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further. So all of our potential rulers of Letter Seven –Juno, Venus, Pallas—are all there
in Scorpio, with Saturn and the Moon. Very, very strong emphasis there on interpersonal
relationships (Libra rulers and Scorpio sign) and the Moon (need for emotional security,
home and the family), along with Saturn which is power, responsibility, limits, rules, the
executive force, career, doing something in the world.
Neptune is also in a prominent position close to the Midheaven in the 10 th sextile
the Sagittarius in the 1 st . Pluto in the 8 th is trine the Ascendant and Mercury and the Sun.
Nice fire trines there, and with Neptune sextile both of them. Uranus-Jupiter conjunct
squaring Neptune and quincunx the Sagittarius, trine Pallas and more widely Venus. Lot
of planets close to the same degree. Vesta in Gemini opposite the Sagittarius and trining
Neptune, and quincunx Pallas. We have Pisces Mars in the 3 rd trining the early Scorpio,
but sesquisquare (trioctile) the late cardinal, so it’s tricotile Uranus-Jupiter-Neptune. So
Mars is in the sign of the dreamer, the idealist, and as key to identity, and with Sagittarius
Rising. What’s one of the things we can say about the person in terms of the basic sense
of who he is and what he can and ought to do? Anybody? How about “I ought to be
perfect. I ought to be god. I ought to do everything right and never make a mistake.”
What’s the danger when we put Sagittarius and Capricorn in the 1 st house if the person
isn’t handling it? If they are handling it, then of course it’s great. But if they’re not
handling it, what’s the danger? The Sagittarius says “I ought to be perfect” and the
Capricorn says “But look at the flaws—I’m not making it!” Either Virgo or Capricorn in
the 1 st house can turn that critical, looking for flaws—which we ought to be using in the
work—against ourselves. Look at the flaws in me! So there’s the danger of too high
expectations, expecting too much of himself, and feeling like no matter what he has done,
somehow it should’ve been a little more or a little different.
How about the emphasis on water, Cancer in the 7 th and 8 th houses? What does
that say about the relationships to other people? Looking for a baby-mother relationship.
You mother me or I’ll mother you. So if we’re going to have a partnership, to work that
out, we have to be able to take turns being baby or mother. If we can do that, it’s
beautiful. Each one supports the other in their own area of strength. If one person plays
mother all the time, then you do not have an equal relationship, and therefore it’s
destructive in one way or another. It may get destructive if the person who’s playing
parent gets tired of the role. It’s often more destructive if the person who’s playing child
starts to feeling inadequate and inferior and resents it, and tries to get even with the
“parent” or may fight the other person to get some of the power back in one’s own hands.
So we can see here the tendency to either want others to mother him or want to
mother others. Now which way is he likely to go with the chart? We can’t always say but
what are the odds when we put the Sagittarius and Capricorn in the 1 st , and the massive
emphasis in Scorpio? He’s going to want to play parent in all probability. Scorpio wants
to maintain mastery over himself, so he’s going to be uncomfortable being dependent. So
he’ll say, “I’ll mother you, I’ll take care of you, “I’ll save you, I should be Atlas and save
the world.” Remember that Neptune in the 10 th can be the professional savior if it isn’t
the professional artist or professional victim. So we have the potential for someone
saying, “I should take care of you, I should take care of everybody, and I should do it all
and do it perfectly.” And since nobody can make it like that, he’s not being “successful”!
And what are the odds that he’s going to show emotion and hurt with that kind of
chart? What’s the Scorpio likely to do, and the idealism? Hide the emotions, put up a
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