Cal Ripken Jr.

Planet      Longitude      Rx   Declination Sun 1 Virgo 28   10N57 Moon 27 Virgo 47   1N52 Mercury 25 Leo 05   14N30 Venus 18 Virgo 44   5N34 Mars 14 Gemini 24   22N09 Jupiter 23 Sagittarius 48   23S13 Saturn 12 Capricorn 18 Rx 23N04 Uranus 22 Leo 03   14N33 Neptune 6 Scorpio 51   12S27 Pluto 5 Virgo 41   20N38 Chiron 29 Aquarius 18 Rx 17N32 Node 16 Virgo 12     Ascendant 7 Scorpio 20     Midheaven 14 Leo 22

House System koch House      Longitude      1 7 Scorpio 20 2 4 Sagittarius 54 3 4 Capricorn 57 4 14 Aquarius 22 5 11 Pisces 53 6 9 Aries 42 7 7 Taurus 20 8 4 Gemini 54 9 4 Cancer 57 10 14 Leo 22 11 11 Virgo 53 12 9 Libra 42

Chapter 1. Your Most Important Cosmic Factors

Fewer than two planets in Water signs

ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS

Have people said that you are out of touch with feelings? Do some folks have difficulty conveying their emotions to you? Do you tend to ignore, discount or deny sentiments?

You strive to be emotionally self-sufficient or above it all. Yet, your emotional needs are stronger because they are unconsciously and habitually repressed. Work on compassion, empathy and emotional rapport.

It is even possible that you don't have much past life experience as a human being on planet earth. In that case, as you age and mature you can become more sensitive to the feelings of this world.

TIP: Water is a chief symbol for feelings. Bring the water element more into your life. Get a hot tub, water bed, fish tank, fountain, and pool. Live closer to a great body of water.

Lend an ear to someone who worked with feelings. Listen to Beethoven's 9th symphony.

Four or more planets in Earth signs

YOU COULD MANAGE A BUSINESS

You tend to be the practical sort: down to earth and concerned with material comfort and security. You favor "the real world." Inspirations, feelings and ideas don't mean so much to you as do practical applications, immediate ramifications and tangible results. Concrete facts are your thing. If you can't see it, smell it, hear it, feel it, taste it or touch it, you figure it isn't significant. Dreams and theoretical considerations might not mean much to you.

Being pragmatic, you don't usually take chances with your time, money, energy or your feelings. You tend to be dependable, although folks in the fast lane may find you a bit conservative and dull.

If you find that you're becoming bored or depressed, you should realize that your values are misplaced, and that your sense of security is false. If you're not happy, change your status quo and embrace the unknown. When paralyzed by fears and inhibitions, breathe deeply and move slowly and deliberately towards what you want.

If you put your mind to it, you could cultivate your green thumb. Outward beauty is important to you. Working with your hands can pay off. You can shape the materials of the earth into sellable products. You're well suited to have your own business, provided that you've chosen it.

Five or more planets in Mutable signs

YOU HAVE PLENTY OF INTERESTS

You're more versatile than most people. You enjoy variety and become bored easily. You're pretty good at adapting to change and going with the flow. In fact, you'd rather go with the tide than against it. Put another way, you're accommodating and obliging. You can adjust.

You're good at getting the word out- by phone, by pen or whatever.

It's possible that you do six or seventeen dozen things at a time. You're certainly not suited for the Zen approach of one thing at a time; nevertheless, try and focus yourself more. Establish your top two priorities in each of several arenas of your life.

TIP: You'll be happier as soon as you determine exactly what it is that you want.

Fewer than two planets in Cardinal signs

BEGIN SOMETHING NEW

If you are what you do, what have you done for yourself lately? Give yourself permission to move ahead and take the next step.

Concentration of planets in Virgo

STRONG HELPFUL STYLE

You cannot tolerate nonsense. You're a perfectionist. You're picky, precise and prudent. You're analytical, critical, fussy and orderly. You have many rituals. You need priorities and well suited work. You get pleasure from service.

Mercury Parallel Uranus

CONCEPTS UNITE WITH LIBERATION

Small and effective action is better than talk. Learn to speak with quick deeds. To make more money, learn to assimilate more information. Read more technical writing. When you feel that your job can be done by a robot or a computer, it is time for you to think about other jobs. You can make more money by becoming more independent in your thinking and progressive in your actions.

TIP: Go for high band width communication.

You've an intuitive, astute, independent and original mind. For an unusually exciting date, go hear a jazz vocalist. You can become very skilled at public communications, software development, chess, design and engineering.

Mars Contraparallel Jupiter

EXTRA ENERGY AND POWER

You are an active, competitive person. You're blessed with an abundance of explosive energy and courage. You are motivated by your ideals. You just keep going and going and going. Sometimes, you're a rash hothead. You're known for your stamina and your persistent luck.

Mars Parallel Saturn

MOTIVATIONS UNITE WITH DECISIONS

Duty and financial planning can motivate you. You can develop good organization, discipline and follow through. Your plans can lead you to excellence. To get what you want, you may have to move the earth. You can be moderately aggressive in your romantic pursuits.

Sometimes it may seem as if the hand of authority wants to smack you silly. Learning to work with "Mars Saturn Energy" can be a real pain in the you know what. If you find yourself faced with many difficulties to overcome, then you can become the kind of hero who moves mountains. Resolve the conflict that exists between your motivations and your conflicts. Determine that the responsibilities you choose will be a turn on. Learn to combine caution and prudence with decisive action. Learn when to stop and when to go.

TIP: Read Carl Von Clausewitz "On War", Princeton Paperbacks ISBN 0-691-01854-5.

Usually, you're a productive, methodical worker. You can learn to become self-reliant. You can develop exciting career options and powers of endurance.

Jupiter Contraparallel Saturn

ENCOURAGEMENT BRINGS OUT TALENT FOR DECISIONS

Once you decide to give yourself a break, you're half way home.

TIP: Write your own rules.

You can becoming a winner by allowing yourself to enjoy some struggle to get ahead. Learn to plod steadily forward in the face of adversity. Instead of unfavorably comparing yourself to others, learn to recognize your own self worth.

Jupiter beyond the Tropic of Capricorn

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.

Saturn beyond the Tropic of Cancer

SATURN EXTRAORDINARY WORK ETHIC

EXTRAORDINARY WORK ETHIC

Truly you have a "Saturnian side." You can be: the conservative, task master, seasoned professional and judge. You're very familiar with work and struggle. You tend to be serious, concerned, anxious and responsible. You usually make the extra effort necessary to get the job done. Between your duties and the rules & regulations, you may have missed much of the fun of a child.

TIP: Save your best efforts for yourself and those who demonstrate real appreciation for you.

Saturn Retrograde

DECISIVE FORCE IS TURNED WITHIN (APPARENT BACKWARD MOTION)

Something in you bridles against tradition, conventional wisdom and authority. You don't like to be told what to do. Evaluate when and where it is important to take on the establishment. Get Kerry Johnson's The Science of Self Discipline, available from Nightingale-Conant at 1-800-323-5552. Nightingale-Conant offers an unconditional, 30-day money-back guarantee.

TIP: Besides the hard ways, there are other ways to learn. If you can learn from hard knocks, then you can learn from pats on the back.

You can do some of your best work alone. Ironically, in your later years, you may become a leader.

Chiron Retrograde

MENTORING FORCE IS TURNED WITHIN (APPARENT BACKWARD MOTION)

The teachings that you were exposed to early in your life may not be the ones that work for you. A standard public school curriculum may not provide the education you require. You may need to search out a mentor or spend money on special teachers. It's likely that you will have to keep searching for the knowledge you need whatever that may be.