In almost any basic astrology book one can find a list of careers/professions best suited to each zodiac sign/Sun sign. While these are fun to read and match to actual situations they aren't always reliable. The full chart needs to be considered in order to find any guidance at all on career paths, and even then success cannot be guaranteed.
Relying on those basic lists I (Aquarius Sun) should have been looking towards such career paths suggested by Saturn and Uranus, the sign's ruling bodies. For instance, in a list from Manly P. Hall's book Astrological Keywords I find suggestions of (Uranus) humanitarian, aviator, astrologer, electrician, singer (?), psychologist, radio technician. And (Saturn): routine worker, detailed thinker, professor, real-estate agent, builder, miner, farmer, nightwatchman. Mr. Hall was, apparently of the opinion that women need to be kept in the kitchen and bedroom - "barefoot and pregnant" as the saying goes.
So, how about a real life example - mine?
Although I've always loved astrology, I never harboured an ambition to be a professional astrologer. In my days of ambition-harbouring, back in the UK in the 1950s, astrology seemed far out of reach, something enthralling and mysterious.
"If wishes were horses beggars would ride....." My youthful wish was to be a journalist. It still simmers away on a backburner of my subconscious. It may be what led me into the blogosphere. Here I can play at being a journalist of sorts, and talk about astrology at the same time, satisfying two cravings. I've never had much opportunity to discuss astrology, my companions in life haven't shared my enthusiasm for the subject. Computers and astrology software have been my saviours, a gateway to understanding the mystery more clearly. The computer has changed my life in so many ways, it was even instrumental in bringing me to the USA !
Thinking back to early ambitions, my best friend and I (two Sun Aquarians born a week apart)used to pretend to be writers. We invented a girls' magazine. In those days girls' mags were non-existent. We'd prepare "articles" and pictures for inclusion. With the right connections, we thought, one day we would publish our own magazine for girls - first on the market ! Just a couple of young dreamers.
Writing as a profession didn't happen for me, or my friend. She went on to Art School, but never did achieve the career she craved and deserved, in the art world.
I worked with the archivist of our county for some years, then, overcome by itchy feet I left home and worked in hotel offices, moving around the UK season by season.
By my mid-30s I had a stable relationship, and found the job which carried me through to retirement, in the UK's civil service. The department in which I worked, with lawyers and judges, deals with employment disputes (unfair dismissal, redundancy matters, sex and race discrimination, equal pay). I didn't get to do much in the way of writing, other than letters and staff performance reports. The job satisfied my Sun Aquarian idealistic streak though, and that's what kept me from straying into further spheres.
I've often studied my chart, looked back to see how my career history fits. There is a rhythm connected to the cycle of the Moons' nodes. The vertex also had a significant part to play in timing the changes. As for planetary "influence", I guess natal Mercury (the communications planet) close to the descendant angle, and Jupiter (the publishing and travelling planet) close to midheaven made themselves felt in my wish to be a journalist. Planets close to any of the angles are said to have "strength". Venus in Sagittarius and Jupiter (Sagittarius' ruler) at midheaven gave me itchy feet, and set me on the road - working in hotels for a few years. My longest career stint of 23 years in the civil service is, for sure, represented by Saturn (law) in Aries in 10th house of career - again Jupiter at midheaven (Jupiter also represents legal matters).
I didn't ever get the chance to do the job of my youthful dreams, but things worked out well, just by taking the roads that opened up naturally. Astrology may well guide us, whether we know it, believe it, or deny it. Mine has guided me. Without realising it at the time, I was always on a kind of automatic astro-pilot.
Relying on those basic lists I (Aquarius Sun) should have been looking towards such career paths suggested by Saturn and Uranus, the sign's ruling bodies. For instance, in a list from Manly P. Hall's book Astrological Keywords I find suggestions of (Uranus) humanitarian, aviator, astrologer, electrician, singer (?), psychologist, radio technician. And (Saturn): routine worker, detailed thinker, professor, real-estate agent, builder, miner, farmer, nightwatchman. Mr. Hall was, apparently of the opinion that women need to be kept in the kitchen and bedroom - "barefoot and pregnant" as the saying goes.
So, how about a real life example - mine?
Although I've always loved astrology, I never harboured an ambition to be a professional astrologer. In my days of ambition-harbouring, back in the UK in the 1950s, astrology seemed far out of reach, something enthralling and mysterious.
"If wishes were horses beggars would ride....." My youthful wish was to be a journalist. It still simmers away on a backburner of my subconscious. It may be what led me into the blogosphere. Here I can play at being a journalist of sorts, and talk about astrology at the same time, satisfying two cravings. I've never had much opportunity to discuss astrology, my companions in life haven't shared my enthusiasm for the subject. Computers and astrology software have been my saviours, a gateway to understanding the mystery more clearly. The computer has changed my life in so many ways, it was even instrumental in bringing me to the USA !
Thinking back to early ambitions, my best friend and I (two Sun Aquarians born a week apart)used to pretend to be writers. We invented a girls' magazine. In those days girls' mags were non-existent. We'd prepare "articles" and pictures for inclusion. With the right connections, we thought, one day we would publish our own magazine for girls - first on the market ! Just a couple of young dreamers.
Writing as a profession didn't happen for me, or my friend. She went on to Art School, but never did achieve the career she craved and deserved, in the art world.
I worked with the archivist of our county for some years, then, overcome by itchy feet I left home and worked in hotel offices, moving around the UK season by season.
By my mid-30s I had a stable relationship, and found the job which carried me through to retirement, in the UK's civil service. The department in which I worked, with lawyers and judges, deals with employment disputes (unfair dismissal, redundancy matters, sex and race discrimination, equal pay). I didn't get to do much in the way of writing, other than letters and staff performance reports. The job satisfied my Sun Aquarian idealistic streak though, and that's what kept me from straying into further spheres.
I've often studied my chart, looked back to see how my career history fits. There is a rhythm connected to the cycle of the Moons' nodes. The vertex also had a significant part to play in timing the changes. As for planetary "influence", I guess natal Mercury (the communications planet) close to the descendant angle, and Jupiter (the publishing and travelling planet) close to midheaven made themselves felt in my wish to be a journalist. Planets close to any of the angles are said to have "strength". Venus in Sagittarius and Jupiter (Sagittarius' ruler) at midheaven gave me itchy feet, and set me on the road - working in hotels for a few years. My longest career stint of 23 years in the civil service is, for sure, represented by Saturn (law) in Aries in 10th house of career - again Jupiter at midheaven (Jupiter also represents legal matters).
I didn't ever get the chance to do the job of my youthful dreams, but things worked out well, just by taking the roads that opened up naturally. Astrology may well guide us, whether we know it, believe it, or deny it. Mine has guided me. Without realising it at the time, I was always on a kind of automatic astro-pilot. 
