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Rhiannon

Tuesday, January 16th, 1979

Your Inner Planets

Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are all inner planets.

The Sun

The Sun plays an ever-present, life-giving role in our day to day lives here on earth, and it plays a key role in astrology too – although its role in an astrological chart can often be less important than a non-astrologer might think.

Everyone knows their Sun sign, because the Sun’s regular journey through the skies makes it easy for the lay person to work out which sign the Sun was in on their date of birth. Your Sun sign gives an overall background flavor to your personality. It tells us a lot about your ego and your basic nature, and it’s an important first and obvious clue to the nature of an astrological chart.

Find the Joy

In astrology, the Sun is associated with joy, generosity, affection, and creativity. The position of the Sun in your chart shows us where you look to find enjoyment in life.

Being associated with vitality and the life force, the Sun in a chart also speaks to us about health and energy levels. The Sun’s position in any given sign means that vitality is experienced in the manner of that sign.

Self-esteem is often assessed by looking at the position of the Sun in a chart, and particularly at the aspects made by the Sun. Lots of positive aspects to and from the Sun are likely to increase levels of confidence – but remember that the Sun’s warmth can easily become too hot. Too many easy aspects to and from the Sun can lead to arrogance and pomposity. Difficult Sun aspects tend to decrease self-esteem and self-confidence, and result in a more measured, self-critical approach to life.

On Tuesday, January 16th, 1979, in Joplin, the Sun rose in Capricorn.

Sun in Capricorn

Capricorn is known as the sage of the zodiac, and this sign is renowned for its timeless wisdom. If you were born with the Sun in Capricorn, you are a down to earth and practical soul, with a great deal of common sense about you. You take your time to make decisions, carefully weighing your choices, and you have a great sense of duty and responsibility which underpins much of what you decide to do.

Very ambitious and very disciplined, you work very hard towards your goals. Taking a step by step, cautious approach means that you do not miss any details, and your success, when it comes, is usually long lasting. And it does not matter how long it takes you to get there, because your patience is legendary. You will just keep going, with your eyes on the prize.

With the Sun in Capricorn, you do suffer a little from a lack of self confidence. You are not an in your face person, being quite reserved and diffident at times. You prefer to watch from the sidelines, but to your trusted friends you are a solid and reliable ally, always ready to offer practical support. You are not overly emotional, however, and are more likely to tell someone to pull themselves together than to offer a shoulder to cry on.

Your realistic approach to life can sometimes flounder during very dark times, however, as its then that you succumb to depression and negativity. You find it hard to be optimistic, as life has taught you the hard way that things often do not work out well; these bitter lessons sometimes translate into a slightly bitter personality too.

During happy times in your life, however, you are a very strong and capable character. Solid and with an unflinching love of tradition, you are conventional in your outlook but with a delightfully offbeat, self deprecating sense of humor. In a relationship, you are trustworthy and loving, but sometimes a little aloof. Not very touchy feely, you demonstrate your love through actions such as hard work to support the family; spontaneous gestures just are not your style.

Mercury

Mercury is the great communicator and the bringer of logic. In mythology, he is typically shown with winged sandals, emphasizing his speed and swiftness. Mercury travels around the zodiac in approximately one year, like the Sun, but because his motion is a little erratic, he can spend between 14 days and 30 days in each sign. Mercury is never far from the Sun, however, and your Mercury sign will always be either the same as your Sun sign, or it will be the previous or following sign.

In an astrological chart, Mercury tells us about your mental agility and your thinking processes. Mercury’s sign position is what distinguishes a lightning fast mind from a more step by step approach to life, and it also shows us your approach to education, learning and studying. Through understanding Mercury’s position in your chart, you can learn about how you make decisions – logically or intuitively? – and about how structured or scattered your thought processes are.

What’s Your Communication Style?

Mercury also tells us a great deal about how we communicate.

During Mercury retrograde periods, communication becomes more complex for all of us, with misunderstandings more likely and technological breakdowns more frequent. However, these periods also bring blessings – the enforced slow down is another chance to reconsider something, and to return to projects which were put on hold.

Lots of positive aspects to and from Mercury suggest a personality which is very rational and able to use logic wisely. It also suggests a great natural communicator, but someone who could be seen as superficial and glib by others. By contrast, a poorly aspected Mercury can indicate someone who finds it difficult to learn or to process new information, or someone who always seems to say the wrong thing at the wrong time. A weak Mercury, however, can also allow the more imaginative and intuitive side of the brain to dominate, which can be a good thing for creative and artistic talent.

On your birthday Mercury sat in Capricorn.

Mercury in Capricorn

Mercurys placing in a chart gives us insight into how a person thinks, rationalizes and communicate. With Mercury in Capricorn, your thought processes are slow and careful, and supremely logical. You do not jump to conclusions, and you do put a great deal of weight on your considerations. Sensible, down to earth and determinedly focused, you excel at getting things done slowly but surely.

You are very able intellectually, and especially good at solving difficult puzzles (for fun or in real life) where step by step logic is required. This allows you to see clearly solutions which other people have overlooked, so there is an inventive streak to your nature.

You plan everything, from what to have to eat each day to how your retirement investments will pan out, and you look so far into the future that its a wonder sometimes that you can still see the present. This long range ability of yours is a double edged sword, however, as it can leave you fretting so much about what is yet to come that you fail to enjoy what you already have. Pessimism and depression can set in when you do not see the blessings surrounding you.

Traditional in outlook and exceptionally ambitious, you are strong in mathematical and scientific areas. You are very thorough at work, and very careful not to make mistakes, because you guard your reputation at all costs. Status matters to you, and what others think of you matters even more.

Venus

Named for the Roman goddess of love and beauty, it’s no surprise that the planet Venus represents love in an astrological chart. Venus orbits the Sun in approximately 225 days, and is never far from the Sun in the chart – your Venus sign will always be either the same as your Sun sign, or the sign before or after it.

Venus energy is feminine energy, and in every astrological chart she indicates where this feminine energy is most keenly felt – even in a man’s chart. Venus’ energy is soft, gentle and passive as a general rule, and also quite easily led. However, when Venus exercises this energy through the filter of a robust, masculine sign such as Aries, a person’s feminine side is much less passive and more assertive

Love, Harmony and All Things Sweet

Venus in the birth chart tells us a lot about your approach to love and relationships. Here we discover what attracts you – and what attracts others to you.

Venus also shows us how you bring harmony to the world around you. Venus shies away from conflict and tries diplomacy instead. Although this sweet planet has a great reputation, she’s not all love and light.

Connected with her association with pleasure is Venus’ association with money – after all, we typically need to spend or accumulate money in order to buy or facilitate pleasure. Venus’ position in the chart tells us about someone’s attitude towards personal finance. A well aspected Venus generally creates a likeable, affable personality, and someone who is quite popular socially. However, too much Venus influence in the chart can produce an insincere, shallow personality.

Venus rose in Sagittarius on your birthday.

Venus in Sagittarius

When the planet of love falls in Sagittarius, there is a warmth and an exuberance to the love life. You are a passionate and enthusiastic partner, with a strong sex drive. You are also, however, a deeply restless one, and you find it hard to commit.

This is because the drive for freedom is fundamental to Sagittarian energies. You do not want to be tied down, and this can lead to upset in your relationships. Its not that you are deliberately unfaithful, just that you do not want to rule out the possibility altogether which can understandably be a little alarming for some partners.

That said, your joy and enthusiasm for life is catching, and you do have a lot of charisma in a relationship. You enjoy an intellectual rapport as well as a physical one, and you do not choose your partners for superficial reasons. Finding a like-minded soul with whom you can travel, explore and change the world that's your perfect ideal of love.

Venus also rules our attitudes towards money, and since Venus is in Sagittarius, your finances are likely to be interesting. You certainly have the ability to earn plenty of money, but you are reckless and careless in how you accumulate it, and certainly in how you spend it. Nevertheless, you do not really worry about money, and you take the approach that you will earn enough to get by, with anything else being a bonus.

The Moon

The Moon, our much loved nightly companion, has always fascinated mankind. She exerts a mystical influence over our minds, as well as a physical influence on our tides, and as our nearest astrological neighbor the Moon plays a very important role in any astrological chart.

The Moon travels around the zodiac in 28 days, spending just over 2 days in each sign. Creating a Moon journal is an easy and enjoyable way to start a practical study of astrology – by doing this, you can note and record the way the Moon influences your mood during the month.

Instinctive Reaction

As the planet of instinct and emotion, the Moon sign tells us how someone feels, and how they experience life. When faced with a tricky situation, it’s your Moon which reflects whether your instinct is to run, to hide, to fight or to scheme.

Mood swings are a Moon thing, and so is the level of imagination in a chart. The way our imagination is expressed depends on the Moon sign.

Waning Gibbous

A Waning Gibbous moon is the first phase after a Full Moon, indicating a unique sense of self-reflection. You are very wise, with an innate ability to learn from your mistakes. You are an excellent teacher and communicator.

You have a deep desire to understand the world, and it can be hard for you to understand that many people do not. This doesn't make them better or worse than you, just different. This trait can make you seem arrogant or condescending, so be careful. While your intentions are good, it might not be obvious to people. Take some time to learn when it is your turn to talk, and when to leave the stage so others can shine too.

Because your Waning Gibbous Moon travels from Leo to Virgo, you have attributes form both signs!

Moon in Leo

If you have the Moon in Leo, your immediate response to an emotional challenge of any kind is to dominate the situation. You have quite a forceful emotional reaction, and you will quickly take charge and stamp your own personality onto any given problem. This unfortunately makes you come across as rather bossy and autocratic, but it does work for you in as much as it prevents you from being at the mercy of someone elses agenda.

This placing adds a great deal of self confidence to a chart, but also a certain amount of in your face bluster which some people find either intimidating or unwelcome. Even when you are not so sure of yourself, you will hide this behind a dramatic persona the consummate actor or actress, you are always aware of your image and you are quite happy to manipulate the way others see you as best you can.

A natural leader at heart, however, you do have plenty of charisma and a very persuasive nature, so you can easily inspire others. Your strong emotions are best channelled through art or craft activity, and your imagination needs an outlet too, with creative writing being a favorite pastime of Moon in Leo people.

Watch out for shopping sprees getting out of control, especially when you are feeling down. You do have a tendency to believe that you can anything and anyone you want including happiness or a partner for life.

Moon in Virgo

A Moon in Virgo suggests your instinctive emotional reaction is look for ways to improve the situation. Ever the perfectionist, you are always seeking betterment, both of yourself and others. Since Virgo is ruled by Mercury, you express your feelings well enough, but you are hugely critical of yourself and you can drive yourself into a depressive mood through over analyzing your own faults.

In a relationship, you can be relentlessly critical of your partner, and at times you seem very hard to please. This is unfortunate, because you actually have a lot of love to offer, and your practical mind can be a tremendous support to any partner.

When the Moon is in Virgo, we often find shyness and a lack of self confidence, coupled with a feeling of not being good enough. You are talkative, but perhaps overly talkative when nervous, in a bid to mask your nerves. You have a considerable talent with words, however, and you are able to fake confidence when you know what you are talking about being an expert in something makes you feel good.

Highly practical and very intelligent, your shyness tends to dissipate, oddly, when you are forced to defend yourself. If backed into a corner, you will make mincemeat (verbally) of your opponent, and will emerge with your head held high.

Mars

Mars, the red planet, has been synonymous with war since ancient times – the Romans named their god of war Mars, and the Greek god of war is Ares, from where we get the name Aries, a sign closely associated with Mars.

As you might expect, therefore, Mars in the natal chart is the planet of anger and aggression – but there’s much more to this planet than this. Red is also associated with love, and Mars astrologically represents the sex drive and passion.

Mars spends around two years completing an orbit of the Sun, and therefore spends approximately 40 days in each zodiac sign before moving on.

Masculinity Unleashed

Whether you’re a man or a woman, Mars in your chart represents the masculine side of your nature, just as Venus represents the feminine side. Where Mars is, that’s where your buttons are – where you’re most likely to lose your temper, get angry, see red and create arguments.

However, Mars is also where your strongest drives lie. The sign and house position of Mars show us where you are your most determined and energetic – Mars is the most physically energetic of all planets, and also the most ambitious.

One things Mars absolutely must do at all costs is to win. The way he wins depends on the sign which filters Mars’ energy in your chart. Because Mars energy is so active, it’s very much a case of act first, think later wherever this planet is involved.

On the day you were born Mars rose in Capricorn.

Mars in Capricorn

If you have Mars in Capricorn, you are blessed with an incredible amount of drive. You have a will to succeed which is among the strongest in the zodiac, and you will use all of your powers of determination to get to wherever it is that you want to go.

You also have exceptional powers of endurance, and your spirit can cope with very difficult situations for very long times without being dampened. In this way, there is something of the eternal optimist about you, despite Capricorns reputation as a pessimistic energy. You never, ever give up hope, and you keep pushing forwards.

With an outstanding talent for business and entrepreneurship, you will aim to succeed either in the corporate world or in self employment. You are not afraid of hard work, and in fact will work at all hours of the day and night, sometimes to the despair of your partner or family members. You find their disapproval hard to stomach, because, after all, you are doing it for them. Criticisms of your work ethic are hurtful to you.

Definitely with the potential to rise to the top of your chosen field, you will excel as a boss when you get there. Authoritarian your leadership style may be, but its also spiced up with a definite flair. People follow you because you know what you are doing, and it shows. This kind of powerful charisma is a bit of a mystery to you, and you are not sure how you have it, but it does allow you to harness the drives of others, as well as your own, which in turn helps you take huge leaps at an even greater pace.

Your Outer Planets

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.

Jupiter

Astrologically, Jupiter is usually a very positive planet. In mythology, Jupiter was the Roman King of the Gods, and was fond of hurling thunderbolts – the astrological Jupiter, however, is a more benevolent energy and doesn’t so much throw thunderbolts as scatter luck and opportunities.

Jupiter takes approximately 12 years to orbit the Sun, spending more or less a year in each sign. It’s a masculine energy, and a very generous and tolerant one too.

Finding Your Purpose

In the natal chart, Jupiter tells us a lot about your ideology, your beliefs and your values, but he also tells us where you can best make a difference in life – where your true purpose might lie. Jupiter’s energies are expansive, welcoming and adventurous, and he is the planet of broad-mindedness. Jupiter’s energies, like all planets, are filtered through the various zodiac signs, but his house position often hints at the area of life where we are truly drawn to share generously, and to express (and seek) wisdom.

Jupiter is also about fairness and justice, so look to this planet in your chart to see where you might yearn to counter injustice and to seek redress for yourself or for others.

Jupiter seeks knowledge, and as such this planet is associated with higher learning and study, and all matters pertaining to education. Jupiter shows what our life philosophy looks like, and where and how in life we seek fairness and justice.

Jupiter’s energies are optimistic by default. This is not a planet of pessimism, or despair. Jupiter brings hope to the chart. His reputation as the planet of luck is true to a certain extent, but this is luck that we make ourselves by seizing the opportunities afforded to us – and Jupiter shows where in life those opportunities are likely to arise.

Because Jupiter is concerned with the whole, not with little parts, he gifts us the chance to see the big picture. Where Jupiter’s energies are at work, we can rise above petty details, and indeed petty differences, to embrace the end goal, the vision, the dream. Jupiter is also important for our sense of humor, and to some extent his placing in the chart indicates how we are likely to make others laugh – this planet is nothing if not jovial and joyful.

Jupiter was in Leo on your birthday.

Jupiter in Leo

If you were born with Jupiter in Leo, you have a larger than life personality, a sunny disposition and enough energy and enthusiasm to share with the world several times over. Extrovert and intelligent, you love drama and you tend to exaggerate everything, all the time. Nothing is ever just OK with you; its amazing, fantastic or the best thing in the world either that, or its a huge disaster, the most terrible thing to have ever happened or the worlds greatest scandal.

You fill your days with all manner of leisure pursuits when you are not working, and you do not do anything by halves. You love to keep busy and you cant bear to just sit and do nothing. Flamboyant by nature, you can come across as simply too much for some gentler souls, but you never notice you are too busy with your adoring fans to care.

You are very patriotic, and a surprising stickler for tradition, given your relatively unconventional views on fashion and lifestyle. You will always buy the very best you can afford, and may get into debt easily trying to live a lifestyle which is beyond your means. You are typically a very good organiser, however, so you can usually juggle your finances to make the most of them without getting into too many problems.

Saturn

Named after the Roman god of time, Saturn is associated in astrology with limitation, restraint and constraint. These associations came about because Saturn was, in ancient times, the most distant planet viewable with the naked eye and represented the edge of the known universe. Over time, the planet also became associated with responsibility and durability, karma, age and wisdom.

Saturn takes almost 30 years to complete one orbit of the Sun, and as such spends approximately two and a half years in each zodiac sign.

Patience, Endurance, Stability

Saturn has an undeserved reputation as the wet blanket planet, but in fact we look to Saturn’s place in the birth chart to find a lot of positive information too. Where Saturn is tells us where you have the most patience and staying power in life.

The Saturn Cycle

Saturn is known as the Great Teacher, and in this way we can be sure that this great planet does not throw anything at us which we cannot cope with – but it may well not feel like that at the time. Because of the way Saturn forces us to overcome problems, we do usually emerge from a Saturn encounter as stronger, more grown individuals, but boy does he make it hard work along the way!

As such a slow moving planet, Saturn has a strong influence over different stages of our lives. At approximately 7 years old, the transiting Saturn squares its natal position, and this marks the end of “young” childhood and the emergence of the maturing child. At around 14 years of age, transiting Saturn opposes its natal position, and it’s typically around this age that adolescents start to feel the effects of puberty and the loss of childhood. Another square occurs at the age of approximately 21, when we enter a new stage of life as young adults. The first “Saturn return”, when Saturn returns to the place it occupied at your birth, occurs at the age of approximately 28-30, and it’s at this time that most adults start to feel the real weight of responsibility, with houses, careers, mortgages, children and growing families.

This cycle then repeats again, and it’s interesting to note that the second Saturn return occurs in our late 50s, when there is another shift of stage to contemplate, as people begin to think about retirement.

Saturn sat in Virgo on the day you were born.

Saturn in Virgo

Saturn is the planet of duty and responsibility, so it is very at home in dutiful Virgo. A little too much at home, perhaps you sometimes struggle under a weight of responsibilities, and find it hard to get time to yourself. Too keen to say yes to others, and too quick to say no to yourself, your life can easily be swallowed up by others demands. Learning to refuse requests for help is essential for Saturn in Virgo people.

You are extremely patient, and very methodical. You will bide your time in life, ticking off your lists as you do so, waiting for the right moment to get what you want. And get what you want you almost certainly will, as this placing contributes an iron discipline and an exceptional focus.

Unfortunately, Saturn in Virgo restricts your confidence levels and adds to any shyness indicated by the rest of the natal chart. The key to countering this is to seek to maximize your strengths, and to show them off to the world, safe in the knowledge that you do not need to also show your faults. Presenting your best and most confident face to others is something which Saturn in Virgo people have to learn the hard way.

You are quite authoritative by nature, however, and as a boss you will make a good leader. Be aware, however, that you can become too obsessed by petty rules and regulations. Remember why you are doing something, not just how to do it. If you make a conscious effort at all times to see the bigger picture, you can put your skills to good use instead of finding yourself restricted and held back.

Uranus

Uranus the mythological figure has a rather checkered background – his incestuous relationship with his mother Gaia gave rise to the Titans, and he was castrated by Saturn. From his severed manhood, Aphrodite/Venus was born. Some of this chaos and confusion has led to Uranus being seen as the planet of perversion and deviation – in his more positive guise, however, Uranus is known to us as the planet of rebellion, innovation, originality and independence

Uranus takes 84 years to complete one orbit of the Sun, spending approximately 7 years in each zodiac sign. For this reason, its influence in the birth chart is often seen as a generational one, because everyone born within that time period will have Uranus in the same sign. However, his house position is significant on an individual level and certain aspects or chart positions can make Uranus a much more important planet in any given chart.

Discovery and Eccentricity

Another of Uranus’ guises is as the space age or science fiction planet. Where we find Uranus in the chart is where we like to push the boundaries and to move beyond what is thought to be possible. This can manifest either as charming eccentricity, or as very real innovative talent – people with a strong Uranus are very often ahead of their time, in more ways than one.

Uranus has strong links with humanitarianism, and this innovation and idea creation often manifests in a socially just or conscious manner. Fairness is a big deal to this planet, and where he resides in the birth chart we often work hard to make things better.

Surprise is in the nature of Uranian energy. Sometimes this planet brings good surprises; more often than not he brings shocks. You never quite know what you’re going to get with Uranus, so it’s best to be prepared.

Uranus ruled Scorpio on your birthday.

Uranus in Scorpio

Uranus spends around seven years in each zodiac sign, so other people born several years before or after you will all also, most likely, have Uranus in Scorpio. For this reason, we consider it a generational influence rather than necessarily a personal one. If Uranus is particularly strong in your chart, however if it is your ruling planet, if your Sun, Moon or Ascendant sign is Aquarius, or if Uranus makes a particularly strong aspect to your Sun, Moon or Ascendant then you may feel these effects on a more personal level.

People with Uranus in Scorpio are often intense and powerful personalities, but with an almost obsessive desire to keep their lives private. They hide their emotions very well indeed and are generally quite inscrutable. Uranus in Scorpio people chase power, but not for selfish ends they want to change the world, and in order to do so, they need to make people listen. Usually, they are a tremendous force for good in the world, but occasionally this placing turns up in the charts of cult leaders and others who, while charismatic, are attempting to enforce ideas which harm others.

Neptune

Neptune was the Roman god of the sea, and there is much about this which makes sense for the astrological Neptune. Water is slippery and elusive, beautiful and mystifying, ever changing and shifting, at once both necessary and dangerous – and so are the influences the planet Neptune brings to the astrological chart.

Neptune takes 164 years to complete one orbit of the Sun, and so spends approximately 13 or 14 years in each sign. Like Uranus and Pluto, the other outer planets, Neptune’s influence in the birth chart is considered a generational one unless something in the chart indicates a greater importance for this planet.

Dreams Versus Illusions

In the natal chart, Neptune tells us a great deal about where our most mystical instincts lie. Neptune is the planet which sprinkles fairy tale magic into our lives, and she is also the planet of the whimsical and the mysterious. We look for this influence in the house position of Neptune, since her sign position is largely generational.

There is a point where dreams become illusions, and at that point Neptune’s influence becomes less fairy tale and more nightmare. When Neptune is very strong in a chart, the ability to tell reality from illusion can become blurred – these are the kinds of people who are highly gullible and often taken advantage of by others, despite or perhaps because of their kindness and compassion.

Neptune is strongly associated with the arts, so we also look to this planet as an indication of artistic talent, be it in music, art, dance, words or acting. The imagination is always inspired by this mystical planet, and Neptune is strong in the charts of many great fiction writers and playwrights.

Neptune was in Sagittarius on the day you were born.

Neptune in Sagittarius

Neptune spends around 14 years in each zodiac sign, and takes 168 years to complete one cycle of the zodiac. Because it spends so long in each sign, it is considered a generational, background influence unless Neptune is personalized in your chart. If you have a Pisces Sun, Moon or Ascendant, or if Neptune makes a strong aspect to your Sun, Moon or Ascendant, you may feel its effects more strongly.

Neptune was in Sagittarius between 1970 and 1985. This generation has been idealistic about the challenges facing the planet, and has pioneered some important green technology, with a more spiritual approach towards ecology. Neptunes idealism sits well with Sagittarian humanitarian energies, and this is a generation with much still to give to the world. On a personal level, where this placing is stronger in the chart, we find people who take practical steps towards humanitarianism, and who also fight for animal rights. An awareness of the cruelty and injustice in the world is very strong.

Pluto

The outermost of all of the planets, Pluto takes an astonishing 248 years to orbit the Sun. His orbit is erratic, however, and so Pluto spends between 11 and 32 years in each sign of the zodiac, making this planet very much a generational influence in the birth chart unless it is personalized.

Pluto was the god of the underworld in Greek mythology. His realm was beneath ground, and the planet which bears his name is associated with things buried deep in our subconscious and unconscious minds. Psychological difficulties are very much the domain of the astrological Pluto, as are power games and seduction, due to the god’s rather racy reputation.

That Which is Hidden

In the natal chart, Pluto’s house position helps to reveal that which is hidden from us, or by us. This planet is associated with crime, secrets and conspiracies, and with death and destruction. Bringing to light that which Pluto controls is never an easy process, and it always brings pain – but through that pain, we grow and we learn.

Think of Pluto’s energies as being similar to the Tower card in the tarot – he destroys and he tears down, but in doing so he clears the ground for us to start again. Pluto’s influences in the birth chart are complex and can manifest in both positive and negative ways.

The key is to understand the potential growth behind such actions, and to try to get a handle on what Pluto is teaching us in each situation.

On your birthday, Pluto ruled Libra.

Pluto in Libra

Pluto moves exceptionally slowly, taking almost 250 years to move through the whole zodiac, spending as few as 13 years in some signs or as many as 32 in others. For this reason, it is considered a background, generational influence on your chart. If, however, you have a Sun, Moon or Ascendant in Scorpio, or if Pluto makes an important aspect to these areas of your chart, then you may feel its effects on a more personal level.

Pluto was in Libra between 1971 and 1984. Many in this generation were attracted to drugs as a way of escapism, and Pluto in Libra does increase the Libran tendency to live in a fantasy world as a way of avoiding reality. On a personal level, Pluto and Libra are uneasy bedfellows, with Pluto creating drama and power struggles while all Libra wants is to keep the peace and live a quiet life. For those whose charts have this as a strong influence, there is a tendency to invent drama for no reason, especially in the love life, and then regret it when its too late. A compulsion to create arguments is present, almost in spite of the individuals better judgement, and this can cause a very up and down attitude towards relationships.