0038 - What type of woman is attractive to a man who presents the Moon and Venus in Virgo?
Such men are inclined to choose a woman whose femininity is not pronounced. He will want to have a woman at his side who is dedicated to her career, dynamic and highly organised; young looking, almost adolescent, but not very sensual. In the course of his life, he will opt for women who are inferior or superior to himself. He will express affection in a calculated, clear-headed way.

0037 - What does the passage of Uranus in the eleventh house in opposition to Mars in the fifth mean for a woman?
The sex drive and aggression of this person will be unable to find an adequate outlet, causing introversion. The role of Mars will make the figure of the partner a source of problems that become evident in the sexual arena, which will undergo a dramatic tailing off and the woman will be or feel herself to be responsible. The time he spends with his male friends, symbolised by the transit, will prove to be rather painful, however, because the presence of Uranus in the eleventh house predisposes him to make space for new friendships more consonant with himself. The subject will experience moments of being very extrovert and dynamic and others of solitude, apathy and indecision over the choices she must make. The aspect also represents an accident during a journey, perhaps in a car, that the subject or her partner or a friend may undergo during the period of the transit.

0036 - How should the transit of Uranus in conjunction with Venus in the fifth house and trigon with Neptune be interpreted?
The changes that accompany the transit of the planet will be immediately obvious from the aesthetical point of view, the renewal and improvement of the appearance, the clothes and the figure. The person’s emotional sphere will be affected by changes caused by a greater emotional assuredness that will allow them to be more detached and free in their relationship with a partner. The passage of harmonious Uranus across Venus in the fifth house represents the possibility for the subject to find new passions, outside the ordinary and particularly intense, that will permit them to feel once against the sensations felt in adolescence. The trigon of Uranus with Neptune will prompt the subject to take the right decisions, relying only on their own instincts, their own emotions, which will be positive, without allowing themselves to be influence by the judgement of others.

 

0035 - Which planetary orbits should be taken in to consideration in the birth chart?
Conjunction and opposition: within 10º
Quadrature: within 6º
Trigon: within 8º degrees
Sextile: within 4º
Quincunx: within 8º?
Semi-sextile: within 1º
Semi-quadrature: within 4º 

0034 - What does the quadrature that we see involving Neptune and the radix Moon mean?
Such a dissonant aspect in the birth chart indicates above all that the subject had a confused mother, sometimes absent and sometimes psychologically unstable. This naturally provoked a series of traumas that the person will have to confront in adulthood. Typically, it will be accompanied by the fear of being assailed by depression since the person has seen the maternal figure suffer from it. The woman influenced by this aspect will find it especially difficult to build up her own female identity: she will always seem fuzzy at the edges since, being unable to completely follow the model of the maternal figure, she will try to model her feminine side on women she met during her childhood who were emotionally important to her. Women of consequence will tend to flee from this part of themselves, being unable to feel completely at their ease. A man who presents a negative Neptune over the Moon will tend to choose a companion with aforementioned characteristics.

0033 - What is the typical behaviour of a Leo with Leo Ascendant?
In this case, it is fundamentally important to check the terrestrial position of the Sun. There would be enormous differences in character, in fact, depending on whether it was in the first or the twelfth house: in the former, the person will by nature be more expansive, energetic, proud, but above all will tend to assert themselves as unique and the best. If the luminary position is co-significant with Pisces, the subject will be retiring, introverted and markedly sensitive. In this case, the leonine vitality will clearly be reduced , the responsibility which Leo does not hesitate to accept will be cleverly avoided in a typically Piscean way, but, at the same time, even the pride that characterises Leo will become less unshakeable, and the subject will
cloak themselves in sweetness.
 

0032 - In the case of an afflicted third house, is difficulty can finishing university studies be encountered?
This is symbolically positioned not in the third, but the ninth house, and therefore it is properly in studying this last that we can analyse how the subject will cope with university. Above all, it’s vital to check the presence of planets in this house, not to mention any transits that may be influential, and this remains true even in the case in which the house is empty. A potentially negative transit of one of the slow planets can in fact mean greater difficulties in finishing the cycle of studies. In the case of one who, for example, presents Pluto in dissonance in the ninth house, the completion of a degree will be especially problematic and will require a rather long time, but that doesn’t mean that it is impossible to achieve. The sector may in fact be sustained by other favourable transits at the same time on the part of planets such as Saturn or Uranus, that could be crucial in helping the subject to finish their studies.

0031 - What does transiting Pluto in quadrature with Mercury in the seventh house mean?
The period of the transit will be characterised by numerous problems to do with children. Should they leave home, even when this is the normal consequence of growing up, it will be experienced by the subject in a decidedly traumatic way. There is also the possibility that it is the parent who has left or neglected the children for various reasons: such a separation will be accompanied by a vague sense of guilt. Mercury also represents business, therefore it is necessary throughout the period of the transit to pay particular attention to the stipulations in a contract which could be sources of deception, especially on the part of relatives, children or friends. From the mental point of view, the transit brings a diminution in intuition, or may lead the subject to be distrustful since they lack faith in themselves.

0030 - What will be the result of the transit of Pluto across birth Venus?
The person will experience an exultant moment of profound self-confidence. This will become more intense and she will not be disposed to compromise in order to be appreciated by her nearest and dearest. This excellent feeling about herself can only translate into emotional security and the image she gives out to the world will be that of an attractive, seductive and charismatic woman.

0029 - What is the significance of Pluto in opposition to the Sun positioned in the twelfth house?
Above all this is demonstrated in the ambivalent relationships that the subject will negotiate with male figures. The unconscious rejection by the father at the moment of birth will translate into continuously alternating between love and hate towards the world of men. If the subject is a woman, she will tend to choose men and work situations that, although profitable from some points of view, will subject her to constant humiliation. The sixth house is not a consonant dwelling for Pluto since the planet is forced to submit his enormous energy to the rigid rules of daily life, negating the spur towards individuality that characterises him. This can only lead to an intolerable situation since whatever career the person chooses, she will never feel herself sufficiently appreciated in equal measure to the effort she puts into it. The opposition of the Sun, which will aggravate further the constant sense of dissatisfaction, may, however, spur her on to greater achievements, especially if other planets in the chart reinforce that drive.

0028 - How should we interpret Pluto transiting in the fourth house forming quadrature with Mars in the seventh and trigon with Jupiter in the eighth?
A basic analysis would reveal above all some complications in the family arena, given the presence of the planet in the fourth house and the negative involvement of Mars and the seventh. It is likely that the crisis will be with the partner, who may force the subject into an unwilling rather than a mutually agreed separation. This however could in fact prove advantageous from the financial point of view, predicted by the symbolism of Jupiter in the eighth house.

0027 - What is the symbolic meaning of the transit of Pluto in the tenth house in opposition to Jupiter in the fourth?
The subject will tend to want at all costs to fulfil themselves through their career, at the cost of the family who, true to the symbolism of Jupiter, will react vociferously in a rather strong manner. A Jupiter afflicted by Pluto can have a number of different meanings, however: it will encourage a tendency towards a pessimistic outlook and will also decisively influence the health of the subject or a member of their family.

0026 - How should we read the presence of Pluto in the fourth and tenth house?
The planet finds itself ill at ease in the co-significant house of Cancer, which so loves tranquillity and security. In fact, it will lead to frequent profound upsets within the walls of the home which, although presaging renewal, will cause substantial ill-feeling for the person. The tenth house can on the other hand become an excellent headquarters in which the planet reinforces the already conspicuous tendency of Capricorn to pursue objectives. If however the house is already occupied, especially by strong planets, among which, for example, Mars, the subject will be inclined towards developing a marked arrogance which, unless checked, may bring ruin in their career.

0025 - Can one read in the opposition of Pluto to the tenth house a certain difficulty in finding work?
The blockage is not met so much in the hunt for work, which may be found without problems if there are positive transits by other planets, so much as in the difficulty in carrying it out. Throughout the duration of the transit, the subject may encounter profound dissatisfaction in the professional arena, and since, within the symbolism of the tenth house there are restrictions to independence, they will also experience many limitations in this area, not least from the partner or the family, symbolised by the fourth house, in which Pluto, being in opposition to the tenth, would be housed.

0024 - You have said that in the cases that you have studied that you have seen that the Moon in Leo makes a person more masculine and can give rise to female homosexuality: is it therefore legitimate to believe that homosexuality is in a certain sense viewed by astrology (as indeed by many philosophical disciplines in this world) as, please forgive the term which is meant only as way of putting it, a type of anomaly or a discordant expression of femininity? Because the Moon in Leo loses all its capacity to express its femininity as it should, am I right? I ask only to understand, not to put labels on people.
I would say that “a discordant expression of femininity” is the appropriate phrase. The Moon in Leo and even more the Moon in Aries are indications of the virilization of femininity for a woman, exactly because the Sun is housed in Leo and exalted in Aries, which as a result makes a Sun-Moon conjunction that symbolises the union of the masculine side with the feminine, thus impeding the subject in distinguishing the two sides and therefore in identifying their own physical and sexual roles.

0023 - Coming back to the subject of female homosexuality: I got hold of and studied the charts of two of my gay friends and was amazed to see that both had the Moon in conjunction with Saturn in Leo, in spite of the fact they were of different signs, born in different years and in different places. I therefore ask myself: is it possible that the Moon, finding herself in so masculine a sign as Leo, further looses her femininity in conjunction with Saturn? The two women in question share a tendency to fall in love with women much older than themselves and I imagine that this is down to Saturn.
Your email once again confirms my theory on homosexuality in as much as having the Moon in Leo means to once again have the Moon-Sun conjunction, given that the Sun is housed in Leo and therefore, for a woman, as you say, there is indeed a virilization. As far as Saturn is concerned, several cases I have analysed have the planet linked to one of the luminaries, often to both, though Saturn can be considered bisexual or neuter. For example, in the mythology we find him as Cronos, but also in the ruins of Athens; in his symbolism of authority, law, conscience, stoicism, age and solitude etc the roles are representative of both sexes, or rather, those roles or phases are asexual.

0022 - I would like to “piggy back” on the question of homosexuality and ask you how come it is increasing, given the number of homosexuals is forever growing?
I don’t think there has been, in effect, a rise in homosexuality, I believe rather than the passages of Neptune in Aquarius and Pluto in Sagittarius have caused the exaltation of freedom, freedom in all areas, including sex, with the result that these days homosexuality has come to be experienced and accepted more freely and therefore with less guilt, with the consequence that people have finally succeeded in living their homosexuality openly and for this reason it seems that the number has increased. Pisces is a sign in which the Moon is in exaltation; the Moon, which symbolises femininity and the family, is transiting Uranus, which, with its innovation and revolution, gave rise to the realisation of gay marriages in 2005.

0021 - In examining the partner of a heterosexual woman, we look to the Sun and Mars, so where do we look in the case of a woman who is homosexual? Venus and the Moon? And what are the strongest indicators of female homosexuality?
The reply can only be a generic one: to supply an exhaustive one it would be necessary to write a “novel.” The general indicators are the Sun-Moon aspects, both positive and negative (though that’s not to say that everyone must be homosexual) in as much as they represent the individual’s difficulty in identifying themselves with the parent of the same sex. If the aspects are positive, the parents come out neither one nor the other and therefore the child has no precise model of the masculine or feminine in which their self is reflected. If they are instead negative, the contrast between the parents creates tension in the child, who tends to identify with the more affectionate parental figure, and this can be seen in the collateral aspects of the luminaries, of Venus, Mars and Pluto. If the woman is homosexual, and she takes the masculine role, we look to Venus and the Moon, if she is the woman, then we look to Mars and the Sun.

0020 - I was wondering which planets govern airplanes and whether Mars is the planet which in transit determines death.
If you read my book or articles on the site, you will find the reply, but in brief, I will say that, in my view, Uranus is the planet connected with airplanes and flight (in mythology, Uranus was the god of the sky). If in a birth chart, Uranus is afflicted this may mean a predisposition on the part of the individual to meet a violent end, such as a plane crash. Among those people I have analysed, Uranus in transit formed a negative aspect and, furthermore, Mars in transit almost always produced a negative aspect, In a high percentage of cases, it formed opposition, quadrature or quincunx to radix Uranus.

0019 - I was wondering whether a rather afflicted sixth house with no “active” planets and an empty tenth house could be an impediment to success at work for an individual and whether such charts could be analysed by observing other planets and aspects.
An afflicted radix sixth house, and therefore with some planet positioned to receive negative aspects from others, can certainly be indicative of difficulties in the daily working life. If on the other hand it is empty, no problems will be created as long as the sign in which they are found is in contrast with the house, for example Pisces, Gemini etc. The same applies to the tenth house, which is more specifically relevant to work and career and personal autonomy. Furthermore, the Sun is also important, as is the Moon for a woman or for a man who carries out typically feminine work.

0018 - So it’s easier to fulfil oneself on the work front when the house is empty or at least has as few negative aspects as possible?
Yes, but in a birth chart, it’s necessary to also keep in mind the possibility of planets positioned in Virgo, co-significant with the sixth house, and of related aspects; but, above all, of the tenth house and of planets in Capricorn, co-significant to the tenth and related aspects. Not forgetting the importance of the luminaries, as I said before.

0017 - How should we broadly interpret the fact that in a birth chart all the signs are in opposing houses (such as Gemini in the ninth, Cancer in the tenth etc)? Isn’t it perhaps as if the person lives in a permanent state of opposition?
Yes, opposition that creates tension, insofar as they are never “superficially” satisfied with what they are doing in the present moment.

0016 - I have observed that some birth charts have all the planets and even all the aspects completely positioned in one single sector: to the left or right, high or low, and I was wondering what this very partial distribution could mean.
If the majority of the planets are to be found in a superior semi-circle it means that the personality will tend towards renewal, self-affirmation, without regard to the past, in other words, a rootless individual. If the planets are in an inferior semi-circle, the person will demonstrate dependent behaviour, living by the accepted rules of their society. If the planets are dislocated in a left semi-circle, the subject will be inclined to dynamism and self-realisation. If the planets are dislocated in a right semi-circle, the person will be more contemplative and will need the reassurance of others to be able to succeed and express themselves.

0015 - Can Mars in the fourth house in opposition to Mercury signify “distance” between father and son and verbal aggression, either received or aimed at the opposite sex?
No, the opposition of Mars to Mercury does not symbolise a distant father, but rather a difficulty in having a communicative relationship with the male figure, that can offer erupt in squabbles, in furious arguments either directed at or provoked by the subject, especially during adolescence. Mars in the fourth house symbolises the aggression that the subject experiences if the planet is afflicted, or which is present in the family environment if positive.

0014 - Can the Moon bound to Neptune signify a mother who undergoes transformation during her lifespan?
Yes, but to be more precise, we must make clear that it signifies the subject’s experience of the transformation of the mother, independently of the fact that she really does change, though normally, of course, the two are coincident.

0013 - Why are transits of planets on themselves not taken into consideration, for example “Mars in opposition to Mars”? (See also reply No: 0002 and No: 0008)
I return for a last time to question No. 2 to make clear that disregarding a planet in aspect to itself is my way of interpreting the transits, for the reasons explained above, and to make my point of view even clearer, I will give further explanation, though everyone is free to do as they believe best. Let’s say the planets are human beings and that Mars is Martino, Pluto – Paolo, Venus – Valeria and so on…. we know that if Martino, let’s say, is in the city of Libra, he cannot also be in the city of Aries because he can’t be in two places at once. Martino can visit both places but only one at a time. In the same way, he can’t meet himself, come to blows with himself, argue with himself or make war against himself. Martino, on the other hand, can get on well with Valeria or meet with Paolo exactly because they are people with their own characteristics who can get on well with him or not, as the case may be.

0012 - What can the passage of Uranus in conjunction in the ascendant and in trigon to the Sun bring?
If Uranus does not at the same time present other negative aspects, I would say that the transit is positive and that in the span of the two years, the time that the planet takes to complete the transit, there will be changes, perhaps sudden, regarding work, the male figure and the contacts made, image projected and the way that the subject is seen by others. Changes that can arise due to the opportunities that present themselves that she takes advantage of on the fly, but above all those changes that she decides upon, to attain her own subjective well-being. I could write more, but I’ll stop there.

0011 - Examining my transits, I discovered that one of the slow planets gave me a quadrature with a luminary with a gap of 8 degrees. Reading your book on transits, I was amazed that I felt it, from almost all points of view, almost more now (perhaps only because I’m more aware of it?) in respect to when the gap was greatly inferior. Is this possible? Isn’t 8 degrees too much for the effect of the transit to be felt so strongly?
Eight degrees really is too much. I have however observed that often the subject who receives the passage of slow planets, in particular Neptune and Pluto, becomes aware of the transit only after it has happened, when it is already over, exactly because the symbolism of these two planets are profound and it takes time for the unconscious forces of the individual to manage to overtake the conscious and therefore become externalised, and thus is only fully aware of the change once the transit is finished. It is rare for a person to be aware of the transit, I’m still speaking of slow planets, before the heavenly body has reached, at least once, the exact orbital length of the radix planet.

0010 - I read in a book that the dialectic relationship between Taurus and Scorpio, as it is between two opposing signs, is, in a certain way, inherently to do with possession, both in the material sense (houses, money etc) and in personal relationships. I was wondering if that might also include the desire to keep situations as they are, when life (as it is normal that it should) often pushes us toward change.
Yes even if, in my view, in the majority of occasions, it is we who secretly create the paths of change.

0009 - Which planet is responsible for making people these days ever less trustworthy?
Obviously, it is necessary to look at the birth chart, however, in general, I can say that the presence of Pluto in Sagittarius, Neptune in Aquarius and Uranus in Pisces indicates a predisposition towards curiosity, nosiness and a lack of depth and coherence. So, yes, untrustworthiness – but not malice.

0008 - How is it that in your book “The Symbolism of Transits” you made no mention of the transit of a planet on itself, for example “Mars in opposition to Mars”? (See also reply No: 0002 )
To return to the reply already given, seeing the number of similar questions, I would add that it is necessary to be careful not to confuse the symbolism of the aspects that transiting planets make with the other radical planets at the moment in which they transit on themselves. For example, let’s suppose that radix Mars has been in quadrature with Pluto; when transiting Mars arrives in the birth position, it will reform the quadrature with Pluto, when it transits in quadrature with itself it will at the same time be in opposition to Pluto: the subject will experience psychological, sexual and physical impotence, as well as annoying incidents and surprises, owing to the aspect that it forms with Pluto and not to the fact that it is forming aspects with itself. To conclude, one can say that the proof comes when Mars forms the last quadrature with itself, because it is also in conjunction with Pluto and here, the subject will feel powerful, full of energy and able to impose their will, and in addition they will encounter lucky situations or meetings.

0007 - How is it possible to resolve an opposition between two important planets (such as, for example, the Sun and the Moon) in a birth chart? For my part, I have noticed that at many times and above all in certain places, I feel myself “pulled” between two possible courses of action/reaction, which provokes a strong feeling of unease and most times I remain blocked and unable to take advantage of either of the two planets involved.
This way of feeling is characteristic of opposition but it is the interpretation of the birth chart that shows us the way to resolve, destroy or remain “pulled” between one pole or the other: it will be enough to look at the other aspects that the two opposing planets receive, for example: if the Sun is in opposition to the Moon and the Moon is sextile or trigon to other planets, while the Sun is receiving none, this means that the subject reflects the Moon and therefore the feminine side will be able to react and to build, while finding greater difficulty in self-realisation at work or in social life.

0006 - What does having two isolated planets in a birth chart mean?
Isolated planets in a birth chart are always considered to be loose canons which explode or fizzle out according to the transit received. Personally, I have ascertained that the person always has difficulty in “using” isolated planets or luminaries during the difficult times in life. For example, the isolated radical Moon will only allow the person to express femininity when it is stimulated by some transit, because usually the subject will tend to operate with the rest of the planets and radical aspects because it is simpler and more natural for her. As a consequence, especially with female subjects, it becomes difficult to experience her female essence (and all the symbolism of the Moon as mother, woman, house etc) because it is experienced as a see-saw in a discontinuous way, passing from moments of euphoria and extreme sensitivity to moments of depression and fear which can however be contained of exalted in the context of the birth chart.

0005 - Which are the star signs of the most jealous people?
The most jealous are Taureans and Scorpios, generally, but also everyone who has Mars and Venus afflicted in their birth charts.

0004 - Which is the sign of the Jewish people? 
Jews and all Arabs are under the sign of Scorpio, according to Lisa Morpurgo.

0003 - Is it true that whoever has Mercury in Virgo enjoys gossiping? And whoever has Mercury in Sagittarius is superficial?
Someone who has Mercury in Virgo can be distinguished by their precise and analytical way of communication and that can be rather heavy for a listener. Mercury in Sagittarius does mean superficiality and ingenuousness. But in both cases, it is important to look at the aspects that that planet is receiving. As far as the gossip of the Zodiac is concerned, we must also look to Jupiter, who is significant in speech, and, especially if afflicted by Pluto in a birth chart, “enjoys” not only to gossip but also putting the stamp of malice on whatever is said.

0002 - How come in your book “The Symbolism of Transits” you make no mention of the transit of a planet on itself, for example “Mars in opposition to Mars”?
In my view, there cannot be an aspect in which two poles, for example Mars in opposition to Mars, can be created by the same planet because at the moment in which Mars, for example in Libra, moves to Aries to make the opposition, it leaves a “black hole” in Libra and therefore opposition or any other aspect cannot exist. Furthermore, how could one read on one side the symbolism of Mars if they are in opposition to exactly the same symbolism? Aspects are always with different planets, when the symbols they represent are clear and where the can cohabit harmoniously or struggle bitterly amongst themselves according to the aspects they form.

0001 - In your book on transits, you explain the difference between the effect of a planet in either forward or reverse motion, however I didn’t fully understand whether, when in reverse, the person ceases to feel their influence, returning, so to speak, to the state in which they were before the transit arose, as if it cancelled itself out, or whether the transit becomes, even if positive, too difficult to cope with. 
When the planet is reversing, the person puts their plans aside (if the transiting planet forms a positive aspect) and the opportunities that are presented to them are blocked; the person continues to lead their normal life, as if the first passage had only “superficially” or rather, theoretically exerted an influence. When the planet resumes forward motion and changes aspect, all those projects come back into play and she succeeds in bringing them to fruition and making concrete the opportunities that were put aside. If a transit is positive, its symbolism is respected and this is also true of a negative transit, except that there may be some ambiguity in interpreting the planetary grouping or the conjunctions, because of the difficulty that the astrologer may have in deciphering them.