There are three charts from the initial post with intercepted signs of Leo and Aquarius. I thought that would be a good one to cover! Thank you for offering you data for this topic, everyone!
The first is Candy’s chart (you should be able to click on the thumbnail images and get readable charts to study) with Leo intercepted in the 8th and Aquarius in the 2nd. Candy is an author friend of mine and I can tell you right now she’s multi- talented (art, photography, non-ficiton, novels) so we can’t say that Leo intercepted means creativity is stifled. It’s there all right but it’s not always easy to bring out into the world, nor is it what the world might be expecting!
Leo is where we need to leave our own personal stamp and where we need to be centre stage. Leo is like the Sun: we express our inner purpose out in the world. The Aquarius polarity is where we must ‘dare to be different’ with a (Leo) sense of purpose. When this polarity is intercepted the environment may not support creative success to the fullest (in this case through shared resources and joint projects where energy is merged) and it might take rebelling against social conditioning to develop the skills and values it takes to break out in the Leo house. Think ‘rebel with a brilliantly creative cause.’
Catherine has the same interception in the same houses only Mars (energy, will) and the North Node (path) are involved. Here it is doubly necessary to break out of social conditioning to find the resources, talent and skills to feel the creative purpose in life. In all three of these charts (Shay’s below too) the door to creativity is a la Cancer, soft, sensitive, shy and hidden. This is what people see, as opposed to the bold, willful, fiery Leo, which is their true creative heart. The bottom line is, you can feel unrecognised. The door to talents and skill development (2nd house) is Capricorn – the traditional rout. So here they are as kids being offered these traditional methodologies and taught to conform when that is the LAST thing that supports their art!
Shay’s chart has the same intercepted signs but the houses are reversed. She intuitively has highly creative talents and needs positive feedback and recognition to continue developing them, but the early environment might not have offered the recognition she needed to thrive (seeing her as quiet and reserved, not strutting her stuff when there was much to strut!) When it comes to shared resources, she’s the one with the ‘left field’ approach but the expectations are for her to conform. Ouch! Again the North Node is involved so getting onto the lift path can be frustrating because growing up people are saying the path is x and really it’s y & z!
Does this conjure any thoughts? And what about the duplicated signs of Gemini and Sagittarius? Would love to share some thoughts there!
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Thanks Kim!
Interesting that the 3 charts revolving around creativity have Mars involved : on the South Node, on the North Node, square the Nodes!
When you say the door is Capricorn, you mean the traditional aspect should be respected to access creativity of the 2nd house? Or it is a door that should be broken open?
Good question, Catherine.
What I meant was, you go into the second house a la Capricorn. That’s the sign on the door. So your approach is super traditional, ambitious and focused, BUT what you really have in there is the rebel. The awakener. You’re inner powerhouse and will, drive and passion, is in breaking rules, records and molds not fitting into them. See what I mean? The environment expects you to be ‘Capricorn’ about this area of life and deep inside you are not. You’re the wild child!
I understand where my frustration comes from then! I have the feeling it is very difficult for me to access this Mars-North Node, not to mention I have problems with men and my level of energy in general. I was wondering if you, having the same situation, found it difficult too? Or how did it work for you?
Thanks again for this topic!
Check out part IV. Going to the duplicated signs (your 12th and 1st in Sagittarius and your 6th and 7th in Gemini, offer places to focus energy that can make you feel more whole, more complete, more aware. Anytime we do that, other aspects find healthy ways to express. For example having the 6th and 7th both ruled by Gemini means working (6th) with others (7th) brings integration. The mutable Gemini says be flexible, light and curious when it comes to relationships.
Taking full responsibility for YOUR day to day living helps keep things lively and fulfilling. You don’t want traditional ‘tied down’ commitments. You want connection to a wide (I just typed WILD) range of others. That doesn’t mean you can’t commit. It means you have to redefine the idea of one-to-one relationship so you don’t lose yourself in the process. Transits and progressions to the intercepts also wake things up, but going to the duplicated signs is part of your life work.
Wow, Kim. You are so spot on. how did you figure all that?
Shay, glad it made sense. We are just looking at how these interceptions function. It shows how much they can tell us about the chart, the person, the life. This is why I wanted to highlight them a bit. There’s such a storehouse of information in these ‘rooms within rooms’.
Thx Kim, I apologise, I didn’t read the full article before posting. I was rushing off to work and only read my bit. Anyway, after reading your part 3 it is more clear. So the question is, how do we express the intercepted signs? are they locked away or can they be brought out?
oh, just read the next part..
Is it making more sense now?
ok, I have read these posts a little more carefully now. I see my Leo interception in the 2nd house as making it difficult to be proud of myself and what I have. funnily enough, 2 years ago I bought a house & it is quite ‘flashy’ it’s kind of the best house on the street. it’s easily the nicest house I’ve ever lived in. This strikes me as very Leo in the 2nd house. It does feel a liitle odd to me tho & I often wonder OMG what have I done? Even though the way it turned out it’s an average mortgage. buying the house was very affirming to myself tho.
I definitely feel like my creativity is stifled. I’m just starting to accept that i have a valid creative, talented streak in me but it was never developed because i couldn’t let myself show it publicly. I am shy about expressing myself and I always marvel at people on stage or showing their art and wish I could do that too. I recently exhibited a piece of art for the first time, which was scary in that I made myself vulnerable but it was very validating because it sold, although I had affirmed in myself that my talent was valid enough to show it. I’m 40 years old now so it’s taken a while to get here. I’d like to keep developing my art but I have trouble because I work full time: 6th house sagitarius? Plus I am scared of showing myself. My childhood environment was fairly chaotic & could have been more nurturing, so now in adulthood as I try to develop a life more to my choosing I find myself at odds with my immediate family.
I’m quite preoccupied with finding a mate too:7th house sagitarius? The main relationship of my life so far was with a foreigner: 7th house Sagitarius.
I feel like my affiliation with groups has been rocky but something that I would like too which i think is represented by the intercepted Aquarius in the 8th with North Node there as well and Saturn in the 11th House.
What are your thoughts on this?
Shay, that’s a clear and detailed example of how these intercepted signs can manifest. Thank you for posting it here.
With Jupiter about to transit your 11th house, conjunct Saturn trine Sun, a LOT of this frustration will open up. It’s like things that just weren’t available before are there now, especially with the clarity you have on the contrast of the past. Creativity becomes more accessible. Skill development (ie talent recognition) becomes a greater focus.
I think just talking about intercepts helps to open them up. And going to the planet ruling the sign (sun and Uranus/Saturn) will help unlock doors too.
So regarding duplications: for me to develop myself as more expressive, communicative, social (gemini asc) I need to delve into my unconscious, dreams, self undoing, giving and receiving (12th house) by writing, communicating, learning, expressing (gemini)?
And to have a socially significant relationship and contracts (marriage?) I need to develop my Sagitarian 6th house of day to day life, service and health. service with a smile, be expansive in my day to day, philosophical, higher learning, foreign travel, where I might find a mate?
That’s a good example of using those duplicated houses, Shay. Think of ways you can bring 12th house matters to the first and 6th house matters to the 7th. Did you see some of the examples in part IV? Finding ways to allow your dreams to live in the world, and how you serve to be come part of your shared life will open things up even more.