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Hi everyone, I'm opening this thread to examine a postpartum psychosis dynamic from the EA lens. I'm going to explore the past life cause of the post partum psychosis and what the intended healing is.

This is a friend and she has agreed to offer her chart for the purposes of learning and healing. The intention is that this will benefit all of us in our service to others who may have similar experiences and in deepening our understanding of the soul and past life trauma.

I'm not going to be revealing too much specific info out of respect for this soul and also to just stay focused on the intent to present the immediate past life causes of the current life postpartum dynamic. Everyone is invited to ask questions and share further EA insights. I will respond to questions as I can.

My sense is this soul is transitioning/beginning first spiritual. I'm giving her the name Steph. She lives with her partner, child and a couple other friends. It's a strong community. Lots of love and connection in that house and in the general community around her.

From a "gofundme" website she and her partner created:

Quote"On May 27, 2014, as we welcomed the birth of our son __, we had no idea what challenges lay ahead for our new little family. By early August, "Steph" began to experience bouts of sleeplessness and euphoria which escalated into delusions and paranoia and resulted in her emergency hospitalization. This extended to a nearly two-week stay in which she was diagnosed with postpartum psychosis, a rare form of bipolar disorder."

After she gave birth this past late May there were a few manic episodes that took place over the next several months. At some point she was hospitalized for 2 weeks during which time she was separated from her child. This resulted in a lot of trauma and hurt for everyone.

During manic episodes there has often been a lot of talking, using technology, not sleeping, painting, collecting things, paranoia, fear of house burning down, feeling unheard, making signs with her hands. During the last episode she was very angry and accusatory towards the people she lives with.

Here's a quote from a friend who lives with her,

Quote"Throughout all of the episodes, she has been wanting to plan events-- talking a lot about dance parties. She has also been really involved with putting stuff on our cob wall and turning that area into a gift giving/receiving place. "˜Every gift is an offering' Putting money out for people who need it etc."

People really came together to support her and her household over these past months. Through a fundraising website they are raising funds to support them during this time of healing. Both her and her partner are focusing on healing and connection at this time. As a result, the community support is really important and meaningful to them. During the 2 weeks that she was in the hospital many members of the community stepped in to help out with the house: cooking, cleaning and being with the baby when her partner needed to work.

She's a very humble soul and is conscious of all that went on. She recognizes that she is now in a healing phase. She's on medications and probably will be on it for some time. As a result she does not breastfeed. Breast milk is donated from a local donor. I think they mix that with some other stuff too.

As is not uncommon, one fear that arises is the fear of this happening again. In general with post partum psychosis, it does not recur for a very long time. It is the birth/ circumstances of the birth that usually ignites the trauma.

The run down on post partum psychosis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postpartum_psychosis

Basic EA themes of chart:
I just want to first present a very basic foundation for the core evolutionary theme of this soul's evolutionary journey. This soul is learning to align her own actions and personal will to harmonize with others and for the greater good. Thus there is a strong spiritualization going on within this soul relative to understanding the true meaning of relationship and sharing. All this implied by the Pluto polarity point and nn in Taurus in the 7th, Neptune in a new phase with Venus that is inconjunct and rules the nn in Taurus in the 7th. The new phase of Neptune in Sag to Venus in Capricorn really implies forgiveness, maturation and intended movement towards more stability and continuity in this life. With all the strong Capricorn/Saturn signatures that show up several places in this chart there has been the desire to establish solid foundations in her life.

With Pluto on the AC and Mars in a tight crescent phase square with Pluto, it's clear that this soul comes into this life with the intent to "break through" into a new evolutionary cycle.

In this next paragraph I'm going to paraphrase what Rad told me regarding the last life that lead to the postpartum psychosis. Astrological annotations are my addition:

She was on a wagon train with a community of people traveling across what we now call the USA through the native territories during the period of western migration (Mercury Uranus in 2nd house in Sag: traveling wagon, community/group all sharing a common culture. Cancer in the 9th: tribe/home on the road). The wagon train got attacked and all the adults and babies were killed. Only relatively young girls were not killed. The wagons were set on fire. (Mars in Capricorn in the 3rd squaring Pluto in Scorpio in the 1st reflects the dynamic of ambush attacks, being overpowered while traveling. The sn of Mars is on Saturn which is also the ruler of Mars - all on the south node of the Moon: plans and intended direction being violently and suddenly cut short). She was already pregnant when she was taken away and subject to sexual violence. She was made a slave (Aries on 6th, ruled by Mars in Cap squaring Pluto. The archetype of bondage, control and humiliation is implied here as well). She gave birth and was only able to breastfeed for a short time until they killed her baby (Moon in Cancer in the 9th house in the T square with Mars and Pluto.) At that point she went into total dissociation and insanity. Then she was murdered in a very brutal way.

Her Uranus in Sag in the 2nd, which is the ruler of the IC in Aquarius which itself squares Pluto in the 1st, reflects the extreme dissociation and hysteria from this last life that has been latent within the soul until this very time in her life after giving birth. In giving birth, her brain physiology changed in such a way as to release from her own soul memory/individuated unconscious the emotional memory of this past life trauma as if it was happening now.

The unresolved trauma linked to survival, extreme violence, loss of family and community, her baby, loosing property, needing to be on edge etc is really what brought the postpartum psychosis on in a most immanent sense. The semi sextile between Uranus and Jupiter in part reflects the exaggerated beliefs/projections that came out during these manic episodes and the tendency to get lost in theories, beliefs, thinking about the "larger picture" in such a way that it only created more stress, worry and alienation. Transiting Chiron was basically stationing in a first quarter square to her Uranus during the last manic episode. And Pluto itself was right on her Jupiter during pretty much this entire period.

The core dynamics that all these signatures in total reflect are restrictive and violent impositions that ended her sense of direction and separated her from her roots/tribe/home/family/security. She lost everything she had while following a dream/vision towards a better destiny and future.

The Cancer Moon in this life, given its strong aspects and the inconjunct to the ruler of the north node says a lot about the emotional healing that is intended in this life. Cancer in the 9th house in part implies cultivating/nourishing emotional authenticity and natural forms of nurturing/caring. It can also imply exaggerated emotions, and with its linkage to Mars and Pluto in the 1st along with its inconjunct to Neptune: reactive and intense emotion responses that are not based in actual reality. Relative to its opposition to Mars and all the very strong Saturn/Cap signatures in this chart there is a healing of shame here as well. Shame is healed by way of finding herself loved and accepted for who she is - thus nothing to be defensive about. Love, acceptance and connection is bottom line for this soul's healing. Note that Mars in Cap is also in a semi square with Uranus in the 2nd: learning to slow down instead of just acting on immediate impulses which would only result in more alienation and disconnect from her environment, community and even her own body.

The evolutionary intention of this life is keyed in with the intended healing: Taurus 7th house with Venus with Neptune in the 2nd. Stability, healthy nourishing and grounding connections, compassion and forgiveness. The high stress and extremes of the past with all that Scorpio in the 1st is being released as this soul is learning to focus on the abundance (2nd house) of love and connection (Neptune/Venus) that is available to her; that she is not in a dangerous situation, but can rather embrace the stability and love that is in her life: her partner, her baby, her community, as well as a more open space for sharing and listening. She is learning that everything is ok. All this implied by the Venus Neptune and its inconjunct to the nn in Taurus in the 7th.

Here's a quote from Rad regarding this soul's brain physiology and healing:

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... So right now by intentionally telling herself what the nature of this life is, her husband, her friends, her baby, all that is good and right in her life, will allow the physiology of the brain itself to change which in direct proportion to the natural balances of the various hormones in play now to return.

Geodetic wise, with that Mars in Cap and Jupiter in Cap ruling all that Sag in the 2nd, this past life trauma was somewhere mid west. Really interesting to note too that she was born in this life in Ohio (Capricorn zone) and then later actually DID migrate to the west coast which is where she currently lives. The west coast shares the same geodetic equivalent to that of her Neptune (Sagittarius). In so many ways her healing at this time in her life is found through appreciating and settling into the beauty of the dream that actually is already here, manifest in her life. This soul has made it to the west coast and she is with her family and community in a safe loving environment.

In terms of transits, besides for the two I mentioned above, this all happened during her Saturn return. Saturn instigates deep review and reflection. A part of what this experience really brought up was the resolution to some degree of latent 1st house Scorpio karma: the psychology of extremes, confrontation and defenses. The transit of Saturn through the first is really about coming into balance and learning how to responsibility work with all that energy in a way that fosters growth.

The transiting north node also moved into her 12th house during this time with natal Venus itself conjunct Neptune in the 2nd. This implies the intent for healing: relationships, forgiveness and reconnecting to spirit. Whereas the transiting south node moving through her 6th in Aries with its ruler Mars in Cap squaring Pluto along with Saturn in the 1st reflects exactly the past life "crisis" (6th house) that was re-emerging in her life.

With love,
Ari Moshe

Hi Ari,

I would like to thank you for sharing this with our message board members. It is, indeed, a real opportunity to learn via the prism of EA about the directness of unresolved traumas from other lives deeply affects the Soul's orientation to the current life. Thank you Ari.

God Bless, Rad

Hi Ari,
Thank you for posting this case study. I really appreciate the frequent and consistent peppering of chart signatures with your EA analysis and Rad's intuitions. Rapidly toggling back and forth between the charts and the MB I could track your correlations as you were weaving the story. (ie beyond the content, the way you wrote was supportive to my learning.)
Having witnessed and supported someone very close to me who went into months of psychosis and depression, I am grateful to see this thread here. The charts and circumstances are very different so, it is amazing to see such a contrast of experience.
One thing is similar, and that is the amount of collective energy it takes to support mother and child. Love, assurance, time, money, food, psychic/emotional energy"¦otherwise sourced from the mother and taken for granted under the patriarchy. It is incredibly intense, judgement and shame notwithstanding. A seemingly non-sequitur shock to the ego. So, for you to provide the context of an unresolved past life trauma that her Soul is seeking to process, integrate, and heal could be such a gift to her sense of dignity in this journey in this life.  To recover in a way that does not create new sanskaras of hiding, concealing, or repression. (The courage to have her experiences posted here is also a challenge to that.)
Brings me to questions re: counseling: At what point after the birth were you consulting with "Steph"? To what degree did you discuss the details of her past life traumas with her? Was this mitigated by factors such as your rapport or her evolutionary state? Was there resonance, recognition, or any healing reaction from her in response? With her Saturn and Sun on SN of the Moon and Mercury Uranus in Sag in the 2nd"¦did she ever have any sense of an impending relive or otherwise karmically laden feeling around giving birth and being a mom?
Thank you Ari! for your commitment to teaching what you learn.
God bless,

Katherine

Hi Ari
Thank you for bringing this topic. I will try to look at the chart and comment within next few days.
God Bless, Gonzalo

Hi Ari,

Thanks for posting this. I have been reading and rereading it as it is so full of information and points to think about. Your analysis is so thorough that I really don't have any questions. I just wanted to let you know that I'm enjoying it and learning from it.

cat

This is Great Ari. Thank you for bringing this to us.

Hi Katherine,

QuoteAt what point after the birth were you consulting with "Steph"? To what degree did you discuss the details of her past life traumas with her? Was this mitigated by factors such as your rapport or her evolutionary state? Was there resonance, recognition, or any healing reaction from her in response? With her Saturn and Sun on SN of the Moon and Mercury Uranus in Sag in the 2nd"¦did she ever have any sense of an impending relive or otherwise karmically laden feeling around giving birth and being a mom?

I wont answer all of your questions just out of respect for my friends personal process. I've sat with her a couple times - once after the first manic episode, and then again after the 2 weeks in the hospital. I shared the essence of the pl story Rad shared with me. In terms of mitigating how I shared it, I just followed my heart/ tried to stay connected to her. I did not consider evolutionary state.
With love,
Ari Moshe

Quote from: ari moshe on Dec 01, 2014, 11:29 PM

I wont answer all of your questions just out of respect for my friends personal process. I've sat with her a couple times - once after the first manic episode, and then again after the 2 weeks in the hospital. I shared the essence of the pl story Rad shared with me. In terms of mitigating how I shared it, I just followed my heart/ tried to stay connected to her. I did not consider evolutionary state.

Hi Ari,
Thank you for your response.
The Why's of withholding information is a topic I am looking at right now and I'm doing my best to understand the parameters of what is discussed. (The prevailing EA culture today takes a very conservative approach.) Perhaps in another time and place, I'd like to hear your perspective on this.
Back to Steph, and keeping with this thread, could you unpack this statement:

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The Cancer Moon in this life, given its strong aspects and the inconjunct to the ruler of the north node says a lot about the emotional healing that is intended in this life.

In my studies I am trying to grasp how the relationship to ruler(ship) colors a particular dynamic.

God bless,

Katherine

Hi Katherine,

Quote"The Cancer Moon in this life, given its strong aspects and the inconjunct to the ruler of the north node says a lot about the emotional healing that is intended in this life."

In my studies I am trying to grasp how the relationship to ruler(ship) colors a particular dynamic.

The rest of that quote:

QuoteCancer in the 9th house in part implies cultivating/nourishing emotional authenticity and natural forms of nurturing/caring. It can also imply exaggerated emotions, and with its linkage to Mars and Pluto in the 1st along with its inconjunct to Neptune: reactive and intense emotion responses that are not based in actual reality.

Anything in aspect to the ruler of the north node describes how that planetary function is intended to be developed with respect to the soul's ongoing evolutionary intentions. In this case we're looking at the ego structure, her own sense of self (Moon). There's a lot that can be said about it given the strong aspects to the Moon and the yod with the ruler of the North node along with Neptune at the apex. Tell me more about what you specifically don't understand.
With love,
Ari Moshe

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There's a lot that can be said about it given the strong aspects to the Moon and the yod with the ruler of the North node along with Neptune at the apex. Tell me more about what you specifically don't understand.

Hi Ari,
I'm getting that with Moon in Cancer and with Neptune & Venus in the 2nd, this is operating somatically, something that must be felt and known that she can nurture and provide for her family. (What Rad said about healing on a physiological level is the essence of neuroplasticity, what she needs to hear (Venus) from herself)
I'd just like more (clarity) of your interpretation on these signatures as they relate to her evolutionary and spiritual growth, the intensified awareness being demanded by the inconjuncts.  Further synthesis; keywords and phrases? Whatever is appropriate and you have time for?

God bless,

Katherine

Hi Katherine,

Sure I'd love to. I'm gone this weekend and I don't want to rush my response. I'll get back to this thread after this weekend and respond then.
With love,
Ari Moshe

Hi Katherine,

QuoteHi Ari,
I'm getting that with Moon in Cancer and with Neptune & Venus in the 2nd, this is operating somatically, something that must be felt and known that she can nurture and provide for her family. (What Rad said about healing on a physiological level is the essence of neuroplasticity, what she needs to hear (Venus) from herself)
I'd just like more (clarity) of your interpretation on these signatures as they relate to her evolutionary and spiritual growth, the intensified awareness being demanded by the inconjuncts.  Further synthesis; keywords and phrases? Whatever is appropriate and you have time for?

Here's a quote from Rad from the glossary,

QuoteWhat Wolf taught about the full phase, Scorpio, inconjunct is that the Soul will experience humility, blockage, from the external environment if the Soul attempts to IMPOSE itself on that environment relative to the two planets that are in this full phase inconjunct in their chart. The intention in that blockage is to force the Soul to objectify the nature of the environment that it is in order to understand what that environments needs. In essence it would be a change in the inner orientation from showing up in some environment with an inner attitude that said, "I am here to help" to "how can I help the environment that I find myself within?" This underlying issue here is opening up to a larger will, not just coming from a place of one's own will. Until this inner adjustment is made the Soul will experience crisis in that it will experience blockage from the environment from being able to apply, actualize, fulfill, its own inner sense of being able to help the environment, of being of service to it, relative to the sense of purpose "˜from on high' as symbolized in the two planets in this full phase inconjunct. The Soul is "˜full of itself' in this full phase inconjunct, and wants to actualize or express whatever it is from "˜on high' in the environments that it is in. It feels ready and able.

So first, it's meaningful to note that in this case the yod is actually made up entirely of the full phase inconjunct. A main key phrase for yods in general are crisis that induces, requires adjustment and alignment with the actual current of the tao (as opposed to the made up current one may be trying to follow or impose). In the case of the full phase inconjunct, to do so means letting go of any fixation or need for control and actually letting the enviroment (which could mean other people, community, God) lead the way. This will often mean that a soul will experience limitations in their environment relative to their own sense of destiny or purpose which will persist until the soul makes the necessary adjustments.

This soul has Scorpio in the 1st, a natural inconjunct relationship. The Moon is squaring Pluto which is the ruler of the sn. So this further emphasizes the themes of feeling being blocked/limited and the tendency to generate extreme emotional responses (Moon Pluto). Given the archetypes involved there is a great degree of vulnerability and sensitivity that needs to be treated with a great amount of care. The way to work with that is implied by that Moon and nn and it's connection with Venus and Neptune at the apex of the yod.

This Venus Neptune conjunction implies in part that in the current life this soul is learning to spiritualize her values and come back home. In this case we're looking at her deepest sense of worth and meaning in life. Venus in Cap of course implies the inner self judgment which becomes externalized and projected onto other people. Saturn in Scorpio on the sn in the 1st rules that Venus which then takes us back to the theme of control/ feeling blocked. There can be strong pushy behavior, and yet it will get her no where.

What happened in this life? Saturn was moving through her Scorpio in 1st planets and her family, her community took care of her and essentially took the reigns of her choice making because she was not capable of competently doing so. She didn't want to be put in a hospital for 2 weeks, but she had no choice. She could not control any of that. This is a big egocentric readjustment and the yod with the Neptune Venus at the apex ruling the nn in the 7th is the place to focus for healing.

That yod is about getting out of the well, the well symbolizing a world that is shaped by emotional reactions on the one hand and a deep lonliness/aloneness on the other (Neptune venus in 2nd) which only lead to disconnect and alienation from others.

Here are some key pointers to take from this yod:
"Notice your physiology, how you feel in your body when your mind starts getting frenetic. Do you FEEL grounded, do you feel connected to your enviroment, to the people around you? Make connection the priority: connection to body, connection to family, connection to your child. Communicate, connect, share. Safety and connection is more important than the things you think need to happen or the things that you think other people need to understand. Do you feel judged, are you judging yourself? What do you NEED, how can you nurture where you are right now (instead of reacting to it)?" Also I would say learning how to hold space for herself. Meditation, stillness, mindful body practices, just being with her baby etc all would be very relevant to this soul's ongoing evolutionary needs.

If there is something more specific you'd like let me know. You are also invited to offer your own interpretation for anything about this yod that is unclear to you. I know it's within your capacity to do so.

With love,
Ari Moshe

Hi Ari,
This is great. I will sleep on it and post my questions tomorrow.

God bless,

Katherine

Arisan,
This is so thorough! Thank you for taking the time.
The detail is helping me see how and where you're getting your interpretations. (Though I still feel like I'm stumbling around in the dark. "¦no reflection upon you, or your writing, of course.)

Quote from: ari moshe on Dec 08, 2014, 03:29 PM
So first, it's meaningful to note that in this case the yod is actually made up entirely of the full phase inconjunct. A main key phrase for yods in general are crisis that induces, requires adjustment and alignment with the actual current of the tao (as opposed to the made up current one may be trying to follow or impose). In the case of the full phase inconjunct, to do so means letting go of any fixation or need for control and actually letting the enviroment (which could mean other people, community, God) lead the way. This will often mean that a soul will experience limitations in their environment relative to their own sense of destiny or purpose which will persist until the soul makes the necessary adjustments.

So, intention, internal orientation, is the lynchpin to both inconjuncts? A balancing (Libra/7th) is required of these skewed perspectives. It has the feeling an inferior-superior polarity. The full-phase inconjunct lesson is reflected in the sextile to the gibbous phase inconjunct i.e. to invoke some (natural) humility and reverence, and conversely, the gibbous phase inconjunct could invoke some resolve and ownership of their kuleana. (http://gracefulguidance.com/hawaiian-word-of-the-week-kuleana/)

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This soul has Scorpio in the 1st, a natural inconjunct relationship. The Moon is squaring Pluto which is the ruler of the sn. So this further emphasizes the themes of feeling being blocked/limited and the tendency to generate extreme emotional responses (Moon Pluto).

Hm"¦I'm wondering if the moon square Pluto says something about her own stories and ideas (self-concept) as a natural mother"¦the "crisis in consciousness" disseminating phase square to Pluto calling for a reckoning of those past life karma's that where she felt blocked to live that out/ actualize that empathy. (Necessitating the aforementioned traumas in this life. That empathy triggered recently is the kernel of the "extreme emotional responses" you indicated?)

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Given the archetypes involved there is a great degree of vulnerability and sensitivity that needs to be treated with a great amount of care.

Cancer moon? with the Taurus/ Venus/ 2nd emphasis?

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The way to work with that is implied by that Moon and nn and it's connection with Venus and Neptune at the apex of the yod.

This Venus Neptune conjunction implies in part that in the current life this soul is learning to spiritualize her values and come back home. In this case we're looking at her deepest sense of worth and meaning in life.

This is in reference to (Neptune and Venus new phase in) the 2nd?

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Venus in Cap of course implies the inner self judgment which becomes externalized and projected onto other people.

Now, that these events have occurred, and that she is consciously integrating them, would her Venus in Cap now grow toward a kind of maturity, grounding, and agency?   

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Saturn in Scorpio on the sn in the 1st rules that Venus which then takes us back to the theme of control/ feeling blocked. There can be strong pushy behavior, and yet it will get her no where.

Hm, ok. So, again, the structure of her consciousness (Saturn) is operating in a holding pattern, sanskara, of the past life violations, etc? "Pushy behaviors" compensating for those wounds i.e. feeling powerless?

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What happened in this life? Saturn was moving through her Scorpio in 1st planets and her family, her community took care of her and essentially took the reigns of her choice making because she was not capable of competently doing so. She didn't want to be put in a hospital for 2 weeks, but she had no choice. She could not control any of that. This is a big egocentric readjustment and the yod with the Neptune Venus at the apex ruling the nn in the 7th is the place to focus for healing.

So, this Saturn in Scorpio transit she experienced the tribe/ family/ institutionalized care created boundaries and limitations to tonify the aggressive impulses (Aries/1st)?
I think it's interesting that with her Saturn return Mars is initiating a new cycle with Pluto"¦both in Scorpio so, this was a deep desire for her to experience and evolve through.

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That yod is about getting out of the well, the well symbolizing a world that is shaped by emotional reactions on the one hand and a deep lonliness/aloneness on the other (Neptune venus in 2nd) which only lead to disconnect and alienation from others.

Again, having gone through a formative experience like this, would it not (possibly) have the long-term effect of shifting that loneliness and isolation into having a sense of attainment in cooperating with her spiritual growth?

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Here are some key pointers to take from this yod:
"Notice your physiology, how you feel in your body when your mind starts getting frenetic. Do you FEEL grounded, do you feel connected to your enviroment, to the people around you? Make connection the priority: connection to body, connection to family, connection to your child. Communicate, connect, share. Safety and connection is more important than the things you think need to happen or the things that you think other people need to understand. Do you feel judged, are you judging yourself? What do you NEED, how can you nurture where you are right now (instead of reacting to it)?" Also I would say learning how to hold space for herself. Meditation, stillness, mindful body practices, just being with her baby etc all would be very relevant to this soul's ongoing evolutionary needs.

Yes!  And breath. Feeling her baby's heartbeat and breath e.g. she laying back/ down chest to chest with her child. Feeling the warmth is consoling to both and her feeling the the powerful rise and fall of her lungs, she can feel her strength to provide, and being present with her breath, connecting to Source, that she is being provided for.

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If there is something more specific you'd like let me know. You are also invited to offer your own interpretation for anything about this yod that is unclear to you. I know it's within your capacity to do so.

Thank you so much for your engagement and encouragement here!

God bless,

Katherine

Hi Katherine,

QuoteHm"¦I'm wondering if the moon square Pluto says something about her own stories and ideas (self-concept) as a natural mother"¦the "crisis in consciousness" disseminating phase square to Pluto calling for a reckoning of those past life karma's that where she felt blocked to live that out/ actualize that empathy. (Necessitating the aforementioned traumas in this life. That empathy triggered recently is the kernel of the "extreme emotional responses" you indicated?)

I don't understand your last sentence. Feel free to clarify if you'd like. Yes to everything else.

QuoteGiven the archetypes involved there is a great degree of vulnerability and sensitivity that needs to be treated with a great amount of care.

QuoteCancer moon? with the Taurus/ Venus/ 2nd emphasis?

In that statement I was referring to the Moon in Cancer squaring the Pluto in the 1st.

QuoteNow, that these events have occurred, and that she is consciously integrating them, would her Venus in Cap now grow toward a kind of maturity, grounding, and agency?

Yes. Keep in mind that she has already been oriented towards grounding and stability. That's a part of her ego structure. That Venus in Cap represents that as well. In this life she's learning to do it in a new way with respect to the current life evolutionary intentions (new phase, Venus ruler nn. Also nn of Venus is in Libra in the 12th and squares Jupiter in Cap in the 3rd which is the ruler of the sn of Venus in Sag in the 1st conjunct the sn. This further emphasizes the theme of spiritualization, relationship compassionate communication and listening, forgiveness, accepting and listening to other views/beliefs, becoming aware of effect she has on others. All this then qualifies her current life Venus in Capricorn).

Also Pluto is the final ruler of all the ea signatures in her chart. Her nn is ruled by Venus which is ruled by Saturn which is ruled by Pluto. So the desire to evolve (polarity point in Taurus in 7th) is the key to building (Cap/Saturn) her new life.

Everything else that you wrote/asked about is accurate.

With love,
Ari Moshe