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The DK Foundation Karma and
New Directions SEVENTH
HOUSE TRANSITS
AND PROGRESSIONS The Sun By
Transit When
the Sun transits the 7th House a person tends to become focussed upon his
relationships. This transit is less likely to bring new associates into
his life than to make him aware of the dynamics at work in his existing
relationships. In
the 7th House relationships provide a mirror through which a person may
see himself. During the period in which the Sun is transiting H7 he is
likely to have experiences, which make him aware that aspects of himself
are not being fulfilled in his existing relationships or that, they are
encouraging him to display qualities, which he considers negative. It may
prove to be therefore, a time for making adjustments and redefining the
boundaries of his relationships. By
Progression If
the Sun progresses into the 7th House from either H6 or H8, a person tends
to become more aware of equality and during this phase of his life require
his relationships to reflect his strengthening sense of self. If
the movement has been from H6 then a person will strive to achieve more
recognition for himself and for the contribution that he makes through his
work. It is likely to be through his approach and attitude to it that this
process of pitching for greater equality is in evidence. If
the movement is from H8 then it is likely to be into his intimate relationships
that he introduces change. He will be more aware of give and take and less
inclined to subordinate his desires and expectations to those of others.
As
is ever the case in the 7th House, it will be the responses, which he
receives from others, which will provide him with his points of reference
and his feedback during this process of learning to be more of an equal. Mercury By Transit When
Mercury transits the 7th House a person tends to become more sensitive and
more aware of the realities and opinions of others. This can have the
effect of making him question his own judgment and if he is not aware of
what is going on he may temporarily loose confidence in himself. While
this transit is very supportive of discussion amid efforts to find
compromise solutions, it does make it difficult for a person to defend a
pre-established viewpoint. By
Progression If
Mercury progresses into the 7th House, a person enters a period of his
life where he will be very aware and very influenced by the realities of
others. If Mercury is natally in the 8th house, then this state of affairs
will not be new to him. What the 7th House affords, however, is an
opportunity to become more emotionally detached and better able to sort
out what are authentically his own, from those views, which have been
borrowed or imposed upon him. If Mercury in the natal chart is in one of
the houses of Universal consciousness then the period during which it
occupies H7 will enable him to become more aware of himself in the context
of one-to-one relationships. Venus By
Transit When
Venus transits the house of which it is the natural ruler a person tends
to become very responsive to others. At this time their
opinions and responses tend to become increasingly important, and
self-worth becomes more closely bound than usual with their approval. A
person who is not in an intimate relationship at this time may feel this
absence very keenly and may become very concerned with trying to find a
partner. In
his dealings with associates and partners of all kinds, a person tends to
be more amenable and complacent under this transit. By Progression If
Venus progresses into the 7th House a person enters into a period of his
life in which he becomes increasingly concerned with receiving
favourable
feedback from others. His performance in his relationships and
particularly his ability to ‘keep’ partners will affect his sense of
self-worth to a considerable degree. Whilst
Venus is progressing through its own House a person’s sensitivity to the
reactions of others can result in a marked loss of autonomy and authenticity.
More positively, however, this period is likely to leave a person with a
much greater respect and appreciation for others. Mars By Transit A
transit of Mars to the 7th House marks a period in which a person tends to
become more assertive in his relationships. In consequence it is
frequently a contentious time, although the degree of assertiveness in
evidence at this time will depend greatly upon the placement and strength
of Mars in the natal chart. When
Mars is in the 7th House a person becomes
focussed
upon the extent to which the relationships in his life help or hinder him
and he will attempt to introduce those changes, which he perceives to be
in his own interests. If Mars
natally
is in a passive sign or retrograde condition, then during this transit, a
person may attempt to make his partner or associates champion his
interests and be assertive on his behalf. By Progression When
Mars is in the 7th House both natally and by progression it can operate in
two ways. If the sign on the Ascendant is passive then a person with this
placement is likely to rely upon the partners to bring the principle of
assertiveness into his life; if the sign on the Ascendant is active then a
person with this placement may treat partners as though they are a
potential threat to his freedom. In order to determine how a person is
likely to behave during the progression through the H7 it is necessary to
first consult the natal chart. The sign occupied by progressing Mars will
also have bearing on this matter. Which ever mode of behaviour
it produces Mars progression through H7 will mean that partners and
associates will greatly influence the way a person projects himself and
seeks to realise
his ambitions during this period of his life Jupiter By Transit When
Jupiter transits the 7th House a person’s relationships become the
agents for change in his life. Bringing into his life, different
viewpoints, experiences and new opportunities, can help him to open up and
make him more receptive to the hitherto untried. New associations are
likely to alter his relationship profile at this time. This
transit makes relating a generally rewarding experience. By
Progression If
Jupiter progresses into the 7th House, then a person enters a time of his
life in which partnerships serve to broaden his outlook on life. Through
his associations, both intimate and non-intimate, he is put in touch with
new ideas and unfamiliar experiences. The
natal placement of Jupiter will indicate the kind of ideas and experiences
to which a person will be particularly receptive when another brings them
to his attention. At
this time of his life a person's relationships are deigned to be the
agents for new experiences and this makes a multiplicity of associations
more likely than one enduring partnership. Saturn By Transit When
Saturn transits the 7th House a person’s relationships become the medium
for situations, which are likely to prompt him to re-assess his perception
of himself and his approach to others. Under this transit a
partnership's limitation may have to be acknowledged and the relationship
dissolved, or in order to survive, a relationship may require more
commitment. In either case a partnership will be the reason for change in
a person’s life and an opportunity to discover, hitherto, unrecognised aspects of himself. It may
also be the case that a person who has no special relationships in his
life and feels this absence may face up to why this should be. The natal
placement of Saturn will indicate the nature of the difficulties and
aspects of self, of which he is made more aware, through his relationships
at this time. By
Progression If
Saturn progresses into the 7th House it is an indication, as with Saturn
in H7 in the natal chart that his personal relationships have a very
significant role to play in the outworking of a person’s karma. During
the time that Saturn occupies H7 by progression, a committed relationship,
in the context of which his development has to take place, may feature
prominently in his life. When Saturn is in H7 whether natally or by
progression, it is more likely to manifest than deny a relationship of
significance. Yet if there should be no special partnership at this time,
then a person will find that his associations collectively will require
him to confront the matter of self and other and afford him an opportunity
to identify and work through his weaknesses and vulnerabilities Uranus By
Transit When
Uranus transits the 7th House a person is freed from tendancies and habits
in his relationships, which threaten his future development, both as an
individual and as a partner. Yet,
as this is H7 and the polar opposite of H1, the situations that give him
his freedom at this time, are frequently the reverse of what he wills. When
Uranus transits the cusp of H7 (the Descendant), a relationship frequently
ends at the request of the partner or its boundaries have to be redefined
in order to give the partner more room for maneuver. It is notable,
however, that whenever this is the case, a person rapidly comes to
realise
that although this was not the outcome which he sought, it is nonetheless
for the best and the experience usually makes him more aware of his own
negative tendancies in relationships. By
the time Uranus leaves the 7th House a person usually has a much clearer
idea of what, for him, represents healthy relating. In consequence,
relationships based on the old patterns may be discarded on his own
initiative, if they cannot be redefined. By Progression If
Uranus progresses into the 7th House, then a person will enter a period of
his life in which he is to be freed from dependency upon another. As is
the case when natal Uranus is found in H7, some of the situations to which
a person has to face in order to be made more independent and autonomous,
may be painful and even traumatic. The purpose of a transit of Uranus
through H7 is to awaken a person to the possibility of being more
independent of others and also to the undesirability of undue compromise,
thereby creating a different understanding of the role of relationships in
his life. If Uranus, natally, is in H8 then this is the period of a
person’s life in which he comes to better understand why he should have
experienced so much painful separation in his life. The
year or years in which Uranus holds the Descendant will be decisive: if a
person’s life continues to be controlled by a partner, despite the new
understanding brought by Uranus as it moves through H7, then matters are
likely to be brought to ahead by the actions of the partner. Neptune By Transit A
transit of Neptune through H7 creates a tendency for a person to lose
himself in a commitment to another. As
Neptune crosses the Descendant then it is common for a relationship to
form with a person who is needy, perceived to be needy, or whose qualities
are idealised.
This
relationship will consume a person’s time and energy and may be the
source of little in the way of reciprocal support. When
operating through the 7th House Neptune erodes expectations of equality
and for as long as it remains in H7 a person tends to retain an
idealistic, self-sacrificing view of relationships, which will determine
his behaviour
towards his own partner and also to his non-intimate associates. In
relationships of all kinds he experiences difficulty in defining and
protecting his own interests. If Neptune's prior transit of the 6th House
did not result in a person establishing himself in work, which is in
anyway other-regarding, then the tendency to make his one-to-one
relationships the outlet for the expression of this energy, is likely to
be that much stronger. Whilst this transit can create many difficulties in
relationships, especially if the 7th House is tenanted, because of the
loss of identity and erosion of boundaries which it produces, a person who
has experienced it will have known what it means to love unconditionally,
something which few regret. By
Progression If
Neptune should move through the 7th House by progression, then its effects
will be similar to that of the transit. But, the progression through the
7th house will be of longer duration, and as Neptune will enter H7 from
H8, then it is likely to represent such a watershed in a person’s life. While
in H8, Neptune would have made a person acutely aware of the emotional
needs of others; when it moves on into H7, he is likely to search out the
kind of relationship, which enables him to supply those needs. There may
be a spiritual motive for the self-sacrificial nature of the relationships
into which he is drawn at this time or it may be the effect of guilt or a
poor self-image. Whatever, Neptune’s movement through H7 will ensure
that a person continues in the conviction that it is his relationship
with another which gives his life meaning. If
the 7th House is tenanted then Neptune will encourage the planets involved
to express themselves in a selfless way. Pluto By Transit A
transit of Pluto to the 7th House has the effect of exposing the
unconscious patterns, which are at work in a person’s relationships. As
with any Plutonian activity anywhere in the chart, its effects can be
chaotic and traumatic in the 7th House. Yet, because Pluto, when acting
through H7, so often has the effect of challenging the comforting belief
that another has the power to ‘make things right’ this transit can be
productive of particularly painful situations. This is made even more
likely if H7 is tenanted. Uranus,
when it transits H7, can be equally disruptive, but Uranian energy is more
sassy and makes a person receptive to those changes, which it is
effecting. Pluto undertakes only to expose the sabotaging patterns, and
offer a person the opportunity to understand the fears and complexes,
which affect the way he approaches his relationships. The
overall pattern of the chart, together with the nature of the planets that
tenant H7, will indicate whether the dominant fear a person experiences in
his relationships, is the possibility of abandonment and rejection or a
loss of individual freedom, and whether this fear is likely to result in a
controlling behaviour
or a willingness to be controlled. By
Progression If
Pluto should move through the 7th House by Progression, the circumstances
of a person’s life at this time will be designed to give him an
awareness of the difficulties and fears he experiences when he exposes
himself to the reality of another, which includes the perception and
expectations, which the other has of him. This may be a source of great
fear, of which he may be largely unconscious, but which may cause him to
attempt to control, contain or even breakdown that reality. Alternatively,
Plutonian energy when working through the 7th House may use a partner as
an agent, in which case, it will be the partner who attempts to gain
control of the relationship by means, which include manipulation and
emotional cruelty. A
person with Pluto progressing through H7 needs to be asking himself why he
has to give or receive abusive treatment or be on the defensive in his
close relationships. Pluto presents opportunities to arrive at a different
awareness. When it operates through H7, it is greater self-understanding
through the medium of relationship situations, which is on offer: happy
endings are not guaranteed. The year or years, which Pluto holds the
Descendant before crossing over into the 6th House, will be climactic. The
Moon By
Transit The
monthly passage of the Moon through H7 tends to have the effect of making
a person more sensitive to the views and the feedback given by others. If
the feedback is negative or if there are no valued relationships to give
feedback then this transit may bring loneliness or a sense of inadequacy.
Whatever dealings with others there are at this time they will benefit
from the enhanced willingness to see another’s point of view and to find
the middle ground. By Progression
When
the Moon progresses through the 7th House a person confronts situations,
which will make him, re-assess his current relationships. If there is an
intimate relationship, this will almost certainly be the principal
concern, but the process is unlikely to be confined to this alone. In the
two or so years which it takes for the Moon to progress through H7, there
will be a clear perception that security, companionship and support have a
price, and he will consider what the cost is to him personally. The
principal relationships which a person has to assess during this period
may not be new: they may have ‘found their level’ and one of the
things which he may have to consider, is how well the relationship has
lived up to the expectations he had of it, and indeed, how important are
those expectations now. When
the Moon progresses through H7, a person is required to re-evaluate his
ideas about relationships and this is likely to put certain associations
under strain. Almost invariably, he will consider pulling out of at least
one of his principal relationships, but this is just one more stage in the
process and will not necessarily represent its conclusion. During
the years in which the Moon progresses through H7, opportunities will be
created to consider his relationships from many angles and only when the
Moon reaches the last 5 degrees of the house are any 'final' decisions
likely to be made. |
