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Alain Bourbonnais

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22 June 1925 · 10:30 Europe/Paris
Ainay-le-Château, Rhône-Alpes, France · 46.71°N 2.69°E
Placidus houses

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Reading

Constructed, not stored: each reading below is assembled from what the tradition attributes to the body, the sign and the house. It describes the symbolism — it is not a claim about a person, and unlike the positions it sits beside, none of it is something this site can check.

  1. Sun in Cancer · house 10

    The drive to be someone in particular, pursued indirectly, and with a long memory for how it went last time.

    In vocation and public standing — the thing you are known for.

  2. Moon in Cancer · house 11

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it, pursued indirectly, and with a long memory for how it went last time.

    Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

  3. Mercury in Cancer · house 10

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on, pursued protectively, approaching sideways rather than head-on.

    At the top of the chart, in reputation and calling.

  4. Venus in Cancer · house 11

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near, pursued protectively, approaching sideways rather than head-on.

    In the wider circle — networks, causes, company kept.

  5. Mars in Cancer · house 11

    The capacity to want something and go at it, pursued by feel, and by who else is in the room.

    Among the people chosen rather than given.

  6. Jupiter in Capricorn · house 5

    The appetite for more room than is currently available, pursued patiently, on the assumption that the return will be slow.

    In play, romance, children, and anything made for its own sake.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  7. Saturn in Scorpio · house 3

    The encounter with limit, and what is built against it, pursued quietly, thoroughly, and without showing the working.

    In speech, siblings, short journeys and everyday learning.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  8. Uranus in Pisces · house 7

    The impulse to break a pattern that still works, pursued permeably, absorbing more than is strictly useful.

    In partnership — marriage, close alliance, and open opposition.

  9. Neptune in Leo · house 12

    The pull toward what has no edges, pursued generously and in the open, wanting the effort to be seen.

    In solitude, institutions, and what works on you unseen.

  10. Pluto in Cancer · house 11

    What will not be negotiated with, only survived, pursued indirectly, and with a long memory for how it went last time.

    Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

  11. True Node in Leo · house 11

    The direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into, pursued generously and in the open, wanting the effort to be seen.

    Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  12. Chiron in Aries · house 9

    The injury that becomes a competence, pursued head-on and at speed, with very little rehearsal.

    In long journeys, foreign places, law and belief.

  13. Lilith in Cancer · house 11

    What was refused, and refuses in turn, pursued protectively, approaching sideways rather than head-on.

    In the wider circle — networks, causes, company kept.

The tightest aspects

  1. Mars MC Midheaven · sextile, orb 0.03°

    The capacity to want something and go at it and the direction a life is aimed in public assist each other when asked.

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

  2. Moon Pluto · conjunction, orb 0.07°

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it and what will not be negotiated with, only survived are fused, and cannot easily be told apart.

    Neither can act without the other coming along.

  3. Mars Chiron · square, orb 0.18°

    The capacity to want something and go at it and the injury that becomes a competence obstruct each other.

    The friction is productive only when it is worked at rather than escaped.

  4. Jupiter Lilith · opposition, orb 0.97°

    The appetite for more room than is currently available and what was refused, and refuses in turn face each other across the chart.

    The tension is usually met by over-committing to one side and meeting the other in people.

  5. Mercury AC Ascendant · sextile, orb 1.01°

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on and the face a life presents before it says anything assist each other when asked.

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

  6. Mars Uranus · trine, orb 2.04°

    The capacity to want something and go at it and the impulse to break a pattern that still works run together easily.

    Easily enough that it is often not noticed, and so not used.

How these readings are put together →