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Intercepted Signs

All signs are the same size, 30 degrees each. Houses, though, can have different sizes. The

further away you get from the Equator, the greater the differences in house size become.

This makes it possible for some signs in a horoscope to be intercepted. In other words, they

are totally enclosed in a house, and, as a result, they do not appear at the beginning of any

house. Now what are the effects of intercepted signs?

Much of what follows is based on the groundbreaking work of Joanne Wickenburg. She first

reported it in “Intercepted Signs: Environment vs. Destiny”, published in 1978 (and no longer

in print), and expanded on it in “Your Hidden Powers” (published in 1992 by AFA). What is

presented here is a brief summary of her results. I highly recommend you read “Your Hidden

Powers” for an in depth view.

The horoscope is symmetrical. If a sign is intercepted, the opposite sign must be intercepted

as well. There are twelve signs and twelve houses. There has to be one sign at the beginning

of every house. If two signs are intercepted, two other signs must do “double duty” and each

has to appear on two house cusps. Wickenburg has two different names for these. In

“Intercepted Signs”, she called them “duplicated signs.” In “Your Hidden Powers”, she named

them “intercepted houses” (because the houses are enclosed entirely in those signs). These

are important too and will be dealt with in the next chapter.

In the horoscope of a person, an intercepted sign shows a blockage. The qualities of that sign

have difficulty coming out. It is like a room in your house that can only be reached by first

going through another room. An interception means that your early environment did not give

you the ability to deal with the things ruled by the intercepted signs. The qualities of those

signs can get bottled up, repressed. Eventually, the pressure builds to the breaking point and

they burst out…usually in ways that are not appropriate.

It is better to interpret intercepted signs in pairs. Opposite signs normally work as a team. For

instance, the aggression of Aries is balanced by the charm and social skills of Libra. With

intercepted signs, the link is broken. The opposite signs cannot balance each other. Take the

Virgo-Pisces combination. A person with an intercepted Pisces may not be able to

discriminate or be practical in the area ruled by that house. In the opposite house where

Virgo is intercepted, they could be excessively focused on details and find it difficult to get the

big picture. The effects will manifest mostly in the areas of life that are governed by the

houses containing the interceptions.

How do you deal with intercepted signs? Your early environment didn’t give you the support

necessary to develop the abilities governed by those signs and you have to make up for this

with your own conscious efforts.

But how do we know specifically what to do? One way is by using our “duplicated signs.”

Duplicated signs, as mentioned earlier, are signs that appear on the cusps of two houses. If

you have intercepted signs, you must have duplicated signs as well. These signs and their

intercepted houses can show a way out of the difficulties caused by the intercepted signs.

You can also look to the ruling planets of your intercepted signs. The house and sign

positions of these planets, as well as the aspects they form, can show another way to solve

the problems caused by your intercepted signs. Sometimes though, one of these planets is

also placed in an intercepted sign. That’s like having your keys locked inside your car. It

usually means that this planet cannot be used to overcome the interception.

Aries-Libra Intercepted: Intercepted Aries makes it difficult to take action. Since Pisces is

the sign on the cusp (beginning) of the house, the person will generally find it easy to

daydream in the area of life ruled by that house, and daydream, and daydream…Taking

action tends to get put off. When they finally do act, they are likely to suddenly dive in as if

they had never thought about the thing they were considering. Pisces is dreamy and

peaceful. Aries is aggressive. Intercepted Aries makes it difficult to be assertive in the life

area ruled by the house where it is located. Pisces on the cusp would rather avoid

confrontation. Those with an intercepted Aries may fear taking action or asserting

themselves. Emotional pressure can build up, and when they finally do assert themselves,

they frequently explode, doing something totally inappropriate.

In the opposite house, it is difficult for them to form partnerships where both parties are equal.

For example, if the intercepted Libra is in the 6th house, that would cause problems treating

co-workers as equals. If it were in the 11th house, the problem would be with friends. Since

Virgo is the sign on the house cusp, a person with intercepted Libra will be seen as a servant

in that area, or as someone who is always supplying services, or who always has the

answers. Conversely, other people may be the ones who are forced into the role of servants.

A balanced relationship is difficult to achieve and sustain.

How do you deal with these problems? Look to Venus and Mars in your horoscope. Their

sign and house placements, as well as the aspects they form may offer a way out. Also, see

which signs appear on two houses. The functions of these “duplicated signs” and the areas of

your life affected by the houses they occupy can give you an escape hatch from the

interceptions.

Taurus-Scorpio Intercepted: These are signs of completion. Aries and Libra (signs of

action) would appear on the house cusps, showing that it is easy for these people to start

things. When it comes to finishing, though, forget it.

Taurus has to do with what a person values as well as the desire to accumulate what is

valued. Scorpio is more complicated. It is the sign of shared values, values we share with

those around us. But it is also the sign of elimination. When our possessions and values are

no longer useful, Scorpio (the sign of death and rebirth) either fixes or gets rid of them.

When these signs are intercepted, the natural polarity is broken. In the house with Taurus

intercepted, we may constantly accumulate and seldom eliminate. Since Aries is the sign that

begins the house, there is usually no trouble starting things. But, they are very difficult to

finish. Example: if Taurus is intercepted in the 5th house (hobbies, sports, games, children,

and, of course, romance) it could indicate someone who is always starting hobbies or taking

up a new sport which they quickly drop. Their closet is full of all the equipment they bought,

which they cannot bring themselves to throw away. They could also be very good at starting

romances, but be unable to sustain relationships. They probably do a lot of one-night stands.

When it comes to children, they can be good at bringing them into the world, but soon loose

interest in taking care of them. The children themselves (especially the first child) may also

develop the habit of starting and not completing. Sometimes, the first child will be forced into

the role of “parent”, made to assume parental responsibilities.

If Taurus is intercepted in the 5th house, Scorpio must be intercepted in the 11th house

(friends, hopes, and wishes). Libra would be on the house cusp, so this person would want

relationships with friends to be “charming”, in good taste, socially acceptable. If anything

happens to be wrong with the friendship, the unpleasantness would get swept under the rug

and not openly confronted. Libra hates to make “scenes.” The Scorpio ability to confront, and

if need be, to end the friendship is suppressed because of the interception. Perhaps it was

the case that when they were a child, the parents told them that they had to be nice to their

friends no matter what. Somehow, their early environment didn’t give them the skill to

confront issues that were emotionally “messy.” Naturally, ignoring trouble doesn’t make it go

away forever. Like a volcano (ruled by Scorpio!) pressure builds and then blows up. Minor

problems that could have been easily solved if taken care of early on, can wind up destroying

a good friendship. Conversely, a “friendship” that should have been ended a long time ago

can continue for years and cause nothing but suffering.

How do you deal with these problems? Look to the sign and house placements of Venus and

Pluto in your horoscope (and Mars as well since it co-rules Scorpio). The signs and houses

they occupy show you possible solutions. Check your “duplicated signs” too. They show

functions you can emphasize. The houses these signs occupy show the life areas that offer

ways out.

Gemini-Sagittarius Intercepted: These are communication signs. Gemini is also the sign of

curiosity. Wherever Gemini is located in our horoscopes, it gives us the ability to quickly

gather information and objectively. Sagittarius is the sign of generalities. It takes the details

Gemini gathers and puts them together into principles.

Interception breaks the balance. In the house with Gemini intercepted, all sorts of useless

information will be gathered. The intercepted Sagittarius can’t help them discriminate

between facts that are significant and those that are drivel. Since Taurus begins the house,

there is also a tendency to be closed minded (thanks to Patricia Konigsberg for that useful

tidbit). Everything presented to your mind (especially in the area governed by the house

containing the interception) has to be solid and tangible, or it will tend to be rejected. There is

also a tendency to keep quiet about any idea that could get you embarrassed in public.

In the opposite house, where Sagittarius is intercepted, Scorpio is on the cusp. Everything

there is heavy. Scorpio likes to get into things in depth. But with Sagittarius intercepted, you

could find it difficult to express your opinions with enthusiasm, or even to express them at all!

After all, Scorpio does like to keep secrets. Since Gemini is intercepted on the other side of

the horoscope, you may have a problem coming up with reasons to back up what you say so

your claims can sound like dogmatic (take it or leave it) assertions. Too often, other people

will leave it and not pay attention to your views.

To deal with the problems of this interception, first look to the sign, house, and aspects of

Mercury and Jupiter. These can indicate possible solutions. Then check your duplicated

signs. They show more ways out of your interception dilemmas.

Cancer-Capricorn Intercepted: Cancer rules emotions and our home, out personal space.

Capricorn governs our ambitions and our ability to make it “out there” in the world. Both of

them are Cardinal Signs, signs of action. The signs before them are Mutable Signs, signs of

communication. When Cancer and Capricorn are intercepted, we may have no trouble talking

about what we are going to do. The problem is actually DOING something!

Compare intercepted Cancer (a cardinal sign) with intercepted Aries (also a cardinal sign).

With an Aries interception, Pisces (a mutable sign) is on the house cusp, so we can dream

easily enough, but there is trouble taking action to bring the dreams into reality. With

intercepted Cancer, we have another mutable sign, Gemini, on the house cusp. This means

we can intellectualize, but there is trouble expressing how we feel about anything. When

emotions do come out, they can do so suddenly and fitfully. With the intercepted Aries, our

assertion and aggressiveness tends to be inappropriate, so other people don’t accept it. With

intercepted Cancer, our emotional expression is also likely to be inappropriate (usually, it is

some sort of outburst) and that also is a major turn off.

Sagittarius begins the house where Capricorn is intercepted. Sagittarius is the architect,

Capricorn is the builder. Usually, there is no trouble making plans. The problem is actually

DOING something about them. Capricorn is also the organizer. When it’s intercepted, our

ability to organize and control is blocked. When it does come out, that cheerful, happy-go-

lucky Sagittarius that everybody sees in us disappears. Suddenly, there is a Capricorn control

freak! Once again, like the inappropriate aggression of intercepted Aries and the

inappropriate emotional outbursts of intercepted Cancer, the sudden discipline and desire for

control of an intercepted Capricorn is usually…inappropriate.

In the Northern hemisphere, if late Sagittarius is on the Ascendant, Capricorn is usually

intercepted. The people with this were, in early childhood, forced to suppress their serious,

ambitious side (Capricorn) and put on a happy face (Sagittarius). In the 7th house where

Cancer is intercepted, one of two things can happen. Either the marriage partner seems to be

a sparkling, talkative, intellectual Gemini (not necessarily a Gemini Sun sign, but a Gemini

type) who later turns into a complaining, demanding whiner, or the partner pictures us as the

light, breezy Gemini type and WE turn into the negative Cancer type, with never-ending

emotional demands.

An example of intercepted Cancer and Capricorn is Oprah Winfrey. She has a Sagittarius

Ascendant with Capricorn intercepted in her first house and a Cancer interception in her 7th.

Wait a minute! Oprah is a workaholic. She isn’t all talk and no action, and she certainly

doesn’t suppress her Capricorn drive and ambition.

First of all, where is her Saturn (the ruler of Capricorn)? It makes a close square with her Sun

and Venus. That’s her way out. She got into that “locked room”, that intercepted sign, and

stayed there! Secondly, Sagittarius and Gemini, the signs that appear on the cusps of the

houses containing the interceptions, are also her duplicated signs. This means that they also

offer a way out of her problems. All talk and no action? Talking IS the way Oprah takes

action. She has a talk show, a magazine, and a book club.

Leo-Aquarius Intercepted: Leo is where we want to be on stage. Aquarius is where we

want to rebel and be original and “different.” Aquarius, being an Air Sign, gives Leo an

awareness of others so it won’t run roughshod over them. It also gives originality to Leo’s

self-expression. Leo gives a sense of purpose to the rebellion and originality of Aquarius.

Without this, Aquarius would be merely an eccentric crank, rebelling only for the sake of

rebelling. And that’s what can happen when these signs are intercepted.

In the house where Leo is intercepted, we find it difficult to get noticed, take center stage, to

get applause. Since Cancer is on the house cusp, other people will view you in this area as

nurturing and emotional. In other words, they are likely to come to you for emotional support

instead of giving you the attention you inwardly crave.

In the opposite house where Aquarius is intercepted, the drive to be original and different is

suppressed. Capricorn is on the house cusp, and that sign is cautious, conservative, and very

concerned with its public image. Every client I have seen with a Capricorn Ascendant and

Aquarius intercepted in the 1st house learned early in life that their desire to different, to

explore new, strange, and socially unacceptable things was not going to be tolerated. They

covered it up with a Capricorn veneer so they could appear to be “normal.” And when the

pressure builds up, when they do finally rebel, it could be extreme and inappropriate.

Your Sun and Uranus, rulers of the intercepted signs, could show the way out of these

difficulties. For other ways out, look to the duplicated Signs in your horoscope.

Virgo-Pisces Intercepted: Virgo, like Gemini, is ruled by the planet Mercury. Gemini rules

the arms while Virgo rules the small intestine. Gemini gathers information, Virgo assimilates

it. Gemini is fast and can do more than one thing at a time. In fact, it has to or it gets bored!

By contrast, Virgo is slow, careful, and meticulous. And it always has questions. Remember

“Colombo”, the T.V. detective played by Peter Falk? The most famous line from the show is

“Just one more thing…” Falk is a Virgo Sun sign. I think one of the reasons he was so

successful with the role of Colombo is that Colombo is a Virgo type, always looking for tiny

details.

While Virgo deals with material reality, Pisces, its polar opposite, rules imagination and faith,

dreams and ideals, things that cannot be touched, weighed, or measured. The dreams and

ideals of Pisces can never be reached, but striving for them is what keeps us all going! Years

ago, I met a self-made billionaire. He said that to achieve anything, you had to have a picture

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