I have a two fold question really – I can’t seem to feel happy these days. I have been married for almost 20 years to the same man and working for almost 14 years for the same company. Both relationships have had good and bad as with everyone, but I just feel like I want to run away and be alone and start over a lot of the time anymore. However, I do love my husband and son and enjoy my job (at least mostly these days) and need the income (which would be hard to duplicate at this point in my career). Was wondering if there is an astrological reason for my dissatisfaction or guidance for something I should be doing?

A: You have indeed been hit with a number of planetary transits over the past few years, most notably in 2006 when transiting Pluto formed a square (challenging aspect) to your natal Saturn/Chiron conjunction and began to bring to the surface old hurts and resentments and possibly creating some health problems as well., or a general malaise. This dynamic continued throughout 2007 and will be completing this August and September.

At the same time, transiting Uranus made a square to Mars in your chart, which is already squared by Uranus and Pluto in your chart. This was all part of the famous "Uranus Opposition" which occurs at around age 40-41 when Uranus in the sky opposes Uranus in our birthchart and forces us to look at our lives to see where we are dissatisfied. There is an innate restlessness within you as depicted by the square of Uranus and Pluto to your Mars, which makes you a bit of a rebel and forces you to continually look at your life to see where change needs to occur. This is very important to your progress, but it's not always easy because of that square from Pluto which also squares your Sun.

2007 would have been particularly intense as Uranus opposed your natal Uranus and Pluto as well, continuing this theme. And then in April of this year Uranus began a square to your Sun, shedding more light for you on what it is that you really want to do with the rest of your life.

In April of this year transiting Jupiter crossed the cusp of your seventh house and gave you the confidence to begin making some changes - this is a cycle that will continue throughout June and return at the end of the year along with the return of Uranus. The changes that are necessary don't necessarily need to be made externally, but you will know if that is what is called for. But there's no doubt that this is a time when you are being enticed to give up whatever in your life has become stale (Uranus) or where you have lost your freedom (Jupiter).