  The summed strength for transitions from the ground state of $^{12}C$ via the
operators $\vec{s}t, \vec{\ell}t, rY't, r[Y's]^{\lambda}t$ and
$r[Y'\ell]^{\lambda}t$ are calculated using the $\Delta N = 0$ rotational
model. If we choose the z component of the isospin operator $t_{z}$, the above
operators are relevant to electromagnetic transitions; if we choose $t_{+}$
they are relevant to weak transitions such as neutrino capture. In going from
the spherical limit to the asymptotic (oblate) limit the strength for the
operator $\vec{s} t$ decreases steadily to zero; the strength for the operator
$\vec{\ell}\tau$ (scissors mode) increases by a factor of three. For the last
three operators - isovector dipole, spin dipole and orbital dipole (including
the twist mode) it is shown that the summed strength is independant of
deformation. The main difference in the behavior is that for the first two
operators we have in-shell transitions whereas for the last three operators the
transitions are out of shell.
