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e important di erences involve how easily Sondheim can meet his safety needs as shown by the aspects to the Moon.
In the 3:30 a.m. chart, the Moon is trine Neptune in the 7th house, conjunct the Vertex.
is suggests a serious lack of boundaries, especially when it comes to other people and one- to-one relationships. As much as Sondheim needs clear, appropriate boundaries to feel safe, with the Moon trine Neptune he has no idea
what those boundaries feel like. On the contrary, he experiences a constant, never-ending lack of inter-personal boundaries. is is
familiar to him, so it’s subjectively safe, but it’s objectively unsafe. Mars is bound up in this pattern, because it’s in a partile sextile to the Moon and opposing Neptune, and this creates problems with his 3rd house writing and 10th house career and public reputation, the two houses ruled by Mars in the 3:30 a.m. chart.
is does not begin to describe Stephen Sondheim as any fan knows him.
The 9 p.m. chart paints an entirely different picture.
In this chart, there are no connections at all between the Moon and Neptune. Instead, the Moon is conjunct Saturn, square Uranus, and trine Chiron, and
each of these aspects has an orb of less than 1°30.
e conjunction between the Moon and Saturn in Capricorn suggests
that Sondheim has exceptionally strong boundaries. In fact, his boundaries may be so strong that he probably nds it di cult to connect with other people. I call this the “Fortress of SolitudeTM” pattern. Since the conjunction is in the 3rd house, which Saturn rules along with the 4th house, it suggests Sondheim needs absolute control over his familiar environment and private life. Unfortunately, these boundaries — and his ability to feel safe — are
Figure 4: Sondheim's Marriage Blueprint in the 3:30 a.m. Chart 38 Talented Astrologer