Abigail Van Buren

Planet      Longitude      Rx   Declination Sun 10 Cancer 35   23N02 Moon 6 Taurus 47   17N02 Mercury 17 Cancer 60   23N41 Venus 4 Gemini 41   19N36 Mars 4 Libra 36   1S45 Jupiter 27 Gemini 47   23N16 Saturn 13 Leo 14   17N23 Uranus 27 Aquarius 21 Rx 11N58 Neptune 5 Leo 53   18N44 Pluto 5 Cancer 07   19N13 Chiron 2 Aries 58   4N07 Node 21 Sagittarius 20     Ascendant 0 Gemini 54     Midheaven 6 Aquarius 30

House System koch House      Longitude      1 0 Gemini 54 2 26 Gemini 34 3 17 Cancer 30 4 6 Leo 30 5 13 Virgo 43 6 26 Libra 14 7 0 Sagittarius 54 8 26 Sagittarius 34 9 17 Capricorn 30 10 6 Aquarius 30 11 13 Pisces 43 12 26 Aries 14

Chapter 1. Your Most Important Cosmic Factors

Four or more planets in Fire signs

THE FLAMES OF YOUR PASSION

You tend to be active, dynamic, mobile and assertive. You know that you're special and enjoy a charmed life. Intuition is your thing and you live by your own code, which is usually positive and life affirming. Competitive and flamboyant, you give people a strong and immediate impression of who you are. Timid and slow folk may find you overwhelming, rash and willful. You are more or less self-motivated.

TIP: When dealing with regular people and mere mortals, be patient and polite.

You may or may not carry a vision of the future. If you do, it is your passion and inspiration that can make you the hub of the wheel and an inspiration to others. Once you are sufficiently inspired, you can accomplish virtually anything. On the contrary, when you are without a vision, an aspiration or a goal, you become a candidate for spontaneous combustion.

TIP: If you are a hot head or have dry skin, drink several glasses of pure water every day.

You need to build up your energy and avoid burn out. Make the most of cat naps.

Fewer than two planets in Earth signs

ABOUT GETTING GROUNDED

Because of a certain restlessness and discontent, you're not the most practical person in the world. You may even be a bit spacey. In fact, sometimes you may wonder if you are of this world. Try using a to do list to your advantage. Train yourself to do important things with the force of habit. You may be disinterested in the mundane. As long as stability alludes you, so will a complete and happy life.

TIP: Get the things of the earth into your home.

Add some live plants to your environment. Fill your home with tile, pottery, wicker, ceramics, rocks and crystals. Spend more time in the present moment. Constantly remind yourself to "be here now". Eat more solid foods such as stews, soups, cooked grains and casseroles. Get more into your body. Treat yourself to regular professional massage. Find a sport or exercise regime that you can enjoy. Walk around in your bare feet in the cool dewy grass. Work to acquire a sense of steady rhythm and endurance.

Four or more planets in Air signs

YOUR MIND IS YOUR MOST VALUABLE ASSET

Your mind is your most valuable asset; you could be an intellectual. The world of ideas is important to you. Intellectual companionship, seminars, books, magazines, films, and educational cassettes interest you. Feeding your mind is just as important as feeding your body. School can be the place for you.

TIP: In the words of Robert Anton Wilson, "You need to learn more about everything, including how to learn more."

People fascinate you and you tend to regard them in a detached manner. Consequently you enjoy teamwork and social interactions more than most folk. Sentimentality does not figure highly in most of your relationships.

You can excel in any field that requires negotiation skills. Sales and writing may be avenues of pursuit. You have an affinity for abstract reasoning, codes of law and ethics - you're very good at perceiving, comparing and communicating. You are much more objective than most people, and probably more liberal in your thinking.

Your weakness is not foolishness so much as it is indecisiveness. Too much thinking can result in lost opportunities. There is a time to get out of your head and make a decision. If you find that you can't sleep because your mind is racing, get up and work with your ideas. Get ideas down on paper, onto index cards, into a word processing machine or up and out into the airwaves.

Consider getting a brain machine and taking "smart drugs." Learn speed reading and typing. To avoid overstimulation, cut back on the use of artificial sweeteners and sugar. To the same end, you might take a mineral supplement and kelp tablets.

Five or more planets in Cardinal signs

YOU DO YOUR OWN THING

You like to start things and take the initiative. You have to act, but do not like to be told what to do. You are restless, energetic, driving, outgoing, opportunistic and ambitious. You're full of primal energy and do not cope well with direct and constant supervision. You're suited for self-employment, or the kind of work where you are in charge. Probably, you're more busy than bored.

TIP: Learn to delegate in order to become a better leader.

You've a strong outward orientation to career, love, home and family. Deal directly with surroundings and others.

Sun Parallel Mercury

SELF-EXPRESSION UNITES WITH CONCEPTS

You have at least one indication of a high IQ. Put more power into your creative projects. Allow yourself time for self- reflection and introspection. You can become a star by making the most of your own intelligence. Get organized. Use common sense. Romantically speaking: clarify your desires, speak from the heart, send out clear signals, and enjoy more well-placed kisses.

Sun Parallel Jupiter

SELF-EXPRESSION UNITES WITH ENCOURAGEMENT EXTRA HELPING OF GOOD LUCK

There's something big about you and your character. You're generous and have a zest for living. You have a bit of luck and tend to be warm, outgoing and happy.

TIP: Abigail Van Buren, learn when enough is enough.

Your natural optimism and open-mindedness bring out the best in those you gather around you. Your lively sense of humor can compensate for many of your other traits. Celebrate big deals over big meals.

Moon Parallel Saturn

INSTINCTS UNITE WITH DECISIONS

You can positively relate to people by searching your feelings, being objective and then doing your duty to resolve some of the alienation that you are experiencing.

You may do some of your best relating with an older person. You need emotional support as well as practical and immediate answers. Learn patience and perseverance.

Learn to draw upon your own inner strength and security and problem solving abilities. Learn to control your emotions without repressing them. Get beyond your parents emotional limitations. Get beyond the suspicions and traumas of childhood.

TIP: Your self esteem fluctuates up and down. It is not static. Take control.

Discipline with your diet can lead to the achievement of other ambitions. In time, people will appreciate the work you do on yourself.

Mercury Parallel Jupiter

CONCEPTS UNITE WITH ENCOURAGEMENT

Both common sense and business sense are yours. You can be constructive and can develop literary skills. You've a mind for politics and for propaganda. You might want to start your own Zine. A Zine is a sort of magazine that came about as a result of desk top publishing and the photocopy and offset printing processes. One way or another, you can make money from your ideas. You can do anything you put your mind to.

You can become a very persuasive communicator. You can learn to see both sides of a dispute. You would be very good at law, negotiation and arbitration. You can develop a gift for prophecy.

TIP: Allow yourself the luxury of brainstorming sessions; on regular occasion, think about "possibilities" without being critical or doubting. Education will play a pivotal role in your life.

Venus Parallel Neptune

GREAT CHARISMA

You are known for your polished image, great glamour and amorous disposition. Your charm and beauty borders on magic. You may become a public figure. You can achieve recognition for your art or music. You can make money through your talents and endorsements. You love to escape into luxury.

Venus Parallel Pluto

EXTREME PASSIONS AND PLEASURES

You can make money from investments and from buying businesses. You can make a ton of money, literally. You have a phenomenal ability to make money. You can make money on borrowed money and you can make money lending money. You might consider currencies and derivatives. You enjoy personal power, secret wealth and pleasures.

Neptune Parallel Pluto

SPECIAL CONTROL

You have mystical abilities, curious dreams and the ability to cultivate great self-mastery. You can help others get over their guilt trips.

Sun beyond the Tropic of Cancer

ENERGY COMES AND GOES

Your energy could come and go. Pack your schedule on the up swing. Give yourself more rest on the down swing.

Mercury beyond the Tropic of Cancer

EXTRAORDINARY COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS

There is no doubt about it Abigail Van Buren. You are a "Mercurial Character." You can be: the messenger, reporter, critic, trickster, educator, whiz kid, D.J., pixie and voyeur. You can develop a unique way with words. You're encouraged to learn another language, perhaps Spanish or a computer language.

Pay attention to themes of "twoness" and you can double your good luck. For example, you can double your income by developing skill as a paid speaker and published author.

Jupiter beyond the Tropic of Cancer

EXTRAORDINARY SOCIAL SKILLS

Truly you are a "Jovial Character." You can be: a great sport, the wheeler-dealer, liberal, optimist, lawyer, solder of fortune or preacher. In some way you are lucky. You tend to get away clean when others may be stopped by the heavy hand of authority. Something about you is very big. You're at least in part naturally affable. You can learn to reach out and network with people in a big way. Expand your limits. Major success is in your future. Guard against the tendency to overdue it or to excessively take the law into your own hands.

TIP: Make it a point to travel around the world. Your destiny requires international people, places and things for fulfillment.

Uranus Retrograde

LIBERATING FORCE IS TURNED WITHIN (APPARENT BACKWARD MOTION)

When you are feeling especially anxious and socially alienated, it may be a sign that you are rebelling against yourself. Allow yourself the freedom to be unique and, possibly, unconventional. Unusual friends are pluses too. You can be a genius.