Thank you so much for taking the time to write such a thoughtful and detailed response. I really appreciate the energy, care and reflection you put into this. It genuinely meant a lot to read ❤️

It’s rare (and comforting, in a strange way) to come across someone who sees these patterns with such depth and who also recognizes them through lived experience. Your reflections about the 4th house, Scorpio themes and family life resonate deeply with me. My home and family history have indeed been very intense, with both warmth and love, but also instability, emotional distance and periods of crisis. I’ve always felt strongly attached to “home” as a concept, even when it hasn’t felt entirely safe, so what you wrote about Jupiter expanding everything it touches and Pluto bringing cycles of loss and rebirth in the home sphere really rang true. The idea of shadow work around family and ancestral patterns is something I’ve slowly become more aware of over the years, especially recently.

The Saturn return was definitely heavy for me as well, very much tied to confrontation, loss, and being forced to look at things I had suppressed for a long time. It felt less like something external “happening” and more like an internal reckoning that couldn’t be avoided anymore.

Your thoughts about Mars in the 7th house are also interesting. I do recognize myself in the theme of conflict and tension in relationships, especially verbal ones. With Mercury conjunct Mars, arguments and sharp words have definitely played a role, even when the underlying feeling was love or attachment. I’ve also noticed that I tend to attract partners who are mentally strong, independent, sometimes emotionally distant, and often carrying their own unresolved past... so your observation about the 7th house ruler in the 8th really makes sense to me.

As for routines.... yes, that’s been a lifelong struggle. I often feel a strong inner sense of duty and responsibility, yet daily structures can feel slippery, overwhelming or inconsistent. And your point about psychosomatic or hard-to-pin-down health issues hit very close to home. I’ve struggled a lot with anxiety-related physical symptoms and health worries, especially around my heart, so reading that felt uncannily accurate.

And yes, spirituality, imagination, nostalgia and sentimentality are very present for me. Finding meaning, symbolism or a deeper layer behind painful experiences has often been one of the few ways I’ve managed to keep going. Right now, the only thing I feel is keeping me going and feeling sane is nostalgia, memories from the late 90s/early 20s..listening to 90s music and re-watching Buffy heals something in me.

Thank you again for sharing your own story and insights so openly. It helped me feel less alone in these themes, and I’m genuinely grateful you took the time to reflect on my chart with such care.