{"id":496,"date":"2007-08-24T05:36:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-24T05:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/astrologicalmusings\/2007\/08\/from-the-advice-column-how-can.html"},"modified":"2007-08-24T05:36:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-24T05:36:00","slug":"from-the-advice-column-how-can","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/2007\/08\/from-the-advice-column-how-can.html","title":{"rendered":"From the advice column: How can I reach a wider audience?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Q:<br \/><span><span style=\"font-style: italic\">A reader writes:  <\/span>I feel a pull to speak (and write) for a larger audience but every time I  schedule a presentation or workshop, few &#8211; I mean only 2-4 people &#8211; show up. Am  I just expecting too much and influenced by my ego? Or is this a soul drive that  I simply need to keep plugging at to manifest? In other words, what is my  potential for reaching a wider audience with my message?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A:  <\/p>\n<div><span>Your Aries Sun sits right on your Midheaven, so you do  have a strong need to shine in the public eye and be known for what you do, and your  Sun is trined by Pluto which is an incredible grace card.  Pluto bestows  personal power and an ability to move forward easily in your evolutionary  journey.  However, an opposition from Chiron to your Sun suggests that you have  some an early wound which instilled fears around your ability to achieve that  success.  This sensitivity, however, along with the conjunction of Chiron to  expansive Jupiter, gives you the ability to understand how healing can take  place for others, and in helping them you help yourself to achieve the  confidence which your Midheaven Sun is born for.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div><span>But it&#8217;s clear that you have some Mars issues &#8211; Saturn  conjuncts Mars, making it difficult for you to assert yourself and feel that you  can meet your needs, and both square the Sun.  Saturn squared to the Sun shows  an underlying shyness and insecurity, and Mars square the Aries Sun is a &#8220;double  whammy&#8221; that creates a powerful assertive energy and drive that is easily  frustrated.  Saturn&#8217;s presence conjunct Mars demands that you take things slow  and will continually put the brakes on in order to encourage you to apply more  discipline and work harder at that which you want.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div><span>With Mercury in the 9th house you are a born teacher,  but Mercury is retrograde in your chart.  This can make it more difficult to get  your point across verbally and will require more preparation work and practice  in order to get to a point where you are clearly understood by large groups of  people.  Mercury squares the Moon&#8217;s Nodes, which suggests that difficulty  speaking is a problem that you brought in with you from a previous lifetime.  <\/span><span>The square of transiting Pluto to your Mercury this  year is bringing this issue to a head and offering a resolution.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div><span>If your strong drive to achieve and manifest your  career path in the public arena becomes your primary motivator, Saturn will  impose his famous restrictions that force you to go back to the drawing board.   <\/span><span>Anything that you can do to please Saturn in your  chart which conjuncts Mars and squares your Sun will pay off in the long run.   Trial runs of your workshops in front of friends who will offer an  honest critique, thorough preparation and rehearsals, etc.  It may be that you  will have to keep changing the format of your presentations until you find the  ones that resonate with your audience.  Make sure you have something solid to  present before you try to get out there to present it.  <\/span><\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q:A reader writes: I feel a pull to speak (and write) for a larger audience but every time I schedule a presentation or workshop, few &#8211; I mean only 2-4 people &#8211; show up. Am I just expecting too much and influenced by my ego? 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