What happens if Saturn is the chart ruler and it makes a hard aspect to someone else's Saturn? Does this change the dynamic at all? Or is the person with Saturn as a chart ruler still going to get screwed by the other person?

If you don't mind my asking, was the IC/MC axis flip in your brother's solar return chart exact? I'm just wondering if it can be a few degrees off and still indicate death, or if it only applies to a precise flip.

Are out of sign aspects valid? For example, would Sun in Aries at 29 degrees be conjunct Mercury in Taurus at 2 degrees? I read somewhere that ancient astrologers didn't use out of sign aspects but I know some modern astrologers do. What's your opinion?

Hello! Does anyone know what the significance of an unaspected planet in the natal chart is? Is it a benevolent or malefic influence? I've heard that a person with an unaspected planet (no conjunctions, oppositions, squares, trines, or sextiles) is completely unaware of how they express that...