"I don't know if it's my Sun-Uranus opposition, or my Mars conjunct Mercury (or the combo), but I sometimes say things just to shock ppl, or use my words as weapons. I know the right buttons to push. "

lol

I have sun-mercury opposition uranus and sometimes I get annoyed when I see someone so self-satisfied in their "i'm right" attitude that I will offer a line of argument that I don't even believe in just to shake the other person up a bit. Maybe its my mars in gemini playing devil's advocate though! I agree with your comment that uranus i likely to feature in the charts of people interesting in astrology. Uranus is in my second house, is a fire singleton, disposits my moon and is opposition the sun and mercury!

>FJ-
What exactly are you and this friend doing when this switching from top to bottom is taking place?<
Basically we are trying to contribute jointly to a massive asinine "grand joke" of ridiculously warped proportions. Sorry if I left anything open to your colorful imagination.

My Sun is in my 8th House, my Uranus is in my 2nd House I believe. However, I have my Saturn in Sag oppose my Sun too.

Sun represents your ego, husband, boyfriend, or boss; Uranus is about sudden change, represents friends also; Hard aspects usually mean something unpleasant. When this aspect is activated you may have unpleasant sudden change in your ego(car accident-Uranus is a highest in a Mercury octave) or a break up with a friend/boyfriend, sudden divorce or your boss may give your a negative review. However, your have to look at your Leo and Aqua houses and planets in them, are they aspected as well? Right now transiting Uranus and Jupiter trigerring this aspect, making it a T-square. I think Gemini new moon on Thursday may activate it. The conclusion: expect the unexpected this weekend.

> Thank you, Spock. Provocative should be my middle name. ^_^

And I'm sometimes terse, as I was earlier also in your going insane thread. I said it was Mars square Mars, which it was, but that was only part of the story. It was also an episode in a much larger event, which Daniel Levinson (Seasons of a Man's Life) called the Early Adult Transition and Gail Sheehy (Passages) Pulling Up Roots, which we call Uranus squaring its natal place. It takes place from 17 or 18 to 22 or 23, although as a distinct period it will subsequently be perceived as having ended at 22, thanks to Saturn squaring its natal place at that time. It's the same transition that Wayne (loss of faith thread) is going through, although loss of faith is his issue and not necessarily yours.

There is in general, though, a religious dimension, sometimes an overt rejection of our parents' faith, more usually a subtle shift, not only in religious belief but in values and life orientation. As Sheehy emphasizes it's a period when you separate psychologically, if not physically, from your parents, becoming your own person. This is a period of mounting idealism and a need for a sense of community. People in their late teens and early twenties often travel, either going to school or moving temporarily to a different part of the country. Our journeying is both literal and figurative. We're exploring new places and new ways of being. Even if we stay at home we explore new idea systems and life styles and join communities (such as "the" astrological community).

We try to find ourselves, and in doing so question old verities. This is less overtly visible in women than men, but there is often a period in a Uranus age transit during which we feel the urge to do the unthinkable. That's why it's a period of delinquency, marked by an urge to break the rules. This is normal and healthy. By questioning our existing notions of right and wrong, often by transgressing, we're feeling our way to our own personal value system. It's unhealthy only if we don't rebel and manage to totally stifle the urge to misbehave.

Since you natally have Sun opposite Uranus, while Uranus is squaring its natal place it's also squaring the Sun. This accentuates your natural creativity and flair, and enables you to (want to) decide what kind of creative endeavor to pursue. Natal Sun opposite Uranus can be erratic and sensationalist, especially with Mercury and Mars squaring Neptune. Your imagination runs away with you. But you have something else that can potentially hold it in check. Those who don't know you well, who see the provocateur, might not realize that you're ultimately animated by a hard core of purpose. Your Sun opposite Saturn is stronger than Sun opposite Uranus. Underlying the creative and intellectual pyrotechnics is a cool, calculating nature. You're capable of disciplining yourself in pursuit of longterm objectives, and this will be more and more evident as you mature, especially after your Saturn Return.

Your recent Mars transit was, as I said, an episode in a larger transformation. As an event in its own right it predicts a period of tension and restlessness. Love affairs often begin or end during Mars age transits. More usually we change the furniture around, start taking a different route to work or school, change who we interact with and where we go and what we do on a daily basis. These are the sorts of things that tend to change during these transits, things that affect your daily, physical routine, but these changes are not what the transit predicts. What it predicts is the underlying urge, which might or might not lead to an external event.

Your creative flair can be seen in the distinct looks you've created in your portfolio, the tough babe (or rebel?), the demure maiden, the sophisticate. Do you take requests? I'll bet you could do a killer film noir. You know, the mysterious lady in the slinky dress and veil, with a cigarette holder, who wants to hire the hardbitten private eye to find her missing brother. But of course, there's more to her than meets the eye.

Given your Mercury conjunct Mars, I can't help wondering if your creative pursuit will involve one of the mechanical arts: photography, web design, architecture. Modeling, with your ability to express a distinct look, seems the most obvious, although I can't as easily see the Mars-Mercury connection in it. Thats's why I mentioned photography.

See, that's not so terse.

Spock