John Rutherford's
Check Your Chart, for the Week of 27 March 2006

You can't quit smoking by just putting on a patch.  There are many more factors at work that would make someone want to constantly leave a bitter taste in their mouth.  Gambling has little to do with money; it’s the thrill of living on the edge, taking the risk others won't.  Anorexia is not about food, but about a personal image, and often is used as a way to get back at the illusion of a Perfect Family.

Last week, a study showed that treating parents of depressed children also helped the children.  Children learn all too well what they are shown, “taught”, by their parents.  If you are kept in a house of tension, of whatever sort, then tension becomes your comfort zone.  It is imprinted deeply.
              
“It ain't abuse if it’s always been there.”  Enmeshed so thoroughly in a problem environment, people find it very difficult to even see the nature of the problem, much less its extent and scope.  It all comes down to a most intimate, fundamental viewpoint of one’s world.  There are no details one can give, no facts, no dates, no locations.  It envelopes the outlook.  This is the pure state of feeling.  It’s emotional.
               
“Just say no”, is not only superficial and naive, but irresponsible as a program for help.  It further victimises the victim.  It ignores the reasons, the context, for problems.  It allows the so-called ‘virtuous one’ to place blame without involvement.  They don't have to do anything if someone is just evil by nature.
       
The ruler of feelings and emotion, the Moon, also represents personal interacting with others, socialising and one’s involvement with the public.  We are thoroughly social animals.  We are all involved.  We live and die through our interactions with others.  Pay careful attention to all aspects to your Moon.  Watch how the patterns of your moods and feelings affect all you do.  Are you acting, reacting, or acting out for others?
 
Nota Bene:  As without, so within.  Our environment, from close to cosmic, modifies our feelings and moods.  What are we doing with it?  Are we still following ancient programs, patterns and imprints, or are we dealing with each situation as it really exists?
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This Week:  This week is simple: a question needs to be answered and a decision needs to be made.  It all focuses around the New Moon Tuesday night.  As last week started a lovely round of pleasantness, this one will make you say “Hmmm”.   At least it should.  It beats the alternative, blocking, denying and avoiding.  The simpler we keep it, the better we get along.  Clear?
 
Tuesday - Wednesday, 28-29 March.  (New Moon, Solar Eclipse, in Aries.  Sun aspects Saturn / Uranus, then Mercury / Saturn.  8-9 Card, 23-24 Fix)
OK, some things, like stomachs, get twisted into knots and stress builds, but for this audition or test if you just stick with the facts at hand, this won’t hurt a bit.  It may prove difficult, like a teacher with a complex problem, so take your time (Saturn) and do it right.  There is help for the asking.  You are being singled out because a lot is expected.  As for those that just won’t try, lots of stained laundry will get hung on the line.

If you want the "horrible-scopes", go somewhere else.  If you want the meaning behind them, stay on. 
 
Is your Number up?  Check Your Four Personal Points for every day, see below.  If the numbers match, this day is for you.
 
Each forecast shows: the Moon Sign, the Planetary Aspect, and Numbers of degrees in Signs for the Planetary Aspect.

The Moon Sign is the Sign the Moon is in for that day.  The Moon Sign gives advantage to the Sign it is in, puts extra pressure on the opposite Sign, and tends to cross up or neutralise the Signs at right angles.  For example, with Fixed Signs, if the Moon is in Taurus, Taurus has the advantage, Scorpio gets challenged, and Leo and Aquarius get shifted or crossed up.

The Planetary Aspect is where action is released.  It's the Excuse.  Unlike daily Horoscopes that suggest each day has the same level of influence, this is the core of changes in the daily energies.

The Sign Numbers are the degrees in the Signs of the Zodiac being emphasised.  If the degree for any day is close to any degree of Your Four Personal Points (see below), within a degree or so, THIS IS YOUR DAY.  Pay extra ATTENTION.

You may have several days in the week activated for you, or you may have none.  As a degree hits one of Your Four Personal Points, the forecast tells about the important things in your life.  The daily forecasts tell you when.  The overall story comes through over time.  Sooner or later, the degrees of the Forecast catch up to you.

Your Four Personal Points are, in order of importance:
The Ascendant, the Mid-heaven, the Moon, and the Sun.
These are the most important Points of your Horoscope, calculated from your birth date, your birth-place, and the time of day you drew your first breath.  The first two Personal Points, the Ascendant and Mid-heaven, are the points that fix the Earth in space for your birth time at your specific birth place.  We live on the Earth, not the Sun or the Moon.  The Ascendant, also called Your Rising Sign, is more important than your Sun Sign.
 
Simply, and generally only, forecasts that affect your:
Ascendant     relate to matters in your environment.  Use it to see what's in your "face".
Mid-heaven  relate to matters in your personal life.    Use it to see what's in your mind.
Moon           relate to matters in your emotional life.   Use it to see what's in your heart.
Sun              relate to matters in your physical life.        Use it to see what's in your core.

The Signs of the Zodiac are:
Card: Cardinal Signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn)
Fix: Fixed Signs (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius)
Mut: Mutable Signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces)

Heaven, Help Us!  The forecast is the mood of the moment. For example, if it rains, we all get wet, no matter what "Sign" we are.
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If you have comments or questions, LET ME KNOW. 
Check Your Four Personal Points each week if any of them is targeted, and...  PAY ATTENTION!

Your Horoscope is the picture of the Heavens the moment you were born.  Using the latest advances in Astronomy and Astrology, you can get a Horoscope reading with accurate, up-to-date detail.  Contact me at johnrutherford@shaw.ca or call 604-521-3235.
John Rutherford, Western Canadas most successful Horoscope Reader, since 1971.