GUIDELINE NUMBER SIX: When you have taken the first five guidelines as far as they can go, drop them. Recognize that astrology has done its job. It has helped you to crystallize the essence of a set of life issues. Now use your own heart and mind to find ways to resolve them.

GUIDELINE NUMBER FIVE: Isolate patterns and themes in the birthchart. Recognize planetary alliances. Observe clusters of meaning. Note thematic tensions.

GUIDELINE NUMBER FOUR: Determine how the north and south nodes of the moon impact on the other features of the birthchart.

GUIDELINE NUMBER THREE: After absorbing the meaning of the primal triad and understanding the birthchart’s hemispheric emphasis, establish the identities of the planetary focalizers. Once identified, understand what role they play in the chart.

GUIDELINE NUMBER TWO: Temporarily forget the individual meanings of the planets. Simply observe whether a majority of them lie in anyone of the four hemispheres of the birthchart.

GUIDELINE NUMBER ONE: Ignore everything until you have thoroughly grasped the sun, moon, and ascendant.

Wherever Neptune lies on the birthchart we find an exposed nerve, an extraordinarily sensitive, vulnerable place. Here is a part of the mind that refuses to accept the limitations of the “real world.” It is often an inspired area, a visionary one. But also an area in which the person must guard against disorganization, wishful thinking, and

They move faster and faster. Even distant Pluto, the slowest, covers three miles each second.

The perception of harmony in the outer world translates into calm in the inner world. And that is one of the keystones of Libra’s evolutionary strategy: it must constantly beautify its environment.