Comparing Natal Delineations

The heart of the all reports lies in the interpretive text. Different authors have different styles of writing. Some try to stick to a behavioral description and some try to delve into motivations. Some are more encouraging and some take pride in 'callin' 'em as I sees 'em.'

It is amazing how the same chart factor can be interpreted so differently, yet clearly the authors are describing the same thing. Each shade of meaning can teach you something new about yourself.

It is important that you choose an author's style that resonates with you. To help you do this we have taken five chart factors and pulled the corresponding paragraphs from each of the reports. Please read through the delineations and see which ones work best for you. If you get down to two reports and you can't decide which one to buy, you can always order both reports. (wink, wink)

You may also click on the name of any report to see the full report using Robin Williams' chart.

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MERCURY IN LEO

M E R C U R Y I N L E O	Astro*Talk	You are dynamic and always expressive in thought and speech – dramatic. You appreciate your own ideas, and tend to be outgoing in speech and manner. Fresh. Warm. You put forth strong views and are hard to influence or change. Emotional and a good entertainer, you are louder than average and tend to exaggerate. You are a lover. There are always plenty of tears and laughter.
	Indra	Your mind is authoritative, self-sufficient, dramatic and comprehensive. You don't just passively collect knowledge, you create knowledge when you study. You relate everything back to you. When you speak, you don't just say something, you state it. A certain dignity is always hanging in the air. Although you follow a chain of thought, you have a tendency to build to a climax in very broad terms. You improve your standing in your world when you learn respect for other people's point of view and increase your own grasp of detail. When you need to adjust and adapt to life's demands, generally you don't. You carry the standard off the battle field rather than surrender or even adjust. When you are too inflexible, you are prone to being either humiliated or ridiculed.
	Merlin	You are a person of strong opinions and you express your views energetically and often dramatically. You are an entertaining speaker and will embellish or exaggerate in order to get your point across. You have an aptitude for storytelling and performing. Even if your arena is only the classroom or dining room table, you put on a good show. You have an abundance of creative ideas and do not enjoy a job in which you have no creative input or voice in decision-making. You could be a good politician, spokesperson, group leader, director, or coach.
	Professional Natal Report	You appreciate truth and honesty, not only practicing it yourself but also expecting it in others. You are usually convinced that your own ideas are correct, and you enjoy persuading others of their correctness. In fact, you can be stubborn about your beliefs and principles, and can get defensive when they are challenged. You also have a talent for organizing, directing and planning, and take delight in being asked for your advice and counsel.
	Solar Writer Modern	The planet Mercury in the zodiac sign of Leo indicates that you're enthusiastic in your quest for knowledge, and generous in sharing all that you've learnt even though it's sometimes to a somewhat reluctant audience. Mostly others enjoy listening to your creative story-telling talents, and find themselves enthralled by your lively communication. You may even find yourself on the stage during some time in your life. You do like the sound of our own voice. And why not? You're proud of your learning abilities, and believe in the saying that learning is fun. Your enthusiasm can be contagious. You can be creative in your thought process, and have an appreciation of the arts. You can also enjoy conversing with children. While it's true that you're an enthusiastic communicator, it's also true that your mind often turns to thoughts of your own ambitions. You're confident in your ability to communicate with others, and know that this trait could push you into a leadership role. As long as you keep your tendency to be a know-it-all under check, then you should succeed.
	The Sky Within	Mercury is roaring in Leo. That combination links your mental functions to the self-expressive, dramatic logic of the Lion. Your intelligence is hungry for an audience and knows how to attract attention. Spiritually you are learning about the importance of being heard – and about the trap of sacrificing honest but threatening content for the sake of mere showmanship.
	Time Passages	Mercury in Leo gives a dignified and refined mentality. You are proud of your ideas, and very good at expressing them to others. You are likely to be an entertaining conversationalist, with a good sense of humor. You may also be opinionated at times. You have a tendency to want to convince others of your own point of view without taking time to see theirs. In this way you can have something of a lazy mind. You benefit from cultivating greater powers of attention and perception, and opening your consciousness to the world around you.

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MARS CONJUNCT URANUS

M A R S C O N J U N C T U R A N U S	Astro*Talk	You are probably hard to control and very unpredictable. Your drive for independence is obvious, and it is clear that the common and the traditional are not for you. Anything else but that! You pursue alternate or nonconformist solutions to life with great energy. Your temper is hot and sharp and tends to snap out like a lightning bolt. You are aggressive in the pursuit of gaining insight into all that is new, different, and out of the ordinary. Electronics, computers, and communications could be a big part of your life.
	Indra	You truly 'march to a different drummer'. You have some difficulty hooking up with others emotionally because of your detachment and quirky forms of expressing your feelings. You are a humanist but not particularly personal. Your brand of romance is aimed more toward ideals than to people for their own sake. You have a strong will and are capable of putting an unbelievable amount of energy into a project. Your enthusiasm for a person, a program, or a process can be short-lived because you don't like to be tied down. You have made freedom a religion and the urge to be free has claims in its own right on your personality. When you are committed to a course of action though, you can go harder and longer than others around you. Physical exercise is important daily to ensure emotional and physical well-being and balance.
	Merlin	You are enterprising, ambitious, and have a strong desire to succeed in a big way. Ever on the lookout for new opportunities and promising new ventures, you are willing to take risks if you sense that something is going to be a winner. No matter how much you accomplish, you never seem to be completely satisfied. You always feel you can do more, and set your sights on another goal. You feel frustrated in limited circumstances, and you will leave secure and reasonably successful situations if they do not offer challenges and potential for growth and expansion in the future. You like to keep stretching your limits, to see how far you can go. Sometimes you overextend yourself or promise more than you can actually achieve, due to an overly optimistic or overly confident assessment of your own capacities. You relish healthy competition and feel that it spurs you on to even greater achievements. Your competitive drive and big ambitions (commented upon earlier) are fueled upon by either strong spiritual idealism, or a rather inflated, grandiose idea of what you can actually accomplish. Your energy level is apt to fluctuate from being very strong, as noted earlier, to rather low, as mentioned in the following paragraphs.
	Professional Natal Report	You are known for being unconventional, restless and independent. Your demand for freedom to be yourself at all costs can lead to a pattern of constant difficulties with authority figures such as fathers, bosses and policemen. Your daring and cavalier lifestyle ensures that the unexpected and the exciting will be commonplace in your life. Your prodigious energy is coupled with a tendency to push things to the limit. To cut down on your accidents, make sure that you always avail yourself of whatever safety precautions are available.
	Solar Writer Modern	You're positive, self-confident and enterprising. This is because the planets Mars and Uranus are combining positively in your chart. You're enthusiastic and highly self-motivated, if somewhat impulsive, enjoying adventure and new horizons. You do need to be wary of accidents caused through your own rash actions, particularly as you're courageous and likely to be attracted to risky sports and activities. Your dangerous driving on the road is also likely to cause a few hair-raising moments, both for you and other drivers. You're full of good ideas, and once you've determined on a course of action, then you've plenty of motivation to see it through to successful completion. You're independent and prefer to be given plenty of room to carry through your own ideas in your own way. Fortunately this combination usually indicates that you succeed in your wishes, as well as your projects. It's even possible that you'll rise to prominence during your lifetime because your 'do or die' attitude to achieving your goals.
	The Sky Within	The Sky Within does not delineate aspects.
	Timpe Passages	This conjunction gives an individual with an original and eccentric mind, whose intuition is strong. You are a strong-willed nonconformist, and totally have your own code of ethics. You are energetic and visionary in your outlook. You may be rebellious at times, or display fits of temper. You can be quite rash and impulsive. You are also restless and may lack steadiness in the pursuit of your goals. You may feel a sense of isolation, and can appear emotionally insensitive at times, seemingly more excited by ideas than by other people. Your basis for action derives from a sense of high ideals, rather than from mere egotism. You also could beware, however, of a tendency to be dogmatic, or proud and unbending. Change and variety excite you, and your mutability and urge for constant change can frustrate or confuse those around you. In essence, you are a courageous and pioneering free spirit, whose mission in life is to bring new ideas into being. You can benefit from bringing more consciousness and clarity to the expression of your goals in life.

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MARS SQUARE JUPITER

M A R S S Q U A R E J U P I T E R	Astro*Talk	You may lack coordination, in particular in relation to making career moves. Your emotions, led by your temper, can send you off in a direction that is anything but where you really want to go. There is a basic struggle between your feelings and your livelihood; therefore, it is important to find work that does not deny your feelings, or they will explode. Acting only on your feelings and doing 'whatever you want' with no thought for a plan is also not helpful. Advice from a trusted friend is in order to help coordinate your job and your emotional life.
	Indra	You are lucky but overstep your limits time and time again. You are truly lucky when you learn how to walk away from the dice table a winner rather than always going for double or nothing until you lose. Your tendency is always to try to multiply a winning situation rather than just accepting it as a win at face value. Enough is enough, learn to be satisfied. In human relationships you are often in a kind of good-natured competition even with those on your team. You think of this as building character and personal reliance but others will see you as selfish and a poor team player. Your boldness and bluntness needs to be curbed; for even though people may like you, they will not trust you. Enthusiasm, energy, optimism and luck carry you a long way in life. However, hypocrisy, misappraisals, tactlessness, and bombasticness cause you trouble. If you have patience, good judgment, and take the time to lay a good foundation in every project you undertake, you will go far, have a winning flair, and lots of luck. Your natural instinct to gamble will 'do you in', but, controlled, this same impulse gives your personality color.
	Merlin	You meet numerous challenges and possibly defeats in pursuit of your goals and desires, and your setbacks often occur because you've been too rash or intent on working your own will regardless of the impact on others. You are intense and passionate, and simply don't know when to stop sometimes! Recklessness with others can be a problem for you. Dynamic, self-willed, and fiercely independent, you have extraordinary drive and energy. When you want something, you want it NOW, and you act quickly, impulsively, and decisively. Your impatience inclines you to be abrupt with people and reckless. You need a great deal of personal freedom to do things in your own way and do not happily conform to schedules, rules, or regimes imposed by others. You are intolerant of authority and can be very rebellious. You are very frank with others, sometimes brutally so. You may have an explosive temper. High-strung and often nervous and tense, you find it difficult to slow down, pace yourself, or relax. You are always on the go. You are restless, daring, and experimental.
	Professional Natal Report	Your boundless energy is served well when you are engaged in something that is highly competitive – sports or running a business being ideal outlets. Your good-natured optimism is at its best when you have something to challenge you. When you are not sufficiently challenged, you tend to get sloppy and hasty. If you take foolish chances, you can be accident-prone. With a little concentration and discipline, this should not prove to be anything but an occasional problem.
	Solar Writer Modern	The planets Mars and Jupiter are combining in your chart indicating that your hasty judgment can sometimes land you in hot water. You've plenty of motivation to achieve your goals, but lack proper judgment and discernment so that you miscalculate the amount of time and energy needed. You're careless and impulsive, and need to be careful of accidents which are a result of you rushing around and trying to achieve too much. The motto 'you're your own worst enemy' could be one for you to reflect upon. Depending on other aspects in your chart you're also excessive in your generosity. You need to develop self discipline as your impulsiveness may be an impediment to reaching your goals. On a more positive note you're a lively and resourceful person, who delights in good health and keeping busy. Any course of action is entered into with confidence and determination to succeed, which you're likely to do despite the obstacles. You certainly know how to get yourself and other people motivated, and can make a good leader or manager. You may be particularly keen to travel, enjoying the stimulation of visiting other venues. You could direct your energy to achievement in sports, politics or travel. Once you have learnt to manage your resources you can achieve many of your goals.
	The Sky Within	The Sky Within does not delineate aspects.
	TimePassages	This aspect gives a personality with issues of self­-esteem. There is a feeling of expansiveness about you, and abundant energy, but you may bring too much egotism to your encounters with others, especially if there are other challenging aspects to Mars. You have an optimistic nature, and you may therefore have a tendency to push it and take chances or to gamble. You are independent, restless and impulsive, and perhaps need to beware of rash decisions. It is also quite possible that you will seek a literary or artistic outlet for your abundant and restless energy.

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JUPITER IN THE 5th HOUSE

J U P I T E R I N T H E 5 t h H O U S E	Astro*Talk	You could be successful working with creativity and self-expression through the arts and theater, in sports, or with the ultimate self-expression, children. You may find yourself a guide and teacher to others when it comes to these matters.
	Indra	You are fond of self-expression. You are a natural creator, demonstrator and teacher. You experience much joy through artistic and cultural outlets. You have the ability to get along with children.
	Merlin	You are fun-loving and playful, and you throw yourself into your play with joyous abandon! Whatever your love or enthusiasm of the moment is, you go all out for it. You enjoy sports, recreation, or gambling, and you can be somewhat hedonistic or addicted to having a good time. Your children or your creative pursuits give you much happiness and fulfillment.
	Professional Natal Report	Very optimistic and cheerful by nature, you love to play and have a good time, especially if it can be done on a grand scale: 'Let's not just go out to a show, let's take the Concorde to Paris and go to the opera.' You demand the right to live a free and unrestricted lifestyle, but you have to watch your budget to be sure that you can afford it. Try not to get too carried away by your current enthusiasms. Recreational contact sports may be a good way for you to get rid of some of your profuse and vigorous energy.
	Solar Writer Modern	Very optimistic and cheerful by nature, you love to play and have a good time, especially if it can be done on a grand scale: 'Let's not just go out to a show, let's take the Concorde to Paris and go to the opera.' You demand the right to live a free and unrestricted lifestyle, but you have to watch your budget to be sure that you can afford it. Try not to get too carried away by your current enthusiasms. Recreational contact sports may be a good way for you to get rid of some of your profuse and vigorous energy.
	The Sky Within	In your chart, the 'King of the Gods' reigns in the Fifth House – traditionally the 'House of Children.' Your nature is playful and self-expressive, and the 'inner child' is vibrant inside you. Creativity comes naturally... but, spiritually, you are learning how to use it correctly. Sincerity and risk are the keys; without them, you'll produce a Technicolor personality and lots of applause, but little else. The archetype that's trying to break through you is not simply the Bard... it's the Wise Bard.
	TimePassages	Jupiter in the Fifth House (or sign) gives you a generous personality with good vitality. You have dignity, pride and dramatic presence, and are courageous in your sense of self. You are likely to be a loyal companion. You possess excellent executive abilities. You like to show off your good side, and have a natural flair and sense of showmanship that carries you far in life. You enjoy the limelight, and would always rather shine out on a hillside than hide your light under a barrel. You are attracted to higher learning, and the fine arts, including the theater, and may try your hand at acting. You can also be extravagant at times, or suffer from errors in judgment. You may tend to overdo, and need to beware of egotism. You have good intuition; you make a capable leader when you follow your own inner guidelines.

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SUN IN CANCER

S U N I N C A N C E R	Astro*Talk	You are a very sensitive person who can depend on feelings and intuition to get around in life. Possessing good common sense, you are always very practical and down-to-earth – mothering and protective to all. Security is very important. You also love cooking, growing things, and music.
	Indra	Your emotional roots are important to you and you have a nostalgic streak in you that is very powerful. Your family connections and sentimental attachments from the past form the basis for your decisions. How you feel about people or situations is the primary ingredient in choosing a direction. Your attachment to feelings from the past, both good and bad, are like mud. This gives continuity and meaning to experience but it also keeps you stuck like glue to your habits even when they don't serve you any more. Work on being more optimistic without giving up consistency, and more innovative without giving up well-worn habits. Learn to accept people at face value who are different and your life will be more fun and more stable.
	Merlin	You are sympathetic, nurturing, supportive, and very sensitive to the emotional needs of other people. You like to be needed, to care for others, and you often worry about the people you love. You have a very strong need for a sense of belonging and acceptance, and you center much of your life around your home. You are more concerned about people and their feelings than with power, achievement, or position in society. Kindness, consideration, and tenderness impress you more than any sort of honor the world can bestow.
	Professional Natal Report	Very emotional and sensitive, you have an intuitive understanding of the 'vibes' around you. You tend to be quite generous, giving, loving and caring, but only when your own needs for emotional support, love and security have been met. If they are not met, you tend to withdraw into yourself and become very insecure and selfish. Your home and family (especially your mother or the person who played that role for you early on) represent security for you and thus assume a larger-than-life importance. Very sentimental, you have vivid and long-enduring memories of the past. No matter how well adjusted you are, you will always need a secret quiet place of your own in order to feel at peace. Feeding others can give you great pleasure you would enjoy being part of a large family.
	Solar Writer Modern	Your Sun is in the zodiac sign of Cancer indicating that you're a caring and nurturing individual with a strong need for family and comfort. Like the crab you may appear to have a tough outer shell but you're vulnerable underneath and will withdraw into your shell and home if feeling threatened. This withdrawal can happen quite often as you've strong emotional reactions. These strong emotions can be directed positively into caring for and protecting others, particularly your family and loved ones. When you're feeling an emotional equilibrium you enjoy giving to others, sharing warm and loving moments, and also enjoy your own company. In particular though you yearn to look after those you love, nursing them through illness, cooking a favourite meal or curling up in front of a fireside alongside them with a good book. When upset it is a very different story, you withdraw from company and shield yourself from hurts, either real or imagined. This can feel like a wall has gone up between you and the outside world. You've strong home-making urges and a strong attachment to family members, and your home will be a great source of comfort to your friends and family. Your protective instincts can also be roused by animals, and you may find people or animals in need of comfort arriving unexpectedly on your front doorstep.
	The Sky Within	Start by realizing that when you were born the Sun was in Cancer. Opening the inner eye, mapping the topography of consciousness, learning to express compassion – these are Cancer's evolutionary aims. To assist in that work, Cosmic Intelligence has cranked up the volume on the Crab's ability to feel. No other sign is so sensitive – nor so vulnerable. A certain amount of self-defense is appropriate here; after all, this world isn't exactly the Garden of Eden. Trouble is, legitimate self-defense can degenerate into shyness or a fear of making changes. You really do care about the hurts that other beings suffer. That's good news. You also have an instinctive ability to soothe those hurts, homing in on the source of the pain. More good news. The bad news is that you could choose to remain forever protected within the safe (and invisible!) role of the Healer, the Counselor, or the Wise One. With the Sun in Cancer, you feed your solar vitality by finding a role in the world in which you address the hurt in the lives of other beings. You become a nurturer or a healer of some sort. You also need to make sure that you have enough real intimacy and quiet, private time to 'nurture the nurturer' – yourself, in other words. Those methods strengthen your sense of identity. They trigger higher states of awareness in you. If you don't express your soothing wound-binding instincts, all the glories of the world would leave you feeling like an imposter in your own life. And without quiet time and naked intimate honesty, you'll quickly burn out on playing the role of everyone's psychotherapist. Like the crab, you're a vulnerable creature who's evolved a shell. That's fine and necessary. But again like the crab, you must eventually shed your shell and grow a larger, more inclusive one, or you'll be awfully cramped.
	TimePassages	The Sun represents your will and purpose, your sense of vitality, and your evolv­ing higher Self. In Cancer it is Cardinal Water and rules the stomach and breasts. Cancerians are nurturing and protective of others. Your ruling planet is the Moon, and you tend to be moody, with constantly changing emotions. You are also likely to be security-conscious and highly value your home life. You may appear passive, and tend to rely on your feelings to make decisions. You are subtle, rather than direct, and are likely to reflect the moods of those around you. You may be involved with the past in some way, because the sign of Cancer, the sign of nurturing, protecting and sustaining, is strongly tied to the past, and the principle of Karma. You tend to collect the residue of past experience and hold onto it, allowing it to color present activities and lead you to instinctual action. Rather than allowing yourself to be driven by your changing moods, you benefit from shedding the light of conscious reason on your habitual patterns and focusing on your true goals.

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