Unaspected Planets in Your Birth Chart: Gifts and

Challenges

Unaspected planets in your birth chart are like wild, untamed animals within
your psyche. They can “run away with your horoscope,” becoming a defining trait
within your personality whether you approve or not.

Unaspected Planets: Definition

Unaspected planets, referred to as peregrine planets by Noel Tyl, are those

planets in your natal chart that lack any Ptolemaic aspect (i.e. conjunction,
sextile, square, trine or opposition) with any other planet.

Guidelines for Interpreting Unaspected Planets

1. Unaspected planets do not connect with the rest of the psyche – much like
someone in a foreign land, it is disconnected from the surroundings, and
integration becomes challenging.
2. This can be mirrored as a feeling of disconnection in outer relationships,
especially if a key body such as Sun or Moon is
unaspected. With unaspected Sun or Moon, there may be a feeling that
the world doesn’t quite understand you. You may “march to a different
drummer.”
3. Unaspected planets can function either as strong talents or excessive,
overcompensatory habits: For example unaspected Mercury could
suggest someone whose emphasis on thoughts or speech is pronounced, like
the writer Norman Vincent Peale, who wrote “The Power of Positive
Thinking.” However, it could also suggest someone that talks
incessantly out of nervous habit.
4. Unaspected planets may be interpreted as strong and dominant, or
excessive and vulnerable to isolation. Consider
these multiple potentials when you interpret the unaspected planets within
your own birthchart.
Unaspected Planets: Possible Meanings and Keywords
Here are some keywords you may want to consider when exploring the
interpretation of unaspected planets in a horoscope.

Unaspected Sun: Intensified Ego Drive

A person with unaspected Sun tends to march to a different drumbeat. There can
be strong emphasis on self expression and leadership, as well as a strong need for
ego recognition.

Unaspected Moon: Possible Emotional Disconnection

Natal Moon with no major aspects tends to magnify the needs represented
byMoon’s sign. A good example is Steve Jobs, who had unaspected Moon in
Aries (“the need to be Number One”). Unaspected Moon possibly suggests
emotional disconnection from the parents, and later from other people. There
may also be a need to express a caring, nurturing or educational behavior in order
to connect with the world.

Unaspected Mercury: Hyperactive Mind

Unaspected Mercury tends to emphasize an overactive mind, which could result
in nonstop talking, thinking, or worrying. If the wild mental energy can be
harnessed toward a productive direction, unaspected Mercury can become a
strong asset providing you with impressive mental faculty
and communication skills.

Unaspected Venus: Intensified Emotions and Social Needs

Unaspected Venus magnifies the emotional and social needs represented by your
Venus’ sign.

For example, unaspected Venus in water signs (Cancer, Scorpio or Pisces)

emphasizes emotional expression in relationships – either as emotional drama,
or an ability to care deeply for others.
In contrast, unaspected Venus in earth signs (Capricorn, Taurus or Virgo) may
emphasize the material aspect of Venus, perhaps generating more interest
in becoming financially successful or secure.

In general there may be an emphasis on being attractive, flirtatious, charming or

understanding in order to be liked and appreciated (the archetypal expressions of
Venus).

Unaspected Mars: Untamed Energy

Unaspected Mars is like a wild horse – powerful and potentially dangerous. You
may need a special focus for directing your energy, especially your anger. With
the right outlet for your energy, the fire of motivation will keep you going for a
long time.

Unaspected Jupiter: Dominant Higher Mind

Unaspected Jupiter suggests emphasis on philosophy, education and
international or spiritual dimension. This tends to suggest a mind hungry for
higher learning.

Unaspected Saturn: Disconnected Father, Intensified Ambition

Unaspected Saturn possibly suggests a lack of support from the father figure.
Emphasis on work accomplishment or self-discipline may compensate for initial
insecurity. Unaspected Saturn can also suggest intensified ambition, especially in
terms of Saturn’s sign and house placement.

Unaspected Uranus: Heightened Individuality and Progress

Unaspected Uranus suggests intensified individuality, an eye for progress, and
the need for achieving social significance. Inventor Thomas Edison’s
horoscope has unaspected Uranus (using a tighter, 4 degree orb for sextile),
Uranus being the planet of invention and scientific progress.

Unaspected Neptune: Vision and Ideals

Though somewhat rare, unaspected Neptune may manifest as heightened
aesthetic sensitivity and strong ideals.

Unaspected Pluto: Power and Influence

Unaspected Pluto can suggest prominence, power and influence. John F.
Kennedy’s horoscope has unaspected Pluto.

Summary: Integrating Unaspected Planets

Unaspected planets can be hard to tame. Integrating the unaspected planet into
our psyche may feel like trying to have a tall Westerner blend in with a crowd of
Japanese people – it can’t help but stand out.

Rather than trying to make unaspected planet conform to a social norm, you may
want to find a challenging outlet for its energy – be it writing a book, learning a
foreign language, forming a nonprofit organization, or practicing martial arts.
With positive direction, unaspected planets can become your strongest asset.