NinRick said:
Blackdragon666 said:
This is quite advanced. You need to know the energies of the planets involved. Maxine gave an old example in the Astrology e-group about hard aspects between Mars and Uranus in solar returns and how they can manifest accidents. She said you can sublimate this by working extremely hard. You'd need to go through your lunar returns and see the month when it is to happen and in this duration, you work very hard which will redirect the energies.
Another example was of the Scorpio stellium. Scorpio gives intensity and much energy, especially sexual energy. She gave an example of a person with a Scorpio stellium who would masturbate all the time and that of another who was a successful athlete who channeled the energy towards achieving highly in her field.
Sublimating energies involves identifying a problematic placement in a chart and seeing how else you can channel it positively as the energy has to manifest, so it's upon you to decide the better direction for it.
Say you have strong Aries placements. This can manifest in being violent, selfish, hot-headed, and the other unneeded traits. You can instead channel it into work, running a business or something else that corresponds with Aries (self-initiated projects, things that involve leadership and so on).
Strong Pisces placements can give laziness and being too passive. But one can instead direct this into art, meditation, psychic abilities, and so on.
With predictive astrology, you need to identify the pending misfortune and when it will manifest and then redirect the energies. This can be very tiresome though and an AoP would be better for this.
As for your chart, Mars in the 12th house means that you have a weak Mars especially if it is not well placed (domicile or exalted), or not making an aspect with Jupiter. You can fix this with a Mars square for empowering your natal Mars.
You can also sublimate this Mars by getting into the affairs of the 12th house. Mars shows where we apply our energies. The 12th house rules psychic abilities so you can work to develop these. Do workings, exercises to train your psychic abilities. A good example is the ones on the 6 month warfare training program, or the exercise for merging consciousness as it helps you to project your consciousness outside your body, the evil eye and so on. You can also get into psychology or related subjects as they are associated with this house. Working with institutions like museums is another way you can sublimate this but this would probably require major shifts in your work/career path so it may not work for you.
The 12th house Venus can be sublimated with developing artistic talent. Note that the 12th house rules undoing and Venus here shows that love causes you undoing. This is a placement of misfortune in love. Workings to free your love life would go a long way.
I have similar issues, and I am planning in working On those in the near future.
I have an issue with retrograde planets, and houses that experience delays and/or issues.
Following is just an example, but let’s just assume my Venus is retrograde, and my Venus is in my 3rd house, 4th house cusp is on Taurus and 8th house cusp is on Libra. (For example, not my chart at all)
So I would experience issues because Venus is retrograde and also, The house where Venus is in and the houses of Taurus and Libra would also experience issues... so the 3rd, 4th, and 8th.
Could I do a spiritual Venus square to set those houses free?
Should I free houses one by one, and do for each of them a separate working, or can I just try to free them all at once...
And most importantly, how do I phrase my affirmation??
If you could give me some input regarding that, that would be highly appreciated, as always.
Something about squares is that they can sometimes activate the natal planets. This is common with the Saturn square where many have reported problems after doing it as it can activate the problems in the chart from the natal Saturn. One member in the past reported getting chronic muscle pains as they were about to finish the square. I wonder what sign and house their Saturn is in (maybe the 1st house as it rules the physical body and health). I am unaware if this can happen with other planets, but maybe you can try and find out? Or look back at any squares you have done in the past and if you experienced events relating to your natal houses ruled by that planet. If it applies for other planets then it can be a way for activating retrograde planets.
A better approach is to do a planetary square aimed at activating that planet, with the affirmations. A retrograde Venus can delay love. One with this placement can do a Venus square and affirm that the negative effects of their retrograde Venus that hold back their love life are nullified.
In your given example, your retrograde Venus can manifest delays or misfortune in all those houses. You can do one working and affirm something like, "All negative influences or delays from my retrograde Venus are completely undone and ineffective in a positive way for me, now and forever." The only way we can know if this will cover all those houses effectively is if someone who has done a working like this gives their experience. I personally don't see why it wouldn't be sufficient. The other way would be to do three separate squares for each house.
Something else I should mention is that one placement can mean different things for different people. Let's say one has the ruler of their 3rd house retrograde. This can indicate problems with siblings in the early years, relatives, maybe problems with an aspect of their education, eyesight etc. Let's say Venus rules this house. If for the person the problem highlighted by the retrograde Venus is problems with siblings, a Venus square can do. But if it is eyesight, a Venus square may not be so ideal. Something like a Mercury square or Sun square would do better as this is something of the physical body and may need the energies that directly correspond with the problem.
Let me give a good example. This is the chart of Beethoven.
https://www.astro-seek.com/birth-chart/ludwig-van-beethoven-horoscope
He has his Saturn at 15 degrees of Leo, a very malefic degree. He gradually became deaf in his life. Saturn rules his 3rd house which is associated with hearing. Unrelated but relevant, you can also see that his Saturn is retrograde and Venus which rules his 12th house is also in his 3rd house. The house the 12th house ruler is in can experience problems, as well as planets making aspects with this planet. Going back to the example, let's say he is to fix his deafness problem. Obviously he can't do a Saturn square for that. Even if we were to say the planet ruling his 3rd house is Mars, I still don't think a Mars square would be best for his problem. Mercury would be the best planet to go with.
To summarize the above, try to identify the problem highlighted by the retrograde planet. It could be a delay which can easily be rectified by the square of the planet, with the energies being directed to end the delay/obstacles bringing denial. If the retrograde planet points to a problem in particular, something already manifest in your life, you may want to go for the planet that naturally rules the problem.
In closing, it may actually be that regardless of the case, the problem represented by the retrograde planet can be fixed by the square of the planet, with Saturn being an exception of course.
