What happens if Saturn is the chart ruler and it makes a hard aspect to someone else's Saturn? Does this change the dynamic at all? Or is the person with Saturn as a chart ruler still going to get screwed by the other person?

If you don't mind my asking, was the IC/MC axis flip in your brother's solar return chart exact? I'm just wondering if it can be a few degrees off and still indicate death, or if it only applies to a precise flip.

Forth paragraph: http://www.angelfire.com/empire/serpent ... rdian.html "Another interesting thing, I have the planet that he rules over, ruling my house of partnership. He also rules an astrological point and that planet is exactly on the point in the sign that he rules. This is not the...

Are out of sign aspects valid? For example, would Sun in Aries at 29 degrees be conjunct Mercury in Taurus at 2 degrees? I read somewhere that ancient astrologers didn't use out of sign aspects but I know some modern astrologers do. What's your opinion?

Thank you for the replies Lydia and Shannon! :) I was concerned because I have a difficult time consciously expressing my unaspected planet. It feels like I'm always reaching for something that's just beyond my grasp, so it's nice to know that this might be a blessing I just haven't figured out...

Hello! Does anyone know what the significance of an unaspected planet in the natal chart is? Is it a benevolent or malefic influence? I've heard that a person with an unaspected planet (no conjunctions, oppositions, squares, trines, or sextiles) is completely unaware of how they express that...