"As Alice, a new client, walked into my consulting room, it was
immediately clear she was depressed. Her shoulders were hunched, her
gaze tentative and erratic, her hair lank, her clothes utilitarian and
shapeless. I was surprised. I had been expecting someone rather more
confident and serene. Her chart showed an exalted Jupiter exactly
conjunct her Cancer ascendant, a comfortable Taurus Moon, and Venus and
Mercury atop the midheaven in Pisces.