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Moon Conjunct Pluto: You can really psych out a group, always getting to the heart of what is

really going on. You could have great political power when it comes to other people and

finances. You tend to attract (and enjoy) gut-wrenching, intense, emotional dramas.

Moon Opposite Pluto: Your own insistence on analyzing and probing into personal issues may

not endear you to the group. Others experience this kind of emotional intensity as unsettling.

It goes against how they feel. Power struggles in relationships can be expected.

Moon Trine, Sextile, or Semi-sextile Pluto: A born psychologist. Able to understand and

handle a crowd and the public in general. Devoted to children and the idea of future changes.

Not much given to a misuse of personal power. Always this sense of vision and purpose.

Intense. The long haul.

Moon Square, Semi-square, or Sesqui-square Pluto: Emotional stress stemming from your

insistence on analysis and psychological probing at the expense of feelings—yours and other

people’s. No one will support it. Your sensitivity and vulnerability often find you at odds with

the group or with others.

Mercury Conjunct Venus: You love words and ideas and sharing them through writing,

speaking, and so on. You love to talk. You appreciate and value the intellect and all mental

activities, have great taste and an eye for all that is fine. You are sharp when purchasing, a con-

noisseur.

Mercury Opposite Venus: It could be hard at times for you to put into words what you value

and appreciate about someone or something. Sometimes you may not like what you find yourself

thinking and saying. Some of your ideas challenge your own set of values.

Mercury Trine, Sextile, or Semi-sextile Venus: Lovely words and a flair for description—the

artistic in all its many forms. An inner sense of warmth and goodness, and the ability to

express this. Kind and easy to be with. Perfect taste in literary and artistic matters. Harmo-

nious.

Mercury Square, Semi-square, or Sesqui-square Venus: You don’t put much stock in mere

words and ideas for their own sake. You have trouble appreciating what you cannot feel and

measure. You tend to say and think things that you may not feel are right, that go against your

expressed value system.

Mercury Conjunct Mars: You think and communicate with great force and in a very direct

manner. You are quick with words, quick to anger, and often sorry later for the sharp things you

say. You have great mental concentration and perseverance. You can articulate your emotions.

Mercury Opposite Mars: You are easily irritated, and conversations have a habit of turning into

debates and arguments. You often say things you don’t really mean at heart. With all this mental

energy and a hair-trigger mind, you often have to exercise self-control.

Appendix A: Reading Your Own Astrology Chart

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