posted April 16, 2013 10:16 AM            

If a client has a Yod, the Astrologer can know the client was created for a specific purpose.It is right there in black and white. The Yod is called “The Finger of God”. The Yod is quite rare, so what does the Astrologer do when there is not one? Then, the Astrologer must look deeply into the chart to find the client’s purpose. The chart shows everything. The chart is that person’s blueprint for his life on earth. I have utmost respect for the charts as I think they are a gift from God to each man.

Let’s start with specifics. Look at your Ascendant. You have a Chart Ruler. This is the planet that rules the sign on your ASC. If you ASC is Libra, as mine is, your Chart ruler will be Venus because Venus is the planet that rules Libra. If you want me to make a chart of each sign and the planets that rule them, I will. If your ASC is Aries, your chart ruler will be Mars. If your ASC is Scorpio, your chart ruler will be Pluto.If your ASC is Taurus, your chart ruler will be Venus. If your ASC is Pisces, your chart ruler will be Neptune.

The House to which your chart ruler goes is pivotal for you. This house is ONE of your purposes. You were created to play out the sphere of this house. If you look at this one part in your chart, you will get much information. My chart ruler, Venus, resides in my 9th house, the house of spirituality, God and Astrology. Study the House in which your chart ruler resides. Spend time meditating on it. You will need to play out the affairs of this house in order to be at peace. Your purpose will not let you rest until we embrace it and act it out in our world. it. It is strange that way, but I think it is because it is a divine call by God.

Next, look to your Sun by sign and house. Your Sun is the most important planet in your chart for determining your purpose. Each person was made to be express his Sun sign as fully as he can. If you feel more aligned with your Moon, you are not in balance. Your Sun should be the “you of you” The Sun is at the center of the solar system just as YOUR Sun is at the center of you. Each Sun sign is very different. God has a divine plan for each person, as well as a plan for how we can help each other. Your Sun is a prominent part of this plan as you are the only and best you that exists. Never try to be someone else. Your purpose will never be found if you aspire to be another person, although we all get caught in this. Endeavor to be you, in all your craziness and flawed humanity.

Your Moon is your deepest you. It differs from the Sun in that the world sees the Sun but only your intimate few see your Moon. Your Moon is your most emotional self. You see out of the emotional lens of your moon It is the song of your deepest nature. It is your unique poetry but as far as external purpose in the world, it may be lesser unless it is conjuncts the MC. Then, your purpose will be to show your Moon. This brings me to the next category

Any planet conjunct the MC is a shining beacon of your purpose. Study these planets well, as you will not be at peace until you live them out in a public setting. You should check for any asteroids that conjunct your MC too, as your MC is a very personal point. It is your angle to the world. We have 4 angles in the chart–the ASC, IC, DSC and MC. The MC is one’s public face, as well as one’s gifts to the world.

My dear friend Jen told me that I forgot a very important part–The North Node. That’s what friends are for The North Node is one of the most important parts of the natal chart as well as synastry or Composite. In synastry or Composite, if you violate the NN, you will pay. I have an article on the NN and synastry and it is one of my most popular. The NN strikes a chord in people, as well it should. We are talking about the natal now and your purpose, so we will stick to that.

The NN is your guidepost. If one was losing weight, one might put a picture of a slim woman on one’s refrigerator. That picture would be one’s guidepost. The chart provides the NN in the same way. Pay careful attention to what conjuncts your NN, planet or asteroid. Planets have more power than asteroids by the sheer energy of the planets. However, an asteroid in a very close orb has quite a bit of power, too. With asteroids, the orb should be exact to two degrees. A wider orb than that is ambient, if anything.

Any planet conjunct your NN is your purpose. You will be forced to learn the nature of that planet through life experiences. You can transmute a hard asteroid like Nessus into working with abused children and not being an abuser yourself. However, I feel that you will probably abuse before you learn the lessons. Yes, this is a controversial statement. However, I believe it to be true. If Dejanira conjuncts your NN, you will probably be victimized before you can take that experience and use it to help others. If you have a planet such as Venus, you will learn the nature of love. If you have Mars, you will learn the nature of drives such as aggression, goal setting and passion. If Pluto, power. If Uranus, great ingenuity and mental brilliance of a unique and rebellious to society nature. If Saturn, maturity, delayed gratification and success by slow step by step movement. If Chiron, pain. If Nessus, abuse. If Dejanira, victimization. If Sedna, betrayal. If Ixxion, lawlessness by either breaking the law yourself, being the victim of someone else doing this or working in this field. perhaps. If Lilith, raw sexuality. I will write an article on the NN in the natal chart. I think people would like and I could elaborate more.

For this article, suffice it to say that you should become a master of your NN. The conjunction is the strongest aspect of all the aspects, The energy and power of the conjunction is more intense than that of a trine, square, sextile and opposition. Think of sitting closest to a fire. The conjunction is the same. However, watch all aspects to your NN as they will provide a plethora of valuable information. Look at every single trine or sextile as this will be ease in meeting your life purpose. Look at every opposition, as this will be a hard balancing act in meeting your life purpose. Look at every square, as here you may be stuck. The square may be life long struggles for you and an impediment to reaching your life purpose. I do not whitewash the chart as some Astrologers do and say every aspect is good. Some aspects cannot be resolved but they force you to push against yourself and outside of yourself, so are they bad? That is a good question and one to which I don’t know the answer, as it is in the domain of God.

Now to the inner workings of your chart. Your chart is an expression of the inner workings of you just as a fancy Italian sports car has an owner’s manual. You are much more complicated than an Italian sports car. You are much more complicated than the Shuttle. The chart will open you up to yourself more than 1000 years of therapy, in my opinion. Study your struggles(weaknesses) and your strengths. Your purpose will embody both. How can you help others if you have not suffered in the same way? If you have not, you will give platitudes. Platitudes are the soup du jour of the current day. People who give platitudes do not understand pain. Your struggles force you to confront pain. Your strengths help you rise above. The squares and oppositions will be your struggles. The trines and sextiles will be your gifts. The conjunctions can go either way based on the planets involved. A Uranus conjunction is very hard. A Jupiter conjunction is a gift. A Pluto conjunction could be either. Pluto amps you up like a body builder on steroids. Is this good? It is debatable. A Mars conjunction may be good as it gives you fire, confidence and a go -getter drive. However, it may be too strong and make you too much of a go-getter and you could burn yourself out.. A Venus conjunction would be a gift as Venus is the planet of love and you can never get or give too much love. One needs to look at each conjunction in light of the whole chart.These are some examples of conjunctions but not an exhaustive list. I will write a separate article on conjunctions in the natal chart, if you want.

Back to one’s purpose. Your purpose is an outgrowth of who you are, more specifically who you were created to be. You are not a mistake. Even if you were not wanted, God wanted you. That is evidenced by your being here, on planet earth. You were knit together by God. Your chart can show your exact knitting pattern. Jump in and find out who you were created to be. The unexamined life is not worth living. Find the treasure that is you!

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posted April 17, 2013 04:29 AM              

In my chart:

Ascendant - Pisces

This makes my chart ruler - Neptune

Neptune in the 9th House in Sagittarius

Neptune conjunct Saggitarius MC

Pisces ascendant conjunct Jupiter Rx in Pisces in the 1st

So many 'cross-references' between Jupiter and Neptune in my chart!

And Jupiter was the former ruler of Pisces until Neptune was discovered.

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posted April 19, 2013 12:07 PM            

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Originally posted by luisbunuel:
Thanks, Ami Anne.

In my chart:

Ascendant - Pisces

This makes my chart ruler - Neptune

Neptune in the 9th House in Sagittarius

Neptune conjunct Saggitarius MC

Pisces ascendant conjunct Jupiter Rx in Pisces in the 1st

So many 'cross-references' between Jupiter and Neptune in my chart!

And Jupiter was the former ruler of Pisces until Neptune was discovered.

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Neptune conj the MC. You will bring spirituality to the world. It may not be in a traditional sense but you will!

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posted April 19, 2013 04:49 PM            

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Originally posted by I'm so cappy:
What do you think about Mars conjunct MC? It's wide (8 deg), but still... My Midheaven is in Gemini and Mars in Taurus in the 9th.

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That would be too wide but if not, the person would show his drives to the world. He may be super goal driven or passionate in some way

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posted April 22, 2013 10:56 PM            

i can't really get a handle on what a yod pointing to jupiter would mean. i saw a couple of those. maybe i just dont understand jupiter very well bc it makes no major aspects to anything in my chart. only biquintiles and quintiles.

posted April 22, 2013 11:04 PM            

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Originally posted by I'm so cappy:
Thank you. What about MC trine Venus (1 orb) and NN in the 5th? My dream is to have a job related to art in any way. Do you think it might be my purpose?

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YES MC trine Venus. You will bring beauty to the world! NN in the 5th--- creativity is one of your purposes

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posted April 23, 2013 12:34 PM            

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Originally posted by I'm so cappy:
Thanks Ami! I also have Sun, Venus and Neptune in the 5th house My Saturn which is there too and conjuncts my NN spoils the fun a little but I believe it can help me materialize my desires if I don't give up despite obstacles.

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YES that sounds good! xx

posted April 28, 2013 08:42 AM            

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Originally posted by Twirl:
What about the vertex, Ami? Will that also relate to purpose in a chart? I have it conjunct my Uranus.
And if so, would that make Uranus a big 'player' in purpose then? Because Uranus is also conjunct my North Node and my MC is in Aquarius (right next to the spot of the 'missing leg' of my T-square).
Or am I thinking way too simple here? Lol.

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I have some articles on the Vertex. I will put them up for you! I will come back and look at your question, too!

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posted April 29, 2013 12:40 AM            

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Originally posted by I'm so cappy:
I'm thinking of my chart ruler, Mercury, which resides in the 4th house in Sagittarius. Can it be interpreted as looking for my place on earth, a place I could feel like home?

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Well, I would think it would be more of home being very important to you but you may be right and there are different ways to interpret things. I never would have thought of it that way! xx

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posted April 30, 2013 09:51 AM            

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Originally posted by I'm so cappy:
When I find that place, it will definitely be important to me I don't feel like home where I am now. Oh, and when I settle somewhere, my dream is to have a house I would decorate by myself which would have (almost) everything I need. My little kingdom.

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Awww I hope you find it! xx

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posted May 01, 2013 11:56 AM            

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Originally posted by Sugarplum:
i have jupiter in the 10th conjunct mc. it should be a really good placement, but i still have to see about that

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Yes, very good. You will have optimism that others will feel and want to be close to. You will bring this to your career! xx

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posted May 02, 2013 10:02 AM            

Pluto in the 9th is conjunct my Scorpio MC.

posted May 03, 2013 07:48 AM            

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Originally posted by Gemmy:
I think I'm seeing a pattern with Pluto trying to teach me lessons through transits.Something major always happens when Pluto is conjunct my planets/angles.

Pluto in the 9th is conjunct my Scorpio MC.

How does someone live out/empower their Pluto?

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Great question, Gemmy. One has to face one's deepest self and it is usually not pretty.

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