Relationships From the Karmic Perspective - To Be or Not to Be

Relationships From the Karmic Perspective - To Be Or Not to Be
By Marilyn Muir
Where to begin? Karma is such a vast subject and there are literally hundreds of thousands of interpretations of what it is and how it affects us. I do not have the space to wax philosophical in this article, My aim is to describe the astrological concepts to relationships. In its simplest terms, the eastern concept of karma is what is called the Law of Cause and Effect in western society. To me life is not a series of random and unconnected moments; life is more like a continuum, with each experience following in a natural sequence. Or... we can be a confused human trying to figure out their experiences. I have managed to experience both awareness and lack of awareness over my lifetime. I am sure you have as well.
Whatever you participate in or set in motion through your personal actions will have natural results that definitely belong to you even when you do not wish to own them. You may take direct action, refuse to participate, attempt to ignore, and the list continues, All these possibilities and more set something in motion which belongs exclusively to you whether you know it or not. Life does not require that you be conscious or accepting, it just needs you to be available. Know now that the common sequence is initiation, process and results, consciously or unconsciously, now or in another lifetime, so that you may not connect the results to the cause every time. Think of life as a circle that is actually a sine-wave in experience. At times you are on top of that curve and at times you are on the bottom. Eastern philosophy sees mankind on the wheel of life, doomed to repeat experiences at the same level until enlightenment removes him from the wheel. Western philosophy is not comfortable with pure fate so free will must enter the picture. We have a few popular phrases that illustrate this concept.
� For every action, there is an opposite but equal reaction.
� That which you sow, so shall you reap.
� What goes around, comes around.
� Sometimes you get the bear; sometimes the bear gets you.
Karma is a description of the process of experience. Somehow we set experience in motion and those experiences produce results. Sometimes the response comes quickly. At other times, long passages of time obscure the cause from the effect and we become puzzled and occasionally feel victimized.
Enter another person (and you were having so much fun by yourself). You have your karma and they have their karma and you have both decided to share, hopefully 50/50 or at least fairly, but usually with some surprises. You have not figured out your own karma and now you have two karmas to work through, your own and a virtual stranger's karma. Good luck. How do we look at karma in a relationship? What are the signposts? Even if you know what the signposts are, will you understand what they mean? Are both of you awake and aware enough to make this a positive experience?
Enter Astrology On a rudimentary level we can look to the nodal connections between charts to determine if any past life connections are in play. In western astrology if the connection is tied directly to the south node that indicates a link from the past. If the connection is most directly to the north node that indicates a link to the future. Did you realize that eastern astrology has quite different definitions for Rahu and Ketu (the nodes)? Since the nodes are paired, there will naturally be aspects to both nodes so choose the strongest aspect to start but do look at the potential of both positions. The south node represents karmic relationships that are rooted in the past, the reaping part of the life cycle. The north node represents your new direction or the developing or sowing of new karma. It is quite valuable to know whether you are drawn to a person because of your largely unconscious past associations or that you do have experiences to share in a now-to-future framework.
Not all relationships are comfortable and that is true of those with karmic overtones. For that you must look to the stress aspects to your nodes. Sometimes you meet a person and instant dislike arises, irrational but potent and that can interfere with relationship forming or can serve as a warning. Sometimes you meet a person that you feel like you have known forever even though you just met. Look to the benefic aspects. Should you encounter a person whose nodes are the exact reverse of yours, you can yell "Bingo!" This shows you have been tied together in the past and that you also have experience to do together in this present to future timeframe. Perhaps it is unfinished work, perhaps it is contemporary work, but the past from one chart should support the other as you move forward in experience.
To me the most difficult thing that humans do is to relate successfully. The underlying concept is that you take any two people, put them in a room, lock the door and demand that they relate successfully every moment, 24/7 until death do them part. That is not remotely realistic. We should learn from each other and hopefully grow and evolve within any relationship. If we are not part of each other's growth there is no real reason to stay in an unsuccessful relationship. It is not your "karma" to stay with a bad, no-growth-possible situation. Karma can be misunderstood to mean just that. You should both be growing or you should change experience. If for whatever reason you must stay together, attempt to put it on a positive footing for both your sakes. You are here to grow and become, not to stagnate and devolve. That is both your responsibility and your choice. Do not blame karma!
Next astrologically you would look to the synastry between the charts. Place the two wheels side by side and look at the connections overall. Remember one will be the receiver and one will be the activator in each pairing. Once you have worked your way through that pairing, reverse the charts and do the same procedure for the second person. Having one as activator while the other receives keeps the reading clear and simple, but it is just one half of the sine-wave. Using the same information reverse the activator and the receiver. That will illustrate the other half of the relating sine-wave. Once you have the general conditions between the participants, look specifically to the outer planets to determine success, failure and potential karma, the difference between benefic or malefic synastry aspects.
� Saturn can bring about responsibility, structure, duration and tenacity or it can bring roadblocks, imprisonment and depression. Choose wisely.
� Uranus can bring charisma, magic, excitement but may not stick around long enough to enjoy it. Uranus will not accept boundaries, rules, or unrelenting commitment. If you can stay loose and just enjoy the ride, without demanding what Uranus cannot and will not deliver, the relationship may continue.
� Pluto can bring about psychological depth to any relationship on many levels but it can also bring turmoil, power and control issues, manipulation, obcession. Pick your poison.
� Ah... now comes Neptune. Here comes imagination, creativity, inspiration, sympatico, spirituality and all those lovely descriptions of unconditional love. But since every front has a back we must look at the other side of Neptune to see the parts we do not want to know about such as deceit, illusion, delusion, and disillusion.
In a long ago workshop, astrologer Carol Rushman taught that the true spiritual partnership between two people is illustrated by solid and positive Venus/Neptune connections between the charts. These are the people who are so in tune that they know what each other is thinking, can finish each other's sentences, can take a long drive without talking and still be comfortable with one another. That is the true magic, when two souls are in harmony that transcends physical limitations. That sounds to me like it would be the perfect opportunity to work on that shared karma that is formed when two people enter into a relationship.
How do you get the best out of a relationship while working on the karmic patterns between the two of you? Talk about it, plan for it, work the plan, create non-judgmental and benign signals to work through the off moments that enter every life. Encourage each other, support each other, commit to both your personal growths in every way possible, respect, honor and promote the common good and the good of each individual. That is a tall order, but if you are committed to working through the karma and maintaining a good relationship, you can do it. Yes you can!
Marilyn Muir, author, "Presidents of Hope and Change: Bringing Hope to our Future by Reaching into our Astrological Past." How astrology predicts our nation's future by reaching into our past.
Jefferson, Lincoln, Kennedy, Obama... The Lineage of Hope
Using the influential and interwoven cycles of Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus and Pluto to predict issues and trends up to 2012 and even beyond to 2025, Ms Muir leaves us with the clear message of hope as she depicts the future of President Obama at the helm of the USA ship of state.
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Lessons In Relatedness: Mother Teresa Part II

In a February 1949 journal entry, Mother Teresa wrote: “I walked and walked till my legs and my arms ached—then the temptation grew strong. . . . You have only to say the word and all that will be yours again. . . . This is the dark night of the birth of the society.”

It has been suggested that these words mark the beginning of Mother Teresa's “Dark Night.” In 1947, Mother Teresa received permission to leave her order and move to the slums of Calcutta to set up a school. Sometime in 1948 she took to the streets tending to the sick, the poor and the dying. In the beginning of 1949 she was joined in this effort by a group of young women. Together they laid the foundation for a new religious community that would help the "poorest among the poor". By February 1949 Mother Teresa's “Dark Night” had begun.

Transiting Pluto was in Leo in her 8th house corresponding to a time in which she was undergoing an accelerated development of her evolutionary intention and desire, which, with natal Pluto in Gemini in the 7th House, was to open up to others and listen to them in order to become aware of their needs, values and points of view so that she could readjust her own perspective and point of view making it more inclusive of others and their beliefs. This was a period in her life in which past patterns and associations which influenced and shaped her beliefs, values and behavior needed to be purged in order for new patterns and associations to take their place. All outmoded emotional, intellectual, physical and spiritual behavior and orientation needed to be eliminated at this time. In addition, all cumulative negative karma from this life and past lives needed to be purged and positive karma brought to completion so she would be free to move forward. This was an intense process requiring a great deal of faith as new impulses surfaced into her consciousness from the depths of her soul. At the same time, her purpose in life was undergoing a major change and new personal capacities and possibilities were surfacing from the depths of her soul. Altogether this a period in her life in which she experienced intense highs and extreme lows and dark moods as well as a loss of meaning and significance.

When Mother Teresa took to the streets, the transiting North Node was in Taurus in her 5th House and the South Node in Scorpio in her 11th House. As with Pluto in the 8th House, the South Node transiting the 11th is another sign that the evolutionary pace is in an accelerated mode. At this time Mother Teresa's soul had a need and desire to liberate itself from the past so that rapid growth could occur. New and potentially radical thoughts and impulses were starting to emerge into her consciousness. Outmoded patterns from the past needed to be eliminated and all negative karma purged and positive karma completed so she could go forward. With the NN transiting her 5th house, it was time to reformulate her purpose in life. In order to do so, she would have to eliminate any preconceived ideas she had regarding her life purpose and destiny and follow the inner creative urges she was feeling within. Her soul had a desire to transform her existing value systems which were what gave her meaning in life. Again, this is symbolic of a time when all past influences need to come to and end so they can be replaced by something new. Any resistence to this desire promotes psychological, karmic and evolutionary problems and blockages. Once these blockages are removed, a new state of personal vitality and well being will occur.

As we can see, 1948 was a critical time in the soul's evolution. A time to wrap up the past in order to move forward in the direction of Pluto's Polarity Point, Sagittarius in the 1st House, which is to learn how to strike out on her own and find the answers to her metaphysical, philosophical and cosmological questions from within herself using her intuition. Working with the sick, dying and poor in the slums of Calcutta, while feeling as though she had been abandoned by God, would enable her to initiate a self-motivated direction in life outside of her previous relationship with God, Jesus and the Catholic Church, in order to find a belief system that resonated with her soul on an intuitive level. In the process she would come to develop an awareness that truth is relative and that there are many paths leading to the same truth.

In March 1948 transiting Pluto in Leo the 8th formed a semi-sextile with natal Mars in Virgo in the 9th House. At the same time transiting Mars in Virgo was crossing over from Mother Teresa's 8th house into the 9th house and forming a conjunction with her natal Mars in Virgo in the 9th house. This signals a time in which she would have to actively confront any limitations in her existing belief system or philosophical principles and convictions through self-examination. By learning to look within herself for intuitive guidance she would be able to experience “visions” about the nature of her future. Transiting Mars was forming a semi-sextile with natal Neptune in Cancer in the 7th House activating a transcendent impulse to surrender and recognize that her soul is just a small part of the greater whole through all of the emotional relationships she was initiating with the sick and dying people in the slums of Calcutta. Transiting Mars was square her Moon conjunct her NN in Cancer in her 5th house indicating that she was experiencing a great deal of emotional tension in regard to activating her new special purpose in life. In addition, transiting Pluto in the 8th house was forming a semi-square to her natal Pluto in the 7th House indicating this was an intense time in which her soul was trying to purge past karma and eliminate her outmoded beliefs and patterns through the many relationships she was now forming in Calcutta. Jupiter was conjunct her Asc in Sagittarius opposition Natal Pluto in Gemini in the 7th house signifying a need and desire to let intuition be her guide as she implemented her new goals, ideas and direction in life.

In her journal in February 1949 the first evidence that she was experiencing a “Dark Night” appears in writing (see above). From January 24th – Feb 11th 1949, the Transiting North node was inconjunct natal Mercury in Virgo in her 9th House and the Transiting SN semi-sextile natal Mercury. On Feb 12th 1949 Pluto formed a semi-square with natal Mercury as well. In addition, transiting Mars in Pisces was forming a conjunction with her 3rd House cusp. At this time there was a need and desire to expand her mental horizons and eliminate outmoded thinking patterns and opinions as well as to let new ones form. In order to help her think things through she started expressing her innermost thoughts and ideas regarding the spiritual darkness she was experiencing in her journal and letters. The transitng North Node was sesiquadrate natal Mars in Virgo in the 9th House while the transiting South Node was semi-square natal Mars indicating this was a difficult time in which obstacles due to her past beliefs were preventing her from changing and adapting to new and different beliefs or situations. At this point, many of her issues and problems related to her beliefs were irresolvable and she had to learn to develop the patience and persistance needed in order to learn to live and cope with them. On one had she needed to act on her instinctual desire to learn to trust her intuition and allow it to guide her, and at the same time past beliefs were creating obstacles. The transiting North node began to form a sextile to natal Pluto at this time while the South Node formed a trine to natal Pluto in the 7th House helping her with her intention to open up to others and listen to them in order to become aware of their needs, values and points of view. This would help her readjust her own perspective so that it would become more inclusive of other beliefs and viewpoints. It seems that although she was able to do this in regard to accepting that there is more than one path to God or religious belief system, at this point she was only able to apply that idea to other people and not to herself as her past conditioning still had a powerful grip on her.

“Soon after she entered this work on the streets of Calcutta, Jesus took himself away from her. Her only spiritual respite happened in 1958 when Pope Pius XII died. Teresa prayed to the late Pope for a "proof that God is pleased with the Society [of the Missionaries of Charity]." For five weeks the darkness lifted, then she entered "in the tunnel" once again, and the absence never abated.” Pius XII died on October 9, 1958.

At this time the transiting North Node was in Mother Teresa's 10th House and the South node in her 4th House. Overall, this was a time which would induce inner and outer circumstances and events which would make it necessary for Mother Teresa to examine the basis of her emotional securities, dependencies, feelings, moods and self image. An old cycle was coming to an end. Self-reflection and contemplation was needed in order for her to gain an understanding of why her life had come together the way it had. This knowledge would be needed in order for her to eliminate old and stagnant emotional, intellectual, physical and spiritual patterns which were blocking growth. Pluto had been conjunct her natal Sun in Virgo in the 8th house August 7, 1958 through Oct 9th 1958 - the day Pius passed away. Pius had been strongly tied to her “special purpose” which was to serve the sick and dying. He enabled it by giving her permission to to start the diocesan congregation that would become the Missionaries of Charity in 1950. It seems that Pluto conjuncting her Sun in August was the beginning of a change related to her purpose – that change being the passing of Pope Pius the same day Pluto passed from being in this conjunction. From August 25, 1958 through Nov 26th 1958, the transiting North Node in Libra in her 10th House was inconjunct her natal North Node in Taurus in the 5th House. The transiting South Node in Aries in her 4th house was semi-sextile her North Node. This period encompasses the time preceding the passing of Pius and the five weeks in which her darkness temporarily passed. With the transiting nodes in the 10th/4th house, this was a time in which a total redefinition of all outmoded structures in her life needed to take place in order for a new phase or cycle to begin. Inner emotional structures and patterns from the past needed to be eliminated at this time, as well as past emotional dependencies. The Pius years were to come to an end and a new chapter was to begin.

On Oct 9th 1958, the day in which Pope Pius passed on, transiting Venus in Libra in her 9th house was inconjunct her natal Saturn in Taurus in her 4th house. This is an interesting transit as the inconjunct brings about crisis in order to induce humility and introspection. Saturn symbolizes the Pope, an external authority, whom due to her religious beliefs, she prayed to, asking for a sign that would bring clarity rather than confusion in regard to her sociological role. The following day Venus formed a sesiquadrate to her natal North Node in Taurus in the 5th house indicating she would have to learn to live with and cope with issues and problems related to her soul's current intention to reformulate her purpose in life by eliminating any preconceived ideas she had in regard to her purpose and destiny. In addition she would now be forming new relationships with herself and others in order to transform her existing value systems which were what gave meaning to her life. Up until the end of November, Venus formed 41 different aspects to planets in her natal chart aspecting every one of them. This is a sign that her values and relationships were changing in every aspect of her life and conciousness during this five week period in which her darkess went away. Venus also formed a conjunction with her 10th House cusp on Oct 18th indicating that any outmode values needed to go now as a new phase or cycle was beginning. On November 26th, 1958, the transiting nodes in the 10th and 4th houses both formed squares with her natal Uranus in Capricorn in her 1st House. This pretty much coincided with the return of her “Dark Hour” in which she once again experienced the trauma of being separated from a God who she felt had abandoned her. The transiting nodes were triggering traumatic memories from past incarnations in which she was physically, psychologically or karmically blocked from achieving her special destiny. There are memories of not having been able to do everything she she felt she could do. Mother Teresa had a superhuman complex that needed to be balanced out by re-aligning her ego and learning to integrate her leadership abilities with the system as it was currently defined. In addition, there was mental trauma due to the loss of a partner – in Mother Teresa's case, this would be Jesus who “left her” again. She needed him to validate her and what she was doing, but he was “gone.”

This darkness prevaded Mother Teresa's consciousness into the early 1960s. On April 11, 1961 she wrote, “I Have Come to Love the Darkness.” The torment expressed in her letters up to this point gave way to an inner peace and joy. Although Mother Teresa would be aware of the darkness up until her dying day, she had come to accept and embrace it.

On Dec 7th 1960 the transiting nodes moved into her 8th (NN) and 2nd (SN) houses. This signaled a time in which she would begin to experience metamorphosis in her value system and in regard to how she relates to herself and others. It was the beginning of time in which she would confront areas within herself that were stagnated and non-growth oriented. The transiting NN was semi-sextile natal Venus and the transiting SN was inconjunct natal Venus. Natal Venus is in Leo in the 8th House and is the natal North Node Ruler which symbolizes mother Teresa's approach to her intimate relationships and intimate partner with whom her deepest sense of security is linked. This partner is Jesus whom she felt had abandoned her. It was now time for her feelings in regard to this relationship to change. It was a time in which she was gaining clarification in regard to her purpose and learning to accept her personal limitations which she felt were having to keep moving on helping others without her companion Jesus there to validate her efforts.

On April 11th 1961, when Mother Teresa wrote that she had come to love the darkness, transiting Uranus was forming a square to the natal nodes. This was bringing about an opportunity to break free from the pull of the South Node in Scorpio in the 11th House and allow her to liberate herself from memories of past life trauma related to issues of loss and abandonment and begin to use her intuition to find the answers to her metaphysical, philosophical and cosmological questions from within herself and find her own meaning from within. Transiting Pluto was conjunct her natal Sun in the 8th house promoting a reformulation of her purpose in life. In addition it was promoting the death of outmoded emotional, intellectual, physical and spiritual behavior patterns and orientation, as well as the purging of any remaining negative karma. Pluto was trine Saturn in Taurus in the 4th house prompting her to establish her own authority within society based on her own internal values while minimizing external dependencies. Pluto was sesiquadrate Uranus in Capricorn in the 1st house prompting her to break free of past emotional, intellectual, physical and spiritual attachments which were based on past conditioning patterns defined by man-made patriarchal religions and socities in her past which were limiting her ability to express her true individuality. Pluto was semi-square Neptune in Cancer in the 7th House prompting her to realize the nature of her illusions, delusions, dreams and ideals in relation to her self-image and relationships with others whom she was learning to relate to as an equal.

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The above piece is from an assignment I did as a student of The School of Evolutionary Astrology as
taught by Jeffrey Wolf Green - catharine j. anderson.

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Lessons in Relatedness: Mother Teresa Part I

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Lessons in Relatedness: Mother Teresa Part I

"There is so much contradiction in my soul.--Such deep longing for God--so deep it is painful--a suffering continual--and yet not wanted by God--repulsed--empty--no faith--no love--no zeal.--Souls hold no attraction--Heaven means nothing--to me it looks like an empty place--the thought of it means nothing to me and yet this torturing longing for God--Pray for me please that I keep smiling at Him in spite of everything. For I am only His--so He has every right over me. I am perfectly happy to be nobody even to God" (169-70). - Mother Teresa.

With Pluto in Gemini in the seventhHouse, Mother Teresa's prior evolutionary intention and desire is to open up to others and listen to them as the soul has been learning lessons in relatedness. By engaging in a variety of relationships with a diversity of different types of people, Mother Teresa will gain a great deal of knowledge about different people's needs, values and their point of view. In the process, Mother Teresa will readjust her own perspective and point of view so that it is more inclusive of others and their beliefs.

Mother Teresa's most current life reflected this intention. She was raised as a Roman Catholic in Eastern Europe. As a Catholic Nun she lived amongst a mostly Hindu and Muslim population in India. Through the relationships she made in India she learned about these people and their spiritual beliefs. Rather than trying to convert them to her Roman Catholic beliefs, she came to accept theirs as equally valid.

When Mother Teresa died, her longtime friend and biographer Naveen Chawla said that he once asked her bluntly, “Do you convert?” She replied,“Of course I convert. I convert you to be a better Hindu or a better Muslim or a better Protestant. Once you’ve found God, it’s up to you to decide how to worship him” (“Mother Teresa Touched other Faiths,” Associated Press, Sept. 7, 1997).

Pluto is biquintile the South Node in Scorpio in the 11thHouse. The soul has a need and desire to break free from everything related to the past and other lifetimes which is preventing further

growth. There is a need and desire to objectify life on the mundane level and tune into the divine within oneself while simultaneously liberating oneself from whatever has become fixed, rigid and limiting. This includes emotional patterns and separating desires as well as all existing “norms.” The soul has been pulling away from the mainstream in order to avoid consensus conditioning and limitations. Relating back to the soul's core intention and desire, Mother Teresa chose to live on the fringe of society and form relationships with others who served to broaden her perspective:

“During her long life, Mother Teresa devoted herself to those living in the shadows and dark corners of life -- the poor, the dying, the abandoned, the unwanted. "

Pluto is square Mercury in Virgo in the ninth House. The soul has an intellectual need and desire to travel, explore, experience and investigate foreign countries and cultures that have different beliefs and ways of interpreting the meaning of life through its work or service to others. This ties back to its core intention and desire to form realtionships with a variety of people with diverse needs, values and points of view so the soul can be exposed to new information and ideas. This will occur through intellectual discussions and confrontations with others that will serve to broaden the soul's point of view related to its beliefs. Mother Teresa was raised in a Catholic culture and household. Her mother “took the children to morning mass most days and when not working in the house or helping others was always saying the rosary.” For Mother Teresa and her sisters, “ life was bound up in the parish of the Sacred Heart. Since the Catholics were a minority, the church was an important focal point for the Bojaxhiu family and gave them a clear sense of cultural and religious identity.” This identity is limiting however, in relation to the soul's core desires and intention. In addition, it is limiting in regard to Mother Teresa's need and desire to exchange ideas and knowledge with others through her work. “If she stayed in Skopje, what was the future for her?... She loved teaching but as a member of a double minority was she not bound to suffer discrimination in this career, with virtually no schools for the Albanian minority in Yugoslavia? “ Life in Skopje was limiting. At age seventeen, Mother Teresa decided to become a missionary in India which would help lead her to an understanding that truth is relative and there are many paths to the same God - In the biography Mother Teresa: Her People and Her Work, she is quoted by Desmond Doig as follows: “If in coming face to face with God we accept Him in our lives, then we ... become a better Hindu, a better Muslim, a better Catholic, a better whatever we are ... What God is in your mind you must accept.”

With Pluto sextile the Sun in Virgo in the eight house the evolutionary intention is to identify and develop a unique special purpose linked to a socially relevant need. In mother Teresa's most current life this manifested as serving others who were sick and dying. In 1952 she opened the first “Home for the Dying” in Calcutta. Up until her death, her life was focused on serving others by caring for "the hungry, the naked, the homeless, the crippled, the blind, the lepers, all those people who feel unwanted, unloved, uncared for throughout society, people that have become a burden to the society and are shunned by everyone." Through her relationships with these people, Mother Teresa learned lessons in relatedness and equality as like them, she felt abandoned by God. “... now we know that she felt close to those souls because she too knew the absence of God.”

The South Node is in Scorpio in the eleventh House. In relation to the soul's desire to open itself up to others and learn how to relate to them on an equal basis by learning about their needs, values and points of view, the soul has been trying to liberate itself from memories of past life trauma related to issues of loss and abandonment. This trauma is profound and until an inner healing takes place, the soul is limited in its ability to relate to others on an emotional level out of fear of further loss and abandonment. In her most current life Mother Teresa succumbed to this fear. “I am told God loves me – and yet the reality of darkness; coldness; emptiness is so great that nothing touches my soul. Did I make a mistake in surrendering blindly to the Call of the Sacred Heart? “ Those words, “nothing touches my soul,” are an expression of the deep emotional pain that prevents Mother Teresa from being able to get too close to anyone – even God.

The SN is sextile Uranus Rx in Capricorn in the first House. In the past, the soul may have experienced trauma from loss of a parent or a partner. This loss, or separation, left the soul feeling depressed, defeated, and guilty. It is also possible that the soul was a leader or a person consumed with a mission in which it tried to save another, or others, and failed. This left the soul feeling guilty and alone as it failed in its reponsibility to save the others, or other. This failure led to a fear of judgement or punishment or self-judgment and self-punishment. There was a build-up of inner guilt which if accompanied by anger leads to sadism. Off the karmic axis for a moment, Mars is in Virgo which is symbolic of guilt and anger. In the soul's most current life, Mother Teresa's father died when she was nine years old which is again a very traumatic, catastrophic event. His death is said to have been a political assasination. He was poisoned and at nine years old she could do nothing but stand by and watch him suffer and die. When children lose a parent they often feel guilty as though its somehow their fault. The trauma from separation and loss continues. It is said that Mother Teresa would never talk about her childhood and asked others not to talk about it either. This is an indication that she was once again repressing her emotions in regard to this loss.

The SN is trine Neptune in Cancer in the seventh House , In the past, Mother Teresa's soul has sacrificed personal relationships, and led a celibate life, in order to focus her energies on collective causes and her own spiritual development. Spirituality has served to give her a sense of belonging. She has chosen a path of devotion and serves God by nurturing and helping others. In her most recent incarnation Mother Teresa chose to help the sick, the poor, the unwanted and the dying. Although she identifies with spiritual systems that see God as a nurturing, loving and forgiving father, rather than an angry punishing God ("Today the passion of Christ is being relived in the lives of those who suffer. Suffering is not a punishment. God does not punish.)” her soul has adopted the belief (Neptune is the third house ruler) that suffering leads to redemption. This may be due to the early imprint and childhood wound left within her having watched her father suffer and die. It has become her emotional reality and she projects it out on others.

"Without our suffering, our work would be just social work - it would not be the work of Jesus Christ, not part of the redemption...All that suffering-where would the world be without it? Innocent suffering is the same as the suffering of Jesus. He suffered for us and all the innocent suffering is joined to his in the redemption. It is co-redemption. That is helping to save the world from worse things...Like all gifts, it depends on how we receive it. And that is why we need a pure heart to see the hand of God, to feel the hand of God, to recognize the gift of God in our suffering. He allows us to share in his suffering and to make up for the sins of the world."

With the SN opposition the Moon in Taurus in the fifthHouse, the soul has had a need to express itself through a special purpose that fulfills its need to be needed. The soul has merged with, and involved itself, with groups of people who it can take care of and at the same time receive recognition for doing so. The soul flip flops between periods of isolation in which it listens to its own needs and periods of involvement with others in which it listens to, and tends to, the needs of others. The soul tends to project its own needs and values onto others.

With the SN biquintile Pluto in Gemini in the seventhHouse, the soul has desired to become a public figure who has the power to influence large groups of people. In her most recent incarnation, Mother Teresa became such a figure and through her work influenced people all over the world.

The South Node Ruler is Pluto in Gemini in the seventh House. In relation to the soul's desire to learn how to participate in relationships as an equal, and to understand her relationship to the world around her, the soul has initiated relationships with a diversity of people in order to understand her individuality in a social context. She evaluates her own identity by comparing and contrasting their ideas, opinions and points of view with her own.The nature of the information that she gathers colors her understanding of herself and the world. Her pre-existing belief system creates a filter as to what information she will absorb and what it will reject. Imbalances in these relationships have created a distortion which manifests as a need to be needed which creates co-dependency in these relationships. "Co-dependency can be defined as the tendency to put others needs before your own. You accommodate others to such a degree that you tend to discount or ignore your own feelings, desires and basic needs. Your self-esteem depends largely on how well you please, take care of and/or solve problems for someone else (or many others)."

With Pluto square Mercury in Virgo in the ninth House, intellectual confrontations related to the soul's religious beliefs have occurred in the past as they were limiting growth. The soul was inclined to interprete any intellectual information related to metaphysical or cosmological beliefs in a way that reflected her own pre-existing beliefs. She likely rejected anything that did not somehow reflect what she already believed to be true or false as this would undermine her sense of security which is linked to her opinions and ideas, and religious point of view. Mercury is in a mutable sign, so she was open to listening to other opinions and points of view, but with the square there was likely a resistance which created a subconscious effect of not really listening to what was being said and rejecting any argument. In her most current incarnation, Mother Teresa often wrote letters to priests and other Catholics which reflect an inner spiritual crisis in which she revealed her belief that she had been abandoned by God. Her feelings parallel those of St John of the Cross in “The Dark Night of the Soul.” It is said (by psychologists) that tension between the individual and the divine occurs from witnessing pain and suffering – which she witnessed in Calcutta.

With Pluto biquintile the South Node in Scorpio in the eleventh House, the soul has desired to become a public figure who has the power to influence large groups of people. Mother Teresa has shared a common destiny with a large group of people over the course of time. In her most recent life she attained her desire to become a public figure who can make contact with many people and influence their thoughts, ideas and beliefs. In an interview after her death, her successor, Sister Prema, was asked to describe her image of Mother Teresa. She answered, “ She would probably say that her goal was always to convey the experience of Jesus to those around her. This is the legacy she left us. Through her life, her work, her charisma, she brought those around her to God. She did not preach, but she testified with her own life.”

With Pluto sextile the Sun in Virgo in the eighth house, the soul has merged with symbols of power that enable her to establish herself as a leader and public speaker capable of influencing others through her power of persuasion and suggestive powers. In her most recent life this was the Catholic Church.


PPP in Sagittarius in the First House

In order to grow and evolve, the soul must learn how to strike out on her own and find the answers to her metaphysical, philosophical and cosmological questions from within, herself using her intuition. She has to learn to initiate a self-motivated direction in life outside of her relationships in order to find a belief system that resonates with her soul on an intuitive level. In order to participate in relationships which are mutally independent and equal, she needs to develop an awareness that truth is relative and that there are many paths leading to the same truth. In doing so, she will no longer feel a need to defend her point of view and opinions as right and reject other people's as wrong. Once she learns that intellectual knowledge is limited, and learns to trust her intuition, she will be able to align her beliefs with natural law. Once this occurs her relationships with others will come into balance. In her most recent life, Mother Teresa appears to have actualized Pluto's Polarity Point as she came to realize there are many paths to God.

The NN is conjunct the Moon in Taurus in the fifthHouse. In order to use her intuition to find the answers to her metaphysical, philosophical and cosmological questions from within herself, there is an intention and desire to develop a self-centered focus relative to her personal purpose and her emotional reality. By relating to her own emotions, senses and needs she would develop an awareness of what she values and therefore has meaning for her. Such a focus would empower her to focus her energies in creative, vital and self-actualizing ways. With the Moon in Taurus in the fifthhouse, Mother Teresa has a huge ego and a powerful self-image which allows her to “to stand before the whole world convinced of her truth, convinced of her worth, and convinced of her importance.” By relating to her own senses and needs, Mother Teresa has created a sense of self-validation, value and meaning which flows over into her personal special purpose and allows her to actualize that purpose in a meaningful way.

With the NN trine Uranus Rx in Capricorn in the firstHouse, the evolutionary intent is to break free from past conditioning patterns that define her identity. She needs a great deal of freedom and independence to initiate any experience she deems necessary in order to realize her sense of special destiny and to learn about herself in the process. She needs to rebel against the pressures of her own peer group and socialize with people outside her peer group or become a “group of one”.

With the NN sextile Neptune in Cancer in the seventh House, the evolutionary intent is to form relationships, and interact with other people, in order to discover a sense of wholeness and recapture the spirit of the divine. There is a need and desire to find emotional security and identity in truth as well as a need to address her feeling of lack through association with others. Periods of withdrawl to contemplate and interaction with others must be balanced. On a spiritual level, this aspect exposes one to the deeper concepts of union and harmony. Spiritual values are integrated into the area of relationships and generate an aspiration for true equality and mutuality.

"There is only one God and He is God to all; therefore it is important that everyone is seen as equal before God. I’ve always said we should help a Hindu become a better Hindu, a Muslim become a better Muslim, a Catholic become a better Catholic. We believe our work should be our example to people. We have among us 475 souls - 30 families are Catholics and the rest are all Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs—all different religions. But they all come to our prayers."

Mother Teresa was learning to see the middle way between all extremes. She was trying to find balance between active interference and passive acceptance of the way things are in the world. With Neptune in Cancer she developed a sense of belonging through spirituality and helping others. She identified with a spiritual system that adopts the idea of god being forgiving. This allows for indulgence, compassion and nurturing rather than guilt and atonement. In adopting the idea of a loving and nurturing God, the concept of unity became obvious to her and allowed her to develop a strong sense of compassion for all inspite their past. She came to accept others without judging them and understanding that nothing is wrong with life itself, for everything is part of the truth.

The North Node Ruler is Venus in Leo in the eighth House. This placement symbolizes Mother Teresa's intimate relationships and intimate partner. Her deepest emotions and deepest sense of security are linked to her intimate relationships and intimate partner. Her feelings are intense and there is a resistance to letting go no matter what the circumstances. Her love is all consuming and she is totally devoted to her partner, who is special and unique, and she expects the same in return. She has a deep desire to merge with her intimate partner whom she is deeply committed to and expects the same back. At the same time she is emotionally vulnerable which leads to inner fears of rejection and abandonment as she is driven by a profound need for recognition and feedback from her partner . Mother Teresa considered Jesus to be her intimate partner. She was totally committed to Jesus and desired to please him in every way inspite her innermost feeling that he had abandoned her.

In March 1953 she wrote to her confessor: “... there is such terrible darkness within me, as if everything was dead. It has been like this more or less from the time I started ‘the work.’” Over the years she had many confessors, and she continually referred to her spiritual condition as “my darkness” and to Jesus as “the Absent One.” At the suggestion of one confessor she wrote the following to Jesus:“I call, I cling, I want -- and there is no One to answer -- no One on Whom I can cling -- no, No One. -- Alone ... Where is my Faith --even deep down right in there is nothing, but emptiness ; darkness. ... When I try to raise my thoughts to Heaven -- there is such convicting emptiness that those very thoughts return like sharp knives ; hurt my very soul. -- I am told God loves me -- and yet the reality of darkness ; coldness ; emptiness is so great that nothing touches my soul.” In 1962 she wrote: “If I ever become a Saint -- I will surely be one of ‘darkness,’” and again, “How cold-how empty -- how painful is my heart. -- Holy communion -- Holy Mass -- all the holy things of spiritual life -- of the life of Christ in me -- are all so empty -- so cold -- so un-wanted. The physical situation of my poor, left in the streets unwanted, unloved, un-claimed -- are the true picture of my own spiritual life, of my love for Jesus” (Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light, p. 232).

Her private statements about her faith and relationship with Christ continued in this vein until her death.

Venus Square Saturn Rx in Taurus in the 4th House. Venus square Saturn is symbolic of suffering through love. According to Mother Teresa, “Love, to be real, must cost, it must hurt, it must empty us of self.”Mother Teresa's emotional reality was one of lonliness and a feeling of rejection and abandonment. She had a compulsive need to be loved coupled with a feeling of being unloved. In order to feel love, one must first love themselves. Mother Teresa, however projected her emotional needs and need for love onto Jesus.

"There are so many religions and each one has its different ways of following God. I follow Christ: Jesus is my God, Jesus is my Spouse, Jesus is my Life, Jesus is my only Love, Jesus is my All in All, Jesus is my Everything."

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The above piece is from an assignment I did as a student of The School of Evolutionary Astrology as
taught by Jeffrey Wolf Green - catharine j. anderson.

I Never Met an Asteroid I Didn't Like

Astrology Book List

Lessons in Relatedness: Mother Teresa Part II

Relationships From the Karmic Perspective

Astrology Book List

Below is a list of astrology books compiled in 2008.  I retrieved this list from my old astrology site (Astrology Power Zone) via The Way Back Time Machine.  There is alot of other good info on Astrology Power Zone including some informative articles by Janet Kane and others.  If you would like to take a look just click here to go to Astrology Power Zone.

Alan Oken's Complete Astrology Alan Oken

American Atlas Thomas G. Shanks
American Book of Tables Neil Michelsen
American Ephemeris 1991-2000 Neil Michelsen
American Ephemeris 2001-2010 Neil Michelsen
American Ephemeris for the 20th Century at midnight Neil Michelsen
American Ephemeris for the 20th Century at noon Neil Michelsen
American Ephemeris for the 21st Century 2001-2050 at midnight Neil Michelsen
American Ephemeris for the 21st Century 2001-2050 at noon Neil Michelsen
American Sidereal Ephemeris 1976-2000 Neil Michelsen
An Astrological Guide to Self-Awareness Donna Cunningham
An Astrological Herbal for Women Elisabeth Brooke
An Astrological Triptych Dane Rudhyar
Ancient Hindu Astrology for the Modern Western Astrologer James Braha
An Easygoing Guide to Astrology Nancy Cassell
Approximate Positions of Asteroids 1851 - 2050 E. Donath
Arabic Parts in Astrology: Lost Key to Prediction Robert Zoller
Archetypes of the Zodiac Kathleen Burt
Art of Synthesis Alan Leo
Ascendant: Your Karmic Doorway Martin Schulman
Aspects & Personality Karen Hamaker-Zondag
Aspects in Vedic Astrology Pandit Ohja
Asteroids in Synastry Emma Belle Donath
Asteroid Name Encyclopedia Jacob Schwartz
Astro-Alchemy: Making the Most of Your Transits Joan Negus
Astroanalysis Aries through Pisces Astroanalysis
Astro Data 1 (Profiles of Women) Lois Rodden
Astro Data 2 (Famous People's Charts) Lois Rodden
Astro Data 5: Profiles of Crime Lois Rodden
Astro Diagnosis: A Guide to Healing Max & Augusta Heindel
Astro-Guide to Nutrition & Vitamins Lynne Palmer
Astro-Essentials: Planets in Signs, Houses & Aspect Maritha Pottenger
Astro-Logos: Revelations of a Hindu Astrologer James Braha
Astrological Aspects: A Process Oriented Approach Dane Rudhyar
Astrological Aspects: Your Inner Dialogues-How Planetary Relationships Illuminate Jeanne Avery
Astrological Body Types: Face, Form, & Expression Judith A. Hill
Astrological Counseling: The Path to Self-Actualization Joan McEvers
Astrological Healing Reinhold Ebertin
Astrological Healing Gems Shivaji Bhattacharjee
Astrological Houses Bruno & Louise Huber
Astrological Houses Dane Rudhyar
Astrological Insights into Personality Betty Lunsted
Astrological Insights into the Spiritual Life Dane Rudhyar
Astrological Neptune and the Quest for Redemption Liz Greene
Astrological Psychosynthesis: The Integration of Personality, Love & Intelligence in the Horoscope Bruno Huber
Astrological Secrets of the Hebrew Sages J. Dobin
Astrologickal Magick Estelle Daniels
Astrologer's Handbook Julia Parker
Astrologer's Handbook Frances Sakoian & Louis Acker
Astrologer's Node Book Donna Van Toen
Astrological Games People Play Bernie Ashman
Astrology & Heredity: The Thread of Life J. Peel
Astrology & Past Lives Mary Devlin
Astrology & Relationships Mary Devlin
Astrology & Spiritual Development Donna Cunningham
Astrology & The Games People Play in Work & Relationships Spencer Grendahl
Astrology & the Stock Market Louise McWhirter
Astrology & Your Past Lives Jeanne Avery
Astrology Alive: Experiential Astrology, Astro Drama, & Healing Arts Barbara Schermer
Astrology: A Cosmic Science Isabel Hickey
Astrology for All Alan Leo
Astrology for Cats: Your Feline's Star Signs Trunal & Walter Keiner
Astrology for Children: The Planets J. Weinstein
Astrology for the Absolute Beginner: How to Interpret Your Own Birth chart Vol. 1
Astrology for Initiates Papus
Astrology for the Light Side of the Brain Kim Roger-Gallagher
Astrology for Lovers Liz Greene
Astrology for the Millions Grant Lewi
Astrology for the Soul Jan Spiller
Astrology for Yourself: A Workbook Bloch & George
Astrology for Women Gloria Star
Astrology: History, Symbols, & Signs S. Nesle
Astrology, How & Why It Works: An Introduction to Basic Astrology Marc Edmund Jones
Astrology in Action: Transits, Progressions & Chart Themes Famous Paul Wright
Astrology in Modern Language Vaughan
Astrology Inside & Out Bruce Nevin
Astrology, Karma, & Transformation Stephen Arroyo
Astrology: Key to Holistic Health Marcia Starck
Astrology, Nutrition, & Health R. Jansley
Astrology of Childbirth Doris C. Doane
Astrology of Choice Roy Alexander
Astrology of Death Richard Houck
Astrology of Fate Liz Greene
Astrology of Human Relationships Frances Sakoian & Louis Acker
Astrology of Personality Dane Rudhyar
Astrology of the Famed Noel Tyl
Astrology of Self Discovery Tracy Marks
Astrology of Sexuality Martin Schulman
Astrology, Psychology, & the Four Elements Stephen Arroyo
Astrology Really Works Magi Society
Astrology: The Classic Guide to Understanding Your Horoscope Ronald Davison
Astrology: The Evidence of Science Percy Seymour
Astrology & Consciousness: The Wheel of Light Rio Olesky
Astrology's Special Measurements Noel Tyl

Beginner's Guide to Astrological Interpretation Joyce Levine
Birth Pattern Psychology: Personality Assessment through Chart T. Van Pelt
Book of Jupiter Marilyn Waram
Book of Lovers Carolyn Reynolds
Book of Marriage Charts Emylu L. Hughes
Book of Saturn Zipporah Dobyns
Book of Uranus Joan Negus
Book of Pluto Steven Forrest

Celestial Psychology: Astrological Guide to Growth & Transformation Doris Hebel
Changing Sky: Practical Guide to the New Predictive Astrology Steven Forrest
Chart Interpretation Handbook Stephen Arroyo
Child Signs: An Astrological Guide to Parenting M.J. Abadie
Chinese Astrology Derek Walters
Chinese Love Signs Neil Somerville
Chinese Love Signs Derek Walters
Chiron & the Healing Journey: Astrolog/Psychol. Perspective Melanie Reinhart
Chiron: The New Planet in Your Horoscope R. Nolle
Chiron: Rainbow Bridge Between Inner & Outer Planets Barbara Hand Clow
Circle Book of Charts
Circle of Stars: An Introduction to Indian Astrology Valerie J. Roebuck
Choice-Centered Astrology: The Basics Gail Fairfield
Combination of Stellar Influences Reinhold Ebertin
Communicating the Horoscope Noel Tyl
Compendium of Astrology R. Lineman & J. Popelka
Complete Horoscope Interpretation: Your Planetary Profile Maritha Pottenger
Consulting Astrologer's Guidebook Donna Cunningham
Contemporary Lectures: Chart Interpretation, Astrology & Psychology Doris Hebel
Cosmic Combinations: A Book of Astrological Exercises Joan Negus
Cycles of Time: Charting the Mood Swings of America Jacqueline Whyte


Degree Analysis: Dwadashamas & Deeper Meanings & Chandra Symbols in the Horoscope Douglas Sandbach
Degrees of the Zodiac Magnified Mohan Koparkar
Degrees of the Zodiac Esther Leinbach
Delineations of Progressions Sophia Mason
Development of the Personality Liz Greene & Howard Sasportas
Dial Detective: Investigation with the 90 Degree Dial Maria Kay Simms
Dictionary of Basic Astrological Terms Goswam Kriyananda
Dynamic Astrology -- Using Planetary Cycles to Make Personal & Career Choices John Townley
Dynamics of Aspect Analysis Bil Tierney
Dynamics of the Unconscious Liz Greene & Howard Sasportas
Dynasty (Family Relationships) Erin Sullivan

Easy Astrology Guide Maritha Pottenger
Eclipses Interpretation Manual R. Lineman
Eclipses: Astrological Guideposts R. Lineman
Elements of Astrology Janis Huntley
Esoteric Astrology Alice Bailey
Essays on Astrology Robert Hand
Essential Dignities J.L. Lehman Ph.D
Expanding Astrology's Universe Zipporah Dobyns
Exploring Jupiter: The Astrological Key to Progress, Prosperity & Potential Stephen Arroyo

Finding Our Way Through the Dark Demetra George
Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology Vivian E. Robson
Forecasting Backward & Foreward (Rectification) B.F. Hammerslough
Forecasting with Diurnals: A Different Way of Looking at Transits Mary N. Hughes
Forces of the Zodiac Robert Leichtman & Japiske
Foundations of Personality: Combining Elements, Crosses, & Houses Karen Hamaker-Zondag
Fundamentals of Vedic Astrology Bepin Behari
Future Signs Simms, Maria Kay

Galactic Dimension of Astrology Dane Rudhyar
Gate of Rebirth: Astrology, Regeneration & 8th House Mysteries Hadyn Paul
Gods of Change: Pain, Crisis & Transits of Uranus, Neptune & Pluto Howard Sasportas
Guide to Horoscope Interpretation Marc Edmund Jones

Handbook of Chinese Horoscopes Theodora Lau
Handbook of Horary Astrology Karen Hamaker-Zondag
Healing with Astrology Marcia Starck
Healing Pluto Problems Donna Cunningham
Healing with the Horoscope Maritha Pottenger
Health Zodiac: Practical Guide to Understanding Your Health Cycles Pamela Rowe
Heaven Knows What Grant Lewi
Herbs, Health, & Astrology Leon Petulengro
Hindu Astrology Lessons Richard Houck
Horary Astrology Rediscovered Olivia Barclay
Horary Astrology: Practical Techniques for Problem Solving Marc Edmund Jones
Horoscope for the New Millennium E. Allan Meece
Horoscopes of the U.S. States & Cities C. Dodson
Horoscope Symbols Robert Hand
House Connection: How to Read the Houses in an Astrological Chart Karen Hamaker-Zondag
How to Be a Great Astrologer James Braha
How to Handle Your Human Relationships Lois H. Sargeant
How to Predict Your Future--Secrets of Eastern & Western Astrology James Braha

Inner Sky: The Dynamic New Astrology for Everyone Steven Forrest
Inner Planets: Building Blocks of Personal Reality Liz Greene & Howard Sasportas
International Atlas Thomas G. Shanks
Instant Horoscope Reader: Planets by Sign, House, & Aspect Julia Lupton Skalka
Interpreting Signs & Symbols: Beginner's Guide Kristyna Arcati
Interpreting Solar & Lunar Returns: Psychological Approach Babs Kirby & J. Stubbs

Jungian Symbolism in Astrology Alice O. Howell
Jungian Synchronicity in Astrological Signs & Ages Alice O. Howell

Karmic Astrology: The Moon's Nodes & Reincarnation Vol. 1 Martin Schulman
Karmic Astrology: Retrogrades & Reincarnation Vol. 2 Martin Schulman
Karmic Astrology: Joy & the Part of Fortune Vol. 3 Martin Schulman
Karmic Astrology: The Karma of the Now Vol. 4 Martin Schulman
Karmic Journey: The Birthchart, Karma & Reincarnation Judy Hall
Karmic Relationships Martin Schulman
Key Words for Astrology Hajo Banzhaf & Anna Haebler
Koch Book of Tables Neil Michelsen

Life Challenge Astrology: Karmic Indicators in Birthchart Richard Strauss
Life Cycles: Astrology of Inner Space & it's Application to Rhythms Bill Anderton
Life Time Astrology: From Conception to Transcendence A.T. Mann
Light on Life: An Introduction to the Astrology of India Hart Defouw & Robert Svoboda
Linda Goodman's Love Signs Linda Goodman
Linda Goodman's Star Signs Linda Goodman
Linda Goodman's Sun Signs Linda Goodman
Literary Zodiac Paul Wright
Liquid Light of Sex: Understanding Key Life Passages Barbara Hand Clow
Lives You Live:As Revealed in Heaven-A History of Karmic Astrology Ted George
Lord of the Light: Exploring the Astrological Sun Hadyn Paul
Love & Sexuality: An Exploration of Venus & Mars Babs Kirby & J. Stubbs
Love Planets M.J. Abadie & Claudia Bader
Love, Sex, & Astrology:Let Astrology Help Choose the Right Partner Teri King
Lover's Guide: An Astrological Key to Relationships Marjorie Orr
Lover's Horoscopes Lori Reid
Luminaries: Psychology of the Sun and Moon Liz Greene & Howard Sasportas
Lunation Cycle Dane Rudhyar
Lunar Nodes Bernice Prill Grebner
Lunar Nodes Mohan Koparker

Marriage Made in Heaven Alexandra Mark
Mars Book Donna Van Toen
Medicine Wheel: Earth Astrology Sun Bear & Wabun
Meet Your Planets Roy Alexander
Mercury Method of Chart Comparisons Lois Rodden
Michelsen Book of Tables, The Michelson & Pottenger
Midpoint Interpretation Simplified Karen Savalan
Modern Textbook of Astrology Margaret Hone
Money & the Markets: An Astrological Guide Bates & Bowles
Money Signs: Astrology, Money & You Jane Bowles
Moon in Your Life-Being a Lunar Type in a Solar World(updated) Donna Cunningham
Moon Mansions Mohan Koparkar
Moon Node Astrology Bruno & Louise Huber
Moon's Nodes and Their Importance G. White
Moon Phases: A Symbolic Key Martin Goldsmith
Moon Signs: Discover the Hidden Power of Your Emotions Sasha Fenton
Moon Signs: The Key to Your Inner Life Donna Cunningham
Mundane Astrology C.C. Zain
My Little Aries: A Parent's Guide to the Little Stars of the Family John Astrop
Mythic Astrology: Archetypal Powers in the Horoscope Ariel Guttman & K. Johnson
Mythic Astrology Cards Liz Greene
My World of Astrology Sydney Omarr

New A to Z Horoscope Maker & Delineator Llewellyn George
New Astrology: Unique Synthesis of Chinese & Western Trad. Suzanne White
New Chinese Astrology Suzanne White
New Insights into Modern Astrology Stephen Arroyo & Liz Greene
New Look at Mercury Retrograde, A Robert Wilkinson 14.95
Night Speaks Steven Forrest
North & South Nodes: The Guideposts of the Spirit Cynthia Bohannon

Only Astrology Book You'll Ever Need Joanna M. Woolfolk
Only Way to Learn Astrology: Vol 1: Basic Principles March & McEvers
Only Way to Learn Astrology: Vol 2: Math & Interpretation March & McEvers
Only Way to Learn Astrology: Vol 3: Horoscope Analysis March & McEvers
Only Way to Learn About Tomorrow, Vol. 4: Progressions, Returns,etc. March & McEvers
Only Way to Learn about Relationships, Vol. 5 March & McEvers
Only Way to Learn About Horary & Electional Astrology, Vol. 6 March & McEvers
Optimum Child Gloria Star
Outer Planets & Their Cycles: The Astrology of the Collective Liz Greene

Parker's Astrology Julia & Derek Parker
Person Centered Astrology Dane Rudhyar
Phases of the Moon M. Busteed & D. Wergin
Picking Your Perfect Partner through Astrolgy: A Guide to Compatibility in Relationships Mary Coleman
Planetary Aspects: Conflict to Cooperation Tracy Marks
Planetary Heredity Michel Gauqelin
Planetary Music: Understanding Astrological Rhythms Ed Rose
Planetary Symbolism in the Horoscope Karen Hamaker-Zondag
Planets, The Sasha Fenton
Planets in Aspect Robert Pelletier
Planets in Composite Robert Hand
Planets in Love John Townley
Planets in Houses Robert Pelletier
Planets in Signs Skye Alexander
Planets in the Signs & Houses: Vedic Astrologer's Handbook Vol. 2 Bepin Behari
Planets In Synastry E.W. Neville
Planets in Transit Robert Hand
Planets in Youth Robert Hand
Planets on the Move Z. Dobyns & M. Pottenger
Planet Vulcan H. Weston
Planets Within Thomas Moore
Pluto: Planet of Magic & Power Ginger Chalford
Pluto: The Evolutionary Journey of the Soul Jeff Green
Power of Fixed Stars Joseph Rigor
Power Planets: A Manual for Human Empowerment Luisa de La Lama
Power Trio: Mars, Saturn, and Pluto Mae Wilson-Ludlam
Practice of Prediction Nancy Anne Hastings
Predicting Love, Marriage, Sex & Money Timothy Edward Curley
Predicting the Future with Astrology Sasha Fenton
Prediction in Astrology: A Master Volume of Technique & Practice Noel Tyl
Predictive Astrology Frances Sakoian & Louis Acker
Predictive Planetary Periods: Hindu Dasas Barbara Cameron
Progressed Horoscope Alan Leo
Progressions in Action Doris C. Doane
Psychological Astrology Karen Hamaker-Zondag

Quintiles & Trideciles: The Geometry of the Goddess Dusty Bunker

Relating Liz Greene
Relationships & Life Cycles Stephen Arroyo
Reconstructing the Real You: Applying Astrology to Family Psychology Barry Cowger & M. Christy
Retrograde Planets: Traversing the Inner Landscape Erin Sullivan
Rising Sign Jeanne Avery
Roadmap to Your Future: A Quick Guide to Progressions & Transits Bernie Ashman
Rosicrucian Ephemeris single year Rosicrucian Fellowship
Rosicrucian Ephemeris 1900-2000 at midnight Rosicrucian Fellowship
Rosicrucian Ephemeris 2000-2009 at noon Rosicrucian Fellowship
Rosicrucian Ephemeris 2000-2100 at Noon Rosicrucian Fellowship
Rulership Book: A Directory of Astrological Correspondences Rex Bills

Sabian Manual: A Ritual for Living Marc Edmund Jones
Sabian Symbols Marc Edmund Jones
Saturn: A New Look at an Old Devil Liz Greene
Saturn in Transit Erin Sullivan
Saturn/Pluto Phenomenon Joy Michaud
Seduction by the Stars: An Astrological Guide to Love, Lust & Intimate Relationships Ron Lexander
Seeds of Astrology--A Beginner's Book Donna Mickler Ph.D
Sex Signs (revised) Judith Bennett
Sexual Astrology Martine
Sexual Astrology Marlene Rathgeb
Sexuality in the Horoscope Noel Tyl
Skymates: Astrology of Love, Sex & Intimacy Steven Forrest
Soul-Centered Astrology: A Key to Your Expanding Self Alan Oken
Spiritual Approach to Astrology Myrna Lofthus
Spiritual Astrology Jan Spiller
Star Connection: The Science of Judaic Astrology Rabbi Philip Berg
Stars in Your Family(Parent/Child Signs) Sylvia Friedman
Success Through the Stars: An Astrological Guide to Defining & Living a Satisfying Life Carole Golden
Sun Sign, Moon Sign: 144 Sun/Moon Combinations Charles Harvey
Sun Signs: Discover Yourself & Others Through Astrology Sasha Fenton
Suzanne White's Guide to Love Suzanne White
Suzanne White's Original Chinese Astrology Suzanne White
Synastry: Understanding Human Relationships through Astrology Ronald Davison
Synthesis & Counseling in Astrology: The Professional Manual Noel Tyl


Tables of Planetary Phenomena Neil Michelsen
Technique of Prediction R. Davison
Teri King's Complete Guide to Your Stars: A Unique Combination of Ascendent & Sun Sign Teri King
The Astrology Book Andrea Lloyd
Therapeutic Astrology: Using the Birth Chart in Psychotherapy & Spiritual Couseling Greg Bogart
Those Inconjunct Quincunx Transits Frances Sakoian & Louis Acker
Through the Looking Glass Richard Idemon
Time Changes in Canada & Mexico Doris C. Doane
Time Changes in the USA Doris C. Doane
Time Changes in the World Doris C. Doane
Transpersonal Astrology Errol Weiner
Transits in Reverse: Astrological Planning for Success E. Ryneveld
Transits Simplified Frances Sakoian & Louis Acker
Transits: The Time of Your Life Betty Lundsted
Twelfth House Karen Hamaker-Zondag
Twelve Doors to the Soul Jane A. Evans

Ultimate Asteroid Book J. Lee Lehman
Understanding Aspects: The Inconjunct Alan Epstein
Understanding Aspects: The Sextile Alan Epstein
Understanding Astrology: A Practical Guide to the Stars Sasha Fenton
Understanding Children through Astrology Samantha A. Davis
Uranus/Neptune Influence Joy Michaud

Vedic Astrology Ronnie Dreyer

Western Astrology & Chinese Medicine J. Willmott
When Planets Promise Love? Rose Murray
Write Your Own Horoscope Joseph Goodavage

Your Hidden Powers (was Intercepted Signs) Joanne Wickenburg
Your Magical Child Maria Kay Simms
Your Planetary Personality Dennis Oakland
Your Secret Self: Illuminating the Mysteries of the 12th House Tracy Marks
Your Sun Sign as a Spiritual Guide Donald Walters
Your Starway to Love: Easy Compatibility Analysis Maritha Pottenger

Zodiac: An Analysis of Symbolic Degrees E. Schroeder
Zodiac Family: Help You Understand & Raise Your Child Julia Parker
Zodiac Pack Judy Hall
Zodiac Symbology: It's Charm, Beauty & Fascination Faith Javane
Zolar's Starmates: Astrological Secrets of Love & Romance Zolar

I Never Met an Asteroid I Didn't Like

Lessons in Relatedness: Mother Teresa Part I

Lessons in Relatedness: Mother Teresa Part II

Relationships From the Karmic Perspective

I Never Met an Asteroid I Didn't Like

"I Never Met an Asteroid I Didn’t Like"

An Interview with Kim Falconer

Kim Falconer is an astrologer and a writer who was born in Santa Cruz, CA and now lives on the far east coast of Australia. Kim was introduced to astrology at an early age and has three decades of astrological experience . Kim has studied the works of such eminent teachers as Joanne Wickenburg, Dennis Elwell, Isabel Hickey, Howard Sasportas, Liz Greene and Richard Idemon.  Kim is the author of Asteroid 433 Eros: The Astrology of Love and Astrology & Aptitude: How to Become What You Were Meant to Be and of Vital Signs: The Astrology of Well Being. Kim writes for a number of astrology magazines including Dell Horoscope and The Mountain Astrologer.

AstrologyPowerZone:  In your biography, you state that your father inspired your interest in
the occult. You go on to say that he used horoscopes in conjunction with financial adventures. You, on the other hand, choose a totally different astrological path, one that incorporates ancient wisdom and mythology with psychological theories, art and poetry. Where did this influence come from and how were you able to blend it with what you learned from your father?

Kim:  Where did it come from? Art history class, for a start. I was enamored with my high school art teacher, and inspired by the rich and vivid myths that went with classical paintings, sculptures and crockery. I was seventeen at the time, the same year my father signed me up for my first formal astrology course. It was taught by a mystical woman, Lois Goff, and although she was strictly traditional, she transmitted a lot of magic and sense of the inner world.

Also, my mother is a poetess. Over the years she has exposed me to the world of prose and poetry in delightful ways. She’d never admit it, but Mom links symbolic meaning to everything quite naturally, especially word meanings. From her example, I made it a habit early on to link words and phrases with astrological symbols. For instance, take Keats: "Virgin choir to make delicious moan/upon the midnight hours." Right away, I think of a culminating Moon in Virgo! Or, Voltaire, "Once people begin to reason, all is lost." What else but Mercury/Neptune? Or my mother's, "The persevering sea harbors all things/Cast adrift in her wardrobe of shadows;" Sounds like Saturn in the 12th house to me! Attention to WORDS would definitely be my mother's influence!

I clearly recall the event that brought me to incorporate depth psychology into my astrological approach. After I spent 7 years in diligent traditional astrological study, my father gave me a set of
tapes from the 1980 Saturn/Jupiter conjunction conference in California. I listened in awe to Liz Greene speak about Neptune and the therapeutic process. Something went "click" in my mind and I never looked back. That’s when I started reading everything of hers, and others like Idemon
and Sasportas and Jim Lewis.

My father and I would debate the nature of outer planet transits, progression, nodes etc for hours. That really helped me, even if we didn’t come to an agreement (which was often). Defending a position requires you to be very clear and articulate, at least if you want to present a successful defense!

AstrologyPowerZone: Much of the material on your website and in your articles focuses on
Asteroid 433 Eros. What is it that attracts you to this asteroid? Why have you choosen to research it so deeply?

Kim: Why Eros? I have to chuckle at this now. It all started out as a mistake! (if there are such things).

I was looking for a copy of the myth of Psyche and Eros, flipping around in search engines on the internet. I knew, vaguely, that there were asteroids out there and did use (minimally) Ceres, Juno, Vesta and Pallas, but they were not my focus. I just wanted to read a good translation of the Myth.

But, by some weird “accident” I printed out not a copy of the myth but a NASA site I didn’t even know the browser was open to. It was all about sending a NEAR satellite to 433 Eros. What? I was stunned. Knowing the synchronistic nature between the discovery or focus on a planet and the
awakening in the collective of what that planet represents, I dove in! That was eight years ago, and my interest in all minor planets has increased rapidly ever since.

AstrologyPowerZone: In your biography you mention that you are currently investigating
asteroids, and other special points in the horoscope, following their relevance to health and relationships. Can you elaborate on this a bit?

Kim: I see the asteroids as the “fine tuning” dial on a TV. The major planets  give you the “big picture” and the minor ones sharpen it, honing in on subtleties that might otherwise be missed. In relationships of all kinds, business, friendship, family, lovers, the synastry contacts might include asteroids, connecting two (or more) people in ways the major planets may not describe. The same goes for composite charts.

As far as health is concerned, I associate vitality with being able to express authentically. The finer the detailed understanding of that authentic SELF, the stronger, fitter and more vibrant we become. In this context, the repression or degrading of energy (represented in the chart as unexpressed planets and points in the various signs) finds its only outlet through the body as dis-ease.

A simplistic example would be someone with natal asteroid Psyche on the Ascendant in Aries who was, for what ever reason, unable to push out adventurously into the world, be immediate in action and assertive in nature, especially when it came to connecting with others on a deeper level, might experience migraine head aches. Again, the energy has to go somewhere and if can’t find a creative rout, there is always the body. (Aries rules the head)

AstrologyPowerZone: Have you found anything that interests you as much as Asteroid 433 Eros
does?

Kim: I never met an asteroid I didn’t like, although 433 Eros is my “first love” when it comes to the minor planets. I find others fascinating and insightful, particularly the planet crossers (those orbiting between Venus and Mars), the Centaurs, (those orbiting between Jupiter and Neptune)and of course the “main” asteroids in the belt between Mars and Jupiter. The discovery of the Kuiper Belt, beyond the orbit of Pluto is going to bring a new twist to Astrology, especially with the discovery
of Quaoar.

I must say I am exceptionally interested at the moment in asteroid 3753 Cruithne (pronounced 'croo-een-ya'). It has a “companion” like orbit to earth which actually moves in a horseshoe pattern. Although it orbits the Sun in almost exactly the same time period as the earth, because of the eccentricities, it can go many years without transiting certain signs!

AstrologyPowerZone: You have a background in health and have worked as a medical assistant,
animal health technician and board certified lactation consultant for twenty years. You also hold diplomas in herbal medicine, nutrition, zoology and literature. With such a background, I assume you have some interest in medical astrology? If so, can you talk a little bit about how mythological symbolism can be used in regard to health?

Kim: Myths are metaphors for life. They tell a story that somehow evokes a deeper feeling or movement of the psyche, resonating with our unconscious like a painting, poem, musical piece or dance.

In regards to health, I think they can help us understand what might be “wrong” (undervalued, repressed, unnourished) with us on an inner level.

Each myth portrays an aspect of soul nature, searching, striving, struggling or being forced to express. If we can understand more of what is waking up in our unconscious, we can honor and support it. The more we “do” who we are striving to becoming, the healthier we feel, simple
as that!

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The above is an interview with Kim Falconer which appeared on one of my many websites in the past (Astrology Power Zone).  The site is history but I still find my interview with Kim interesting so I decided to post it here.  Kim has evolved.  She is still practicing astrology but is now a successful novelist as well. 

The Novels:  Quantum Enchantment,  Path of the Stray, Road to the Soul and Journey by Night

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