ZIP DOBYNS (Astrology) - Film Score Rundowns

I think diet is a factor, and so is sleep and exercise--but I think it is primarily
emotional, the emotional issues we can't face and deal with. I remember a girl just
recently during my tour last spring. She mentioned at the dinner table that she had
stomach pains. And I said, "What's going on with your dependency needs?" Then she did
one of those double-take numbers and said, "Oh, I've been having a terrible time
because I'm, terrified of getting married. But I don't want to give my boyfriend up--I love
him! But I'm terrified of getting trapped if I get married!"
So her stomach was screaming, "My dependency needs aren't being met. I want to
get married!" At the same time, her need for independence (she had a Uranus/Moon
conjunction in the 9th, etc.) was at odds over her need for closeness and dependency and
being in a safe nest. She lived with this guy for a year or two, but she was still terrified
of making that final commitment of marriage.
So diet, exercise and sleep are contributing factors, of course, but the real solution
lies in the handling of conflicting emotions. There was one woman I did a year or so ago
who had Mars in the 7th house: the potential of projection, dealing with aggression, your
right to do what you want to do. If internalized, it can come out as headaches or
accidents. And she said, "Oh, I just never put it together like that before! I used to have
terrible migraine headaches, but they stopped three years ago when I took up tennis!" She
found a way where she could be competitive and aggressive without risking her job or
her friends.
[Question: "Is that particularly true if a person has a lot of fire
or mutables?"]
Not mutables. Cardinal, fixed and fire. The mutables work it out in the head, and
they don't need that competitive thing as much. But the cardinal and the fixed are the
power struggle combination. They need to find a healthy way to do it: business, games,
politics, sports, fighting for a cause. Mutables will often do it fighting for a cause because
it is impersonal--it's not connected with another person like the Fixed and Cardinals in
the 7th or 8th houses, say, or the establishment in general in the 10th.
[Bill relates when once he played tennis with someone who simply
smeared him on the court without letup or adjustment to Bill's weaker level]
It is not true competition unless you win some and lose some. Otherwise one
person is overwhelming the other. Competition has to be even enough so that you win
some and lose some.
[Question: "What if I had a Mars problem in my last relationship? We
used to play tennis a lot together and I would end up getting hit with
the tennis ball a lot."]
I don't recommend that you compete with the person you're trying to have
cooperation with. I suggest you have a different relationship for the competition. That is,
have friends or acquaintances you can compete with, and try to maintain cooperation in
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