by Michael Munkasey for Paula Abdul June 19, 1962 2:32 PM Los Angeles, California     Dear Friend, This is a report about you and your potentials as shown through your personal astrological signature or chart. The date, time, and place you were born, or when an event was initiated, called the astrological signature, sets a unique pattern of energy into time and space. There is potential within this pattern, and when that potential is recognized, explained, and then used well, life flows much easier. It is important to recognize your inherent strengths and then work to maximize these in whatever ways you choose to live your life. Doing this will make you much happier than taking weak energies and trying to strengthen those. You are unique as an individual. Capitalize on that uniqueness in ways which can bring fulfillment and happiness into your life. This report should accomplish two things for you. First, it identifies your inherent astrological strengths as shown by the birth or event data provided; and next it explains the energy patterns associated with those strengths, while offering you guidelines and commentary on how to use those well. Time has qualities to it, and each moment of time is unique from all others. Your astrological signature in time carries such uniqueness. This uniqueness is shown through how the planets and the personal sensitive points in a chart interact. What makes this report unique is that the chart placements are not considered one-on-one, but the geometric layout of the planet and point patterns are examined for places of power and places of weakness. Once assessed, these are then sorted from strong to weak and commentary on the top such strong interactions are given in the conversational paragraphs provided. The chart evaluation is done through a technique I pioneered called the Midpoint Weighting Analysis, or MWA. Midpoints are the combination of two planets or points, and they lie on an axis across the chart, not as a single point in space. Midpoints are the middle point between pairings. The MWA is both a technique and a computer program. The technique takes the geometric pattern within a chart and analyzes this for strength and weakness of qualities. The computer program then ranks these strengths and weaknesses. By identifying and explaining the stronger midpoints, much about life can be clarified. Why midpoints and not planets in signs or houses? Interpretations of planets in signs or houses remains fairly one-dimensional. Interpretations of midpoints are multi-dimensional. Often a strong midpoint can be located into what appears to be an empty place in a chart. This is not something that is visual -- it is a part of an energy pattern. Thus, by using midpoints, and midpoint interpretations, you can get a clearer picture of your energy patterns and intended thrusts in life. There are many reasons as to why a midpoint can be strong or weak. You may have chosen your astrological signature because it represented a pattern of familiarity. Or, you may have chosen your astrological signature because it promised certain new situations, or having to revisit older unresolved situations. Or, you may simply have chosen the first available opportunity for an energy pattern without even realizing that you had choices, and thus wound up with a set of energies which are not so familiar or comfortable. Whatever your choices or reasonings, you are living in a fixed astrological energy pattern. Now it is your destiny, your obligation to learn how to use these energy patterns wisely. There is no significance to the sequential order of these interpretations. All are equally important. They represent your energy patterns. Read, ponder on them, and then put these to use in your life in the best ways you are able to do. Enjoy this personalized report. Many years of study and thought has gone into its preparation. Use the information provided to enrich your life. Best Wishes, Michael Munkasey Copyright 2006   Quick Overview of Your Stronger Midpoints Listed below are your strongest midpoints as calculated by the Midpoint Weighting Analysis, along with a short commentary about some of the midpoint's qualities. The listed order is not important. These midpoints are ALL equally important in your life. There are 78 possible midpoint combinations using the planets and points in available, and only the midpoints that are strongest in your chart are described here. Mar/Ura: Pressures, determination to drive through whatever confronts you Sun/Asc: The presentation of self as a successful and interesting individual Moo/Jup: Experiencing and channeling a range of emotional reactions Plu/Nod: Connections to the power elite; friends able to open doors and ways Mar/Asc: Energy to accomplish daily tasks; athletic inclinations; exercise Plu/Asc: Able to be extraordinarily persuasive or intimidating to others Moo/Ura: Cultivating friendship with those you meet with on a daily basis Mer/Nod: Political interests; seeking out others to help promote your ideas Sat/Nep: Understanding the hidden meanings behind blockages or denials Moo/Mar: Ordinary physical activities done with others, or in public Mar/Sat: Refusing to accept any barriers; working through despite hardships Sat/Nod: Cultivating, preserving a few but trustworthy and reliable friends   Your Midpoint Interpretations Given below is a more detailed interpretation of each of the midpoints listed above. According to the Midpoint Weighting Analysis, the themes, issues, personality characteristics, and likely behaviors described are very strong and important for you. Mars/Uranus The Mars/Uranus Midpoint strong by MWA: Gathering the courage to face and resolve unexpected and suddenly arising situations, regardless of how disruptive these can be, is a part of this combination. These energies can create situations which arise suddenly and often unexpectedly, and then require time and effort to resolve. Seeing these through to the end, and thus effecting closure to events or situations which had not been planned for, arise when these energies are activated. Such disruptions can come at inconvenient times or under circumstances which are less than favorable. But, the need here is to see the situations through, and to effect some resolution of what has happened in ways which satisfy those involved. This may not be pleasant or easy to do, but each such situation needs to be firmly met with determination, and resolved to the end with the best of your abilities. The situations which can arise can be as varied as response to a burglary, a serious accident involving injury, a violent storm or flooding, or a professional or business opportunity in a direction offering previously unrecognized potential. Usually such acts happen unexpectedly, and the time to respond is short. Whatever the situation, and it is not always bad or harmful, definite and specific actions need to be taken to effect resolution. Taking charge of the situation and seeing all through to the end is the primary lesson to be learned. In retrospect the present situation may turn out to be small, or it may cause major changes in your life or family plans. There usually is disruption, and there needs to be a definite response, but how and why these are brought about is up to the person involved and their experience overall in dealing with the people or events which have unfolded. This combination can be helpful in bringing about new insights into electrical or mechanical processes. Often those who have this activated in life seem to have a better than average understanding of mechanical, electrical or computing capabilities, and can learn to use any such devices quite effectively with little or no schooling. Part of this would be due to experimentation with the possibilities offered. Such experimentation can open opportunities for breakthroughs in quite unexpected ways. Incorporating a different approach to present procedures can be a part of this innovation. Often such can lead to easier of more efficient ways of completing tasks. As you learn familiarity with the various processes, more insight can be gained, and better breakthroughs brought about. Situations when first encountered may bring on feelings of disinterest and even upsets at life being interfered with. But often such disruptions occur for a reason, and that reason usually is to force you to look at what is happening, or what has happened, to determine what, why, and how this came about. Generally it is through such investigation that new opportunities open in life, and these can lead you off in unintended but usually quite fulfilling directions. Thus, do not look at all disruptions as being bad, for many can introduce new opportunities which may not have been previously considered. Mars/Uranus Insights; Issues to Deal With; and/or Recurring Themes: Pressures to Perform; Intense Scrutiny and under Pressure; Pressure Situations The Courage to be Different; Hot Tempered Politics; Spirited Innovations Changes in Following through on Promises; Rebellions, Mob Rule, Turmoil Rushing into Modernizations; Intense Magnetic or Electrical Fields The Technology behind Athletics; Electrical Burns; Unexpected Interference Disruptions, Breaches of Trust; Upsets over Intrusions; Surprising Potency Shock or Trauma Injuries; Friends Wanting to Borrow Money; Incurring Debt Familiar but still Dangerous Situations; Bizarre Complaints; Unique Sounds Sexual Companions; Damage caused by Experimentation; Reversals of Hatred High-powered Athletic Events; Unanticipated Financial Results; Loud Noises The Courage to Face Extraordinary Situations; Noisy Machinery; New Tasks Punishment of Dissidents; Impulsive Acts by Terrorists; Unintended Revenge Famous People who are STRONG in Mars/Uranus characteristics include: Bobby Fischer, Albert Schweitzer, Johann Von Goethe, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Olivia Newton-John, Burl Ives, John Fremont, Sydney Omarr, Winston Churchill, Steve Wozniak, Walt Whitman. Famous People who are WEAK in Mars/Uranus characteristics include: Teilhard de Chardin, Sally Ride, Henry Mancini, Sam Sheppard, Gustav Dore, Ida Rolf, Gen. Ferdinand Foch, Carl Sandburg, Steven Spielberg. Notable Events with Mars/Uranus active or strong include (a weak event is shown in parenthesis): John F. Kennedy Shot, Lewis & Clark Expedition Begins, First Medicare Patient Applies, South Carolina Secession, (Lindburgh Lands in Paris). Equivalent or Corresponding Astrological Combinations: Mars in the 11th House, Uranus in the 1st House, Uranus in the 8th House, Mars in Aquarius, Uranus in Aries, Uranus in Scorpio, Mars 1/11 (anything), Uranus semi-square (anything). Sun/Ascendant The Sun/Ascendant Midpoint strong by MWA: As life proceeds it should become increasingly important for you to define who you are not only to yourself, but to all those you meet or interact with. This personal definition needs to include not only your inner sense of what you may be able to accomplish, but also extend outward to your dress and appearance, as well as the mannerisms you adopt in greeting and interacting with people. The more confident you become with the inner person you are, the more that others can come to admire and respect you for your potential. And, it is that personal spark of inner potential which should be driving you to establish and then hone the outward appearance which comes to define you. There is a need to concentrate on your health and appearance. The quality of your body is a combination of genetics, attitude, and the care you take with diet, exercise and mental outlook. You need to incorporate a regimen of awareness which encompasses each of these areas, and more if you care to, so that the body you have, the only body you have, literally becomes the temple of your existence. Neglect of your body can cause eventual harm through weakness or disease. Care of your body should bring health and a happy existence as you proceed through life. If you want to ensure that your inner attitudes keep singing along with a happy tune then you need to give the appropriate care and attention which your body deserves. This can take many forms, but overall the worst you can do is to simply assume that you body can take care of itself, and thus, not give it deserving care and attention. You may become known for a particular style of dress or appearance. Developing this unique sense of who you are is a part of this combination. Your overall physical appearance may be intimidating to some, but your inner mannerisms need to become aware enough that you learn to put people at ease while they are around you. Learning how to both preserve your personal identity, while not intimidating others with expressive shows of ego or self-importance becomes important. Within your daily social circles you need to learn and then create the balance between what satisfies self and what others find acceptable. Too much imbalance can lead to problems. You should have a good sense of being able to read others and their intentions, beyond those which may be the obvious. People's hidden intentions, as well as their fears and lacks, should become easy for you to read. Thus, you can become quite aware of when a person is lying, or can not follow through with his or her intentions. Nurture this quality to become a better judge of people, and also then to help such people realize what they need to do to become more aware of their imbalances. You are not called upon to be another person's parent, but your unique ability to see through people and their motivations can be used to give them suggestions on how to improve their life overall. Sun/Ascendant Insights; Issues to Deal With; and/or Recurring Themes: A Mental Perspective which Motivates; An Enthusiastic Personal Demeanor Influential Mannerisms; Special Sense of Style; An Effective Personal Style Confident of your Views of Reality; Needs a Defined Personal Space Purposeful Ways of Relating; Brings Excitement to your Present Location A Powerful Focus on the Here and Now; Confident in the Eventual Outcome Always Focused on your Character and Identity; Shows Respect to Others Identity and Ego are Wrapped into One; A Celebrated, Respected Persona Aware of your Personal Technique and Style; Enjoys Motivating Others Not above taking a Gamble; Formidable Personal Bearing and Appearance Keeps your Emotions under Control; Seizes Opportunities; Sizes Others Up Gives Impressions of Competence; Strong Ego can Show in your Attitudes Appearing as Self-Confident becomes Important; An Enthusiasm for Living Famous People who are STRONG in this midpoint's characteristics include: Edmund Halley, Sir William Crookes, Abraham Lincoln, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bjorn Borg, Hermann Goering, Anne Murray, Yehudi Menuhin, Jean Paul Satre, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Gus Grissom. Famous People who are WEAK in this midpoint's characteristics include: Paul Newman, Liberace, Earl Warren, Rosanno Brazzi, Pierre Renoir, Louis Pasteur, Benito Mussolini, Jean Francois Millet, Henri Matisse. Notable Events with this midpoint's active or strong include (a weak event is shown in parenthesis): John F. Kennedy Shot, Bolshevik Government Seizes Power, Kent State Shootings, Woman's Suffrage Amendment Passes, Watergate Burglary Uncovered, (First A-Bomb Explosion). Equivalent or Corresponding Astrological Combinations: Sun in the 1st House, Leo on the Ascendant, Ascendant conjunct (anything). Moon/Jupiter The Moon/Jupiter Midpoint strong by MWA: Learning and understanding principles of maternal care and protection of people and things under your control becomes important. Circumstances may come which place you in positions where you may have to exercise custodial judgment and oversight. The quality of the protection you provide others as well as the personal learning involved begin here. You may be placed into situations where you are forced to confront the realities of everyday life by providing support and comfort to others; perhaps becoming the caretaker or sole provider for your immediate family or relatives who may be in positions of dependency. All should turn out well, but efforts you need to put forth can become a strain on you and others. You may encounter situations which ask that you consider the role of religion or religious ceremony. You can be confronted with situations where you need to make choices about how to honor religious feelings, develop a concept of God, or participate in ceremonies which honor nature and the natural world. You may create a natural setting where you prefer quiet moments for religious or internal reflection; you may become involved in church ceremony activities, perhaps church-sponsored social activities; or, you may simply choose to participate in personal religious activities at some quite and inner level. Whatever your choice, with these energies strong you should feel needs to address such concerns. You should have an inherent joy about life and life's prospects. You can become quite proud of your home, taking much care to select a suitable dwelling place, preferably a location with views and where the home can be expanded in the future. A large home with spacious rooms should be preferred. There probably would be a well apportioned kitchen with roomy working spaces. Or, you may be temporarily forced into a situation where you exist with bare food or cooking essentials, but that should soon change. Meals with lots of food, good cheer, interaction among those around, music, gaiety, etc., should become a part of your life. A love of adventure and travel may become important. A need to explore and learn about new places or different cultures, while experiencing exotic foods and flavors, should be attractive. You may take the time to learn about different cultural practices, perhaps even introducing some of these to your home and daily routines. You should find the rites, habits, and everyday practices of foreign or exotic cultures both attractive and educational. Happy rhythms may sing in your head. You should have an active imagination which can take such happy rhythms and expand on them, perhaps even making these, eventually, into commercially salable products. A love of life, and being able to feel the pulse of the people would be a part of this. Should you choose to develop and nurture such inclinations you could make many people happy, as well as profit yourself. You do carry an element of luck with you, but this luck can come and go throughout life. You need to learn how to recognize and cultivate that important asset. Moon/Jupiter Insights; Issues to Deal With; and/or Recurring Themes: Understanding Emotions; Basic Concerns about Support; Streaks of Luck Principles of Nurturing; Tendencies toward Indecisiveness; Happy Rhythms Discovers Faith; Erroneous Defenses; Encourages, Propagates Romances Ambivalent Expectations; An Understanding of Fantasy, Silliness Uncertain Outcomes; Psychological Doctrines; Inconsistent Good Fortune Religious Impressions; Philanthropic Concerns; Popular Favorites Common Assumptions; Large Spacious Homes or Houses -- with Expansive Views Daily Instructions; Education for the Masses; Broadens the Imagination Generous Women; Support from the Populace; A Lot of Water or Rain Overactive Glandular Functions; Auspicious, Psychic Dreams or Daydreams Private Generosity or Philanthropy; Inconsistent Doctrinal Messages Home or House Considerations, Expansions; Good at Promoting Merchandise Famous People who are STRONG in this midpoint's characteristics include: Helen Reddy, Stephen Foster, Hugh Downs, H. G. Wells, Johnny Carson, Merv Griffin, Al Unser, Muhammad Ali, Fidel Castro, Amadeo Modigliani, John Paul I, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Elton John. Famous People who are WEAK in this midpoint's characteristics include: Richard Chamberlain, Nikola Tesla, Robert DeNiro, Manly Palmer Hall, Dustin Hoffman, Yehudi Menuhin, Jack Schwartz. Notable Events with this midpoint's active or strong include (a weak event is shown in parenthesis): USS Maine Explosion, Challenger Disaster, John F. Kennedy Shot, First A-Bomb Explosion, Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Election, (Woman's Suffrage Amendment Enacted). Equivalent or Corresponding Astrological Combinations: Moon in the 9th House, Moon in the 12th House, Jupiter in the 4th House, Moon in Sagittarius, Moon in Pisces, Jupiter in Cancer, Moon trine (anything), Jupiter opposition (anything). Pluto/N. Node The Pluto/Node Midpoint strong by MWA: Situations can come about where efforts amongst people require extra-ordinary coordination, planning and execution. Such efforts may require new approaches or methods which have not been tried before, but which need to be done to fulfill some destined role for self and/or others. This may include opening others to ideas or procedures which lie beyond ordinary human interests or understanding; or they may simply be a transformation within self which requires abandoning much of what has been lived with as a personal role model. There should be a need to create something new which can be life transforming. This process of transformation can come in a momentary flash of inspiration, or it can take many years to bring about or perfect. Important here is the process of not only transforming self, but producing some product or effect which eventually touches the lives of many others. Usually it is through the meeting and interaction with others that life changing opportunities present themselves. Other people introduce possibilities which can be recognized and acted upon, or they can be discarded and forgotten, in which case you probably will never really realize the potential and opportunity for personal growth and transformation which has been so easily discarded or ignored. Thus with this combination strong it becomes important to learn how to pay attention to the opportunities in life which come through others. Not all of these opportunities or interactions will necessarily be pleasant. Some may be punishing or restrictive in ways which border on cruelty or criminal. There is no guarantee of justice with these energies, only the potential for situations which need to be recognized, acted upon, and then brought to some completion or finality. When many people are involved in your life there can be a sexual or magnetic pull or draw involved. Such attractions need to be placed in the context in which they present themselves, for if they are used in inappropriate ways or places potential harm to those involved can come about through social, legal and similar pressures or restrictions. These energies are like the parable of the golden goose. The goose produced eggs of gold as long as it was treated well and nurtured, but when it was killed to gain access to its eggs inside, there were none and the benefits ended. Here the same analogy applies. Situations and opportunities are given, some with tremendous potential. The wise use of these in ways to help self and others gain knowledge or profit in many ways is a lesson with this combination. Learning not to abuse or waste resources is also a part of this combination. The efficient and effective use of people and materials needs to be practiced. Doing more with less should become more than just an idea, it needs to become a way of living and established procedure. Along the way there will be some waste products, but even these need to be recycled or used in any way which can be productive and useful. Waste not, want not, should become incorporated into all daily practices. Pluto/Node Insights; Issues to Deal With; and/or Recurring Themes: Great and Complicated Coordinated Efforts Involving Many; Great Changes In Control of their Destiny; A Discredited Bureaucracy; Intense Bureaucracy Transformation of Past Ideas into New Paradigms; The Bonds which Link Many Meetings to Reform, Revise Approaches; Harmony within Mutual Efforts, Tasks Powerful Forces under Control of a Few; Eliminating Methods which do not Work Procedures for Working Together; Forces of Nature or the Universe Unleashed Waste Removal; Encountering New Problems never Faced, and then Solving These Much Prestige for Being within Tiny Corridors or Spaces; Connections to Life Interests in What Lies beyond the Earth Itself; What to do with Pollution The Pursuit of Life-long Ambitions or Aims; Governmental Interferences, Rules Bureaucratic Admonishments; Carnal Liaisons; The Use of Power for Prestige Obscenities during Interviews; The Inevitability of Massive Changes Happening Famous People who are STRONG in Pluto/Node characteristics include: Amadeo Modigliani, Harry Shoaf, Marc Edmund Jones, Al Unser, Erich Maria Remarque, Van Cliburn, Jim Thorpe, Komar, Elton John, Bobby Fischer, Glen Campbell, Neil Diamond, Rudolph Bing. Famous People who are WEAK in Pluto/Node characteristics include: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Merv Griffin, Arthur Ford, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Moshe Dayan, Dustin Hoffman, Steve Allen, Ervin Nyiregyhazi. Notable Events with Pluto/Node active or strong include (a weak event is shown in parenthesis): Apollo 11 Moon Landing, Alaskan Earthquake, RMS Titanic Hits Iceberg, Pearl Harbor Attack Begins, First A-Bomb Explosion, (South Carolina Secession). Equivalent or Corresponding Astrological Combinations: Node in the 1st House, Node in the 8th House, Node in Aries, Node in Scorpio, Node semi-sextile (anything). Mars/Ascendant The Mars/Ascendant Midpoint strong by MWA: A rapid assessment of what is happening around you is generally a mark of this combination. You should be able to take in sensory impressions, see details, and hear or sense things from the environment of which others are not aware. But, it is in the rapidity of how these are processed, assessed, and then categorized within your mental apparatus that this combination adds additional weight. You may find it surprising that others do not, or can not, see and take in the many nuances of what you see. If such are so plain to you, then why do others not see the same things -- especially when they are so obvious to anyone looking at what is happening around them? This rapid ability to take in and process ongoing events is characteristic of this combination. You can become quick to anger, but also quick to release such once the moment has passed and new emotions are introduced. Because of your heightened awareness of matters and people within your environment, you remain conscious of any threats posed by situations or encounters. This does not mean that you see or hear everything, as there can be times when you miss a lot, but what you do take in is processed rapidly within your overall mental apparatus, and assessed for the overall potential for help, harm, or nothing to worry about, which are conveyed to you. You can miss a lot of subtle social clues about people's emotional or psychological states, as you remain more focused within your immediate environment on the physical aspects of events and people, as opposed to the social, verbal or emotional clues they may project. However, with an inner focus on increasing your ability to also focus on such areas, you can become quite perceptive at reading the subtle and often non-verbal clues which others project. But this generally takes extra effort on your part because your more natural and immediate focus is on the physical clues and changes in your environment. You probably attack the day with great internal vigor and energy. You may think that you have an unlimited supply of physical energy and can take on anything which is happening around you in your world. This sense is generally carried on to the work you plan to do, as you start out with lots of energy at the beginning, working hard to achieve goals or accomplish tasks. But then when the energy or impulse runs out you can find that it is time to recharge your batteries, so to speak, and rest for a few moments or a short while, until your energy reserves are recharged. This rest period however is rarely without its own activity, as consciously or unconsciously you can take this time to plan out the next few hours and what you want to accomplish in that time period. There generally is little time left in your daily activities for frivolous play or nonsensical things. There always seems to be things to do and work to complete, and generally your focus remains on those objectives. Mars/Ascendant Insights; Issues to Deal With; and/or Recurring Themes: Activates Awareness; Rapidly Senses Reality; Makes Quick Observations Pushes Viewpoints; Active Introspection; Pushy Mannerisms and Attitudes Constantly Assessing their Personality; Sees and Assesses Consequences A Spirited Presence; An Energetic Personal Style; Much Inner Personal Courage Remains Aware of their Surroundings; A Strong Male-oriented Outward Persona Sensitive to Potential Dangers; Attacks their Daily Routine with Vigor A Personality or Nature with Awareness; Capable of Intense Emotional States Lots of Energy for Daily Tasks; Sees Self as Productive; Cruel Quirks Takes a Competitive Stance toward ongoing Situations; Malicious Mannerisms The Consequences of Debt or Indebtedness; Quick to Anger and then Release The Reality of Athletics; Capable of Angry Mental Attitudes; Remains Busy Ready to Attack or Defend Self or Others; Notices Things which Others Do Not Famous People who are STRONG in Mars/Ascendant characteristics include: H. G. Wells, Willi Brandt, Adolf Hitler, Paul Cezanne, Komar, Sydney Omarr, Henry Mancini, Tom Jones, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Richard Chamberlain, Carroll Righter, Rupert Murdoch. Famous People who are WEAK in Mars/Ascendant characteristics include: Merv Griffin, Hermann Goering, Sir William Crookes, Elvis Presley, Vida Blue, Sam Sheppard, Gregory Peck, Fidel Castro. Notable Events with Mars/Ascendant active or strong include (a weak event is shown in parenthesis): South Carolina Secession, RMS Titanic Hits Iceberg, Lewis & Clark Expedetion Starts, Transcontinental Railroad Completed, Challenger Explosion, (USS Maine Explosion). Equivalent or Corresponding Astrological Combinations: Mars in the 1st House, Aries on the Ascendant, Scorpio on the Ascendant, Ascendant semi-square (anything). Pluto/Ascendant The Pluto/Ascendant Midpoint strong by MWA: Concentration upon what is happening around you to the extent that you become able to focus solely and entirely on just one event or person is helped by this combination. Perhaps situations arise where such focused concentration becomes necessary, such as in combat or athletic situations, or when formulating an idea or creating an artistic masterpiece. This combination can be used to help you learn mastery over what can become a very important characteristic. Whenever intense and focused concentration is called for as a personality trait, these energies help with the development and use of such attributes. Perhaps a person notices interactions, and then intently focuses on the implications of such interactions as they continue to unfold around them, only to later use the impressions gathered as part of descriptions of humanity and human life. Perhaps an athlete or soldier needs to focus intently on what is happening at the moment so as to not only take advantage of an opportunity, but also to be prepared for any and all eventualities. There are many such ways this combination can assist. Interaction with people who have criminal or evil intentions can result with this combination. Perhaps their approaches are masked in religious or philosophical ideals which appeal, but their underlying intentions may still be rooted in promoting the destruction or transformation, even by violent means if necessary, of situations or institutions in the environment. It is always good to test people's intentions over time, and not to just listen and blindly accept what is said without also noticing and analyzing their actions as they proceed with their explanations and demonstrations. While some transformative processes can be good, and change can be necessary, the sole purpose of effecting change only to destroy the old or existing ways needs to be carefully examined as to whether such actions fits your purposes. One important asset here is the help you may receive in learning to analyze and interpret people's intentions. Other's intentions can be directed at you, at a group close to you, at society in general, or at objects of institutions. As opportunities are presented throughout life, you need to learn how to assess and analyze the implications of what can or will happen if extremes of these actions and intentions are carried forward. The development of such foresight is one of the lessons of this combination. You may work a good portion of your life doing a certain activity, or within a certain environment, only to learn later that such activity was physically harmful or that environment toxic to body or psychological development. This combination can help bring the necessary impetus to study and understand situations as they develop and before they may create some future problem. The use of punishment as a stimulus to progress is a part of this combination. You need to carefully look at the balance between the proverbial carrot and stick; or the trade-offs between rules with defined punishments, and the encouragement which comes from kind words and sage advice toward effective completion and/or perfection of intention. Pluto/Ascendant Insights; Issues to Deal With; and/or Recurring Themes: Developing Opportunities as Presented; Eliminating Emotional Responses An Intense Mental Focus; Stubborn Mannerisms; Controlling Impressions Personal Transformations within Day to Day Interactions; Lessens Influence Noticing the Effects of Privacy; Testing Other's Attitudes and Intentions Clarifying Opportunities; Concerns over Environmental Pollution, Contaminants Depressing Emotional Reactions; Betrayed by Facial Expressions; Power Mode Permanent Marks; Revision of Personal Attitudes or Tastes; Dark Clothing Complications within the Daily Routine; Hostile Locations; Secret Choices Familiarity with Birth and Death Processes; Evil or Hostile Intentions Complicated Realities; The Impact of Destruction; The Closing of Options The Interaction between Good and Evil; Arising from the Depths of Personality Destruction of Relationships; Disposed toward Using Punishment as a Stimulus Famous People who are STRONG in Pluto/Ascendant characteristics include: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Steven Spielberg, Maurice Ravel, Muhammad Ali, Willie Mays, Liberace, Norman Mailer, Paul Joseph Goebbels, Vida Blue, Henry Winkler, Gus Grissom, Rupert Murdoch, Cheiro. Famous People who are WEAK in Pluto/Ascendant characteristics include: Ulysses S. Grant, Tom Jones, Jean Francois Millet, Alan Alda, Ernest Hemingway, Georges Seurat, Olivia Newton-John, Ivar Kreugar. Notable Events with Pluto/Ascendant active or strong include (a weak event is shown in parenthesis): Ramstein Airshow Crash, Transcontinental Railroad Completed, Wright Brothers First Flight, Lindburgh Lands in Paris, (Lee's Surrender at Appomattox). Equivalent or Corresponding Astrological Combinations: Pluto in the 1st House, Aries on the Ascendant, Scorpio on the Ascendant, Ascendant semi-sextile (anything). Moon/Uranus The Moon/Uranus Midpoint strong by MWA: This midpoint brings on feelings of not wanting to be classified in any way. You want to remain as your own person, unique and apart from the crowd. You enjoy mixing with people, but not to the extent that labels can be put upon you or your interests, goals and desires. You wish to be viewed as your own person, aloof from others, yet interested in them and their welfare. You probably grew up in a non-traditional household. In some way the nurturing parent either exhibited or encouraged uniqueness and individuality. As a part of this an interest in fixing things, mechanical or electrical ability, computers, etc., probably played a role. You may now, or may have, spent many hours playing games, wasting time, on interactive computer programs. There can be periods of emotional instability, usually brought on by pressures to conform to what other people think you should do, or how you should act. You need to be able to place yourself in situations where you remain independent from the rules and regulations which govern others -- yet at the same time you probably desire to not alienate friends or employers. As long as you have the freedom to run your own agenda, you will remain fine. If pressured to conform, then emotional upsets can ensue. You do not like being called a rebel, but then you do not like being seen as the corporate person. You probably have an internal feeling for music, rhythms, and the flow of energies. This can be useful if you tinker with electrical devices or electronic music. Adding in bits of dissonance, some disharmony, to emphasize certain emotional points you wish to make could become a trademark. You may have an innate understanding of how mechanical and electrical devices work. This can come in handy when you are called upon to repair devices or processes which do not work, have broken, or do not do as intended. Your innovative approach to correcting such matters should bring you much pleasure -- as will the appreciation earned from others for you abilities here. You probably have an interest in astrology, and its application to people and their interactions. You should be able to feel the rhythms and pulls of planetary interactions in ways which others can not. These insights may come as flashes of inspiration, of simply exist as a way of life for you, entirely natural and a part of daily routine. With this knowledge and insight you should be able to gain additional knowledge about life's purposes. Your daily routines are not consistent. You do what you want when you want, and that is the optimum lifestyle for you. You enjoy romantic surprises, and can often make others happy with your shows of appreciation, despite the fact that they may be somewhat offbeat and unusual. You should have a good appreciation of history and the flow of historical events. You may collect memorabilia about unusual or out of the ordinary matters. The strange and usual attracts you in ways you find satisfying and fulfilling. Moon/Uranus Insights; Issues to Deal With; and/or Recurring Themes: Remains Aloof from the Masses; Memories of a Revolutionary; Agitated Emotions Innovative Females; An Unusual Household Daily Routine; Romantic Surprises Feels Pressured; Has Forebodings, Psychic Insights; Cheap, Basic Computers Classical, or, Lunar Astrology; Moody and Contrary; Reserved and Bashful Oddball Friends; Independent Companions; Doubts about Friendships Accidents involving Water; Accidents in the Marketplace or House Intuitive Shocks, Revelations; Encounters Sudden or Unexpected Weaknesses Hoards Equipment; Anything which Excites the Imagination; Fosters Innovation Dissatisfaction with Everyday Routines; Unusual Mothering Electronic, Mechanical Merchandise; Does not want to be Mediocre Alienation of/by the Common People; Unexpected Customer Demands An Extraordinary Romance; Rhythms, Moods which Bring on Tension Famous People who are STRONG in this midpoint's characteristics include: Vittorio DeSica, Ivar Kreugar, Bob Newhart, John Fremont, Billy Rose, Yehudi Menuhin, Jack Paar, Albert Einstein, Muhammad Ali, William Butler Yeats, Arturo Toscanini, Rosanno Brazzi. Famous People who are WEAK in this midpoint's characteristics include: Henry Winkler, Burt Reynolds, Ira Progoff, Georges Seurat, Jochim Von Ribbentrop, Burl Ives, Ben. Mussolini, Alan Leo, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Notable Events with this midpoint's active or strong include (a weak event is shown in parenthesis): First A-Bomb Explosion, Kent State Shootings, Watergate Burglary, Pearl Harbor Attack Begins, George Washington's Inauguration, (Wright Brothers First Flight). Equivalent or Corresponding Astrological Combinations: Moon in the 11th House, Uranus in the 4th House, Moon in Aquarius, Uranus in Cancer, Moon 1/11 (anything), Uranus opposition (anything). Mercury/N. Node The Mercury/Node Midpoint strong by MWA: Efforts and plans toward meeting and communicating with people helpful to your interests should be strong. People, who, in general, think like you. You may use meetings and groups to locate people who are sympathetic to your views and feelings. It would be these people with whom you would tend to spend time, feeling a compatibility of thought and intention. But, it is not so much being with them as the intellectual skills you develop to locate these people. Whether you realize it or not, you may spend many years developing and honing skills to adjudge and appraise others. Through this skill, you should become quite adept at locating the connections or paths to those who can provide information or fill gaps in your knowledge. Thus it is not only finding people of a like mind, but also finding people who in their own way can educate you, converse with you, exchange information with you, etc., with each deriving benefit from the mutual interactions. As you hone your people skills you can become a resource for others, always seeming to know who to connect with, or where to find just the right piece of information others need. Life may be dogged with a bureaucratic need for record keeping. This is a skill which if not learned or practiced may lead to problems later on. While this skill may feel like a burden at times, keeping the right records, and then making sure that these are properly filed, cared for, and updated as necessary, can save you much trouble later on. Then too you may become well known for your abilities in keeping and maintaining proper records, creating forms to ease paperwork flows, and even designing information flows through company or group operations which ease burdens for many. You may become an expert or at least be seen as an expert in data handling and preparation. Your ability to gather information or conduct investigations, do research or observe group or sociological conditions can prove quite helpful. You probably seem to others to have skills which when needed are necessary, and could become known as a expert in certain areas, even though you may not have intended to specifically do that -- you were just gathering, sorting, and classifying information which no one else deemed important. There can be some nervousness when appearing in public or before groups. You may inwardly feel that you can not connect well with the people who are in front of you, or looking at you through a camera or television lens. While this nervousness before an audience, real or electronic, may be there, it is to your overall best interest to face and then conquer this fear in your own way, as this will in the long run help you socially. There can come times and contacts with people who are less than honest in their intentions and dealings. You may be one of these people, not caring particularly whether you abscond with another's information or possessions. This too is a part of this combination's energies, and an awareness of this may save embarrassment. Mercury/Node Insights; Issues to Deal With; and/or Recurring Themes: Discussions of Cooperation amongst Groups; Questions, Studies Life's Aim Intellectual Karma; Thoughts which Retard Soul Growth; Dishonest Companions Observing Group Sociology or Interactions; Paths which have Twists and Turns Thinking about Alliances, Relationships, Sexual Ties; Presenting Two Subjects Comes Across Sources with Information; Greeting Others at Meetings A Trip with Many Stops, Wandering About, Unplanned Excursions; Rapid Therapies Nervousness During Meetings or Presentations; Bureaucratic Flexibility The Inevitability of Record Keeping; Connections with Thieves; Karmic Ties Expects to Find or Locate the Right People; Discussions with New Friends Ongoing Debates during Meetings; Thoughtful Insight on Karma, Karmic Ties A Sense of Who Would Be, and Who Would Not be Useful; Makes-up Connections Thoughts, Insight on Compatibility between People; Discussions about Destiny Famous People who are STRONG in Mercury/Node characteristics include: Bob Hope, Paul Gauguin, Benito Mussolini, Jack Schwartz, Sir Laurence Olivier, Jerry Rubin, George Patton, Wayne Gretzky, Dustin Hoffman, Helen Reddy, Albert Einstein, Willie Brandt, Rex Harrison. Famous People who are WEAK in Mercury/Node characteristics include: Liberace, Sam Peckinpah, Friedrich Nietzsche, Harry Shoaf, Walt Whitman, Tom Jones, Steven Spielberg, Albert Schweitzer. Notable Events with Mercury/Node active or strong include (a weak event is shown in parenthesis): Pearl Harbor Attack Begins, USS Maine Explosion, Alaskan Earthquake, Richard Nixon's Resignation, Lindburgh Lands in Paris, (Apollo 11 Moon Landing). Equivalent or Corresponding Astrological Combinations: Node in the 3rd House, Node in the 6th House, Node in Gemini, Node in Virgo, Node quintile (anything), Node decile (anything). Saturn/Neptune The Saturn/Neptune Midpoint strong by MWA: These two very different energies play back and forth against each other throughout life, one causing a situation, and the other side reacting to that situation. Thus, you get to see both sides of reality where others generally see only one side. This is a good combination for allowing you to see and understand processes and situations which have more than one explanation. With this strong you are able to contrast one set of circumstances with another set in ways which others can not do. You may encounter situations which seem impossible, when suddenly inspiration strikes and genius seems to flow through. Such insights and inspirations when taken at their core can help set life situations which can lead you on new paths of adventure as well as heartache. Take steps slowly and easily. Learn not to rush into new ideas or ventures without thinking through the possible consequences. If you use and approach the inspired ideas you come up with then you can make profound changes to not only your life but the lives of countless others. You may find yourself in situations where you have to bear through difficult and demanding circumstances or where there seems to be no solution to on-going or interfering forces. You may encounter situations which have no real solution, almost as irresistible forces meet unmovable objects. In such cases you need to step back and survey the situation, assess the people involved, and then try a new and different approach to solving any dilemmas. You may feel a connection with unreal forces which seem very real to you. These forces can open you to information and intelligence which lies beyond the physical senses. This opening can provide you with insight and information for self and others, but it may also provide false leads, inaccurate information, and dead-end connections. Learn to question any information received through non-physical or inspirational means. When giving advice learned from non-physical forces, ensure that the people receiving the advice are aware that while this may be your best understanding of the situation, there may be limitations to your insights and abilities. Fighting through vagueness, feeling a lack of direction, encountering a haziness of thought when you want clear-cut direction can be a consequence here. Learn to use such situations in a more consistent way. Note why you may feel confused or feel a lack of direction. Look at each individual part of such. Analyze these parts and see if there is a pattern which unfolds. You may just come up with insights which are profound. Generally you can find yourself attacking and correcting situations where circumstances have been wrong, people mislead, incorrect assumptions made, etc. Much of your life can be devoted to correcting such misimpressions. You may encounter people or situations where you are mislead, defrauded or lied to. Learning how to recognize what is truth and what is non-truth is one of the lessons involved here. Take the contrasting energies and learn to use both sides of these to your best advantage. Saturn/Neptune Insights; Issues to Deal With; and/or Recurring Themes: Frustrating Complications; Eliminating Restrictive Conditions Endures despite Weakness or Complicating Conditions; Limited Devotions A Deliberate Omission; Disappointments Leading to Isolation Sustained Imperfections; Delays due to Complications; Unfortunate Deceits Persistent Vagueness; Frustrating Carelessness; Enduring Complications Befuddling Corrections; Restrictive Confinements; Curbing Disappointments Losses from Deceptions; Scorns Mystical Approaches; Denial of Psychic Effects Serious about Mysticism; Dreams Leading to Lasting Impressions Access to Hidden Meanings; Misguided Punishments; Frustrated by Deceits Restrictions on the Use of Drugs; Refusals to Remain in Obscurity A Serious Imagination; A Weak or Deteriorating Economy; Sickness from Poisons Cautious and Convoluted Routines; Shows Patience with the Disabled Famous People who are STRONG in Saturn/Neptune characteristics include: Arthur Ford, Alexis Carrel, J. Von Ribbentrop, John Paul I, Dr. Tom Dooley, Mick Jagger, Gen Charles Gordon, Henry Kissinger, Billy Rose, Richard Chamberlain, John McEnroe, Vittorio DeSica. Famous People who are WEAK in Saturn/Neptune characteristics include: Albert Einstein, Alan Leo, J. Krishnamurti, Ellen Burstyn, Muhammad Ali, Claude Debussy, Neil Diamond, Ida Rolf , Vincent Van Gogh. Notable Events with Saturn/Neptune active or strong include (a weak event is shown in parenthesis): First Medicare Patient Enrolled, Alaskan Earthquake, Richard Nixon's Resignation, Pearl Harbor Attack Begins, (South Carolina Secession). Equivalent or Corresponding Astrological Combinations: Saturn in the 9th House, Saturn in the 12th House, Neptune in the 10th House, Saturn in Pisces, Neptune in Capricorn, Saturn novile (anything), Neptune square (anything). Moon/Mars The Moon/Mars Midpoint strong by MWA: Important here is being able to recognize and master the emotional energy and responses which others or events invoke in you. This combination adds energy to inner emotional feelings and can then help you project this enhanced and energized emotional energy outwardly. Learning how to use this talent wisely without angering others becomes important, and can be an admired trait in acting or athletics. Taking feelings and expressing them outwardly in ways which allow you to make impressions which are stronger than those made by others has its benefits. When these impressions or forceful projections are fueled by anger or hatred though, then may not be doing anyone any favors. You probably have an great interest in family, protecting family, family and ethnic traditions, cherishing mother and mother's role, and furthering family interests. This could include an active interest in genealogy, or it may extend to running an established family business, or a separate business which is family oriented. Resolving family disputes is important when this combination is activated, because if you let disputes or differences linger or remain unresolved, then these energies can add to making win-win resolutions more difficult. The longer such remain unresolved, the more energy it may take to resolve them. You probably find yourself to be more emotional than most people. It can be quite easy for you to respond with anger and fury to another's actions or behavior. It is easy for you to imagine more of a slight or affront than was intended. There may be a tendency to react with anger in kind, in which case the situation can rapidly escalate into confrontation and beyond. During such situations it may be good to hold a defensive attitude, realizing that you have powers to take and enhance emotional or gut reactions, mold these to your purposes, and then release them back when better opportunities present themselves. Learning how to wisely use the emotional power you innately have can be a great gift, but if you always act first, release anger, and then think, this can cause situations to escalate, and this is not always in your best interests. Try not to get your self into situations where after they have ended and the others have departed, you find yourself saying I should not have said that. Or, I should not have reacted so emotionally. There may be a wishy-washiness to how you approach daily life, always relying on moods and feelings to set how you will approach the day and interact with others or work situations. Realizing that your emotions can vary up and/or down rapidly can help you in many interpersonal situations. This variation is good for introducing change into life, and makes life with you seldom a dull moment. You are not likely to sit passively by without reacting quickly to whatever stimulus or person is around you. Your emotional reaction is often tied in with sexual passion and arousal. You may think you need to work your self into an emotional frenzy to enhance sexual situations. Moon/Mars Insights; Issues to Deal With; and/or Recurring Themes: Energizes the Imagination; Wishy-washy Struggles; Dreadful Memories Innate Sexuality; Bruised Merchandise; Bashful when Attacked or Intimidated Wishy-washy Combativeness; An Active Fantasy; Vulnerable to Quarrels Stimulates Changes; Fears about Physical Activities, Sports; Pushy Sales Holding a Defensive Attitude; Complaints from the People, Populace Clamors for Romance; Actively Daydreams; Intense Unconscious Activities Fosters, Provokes Arguments; Romance and Passion; Sexual Fantasies Participates in Tradition; Popular Sport Traditions; Injured by Accident Psychological Anxieties; Foolish Arguments; Ecological or Nature Assignments Receptive to Complaints; Superficial Irritations; Enjoys, Encourages Rowdyism Imagines Slights; Overactive Glands in the Body; Forebodings about Disasters Active Mothering; Inflammation in the Body; Annoyance with Women's Foolishness Famous People who are STRONG in this midpoint's characteristics include: Carl Sandburg, Hermann Goering, John Fremont, Jean Cocteau, Guglielmo Marconi, Wayne Gretzky, Ritchie Valens, Audie Murphy, Georges Seurat, Arturo Toscanini, Johnny Carson. Famous People who are WEAK in this midpoint's characteristics include: Ellen Burstyn, Helen Reddy, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Merv Griffin, Alan Leo, Jean Houston, Bob Dylan. Notable Events with this midpoint's active or strong include (a weak event is shown in parenthesis): South Carolina Secession, Lee's Surrender at Appomattox, RMS Titanic Hits Iceberg, Kent State Shootings, East Coast Power Blackout, (Wright Brothers First Flight). Equivalent or Corresponding Astrological Combinations: Moon in the 1st House, Moon in the 8th House, Mars in the 4th House, Moon in Aries, Moon in Scorpio, Mars in Cancer, Moon semi-square (anything), Mars opposition (anything). Mars/Saturn The Mars/Saturn Midpoint strong by MWA: These two energies are quite opposite each other, but their combination can be powerful and relentless. Here there is a uniting of opposites, setting up tension, but creating something greater than the sum of the individual parts. Recklessness combines with caution; restlessness invigorates self-discipline; monotony is interrupted by energetic outbursts of activity; stop and go actions both move and thwart; progress is followed by inactivity; etc. It is in the resolution of such different impulses that true progress in defining your role can be made. This is about hard work. This is about persisting through to the end. This is a powerful combination to have for an athlete, a soldier, a business person -- anyone who has to confront difficult situations, or make extra-ordinary preparations to proceed through life. Nothing will come easy with this combination, but you can develop grit, follow through, and persist toward your goals. It is such balancing which is important with these two energies. The restrictions and difficulties you have to work through are only a means provided by providential powers to help you develop as a person into a better rounded whole. It is easy to give in to the troubles faced by bowing out, taking a lesser or easier option, using drugs to mask the pain encountered, etc. But this combination does not let you off so easily. Circumstances will continue to arise which will make you, force you, to face life's situations, people, circumstances over and over until there is resolution on your part to effect some breakthrough -- at least psychologically. The idea of working to overcome barriers is highlighted. Work, often long and difficult, and in the end without perhaps significant reward or recognition, can happen. You work, you persist, you make your goal, and then move on. Years may pass before you realize that what you have done, what you have managed to accomplish, has affected the lives of many others in positive ways -- and then in its own way appreciation which has been there becomes recognized and accepted by you. Delay of recognition, or recognition that is diminished in some way, is a part of this combination. Do not dwell on that. This is more about doing and then moving on. There will be criticisms, there will be shouts that little or nothing was really done -- but it is really up to you to decide whether your contribution met YOUR internal mark of satisfaction -- and not the marks which others may have imposed along the way. Often there is frustration with your father or some authority figure. There may even be a falling out with father over differences, slights, or simply the father not being there when needed. You need to move on from this. This is simply one of the barriers erected by this combination. So, you may have accumulated internal wounds. Does this really detract from your needing to psychologically and spiritually grow as a person? No. Assess. Move on. Do not remain stuck in a rut over what probably are circumstances you can not change or have little power over. Mars/Saturn Insights; Issues to Deal With; and/or Recurring Themes: Relies on Strength and Persistence; Works Hard, Pushes to Achieve Goals Dedication to an Activity; Activities Needing to be Toned Down; Lasting Anger Struggles against Blockages and/or Restrictions; Anger at Authority Figures Short Periods of Being Held Back; Quarrels which Cause Separations Simple Competitive Plans; Simplifying Difficult Approaches; Stop and Go A Single-minded Competitor; Annoyance at any Lack of Progress, Minor Delays Feisty Older People; Overcoming Reluctance; Perseveres through Fears Obligations which need to be Met; Lasting Rivalries; A Dislike of Orders Hard, Enduring Physical Efforts; Spirited Athletic Practices; Forced Austerity Noise which Persists; Dissonant Sounds, Harsh on the Ears; Runs out of Energy Begins with Serious Intentions; Annoyance with Formalities; Fights Blockages Struggles that Gain Nothing; Hateful Disapproval; Combats Restrictions Famous People who are STRONG in Mars/Saturn characteristics include: Gen. Charles Gordon, Stephen Foster, Israel Regardie, Jean Cocteau, Richard Byrd, David O. Selznik, Albert Schweitzer, Rollo May, Van Cliburn, Anne Murray, Gen. Joseph Joffre, Muhammad Ali. Famous People who are WEAK in Mars/Saturn characteristics include: Henry Kissinger, Erwin Rommel, Bertrand Russell, Ellen Burstyn, Liberace, Sir William Crookes, Gen. Ferdinand Foch. Notable Events with Mars/Saturn active or strong include (a weak event is shown in parenthesis): Apollo 11 Moon Landing, Ramstein Airshow Crash, Woman's Suffrage Amendment Passed, Wright Brothers First Flight, (Richard Nixon's Resignation). Equivalent or Corresponding Astrological Combinations: Mars in the 10th House, Saturn in the 1st House, Saturn in the 8th House, Mars in Capricorn, Saturn in Aries, Saturn in Scorpio, Mars square (anything), Saturn semi-square (anything). Saturn/N. Node The Saturn/Node Midpoint strong by MWA: Understanding life's purpose(s) and commitments is important, and this combination sets this as a strong priority. Through the people you meet, or those you think you need to meet, you encounter situations and incur obligations which set paths and processes which require time, concentration, and eventual fulfillment of either outwardly or inwardly imposed obligations. It is through the establishment and definition of such responsibilities, as well as how thoroughly these are brought to conclusions, that you begin to meet the fates accompanying life. Fate involves a process which continues through life, but for you it is in recognizing how to pursue through any imposed constraints and/or burdens, like those which ultimately define whether you have or have not learned the lessons of life encountered or taken on as a part of your pledges or imposed pressures. This combination lends a serious and somber tone to life. While on one side of self you may be a social and party-oriented person, at another side there probably is this serious vein which continually reminds you that you have certain life tasks to be accomplished; tasks which seem to have been imposed maybe early in life, or which perhaps hang over from more ancient times. The recognition in your day-to-day world of what these self-imposed obligations are, and how they should be resolved make up an inner driving force which inwardly reminds you that there are serious and definite goals which need to be fulfilled. Sometimes through life these goals seem to shift in their demands, and such shifting can become frustrating. But, overall these do not really change in their ultimate goal of helping you ensure that you understand and then meet your life's obligations. Meeting and interacting with others in all situations usually takes on a formality which you need to master. There are social connections which can be looser, and then there are other connections which require more formal and rigid adherence to a stricter social code. The way that you choose to dress and present self can become a means of personal identification. It is through such personal identification that your reputation can become either enhanced or diminished. How others take you and form opinions about you and your reliability within any stated or imposed obligations is really up to you. You can choose to meet any such haphazardly, or you can choose to do just a bit more than may be required by current social or business conditions. How you choose to let others assess your reliability becomes an important part of defining your life. Encountering depressing situations which bring on disappointment, or require much perseverance to work through can happen. The lessons learned in working through any setbacks or obstacles constitute the quality of how you are or are not meeting imposed or fated obligations. The ultimate quality of how you choose to meet and rise above life's lot is up to you, as no one but you really judges whether you have done well, or need to try harder next time. Saturn/Node Insights; Issues to Deal With; and/or Recurring Themes: Endures Despite Delays; Obligations Imposed by Fate; Simple Cooperation Restricting Sexual Encounters; Only a Few Close Supporters; Silent Alliances Cautious when Meeting Others; Prefers to avoid Separations; Lasting Partners Difficulties with Mutual Efforts; Fallouts from Predestined Encounters Frustrating Barriers along Life's Path; Consistency amongst Supporters Restrictions due to Obligations; Limited Opportunities; Becoming More Cautious Not Always Sure about New Friends; Rigidity during Meetings; Luckless Friends Bureaucratic Formalities; Difficult to Make Corrections; Enduring Run Around Hinders your Ability to Meet Others; Unsure of Personal Adaptability Unsure of Personal Adaptability; Realizes How Best to use Connections An Able to Locate the Right Person; Disappointed with Life's Lot or Fate Seemingly Eternal Delays and/or Frustrations; Meeting Continuous Obligations Famous People who are STRONG in Saturn/Node characteristics include: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henri Matisse, Willie Mays, Edna Ferber, Olivia Newton-John, Muhammad Ali, Ida Rolf, Jerry Reed, Charles E. O. Carter, Paul Joseph Goebbels, Tom Jones, Ferdinand Foch, Bob Hope. Famous People who are WEAK in Saturn/Node characteristics include: Sally Ride, Stephen Sondheim, Burl Ives, Bertrand Russell, Ernest Pyle, Sydney Omarr, Paul Cezanne, John Glenn, Arthur Ford. Notable Events with Saturn/Node active or strong include (a weak event is shown in parenthesis): Apollo 11 Moon Landing, John F. Kennedy Shot, Wright Brothers First Flight, Lee's Surrender at Appomattox, President Nixon's Resignation, (East Coast Power Blackout). Equivalent or Corresponding Astrological Combinations: Node in the 10th House, Node in the 11th House, Node in Capricorn, Node in Aquarius, Node square (anything).