A long-winded explanation before the chart:

After much contemplation about a career change (see here: http://skyscript.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3919) and the ramifications of selecting TCM as a possible career (including the fact that it may be only a supporting player, rather than the main thing), I decided that perhaps the part-time option would be more feasible and practical. It takes five years, but is at weekends, so I could still work nearly full-time for the first three years and manage with fewer 'Career Development Loans' as a result.

I am taking Deb's fine instruction on the Sun as my need for self-expression in the previous thread, into consideration, as well as the idea that TCM may not be 'it': the final career choice. However, I remain deeply interested in traditional Chinese Medicine as part of a career plan, and having spoken to Mr. Gunhilde, he will be supportive of whatever I do.

What is most important for me is the accrual of knowledge in this and related fields; my 'dream job' actually involves multiple healing functions, done out of my own practice, preferably somewhere Mediterranean after the kids leave home. For me, "success" is defined as:

a) being my own boss
b) having a career that will allow me to travel/work nearly anywhere
c) involves helping people in a healing role
d) allows a good degree of financial independence, if not enormous wealth (although that would be nice!)

Having made it through that, my question is: "Would I be successful at TCM (as a career)?"...
Asked:
17th November 2008
11:48 a.m.
Comberton, ENG
(0E02, 52N11).

21.17 Capricorn ascendant.
Moon 24.26 Cancer in H7
H10 26.15 Scorpio. Sun culminates.

I could really do with some extra help with this one, actually.

What interested me about this chart is that my needs, stated above, seem clearly reinforced in the chart.

Jupiter, ruler of my finances, hopes, and self-undoing, sits on the Ascendant. It is in fall, of course, so I can surmise that I may not become wealthy through this choice and/or may find it financially disappointing. Jupiter is, however, a bringer of wealth; maybe just 'not that much'.

The career itself is shown by Mars. Mars is peregrine in Sagittarius and Under the Beams. I would like to imagine that this actually reflects my 'rootless' existence: my career literally wanders, in the sign famous for wandering; does this show my desire to 'wander' from place to place? Under the Beams and peregrine also reflect that this may not be a brilliant career move, in and of itself. Mars and Jupiter receive one another by domicile/exaltation, but there is no aspect, translation or collection to bring them together. The Moon *could* be translating, but I think that Mercury and the Sun surely interfere with this translation...

The Moon, curiously, is in Cancer and sits on the 7th angle. Is this Mr. Gunhilde again? I don't understand the emphasis on the 7th in all of this; after feeling that Mr. Gunhilde would be unsupportive, it turns out that he would be supportive, after all.

The Moon applies immediately to trine the Sun, culminating on the 10th angle; I think this must suggest that I would indeed receive the support necessary in order to do this. The Moon's next aspect after the Sun, is to trine Mars, but this is done after a change in signs. Mars and the Moon are already in orb, however. The Moon trines the Midheaven; a good sign.

Also of interest is Uranus sitting on the cusp of the 2nd. I took this to mean that either I could indeed achieve some modicum of financial independence in this career, or that finances will be unstable. Both seem likely, but I'll think positive!

What has me wondering is the combust Mercury. Mercury rules the 6th of hard work, the 5th of 'fun', and the 8th of 'loans' (notice my significator, Saturn, sitting in the 8th with POF). It is combust and the Moon has recently separated from it. Any ideas on this?

I have the feeling I am fighting an uphill battle on this one. Fairly typical. I do love my uphill battles.

Any and all feedback, suggestions, and devil's advocacy is warmly welcomed.

Thanks and blessings to all!
GH

Aw, please?

Would I get more responses if I posted yet another, "Does he love me?" question instead?

No comments about the accuracy or inaccuracy of my reading? Am I on the right track? How am I supposed to learn?

Pretty please?

GH

I'd tell you to follow a path with heart, to discern whatever it is you feel called to follow, and to follow it regardless of what a horoscope might seem to say, but that's probably not the kind of feedback you're looking for. As one of my astro-teachers was fond of saying, "life is meant to be lived, not plotted on a chart." Good luck!

Yes, it's likely that I will do what I want regardless of what the chart says....I always do! But I would certainly be grateful for some feedback on my delineations, as I like to test myself with such questions. There is always a 'yes' or 'no' to be found, but I'm more interested in exploring the deeper layers, which is why I value this site so much.

Cheers,
GH