Merle Haggard
challenges and difficulties

Merle Haggard often has a sense of longing or homesickness for something he cannot name or specify, and he may have both: great attraction toward, and fear of, mysticism and parapsychology.

Overcoming feelings of fear, guilt, anxiety, loneliness, or oversensitivity is an important task for Haggard.

His fears revolve around money and material security, and Merle Haggard works very hard to ensure that his assets are solid. He may be very conservative, even stingy, with his money because he is afraid there will not be enough. He may turn this fear around and become very shrewd about investments and financial matters.

Now we will discuss patterns of behavior which Merle Haggard 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 Merle Haggard needs to follow in order to develop balance, greater awareness, and wholeness is also described.

It is easy for Merle Haggard to become distracted from his path by the multitude of interesting choices, possibilities, and options available to him. Merle Haggard needs to develop single mindedness and focus. Until Merle directs his attention to some of the big questions, such as "What is my life's purpose?" "What is really important to me and essential to my happiness?", he is apt to dabble, scatter his energies in many directions and engage in activities which are entertaining but ultimately neither fruitful nor enriching.

Having an overall vision for his life and aligning his daily activities so that they support rather than detract from Haggard's larger purpose in life, is a significant step toward his personal development.

It is in any involvements he has with teams, clubs, organizations, networks, and the like that Merle Haggard is most likely to wrestle with these issues. The qualities described above need to be channeled into some sort of group effort or experience, or have some impact on society at large.

Merle Haggard has a very engaging manner in the company of others and his relationships with other people are likely to be harmonious. Some of his connections may prove to be helpful to Merle with his plans.

Haggard constantly seems to be under tremendous pressure and he wants to achieve record performances. Having a strong desire to accomplish immense tasks in team-work with others, Merle Haggard has a tendency to demand too much of other people.

Astrological factors in this Astro Profile section:

Saturn in Pisces

Saturn in 2nd house

N. Node in Sagittarius

N. Node in 11th house

N. Node Conjunct Jupiter/MC

N. Node Opposition Uranus/Pluto