Transits to the Vocational Houses–Temp Job or Career Departure?

©2007, 2010 by Donna Cunningham, MSW, reprinted from  The Mountain Astrologer

If your work situation is changing and you need to figure out what’s happening, where in the chart would you look for answers? You would, of course, consider the three vocational houses — the 2^nd, 6^th, and 10^th — as well as the Midheaven (10^th house cusp). Rather than looking exclusively at natal placements, pencil in the current positions of the planets from Jupiter on out. Any that are now transiting — or are about to enter — one of the vocational houses would have the most direct and potentially longest-lasting influence. These transits create new trends and working conditions that color your career potential for anywhere from one year to 15 or 20, depending on the planet’s speed and the number of degrees covered by that house. (A house can cover any where from 25-45 degrees, depending on the season and latitude of birth).  Let’s look at some ways your career  may be affected by the planets’ current positions.  

Processes You May Experience During an Outer Planet Transit

The table below gives you an overview of what goes on during outer planet transits, regardless of the houses involved. These aren’t the only possible expressions by any means. However, they show typical processes, distilled to the essence. You might not experience the steps in the order given. You might repeat a step several times due to retrograde and direct motion, or  you may stall in the process for long periods. By seeking insight and being willing to grow, you gain a great deal.

During a Saturn transit, in some areas of life, you are: Confronting lack or loss Taking responsibility Eliminating dead wood Getting your act together Raising the bar Performing at peak Waiting for the right time Reaping what you have sown	During a Uranus transit, in some areas of life, you are: Feeling stifled and restless Questioning the status quo Discovering like-minded souls Experimenting with possibility Straining at bonds Bursting out of confinement Reinventing yourself Reconfiguring your life
During a Neptune transit, in some areas  of life, you are: discontented or  lost Realizing you’re stuck Seeking a savior Fooling yourself you’ve found it Submerging The Self in it Finding out you’ve been had Turning to Spirit for peace	During a Pluto transit, in some areas of life,  you are: Brooding on wrongs Delving into causes of pain Unearthing the suppressed Reacting to your discoveries Accepting your part in it Healing the wounds Reclaiming your power experiencing a rebirth

We’re in a time when several conflicting urges, desires, and sets of events are happening at once. Part of the challenge in turbulent times like these is resolving these conflicts.

 How do Outer Planet Transits Affect your Vocational Houses?

Suppose that one or more of these planets is currently transiting the 2^nd, 6^th, or 10^th houses of your birth chart. Your job situation and career path may change during a transit to a planet in one of those houses or to the Midheaven. Briefly, here are some ways your work can be affected by an infusion of new energies into any of those three houses.

During a Jupiter transit, you could be itching to grow and expand, feeling optimistic about your chances, believing that you have wisdom to offer others, seeking opportunity, feeling lucky, and spending more than you earn. (Jupiter finishes its stay in Aquarius in January, 2010, and moves into Pisces for a one-year stay.)

During a Saturn transit, you could be taking on greater responsibility at work, getting your act together, raising the bar, performing at peak, waiting for the right time, and reaping what you’ve sown.

During a Uranus transit, you could be feeling stifled and restless, questioning the status quo, discovering like-minded souls, experimenting with possibilities, straining at bonds, bursting out of confinement, reinventing yourself, learning new technology, and reconfiguring your career path.

During a Neptune transit, you could be feeling discontented at work or that you’ve lost your life purpose, realizing you’re stuck, seeking a magical escape or a soul’s dream, fooling yourself that you’ve found it, finding out it was all an illusion, and turning to spirit for peace.

During a Pluto transit, you could be dealing with rich and powerful people, inclined to get involved in office politics, brooding on wrongs, unearthing what has been suppressed, reacting to your discoveries, healing your wounds, and reclaiming your inner power.  What I’m describing here are the early, back-to-the-drawing-board expressions of transiting planets — how they spur us to grow into new, healthier ways of using each planet’s strengths, like the spirituality and creativity of Neptune or the transformational power of Pluto. None of these processes is continual during the whole interval, just when the transiting planet forms aspects to a natal planet.

 Career Challenges of 2010-11 

During these two years, as Pluto, Uranus, Saturn and Jupiter form a transiting t-square, our lives are likely to change in many important ways.  In a very short time, we’ve already seen far-reaching changes to the global economy and the ways we earn a living.
If one or more corners of the transiting t-square in early degrees of the cardinal signs falls into your 2^nd, 6^th, or 10^th house or aspects your Midheaven, it is likely that your career will be affected over the next several years. The most profound impact would occur if you have natal planets or the Midheaven in early Aries, Cancer, Libra, or Capricorn. If so, you could benefit from a chart consultation by an experienced astrologer who can help you sort out the ways this complex astrological picture could affect you personally.  Although I’m retired from doing chart consultations, you can find my insights into the outer planets and their  career patterns in my ebook, The Outer Planets as Career Indicators  (The Outer Planets and Inner Life, volume one)  It’s available at moonmavenpublications.com.

Skywriter’s Mission in the Months to Come

 Links to some articles you may find useful:

•  Pluto in the Career Houses–The Power to Manifest or Fail for Spite
• Uranus In The Career Houses—“You’re Not The Boss Of Me!”
• Saturn Transits—What do They Mean to your Career?
• Saturn’s Delays and Why We Should Embrace Them
• Vocational Angst for the Pluto-Uranus in Virgo Generation
• Planets Squaring the Midheaven—How They Affect your Career
• The Pluto-Saturn Preparedness Kit—Part 1 (Houses and Areas of Life Affected)
• The Pluto-Saturn Preparedness Kit—Part 2  (Best Case/Worst Case Scenarios)
• (See links to more articles in this series under the category A Pluto-Saturn Preparedness Kit)

 

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