Janis Joplin
challenges and difficulties

Joplin doubts her own intelligence and mental capacities, and she may work very hard at studies in order to compensate for this. Janis is often overly serious and disinterested in light or superficial conversation. Spontaneous communication, social give-and-take, and making small talk are likely to be difficult for her.

She is serious-minded and may have difficulty making light social conversation or participating in friendly, personal interchanges.

Janis Joplin tries to be strictly accurate and she is critical of people who exaggerate or talk on subjects they really know little about. Joplin withholds her thoughts and opinions until she has thought everything through quite thoroughly, and sometimes Janis' silence discomforts others.

Her mental concentration is very good but her breadth of understanding may not be.

She is serious and sincere about her interests, does not accept superficial answers and is not easily placated. Janis wants her inspirations to become reality and she does not mind upsetting a few apple carts in the process. Janis Joplin becomes impatient with others for being hesitant to implement new ideas and take action, and her occasional outbreaks of brusque, insensitive behavior often do more harm than good.

Janis Joplin has a tendency to think on the dark side, is somewhat gloomy and touchy and easily disappointed. She may find it hard to keeps her attention on the real world and could become obsessed with strange ideas and fanciful beliefs.

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

Janis Joplin's path lies in her development as an individual, the discovery of her own strengths and joys, the capacity to express her uniqueness and to stand out in a crowd. This involves becoming a leader, even though Joplin's instinct is actually to be "one of the Indians" rather than the "chief". When under stress Janis Joplin is apt to seek safety in numbers, to go along with the group. Also, she may believe that striving to do her personal best and to excel is wrong or selfish, but Janis should let go of this notion. Finding her own center and doing what gives her delight and energy is the most worthwhile contribution Janis Joplin can offer the world at large.

It is in her work and her relationships with co-workers, employers, and employees that she is most likely to wrestle with these issues. Integrating the qualities described above into Joplin's work and daily routine will lead to greater satisfaction, improved health, and personal growth.

Janis Joplin tends to be a bit too idealistic and may place too much hope on her relationships, resulting in frequent disappointments. Janis could be attracted to naive people, but some of her contacts also may turn out to be swindlers.

Astrological factors in this Astro Profile section:

Saturn in Gemini

Saturn in 3rd house

Saturn Conjunct Uranus

Saturn Opposition Mercury/Neptune

N. Node in Leo

N. Node in 6th house

N. Node Conjunct Jupiter/Neptune