more interesting and perhaps becomes the locale of study and learning, home-based business, or research. Intuition also increases under this line in many instances, as instinctive awareness of your past enables you to see large worldwide patterns which, extrapolated, give you knowledge of the future and present. Seeing yourself and your family's past as a microcosm of the world enhances your knowledge of yourself and the world's future. Finally, you may undertake some sort of quest in education, travel, or other Mercury fields that later in life distinguishes you and constitutes a fundamental part of your identity.
To understand the importance of the following influence, you should be aware that it is weak in the location you have identified. You may have to read between the lines of the description below, and should filter its extremities through the knowledge that the more bizarre and unusual manifestations of the influence are not likely in your case. You will recognize a basic theme that underlies a lot of your activity, yet with a large factor of choice and chance; but you may be assured that the options are open to you when the underlying psychological climate is empowered by a conscious choice and will on your part. Alternatively, you may not even be consciously aware of this influence, though careful introspection should validate its presence, as might the observations of a person who knows you well and objectively.
Mars-Descendant
IT'S ALL THEIR FAULT
In this locale, the position of Mars manifests most obviously in your relations with other people, which tend to be intense, competitive, and confrontive. This location is one in which the more negative aspects of Mars are apt to become evident, as the tendency is to project your own violence and antipathy outward, especially if there is any self-dislike in your makeup. You may see yourself as innocent and loving, and wonder why so many people seem to be so belligerent. Later, you may accept that you are probably denying certain aspects of your own sexual or aggressive identity and unconsciously seeking them out in others. Relationships go so poorly here that you may be forced to rely on yourself, but it's not easy, as competitors instinctively go for your weak spots and take a lack of assertiveness on your part as an invitation to aggression.
For obvious reasons, women particularly will have problems in this area, and marriage is not apt to be much assurance of safety, since your husband may well be the offending party. A vigorous and physical lifestyle may relieve some of the tension, and you begin to balance some of your intense energy off against intense challenges. There is danger of injury and accident as well, and oppression, coercion, and unwelcome sexual advances may be the price that is paid by all but the most self-assured and inwardly honest. Neither investments nor partnerships seem very good prospects, and litigation should be avoided at all costs. Despite all this, your confidence in yourself develops, and if you can get in touch with your anger and sexuality, you may find a powerful new sense of your own ability. The hard sell dominates where the world seems (and perhaps is) hostile, putting constant pressure on you. Any professions that deal with violence, fire, sexuality, or interpersonal altercation may act out some of the pressure; success comes only through arduous and consistent effort.
To understand the importance of the following influence, you should be aware that it is weak in the location you have identified. You may have to read between the lines of the description below, and should filter its extremities through the knowledge that the more bizarre and unusual manifestations of the influence are not likely in your case. You will recognize a basic theme that underlies a lot of your activity, yet with a large factor of choice and chance; but you may be assured that the options are open to you when the underlying psychological climate is empowered by a conscious choice and will on your part. Alternatively, you may not even be consciously aware of this influence, though careful introspection should validate its presence, as might the observations of a person who knows you well and objectively.
Sun-Imum Coeli
PRIDE IN YOUR ORIGINS
In this location, the general effects and concerns of the Sun specifically act themselves out on an inward level, allowing you to accept yourself and your power in the world -- gradually at first, and perhaps invisibly, there is a deep, inward renovation of soul and purpose going on. At the very base of self-definition is an inner image of who you are that came from parents and other influences in your early environment. It is your inner context, the matrix within which you see yourself operating, and is made up of traditions, family, ethnic identity, and regional loyalties. This inner sense of who you are is restructured, rehabilitated, given new authority and power, and ultimately transcended altogether, in the same way that a child grows beyond his family into a mature self-defined individual. You build on your heritage, or rediscover it; genealogy, pride in family, and research into your personal past are allegories for a deep seeking to understand yourself on inwardmost levels.
This zone is good for seeking retirement or founding a family; you become a good host, run your household well, and accede to something of the role of paterfamilias (regardless of your actual gender). A profound sense of personal responsibility to family, immediate circle, or tradition evolves, and a protective fondness for the roots from which you came strengthens your own identity. Family strife tends to disappear here (as long as everyone acknowledges that you have a talent for leadership), and your creativity brings security for yourself and those you love. Property is acquired here (be careful of pretentious overextension) that increases in value (or at least prestige). This is also a good location for self-rehabilitation in health or psyche, a prime area for the ailing to energize their battle for wholeness. Vitality is enhanced at deepest levels, leading eventually to a role of pillar of the community or creative artist. This is a superb location to build your dream home, actually or figuratively, as the construction would have inner as well as outer manifestations.
While the possibilities of how these influences might interact are limitless, the description below suggests some of the experiences you can expect.
Mercury*Mars
"FOOT-IN-MOUTH DISEASE"
A chronic case of "foot-in-mouth disease" guarantees life will rarely be quiet and that changes and self-awareness are results of far too many lessons in the virtues of silence. Controversy seems to accompany everything you say, though introspection will reveal that people are only reacting to the chip you're carrying on your shoulder and to an arrogant, boastful, and provocative verbal representation lacking diplomacy and tact. Still, you are able to attain your goals, muscle is put into ideas, the pen is mightier than the sword, and original research (often scientific) is vigorously undertaken. This is a good area to find and enjoy manual, farm, laboring, or other forms of active and strenuous work. Even simple jobs are made into Herculean tasks, since physical exertion is beneficial in dissipating some of the belligerence and irritability that are generated here. Socially, though, you may have problems, as these planets together are seen by others as rude, coarse, perhaps malicious, vengeful, sarcastic, and cutting. Or, when their effects are internalized, you may be subject to nerves, allergies, or repeated infection. Injuries caused by rash and precipitate action, particularly in driving, travel, or the use of machinery or vehicles, also can result from bottled-up resentments. Your sensitivity makes you seem adolescent, awkward and painfully reactive, though verbally formidable, particularly in "put-downs."
Skill and dexterity can be developed in manual arts, and if you are working hard at carpentry, a craft, outdoor work, or skilled labor, this zone can be constructive rather than problematical. Competitive instincts are considerably sharpened, you are good at shrewd self-promotion and advertising (beware of alienating people with a hard sell), and you'll enjoy rigorous examinations and opportunities to prove yourself. But details tend to overwhelm you, hairs are split, and intolerance to criticism alienates the well-intentioned. Sexual exploitation, overwork, and even criminality can manifest here, so the area is best avoided by those not already self-possessed and calm. You'll need to cultivate cautious, tolerant friends to act as brakes on your impetuosity.
As a woman, you'll find this area particularly risky and challenging; men won't much like your independence nor the sardonic, verbal way in which you assert it. There is even risk of attack, accident, or health problems, though the area may be congenial if you are willing to forego the usual female roles and put up with the confrontations.
As likely as the above is another set of possibilities formed by combining the influences you have operating:
Sun*Mars
FEELING ANGRY
Society does not much encourage expression of aggressive, angry, physically confrontive, and emotional reactions. In civilization, these are expected to be suppressed, not to exist, or to be channelled into "constructive" activities: sport, war, or environmental exploitation. In this locality, such sublimation is apt to be difficult for you, as you are more irascible, temperamental, reckless, outspoken, defensive, and irritable. Not without good reason, of course -- you tend to gravitate to aggressive people and can't stand by idly while they trample on your prerogatives. More positively, the shy become bold and daring, risks are gladly taken (perhaps too impulsively, thence regretted), though the proverbial chip on your shoulder attracts plenty of people willing to knock if off. You discover your fighting spirit and fondness for controversy, and take some pleasure in the quarreling, domestic uproar, and sensitive pride that seem to manifest here. Action comes too quickly and without reflection; there is conflict between needs for security, others' loyalty, family attachment, and sexual needs or masculine-type pride and machismo. The home itself is under pressure, so that, in addition to the interpersonal crises mentioned above, there is also danger of fire, attack, and injury, especially for those who are not able to feel and express anger and belligerence directly. Outspoken and daring feistiness underlie a distrust and rejection of the dependent aspects of self. A boasting, bullying demeanor can be the result of your own reluctance to admit your own needs for others' affection and sustenance.
In this area, you may feel initially oppressed and distrustful of your own female nature. You are apt to be something of a tomboy, daring and courageous, and tend to have trouble with men--macho types are drawn to you, and surprised by your resistance. At best, this is where you can get in touch with your anger and, in time, you learn to feel and safely act out these feelings of insecurity and inferiority. Until you are able to be comfortable with your anger and power, however, you may attract attacks, ill health (especially in the stomach and digestive and reproductive areas), and constant tension.
Sun*Mercury
THE MIND'S WANDERLUST
In this area, sensitivity, feelings, and appetites are linked with the mind, work concerns, and your function and place in the world. This could be the battleground between past conditioning, loyalties (especially to family), and career concerns, ideas, and freedom of thought. You may want to break away from habitual patterns to reach out for more sensation here, for there is a craving to know and experience things first hand, perhaps resulting in an actual or vicarious wanderlust.
Mental abilities, ideas, speech, common sense, and physical coordination take center stage here, along with precocity, restlessness, impatience, nervous mentality, and a quick grasp of opportunities and ideas that often gains you public attention. Others find you bright and impressionable, and your awareness and lively, shrewd intelligence guarantee a living by your wits or imagination and accomplishment in scholarly areas, trade, or commerce. You are popular for lightning-fast repartee, perceptual acuity, tendency to gossip and trivia. Morals could be a little too flexible under this influence, especially where money is concerned, and talking too much can get you and others into trouble. The mind is like a sponge, absorbing everything with which it comes into contact, though its retentiveness is balanced by lack of discrimination, direction, and concentration. Mental functions of synthesis and retrieval work well here, as do linguistic and verbal skills. Life is full of trivial changes and motion, new people, fluctuations, and turbulence in work and career areas, while business, journalism, and mental or office work are successful employment possibilities.
A perfect locale for an interview in which your skills would shine, this area is also good for real estate, trading, studiousness, genealogy, and developing your talents and capacities. Defense of the underdog may be undertaken here, ideas are integrated into feelings, and people met tend to be colorful and interesting, perhaps even a little on the sleazy side.
SECONDARY INFLUENCES
The material presented above describes the most potent and significant planetary influences operating at the location you have designated at the time of your birth. It is these concerns and manifestations that should demand your concentrated attention, and it could be suggested that it is to assimilate and understand this type of experience that you have considered residence in this locale. However, there are additional, less potent influences, that also operate here, due to the geographical latitude at which it is located, a latitude that has special importance for you. These influences will constitute a "subplot" or subsidiary influence while you are here, influences of about one-third the power of the major ones described above, and ones which are apt to manifest in relationships especially -- with either you or your partner acting them out.
Due to the similarity of the following influence with others noted above, you should view it as potentially more significant, and expect that it will be closely associated with the major planetary effects described above.
Mars*Pluto
DUELLING IN THE DARK
Personal power -- its use, abuse, and the effects it has in relationships -- is a major concern in this part of the world, where you may encounter extreme situations involving domination and submission, with you on either end. Anything to do with Mars -- sexuality, energy, athletics, force, self-projection, mastery of the environment -- cannot be accomplished simply, but involves the deepest and most sensitive areas of the personality in a battle for supremacy over powers almost superhuman in nature. Everything becomes a contest, and a compulsive concern with the masculine image and glorification of the "macho" ideal reflects a subtle suppression of the sexual nature and its transmutation into a dangerously inflated quest for power. This is an antisocial location, one in which major life changes occur and new directions are taken, usually as the result of the collapse of previously relied-on structures and relationships. Moral values are seen as superfluous (by you or, often, those around you with whom you have to deal), so there is the possibility of criminality, with you the victim or perpetrator, often with vengeance, passion, or the establishment of power over another as the object.
Sexuality, if not suppressed altogether, may take some pretty bizarre forms, and passion, when allowed to surface, can be explosive and cathartic. Dramatic alteration in life's directions often accompanies sexual discoveries or first experiences. Childbirth and reproductive concerns are fraught with difficulty, and excretory functions, decomposition, and dogs may become symbols on which concern is constantly focused, representing a death-and-rebirth theme.
In this intense, competitive climate, violence may seem to be the answer to every problem, as you become somewhat more coarse, uncouth, cruel, and indomitable, suiting you better for martial arts or other demanding situations where rough-and-ready competitiveness is an advantage. The military and intensely demanding athletics are career areas where this otherwise unmanageable energy might be an advantage. You are a "man among men" (even if you're a woman), and obsession with power and proving yourself assures an arduous time in this gloomy, testing, and contentious zone. As a result, you learn to stand on your own and make great strides toward independence and autonomy.
Moon*Jupiter
PREPONDERANCE OF THE GREAT
In this locality, a cheerful, masculine, imperialistic self-promotion finds few barriers to its appetite for expansion in society, empowering you to seek, prize, and probably attain a bourgeois success and prosperity, provided that you unquestioningly accept whatever the powers-that-be deem to be correct behavior. A benevolent disposition is underlain by a belief that the status quo is basically justified in its power, so that faith, self-confidence and a belief in the rectitude of the universe are rewarded by privilege, tangible success, honors, advancement and preferment. In keeping with this view that ours is the best of all possible worlds, you may tend more to the right politically, to conservative religion, and admire, in some life area, vested authority, which you see to be supported almost by Divine Right. You may find yourself in an admired position of academic, priestly community or corporate privilege here. Faith in yourself and the equity of the universe makes you an excellent salesperson, promoter, businessperson, publisher, or entrepreneur, though there will be times when foolish optimism and naive imprudence cause reverses. Gambling, extravagance and speculations are temptations. Sexual and creative appetites recede, replaced by drives for honor and approval by society, and the recognition that society bestows on those who will contribute without disrupting.
Introverts may take less enthusiastically to this climate of self-congratulatory promotion, and, perhaps feeling unequal to its demands, take refuge in overweight, indulgence or complacency. Humor, near-miraculous good luck, and social status make it easy to give in to external social pressure. In this very fortunate locale, opportunities offer themselves, and "quality" people make advancement easier by their patronage. Careers in law, music, publishing, medicine, religion, politics, self-improvement, promotion, or any highly paid profession will succeed here, and you become the admired pillar of your community and a self-identified force for social Good. There is also a strong flavor of internationalism and scholarship; you associate with a brilliant and cosmopolitan circle of friends and admirers who keep you informed of the latest intellectual fashions.
TEMPORARY INFLUENCES
In addition to the permanent, lifelong planetary influences described above, which affect the location you inquired about no matter when you reside there or deal with it, there are also important influences of a temporary nature. These operate strongly during the period about which you inquired (this year if you did not specify a time period).
Transiting Neptune
TIME TO "GO WITH THE FLOW"
Transiting Neptune to Natal Mercury
The period of time you designated for residence in this area is one in which its potentials are activated and motivated by temporary influences, of about a year's duration, that operate now. During this time, the normally logical, youthful, communication-oriented concerns highlighted by this zone encounter diffusion, confusion, and strangely illogical happenings; work, study, and health concerns encounter mysterious problems that defy analysis, and mobility is challenged by aimlessness and constant, unforeseen impediments. Intuition works better than logic now, and about the only communication that proceeds well is that which is inspirational, poetic, musical, or artistic. Attempts to organize your life will encounter nebulous obstacles, and the best idea is to "go with the flow," allowing your unconscious to give direction to your life through hunches or inspiration. The world of practicality seems to have been taken over by denizens from "The Lord of the Ring," and while they are more interesting than the Joneses, it's impossible to control or predict the outcome of the simplest activities. Investments should be avoided and business opportunities scrutinized carefully for deceptive aspects. It's hard to trust your ears or any information now, so important decisions should be postponed until things seem more logical and real. Beware especially of matters that seem imbued with mystical importance and subtle "magic," as they are most apt to be falsely perceived. Interest in psychism and mysticism increase, as do your skills in prophesy, dream interpretation, and psychologies; the problem is, no one understands what you're saying.
These, then, are the important astrological influences which affect this location, now and in the future. Needless to say, they all won't manifest the moment you arrive, but will indeed emerge as the most powerful psychological potentials over time.
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