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Complete Natal and Transit Aspects 1 Complete Natal and Transit Aspects Interpret Astrology The Planetary Combinations By Michael Erlewine 2 Complete Natal and Transit Aspects An e-book from Startypes.com 315 Marion Avenue Big Rapids, Michigan 49307 First published 2006 © 2006 Michael Erlewine/StarTypes.com ISBN 978-0-9794970-2-5 All rights reserved. No part of the publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Graphics designed by Michael Erlewine Some graphic elements © 2007JupiterImages Corp. 3 Complete Natal and Transit Aspects This book is dedicated to my daughter May Erlewine 4 Complete Natal and Transit Aspects Table of Contents Table of Contents .....................................................5 Introduction ..............................................................8 A Word on Aspects ................................................ 10 How to Use this Book ............................................ 11 What is in This Book? ............................................ 11 SU/MO Sun-Moon - Marriage ................................. 13 SU/ME Sun-Mercury – Clarity of Mind ................. 47 SU/VE Sun-Venus - Compassion ........................ 66 SU/MA Sun-Mars – Ambitious Man ...................... 91 SU/JU Sun-Jupiter – Guru and Guide ................ 110 SU/SA Sun-Saturn – Authority Figure ............... 127 SU/UR Sun-Uranus – Freedom Lover ................ 144 SU/NE Sun-Neptune - Mystic ............................. 161 SU/PL Sun-Pluto - Transformer......................... 178 MO/ME Moon-Mercury - Thoughtfulness ......... 195 MO/VE Moon-Venus – Mother Love .................. 212 MO/MA Moon-Mars – Strong Woman ................ 229 MO/JU Moon-Jupiter – Success Woman ........... 246 MO/SA Moon-Saturn – Lonely Woman ............. 263 MO/UR Moon-Uranus – Indie Woman ............... 280 MO/NE Moon-Neptune – Kind Woman .............. 297 MO/PL Moon-Pluto – Powerful Woman ........... 314 ME/VE Mercury-Venus – Words of Love .......... 331 ME/MA Mercury-Mars - Orator ........................... 348 ME/JU Mercury-Jupiter – Way With Words ....... 365 ME/SA Mercury-Saturn - Concentration ........... 382 ME/UR Mercury-Uranus - Insight ...................... 399 ME/NE Mercury-Neptune - Idealism .................. 416 ME/PL Mercury-Pluto – Deep Thoughts ............ 433 VE/MA Venus-Mars - Desire .............................. 450 VE/JU Venus-Jupiter – Love of Career ............. 467 VE/SA Venus-Saturn - Appraisal ....................... 485 VE/UR Venus-Uranus – Eccentric Taste ............ 504 VE/NE Venus-Neptune – Eternal Love .............. 521 5 Complete Natal and Transit Aspects VE/PL Venus-Pluto – Love of Power .................. 538 MA/JU Mars-Jupiter – Career Drive .................. 555 MA/SA Mars-Saturn - Endurance ...................... 573 MA/UR Mars-Uranus – Sudden Action ............. 590 MA/NE Mars-Neptune – Drive for Unity ............. 607 MA/PL Mars-Pluto – Urge for Power .................. 624 JU/SA Jupiter-Saturn – Overcome Obstacles .. 641 JU/UR Jupiter-Uranus – Unusual Career .......... 658 JU/NE Jupiter-Neptune – Mystical Path ........... 675 JU/PL Jupiter-Pluto – Power Leader ................. 692 SA/UR Saturn-Uranus - Breakthrough .............. 709 SA/NE Saturn-Neptune – Test Ideals ................ 726 SA/PL Saturn-Pluto – Intense Man ................... 743 UR/NE Uranus-Neptune – Vision Quest ............ 760 UR/PL Uranus-Pluto - Transformation ............... 777 NE/PL Neptune-Pluto - Acceptance .................. 794 What Are Aspects? .............................................. 811 Why These Points? .............................................. 813 The Other Shoe .................................................... 814 The Message about Aspects ............................... 816 Waxing and Waning Aspects .............................. 817 Inconvenient Aspects .......................................... 819 An Analogy ........................................................... 821 The Standard Aspect Cycle ................................. 823 The Standard Aspects ......................................... 824 What about Orbs? ................................................ 825 Phase Relationships ............................................ 826 Calculating Aspects ............................................. 828 TABLE OF ASPECTS ........................................... 830 Michael Erlewine .................................................. 831 A Brief Bio of Michael Erlewine .......................... 832 Example Astro*Image Card ................................. 833 Personal Astrology Readings ............................. 834 The Heart Center House ...................................... 835 Heart Center Library ............................................. 836 6 Complete Natal and Transit Aspects The All-Music Guide / All-Movie Guide ............... 837 Heart Center Meditation Room ............................ 839 Heart Center Symbol ............................................ 841 Music Career ......................................................... 842 Email: .................................................................... 844 7 Complete Natal and Transit Aspects Introduction This is not a course in astrology, but a reference book of astrological interpretation that can be used with just about any astrological horoscope, geocentric or heliocentric, natal or transit. If you are already interested in astrology, know your way around a bit, and have your natal chart, you need to read no farther. Just take any planetary pair aspect from your chart and look it up in the table of contents. What makes this work more interesting is that all 765 planetary combinations are illustrated with a tarot-like card called an Astro*Image. It is about time that astrology had the same kind of graphic stimuli that tarot readings do and I hope you like these cards. Each planetary combination (45 combinations in all) is shown in what professional astrologers consider the sixteen most popular aspects between planets. And each of these sixteen aspects include an Astro*Image card plus written meanings or interpretations for that particular planet-aspect combination for both natal chart and transits – over 765 combinations in all. And each combination includes two interpretations, a natal interpretation which refers to your birth or natal chart and a transit interpretation which refers to what is happening in the sky overhead right now. If you would like to read more about the standard astrological theory of aspects, there is a short article toward the end of this book. As you will see this is primarily a guidebook, a guide to the major astrological interpretations used by professional astrologers all over the world. 8 Complete Natal and Transit Aspects And these brief interpretations are not intended as definitive statements. Nothing here is written in stone. The keywords, Astro*Image graphic cards, plus the various written interpretations are intended to spark your imagination and get you on the same page with what these astrological combinations might mean. They are not intended to be any kind of last word, but just a guide to get your own intuition and imagination going, so this should be kept in mind. That being said, if you know a little astrology, just jump in. If you are just learning, please read on for more instructions. 9 Complete Natal and Transit Aspects A Word on Aspects A word of advice about aspects for beginners and advanced astrologers. It has become a habit when looking at an astrological chart (whether natal or transit) to only list those aspects that are very exact, that is that have tight orbs. In my experience this habit closes the door on a lot of otherwise very useful astrology. Each of us has the Sun, Moon, and the eight planets (and all their aspect combinations) in our natal chart, not just those exact few. While any given particular planetary pair may not be in an exact aspect, it is a fact that a major aspect is just about to occur or has just occurred recently for ALL planetary aspect pair. In other words, each planetary pair is always in some part of the aspect cycle and it is worth our while to know where in the cycle each on is. This is explained in more detail in the article at the end of this book, but for now let me say this: The solar system and planets are a functioning whole, all parts of which are needed. Two planets not in exact aspects don’t just disappear from the heavens. Each planetary pair (all 45 of them) is always in some very important part of the aspect cycle. If they are not exact, they are always just past one aspect and just before the next one. Look up each one and learn more about yourself. 10 Complete Natal and Transit Aspects How to Use this Book First of all you will need some kind of astrological chart. This could be a chart for the day you were born, which is called in astrology a “natal chart.” You could also use a chart for today (or any other date in your life which is significant) which is called a transit chart. Both natal and transit charts work with this book just fine. As to where you can get such a chart? There are dozens of inexpensive computer programs plus all kinds of web services that will calculate your chart, some of them are even free. Just about every astrological program and web service will provide you with a list of planets and most also provide