I always think of the ascendant as the stained glass through which the light of the psyche is shining. We can learn a lot about someone by how they say, “Fine, thanks.” Energy comes through every human gesture. Here’s what I mean: You meet someone at a party, they say “how are you?” You say, “Fine thanks, how’s about you?” They say, “Fine thanks.” And you instantly like them-or dislike them! Something of their core nature shone through that superficial social behavior. That is a big subject, but one elemental observation is that the ascendant represents a person’s style of manifestation. To answer that, we need to think some deeper thoughts about the nature of the ascendant. That’s why it came to be called “the ruler of the chart.” Mars and Pluto each have an affinity with Scorpio, and that is what rulership is about.Īnd astrologers, since time immemorial, have recognized that the planet which rules the ascendant plays a dramatically underscored role in a person’s life. People argue vehemently on both sides of the question. Go to an astrology conference and ask which planet rules Scorpio and you may start a fistfight.
But here is the critical link-and the actual point of this essay: two of those planets, Pluto and Mars, are “the rulers of my chart.” And that is what I want to explore here. I have Pluto in the 9th and a Mars/Mercury conjunction on the cusp of the 3rd. And, no surprise, both of those houses are activated in my natal chart. So, still using myself as an example, anyone looking at me from the outside would see a vivid 3rd/9th house fingerprint on my daily life. It doesn’t have the “questing” feeling of the 9th house. The trip feels a bit more like “commuting.” That’s the 3rd house travel signature. I will hug old friends and catch up with their lives. The first time I went to China, it felt like a 9th House experience. In some of the older books, the 3rd House was related to “short journeys,” while the 9th referred to “long journeys.” In my experience, it’s not the length of the journey that counts, but rather how exotic or familiar it is. And some, if they had much practical experience, would mention the 3rd house too. Traveling: what house carries that symbolism? Most astrologers would say, correctly, the 9th. Some would astutely add the 9th house for its link to education and publishing. Teaching, writing, and talking: what astrological house are we spotlighting? Most astrologers would say, correctly, the 3rd house. Anyone who looked at my life from outside would see these same behavioral patterns consistently and prominently: traveling, teaching, and writing.Īnd of course doing astrological readings: talking. I have been living this way for last the three decades. That one is easier-just a 90 minute drive and a five-day trip.ĭoes this sound like an insane way to live?Īs I read over my words, that assessment sounds pretty accurate. When I get back from Asia, I will once more only have about ten days at home before I leave to teach the southern California edition of my Apprenticeship Program. When I get back from this teaching trip, I’ll only have about ten days at home again before leaving to teach seminars in Beijing and Shanghai. When I close my eyes, I’m still hallucinating the white lines of the highway stretching out before me. We live part of the time in New Orleans and we just completed the endless, three-day cross-country drive to get here from there. Michelle and I just arrived here in the desert a week ago, so it hurts to leave home again so soon.
From there, I have to make my way up to San Francisco and points north to teach one of my Apprenticeship Programs. I am writing these words in haste since I need to pack my bags and head for the Palm Springs airport in four hours. The sun just started to blaze over the Anza-Borrego desert where I live. SeptemMy Progressed Sun Changes Signs - Am I Now an Aries?.
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