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The Houses:

First House: the nation as a whole, the nation's first impression or image, general national characteristics, the national myths, the projected personality and interests of the nation's people.

Second House: the nation's values, potential wealth and assets, the economy, the national product, where earnings are deposited

Third House: language, education, communication, transportation, all forms of mass media, literary works, the post office, roads, railways, air corridors, newspapers, televison, schools, freedom of speech, the internet

Fourth House: the foundations of society, settled communities, the common people, nationalism, the land, agriculture, real estate, homes, farmers, historic roots, domestic issues.

Fifth House: entertainment, financial speculation, the stock market, recreational activities, children, the birth rate, theater, cinema, gambling.

Sixth House: workers, employment rate, trade unions, civil service workers, health services, health workers, the nation's health, the police, military service, armies, national defense.

Seventh House: alliances, relations with other countries, treaties, war, open enemies, dialogue and diplomacy.

Eighth House: the national debt, taxes, what the people must pay to the state or nation, credit, mortality rates, insurance, corporate finances, inheritance, capital, loans.

Ninth House: religion, law and order, justice, the court system, morality, higher education, publishing, international concerns, foreign affairs, shipping, belief systems.

Tenth House: the government, ruling class, national prestige, destiny, how the nation is seen by the rest of the world, elections, those in power.

Eleventh House: political ideologies, local governments, the institutions that govern (congress or parliament), the people's representatives, collective aspirations, community programs, national alliances and organizations.

Twelfth House: hospitals, anything hidden, secret enemies, secret societies, subversives, prisons, mystics, crime fighters, saboteurs and spies, welfare programs and recipients.

Planets and Asteroids:

Sun: leadership, identity, national character, the President, major events, authority, political activities, CEOs.

Moon: the people, national security needs, basic necessities (food, clothing, and shelter), women, national mood, the desire for change.

Mercury: opinion polls, communications, transportation, literary interests, news media, agents, stories, travelers.

Venus: artists and musicians, entertainment, celebrities, fashion, culture, beauty, women, high society, money.

Mars: military, police, aggression, manufacturing and industrial concerns, generals, war, violence, metals, fire.

Ceres: parenting, rescue missions, natural disasters, food industry, mothers, agriculture, welfare, labor.

Pallas: justice, political balance and strategy, diplomacy, political favorite son or daughter, wisdom.

Vesta: secret agencies, sisterhood, security systems, focused individuals, sacred causes, scholarship, investments.

Juno: marriage, the wife, business or political partnerships, women's rights, storms, social rituals, revenge.

Jupiter: the wealthy, prosperity, courts, religion, publishing, the desire to elevate or grow, higher education.

Saturn: the system, institutions, conservatism, bureaucracy, infrastructure, law, control, established ways and procedures.

Chiron: health, handicapped, emotional pain, wounding, alternative practices, outsiders, viruses, vaccinations.

Uranus: new technology, innovation, electricity, progressive or radical, nuclear energy, entrepreneurial spirit.

Neptune: oil, pharmaceuticals, illegal drugs, fraud, glamor, hope, idealism, covert actions, socialism, scandals, cinema.

Pluto: financial or political power, factions, dictators, big business, death, catastrophes, financial mergers, urban renewal, recycling.

The twelve signs carry the same message in political astrology as in natal astrology. The twelve houses, which describe where the action takes place, are similar, but their essential meanings need to be expanded to fit the political

level of interpretation.

Visit NeptuneCafe's Communcations Department for a listing of house meanings in personal astrology. Once astrology's basic principles are grasped, they can readily be applied to political astrology. Here's a summary of what the individual planets and major asteroids mean when interpreting the national horoscope.

Aspects are formed when two or more planets form geometric angles to each other. Aspects tend to be dynamic or flowing.

Dynamic (challenge, conflict, change):

conjunction (0°)

opposition (180°)

square (90°)

Flowing (ease, success, growth):

conjunction (0°)

trine (120°)

sextile (60°)

Minor aspects - The U.S. national horoscope has many eighth harmonic aspects, which are generally considered to be minor aspects. They are dynamic, like squares, and are called the

semi-square or octile (45°)

sesquisquare or trioctile (135°)

the quincunx (150°) imay also be considered as a dynamic minor aspect

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