ZIP DOBYNS (Astrology) - Film Score Rundowns

Bill: “Looking for that ideal.”
Zip: “Yes, that mystical, total perfect ideal. And part of you couldn’t tolerate it if
you had it because you want it at arm’s length—you don’t want to be swallowed up.
Do you remember reading or watching about Jimmy Carter’s relationship with his
wife? That he’s really genuinely a partner with his wife, that they’re very close. You have
one of the things he has—the potential for very deep emotional commitment and
attachment, and at the same time you have this struggle of wanting to stay independent.
This dilemma is quite common in modern society in America, as you pointed out. It’s
like nine out of ten people are struggling with this freedom/closeness dilemma (how to be
an individual and still have a commitment). And yet your chart shows a little more than
average, so it’s a theme. [Postscript comment: I’ve been married to the same person for
nearly 22 years (married thru astrological timing on November 5, 1982 at 4:20 pm in Los
Alamitos, CA). Actually I have quite an integrative chart in the area of relationships with
the rulers of the 1 st and 7 th houses harmoniously trine each other –Mars trine Venus.
Moon in the 4 th adds to the trine]
[Zip looks at the chart] There’s a fire emphasis in your chart and that can show
restlessness, a need to try a lot of different things. Enormous versatility. It’s a kind of
chart where you often see a job hopper. They may stay where they are because of
financial security, although they’d like to change. The inclination is to keep changing
unless you get in a field that has enough of variety in it. And action seems to be part of it
with that fire emphasis [Jupiter in the fire 5 th house trine fire planet Sun in the fire-9 th
house; Jupiter is quincunx Mars, a fire planet, and Mars is square Sun; three planets,
including Sun, are in the fire 9 th house] Also Pluto in Leo in the 10 th suggests the sense of
being in control so that you’re not under someone else’s thumb. I know you said you
work for the Post Office, but the chart actually has enough of this healing and ideal theme
in it (and the nurturance) to suggest the medical field.”
Bill: “I don’t know. I’m very squeezy abort operations and the whole concept of
hospitals and people going there when they’re very sick. I’d rather teach health than be
swallowed by overwhelming negativity.”
Zip: “Right. That’s more ideal—to work with helping people staying well.
Preventive medicine really would be ideal.
{Zip looks at the chart] And there’s an enormous verbal facility, a natural
persuasive ability and verbal facility. [Mercury in its own sign of Gemini; Mercury in the
outgoing 9 th conjunct Uranus speeding up the facility; Mercury trine the Libra rising]
So, as you indicated, being in the Post Office, you’re not selling.”
Bill: “Yeah. Well, the Post Office is ten months old, and to me it’s the security
trip now. I said I wanted to accumulate a lot of money so that I can get a lot of goodies in
life that I’ve been neglecting the last several years…But it’s a good job. I enjoy the route
I’m on. I’m constantly on the go. I’m in the jeep and it’s what you call a mounted route.”
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