This question was asked by Moon Bunny on Linda-goodman.com. It is a good question. Any question is good question, by virtue of the fact that one has it. I hope I can answer this in a way that it is understandable.
First of all, these aspects are VERY different. One can liken them to an orange and a pineapple. They are both fruits but these fruits have very different properties. The opposition is an aspect that seeks balance, but does not find it. This is due to the fact that the native is, always, on ONE pole or the OTHER. Think of a see-saw. You may be up or you may be down but you are not both up and down.
To make this more practical, let’s think of a person who gives her time to a charity. The charity loves what she does for them. They ask for more time. Then, they ask for more and more time. The native may give and give and give. One day, she runs away. She turns her phone off. For purposes of the charity, she has dropped off the face of the earth.This is an example of a person operating on one extreme OR the other. Firstly, she gives and gives and gives. Lastly, she runs away, turns off her phone and doesn’t give anything at all.To further this example, our charitable native may feel guilty for running away. Hence, she goes back and gives and gives and gives. Then, the cycle repeats. That is the nature of the opposition. In addition, this how it feels to the native.
One must consider Houses and Planets, of course, so I will add these to another example. Let’s say our native has Venus oppose Pluto. These natives can be obsessive in the realm of love. Hence, the native may spend all her time and effort chasing a guy. Then, when she “gets” him, she may spend all her time and effort on him. Then, one day, she may decide she doesn’t want to be in a relationship at all and goes to a nunnery( just kidding) However, she may abstain from love, entirely for a period of time. At a later, she may crave love, again, and the cycle continues. It is see-saw, see-saw, see-saw.
In terms of Houses, I will give an example of an opposition between the 1st and the 7th house. In this instance, the native may swing between wanting a serious relationship and not wanting to be tied down, at all. Hence, there is an eternal struggle between commitment and freedom.
The conjunction is quite different because it is not a see-saw. It is a melding. Think of a roaring fire. The two planets are so close that they may burn up each other. They are so close that they may have a mind meld. They are so close that the native may feel as if they have a symbiosis. A symbiosis is good with some planets and not so good with others. This makes the conjunction hard to understand.
Jupiter conjunct the Sun is marvelous. Chiron conjunct the Sun is painful. Pluto conjunct the Sun makes for a very strong person, but the person may be too controlling. Uranus conjunct the Sun makes for a brilliant person, but the mind may race in an unstoppable manner. Also, in this case, the father may have been unstable Saturn conjunct the Sun may make for great self doubt.Hence, each conjunction needs to be studied on it’s own.
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