Inner Dynamics
SUN/MOON
As the Moon waxes and wanes, it goes through different phases showing its relationship to the Sun. Each phase has a specific effect on personal character. At the New Moon - or conjunction - there is a strong self-awareness, but some frustration as regards getting on in life. Past bonds have a strong hold on the personal nature and will often stand in the way of progress. In relationships the conjunction can make it difficult to gauge one's effect on the partner, and although there is a strong sensitivity, it is felt very subjectively. Often the bond to the parents is rather unique with this aspect, and the family life is
characterized by an insular self-sufficiency. The father may exhibit a strong emotional or caring nature, and the mother may well have strong independent characteristics.
The full moon - or opposition - on the other hand gives almost too much objectivity, and emotional interactions in relationships are quite dominant. There is a tendency to project
behavior and attitudes on the partner, which in reality belong to oneself. This may be due to an upbringing in which there was a strong contrast between the parents. If so, you will have identified strongly with one parent to the detriment of the other.
The half moon - or square aspect - also bring conflict between the identity and emotional needs. As you mature it becomes essential to control inappropriate emotional reactions which relate back to frustration regarding your interpretation of parental conflict.
When the Sun and Moon have a harmonious relationship to each other, through the trine or sextile aspect, there is much greater ease in expressing feelings and ascertaining one's effect on others. Whatever the aspect, you will have a very strong emotional nature, and feel an enormous pull from the past. You will have well-developed instincts and a talents for delving in to the dark realms of the unconscious. Generally speaking with all aspects between the Sun and the Moon it pays to exert the influence of the will on your emotions, so that you gain greater consciousness of the deep-seated emotional
programs which still unconsciously affect your behavior.
SUN/MERCURY
Intelligence and communication are important issues for you in your personal relationships. You identify strongly with what you say, and it can be a blow to your personal pride if you are ignored or misunderstood. As are result you tend to be forceful in your opinions and at times unreceptive to what other people say and think. You are overly subjective, and you can spend a great deal of time running an inner dialogue in which you talk to yourself. By nature you exude a youthful spirit and a certain naiveté or immaturity. People might call you flighty - even a Peter Pan figure. Unless other influences in the horoscope contradict this, you may lack staying power and skip from one relationship to another. You need the stimulation of travel and contact with interesting people to keep you occupied and burn off all your surplus energy. Your father may have been an intelligent or talkative person, with a nervous or skittish nature. You will judge the relationship you had with him through your ability to understand him and establish mental contact, and subsequently you judge yourself through your ability to establish mental contact with others.
SUN/VENUS
It is extremely important for you to feel liked, and you go to considerable lengths to make a good impression. You are personally warm and affectionate, and enjoy both making and being the recipient of romantic gestures. Your mild manner probably comes from your father, who may well have been very loving and considerate. Indeed, women with this aspect often
idealize their fathers and have difficulty shaking off their attachment. Later in life they will tend to become romantically involved with a softer type of man, in whom they imagine very gallant properties. For both sexes problems can arise through denial of the shadow side of the personality and the reluctance to see that people cannot always be ladies and gentlemen. Sometimes too, there may be a tendency to manipulate others through the conscious use of charm, and a far too rosy self-portrayal. Nevertheless personal self-esteem is a central issue for the identity, and learning to love and accept yourself is a prerequisite before you can function well in a relationship.
SUN/MARS
You are the kind of person who likes action, excitement and adventure. Being easily bored you tend to be rather provocative. Women with this aspect may have had a young or immature father, and in the more extreme cases there may even have been physical violence in childhood. Alternatively the woman with this aspect will have had a "buddy" relationship to the father and become involved with masculine pursuits. Later in life there will be a tendency to be attracted to a very masculine type of man. It may be important for the woman to really respect and look up to the man - but there is often an attraction to rather immature males, who never quite got out of adolescence. Subsequently the man may have great difficulty living up to masculine archetypes which basically exist within the woman's character, and this will lead to conflicts or battles of power, until the woman accepts a more personally assertive role.
Men with this aspect are very concerned about their masculinity and take pride in their ability to compete in the world. Sexual performance and the ability to take on a classic male role in relation to a woman are essential elements in the character. This Tarzan syndrome has its drawbacks. Problems can arise because of lack of sensitivity to the emotional needs of the woman. The man's over-identification with the male role can be perceived as faintly comical by the woman who would probably set greater store by demonstrations of tenderness and affection. The woman tends to be the prize which the man wins and later guards and protects.
SUN/JUPITER
You are an inspiring person with a wonderful capacity for positive thinking and looking on the bright side. You are a seeker of wisdom, and this search will lead to many studies and many travels to widen your intellectual horizons. During the course of your life, you acquire a set of opinions and personal convictions which play rather a dominating role in your environment. Gaining understanding of the meaning of your own life is important, and you identify strongly with the conclusions you come to. You have a great need to find a mentor or wise person who can instruct you, but few people will have the capacity to impress you on an intellectual or spiritual level. If you do not cultivate a sensitivity to the ideas of others you can become opinionated and arrogant. Others can find you mentally dominating or over-forceful in discussions. There is more dignity in giving your opinion only when asked, than in foisting your beliefs on others. Generally however, you will create a good impression because of the wide span of your mind, and a tolerant attitude towards others.
SUN/URANUS
You are a true individual and other people may regard you as rather eccentric. You like to express yourself through actions which surprise others in some way, and you enjoy embracing ideas which are provocative. You do not like to feel tied down, and function best in a relationship which gives you a lot of personal freedom. Often your friends will seem more important than your family, and as a result partners can feel that they are unable to establish an intimate contact with you, though you are usually quite open and fair-minded. During certain periods of your life you will choose to change your direction radically. These personal revolutions are often accompanied by new interests of an untraditional nature - for example astrology, electronics and technical matters, or mental powers. You have an electric and rather unstable aura around you, and often your nerves are on edge. People feel uncertain around you as they feel that anything can happen, so you would be wise to put them at ease about your intentions.
SUN/NEPTUNE
You are a sensitive and impressionable person with a strong need to be able to define who you are. You often feel that your grasp on reality is not tangible. If life becomes boring or monotonous, this can strike at the very core of your identity. Women with this aspect put their men on a pedestal from which they rapidly fall. In your longing to find an ideal that does not dissolve like a mirage in front of you, you will constantly refine your nature. Your longing and dissatisfaction is the engine of spiritual change in your life. You find yourself by going within yourself. Meaning in life comes when you seek to attain idealistic goals and develop a collective vision which benefits others. You would definitely benefit from meditative practice.
SUN/PLUTO
Early personal experiences have made you sensitive about your identity, and anxious about self-esteem. However this means, paradoxically, that you often overwhelm others with your presence. Thus you tend to be a dominating figure in intimate relationships. You need a partner who is not superficial and who shares your intense approach to life. To achieve harmony here you should relax instead of asserting yourself, otherwise relationships will become very exhausting. It is important to
realize that power battles are related to inner fears about your identity. Women with this influence will often be attracted to a dominating man, only to find that he does not match her own strength which was acquiring through trying times in childhood. More intimacy can achieved by daring to show vulnerability.
SUN/NODE
Contacts with other people will play an important role in your search to get into touch with your inner identity. Father figures - through their presence or through their disappearance - will force you to ask a lot of questions about the nature of your existence, and this will in time lead to new spiritual growth and vision. Influential people and - later in life - spiritual authorities, may be eclipsed through sudden inner
realizations. Times of inner darkness alternate with the blinding light of Truth.
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