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The Outer Planets and Inner Life:

E-Book Series by Donna Cunningham, MSW

 

 

Volume One: Outer Planets as Vocational Indicators—The Career Path of the Exceptional Soul

Volume Two: Outer Planets Aspects to Venus and Mars-Exceptional Soul Seeks Same

Volume Three: Aspects Between the Outer Planets- Exceptional Souls and Their Generations

 

 

Has your search for a fulfilling career, your relationships or your connection with your generation been ordinary or extraordinary? Mainstream or jet stream? Has your path been a meandering one with many false trails? Have you wondered if you’ll ever find a career, relationship our universal connection that suits you. Or, at midlife, are you suddenly impelled to follow those youthful dreams you set aside for the sake of security? If your answer to any of these questions is a resounding yes, Donna Cunningham’s e-book series may be a lantern to light your way.

 

With the astrological chart as a lens, this guidebook examines the each of the three main areas of our lives; career path, relationships and the generation factor of the exceptional soul. It explores many of the potentials and pitfalls of the Road Less Taken—including the ways and the surprising reasons you may have sabotaged yourself up to now. Most of all, you who have felt alienated from mainstream will be helped to see the important ways you contribute to the evolution of yourself and our world.

 

Renowned astrologer, psychotherapist, and author, Donna Cunningham draws on 35 years of first-hand experience with clients like these and shares what she has learned from them and their lifelong quest to find their place in an ever-changing world.

 

The wisdom displayed in her twelve earlier books — including Healing Pluto Problems, The Moon in Your Life, and The Consulting Astrologer’s Guidebook — is brought to an entirely new level in this e-book, one of a series of three on the outer planets. Will Donna solve all of your quandaries? Sure, just as soon as she finishes saving the world! In the interval, this astrological guide can enlighten, comfort, and counsel exceptional souls who yearn for Right Livelihood and fulfillment through their work, their relationships and their connection to their generation. Written in her usual clear, informative, and humorous style, this e-book series will suit anyone from the intermediate student to the professional. Clients whose astrologers tell them which chapters apply to them would also find helpful insights here.

This trilogy of books is my way of sharing what I’ve learned in nearly 40 years of working with the exceptional souls among my astrology and therapy clients. You won’t be meeting my clients—they deserve their privacy—but we’ll look at charts of many exceptional souls—the notable and notorious that you already know from the media. We’ll come to a better understanding of what drives them, how they grow and develop through life’s twists and turns, and what gifts they have to share with the world. By sharing what I’ve observed, I hope to help exceptional souls have a better appreciation of their contribution to the world and to help all of us understand them better.

Donna Cunningham Portland, Oregon December 8, 2006

 

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donna Cunningham, an internationally respected astrologer with over 35 years' experience, is the author of 17 books on metaphysical topics. Listed in several Who’s Who volumes, she has given seminars on astrology around the world and won the prestigious Regulus Award at the 1998 UAC. She also has a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Columbia University. She uses this combined approach in her “Dear Abby” type column in Dell Horoscope and her ongoing series of articles in The Mountain Astrologer. Donna still does personal consultations by phone to stay in touch with the ever-unfolding patterns of the Cosmos.

 

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Volume Descriptions and Table of Contents

 

The Outer Planets and Inner Life, v.1: Outer Planets as Vocational Indicators—The Career Path of the Exceptional Soul.

 

 

In this book, we consider career challenges that arise from having the outer planets or their signs—Aquarius, Pisces, or Scorpio—in the career houses of the chart (the 10th , 2nd, or 6th) or aspecting the Midheaven (Career Point). There is an otherworldly element when the outer planets are career markers, a sense of serving a greater purpose in human history. Each chapter explores one of these planets in depth, applying them to the vocational sectors of the horoscope. This astrological guide can enlighten, comfort, and counsel those Exceptional Souls who yearn for Right Livelihood and for validation and fulfillment in their work. (Moon Maven Publications, 2004)

 

 

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The Outer Planets and Inner Life, v.1: Table of Contents

 

ONE: OVERVIEW—THE OUTER PLANETS AS CAREER INDICATORS
The major vocational indicators; Differences between the three vocational houses; Aspects to the Midheaven: another piece of the vocational puzzle; Why an accurate birth time is crucial in vocational astrology; Notables with outer planet conjunctions to the Midheaven; Vocational effects of the outer planets’ signs; Finding your planetary types; Comparing the three outer planets and their approach to vocation; “Outer Planet People”—from outer space to the rat race; Midlife and Outer Planet People; Outer planet transits to the career houses; Bibliography and resource list on careers.

 

TWO: URANUS AS A VOCATIONAL INDICATOR—“YOU’RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME!”
Who are the Uranians; A scale for rating the strength of Uranus as a vocational indicator; caution—Uranian at Work; Notables with Uranus in the career houses; Who gets away with it—who doesn’t; Crazy like a fox; Astrology as a vocational choice for Uranian types; Uranus in the 10th—the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree; Uranus in the second—radical values; Flying high in April, shot down in May; Uranus in the sixth—don’t hassle me, I’m busy; “So I’m blue collar—you got a problem with that?”; Those indispensable Uranians—they do it for all of us. CHARTS: Jack Nicholson; Chastity Bono; Ralph Nader; Rush Limbaugh.

 

THREE: NEPTUNE AS A VOCATIONAL INDICATOR—FOG IN THE WORKPLACE
Applying the issues of Pisces and the twelfth house to vocation; A scale for rating the strength of Neptune as a vocational indicator; Evolved vs. unevolved expressions of Neptune; “It’s up to me to save the world”; The rescuer sydrome and how it grew; Neptune in the 10th : daddy was a dreamer; A nest of Neptunians—how the parent’s dream sustains the child; The collective and the dream; Neptune in the second—“God will provide”; Codependency and Neptune in the second; Neptune in the Sixth—Saint or Servant; Neptune and the joy of work; Pisces or Neptune in the sixth—abusing the body; Growth and evolution with Neptune placements; The Neptunian’s lifelong spiritual path as it applies to vocation. CHARTS: Drew Barrymore; JZ Knight; John Fitzgerald & Jackie Kennedy; Princess Diana, Jerry Lewis.

 

FOUR: PLUTO AS A VOCATIONAL INDICATOR— THE POWER TO MANIFEST OR TO FAIL
FOR SPITE Typical patterns; A scale for rating the strength of Pluto as a vocational indicator; what modern-day Plutonians do for a living; Evolved vs. unevolved expressions of Pluto; Common Plutonian career scenarios; Plutonians as targets in the workplace; Pluto in the 10th — living in a parent’s shadow; Pluto in prominent families; The boss’s whipping boy; Game playing; Pluto in the second—failing for spite; Pluto in the sixth—work habits and attitudes; Pluto in Virgo or the sixth and the work-health connection; Pluto in the career houses—a good thing or a bad? CHARTS: Christian Brando; Madam Curie; John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr.; Lisa Marie Presley.

 

SPECIAL PREVIEW: THE URANUS-PLUTO IN VIRGO GENERATION AND THEIR CAREER
CHALLENGES An excerpt from Part 3 of this series of three e-books, from a chapter detailing the qualities of the 1960s generation and their special challenges in finding the right vocation.

 

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The Outer Planets and Inner Life, v.2: Outer Planet Aspects to Venus and Mars—Exceptional Soul Seeks Same.

 

Here, we learn about the love life of people who have the outer planets strongly woven in with the primary relationship planets, Venus and Mars, or with the relationship houses—the 7th, 8th, and 5th. We’ll identify persistent relationship patterns for each of these outer planet influences. We’ll explore the ways people with these chart factors try to satisfy their need for intimacy while still satisfying an equally strong urge to participate in the evolution of our world. Integrating these transpersonal concerns into personal relationships is difficult, so finding and maintaining a true partnership tends to occupy Exceptional Souls’ attention for much of their lives. We’ll learn from the strategies—and the mistakes—of notables with those aspects. (Moon Maven publications, June, 2007)

 

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The Outer Planets and Inner Life, v.2: Table of Contents

 

CHAPTER ONE: AN OVERVIEW OF VENUS AND MARS ASPECTS TO THE OUTER PLANETS:
How looking at single aspects helps; The sociology of Venus aspects to the outer planets; The Generational Impact of Outer-Planet Signs; A right-brain approach to astrological aspects; comparing conjunctions, squares, trines, and oppositions; Comparing Venus and Mars aspects to the Outer Planets; Relationship Prone vs. Not Relationship Prone People; Duking it out with the intangibles—Mars Aspects to the outer planets; Anger is the guard dog of denial; Anger as a signal for action; The mystery of the missing Mars-Neptune aspect; “Honey, I shrunk the Sixties; What the Pluto-Uranus sextile adds to the picture. CHART: Julia Roberts.

 

TWO: VENUS-URANUS ASPECTS—A STRANGE BEAUTY
Key concepts for Venus and Uranus; Table of notables with various Venus-Uranus aspects; Star quality—the glitterati; They never knew a stranger; Unconventional relationships; Runaway brides and other distancers; Conjunction—ain’t that the way it’s spozed to be; Square—hard angles and hard rock; Oppositions—look what you made me do; Soft aspects—an easy, breezy charisma; Venus-Uranus aspects contrasted with Venus-Pluto; Simply unpredictable, that much we can predict. CHARTS: Princess Diana; Elton John.

 

THREE: VENUS-NEPTUNE ASPECTS—DREAMS, NIGHTMARES AND VISIONS OF LOVE
Key concepts for Venus and Neptune; Notables with various Venus-Neptune aspects; Addicted to love and other mood changers; First you’ve gotta kiss a lot of frogs; Stand by your man; Sex and spirituality; Conjunction—A dream is a wish your heart makes; Square—too much of a good thing can be wonderful; Trines—you’ve gotta love ‘em; Oppositions—what would they do without me; A Venus-Neptune poster couple; the highs and lows of Venus-Neptune. CHARTS: Whitney Houston; Bobby Brown; Prince Charles; Camilla Parker Bowles.

 

FOUR: VENUS-PLUTO ASPECTS—LOVE, PASSION, AND TRANSFORMATION
Key concepts for Venus and Pluto; Notables with various Venus-Pluto aspects; Smokin’!!; It’s nobody’s business if I do; The world revolves around sex and money; You and me against the world; My love will heal you; Individual aspects and how they differ—conjunction, square, trine, opposition; A Venus-Pluto poster couple; Love and transformation. CHARTS: Phil and Brynn artman.

 

FIVE: MARS-URANUS ASPECTS—THE HEAT IS ON!
Key concepts for Mars and Uranus; Notables with various Mars-Uranus aspects; Typical characteristics of those with this aspect; Comparing the conjunction, square, trine and opposition, with notable examples; Like it or lump it—I yam who I yam. CHARTS: Jesse Ventura; Martin Sheen; Surya Bonaly.

 

SIX: MARS-PLUTO ASPECTS—DEADLY DUO OR POWER TO TRANSFORM?
Key concepts for Mars and Pluto; Notables with various Mars-Pluto aspects; Magician or Menace—what determines how the aspect is used; Men are from Mars, women are not; How notable women use this aspect; The galvanizing power of Mars and Pluto; Anger—the nemesis of Mars Pluto people; Comparing Mars-Pluto aspects; It’s all that—and more. CHARTS: General Norman Schwarzkopf; Oprah Winfrey.

 

SUPPLEMENT: HEALING RELATIONSHIP ISSUES WITH FLOWER REMEDIES Introduction to flower remedies, also known as essences; Tending the heart chakra; Flower Remedies for healing the heart; Bleeding Heart essence—a balm for the aching heart; Alcohol and its impact on the heart; Are flower remedies for everyone; Remedy resource list.

 

SUPPLEMENT: CODEPENDENCY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR ASTROLOGERS. What is codependency? The hidden Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACAs) in your client population. Why ACAs are drawn to astrology. Why astrologers should know about codependency. Common characteristics of codependents and ACAs. Astrological indicators of the ACA syndrome. Chart examples of ACAs--Drew Barrymore and Suzanne Somers. Chart signatures of codependency. The Liza and Judy Show--a case study. How coming from an ACA background can affect your practice. The Adult Child Syndrome and the politics of astrology groups. How current conditions intensify the need for recovery.

 

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The Outer Planets and Inner Life, v.3: Aspects between the Outer Planets—Exceptional Souls and Their Generations

Some of the most eventful and memorable historical eras happen when two or more of the slow-moving outermost planets—Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, or Pluto— form angles called aspects to one another. We’ll look at several distinct 20th Century eras like the 1960s, the astrological patterns that occurred at that time, and the life-long impact of these outer planet combinations on the lives of people born with them strongly featured in their charts. The book includes chapters on people born with the Pluto-Uranus conjunction of the 1960s, those with Pluto and Saturn in aspect, those Neptune and Saturn in aspect, and those with Uranus and Neptune in aspect. There is a full chapter on the children born with Uranus and Neptune conjunct during the 1990s, a generation many are calling the Indigo Children. (Moon Maven Publications, December, 2006)

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The Outer Planets and Inner Life, v.3: Table of Contents

CHAPTER ONE: AN OVERVIEW OF THE OUTER PLANET SUB-GENERATIONS My 40-year fascination with the outer planets in combination; how individual psychology merges with the collective unfolding; issues and matters connected with the outermost planets; the march of outer planets through signs and how it affects a culture; how history shapes the individual; timetables of outer planet generations and sub-generations; how outer planet aspects become important in individual charts; matters connected with the houses and inner planets; the game’s afoot! TABLES: Quick astrological subgeneration locator—find which ones you belong to; issues and matters connected with Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto; outer planet transits through the signs and matters affected by them; types of aspects between the outer planets and dates of their subgenerations; matters associated with each of the twelve houses; house-sign associations; issues related to all of the planets, natal and transiting. CHARTS: Bruce Willis.

TWO: FIREWORKS IN A FOG BANK—URANUS-NEPTUNE ASPECTS Keys to understanding Uranus-Neptune individuals; The larger Uranus-Neptune Cycle, including the most recent aspects; Timelines of events during the trine and square; From historical to individual effects of this cycle; The Uranus-Neptune trine—so fine; Why the trine gets away with it—why the square may not; The Uranus-Neptune square in major configurations; The place of midlife in the Uranus-Neptune individual’s life path; Astrologers with the aspect—Uranus and Neptune R Us. TABLES: Notables born with various Uranus-Neptune aspects; Events and astrological conditions of 1937-45, the Uranus-Neptune trine; Events and astrological conditions of 1952-58, the Uranus-Neptune Square. CHARTS: Angela Davis; Bruce Willis; Geena Davis.

THREE: SATURN-PLUTO ASPECTS—A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE Keys to Pluto and Saturn in combination; General themes for Saturn-Pluto individuals—positive and negative qualities; Growing up the hard way; Playing hardball with sex; Dealing with authority, wealth, and power; Pluto and Saturn aspects and their historical impact—the Depression years, the Cold War, the Sixties, 9/11; Love and the Saturn-Pluto conjunction in Libra; Squares and trines between Pluto and Saturn; Black humor. TABLES: Dates of Pluto-Saturn aspects 1904-2002; Events and astrological conditions associated with major Pluto-Saturn aspects 1929-2003; Notables born with the Saturn-Pluto trine and square; Alternative healing tools for Plutonians—healing yourself and others; To end on a lighter note—black humor. CHARTS: Suzanne Somers; Hillary Clinton; Britney Spears; Whoopi Goldberg.

FOUR: SATURN-NEPTUNE ASPECTS—THE STUFF THAT STUFF IS MADE OF MEETS THE STUFF THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF
Getting a grip on Saturn-Neptune aspects—comparing keywords; Life under the 1951-3 conjunction in Libra; Foggy, soggy authority figures; Tracing family dynamics in the horoscope; Codependency vs. tough love at home and work; How the hard aspects differ; Caroline Myss— the healing power of tough love; When the going gets tough…champions get going; Saturn-Neptune aspects contrasted with Saturn-Pluto aspects; The mountain and the mist—with time comes clarity. TABLES: Dates of Major Saturn-Neptune Aspects; Notables with Saturn-Neptune Aspects Compared with Saturn-Pluto Notables. CHARTS: Caroline, Myss, John Gray, Christopher Reeve, Superman.

FIVE: REVENGE IS IN THE DETAILS—WORKPLACE CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES OF THE URANUS-PLUTO IN VIRGO GENERATION
Clues to Uranus-Pluto aspects—key concepts; A timeline of 1960s events and social unrest; “Work Just Isn’t What It Used to Be!”; Revenge is in the details—barristas and other malcontents; Cyber-terrorists or cyber-warriors—history will judge; The Sixties generation at midlife—crisis or point of empowerment; How some Uranus-Pluto stars handled their midlife series; Astro-Cousins Depp and Downey at midlife; Safe harbors in a sea of shifting paradigms. TABLES: Timeline of Events and Astrological Positions of the 1960s; 1960s Celebrities at Midlife; Outer Planet Positions, 1990-2010. CHARTS Johnny Depp, Robert Downey, Jr.

SIX: RITALIN GENERATION? INDIGO CHILREN? WHAT CAN WE LEARN ABOUT THE KIDS OF THE URANUS-NEPTUNE CONJUNCTION? Some new children make their appearance; the Uranus-Neptune conjunction of 1988-98; The previous conjunction and its notables; Indigo as a label—rose colored glasses vs. a balanced outlook; Many labels-one syndrome; Events and astrological conditions, 1988-98; Matters and keywords associated with Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces; the Capricorn Stellium—when having it all takes everything you’ve got; The impact of social, economic, and political developments on these children and their future; Two generations in one—Capricorn vs. Aquarius; The conjunction and the family; Special considerations in handling these children’s charts. TABLES: Events and Astrological Conditions 1988-98, Notables Born with the Previous Uranus-Neptune Conjunction, 1817-1826; Resources for Children Born in this Era.

APPENDIX; GLOSSARY: A 10-page summary of astrological terms for the beginner. Cheat Sheet of Astrological Aspects

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