It strikes me that what you’re saying about respecting the foundations of astrology represents an aspect of the current Saturn/Uranus opposition – which I believe has to do with welcoming the new while standing firmly on the foundation of what is still working from the past. The “interstitial space” is what I call it in my blog, interstitial art being a combination of the new and innovative with the tried and true.

Thanks for you insights.

We know more about the more refined aspects operating within a chart than we do between them. I’m hesitant to say just how they operate in synastry, because from what I’ve seen so far, they don’t consistently manifest in obsession between charts–so there must be some other level or purpose to them that we haven’t begun to crack.

and yes – we do fall into complexity of all kinds – intellectual – emotional – spiritual – to avoid responsibility and pain…..

And I recommend Ruperti to everyone who is studying seriously. His work has the unique combination of being full of esoteric wisdom yet grounded at the same time.

thank you for the grounded practicality of this post! We live in a cultural phase which increasingly – it seems to me – encourages both overtly and covertly the all-too-human tendency to hide from the obvious and the immediate, creating diversions in order to avoid facing up to personal responsibility. As Alexander Ruperti trenchantly observed in “Cycles of Becoming”, the route of evasion/distraction ” is not the path of personal growth”. So let’s start with what’s obvious and immediate in our relationship lives – eg a cross-aspect between Venus and Saturn – and only turn to the fine tuning of the more subtle aspects when we have constructed a sound platform on which the relationship can stand the tests of time.

Anne W

ps you’d never guess I had Saturn conjunct four of my personal planets now, would you??!!