Carlo Benetton

Planet      Longitude      Rx   Declination Sun 3 Capricorn 48   23S24 Moon 24 Sagittarius 19   19S60 Mercury 23 Capricorn 16   22S00 Venus 20 Scorpio 52   15S46 Mars 6 Gemini 19 Rx 19S02 Jupiter 26 Leo 48 Rx 12S03 Saturn 22 Gemini 12 Rx 24S27 Uranus 5 Gemini 47 Rx 21S20 Neptune 4 Libra 20   0S36 Pluto 8 Leo 14 Rx 13S04 Chiron 16 Virgo 19   0N34 Node 8 Leo 29     Ascendant 2 Aries 36     Midheaven 1 Capricorn 13

House System koch House      Longitude      1 2 Aries 36 2 11 Taurus 04 3 9 Gemini 44 4 1 Cancer 13 5 23 Cancer 21 6 23 Leo 14 7 2 Libra 36 8 11 Scorpio 04 9 9 Sagittarius 44 10 1 Capricorn 13 11 23 Capricorn 21 12 23 Aquarius 14

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 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.

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 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.

Sun Parallel Saturn

SELF-EXPRESSION UNITES WITH DECISIONS

Virginia Woolf said, "I don't believe in aging, I believe in forever altering one's aspect to the sun."

You're serious, responsible, industrious and hardworking. You probably matured early and may have missed out on much of the joy of childhood. You tend to get along well with mature people and the elderly. You can become a star by becoming more purposeful. Your discipline can make you a self-made person.

You can become a star by learning how to get more joy out of the sheer struggle of life. Become consciously aware of the rules that you have made for yourself and for others. Become aware of internal voices that judge you.

Moon Parallel Mars

INSTINCTS UNITE WITH MOTIVATION

You like to be candid, sincere and excitable. Your mom could be a bit of a hot head. One way or another, you deal with intense emotions. Find a safe way to feel your feelings.

Once you learn to control your temper you can succeed with people. Maintain an even flow of emotions. Be brave and you will overcome obstacles. Caring is one thing and criticism is another. People are touchy and appreciate any sensitivity you show for them. Burn off some steam. Enjoy some competitive sport.

TIP: Pace yourself to your partner.

Get psyched and take the initiative. Start new projects. Yes, it is up to you to fire the emotional charge and get things going in your life.

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.

Jupiter Parallel Pluto

INCREDIBLE TALENT AND SUPER SUCCESS

You can be a super champion in just about any field. You need to be noticed and you will be known for your power, your connections, your generosity and your adventures. You are highly competitive and unrelenting in the pursuit of your goals. Super powers and super riches can be yours.

Neptune Contraparallel Chiron

FANTASY BRINGS OUT TALENT FOR MENTORING INSPIRES POTENT COACHING

When seeking a learning or healing experience, allow your intuition to guide you. You can develop uncommon extrasensory skills. Like many things in life, your psychic powers will not

likely sprout much past seed stage unless you pay attention and take care.

TIP: Start or join a metaphysical study group.

Neptune Contraparallel Node

FANTASY BRINGS OUT TALENT FOR INTERCHANGING INSPIRES POTENT ALLIANCES

Cavort with kindred spirits. Every few years or so, rent a place on the water and invite lots of friends to share your hospitality. Study the idea of "Water Brother" as developed by Robert A. Heinlein in "Stranger in a Strange Land".

To fulfill your destiny, you need to develop your psychic and intuitive skills. Just as importantly, you need to learn to see yourself and other people and situations as they are, not as you really wish they were.

Chiron Parallel Node

MENTORING UNITES WITH INTERCHANGING

DESTINY REQUIRES MAVERICK ASSOCIATIONS

Erratic, eccentric behavior causing problems? Find out who you really are, explore uncharted territory. Get together with different types of people. Fill a unique social niche.

TIP: Find a public forum to share your inner teachings and self knowledge.

Sun beyond the Tropic of Capricorn

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.

Saturn beyond the Tropic of Capricorn

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.

Mars Retrograde

MOTIVATING FORCE IS TURNED WITHIN (APPARENT BACKWARD MOTION)

There is more to your actions than meets the eye. Often times, you do not do what you are told. You do not necessarily obey all of the laws all of the time. Because of this it is important for you to decide which laws you will follow. You need a code to live by to make your life easier.

Are you a candidate for repressed and potentially explosive anger? Do you exhibit passive aggressive behavior? If so, it's a good idea for you to learn healthy and appropriate ways to deal with your anger. Otherwise, your temper may get the best of you. An appropriate channel for these angry feelings might be rigorous physical exercise. Exercises specific to your needs are in the section that follows.

TIP: Beware of displaced or misplaced aggression.

Energetically you're not necessarily more docile or lazier than other people, you just use your power and strength differently. You can go off on your own tangent. You can have cycles of unconventional action and sexual behavior. Prominent persons with "retrograde Mars" include Mahatma Ghandi and Martin Luther King.

Some places possibly suited to your curious Martian temperament may include Alabama, Albania, Angola, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Japan, and Tennessee.

Jupiter Retrograde

FORCE OF ENCOURAGEMENT IS TURNED WITHIN (APPARENT BACKWARD MOTION)

It hasn't been easy for you to find your place in the community. You're more philosophical and meditative than most people. Somewhat socially reclusive, you often prefer your own company. Paradoxically, you have a great need to belong to a group. This is one of your most basic choices: Will you sustain the effort to create a place for yourself in the community, or will you become progressively more unhappy, isolated and alienated?

TIP: If you're not happy with social conditions, retreat, reconsider and find a creative way to rebel.

Search out groups of people who share your belief systems and with whom you are psychologically attuned. This may take some time to find the proper fit. The people that you are looking for are out of the ordinary, uncommon and atypical. Consider starting a local chapter of a national or global organization.

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.

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.

Pluto Retrograde

CLEANSING FORCE IS TURNED WITHIN (APPARENT BACKWARDS MOTION)

Become aware of your deeply seated psychological motivations. Recognizing and grappling with your repressed desires and your suppressed anger will benefit you tremendously. Among the benefits are: increased energy, productivity and peace of mind, body and soul. Spend some time alone contemplating and meditating.