thoughts on astrology...

 Learning astrology, for me, has been a long and tedious process. I've been interested in it since I was in my late teens and I've made attempts over the years to better understand it, but it's like taking a cup of water out of the ocean and trying to analyze it... you see a lot of interesting things in that little cup but the vastness of the ocean lures you in to want to learn more... and the vastness of astrology and all that you can learn from it IS vast like the universe it is based on interpreting. How there are some/many people in the world that have a working understanding of astrology blows my mind. That they have learned enough to become confident enough to talk at length about it's mysteries, well, it's just mind blowing to me... I have not in my half-baked studies come anywhere near having even a base knowledge that enables to give or share insights with others. I think this is just yet another reflection of how Chiron in my 3rd house has made it difficult for me in this world to succeed at anytihng educationally based. (Haa, look at that! I just threw in a bit of astrological nomenclature and even tied it to a real life experience of my own!) Thankfully I have a personal astrology tutor that hugely inspires me to stick to it with trying to learn this system. She is available for my questions any time of day or night and if it weren't for her passion for this knowledge I would not be as interested or as meagerly knowledgeable as I currently am.

So, onto what I wanted to delve into here... A persons natal astrology chart is a gold mine of information that explains the blueprint of what we are born to experience in this world. By natal, that means a chart that shows the position of the planets at the time of your birth. It's a deep roadmap of nuggets of gold that you can always uncover more secrets about. Recently "my tutor" commented to me that I was blessed by having three planets that trine my moon. I was like, "uh... ok... but what exactly does that mean?" I turned to the Google and typed in the exact information and found some deeply revelatory facts.

Let's start off today by talking about MOON TRINE PLUTO.

Moon trine Pluto natal gives a rich emotional life and deep relationships. You feel things more than others, everything from news stories to relationships. You also feel things at a deeper level, at the psychic level. You should have good psychic skills or at least a very acute intuition.

Connecting to someone at the emotional level is important to you. Without such a close connection at the subconscious level, relationships would soon bore you. It may even feel like you are driven by a powerful unseen force to understand a partner’s inner psychology just as deeply as you try to understand yourself. You could feel that understanding relationship dynamics is necessary to maintain an intimate relationship.

You are likely to form an unusually close relationship with your mother or a grandmother. The same will apply to women in general but especially relatives. One woman in your life, in particular, will have a profound influence on your life. The harmonious nature of the trine aspect means that even though strange or intense, your interactions with others are going to be positive and soul-evolving.

You have a dramatic flair and have no trouble expressing yourself, especially your emotions. No area of life is off-limits in your exploration of human experience. Your relationships may take you into some dark and mysterious places where danger may threaten you. You do, however, enjoy a good level of protection in the psychic realms, possibly through your ancestors.

You would make a good psychologist or oculist but your deep understanding of the human psyche could also lead to a career in sales or management. You are a people person but fewer, rather than many friends would suit you. This is because you need to get to know someone so well that you give too much of yourself.

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Okaaaaaay, this is an insanely accurate description of me. I don't think I've ever read another interpretation of an astrological facet of my life that is more accurate than this. Three things in particular really jump out at me. 

Psychic skills, and having a good level of protection in the psychic realms (by your ancestors)... this is hugely true. I am quite psychic, but I feel that there are some things that I'd like to explore and experiment with that some force prevents me from doing. I remember when I was 19 years old and first learned about astral projection. I wanted to do that so badly, read books that had detailed instructions and I worked at it so hard, but I could never do it. In retrospect, with this new knowledge about how ancestors in the angelic realm could be protecting me from doing that, back then, it just makes so much sense. I could have gone off the deep end into very dangerous realms of psychic experimentation when I was young and wild like I was then. In more current times I still feel like there are hidden forces that prevent me from doing some of the things I'd like to do with my psychic abilities. One thing, in particular, is using my psychic ability to determine what winning lotto numbers will be. Some of my readers will laugh at hearing me tell you this here because they know I've been trying to do this for a number of years now. I can get very close to seeing all of the winning numbers, but one number will be wrong... I'm sure that there are some ancestors that are preventing me from seeing this... Part of how I've explained this to myself is that some of my ancestors, who had been farmers in the 1700s and 1800s feel that I should also suffer the financial hardships that they suffered... and that I should be grateful for the riches that I have already amassed. Another part of how I explain this is because of my proneness to experience manic moods, too much money dropped into my wallet could lead to irresponsible spending behavior.... and my ancestors are protecting me from the damage that could create. This is part of why I don't apply to be on game shows. If I were to win it big, I think it would lead to irresponsible behavior... so, thank you ancestors for protecting me this way... haha, wow, what an offshoot from the main story that was haha...

Okay, the next facet of this moon trine Pluto that has affected me so strongly are the types of relationships I develop with women. As my regular readers know, I experienced a tremendously close relationship with my mother in this lifetime. But she wasn't the only one that fits this bill. One of my first encounters with this type of deep connection with a female was when I was 7 years old and met my Cousin Ellen for the first time. I now believe that she was my first direct encounter with someone that I had known in a previous life. Yes, I probably did know my mother and grandmother(s) before too, but this cousin, who was just 2 years older than me, to have feelings then, at that young age, that this was a familiar soul, it was so powerful. Over the years of our lives developing I felt like I had a psychic and telepathic connection with her. We never got to spend much time together in person on this earth, but we both knew that there was something invisible that connected us.

In high school, I never had a girl-friend. But I had many deep friendships with girls. One, in particular, was another instance of someone I now believe that I had a past life experience with. I am able to connect with these women quickly and deeply, but it's like a soul-brother type of relationship that develops. Even the woman that God led me to marry, we were more like soul-brother and sister than man and wife. I'll just throw in some names here of some of the women in my life that I've had this type of connection with... Ellen (cousin), Michelle (high school), Aine (sister-wife), Denise & Susan (workmates in the 80s), Sita, Sujata, Jaya (spiritual mates in the 90s, Susan was in that group too), and now in my latter years the person that has fulfilled this role the strongest is Scarlett...  I've been restricted from being able to experience physical love with women in this lifetime. There's really only been one that swept me away and accepted me into their lives for that (Deirdre)... I'm so grateful to the gods for allowing me that adventure.

Okay, so that's about all I want to go in-depth into right now for this exploration. There are two more trines that I have with the moon and they have equally wonderful and deep explanations of my psyche and persona. I'll go into depth about them in my next postings. 

As far as being someone that could have a career as an occultist or psychic, I think there are other things in my natal chart that both encourage the potential for this, but also deter me from being able to fully manifest this. Sadly, I feel more affected by the deterrents than I do by the aides.