Another example of an individual’s Saturn Return - my own. You have to face your fears rather than respond to other people’s fears. Place boundaries, take a long term view… and most importantly - Be true to yourself.

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Saturn is in Virgo… Communication tips from the Goat who got them from the Goat(s).

I’m talking to the soldier here. It’s very obvious my Mercury (thoughts) are is conjunct Mars (sex and aggression).

“I realized something,” I said. “I get pretty stupid at times. Like when I am happy and having a lot of sex, I get positively docile. It’s as if I can’t think at all. No need! But just as soon as I feel threatened, you better look out! All the sudden my brain fires up and I become… well, I become freakishly brilliant. All the sudden I can think up, down into the ground, and next thing you know a persons is screwed, blued and tattooed. I have them wrapped up tight and this is all done before it’s even occurred to them I might rise from my slumber. That I might have any ability at all. But until I’m threatened? Nothing. I appear to be some kind of pure fool.”
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Tips from the goat!

Mercury goes retrograde on Monday. It is an especially interesting period for Virgo, Gemini and other Mercury-ruled things. Here’s a tip from the goat.

I broke out the calculator today and determined I am going through an ordeal less than 1/10 of 1% of the population will ever face. Consequently there is no advice. I simply have to operate on instinct, pretty much adapting like the Borg to whatever I encounter.

One thing I have found via the soldier is that what is learned way out at the rim of life is completely applicable to the every day so here are some tips for Saturn in Virgo around effective communication in intense situations or negotiations.

First as I mentioned before you want to be economical with your words. (Blathering Allowed, But Not Welcome) At the beginning of this fiasco I was blathering and storytelling and HQ helped me to reign myself in, going as far in the early stages to condense ramblings into a concise bulleted list… I got the point.

Continue reading Saturn In Virgo: Learn To Communicate - Tips From The Outer Rim

Dina writes on the Love Tips blog:

“I would say the complementing is a lot of verbiage. There are more physical/tender ways to show things. Even physical proximity when watching a movie or something.”

Dina - that’s interesting. People with Venus in Gemini are probably going to love you with verbiage. I have Venus in Leo, so grand displays of affection - here they come. What about you?

How do you love? Where is your Venus and how is it aspected?

I like this idea of people sharing their wisdom and experience the way they did on the Love Tips blog. Let’s call it a Jupiter conjunct Pluto in Sagittarius thing (the collective shares their perspective or philosophy) so here’s another query.

What if there is no good option?

I find this situation with my son a lot. Most of you know he has a Sun Saturn conjunction which I feel indicates a difficult childhood. And though I try mightily in my son’s case this has definitely manifested.

I frequently find myself having to make decisions that impact him being fully aware he is going to be hosed regardless of what I do. I think of that old song… “Clowns to the left of my, jokers to the right…” It is sort of like die by knife or die by gun? Ultimately what difference does this make? So how do you handle something like this?

What do you do if all choice suck?

I have mentioned John Gottman’s work last year on this blog: Mathematics Of Marriage and Composite Charts - Predicting Divorce
Gottman studied couples as they interacted and became able to predict which ones would divorce with starling accuracy, something like 95%! Continue reading Love Tips: Your Ideas On How To Keep Love Once You Find It

Chris Brennen of the Apotelesmatics Astrology Blog with 10 Tips For Learning Astrology

Best list ever and a freakishly nice person to boot - check out Chris at Apotelesmatics