Ascendant in Scorpio:

       The Scorpio ascendent is indeed a strong willed, determined, intense and deeply philosophic sign.  You are considered by many to be the detective of the Universe, studying, researching and investigating all that comes under your microscope for discernment.  You ask the questions in a penetrating manner and then you proceed to find your own answers with drive and diligence.  It's not that you don't trust others it's just that you trust yourself more.  Once you have acknowledged that someone is your friend, you are loyal and trustworthy to the end.  If someone betrays that trust, your feelings and emotions will run deep and it will be difficult to summon the courage to trust that individual again.  Scorpio natives tend to do well at whatever profession or trade they decided to embark upon.  Scorpio's make wonderful dramatic actors, surgeons, and any other career or job that requires a tremendous amount of focus and emotional energy.  It has been said that it is best to let a Scorpio sew his/her wild oats before asking them to settle down to one relationship, and in some instances that is certainly true.  However, when you settle into one relationship, you tend to be steady, true and devoted to your loved one.  As a parent, you will also be wholly devoted to your children and may, when the empty nest syndrome occurs, find it difficult to let your loved ones go.  You will be attentive, even at a far distance.

       During your leisure years, you will not want to sit around the house and do nothing.  Sometimes a second career or starting a new business is a good choice.  Another possibility would be to do volunteer work for groups and agencies for which you have a passion.  Following your life's passion will help you make an important inner connection to spirit.  Your desire to solve the mysteries of life and to understand the after-life, could open new vistas of thought and change your beliefs, dramatically.  You are the kind of a parent who tries to make yourself available to your children, even in later years.  In your leisure years, you are likely to gain a new appreciation for your life partner, as well.  The sign and house placements of your birth Pluto will help you to identify your passion and give you a clue about your life's mission.

Sun in Scorpio and in 12th house:

        Pluto/Mars ruled Scorpio is the intense sign of the zodiac, ever the detective, ever the researcher, ever ready to discover the deepest secrets of the Universe.  Your vitality comes from the art of discovery.  Your lesson to learn through this Sun sign expression is the right use of power and the right implementation of ethics and values.  At times, even those you love the most will experience you as being overwhelming or somewhat oriented to control issues.  Time and the processes of life will change your attitude and focus, however, leading you to a more balanced and equitable approach to relationships.  You are not one to sit back and stare at a fear.  You are definitely one who will set about to conquer your fears, especially with this house position for your Sun sign.  You are likely to also experience an active and colorful dream life, and at times may even consider some of them to be prophetic.  A thorough study in the Mystery School teachings and metaphysics would answer many of your inner questions.  Your greatest lesson will be to let go of the past and embrace the present and future.  Your message to the Universe will be that for every question, there is an answer.

Sun Sextile MC:

         In addition to developing a second career or new career direction about mid-life, your focus will then turn to your family and loved ones.  You will also begin to see that security includes family unity.

Moon in Pisces and in 4th house:

        The Moon is the reflection of the soul, in a manner of speaking.  The Moon is the seat of the emotions and is one of the main reasons the earth school was created...so that humankind could learn all of the lessons the emotions have to teach.  The Moon is a barometer, of sorts, and measures what we have assimilated in spiritualized lunar energies.  It also measures what our "target" areas are...that is, what areas in life we need to process through via our feelings and emotional expression.  Any negative behaviors that are based in the emotions, that we brought with us into this lifetime will be given ample time and due course, to be processed and elevated into a higher expression.

        The Moon in Pisces is placed well in the fourth house of the home and family.  These latter are important to anyone with strong Pisces placements and the Moon no less.  Your emotions are tied to your roots, to your genealogy line, to the family you and your spouse have created and to your home environment.  Your desire is that your home represents who you really are, deep inside.  You tend to express your inner creativity in the way you decorate and furnish your home.  Subtle colors and patterns, live plants and flowers and accent pieces of statuary and art will all give the appearance of a dreamy, almost fantasy-like world.  You often allow soft, melodic music to permeate your home throughout.  You enjoy entertaining in the home and will go to great lengths to make your guests feel welcome and at ease. During the holidays, your home, both inside and outside, will become a veritable fantasy world that will delight and amaze those who have the privilege to see it and experience it.  You go all out, too, for birthdays and anniversaries and special occasions that involve your special loved ones.  This enthusiasm will continue throughout your life.

Moon Square Uranus:

         Women in your life may not always provide you with clear perceptions on any challenge you have to meet.  Your lesson here, is to learn to rely on your own knowledge, experience and judgement throughout this lifetime.

Moon Trine Mercury:

         Women can be a tremendous influence in your early life.  In later years, you will find that communication, in general, with the opposite sex flows more smoothly because you can access your own "feminine" side.  Family relationships become more important with age, as does the experience of attaining knowledge.

Moon Trine Asc.:

         Family relationships are very important to you.  Your desire for love, security and a harmonious home life will be one of your primary motivations throughout this life.  While you may be drawn to a service oriented career in youth, your later years could find you dabbling with business, finance and real estate investments.

Moon Trine South Node:

         You have an uncanny ability to meld traditions from the past with trends of the present.  You have great foresight and others will be impressed with your perspective on history.  While you may have to watch too much indulgence in your favorite foods, few will be able to rival your culinary expertise.

Moon Sextile Node T.:

         As you mature in life, you are not likely to stifle yourself by tradition, habit or old ways of doing things.  You are much more likely to investigate popular beliefs, new thought and scientific methods.

Moon Quincunx Saturn:

         It is quite likely that you brought some guilt issues into this lifetime. In addition, your early childhood upbringing probably supported the tendency for you to experience guilty feelings.  As you mature, you would do well to develop some positive self-imaging and good feelings of self-esteem.

Mercury in Scorpio and in 12th house:

        From Mercury, you learn how to communicate with the world around you.  You discover your mental aptitude and find ways to utilize your abilities in logic and reasoning. Mercury teaches you about life through some travel, personal studies and the use of perception.  With Mercury in the twelfth house, you are likely to have highly developed psychic powers and intuitive flashes.  Even your dreams could be considered as prophetic.  Your interest in the mysteries of the Universe will follow you throughout your life.  You may take time to study astrology, the occult or other forms of metaphysics in your later years as well.  You have a strong mind, capable of great powers of concentration and focus.  Yoga, meditation and creative visualization would also be worth your investigation.

Mercury Conjunct Venus:

         While you will always be involved with communications in some way, later years will find your emphasis on business and social matters.  Art, music, the environment and community are potential involvements.

Mercury Conjunct Asc.:

         You have the ability to express your ideas convincingly to others.  Take good care of yourself, however, making sure you get plenty of rest and recreation.  Balance physical activities with your mental pursuits.

Mercury Conjunct South Node:

         Don't hold yourself back.  Set a reasonable educational goal and then meet it.  What you lack in self-confidence, you make up for in sheer enthusiasm. Learn from past mistakes.  Be less critical.

Mercury Opposition Node T.:

         Appropriate personal self-expression is a tool that will take you far in this life.  In your youth, if you pattern yourself into the ideology of a good student, you will find yourself a worthy communicator in later years. If you grasp your schooling and studies in your young adult years, you will reap untold benefits and rewards through your career, in mid to late life. The key to your greatest successes will be communications.  Conquer your fears early in life so that you will be able to lead yourself into new frontiers in later life.  Shed the parts of your past that do not enhance your present goals.  Short distance travel is likely to increase with age.

Mercury Square Saturn:

         As a child and young adult, you are likely to have been stifled in some way.

         You lacked the support and encouragement you needed to become confident and successful.  By mid-life, you should finally become comfortable with who you really are.  Be aware, then, of the impression to project to others.

Venus in Scorpio and in 12th house:

        The sign and placement of Venus will give you insight into your feelings and emotional leaning.  Venus helps you to discover your attitudes about music, art, culture, theatre and all forms of creativity and beauty.  Venus links you to love, romance and altruism.  The energies behind your psyche will constantly be forcing you to look at yourself and your motivations in life. As you grow in experience and enlightenment, you will expand your ability to love unconditionally and will find your true purpose in this life.  Any time you spend doing charity or volunteer work, or working in hospitals, nursing homes or institutions of confinement will lead you closer to expanding your own consciousness and understanding of the process called karma.  You are highly intuitive.

Venus Conjunct Asc.:

         You are quite likely to have been blessed with beauty and good looks.  Your inner beauty and graciousness will shine through as well.  Strive for harmony as you mature.  Take time to enjoy favorite hobbies.

Venus Square Mars:

         If a woman, you are probably one who believes in equality of the sexes.  If a man, you could have a problem with this.  Relationships, in general, will present challenges.  You do much better the older you get because life helps you make necessary adjustments and needed changes.

Venus Square Pluto:

         There is a danger of becoming narcissistic with age.  If you develop a genuine consideration for the feelings and needs of others, however, your mid to later life relationships will be more fulfilling and comforting. Practice nurturing those you care about the most.  Build your feelings of self-worth and self-esteem.

Mars in Leo and in 9th house:

        The energies of Leo often involve the ego.  In early life, the focus is more on the self.  But as the journey of self-discovery reaches middle age, Mars in Leo turns outward, finding ways to improve the family, community and society at-large.  You are a natural born teacher and learning will be a hobby of sorts all your life, but especially during the second half.  Travel may also be a favored activity, along with political and/or community involvement.

Mars Conjunct Pluto:

         Turn aggressiveness into assertiveness.  Learn diplomacy.  Utilize your intense will power to make changes for the good, both in your life and in the lives of others.  Use your free will to make wise choices.

Mars Sextile Neptune:

         Your business and professional affairs need to take a prominent place in your life, as you are a natural in these.  Your intuitive guidance can be put to practical purposes as you gain family security.

Jupiter in Sagittarius and in 1st house:

        Jupiter's sign and house placements give you hope and optimism in life. Jupiter shows you the potential for your greatest rewards and benefits, and gives you a chance to speak your own truth to the world.

        Jupiter is well placed in the sign it rules, Sagittarius.  In the first house, this combination is quite dynamic.  You will tend to be open-minded, broad-minded and willing to learn and change and grow and adapt, throughout your life.  No matter what your age, you are an "old" dog that CAN be taught a "new" trick.  You will benefit greatly from higher education, travel and the study of foreign cultures, philosophic outlooks and New Age thought. You may even find yourself falling in love with someone from another country.  Whatever your marital choice, you and your partner tend to be progressive thinkers and defenders of those less fortunate and less able to defend themselves.  You love truth and will be unafraid to speak the truth to those who will listen.  Sharing a positive attitude or giving another a new perspective on an old problem, for example, will be ways in which you deliver truth.

Jupiter Conjunct South Node:

         Learn from the mistakes of your past and early youth.  Life opens the doors of opportunity to those who are willing to take advantage of these chances. Remember, likewise, to help those less fortunate, too.

Jupiter Square MC:

         It is possible you will have more than one career in this lifetime.  A good rule of thumb to follow, however, is not to bite off more than you can chew.

         This would tend to affect your energy and vitality levels.  Relationship difficulties with elders could pose some concerns up through mid-life.

Saturn in Leo and in 9th house:

        Your greatest lessons in life will involve Saturn's sign and house placements.  Saturn as teacher allows you to feel the pride that comes through doing a job well done and earning your own rewards and goals through hard work and determination.  If you opt to go for higher education, it is likely you will reap many benefits and later, passes these lessons along to your children and grandchildren.  Your philosophy toward life is basic and somewhat traditional. By later life, however, you could branch out into the world of new age thought and this may sponsor some travel for the purpose of study or experiencing things firsthand.

Saturn Conjunct Pluto:

         Make your efforts count in this life.  In youth, your actions and decisions may be hurried or spontaneous, thereby causing loss or disappointment.  With maturity, your duties produce more worldly gain.

Saturn Square Asc.:

         This aspect deals with inhibitions and how you stand in your own way.  As a child or young adult, you were probably held back by parents, guardians or authority figures.  As life progresses, however, you must make sure that you do not stand in your own way.  Take up studies in self-improvement techniques.

Saturn Square Node T.:

         You tend to fight what is new, because you don't like to let go of what is familiar and comfortable.  As you approach mid-life you will more and more be able to test the waters of uncertainty.  Soon you will gain in confidence and daring.  Greater successes come in later years.

Saturn Square South Node:

         If you have children or are involved with young people in your mid to later years, they are likely to know full well, when you disapprove of prevailing social trends.  Try to be less critical and more fluid in expressing your feelings to those you care about the most.

Uranus in Gemini and in 8th house:

        Uranus is the planet of the higher mind, the super consciousness, and represents the attunement we can make with the divinity that exists within us all.  Uranus, it has been said, never takes anything away from us without giving back something far better.  False beliefs fall.  Truth replaces the falsehood.

        The Gemini Uranus in the eighth house gives you strong powers of intuition and psychic abilities.  You may even find in your mid to later years that you have certain healing abilities as well.  The mind is sharp and clear with this placement and you will probably find your life work involves the use of your mind more than anything else.  You could also have an affinity for investing, accounting, banking or work that involves international groups.

Uranus Quincunx South Node:

         While you are slated for the bigger and better things of life, your childhood and young adult years probably found you easily sidetracked.  You too easily allowed yourself then, to take on the burdens and responsibilities of others.  With age, you will learn to say "no", and mean it.

Neptune in Libra and in 11th house:

        Neptune governs your basic beliefs on a spiritual level. Your inner world, subconscious expressions, psychic intuition and creative visualizations all come under rulership of Neptune.  Your role in the upliftment of the planet is divulged in the lessons Neptune instills.  Neptune keeps your secrets and reveals your fears.  Neptune helps you uncover your hidden beliefs; especially those that hold you back spiritually, and keep you from living a fulfilling and joy-filled life.  Neptune in this position and sign help you to organize your beliefs about faith and manifestation.  Your hopes, wishes and dreams are often put on the line, forcing you to keep an established contact with the source of all things.  Neptune teaches you through your friends, colleagues and contacts with those in authority, to open your expectations to the real possibilities out there.  You learn to expand your horizons by increasing your expectations of life and connecting with your own inner creative magic.  Messages are given and received through your closest friendships, which become more important from your middle to later years.

Neptune Sextile Pluto:

         Advancement will be forward moving, but slow, if you choose a materialistic approach to life and living.  If you grasp, early in life, the spiritual significance of life, you will progress faster.

Pluto in Leo and in 9th house:

        The sign in which Pluto is placed is a generational influence.  The house placement tells how it will affect you.  Pluto in Leo alters the perception of love, romance and children.  Leadership skills often arise in whatever house Pluto appears.  You are a natural born teacher, advisor, counselor and student.  You have varied interests and could easily build a business or new career in the second half of life.  Travel abroad is very likely.

Mercury is Retrograde:

         With Mercury retrograde in your chart, whether at birth or having turned so later in life, you will find that you hold the qualities of an independent thinker.  Your insights are gained from past experiences, and if a reincarnation believer, from past lives.  While you appreciate education and knowledge, you will probably rebel against the traditional ways of learning.

         You tend to arrive at solutions from several different angles before settling on what is perfect for you.  You admire the great thinkers of the world, but somehow know that the sum total of your being comes from being in a symbiotic relationship with the universe.  You are cautious when it comes to making commitments and would do well to make adequate preparations before embarking on any journeys, short or long distance.  You tend to be more analytical than those with a direct Mercury, and are more willing to apply learned knowledge to a practical application in your daily life.  Mercury retrograde periods will find you in sync with your world, while others will feel as though their life is on hold or temporarily turned topsy turvy.  You can utilize Mercury retrograde periods to make great gains.  These periods will find you catching up, organizing and taking advantage of second chances.  Your conscious mind moves easily between the concrete planes of existence and those where the intuition rules.  You are probably psychic to a degree and often rely on your feelings and gut level instincts.  Keep your expectations of others to a minimum.  It is not your job to force others to understand your viewpoint.  Instead, put your tremendous resources to work for you.  This will bring your greatest success.

Uranus is Retrograde:

         The planet Uranus is a higher octave planet, and one with the important role of ushering in the new Aquarian Age for this planetary life wave.  It represents the higher mind and it's ability to access that which is unseen, all-knowing and ever active through the principles of universal law and order.  While Jupiter offers the opportunity for higher education, Uranus is the ingredient which takes that knowledge, assimilates it, shares it with humanity and then formulates higher degrees of knowledge.  Uranus as the higher mind, is that part of our thinking nature which aspires, inspires and uplifts.  Spiritually speaking, for the new Aquarian Age that we are now ushering in, Uranus represents the new, higher octave Christ principle, and in this sense, Uranus symbolizes the Aquarian Age teacher in his or her highest degree.  Uranus in retrogradation, sometimes misses opportunities that come too soon and unexpectedly in life.  This position of Uranus will often, better benefit from these opportunities with maturity or age.  You are someone, to whom, life occasionally offers a "second chance".  While you are also someone who wishes to reach out and help the betterment of humanity in general, you will find yourself embroiled in more personal, one on one issues that must be resolved before you can experience the luxury of philanthropic endeavors.  You are not a typical student where standardized education is concerned.  You may even be considered a revolutionary or rebel in some matters.  You tend to do better by choosing your own studies and by learning them on your own terms.  You can expect unexpected gains, but if you are irresponsible, loss will come as well.  You will be rewarded for diligence, real effort and by not giving up.