Did you ever stop to think about the cosmic drama unfolding in your very own natal chart? I mean, let’s get real—who knew your love life might be more chaotic than a rom-com gone haywire, all thanks to a little thing called planetary opposition? When celestial bodies face off across your ascendant and descendant, it’s like having two hot-headed rhinos on the field of your personal relationships, charging in every direction with dynamic energy! Yikes!
Through my years of experience—and some personal head-scratching—I’ve noticed that it typically takes folks until they’re flirting with forty to really figure out how these oppositions affect their lives. You’re born with this energetic chaos? Sure! But guess what? It feels completely normal to you—like finding out your family always ate spaghetti with chocolate sauce! (Seriously, right?) In this article, I’ll share insights from my own life and the stories of others who’ve navigated these wild astrological waters. So, do you find yourself pondering about that relationship that keeps breaking up just when you think it’s solid? Or maybe you see familiar faces everywhere and can’t determine if it’s love or a trap? Buckle up and let’s explore the marvelous mess of opposition in your chart together!
Planets in opposition in a natal chart produce dynamic stress. If the opposing planets conjoin the ascendant and descendant, the energy is amplified, to out of this world.
My son has a strong opposition of this type. I was able to watch it manifest from day one. Here’s an obvious, yet unusual, observation: you’re born with this energy, so it seems normal to you!
In my experience, people are generally nearing, forty-years old, before they take a look at their opposition and how it operates. It’s that hard to see!
If you have an opposition ‘cross the me/we axis, you can get some crazy interactions going. You were going to break up with them, but they break up with you, and then make up, wondering what just happened.
I regularly work with a man who has Uranus conjunct his ascendent and Saturn conjunct his descendent. It this man isn’t careful, he finds himself seeing his father in the other person, everywhere he goes. This causes him to rebel!
Think of the impact this would have. If you know this man, you have to come to understand, you may be dealing with a stern parent or revolutionary, depending on the day… or by the minute, for that matter. Think about what it would do to person’s head, trying to comprehend, where they, themselves stand, in relation to you, at any given time?
Commit, stick around, control (themselves or you)?
Or blow this pop stand?
Get the hell out of there.
Come back and recommit.
It keeps a person busy, that’s for sure. An opposition like this will dominate a person’s life, entirely unbeknownst to themselves!
Do you have an opposition ‘cross your descendant / ascendant axis? How do you see it express?