Positively 4th Street (July 29, 1965)

Strange as it may seem, this is my favourite Bob Dylan song. And because it hit No. 1 in Canada, that may be the reason. At any rate, it’s a snarky comeback on something someone said or did.

It has been speculated that the reason for the song’s creation was that it was 4 days after the Newport Folk Festival where Bob Dylan decided to perform with an electric guitar for the first time. He took a lot of criticism for that. The liner notes state that it was recorded under the working title, “Black Dally Rue”.

(Who says that you can’t get an astrological snapshot for any event? This one proves the point, entirely.) Moon conjunct Mercury, Jupiter opposite Midheaven, Uranus conjunct Pluto (amongst other aspects).

Mars Inconjunct Saturn

Sometimes with this aspect there really is someone in your life who discourages you and makes you feel that your efforts are futile. You must learn to avoid negative people who make you feel bad about yourself.

On the positive side, this aspect can mean that you control your aggressions and energies so that they work out constructively. But make sure that you do work out your aggression instead of keeping it hidden, because that can result in sudden bursts of temper, which may work against you. Also, if you repress these energies, they may turn against you and be expressed as illness or accidents.

Planets in Youth (page 231) by Robert Hand (1977)

Mars Inconjunct Ascendant

The difficulty with this aspect is to find a balance between getting what you want in life and getting along with others. More than most people, you will have to learn the necessity of compromising to get along with people, especially because you often seem more aggressive than you are.

One of the more difficult sides pf this aspect is that you must learn to understand whether or not someone has violated your rights. You may think that this is the case even when it isn’t. Learn to discriminate.

Ibid (page 243)