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How to Compare Two People's Horoscopes – Part II

Sun people are those with planets conjunct or opposed to your sun; thus they are living out or reflecting your own solar impulses for you:  they mirror your self-assurance.  You tend to see their stately, dignified, self-possessed side.  You respect them for their uncompromising courage, boldness, and willingness to follow out their own destinies.  In turn they stimulate these solar impulses within you.  These people strike a familiar chord of anguish or pathos that is the human condition.  In one fashion or another they symbolize your highest self, your willingness to follow your own aspirations no matter where they may lead, without need of validation from others.

On the other hand your sun people can also mirror your lack of true self-assurance.  Here you see them as vain and prissy, stiffly pretentious and haughty.  Even if you are put off by their overweening noblesse oblige, however, something in you nonetheless applauds their bravado and sense of flair.

Favorable (moon, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, and Pluto): These are the people on whom your own self-assurance "works".  They are suitably impressed or deferential, granting you your due respect and treating you as an equal.

Sun conjunct or opposition sun is a true meeting of minds.  There is mutual respect, friendship, and admiration.

Moon gives you considerable sympathy and leeway.  She accepts you pretty much on your own terms, makes you feel relaxed and accepted.

Mars is rooting for you all the way.  He appeals to your daring, impudent, devil-may-care side.

Jupiter is lofty and detached, but truly admires you and wishes you well.  He is interested in you as a person whether he agrees with you or not.

Unfavorable (Mercury, Venus, Saturn, and Neptune): These people are patronizing or touchy.  They show up flaws in your own self-assurance, or mirror your own self-doubts.  You can't project or sustain your ease of manner and sense of fitness with them.

Mercury always has a better idea.  He thinks a lot like you do, but it's hard to connect with him on a heart level.

Venus genuinely likes you and accepts you, yet you don't have all that much in common or much to communicate or share on deeper levels.

Saturn withholds approval – he may be critical or competitive, or he may feel superior to you.  In any case he keeps his distance.

Moon people mirror your sense of connection to the world around you.  They appear simple, natural, and straightforward.  You see them as being introspective, diligent, sensitive to their environment, and highly attuned to nuances of feeling.  They are conscientious and quite aware of the consequences of their behavior.  They treat you and your feelings with consideration and delicacy; hence they tend to bring out your own humane and protective instincts.  They touch you on a deep level of tenderness and compassion.

On the other hand, when they mirror your lack of true connectedness, you see them as being self-absorbed, sulky, and unctuously petulant.  Their pouting and insistent dwelling upon themselves tends to arouse your own feelings of morbidity, of being used, or of needing to salve yourself.

Favorable (sun, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Neptune):  It's easy to connect with these people – they encourage you with their hopefulness and good cheer.

Sun is an inspiration to you.  You admire his independent and pioneering spirit and his joie de vivre even in travail.

Moon heightens your susceptibility and sensitiveness.  You have a deep sympathy and spiritual kinship with her.

Mercury charms and delights you with his freshness and disarming plain spoken like.

Venus is sweet and appealing.  She appreciates you and has true affection for you.

Jupiter has a philosophy or outlook on life which is consonant with your own.  Your basic points of view harmonize.

Unfavorable (Mars, Saturn, Uranus, and Pluto): There is empathy here but it's hard to get past the emotional barriers and walls these people have up against you.

Mars and you have such divergent interests and goals that intimacy is difficult in spite of a genuine attraction and fondness.

Saturn is quite capable of turning cold on you and standing on his dignity, which makes it hard for you to fully trust him.

Mercury people mirror your own basic attitude towards life.  When you are tolerant and laid-back, you'll find your Mercury people to be practical and down-to-earth, showing good common sense and little pretense.  You applaud their reasonableness, right-mindedness, and earnestness.  You usually find yourself convinced by them or in broad agreement with them because they validate your own viewpoint:  you both make a lot of the same assumptions about life.

On the negative side they can take too much for granted, presume too much, and rub you the wrong way with their smug self-congratulations.  You can see their blind spots (and they can see yours) very clearly, and this may lead to a critical or judgmental tendency on the part of both of you.  You can get huffy or become sticklers with one another, each one blocked by what he or she is overlooking.

Favorable (moon, Mars, Saturn, Uranus, and Pluto): These people go along with your self-images.  They validate you – tend to see you as you see yourself.

Moon is very open to your ideas and tolerant of your quirks.  She is sympathetic and really enjoys listening to you.

Mercury shares many of your opinions and suppositions, and also many of your biases and prejudices.  This can be stimulating and delightful, but can also (especially when the Mercury's are in opposition) produce competition and one-upmanship.

Mars is charming and vivacious.  He dazzles you with his wit, dexterity, and impetuosity.

Saturn is dignified, forceful, and direct.  You like the way he looks you squarely in the eye and talks to the point.

Unfavorable (sun, Venus, Jupiter, and Neptune): These people stubbornly cling to their own opinions.  Although they clearly understand your point of view, they refuse to validate it for you.

Sun is cool and standoffish.  Even though you respect him, he is too wrapped up in himself to give you much attention.

Venus is a bit too chintzy or overly delicate for your taste. Even though you do basically like her, your relationship can be too formal or restrained for you to relax into.

Jupiter is fun and cheerful, but he can also be brusque and perfunctory, riding roughshod over your sensibilities and limits.

Venus people reflect your own mood and moodiness.  They have an inviting, childlike manner and a real sense of fun.  These people are impishly irreverent and have a conspiratorial twinkle which appeals to your own playful side.  They have a sauciness and a sense of style which makes you feel light and happy when you are around them.

On the other hand, they shy away from complex, emotionally sticky matters.  They don't care to discuss deeper feelings, and they staunchly resist being emotionally committed or pinned down.  Thus you are inevitably confronted with a dark, brooding side of them which they refuse to admit exists.  Your relationships with them – albeit joyous on one level – often have a lot of strong emotion churning beneath the surface which isn't being dealt with consciously.  You mirror each other's narcissism (vanity, glory-seeking) in a way which is embarrassing to admit openly, so you agree to be gay and carefree and sweep the rest under the rug.

Favorable (moon, Mars, Jupiter, and Neptune): These people are friendly and companionable.  They usually aim to please and be pleasing.

Moon gives you considerable sympathy.  She shows you her soft, vulnerable side and calls up a corresponding tenderness from you.

Venus strongly attracts you (naturally – that's what narcissism is all about).  You delight in each other's company – she lives out many of your own fancies and fantasies.

Mars is a good role model for you of steadiness and cheerfulness in adversity.  You admire his stiff upper lip and his no-nonsense force of personality.

Jupiter sends genuinely benevolent and generous impulses your way, and you in turn esteem him and wish him the very best.

Unfavorable (sun, Mercury, Saturn, Uranus, and Pluto): These people are quite likable, but have questionable or grasping impulses that give you pause.

sun attracts you but comes on very strong – you've got to keep on the qui vivre so as not to be bowled over by him.

Mercury connects with your blithe, humorous side, but tends to keep your relationship rather superficial and chatty.

Saturn likes you but maintains his reserve.  There's often a manipulation or lack of trust here.

Mars people mirror your own vigor and dynamism.  You relish their spunk and naïve ardor – their pride in their own fitness and their readiness to tackle anything.  They call forth your own boldness and elan, and live out your own brassy, sassy side with their irrepressible determination to just be themselves and let it all hang out.  They have an unabashed self-certainty which makes no excuses for itself but just plows on ahead regardless of the opinions of others.

On the other hand, you have to contend with their impatience with everything (including you); their know-it-all cockiness; and their disinclination to listen to reason.  You can find them self-willed and contentious, always pulling in some other direction, and this in turn lessens your own willingness to be flexible and cooperative with them.

Favorable (sun, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Uranus, and Pluto): You find these people obliging and ready to go along with your ideas; and you in turn are enthused by theirs.

Sun encourages you by his own enterprising spirit to try your wings and fly.  He is a paradigm and role model for your own aspirations.

Mercury can understand you and your point of view even when he basically disagrees with you, and you in turn tend to go along with his thinking and general outlook on life.

Venus and you are strongly attracted to one another – she wins you over with her easy, familiar manner.

Mars is a model of gutsy independence and dedicated effort; he mirrors your own bold, staunch, pioneering spirit.

Jupiter admires your spiritedness and encourages you to express yourself openly and confidently.

Unfavorable (moon, Saturn, and Neptune): Albeit attracted to these people, you almost immediately clash with them on minor issues.  They can be abrasive or make you lose patience.

moon wins your heart – you respond to her zest and joy – but you find her easily bruised and hurt, overly sensitive, so you have to handle her with unnatural restraint and delicacy.

Saturn forces you to contend with his brazen superiority, his overweening pride, and his stiff dignity.

About the author:

Bob Makransky is a systems analyst, computer programmer and professional astrologer.  He lives on a farm in highland Guatemala where he is a Mayan priest and is head of the local blueberry growers' association.  Check out his free downloadable Mayan Horoscope software, free downloadable Planetary Hours calculator, free downloadable Primary Directions / celestial sphere mathematics textbook, complete instructions on how to channel by automatic writing and how to run past life regressions, articles, books, stories, cartoons, etc. etc. at www.dearbrutus.com

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