Basic astrology this morning folks, it's six am and I'm preparing for the first show of the year, in Lewes, the town famous for burning effigies of the pope every year.  Each planet represents a specific energy - one planet shows the way you assert and project yourself, another planet shows how you regulate and structure your efforts, yet another planet shows how you communicate.  The sign of the zodiac that the planet is in when you're born shows the way that the planetary energy in question comes through in you - it's the way you behave.  The house of the zodiac that the planet in question was in when you were born shows the way that the planetary energy manifests itself in the eyes of the outside world - i.e. the way you're seen as behavng.  And the lines of different length and dfferent colour that connect some planets with others are the apects, showing the ways that planetary energies affect each other, for both positive and for challenging.  Planets are energies, the signs show how those energies come through in you, the houses show how that planetary energy comes through in the eyes of the outside world and the aspects show how planets help and hinder each other.  Questions?