“Is my idea to start a new business a good one; will it be successful; should I pursue this idea?” The idea to start a second business, one far removed from the client’s normal line of work, was nothing more than a creative idea at this stage. A seed had been planted and she wished to know that if she pursued this line of creative thought, if it would be beneficial for her financially and emotionally. It is advisable to assess these matters before investing money in the extensive preparation required to launch a new venture. Here the focus was primarily on the idea or brainchild of the client and we needed to determine whether or not she should invest anything more, including time, in putting her thoughts on paper and if there was merit in formulating a business plan, corporate identity, and everything else that is required when launching a new business.

We tend to focus on personal tenth house matters only when imminent activity requires it such as when we change jobs or receive a promotion or an award. We all have a tenth house in our natal chart, immaterial of where we are in our working-life hierarchy and the manner in which we allow this potential to manifest in the world impacts on those around us. The ripple effect of ‘acting out’ our tenth house has far reaching consequences both internally and externally on a holistic level: our physical, emotional, mental and spiritual wellbeing is altered through tenth house interaction, for better or for worse. The chart is dominated by the tenth house cusp or Midheaven and the significance of this is more profound than simply assessing the manner in which we can earn our daily wage.

I recently joked with my students that if I had bothered to glance at what was afflicting my own nativity, I would never have attended a certain conference in Cape Town and would have remained in bed with the duvet pulled firmly over my head. Fortunately my birth chart is rarely given my attention, and as a result of what ensued in Cape Town, together with negative post conference activities, AORTA was conceived. In my heart I knew that a group for astrologers of The Tradition in South Africa was long overdue, but I needed a proverbial kick up the backside to withdraw misplaced loyalties and get on with it. I received a rather harsh prod from all sorts of astrological quarters, some that I had never encountered before or knew existed, and as I am not particularly dense, the message was unmistakably clear – multi “Church” organisations cannot function coherently, and to believe they can is naive and rather idealistic. Please refer to my article “The culture of your craft” for more insight into this topic.

I am currently receiving many questions pertaining to the status of businesses and properties – this is indicative of the current economic climate. The delineation below is interesting due to the fact that to find the significator of the businesses, I had to think out of the box – this is the root of the Tradition – to know the rules and to know when to break them – at all times using common sense, and all things being equal.

“Am I going to be successful with these current businesses that I opened at this new shopping complex?” and “Where is my relationship heading as I am unhappy?”

I recently accepted a project to assess the birth charts of 25 staff members from a corporate perspective, the results of which make for a fascinating study. As astrologers, it is only when we delineate charts on this scale, that we begin to see definite trends and to realise the true efficacy of astrology. What appears to be random at the outset slowly crystalises into a pattern that the astrologer can then assess and the subsequent information can be utilised by the client in a practical manner. Although the individual charts were interesting and my client was then able to make decisions based on this information for the betterment of the business, that is not the aspect of this task that fascinated me - it was these 25 charts in relation to my clients' natal chart that proved to be the study - one of these threads is discussed below.