A. In
our youth-obsessed culture, it must be incredibly
challenging to be in your mid 40s and in
a promising show business career that hasn’t
yet gelled. With your biological clock ticking,
the intense need to know whether your dream
can become reality is understandable, but
patience and flexibility are what the next
few years demand. You are facing several
enormous planetary challenges that don’t
support a quick fix.
These once-in-a-lifetime celestial events
require you to transcend your normal perspective
in order to evolve. Currently, Neptune (dissolution)
conjoins both natal Venus (re-evaluation
of what’s important to you)
and the natal Ascendant (how you’re perceived
by the world), leading to perplexing uncertainty.
At the same time, transiting Uranus (breaking down
of obsolete structures) squares your security axis,
whose poles are the Midheaven (career) and the IC
(home and family). The disorientation you feel is
justified and won’t be resolved by simply moving
elsewhere, though a move may indeed play a part in
an eventual positive outcome.1
According to
your Astro*Carto*Graphy map,2 your
best career location is Denver, Colorado
(slightly northeast is best), exactly on
your Jupiter–Midheaven
line (excellent for career enhancement),
within range of the Sun–Ascendant line
(where you feel most yourself), and avoiding
the Mars–IC line to the west (where
it’s difficult to feel secure and part
of the community) and the Uranus–Descendant
line to the east (which does not support
consistent, long-term relationships).
Your progressed Moon recently crossed your
Ascendant, so it’s not surprising that
you feel more-than-ready for a quantum life
change. However, you may need to wait until
after November 2006 for a true "celestial
rebirth" (progressed New Moon) concurrent with
transiting Jupiter’s move into the natal 10th
house (definite potential for career opportunity).3 However, it may take an additional year or so for
you to understand exactly where this will lead (as
transiting Neptune finally completes its conjunction
to your Ascendant). The current time period is fraught
with uncertainty, so I recommend that you begin to
explore any career opportunities that the Denver
area might offer, understanding that it will take
time to develop them. Make your move, if and when
there’s good reason to do
so.
Meanwhile, consider this: Oprah’s
power is her capacity to share her most personal
experiences and feelings with her audience.
Is this something you’re
willing and able to do? This is not typical of
Venus rising in Aquarius (which is also part of
two dynamic t-squares).4 Rush
Limbaugh is comfortable speaking his mind, no matter
how outrageous his opinions may be, but are you
ready to rock the world and face the extremely
challenging consequences (your downward-facing
t-square)?
Your 4th-house Gemini Moon trine Venus
rising certainly shows a natural talent for
communication (supported by Mars in the 3rd,
trine the 11th-house Mercury), while Mars
opposed to the 9th-house Jupiter reveals
your need and capacity to serve a larger
audience. However, with half of your planets
in cadent houses,5 including
the Midheaven ruler, Jupiter (career), I
wonder whether you aren’t better suited
to playing a somewhat less self-revealing
role.
Venus rising in Aquarius, involved in the
double t-squares, shows a likeable — even charismatic — independent
spirit whose dreams of a big future can potentially
manifest, with a bit of tweaking. As you move through
the next few years, ask yourself, “What is true
success?” and allow your heart to reveal the
answer, as your life path unfolds.