JAE SLRs & Demi-SLRs 2023-24

[Jim Eshelman]

At present, I expect my 2023 SSR will occur at my home in LA. If that changes, I'll update this post with the correct details.

The SSR will occur October 10, 2023, 7:46:09 PM PDT.
JUPITER = 10
Benefic = 18, Malefic = 8
Dignity = 10, Indignity = 5
Change = 9
Spotlight = 0
Natal = 21, Transiting = 14

t Uranus on Asc -3°53'
r Venus on Dsc -1°42'
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t Jupiter on Asc +1°06'
r Saturn on Dsc +2°37'
r Jupiter on IC +2°57'
r Uranus on IC +3°20'
t Mars on WP +1°11'
t Pluto on MC +3°24' stationary
r Mercury on Dsc +5°36'

t Pluto op r Uranus 0°14'
r Jupiter-Uranus co 0°17'
r Jupiter-Saturn sq 0°20' M
t Mars sq r Jupiter 0°36'
t Pluto op r Jupiter 0°37'
r Saturn-Uranus sq 0°43'
t Mars sq r Uranus 0°53'
t Pluto op r Saturn 0°57' M
t Jupiter op r Mercury 1°02'
t Mars-Pluto sq 1°24'
t Jupiter op r Saturn 1°31' M
t Jupiter sq r Jupiter 1°51' M
t Pluto op r Mercury 2°03' M
t Uranus op r Venus 2°11' M
t Jupiter sq r Uranus 2°14' M
r Mercury-Uranus sq 2°17' M
r Mercury-Saturn co 2°24'
t Jupiter-Pluto sq 2°28'
r Mercury-Jupiter sq 2°39' M
t Jupiter op r Venus 2°48' M

Other Partile Aspects
t Mars sq r Mars 0°11' M
t Mars co r Neptune 0°31' M
-- r Mars-Neptune 0°20' M
t Venus-Saturn op 0°47'

[Jim Eshelman]

For the new year, I'm going to try something a little different with the themes summaries I've been adding to the top of these. The goal is to get even more insight into the relationship of the full SLR vs. the Demi-SLR.

Here's what we already know: BOTH the SLR and the Demi-SLR have the simple definition that they describe the initial character of their periods. For the SLR this is four weeks; for the Demi-SLR, two weeks. Even when they disagree sharply, this definition of each shows the outstanding characteristics of its own period can be true - in many different ways - e.g., they can refer to different events (we all have more than one thing going on in our life), or they can describe circumstances that start out one way and evolve into something else, or they can describe different sides of the same circumstances.

The most common way they work out (when seemingly different) is that the SLR primarily describes events in the first two weeks, then the Demi describes things in the last two weeks. This characteristic is so consistent that we could make it our one working rule and be very impressed with the outcome.

But, while "each gets its own two weeks" is the most successful single working rule, it's not the whole story. We know that the SLR has reach through the whole month. There is the recurring question, "Does the SLR color the Demi, or provide the context within which the Demi operates?" - My current answer (which may surprise some of you) is that, no, mostly it doesn't - a "bad" lunar followed by a "good" demi doesn't have a "slightly better second half," but usually has a good second half. But, maybe that's not quite right - maybe it's only good in contrast, or it depends on more complex things like orbs of the planets involved etc.

We have the big picture. We know how these things usually work. But we're not so solid on the fine points.

For the new year of SLRs and Demi-SLRs, then, I'm going to give the themes summaries for Demi-SLRs two ways. First, I'll give it the simple way I've been calculating it, just for the Demi itself. Second, I'll add points for angularities in the full lunar - blending the two - to see if that paints a different picture. Hopefully there will be at least a couple of months during the year that give a chance to see a real difference and observe something about how these layers interact.

A related issue is when a return occurs away from residence, then one returns. SLRs seem flexible and adaptable - both locations' charts seem to operate concurrently so, in that case, a blend makes even more sense (though in reality I think each chart operates in its own terms and sometimes a blend would confuse things, losing fine points). I may deal with this as I go.

To make what I'm saying clearer, here are the themes from my current (September 15) Demi-SLR, which occurred the day after Marion's surgery:

MARS = 5
Malefic = 7, Benefic = 0
Spotlight = 7
Dignity = 4, Indignity = 3, Change = 0
Transit = 12, Natal = 3

It shows a Mars-dominant chart, heavily malefic with much spotlight. Maybe (I'm still deciding) having far more transit-planet activity than natal-planet activity means that the main causative elements are from my environment rather than myself.

Secondly, I'll add in the planet scores for the SLR within which the above Demi occurs - as a way of investigating whether a blend of the two charts is more accurately descriptive than the Demi-SLR by itself (in a "large picture," simplistic sense). I'm using the SLR for where it occurred (not at home - it was in San Luis Obispo).

JUPITER = 7
Dignity = 11, Indignity = 6
Malefic = 10, Benefic = 8
Spotlight = 7, Change = 1
Transit = 24, Natal = 3

This is a different chart! In fact, it's an interesting mix, being still slightly more malefic than benefic (but not much) while Jupiter is the dominant planet (being 0°01' from an angle in the SLR). While I haven't taken the aspects into consideration (they give the nuance and texture of the periods better), it's easier to say (so far) that the overall impression of this blend is more accurate. It's a way top acknowledge that strong Jupiter in the SLR is still operating. With malefic a little stronger than benefic, I'd summarize it as "both rough stuff and easy stuff happens, with a bit more of the hard stuff." This is pretty accurate. We are, indeed, quite blessed to have sterling medical coverage (which can't be taken for granted today), support of my employer and our friends, and a stable home and relationship so that we can summarize, "This is a bad thing that happened but, y'know, we're pretty OK, all things considering."

Isn't that exactly how you might summarize a Jupiter-dominant month with somewhat more malefic indicators than benefic? - Even the elevated Dignity score fits in the sense that I've been accumulating extra "admiration points" across our communities just for doing the natural thing of taking care of my wife.

Anyway, I'm hoping to learn something new to adjust the nuances of how we interpret the relationship between SLRs and their Demis in the last half of the month. Even if nothing clear comes of it, THAT will be educational.

[Jim Eshelman]

Nov 21, 2023, 8:33:33 PM PST, at work
Dignity = 6, Indignity = 1
Change = 8
Benefic = 8, Malefic = 6, Spotlight = 3
Natal = 15, Transit = 8

Impressions: Positive leaning. Benefic angularities are only a little stronger than malefics, but the aspects seem heavily comfort-leaning (and dignity far outstrips indignity). Change is in motion from that strong Pluto opposite Uranus. (I'll be at work when this occurs.) - I'm pleased that transiting Sun-Mars-Saturn and Moon-Neptune are background.

r Neptune on N -2°10'
r Sun on IC -5°53'
t Venus on IC -4°38'
r Jupiter on Asc -4°25'
r Uranus on Asc -3°58'
t Pluto on Dsc -2°46'
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r Mars on Dsc +1°42'

t Pluto op r Uranus 0°05'
t Venus sq r Jupiter 0°13' M
r Jupiter-Uranus co 0°17'
t Pluto op r Jupiter 0°22'
t Venus sq r Uranus 0°40' M
t Venus co r Sun 1°16' M
r Sun-Jupiter 1°28' M
t Venus-Pluto sq 1°51' M
r Sun-Uranus sq 1°56' M
t Pluto sq r Neptune 1°54'
r Uranus-Neptune sq 2°00'
r Jupiter-Neptune sq 2°16'
r Mars-Neptune sq 2°25'

Other Partile Aspects
t Mars-Saturn co 0°56' M
r Mercury-Saturn co 1°00' M

[Jim Eshelman]

So far, this has been an easy lunar. Extra days off because of holidays. The downside has not been all bad, since mostly it's that I got a new Covid-19 booster that had a strong "feel like I'm getting sick" effect for most of a week and undercut my ability to get things done. I made some bold moves on the annual budget requests at work and solved a couple of problems people didn't know existed. We missed a party at the Four Seasons we'd really wanted to go to because it wasn't as good a day for Marion as others had been lately. A favorite Korean place around the corner closed without warning. - So, some grumbly stuff, mostly some easy stuff, didn't get nearly as much written as I'd hoped by have listened to tons of Melissa Etheridge while prepping to write about her.

I'm guessing the strong antibody-generating, feel-like-I'm-sick effect of the flu shot is the main meaning of natal Mars (and, more broadly, natal Mars-Neptune) being so strong. (Like being sick - but not.)

Tuesday (probably felt some on Monday), the Demi-SLR comes in, which is the worst chart I've experienced in years. (I usually leave town for these. Circumstances kept me from doing that this time.) That means it will be an unusually good test of the relationship between the full SLR and the Demi-SLR - how much they are independent vs. nested.

[Jim Eshelman]

Dec 5, 2023, 5:23:56 PM PDT, home
NEPTUNE = 6, MARS = 5
Malefic = 11, Benefic = 0 / Indignity = 9, Dignity = 1
Change = 4, Spotlight = 3
Transit = 17, Natal = 5

WITH SLR ADDED:
MARS = 10 (Neptune, Pluto = 7)
Malefic = 17, Benefic = 8
Change = 10
Indignity = 10, Dignity = 7, Spotlight = 6

Impressions: The most malefic lunar return I've had in years. (I'd have left town if circumstances hadn't rearranged to make that unfeasible.) Transiting Mars and Neptune are the primary forces (Neptune stationary), with Saturn backing them. At this point, I think it would be in my favor to get my 12/27 scheduled eye surgery moved to before 12/21 so that it takes the brunt of this (anesthesia, cutting, and recovery fit well). - Aspects are weakening, abrupt, and difficult (but mostly with less-foreground planets). - This will be an excellent test of the relationship of the SLR and Demi-SLR (whether they are more distinctive or more nested) since the current SLR is a mostly good chart, though the blend still is hardship-biased.)

t Mercury on Dsc -7°54'
t Neptune on Z -0°12' (stationary)
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t Mars on WPa +0°43'
t Saturn on MC +4°36'
r Pluto on IC +6°59'
r/t Moon on Z +2°13'
t Sun on Dsc +9°04'

t Moon-Neptune op 1°25' M [t Ne co r Mo 2°25']
t Sun sq r Pluto 2°05' M
t Saturn op r Pluto 2°23' M

Other Partile Aspects
t Uranus op r Venus 0°03' M
t Pluto op r Jupiter 0°04'
t Pluto op r Uranus 0°13'
t Jupiter op r Mercury 0°36' M

[Jim Eshelman]

It could be all of the malefic Mars-Neptune symbolism manifests from some other source other than the eye surgery itself. If so, I would feel better about the scheduled eye surgery?

Then again, I'm not eager to have another, separate malefic manifestation

As I've had time to think about this chart and the pending surgery, I realize that my biggest concerns about these planets and the surgery are the idea of infection. That could compromise the result, increase the chances of rejection, etc. But there is no Mars-Neptune aspect - there are only separate, disconnected Mars and Neptune angularities. It's the aspect that would carry the most serious infection risks, and the chart doesn't have that.

The surgery WILL involve very deep anesthesia (a breathing tube will take over respiration, etc.). It will involve cutting and pain. And I'll feel rotten for at least a couple of days. Those are the best outcomes I could imagine from these planets.

OTOH I'm intrigued at the next SLR in two weeks. It has something very interesting: I've had a Uranus-Neptune square all my life, but the next SLR rotates them exactly right so that not only are they foreground, their mundane square is 0°00' (and they are well aspected). One might expect an extreme altered reality from thus - which, I've been thinking, could be the aftermath of the eye surgery (though strong effects aren't expected that fast).

[Jim Eshelman]

Nothing horrible has happened under this pernicious-looking Demi-SLR. there were psychological effects - some troubled states of mind as if invading my psyche from outside. A few irritants and one modest disappointment (taxes took more of my annual bonus than I expected so we weren't able to pay down quite as much debt as I expected, from leaning heavily into the credit cards since Marion's accident; but we paid nearly as much). A few days still remain, but I think I got off surprisingly well.

Limiting to Class 2 angularities, the Demi looks like this:

t Neptune on Z -0°12' (stationary)
----------------------------
t Mars on WPa +0°43'
t Saturn on MC +4°36'
r Pluto on IC +6°59'

The main aspect is Saturn opposite natal Pluto, closer mundanely than ecliptically.

This brings me back around to my main special inquiry this year: How much the full SLR really affects the Demi. My SLR was more positive than negative. These are also all under a predominantly positive SSR. So, especially when the Demi differs noticeably from the SLR, I want to plot their relationship this year.

Using my scoring system, rating the Demi-SLR by itself produces the following (I see I made a small error scoring natal Pluto above):

NEPTUNE = 6, Mars = 5
Malefic = 11, Benefic = 0
Indignity = 9, Dignity = 1
Spotlight = 3, Change = 2
Transit = 17, Natal = 3

Clearly malefic-biased with indignity - most impact seeming to come from outside rather than originating with my own actions - and predominantly a Neptune (and, secondarily, Mars) chart.

If combine it with the full SLR, on the theory that the Demi is nested within the still-operating SLR, it shifts to this (calculated for my office, where this set up):

MARS = 10 (Neptune, Pluto = 7)
Malefic = 17, Benefic = 8
Indignity = 10, Dignity = 7
Change = 10
Spotlight = 6

This has changed, but not much (since natal Mars was actually the single strongest angularity in the SLR). This is still shown as a malefic period, but less extremely so (there are clear benefic elements). The Change factor is stronger. The period is predominantly Mars, with Neptune (plus Pluto) secondary, rather than Neptune leading and Mars second. This had mostly natal planets angular, so there is no transit-bias as in the Demi itself.

Mostly, I'd say not a LOT of difference - nothing that would make me see it much differently - but it did get softened a little.

Next, I will layer in the SSR to see how the Demi-SLR's two-week period would look if we are supposed to judge it as part of the SSR year AND SLR month:

MARS = 13, JUPITER = 13
Change = 19
Benefic = 26, Malefic = 25
Dignity = 17, Indignity = 15
Spotlight = 6

Benefic and malefic are almost perfectly balanced (and, if anything, benefic edging out slightly). Change is the only strong stand-alone factor. Mars and Jupiter are tied for leading (which is why benefic and malefic are strongest), describing the time reasonably well (including the debt-juggle). There is no transit vs. natal planet imbalance.

If I were to read the period from this triple layering, I'd say that it's a time when a lot is happening, things are shifting and rearranging, benefic and malefic forces are more or less in balance with a tendency to live life strong and have to juggle resources. This would be quite an accurate summary!

Finally - one more way - suppose we leave out the SLR, on the theory that the Demi-SLR lives on its own terms except it exists within the SSR year. Here is how the Demi-SLR and the SSR composite:

JUPITER = 10 (Mars, Saturn = 8)
Malefic = 19, Benefic = 18
Indignity = 14, Dignity = 11
Change = 11, Spotlight = 3

This isn't much different. I can't really tell a difference between this and the last one, so I draw much of a conclusion. It has less of a voice for change (and there have been shifts in these two weeks, especially Marion getting back on her feet and getting our car back, with my schedule starting to be more full time in the office next week), so in that sense maybe the three-layer is more descriptive than the SSR+DSLR alone.

This post is merely a first piece of evidence - a first step in one of this year's projects. There will be more chances to look at this as my birthday year continues. For the current two-week period, all three variants of layering in other charts have made it more consistent with the time than the Demi alone, although it never really levelled out until the SSR was included.

[Jim Eshelman]

Dec 19, 2023, 1:55:21 AM PST, home
Benefic = 8, Malefic = 8, Change = 8, Dignity = 8, Indignity = 6, Spotlight = 3
Natal = 24, Transit = 3

Impressions: This is the fortnight I'll have my eye surgery (cornea transplant), on December 27. The chart is perfectly balanced on benefics and malefics - I would expect a strong malefic presence for cutting and deep anesthesia and am happy to have the benefics. The planets are almost entirely my own, the only transiting input being Pluto. More than anything else, I'm intrigued by the 0°00' natal Uranus-Neptune square: I've had this 2°00' ecliptical square all my life, and to have it so emphatic at 00' for this suggests that "altered reality" - literally seeing the world differently - might be the consequence intended. - Natal Neptune is the single most angular planet and, outside the foreground, Sun conjoins Neptune. This makes sense for the depth of anesthesia and general convalescence.

t Pluto on IC -3°15'
r Jupiter on MC -2°29'
r Uranus on MC -2°16'
r Neptune on EP -0°09'
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r Mars on IC +1°43'
r Sun on Asc + 6°11'

r Uranus-Neptune sq 0°00' M
r Jupiter-Uranus co 0°13' M
r Jupiter-Neptune sq 0°13' M
t Pluto op r Jupiter 0°18'
t Pluto op r Uranus 0°35'
t Pluto sq r Neptune 0°59' M
r Mars-Neptune sq 2°25'

Other Partile Aspects
t Sun-Neptune sq 0°42' M


PS - If I blend this with the SSR, it comes out quite different:
JUPITER = 15 (Uranus = 11)
Benefic = 26, Malefic = 16
Dignity = 18, Indignity = 11
Change = 17
Spotlight = 3
Natal = 43, Transit = 19

[Jim Eshelman]

Jan 2, 2024, 1:29:22 AM PST, Los Olivos, CA (sleeping at 34N39'58'', 120W06'51'')
JUPITER = 12
Benefic = 15, Malefic = 5
Dignity = 12, Indignity = 5
Change = 11
Spotlight = 0

Impressions: Pluto opposite natal Jupiter-Uranus is the main feature. This should be the time I'm healing well from my eye surgery and (in the second week) returning to work. The chart is predominantly benefic.

r Jupiter on Z -0°32'
r Uranus on Z -0°15'
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t Jupiter on WPa +0°04
t Pluto on IC +1°29'
r Neptune on Asc +2°09'
r Mars on IC +6°48'

r Jupiter-Uranus co 0°12' M
r Jupiter-Neptune sq 0°39' M
t Pluto sq r Neptune 0°41' M
t Pluto op r Jupiter 0°43'
r Uranus-Neptune sq 0°51' M
t Pluto op r Uranus 1°00'
r Mars-Neptune sq 2°25'

Other Partile Aspects
t Mercury sq r Moon 0°17'
t Venus-Saturn sq 0°57'

On returning home, it will be slightly different. (Not a big difference, mostly softening the extreme orbs on the Jupiters and cranking up Pluto a little more.)

Does the Demi operate as a sub-set of the SLR rather than independently? If so, we get something ultimately the same, just a more extreme version, and with a natal planet bias.
JUPITER = 17
Benefic = 23, Malefic = 13
Dignity = 20, Indignity = 11
Change = 19
Spotlight = 3

We get similar results if, instead, we merge it with the very positive SSR:
JUPITER = 21
Benefic = 32, Malefic = 13
Dignity = 21, Indignity = 10
Change = 20
Spotlight = 0

[Jim Eshelman]

We're at the end of the first two weeks of the SLR. Whether it continues to have a voice or is superseded by the Demi, this is a good time to assess it. Clearly the most important event of this time is my eye surgery (cornea transplant) last Wednesday, which was an event on its own and has dominated the time since in terms of looking after it, recovery, etc. The only other unusual feature is that I'm off work for these two weeks, so away from the office and what happens there (which has been very little over the holidays).

I should assess the SLR in terms of these two matters, I think.

Benefic = 8, Malefic = 8, Change = 8, Dignity = 8, Indignity = 6, Spotlight = 3
Natal = 24, Transit = 3

The summary is interesting. It is almost totally neutral. I would have said this is a positive period simply because I got the desired surgery and nothing went wrong, but I'm sure it's more objectively correct to say that it is a mix of these good results and 'bad' things like ongoing minor pain, the effect of the surgery alone, the minor nuisance of post-surgical precautions and care (medicinal eye drops four times a day), etc. I have no problem with the summary.

Nearly all the foreground activity is natal planets. That makes no obvious sense. Yes, I decided to have the surgery but, primarily, this is somebody doing something to me, which theoretically expects more transiting influence. This natal vs. transit distinction (whether most of the effect comes primarily from within one or from outside in the environment) is theoretical and, so far, I have never seen it decisively be right. At present, my conclusion would have to be that one can't tell such things from the natal vs. transit balance. (I'll keep watching.)

t Pluto on IC -3°15'
r Jupiter on MC -2°29'
r Uranus on MC -2°16'
r Neptune on EP -0°09'
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r Mars on IC +1°43'
r Sun on Asc + 6°11'

On holistic impression, the transiting planets are correct. I haven't broken them down analytically yet (I'll do that here).

The single strongest of four strong natal planets is natal Neptune 0°09' from EP. This is a solid fit: Neptune refers broadly to the conditions of convalescence. We can break it down more - anesthesia and unconsciousness, slightly increased dependency, frailty (too strong a word; perhaps dragging with difficulty on motivation), taking more chemicals (medicine), not being completely "on my game," etc. In a fundamentally positive chart, this planet describes the exact form of the main negative conditions. - The Primer paragraph for natal Neptune is fitting (in general tone), suggesting one just wants to drop out and take a vacation.

The wider (moderate orbed) foreground planets are both accurate without demanding the spotlight. For example, natal Sun rising (Class 2) is consistent with everything going well, recovery on track, etc. (personal vitality sufficient), but the assertive, acting, directed natal Sun traits aren't there (because it's weaker? or because Neptune is so strong?). I've also gotten a lot of extra attention for this (the Spotlight score is too weak). Transiting Pluto on IC is quite good symbolism for a transplant ('transformation,' out with the old and in with the new, cellular regeneration, a dramatic and unprecedented or atypical event).

This leaves the three other close natal angularities: Mars, Uranus, and Jupiter (in that order). These are entirely obvious, though they would be far better if they were transiting planets (the knife, medical attention, technology, etc.). Over the last couple of years, I've softened a great deal on the issue of insisting natal vs. transit works as inside vs. outside for angularity: Statistics support that idea that the same planet(s) foreground whether natal or transiting produce the same major events, especially for child birth and marriage, but not so much accidents). I still see inside-outside prevalent when the interacting of natal and transiting factors is there (inside-outside relative to each other), but less so for pure angularities.

So, the closely angular Mars might be spun as "my feeling irritation, my immune system (issues of potential tissue rejection), experiencing hurt or injury" - and maybe it should be - but the simpler acknowledgement is, "Hey, there was a knife and some cutting." One view doesn't preclude the other, of course.

Jupiter being closely foreground is consistent with receiving quality medical care, though for natal Jupiter a purest interpretation would mean that I felt optimistic, had an opportunity, and was happy. It's a simpler read, though, to simply say that this was a good period with a good thing happening that is to my advantage and, yes, in a lot of ways of was lucky (to be able to do this, with how it came out, etc.).

Natal Uranus feels right - renewal perhaps being the keyword? - but harder to itemize. In a purest way we could say that natal Uranus angular (like Jupiter) shows my state of mind, that I was excited and really curious what would happen, and simply doing something unusual. If we are less picky about inside vs. outside, we get traditional views of life resplendent with unusual developments, fascinating experiences, etc.


This brings us to the aspects. I want to be tedious on this because it's a good chance to compare against the interpretive resources we might use in reading these charts ahead of an event. Let me first deal with the one partile non-foreground aspect, the transiting Sun-Neptune partile conjunction. I'll just say that I can't distinguish this from natal Neptune being extremely angular. Everything above fits one about as well as the other, so I need to ignore it and more on.

I'll take the aspects one at a time and see if I have anything to say about them.

r Uranus-Neptune sq 0°00' M

I've had this aspect all my life, but never this close. I expected something more extreme and was very excited at the possibilities. However, there hasn't been a major altered reality (vision changes will be slow), etc. I suppose it could refer to general anesthesia by itself ("lack of waking consciousness," and "a period of temporary unconsciousness," as Ebertin called it), but that's rather boring - disappointing that something so simple comes from this aspect. Maybe not important at all, or maybe vaguely referring to anesthesia or other woo-woo around the event.

r Jupiter-Uranus co 0°13' M

Generally shows closely angular for positive events. Not a surprise. General sense of progress, improvement, technology, luck.

r Jupiter-Neptune sq 0°13' M

Hard to pin down, but likely related to "high hopes," positive expectations, another version of "lucky gamble." (I don't have a clear sense of how this has worked individually throughout my life since so many planets in my T-square come angular together.)

t Pluto op r Jupiter 0°18'
t Pluto op r Uranus 0°35'

This has been going on for a couple of years and just passed its last exact aspect then was made relevant again by falling on SLR angles. Mostly this has been a time of restructuring finances and financial standing significantly. For the current event, the basic idea is obvious: Pluto to natal Uranus means significant, important big changes. Metamorphosis is suitably fitting. Sort of the spirit of, "This could make a big difference." One of my notes, "larger scope to one's vision," is absurdly literal. Pluto to Jupiter isn't really "shifts in status or finances" in the present chart, and is more the broad sense of a significant, out-of-the-norm positive event: Variations of "a threshold event occurs that is advantageous, altering life for the better."

t Pluto sq r Neptune 0°59' M

Presuming all goes as expected, this is absurdly literal, since it means radical changes in the way one perceives and models reality. "Confrontation of a new reality" is one of my catch phrases!

r Mars-Neptune sq 2°25'

Finally, this one is really interesting! It's the only non-partile foreground aspect, a natal aspect at that. And yet, it is surely as descriptive as any of the others - perhaps more so. Fortunately, it has not shown as infection or serious anxiety. Nonetheless, it shows all the cutting and drugging and irritation and post-op lethargy and everything else of the two planets. Perhaps it's because these are the two most angular planets; or perhaps it just fits because all close foreground aspects fit. There's no immediately obvious meaning of natal Mars square Neptune that fits, although the planets clear fit. Of normally written meanings, "loss of energy" in the aftermath is the most accurate, though the aspect fits as a whole anyway.

[Jim Eshelman]

How would we interpret this SLR in advance, then, if we had no clue what was going on? As is probably evident by now, the exact event isn't clear at all. It's a complex lunar, with a LOT happening - what can we make of it in advance.

First, from the mechanical summary, we know that benefics and malefics are equally strong - exactly equal in strength. It's not that neither malefics nor benefics have a voice but, rather, that both sets have something to say and are saying it with equal voice. I've seen that we can reliably list this as, "good things and bad things both come out of this time" or that the primary events have both positive and negative (fun and un-fun) characteristics in about equal measure.

If we look at the foreground planet list in full, this gets a little clearer: More benefics are present, and are strong; but the single strongest planet is the "soft malefic" Neptune. So it's pretty clear that this is mostly a positive, unobjectionable time that, nonetheless, has something imperfect, unsatisfying, or anxiety-producing about the fundamentally good events. (That's not a bad summary of the time.)

Of the six foreground planets, four are Class 1. Giving them first attention, we see that my T-square is foreground - Neptune closest, then Mars, Uranus, and Jupiter in short order. At this point in life one would think that I'd have a solid handle on what it means when my T-square is foreground, but I don't. It shows so much at once. Neptune (backed by Mars) being strongest, it seems there are worries, but one assumes they aren't too bad. The Class 2 angularities (t Pluto and r Sun) show that something important is shifting and I tend to be in the driver's seat of events. By now in the interpretive process I might think of this as an adventure, like whitewater rafting, that has some open danger but isn't really dangerous. It seems enterprising if not entirely above board.

At this point I'd still not have a clear anticipation of specific events, but would feel that it was a strong event (close orbs) basically positive but with anxiety or other Mars-Neptune effects.

The rest gets weird - weird aspects. Usually I can read these best by looking at the closest angularities for a basic tone of the time, and then read dynamic things and particulars from aspects. Natal Jupiter-Uranus-Neptune, all three aspected by transiting Pluto, is not at all clear. I'd have probably thought of many possibilities from financial matters to metaphysics and altered state of consciousness. I would expect I'd be feeling pretty good - that's normal with my Jupiter-Uranus foreground, a boost from natal Sun, the innate optimism of Jupiter-Neptune - and there is altered reality in important days, and perhaps philosophical shifting. I'm sure that I wouldn't have gotten the event and would have sounded pretty vague about the circumstances.

Nor to the individual angles seem to differentiate event. Of the four angles, I would expect the 1st House angles (Asc, EP) to be most relevant for "the body," and the other angles don't seem to have much to do with the events. Yet, I don't think natal Neptune on EP is the best fit for the event. Perhaps Pluto (on IC) opposite natal Jupiter-Uranus (on MC) has long-term meaning for outer world expression but, really, that starts becoming guessing. Though I agreed to write something on each planet on each angle for the back of Interpreting Solar Returns,, I generally don't see the specific angle meaning anything reliable in these charts.

[Danica]

Eshelman, since there's no one or another "more convenient" thread on the forum for this, yet it isn't exactly "but a personal-matter" (albeit it may appear so to those only able to see some or other personal-matters..) I'm putting it here -- for you, as well as for the general forum-members' learning purposes (regardless of how long your humbleness finds it suitable to stay):

during summer of 2020 e.v., that question you told DeSio to utter to me while speaking over the phone, "What can we do for your satisfaction?" - in the peculiar context, and with the peculiar intention-quality of it as it has been: however perhaps an insignificant-detail it may have been for either of the two of you, I want you both to know that "for me" as the other side of that verbal interaction it has not passed unnoticed or without having been adequately appreciated.

Events & experiences come and go, and people mostly tend to easily forget the details; this note is to say that such hasn't been the case here -- the very specific 'goodness' expressed, by each & both of you, has been duly acknowledged, and it is something requiring this explicit and open Thank you. ( --- The Universe for sure never misses to properly, in the just-right manner, reward a goodness-of-deed, be it a word spoken, or a deed in another form!)

[Jim Eshelman]

Thank you for that. - We hope you are well.

[Mike V]

I'm very glad to hear that this SLR has been ultimately positive (if not entirely pleasant). I personally read these angular natal planets as "yes, there's cutting, and anesthesia, and convalescence, and generally these were induced by another person - but you willingly invited these occurrences. They would not have occurred without your buy-in." I feel like I would interpret transiting Mars-Saturn-Neptune (and Jupiter) along the lines of "harsh, damaging physical circumstances, hopefully resulting in a positive outcome, but it's going to happen to you whether you want it or not."

[Jim Eshelman]

Jan 2, 2024, 1:29:22 AM PST, Los Olivos, CA (sleeping at 34N39'58'', 120W06'51'')
JUPITER = 12
Benefic = 15, Malefic = 5 // Dignity = 12, Indignity = 5
Change = 11 // Spotlight = 0

r Jupiter on Z -0°32'
r Uranus on Z -0°15'
-------------------------
t Jupiter on WPa +0°04
t Pluto on IC +1°29'
r Neptune on Asc +2°09'
r Mars on IC +6°48'

r Jupiter-Uranus co 0°12' M
r Jupiter-Neptune sq 0°39' M
t Pluto sq r Neptune 0°41' M
t Pluto op r Jupiter 0°43'
r Uranus-Neptune sq 0°51' M
t Pluto op r Uranus 1°00'
r Mars-Neptune sq 2°25'

This Demi has been perfectly fine. Pointedly positive in some ways but nothing too extreme in any direction. (E.g., returning to the office after two and a half weeks out, well-received, easy week, with Marion and I having some extra indulgences here and there. Cash flow good enough that I paid down a larger block of post-accident debt than usual. General tone of upbeat without anything too extreme.) Post-transplant all going perfectly fine. Very little new writing, though I did a lot of review of the book thus far and various pieces of rewrite.

Other Partile Aspects
t Mercury sq r Moon 0°17'
t Venus-Saturn sq 0°57'

These supplemental aspects seem not to have hit at all. For example, I got almost no new writing done as I'd expect under Mercury transiting Moon, and nothing that fit a transiting Venus-Saturn aspect (a little hard to manifest in the face of all the positive angularities.

We get similar results if, instead, we merge it with the very positive SSR:
JUPITER = 21
Benefic = 32, Malefic = 13
Dignity = 21, Indignity = 10
Change = 20
Spotlight = 0

Two positive charts obviously combine into an ultra-positive profile. I'm not sure this is a good argument for compositing the scores (that would be better reflected if the charts disagreed and one outweighed the other a bit). I can't say these two weeks were as ultra-positive as the above DSLR + SSR scores suggest. (Ultimately, it's not much different from the DSLR itself.)

[Jim Eshelman]

Jan 15, 2024, 8:16:28 AM PST, home
Change = 3
Benefic = 1, Malefic = 1, Indignity = 1, Dignity = 0, Spotlight = 0

Impressions: All angularities are Class 3, making for quite a weak SLR. I suppose the one foreground aspect will prevail, but I don't know how strong it will be. (If you drop out Class 3 angularities, all angularities and aspects disappear, so these are the strongest factors.)

r Pluto on WPa -2°36'
t Saturn on EP -2°10'
t Uranus on N -2°10'
--------------------------
t Pluto on Asc +9°35'

t Saturn op r Pluto 2°47' M

Other Partile Aspects
r Jupiter-Uranus co 0°05' M
r Venus-Uranus sq 0°06' M
r Venus-Jupiter sq 0°11' M
t Mars sq r Mercury 0°29' M
t Moon-Neptune co 0°49' M


Of course, if I collate it with the SSR (their concurrent operation), it is entirely different and positive (riding the SSR positive wave):
JUPITER = 9
Benefic = 18, Malefic = 9
Change = 12
Dignity = 9, Indignity = 6
Spotlight = 0

[Jim Eshelman]

Jan 29, 2024, 8:44:45 PM PDT, at work
MOON = 13
Spotlight = 13
Indignity = 6, Dignity = 0
Malefic = 5, Benefic = 0
Change = 5

Impressions: Not pleasant. Marion leaves town a few hours later for a week, and, since I have to endure that anyway, I'm hoping that's the sum total of this. (I was going to fly to Denver to pick up an angular Venus, but don't want to be away the last day and a half she's here before her trip.) - Now, if I can just get a lot of writing done to make positive use of the week...
t Neptune on Asc -6°00'
-------------------------
r Moon on EPa +0°01' [t Moon WP 0°33']
r Pluto on Dsc +2°08'
t Saturn on Asc +4°25'

t Moon-Neptune 0°56' M [0°05' PVP]
r Moon-Pluto op 1°21' M
t Saturn op r Pluto 2°17' M
NOTE: t Neptune sq r Pluto 0°49' PVP

Other Partile Aspects
r Jupiter-Uranus co 0°02' M
t Mars sq r Venus 0°20' M
t Jupiter op r Mercury 0°34' M
t Sun sq r Saturn 0°45'


BLENDED WITH SSR
JUPITER = 12, Pluto = 10
Change = 16
Benefic = 15, Malefic = 9
Spotlight = 13
Indignity = 11, Dignity = 6

[Jim Eshelman]

As mentioned, this SLR is pretty "not much to it." It scores out thus:

Change = 3
Benefic = 1, Malefic = 1, Indignity = 1, Dignity = 0, Spotlight = 0

That is, essentially nothing. All angularities are Class 3. The (widely) foreground opposition of Saturn to natal Pluto isn't particularly descriptive. None of this is really a surprise since it is fairly assessed as, "there's not a lot going on."

Of factors I would note at all, the partile non-foreground aspects are perhaps the most descriptive. Perhaps that's the lesson to tentatively take from this, that they become more important absent the return itself (foreground planets and their aspects) having much to say. The closest partile non-foreground aspects are natal Venus-Jupiter-Uranus (natal Venus rotated mundanely to square my Jupiter-Uranus), which reasonably fits how I just described the last two weeks. There is also a Mars transit to my Mercury - not outlandishly obvious, but certainly consistent with diving in to use Mercury means to handle the IT emergency at work. This is an agreeable interpretation of what's going on.

But the other consideration is what I'm especially watching this year, the question of whether these charts "nest" - whether the Demi-SLR nests within the persistence of the full SLR, and the extent to which we judge any of them at all within the context of the SSR. We've known for quite a while that there is a broad nesting here, e.g., if a bad lunar occurs under a good solar, it won't be as bad. We now have a way of quantifying this, by simply adding the scores of the SSR and SLR together - and I'm watching to see if this "adding works." Here is what the scores of the current SLR + current SSR look like:

JUPITER = 9
Benefic = 18, Malefic = 9
Change = 12
Dignity = 9, Indignity = 6
Spotlight = 0[/size]

This, on balance, is a decent description of the last two weeks, although I think it's a little heavy-handed. (It takes a do-nothing SLR and ends up with scores one would expect from a whopping big-deal chart - just because the SSR looks like that.)

[Jim Eshelman]

This seemed in advance that it would be a passive lunar. It leaned toward the negative in that Moon was most closely angular and was connected to malefics; yet Saturn and Neptune themselves were weak. Natal Pluto was also pretty angular, which I took to mean I would hole up alone while Marion travelled east. That formed a mundane opposition of natal Moon and Pluto, while Saturn also opposed natal Pluto mundanely. There was a possible PVP square of Neptune to natal Pluto.

The first surprise was that Marion's trip got cancelled, so my picture of the fortnight changed. The outcome has been neutral-to-negative: Nothing all that bad, though intimations of possible bad that haven't amount to much. It's mostly been low key and grumbly, e.g., the weather has been cold and rainy (hardly an individual result), though it had no specific effect on me. Things went fine that had a risk of going poorly. Our cat got sick and, since she's getting older, this worried us for a few days (though I knew to wait 24-48 hours to see if things passed, and they did). Some hopeful positive money has gotten delayed and I'm feeling some stress, but nothing has lowered the boom and I have a little extra coming in next week.

Stuff like that. I think the fact that the SLR is low key - not much expected - is sometimes as important an interpretive matter as the actual aspect readings, and this one is, sure, a bit of gray weather and gray moods, some anxiety about what might happen, but, really, nothing actually happened.

The foreground Saturn opposition to my Moon wasn't separating from Marion going away, and there was no "major effort and endurance required." It was perhaps plodding. If there was a Neptune to Pluto transit, it was of the familiar "this is all psychological and deep" stuff.

This raises the question of whether this chart "road atop the SSR." (That's part of what I'm checking this year.) The SSR is soooo benefic-weighted that it's hard to tell. From this chart I would have expected more benefic than malefic but with a touch of indignity (the blended scores). I'm not sure I can credit that exact score set to the period.

I think the main thing I can say about this chart is that it looks, on first impression a little passive, a lot like not much is happening, and tending negative; and the period hasn't been far from that, being not much happening, slightly dark and low energy, nothing close to depressive in the gloomy weather, always a little worried about something going on that never amounted to anything actual.

On to the next one in a couple of days.

[Jim Eshelman]

Feb 11, 2024, 5:20:54 PM PST, home
MERCURY = 9
Dignity = 6, Indignity = 3
Change = 5, Spotlight = 5, Benefic = 3, Malefic = 3

Impressions: A neutral chart, especially dominated by the also-neutral planet Mercury (which is auspiciously aspected). Though my life is nearly always Mercury-heavy, this period suggests it will be significantly more Mercury than usual somehow. There is also personal dignity enhancement, the spotlight of that auspiciously aspected setting Sun. - Maybe the new book (finished a year ago) will get published in the next two weeks?

r Venus on IC -8°51'
r Pluto on Asc -3°14'
t Sun on Dsc -1°39'
t Mercury on WPa -0°18'
-------------------------------
r Mercury on IC +4°29'
r Saturn on IC +5°27'
t Uranus on Z +1°58'
t Jupiter on MC +7°15'

t Uranus sq r Pluto 0°04' M
-- t Sun op r Pluto 1°35' M
-- t Sun-Uranus sq 1°39' M
r Venus-Pluto sq 0°13'
t Mercury sq r Saturn 0°47'
-- r Mercury-Saturn co 0°58' M
-- t Mercury sq r Mercury 1°37'
t Jupiter op r Saturn 1°26'
-- t Jupiter op r Mercury 2°47' M
t Mercury-Jupiter sq 2°13'

Other Partile Aspects
t Mars op r Jupiter 0°04' M
-- t Mars op r Uranus 0°28' M
-- t Pluto op r Jupiter 0°53' M
t Venus co r Mars 0°18'
t Mars-Pluto co 0°49' M


Composited with the SSR:
MERCURY = 12 (Jupiter = 10)
Benefic = 20, Malefic = 11
Dignity = 15, Indignity = 8
Change = 14
Spotlight = 5

[Jim Eshelman]

I hadn't registered that the Jupiter that made all those nice aspects was widely foreground - more than 7° from MC. I really need to remember (when there are a lot of foreground planets) to use my trick of filtering out the Class 3 angularities to get a more essential view the chart. One can't tighten it so much as to drop Class 2 angularities also - even with an enormous number of angular planets - without losing things important - but dropping Class 3 angularities and their aspects seems to only miss fine points. Here's what the SLR looks like with natal Venus, transiting Jupiter, and their aspects dropped out.

r Pluto on Asc -3°14'
t Sun on Dsc -1°39'
t Mercury on WPa -0°18'
-------------------------------
r Mercury on IC +4°29'
r Saturn on IC +5°27'
t Uranus on Z +1°58'

t Uranus sq r Pluto 0°04' M
-- t Sun op r Pluto 1°35' M
-- t Sun-Uranus sq 1°39' M
t Mercury sq r Saturn 0°47'
-- r Mercury-Saturn co 0°58' M
-- t Mercury sq r Mercury 1°37'

The Sun-Uranus dominates it, Mercury-Saturn aspects are retained and Mercury-Jupiter aspects are dropped.

So far, nothing has gone terribly bad during this time - feeling draggy from a bug I'm fighting etc. - but several things I expected to get finished (to my benefit) simply haven't. There have been delays and interruptions. Also several other Mercury-Saturn things, like traffic being blocked off and nearly shut down around my office building for two days because the president is staying across the street during his California trip (and these being the two days of severe rain). We've managed to have fun in the middle of all of that but it's clearly been a benign version of Mercury-Saturn without any fulfilled promise of Mercury-Jupiter.

Lesson: Remember t drop out Class 3 angularities for a crisper, more essential picture of the chart.

It definitely wasn't as positive as the blend of SLR and SSR scores (bottom of the post above), though they correctly captured that life continues to be good despite frustrations with getting things completed.

[Jim Eshelman]

Feb 25, 2024, 3:11:27 PM PST, home
MARS = 6, NEPTUNE = 6
Indignity = 6, Dignity = 3, Malefic = 9, Benefic = 8
Change = 6
Spotlight = 1

Impressions: I never like natal Neptune this strong, especially when I'm already feeling run-down. This looks like a draggy, frail, frustrating fortnight. (The one shining glory is that Marion has a spectacular SLR the day before, so this is probably all about me being in a fog for one reason or another.) Despite that Neptune dominance, the chart's technicals are mostly all matched, even (benefic and malefic about the same, indignity only a little above dignity.) - Other than natal Sun, everything foreground is Class 2 or closer.

t Venus on Dsc -5°37'
r Jupiter on EP -1°54'
r Uranus on EP -1°37'
r Mars on WPa -1°33'
t Mars on Dsc -3°39'
r Neptune on IC -0°16'
-------------------------
t Pluto on Dsc +5°56'
r Sun on IC +9°41'

r Jupiter-Uranus co 0°17'
t Pluto op r Jupiter 1°10' M
t Pluto op r Uranus 1°35' M
t Venus-Mars co 1°42'
r Uranus-Neptune sq 2°00'
r Sun-Uranus sq 2°09 M
r Jupiter-Neptune sq 2°16'
r Sun-Jupiter sq 2°35' M
r Mars-Neptune sq 2°25'


Other Partile Aspects
t Jupiter co r Saturn 0°01' M
t Mercury-Saturn co 0°12' M
t Mars sq r Saturn 0°13'
t Jupiter op r Mercury 0°13' M
t Neptune sq r MC 0°15'
t Mars-Jupiter sq 0°51'
t Venus-Jupiter sq 0°52'
t Venus sq r Mercury 0°56'

WITH SSR ADDED INSTEAD:
JUPITER = 11
Benefic = 24, Malefic = 17
Change = 15, Dignity = 12, Indignity = 11, Spotlight = 1

[Jim Eshelman]

This two weeks has been rather "nothing in particular." There are small trends, and they all fit well enough - a skin thing that flared up, extra demands juggling finances as we navigate our way out of Marion losing over six months of income - but nothing strenuous,

I've never liked natal Neptune super-strong. There is a little bit of the feeling of treading water in places, but it's not fearsome in any way. A said, "This looks like a draggy, frail, frustrating fortnight" and it's been a little draggy and frail but not particularly frustrating.

Benefic and malefic were both pretty evenly matched (even though malefics were the most angular) - no particular tip either far bad or far good.

t Venus on Dsc -5°37'
r Jupiter on EP -1°54'
r Uranus on EP -1°37'
r Mars on WPa -1°33'
t Mars on Dsc -3°39'
r Neptune on IC -0°16'
-------------------------
t Pluto on Dsc +5°56'

Of the non-foreground partile aspects, there is a definite hit from the 0°01' transiting Jupiter opposite natal Saturn (Marion's income started flowing again and this is helping already). The others weren't so clear, though.

Blending its scores with the SLR didn't produce a useful result. I suspect that by the time this year is over I'll have concluded that no, one does not blend the SLR and DSLR as if they were all part of one chart. OTOH, blending it with the SSR (working under the premise that all lunar returns exist within the context of the SSR) was reasonably meaningful.

Mostly, nothing happened.

[Jim Eshelman]

Mar 10, 2024, 5:27:51 AM PDT, home
JUPITER = 7
Benefic = 11, Malefic = 4
Dignity = 7, Indignity = 1
Change = 4, Spotlight = 0
Transit = 16, Natal = 8

Impressions: With Jupiter 0°02' from an angle, this should be unusually positive and prospering. Jupiter's one sterling aspect is an opposition to natal Mercury (and, somewhat wider, to natal Saturn), so that should be the chief aspect theme of the SLR's term.

t Mars on Asc -5°33'
t Jupiter on N -0°02'
--------------------------
r Mercury on Z +0°34'
t Venus on EP +1°15'
t Pluto on Asc +5°32'
r Venus on MC +7°17'
r Pluto on WP +2°21'
r Saturn on Z +2°58'
r Uranus on Dsc +10°00'

r Venus-Pluto sq 0°13'
t Jupiter op r Mercury 0°35'
t Venus op r Pluto 1°06'
t Venus sq r Venus 1°19'
r Mercury-Saturn co 1°23' M
t Pluto sq r Venus 1°45' M
t Jupiter op r Saturn 2°40' M
r Venus-Uranus sq 2°43' M

Other Partile Aspects
r Jupiter-Uranus 0°05' M
t Mars-Uranus sq 0°25'

COMBINED WITH SSR
JUPITER = 16
Benefic = 28, Malefic = 12
Dignity = 16, Indignity = 6
Change = 13
Spotlight = 0

[Jim Eshelman]

Handbook of Sidereal Natal Interpretations is officially published on print-on-demand site Lulu.

t Mars on Asc -5°33'
t Jupiter on N -0°02'
--------------------------
r Mercury on Z +0°34'
t Venus on EP +1°15'
t Pluto on Asc +5°32'

t Jupiter op r Mercury 0°35'

[Jim Eshelman]

Mar 23, 2024, 10:20:56 PM PDT, home
Benefic = 13, Malefic = 4
Dignity = 6, Indignity = 3
Change = 4, Spotlight = 0

Impressions: This demi shares the same most important features with the SLR. Since the book (HOSNI) is already out, I'm not sure what the main implications are. Jupiter opposite natal Mercury and Mars opposite natal Pluto (but not Venus) are the primary messages, with Mars-Pluto being barely foreground. - The chart is benefic-dominant (transiting Mars barely counts; the only other malefic foreground is natal Saturn). Dropping Class 3 angularities, it's all Jupiter-to-Mercury with transiting Jupiter and Uranus foreground and natal Venus and Mercury-Saturn. (Combining with the underlying SLR and with the SSR don't change the message, since they're all so positive. This changes in two weeks.)

t Mars on IC -9°48'
r Pluto on MC -8°28'
t Jupiter on Dsc -0°19'
----------------------------
r Mercury on Asc +1°40'
r Venus on EPa +0°54'
t Uranus on WP +1°18'
r Saturn on Asc -5°51'

r Venus-Pluto 0°13'
t Mars op r Pluto 1°20'
t Jupiter op r Mercury 1°59'
r Mercury-Saturn 2°24'

[Jim Eshelman]

Apr 6, 2024, 6:25:07 PM AM CDT, Kansas City Int'l Airport (39N17'52" 94N43'23")
VENUS = 7
Benefic = 7, Malefic = 2
Indignity = 3, Dignity = 0
Spotlight = 2, Change = 0
Transit = 11, Natal = 1

Impressions: I definitely have to leave town for this one, and Kansas City has an angular Venus - essentially exact at the airport itself. I have tickets to drop in Friday evening and fly back out Saturday evening (the fastest turn-around that would have me there at the right time). - The version for when I return home is at the bottom of this post. [I have edited the coordinates above for precisely where I was sitting when this occurred.]

t Venus on Dsc +0°01'
t Neptune on Dsc +3°55'
r Moon on Dsc +7°53' [t Moon +9°36']

t Venus-Neptune co 3°54' M
t Neptune co r Moon 3°57' M

OTHER PARTILE ASPECTS
t Sun op r Sun 0°06' M
t Mercury op r Neptune 0°35' M


If I stayed home, here would be the chart (the one I'll return to):

Malefic = 11, Benefic = 0
Indignity = 5, Dignity = 0
Spotlight = 1, Change = 0
Transit = 12, Natal = 0

t Moon on Dsc -9°57'
t Saturn on Dsc -1°48'
-------------------------
t Mars on Dsc +0°41'

t Mars-Saturn co 2°30' M

OTHER PARTILE ASPECTS
t Sun op r Sun 0°06'
t Mercury op r Neptune 0°23'


COMBINING BOTH CHARTS (experiment)
Malefic = 13, Benefic = 7
Indignity = 9, Dignity = 0
Spotlight = 3, Change = 0
Transit = 23, Natal = 1

[Jim Eshelman]

Apr 20, 2024, 4:51:34 AM PDT, home
Malefic = 11, Benefic = 0
Indignity = 9, Dignity = 0
Spotlight = 6, Change = 1
Transit = 19, Natal = 2

Impressions: For months, I've had this Demi on my calendar with a note, "MUST leave town" - but that's not going to happen. I had an unusually beautiful return identified exactly at the Denver airport but can't get back in time for a necessary work thing Saturday evening. This time, I guess I'm going to have to take my lumps with three malefics and Moon interacting in the foreground. -- I'm still investigating how much the underlying SLR affects the Demi (I'm less and less inclined to think it does) PLUS I have two locations for the current SLR - home and KC. Chances of getting sick in the next week are high, among other things. (This is also the time progressed Mars-Neptune octile becomes exact 0°00'.) -- Marion's concurrent excellent SLR is the 'insurance policy' in all of this.

t Neptune on EP +0°09'
t Moon on Dsc +1°10' [r Moon Asc +7°]
t Mars on Asc +2°02'
t Saturn on Asc +5°12'
r Pluto on Dsc +8°30'

t Mars co r Moon 0°19'
r Moon-Pluto op 1°54' M
t Saturn co r Moon 1°44' M
t Moon-Neptune op 2°34' M
t Mars-Saturn co 3°10' M
t Saturn op r Pluto 3°18' M
t Mars-Neptune co 3°26' M

Other Partile Aspects
r Jupiter-Uranus co 0°01' M
t Jupiter-Uranus co 0°06'
t Mercury op r Sun 0°15' M
t Uranus op r Venus 0°41' M


WITH SSR ADDED [every return occurs within the SSR]
Indignity = 14, Dignity = 6
Malefic = 19, Benefic = 17
Change = 10, Spotlight = 6

[Jim Eshelman]

I can't say that the following has any obvious result. So far, these are not proving reliable in SLRs, though I'll keep watching this year.

There's quite a convergence in azimuth. Here are the azimuth-Vertex based parans for the KC SLR (these are experimental):
267°40' - t Mercury
269°22' - r Pluto + 180°
269°25' - t Venus
------------------------
270°40' - t Neptune
271°20' - t Moon

[Jim Eshelman]

So far, this Demi-SLR has been far better than one would expect from Mars-Saturn opposite natal Moon. (I've been dragging, never quite sure if I'm getting sick, never quite 100% well under it but nothing terrible. Sleep has been unusually shallow.) There isn't clear reason for this from the SLR itself, but it's context of other returns seems strongly implicated.

Specifically, I've become increasingly dissuaded from the idea that the Demi exists "inside of" or as part of the SLR. It's true that they co-exist - that the SLR ultimately lasts all month - and I did manage to get a Venus precisely angular SLR (though the "back in LA" version was rough). This may have an effect as a "co-existing" chart. More persuasive to me, though, is that this Demi (like all lunars) exists in the context of my current solar, which is heavily benefic. Blending the two as a rough measurement of their co-existence still gives a slightly more malefic weight, but so close it's hard to say I'd notice. It's mostly neutral or balanced.

DEMI-SLR WITH SSR ADDED
Indignity = 14, Dignity = 6
Malefic = 19, Benefic = 17
Change = 10, Spotlight = 6

Mostly, though, I know it's not even half over yet (though I'm used to these things being really obvious in the first few days). The foreground planets and their aspects are quite malefic, and the time has only been grumbly unpleasant (with a couple of successes).

[Jim Eshelman]

May 4, 2024, 1:18:32 AM PDT, home
URANUS = 10
Change = 15
Benefic = 13, Malefic = 3
Dignity = 7, Indignity = 0
Spotlight = 0

Impressions: A heavily positive chart with even greater focus on significant, out-of-the-ordinary changes of condition that have to be regarded as positive. (Marion's demi one day earlier shares the characteristics of Uranus-Pluto emphasis and heavy benefic dominance.) Two Jupiter-Uranus conjunctions foreground sounds great! - This SLR has a lot in common with my current SSR and might be a time that SSR patterns reach fruition.

r Venus on MC -7°21' (86%)
t Jupiter on IC -5°46' (91%)
t Pluto on Asc -2°01' (99%)
t Uranus on IC -1°54' (99%)
--------------------------
r Uranus on Dsc +2°49' (98%)
r Jupiter on Dsc +2°54' (98%)
r Mars on Asc +4°12' (95%)

r Jupiter-Uranus 0°05' M
t Uranus-Pluto sq 0°08'
r Mars-Jupiter op 1°18' M
r Mars-Uranus op 1°23' M
t Jupiter op r Venus 1°35' M
t Jupiter-Uranus co 2°20'
t Pluto co r Jupiter 3°25'
t Pluto op r Uranus 3°42'

Other Partile Aspects
r Mercury-Saturn 0°25' M


BLENDING WITH THE SSR
URANUS = 16, JUPITER = 16
Benefic = 30, Malefic = 11
Change = 24
Dignity = 16, Indignity = 5
Spotlight = 0

[Mike V]

This transiting Jupiter-Uranus conjunction has been quite lovely. (It landed on SLR angles for me in time for me to pick up the development work on TM.)

[Jim Eshelman]

It will be interesting to see whether that is a feature of thr next two weeks. (I'll be out of town part of the time the Demi is in play, though it, too, is a positive and somewhatvepochal chart IIRC).

[Jim Eshelman]

So far, this SLR has played up the Jupiter-Uranus - my own (natal) Ju-Ur being the strongest single voice and is joined by a transiting Ju-Ur.

Starting a couple of days after the chart, I had the opening to start developing a small software utility for my coworkers. This was both fascinating (including fun) and raised my esteem profile across part of the firm. All very Ju-Ur stuff. -- I'm surprised Jupiter's opposition to natal Venus has been strong, because natal Venus is barely foreground; but it has, with added layers of fun and pleasure including ordinary dinners at home suddenly seeming to be more like discovering elegant new restaurants. -- Finally, a little extra income arrived (from the several late-night projects last month that had extra hours), which lightened just a little the recovery process from months of Marion's disability.

Come to think of it, this "lightening things just a little" is consistent with my new mission statement at work (for the extra role I'm taking on): To make IT's day-to-day job just a little easier wherever possible.

BTW, Mike (if you're still looking in): I forgot to mention in the last response that you're probably feeling the Ju-Ur in space stronger than most people because you have Jupiter opposite Uranus natally. When transiting planets recreate patterns that existed at birth, these tend to get lit up even if the transits don't hit the natals.

r Venus on MC -7°21'
t Jupiter on IC -5°46'
t Pluto on Asc -2°01'
t Uranus on IC -1°54'
--------------------------
r Uranus on Dsc +2°49'
r Jupiter on Dsc +2°54'
r Mars on Asc +4°12'

r Jupiter-Uranus 0°05' M
t Uranus-Pluto sq 0°08'
r Mars-Jupiter op 1°18' M
r Mars-Uranus op 1°23' M
t Jupiter op r Venus 1°35' M
t Jupiter-Uranus co 2°20'
t Pluto co r Jupiter 3°25'
t Pluto op r Uranus 3°42'

[Jim Eshelman]

May 17, 2024, 12:05:25 PM PDT, at work
VENUS = 6
Benefic = 6, Malefic = 3
Change = 7
Indignity = 3, Dignity = 0, Spotlight = 0

Impressions: Nice! Benefic leaning (and within a clearly benefic SLR). The strongest feature is the transiting Venus-Uranus conjunction (opposite a barely foreground natal Venus), which likely refers to the start of our vacation just before this chart ends. In that case, natal Pluto rising mostly means, "Hit the road!" - The partile non-foreground aspects are interesting, though it may be hard to filter them out from the main features of the chart unless there is a decisively Jupiterian outcome. - NOTE 5/17: I ended up coming into the office today so I've changed location. This tips the scoring just a little (narrows the benefic dominance just a hair).

r Venus on IC -8°30' (81%)
t Uranus on Z -1°53' (89%)
t Venus on Z -1°04' (96%)
r Pluto on Asc -2°55' (98%)
---------------------------------
r Mercury on IC +4°51' (94%)
r Saturn on IC +5°51' (91%)

r Venus-Pluto sq 0°13'
t Venus-Uranus co 0°39' M
r Mercury-Saturn co 1°00' M
t Uranus op r Venus 1°28' M
t Venus op r Venus 2°07' M

OTHER PARTILE ASPECTS
t Sun sq r Pluto 0°11'
t Pluto sq r Neptune 0°14' M
t Sun op r Venus 0°24'
t Mercury-Pluto sq 0°38'
t Sun-Jupiter co 0°43'
t Jupiter sq r Pluto 0°54'


WITH SLR ADDED:
URANUS = 13, Pluto = 10
Change = 22
Benefic = 19, Malefic = 6
Dignity = 7, Indignity = 3
Spotlight = 0

WITH SSR ADDED:
VENUS = 13
Benefic = 23, Malefic = 11
Change = 17
Indignity = 8, Dignity = 5, Spotlight = 0

[Jim Eshelman]

May 31, 2024, 7:46:08 AM PDT, Wright City, OK
34N04'10" 95W00'25"
SUN = 7, JUPITER = 7 (Uranus = 6)
Dignity = 14, Indignity = 1
Change = 11
Benefic = 10, Malefic = 7
Spotlight = 7

Blended with SSR:
JUPITER = 16
Benefic = 27, Malefic = 15
Dignity = 23, Indignity = 6
Change = 20
Spotlight = 7

Impressions: We will be in Houston for Marion's SSR a day and a half earlier. I found a spot in SE Oklahoma five and a half hours from Houston (94W57 x 34N00) with natal Sun and Jupiter 0°00' from angles (and Uranus within a few minutes). We're heading to Wright City. LATER: I've added the longitude/latitude above where the return occurred.

t Mars on MC -6°46'
t Pluto on Dsc -1°56'
r Sun on IC -0°04'
r Jupiter on Asc -0°02'
-------------------------
r Uranus on Asc +0°25'
r Mars on Dsc +5°56'
r Neptune on N +2°11'

r Sun-Jupiter sq 0°02' M
r Jupiter-Uranus co 0°17'
t Mars sq r Mars 0°25'
r Sun-Uranus sq 0°29'
t Pluto sq r Sun 1°52' M
t Pluto op r Jupiter 1°54' M
r Uranus-Neptune sq 2°00'
r Jupiter-Neptune sq 2°16'
t Pluto op r Uranus 2°21' M
r Mars-Neptune sq 2°25'
t Mars op r Neptune 2°50'

OTHER PARTILE ASPECTS
t Mercury-Uranus co 0°40'
r Mercury-Saturn co 0°43' M
t Sun-Venus co 0°46' M


When I return home, it will look like this:
t Neptune on MC -9°01'
t Moon on MC -1°19' [r Moon +1°54']
--------------------------
t Saturn on MC 3°11'

t Saturn co r Moon 1°17' M

Other Partile Aspects
t Mars sq r Mars 0°25'
t Mercury-Uranus co 0°40'
t Sun-Venus co 0°41'

[Jim Eshelman]

When the SLR occurred, we were sitting in the parking lot of a dollar store on the north edge of the tiny burgh of Wright City, OK. The exact coordinates were 34N04'10" 95W00'25". This made no meaningful difference in the SLR - natal Jupiter 2' from an angle instead of 1', and Sun 4' instead of 3'. (I've adjusted the post above.) - It remains primarily a Sun and Jupiter (backed by Uranus) chart, these all being natal planets,

To get a slightly tighter, more fundamental look, here is the chart dropping out Class 3 angularities. That only removes natal Neptune (and the aspects involving it).

t Mars on MC -6°46'
t Pluto on Dsc -1°56'
r Sun on IC -0°04'
r Jupiter on Asc -0°02'
-------------------------
r Uranus on Asc +0°25'
r Mars on Dsc +5°56'

r Sun-Jupiter sq 0°02' M
r Jupiter-Uranus co 0°17'
t Mars sq r Mars 0°25'
r Sun-Uranus sq 0°29'
t Pluto sq r Sun 1°52' M
t Pluto op r Jupiter 1°54' M
t Pluto op r Uranus 2°21' M

[Jim Eshelman]

Jun 13, 2024, 7:55:26 PM PDT, home

Impressions: Nice. An unusual SLR: Very strong on spotlight, stronger on dignity than beneficence. Not only is Sun-Mercury unusual and totally owns the show on its own, we here have it tied into Moon minutely. Moon-Sun-Mercury this strong sounds like publicity, headlines, etc., and I'm not expecting any of that so far. The tone is clearly tipped positive.

t Venus on Dsc -3°46'
t Sun on Dsc -1°12'
t Mercury on Dsc -1°06'
r/t Moon on N/Z -0°12'
------------------------------
t Neptune on IC +9°36'

t Sun-Mercury co 0°06' M
t Mercury sq r Moon 0°22'
t Sun sq r Moon 1°05'
t Sun-Venus co 2°34' M
t Mercury-Venus co 2°40' M

Other Partile Aspects
r Jupiter-Uranus co 0°02' M
t Jupiter-Saturn co 0°44'


MOON = 12
Spotlight = 17
Dignity = 5, Indignity = 1
Benefic = 3, Malefic = 1, Change = 0
Transit = 20, Natal = 6

WITH SLR ADDED (for Wright City, OK):
MOON = 12, SUN = 12
Spotlight = 24
Dignity = 19, Indignity = 2
Benefic = 13, Malefic = 7
Change = 11

[Jim Eshelman]

A few days ago, we got a surprise amount of extra money - an amount equal to more than a month's income, out of the blue from an unexpected source.

This seems more like the lunar than the demi (and certainly not the Saturn on natal Moon angular version of the SLR that I got when I returned home from vacation - but the original one). Here are the SLR and Demi-SLR main points for comparison.

SLR May 31, 2024, Wright City, OK
t Mars on MC -6°46'
t Pluto on Dsc -1°56'
r Sun on IC -0°04'
r Jupiter on Asc -0°02'
-------------------------
r Uranus on Asc +0°25'
r Mars on Dsc +5°56'

r Sun-Jupiter sq 0°02' M
r Jupiter-Uranus co 0°17'
t Mars sq r Mars 0°25'
r Sun-Uranus sq 0°29'
t Pluto sq r Sun 1°52' M
t Pluto op r Jupiter 1°54' M
t Pluto op r Uranus 2°21' M


Demi-SLR: Jun 13, 2024, home
t Venus on Dsc -3°46'
t Sun on Dsc -1°12'
t Mercury on Dsc -1°06'
r/t Moon on N/Z -0°12'

t Sun-Mercury co 0°06' M
t Mercury sq r Moon 0°22'
t Sun sq r Moon 1°05'
t Sun-Venus co 2°34' M
t Mercury-Venus co 2°40' M

[Mike V]

This is interesting. I've occasionally seen the full SLR be so much louder than the demi for events, but it doesn't seem like it's very common for that to happen. I agree that this seems to be the case here.

I do notice transiting Sun-Venus foreground in the demi, though it's not the primary feature. Was it anything resembling a Venusian token of affection? Or even a warm-hearted thing that had to do with recognition or attention? In either case, a month's income seems like it is much more Jupiterian than Venusian regardless of context.

[Jim Eshelman]

I do notice transiting Sun-Venus foreground in the demi, though it's not the primary feature. Was it anything resembling a Venusian token of affection? Or even a warm-hearted thing that had to do with recognition or attention? In either case, a month's income seems like it is much more Jupiterian than Venusian regardless of context.

Yes, it does. Nope, it wasn't any of those things. It was closer to "found" money that was already mine (not exactly this). - Sorry to be obscure, but it's probably necessary.

It also speaks well for the strength of the SLR where it sets up. I don't think the SLR is exclusively at the original site (the way a Solar acts) but dang! - This was not the transiting Saturn conjunct natal Moon foreground that I had in the SLR once I came back to LA.

[Veronica]

oh yea yea yea for you guys!! How very very cool!! That's such nice news to hear. I hope you enjoy it and have wonderful memories of your joy.

I too had/have Jupiter blessings, though probably not in the way many would think. The library I work at is weeding/discarding a host of materials and I get to keep any book on the list. I've weeded public libraries and public school libraries before, but never a private academic library (arts and humanities focused!!). I have so many creative ideas on how to share these materials with others, how to repurpose them into my art work, and how some I will integrate into my collection and tbr piles. I feel like I won the powerball!!
I hope you do too!!:)

[Jim Eshelman]

The most important observation about these returns is that the SLR, as it looked when I returned to LA, was irrelevant. Nothing of the period resembled that back-to-LA SLR. (Historically, I've seen both locations be valid at least somewhat. This time, I can't think of any way that the LA version of the SLR was meaningful.)

As a curio, the SLR occurred with the asteroid Apollo 0°05' above Ascendant, meaning it was mere minutes from mundanely conjunct my natal Jupiter-Uranus and square my Sun. It this asteroid has any significance, and if it somehow is connected to the myths of Apollo, I know of no way that this manifested in the last month.

The Demi-SLR had transiting Quaoar at 14°15' Sagittarius exactly square MC. I have no idea what this means but thought I'd mention it. (Under the Demi I got a surprising amount of money out of the blue which, at the moment, seems more connected to the full SLR than the Demi. If Quaoar (which mythically sounds like the Kether idea of deity) is somehow connected to bounty or prosperity, this would make sense, and we should keep the mental note; otherwise, nothing in particular.

[Jim Eshelman]

Jun 27, 2024, 1:07:30 PM PDT, work

Impressions: Pleasant. Not all that important a chart.

r Sun on Asc -9°03'
t Venus on MC -4°01'
------------------------- [t Su/Ve = MC 0°47']
t Sun on MC +2°28'
t Neptune on Dsc +8°31'

No foreground aspects.

Other Partile Aspects
t Mars op r Mercury 0°25' M


One thing that puts a different spin on it is natal Eris, which is 0°01' from the Westpoint and in mundane opposition with transiting Sun (1°28'). If there are discernible Eris traits in lunar returns, this chart should be a superb example. - Similarly, Quaoar is 0°38' past IC (square natal Eris) - whatever that means!

There are also numerous PVP aspects, all natal-to-natal. We don't know yet if these are valid. I'll list them (all combinations of Sun-Mercury-Venus-Neptune-Pluto):
r Mercury-Pluto co 0°01'
r Mercury-Venus co 0°02'
r Sun-Venus sq 0°04'
r Sun-Mercury sq 0°04'
r Venus-Pluto co 0°04'
r Sun-Pluto sq 0°43'
r Sun-Neptune sq 0°45'
r Venus-Neptune co 1°35'
r Neptune-Pluto co 1°39'
r Mercury-Neptune co 1°40'

Dignity = 4, Indignity = 1
Spotlight = 4
Benefic = 3, Malefic = 1, Change = 0
Transit = 7, Natal = 1

[Jim Eshelman]

Ah, and this was going to be such a simple SLR, gently benefic and not particularly demanding one way or the other. It may still work out that way, though now I have a lot more to keep track of.

First, there is the possibility that Eris is a big deal for two to four weeks (and maybe Quaoar). That's a quite different energy and should be pretty obvious if it's there and valid. (I do have to upgrade the forum software this month.)

But I just learned of another case where PVP aspects in a lunar seem unmistakably active. Even though I discovered this kind of aspect, this is disappointing: If true, it makes our simple little tool insanely complicated sometime. This case was pretty clear (as a single case, though, which is weak evidence). And last night I found and posted here a January 2022 example of my own that seemed to support it.

[Jim Eshelman]

Jul 11, 2024, 3:50:42 AM PDT, home
Impressions: A somewhat unpleasant chart. Saturn and Jupiter about equal strength BUT Saturn conjoins my Moon mundanely BUT it's on the outskirt of foreground - not all that strong. (If I drop out Class 3 angularities, it disappears.) - I already know Marion will be gone the first several days (I'm more concerned about this minor Demi-SLR because her new SLR has Saturn at MC - hopefully just hard work, uncomfortable conditions, and being cut off a bit, since she's travelling to help a friend clean out an inherited house after a parent's death.)

r/t Moon on Z -0°43'
-----------------------
r Pluto on IC +1°57'
t Saturn on Z +2°27'
t Jupiter on Asc 8°35'

t Saturn co r Moon 1°32' M

Other Partile Aspects
t Pluto sq r Sun 0°40' M
t Uranus op r Venus 0°48'


MOON = 10
Spotlight = 10
Change = 5, Benefic = 1, Malefic = 1, Dignity = 1, Indignity = 1

I've decided, after watching through this year, that blending the Demi-SLR themes with the SLR themes isn't the way to go. It's somewhat useful in that it helps articulate the relative balance of benefic and malefic energies coexisting, but it loses the important point that the SLR and Demi-SLR work independently and don't really blend. (They tell different stories that, sometime, will overlap.) It does still seem useful and meaningful, though, to blend lunars and demi-lunars with the current SSR. This isn't usually so much of a "concurrent separate story" as it is a larger context within which all the fortnight stories are told.

DSLR BLENDED WITH SSRL
MOON = 10, JUPITER = 10
Change = 14
Benefic = 12, Malefic = 5
Dignity = 10, Indignity = 6
Spotlight = 10

[SteveS]

Jim wrote:

I've decided, after watching through this year, that blending the Demi-SLR themes with the SLR themes isn't the way to go. It's somewhat useful in that it helps articulate the relative balance of benefic and malefic energies coexisting, but it loses the important point that the SLR and Demi-SLR work independently and don't really blend. (They tell different stories that, sometime, will overlap.) It does still seem useful and meaningful, though, to blend lunars and demi-lunars with the current SSR. This isn't usually so much of a "concurrent separate story" as it is a larger context within which all the fortnight stories are told.

Exactly my experiences Jim!!!

[Jim Eshelman]

Assessing the SLR thus far (almost two weeks in):

The biggest single thing was the trip we took on last-minute decision over the weekend, going to north Santa Barbara County so Marion could explore some possible weekend winery jobs and see what Ubering was like in the area. While she did that, Kali and I had a couple of "daddy-daughter days" in Los Olivos, walking around, doing a little wine tasting, and connecting with people we know there. Pleasant and undemanding.

The most persistent thing of the period is an eyelid infection I'd been tolerating for a month as it came and went, then finally called a doctor about. The doctor I most wanted to reach kept being unavailable, so I got another doctor who prescribed the ointment I'm still using to make it finish going away. - Almost the only other thing of note is that a colleague is on vacation so I'm handling the whole office myself for a week and a half, which is not too bad though busier and more attentive; and a small utility program I wrote just got distributed over the weekend and will start to be used a bit this week (and more in the weeks ahead).

The SLR easily described the weekend - the main event so far - "pleasant and undemanding" family time on the road with a lot of quality time with our cat, Kali. Perfect description. The double Suns are consistent with the slight dignity boost from the utility program deployment.

Mars opposite my Mercury (partile, background) hasn't shown as an overt event, though it probably reflects the general acceleration of mental activity in some areas - though that's always hard to confirm for me, since there is always so much of it.

I can't think of any way natal Eris (as I think I know it) shows at all. (I could credit transiting Eris with the circumstances around trying to reach the doctor; but it wasn't transiting Eris angular.) Of the several angles from which I might consider natal Eris being angular to the minute, none of them has been true.

Which brings us to the long list of PVP aspects. This will be very hard to assess because there are so many. Basically, it's all the combinations of natal Sun-Mercury-Venus-Neptune-Pluto with Mercury-Pluto and Mercury-Venus leading. I might be losing clarity from the number (10) of aspects - not something you'd expect from a person with natal Eris 1' from an angle, right? - but I can neither confirm nor deny any of them.

[Jim Eshelman]

As expected, the Demi-SLR was negative but only to the "grumbly and inconvenient" stage. Its only foreground aspect was a Saturn transit to natal Moon, but with natal Moon so far from the angle that it diluted the effect considerably. Subjectively, I'd rate these last two weeks as mostly negative, but in so minor a way I wouldn't have singled it out as an important period (and this in the midst of a genuinely good life).

The highlighted Spotlight characteristic was probably the considerable attention I got during this time for being pretty much on the money with nature and timing of Biden events, and at work launching a new tech upgrade that required directly interaction with almost every person in the office (with a lot of moving parts).

The PVP aspects are too numerous to seriously assess this time.

[Jim Eshelman]

July 24, 2024, 7:24:42 PM PDT, home
Malefic = 9, Benefic = 5
Dignity = 6, Indignity = 4, Change = 4, Spotlight = 3
Natal = 18, Transit = 4

Impressions: Though the chart weights malefic, it's all due to my natal planets - primarily due to my Mars rising. Nothing is overwhelmingly close. I think it mostly means I'll be a crank for a couple of weeks (in the "Don't bother me, I'm trying to get some real work done here" sort). - The demi will be more or less the same thing. -- Notice, though, that transiting Uranus is solidly on my local MC and aspecting natal Venus-Pluto, which will be a primary characteristic of the next year.

r Neptune on Z -2°26'
t Pluto on Asc -7°39'
t Sun on Dsc -6°16'
r Uranus on Dsc -3°41'
r Jupiter on Dsc -3°36'
r Mars on Asc -2°22'
-------------------------
r Mercury on MC +3°25'
r Saturn on MC +4°03'

r Jupiter-Uranus co 0°05' M
r Mercury-Saturn co 0°38' M
r Mars-Jupiter co 1°15'
r Mars-Uranus op 1°19' M
t Sun-Pluto op 1°22' M
r Uranus-Neptune sq 2°00'
t Pluto op r Jupiter 2°08'
r Jupiter-Neptune sq 2°16'
t Pluto op r Uranus 2°25'
r Mars-Neptune sq 2°25'
t Sun co r Uranus 2°35' M
t Sun co r Jupiter 2°40' M
t Sun op r Mars 3°55' M

Other Partile Aspects
t Uranus op r Venus 0°19'
t Uranus sq r Pluto 0°32'
t Mars sq r Pluto 0°46' M

PVP Aspects
t Mercury sq r Mars 1°57' p
t Mercury sq r Jupiter 2°15' p
t Mercury sq r Uranus 2°18' p
t Sun-Mercury co 2°58' p