Astrological Conditions for Success

Astrological Conditions for Success: Saturn and Mars

Twenty-five years ago, I was asked about the astrological conditions for success. I remember explaining it at the time in terms of “Jupiter is…” or “Venus is…”. If I were asked the same question today, I would answer this way.

The first condition for success is “to fail.” The second is “to not quit.” The third is “to decide for yourself what success means.”

These may sound different from the glittering laws of success. They might even suggest a gritty, unglamorous path. But as we overlap the astrological planets with our own lives, these three conditions should become clearer.

Contents The Effectiveness of Failure The Passion That Supports “Not Quitting” You Define Success Getting Lost on Your Own Path with Someone Else’s Map Strategic Use of Natural Significators Failure as Normal Operation — The Work of Saturn and Mars The Two Pillars Supporting Continuation — Saturn’s Patience and the Sun’s Will Defining Your Own Success — A Team Effort Philosophy and Operation, and “When Things Just Won’t Work” Practical Work for Using the Stars as a Compass
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Why are there so few Sun-Mars oppositions?

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The frequency of appearance in the Sun-Mars opposition is one-seventh of conjunction. The same result would occur on the collected charts from all over the world. Why? This is not an astrological anomaly, but an astronomical phenomenon.

Astrology from Observation

We understand things by observing facts. It’s no exaggeration to say that everything begins by observing phenomena. The same goes for astrology.
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