Chart & such

[jenk]

Via srallen I picked up this nifty astrological chart .
Even better is the explanation, both courtesy of Astrolabe Inc. (http://alabe.com/freechart)

Rising Sign is in 02 Degrees Gemini

Extremely active by nature, you like to get around, meet people and
do different things. Very restless, you just can't seem to stay put.
You need to be involved in several projects at once in order to keep
your mind stimulated. You like to read books and to write letters
and to talk -- constantly. Seemingly ageless, you will always appear
to be much younger than you really are. Very adaptable and
inquisitive, you are always open to new ideas and experiences. A
"jack-of-all-trades", you are lively and versatile. Because of the
high nervous tension that you always seem to have, athletic activity
would be a good way for you to burn off energy. But be careful of a
tendency to experience things only superficially -- try to dig in
and absorb things at a deeper level.


Sun is in 09 Degrees Taurus.

You are known for being patient, slow moving and careful -- you love
to prolong and savor enjoyable times. You appreciate and need
comfort, ease and warm surroundings. Be careful of a tendency to
become placid and self-satisfied and to overeat (especially sweets).
You require strenuous situations in order to grow and mature
properly, even though you try to avoid them. Affectionate,
even-tempered and slow to anger -- when you do become emotionally
upset, you are also slow to forgive and time must pass before your
calm returns. You demand real results from any situation --
abstractions are very difficult for you to comprehend. Very
artistic, your hands love to mold and shape things. You portray an
earthy, physical sexiness that others find quite seductive.


Moon is in 12 Degrees Virgo.

You tend to be serious-minded but cheerful for the most part. You
need tasks that engage both your mind and your hands. A careful
worker, you enjoy making things. You are neat and orderly, and are
very concerned with good health habits. Fastidious to the extreme,
you cannot tolerate messes and will immediately clean them up.
Reserved, shy, and very self-critical, you tend to be very hard on
yourself. You usually will go out of your way to be helpful and
useful to others. Practical, reliable, efficient and conservative,
at times you are a bit of a prude. You are known to lead a simple,
uncomplicated, frugal, methodical and unemotional lifestyle. You are
devoted and caring to those you love.


Mercury is in 15 Degrees Aries.

Very quick-witted, you are known for being an independent thinker.
You love to debate and argue, and are excellent at repartee and
battles of wits. At times, however, you act too fast on hastily
formed opinions and thus waste a lot of energy defending your rash
and sometimes incorrect conclusions. It is perfectly acceptable for
you to defend your beliefs with your usual vigor, but try not to
take the opinions of others as personal insults.


Venus is in 24 Degrees Pisces.

You have a dreamy, fanciful, romantic nature and a very creative
imagination. Indeed, at times, your private fantasies are more
appealing than the reality around you and it is difficult for you to
leave them. You tend to be unselfish and giving in relationships and
are extremely sensitive of the needs of others. Be very sure that
those you help are worthy of your devotion and are not merely taking
advantage of your innocence and naivete.


Mars is in 09 Degrees Taurus.

Careful, slow and thorough about all that you do, at times you are
also willful and stubborn when others try to alter your course. You
are definitely not a quitter -- you will work long and hard to get
what you want. Your possessions are very important to you. One of
your continuing problems is that you tend to regard the significant
people in your life much the same way as you do your possessions --
you become overly attached and much too jealous. You repress your
anger when you get upset and that is not healthy. Try to learn to
show your anger immediately in order to avoid painful explosions
later.


Jupiter is in 29 Degrees Gemini.

You have a logical, detached, objective view of most things. Your
interests are wide-ranging and you are an avid student, with
expertise in many different areas. You love to work things out in
your mind -- everything you do is reduced to an exercise in logic
and reason. You have the ability to grasp abstractions and to deal
successfully with the larger issues of life. Your overemphasis on
developing your powerful intellect can cause your emotional and
intuitive abilities to atrophy unless you consciously choose to
exercise them.


Saturn is in 25 Degrees Pisces.

Your tendency to think that your life is out of control is based on
an unreasonable fear, probably connected with an unfortunate
experience with the person who filled the father figure role in your
early life. Learn to take responsibility here and now for your own
life. Try to stop having unrealistic expectations about guide
figures. Remember that they are merely human, with all the same
faults and self-doubts that you have. When you get confused or
uncertain, try to simplify your lifestyle -- things will then become
easier to bear.


Uranus is in 15 Degrees Virgo.

You, and all your peers, will be known for the degree of intensity
with which you dislike normal everyday routines and chores. You will
go out of your way to invent innovative, unique and timesaving ways
to perform the various mundane routines and duties of living. You
will be attracted to all manner of practical and useful gadgets --
anything that will make your daily life more exciting.


Neptune is in 21 Degrees Scorpio.

You, and your entire generation, are extremely interested in
anything deep and mysterious. You will explore and idealize the
benefits that can accrue from the study of the occult, healing and
psychology. You are willing to experiment with substances like drugs
in order to push your understanding of your inner being to the
extreme.


Pluto is in 15 Degrees Virgo.

For your entire generation, this will be a time when profound
changes in society's attitude toward work, duty and responsibility
will be initiated. Radical changes in attitudes toward personal
health and general nutrition will be promulgated and gain wide
acceptance and practice.


N. Node is in 26 Degrees Taurus.

It's not in your nature to seek out many casual acquaintances in
your daily round of activities. You feel much more comfortable with
a small, close-knit group of people -- those with whom you can relax
and work toward known and clearly defined goals. Your loyalty to a
person or group, once given, is forever -- you'll expend all of your
quite considerable energy in seeing that the group stays together
and prospers. You choose your partners and relationships so
carefully that you're bound to gain certain advantages from them,
including those of a material nature. Be careful though not to let
mere self-service be your motivation in establishing your
connections -- make sure that there's an even give-and-take!