Hard aspects

Hard aspects

Author: HP Maxine Dietrich

It is a sad fact that there is a lot of misleading and inaccurate information regarding astrology in the mainstream books out there. The majority are written by Jews. Then the holier than thou new agers. I have read my share, reading through pages and pages of endless crap to get to one paragraph or sentence that has something of worth. I also want to add here that few if any authors of these books have all of their information down. They fill in for what they do not know.

Squares and oppositions, both in natal and in predictive astrology are not all bad. It depends upon the nature of the planets for one. There is a lot more involved as well.

2 examples: 1 man had what nearly every book out there would deem as most benevolent, a Jupiter / Venus conjunction on an angle on the descendant. Now, this aspect DOES give some good fortune in the life, BUT, this man had Sagittarius on his ascendant, ruled by Jupiter. With Taurus on the cusp of his 6^th house of health, Venus, which ruled this house was in tight conjunction with his ruling Jupiter, giving a health problem. He swallowed cleaner when he was 2 years old and had a lifetime of serious health problems in connection with his throat [Taurus on the cusp of the 6^th].

Whenever someone has the ruler of the sixth, or a planet/s in the 6^th aspecting the chart ruler/s, one can expect health problems, often chronic.

There was another one I noted - this woman had very few hard aspects, and a Saturn that was free of hard aspects. She was born 16 July 1948 and had 29 degrees of Scorpio on her ascendant with Sagittarius intercepted. She was plagued by severe health problems her entire life. She was married 5 times, had three kids. Her husbands beat her, she lost all three of her kids, of which she put up for adoption, this also troubled her to an extreme [understandably], she allowed herself to be used and used like a doormat. Her entire life was horrible. She moved around a lot, left jobs and drifted. Nothing ever seemed to last for her.

In spite of all the misery Saturn can plague people with, on the upside it can give stability. It is very important to always finish what you started unless you have a VERY serious REASON [not excuse], not to. Losers are the ones who quit. The winner is always the last one standing. Anyone or even anything that lasts gets respect. Saturn rewards those who last.

I also want to add, those new age and related books that are critical of fixed squares and fixed t-squares for one, neglect to mention the predominance of the fixed signs inclines one to success. Why? Because these people last. These are the people who can stick to a routine and finish what they start. The predominance of fixed signs are seen in highly successful charts, like successful business people and those who have had to study extensively to reach the top level in their careers.

Mutable signs are the weak signs. The same books out there place a positive light on the ability to “adapt.” Idiots! The mutable signs are the ones who have weaknesses, are changeable in their opinions and everything else, and are easily distracted and above all, rarely finish anything they start. I am talking those who have an emphasis on mutable signs.

In closing, I want to add also here, through power meditation and through channeling energies through goals, much of what is in the natal chart can be sublimated. Olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci is a strong example here. With a Scorpio stellium [very difficult to handle], she reached the top by applying her tendency to overdo things, take everything to an extreme and her obsession [all traits of a Scorpio stellium] to the sport of gymnastics.