Brett Murphy
challenges and difficulties

Brett has an innate distrust of groups and/or a cynical attitude toward society that may leave him feeling out of step and unable to participate in activities with his peers. Overcoming a sense of aloofness and alienation from others is an important task for Murphy.

He is serious by nature, and may have difficulty making small talk or participating in friendly, personal exchanges.

Brett Murphy tries to be strictly accurate and is critical of people who exaggerate or discuss subjects they really know little about. Murphy withholds his thoughts and opinions until he has thought everything through quite thoroughly, and sometimes Brett's silence discomforts others.

His mental concentration is very good but his breadth of understanding may not be.

Now we will discuss patterns of behavior which Brett Murphy instinctively and habitually reverts to when under stress - a mostly subconscious process that he is apt to over indulge in because it is so familiar and hence easy for him. The direction Brett Murphy needs to follow in order to develop balance, greater awareness, and wholeness is also described.

Brett Murphy has a great capacity for sympathy, tenderness, and caring, which is a gift that he is apt to over bestow at times. For balance, Brett Murphy needs to foster mature self-discipline, self-control, and personal responsibility.

When under stress, he has a strong instinct to retreat back to the nest, to be a child again, or to become overwhelmed with feelings and longings to be taken care of. Also, he may encourage others to depend on him emotionally (and otherwise) to an unhealthy degree. Brett Murphy needs to learn how to set limits and to turn off the flow of support when necessary.

It is in his way of thinking, processing information and communicating that Brett Murphy is most likely to wrestle with these issues. In Murphy's relationships with neighbors, colleagues, and acquaintances, he needs to try to bring out the qualities described above.

The following are specific activities that will support Brett Murphy in his growth. These may or may not feel natural to Murphy, and he may initially resist or feel awkward about them, but they are crucial to his path to wholeness.

Brett Murphy should be willing to become more of a free thinker, to experiment and change, to loosen his ties to tradition and the known and to allow for new developments. He needs to practice getting involved in an area involving new techniques, rapid changes and innovation. Brett can be part of the avant-garde promoting such changes - be it in science, music or social relationships. Brett Murphy has to be willing to be different and perhaps to be considered eccentric or odd.

Brett Murphy should become more aware of the spiritual side of life and its underlying unity by getting involved in charitable activities and opening up his psychic channels. Meditation that develops Murphy's intuitive abilities, as well as learning about the unseen side of life through his own dream experiences or altered states of awareness, can be important steps in Brett's path.

Moreover, musical and artistic or imaginative endeavors will be important to him.

Astrological factors in this Astro Profile section:

Saturn in Aquarius

Saturn in 3rd house

N. Node in Capricorn

N. Node in 3rd house

N. Node Conjunct Uranus

N. Node Conjunct Neptune