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Alexander Sutherland Neill

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17 October 1883 · 23:00 Europe/London
Forfar, Scotland, United Kingdom · 56.64°N 2.89°W
Placidus houses

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Reading

Put together from what the tradition attributes to each body, sign and house — a portrait to enjoy, not a verdict. The positions beside it are the part that can be checked.

  1. Sun in Libra · house 4

    The drive to be someone in particular, pursued by weighing it against the alternative, and against other people.

    At home, in the family line, and in the private base of a life.

  2. Moon in Taurus · house 10

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it, pursued slowly, and with a strong preference for what can be held.

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

  3. Mercury in Libra · house 3

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on, pursued by weighing it against the alternative, and against other people.

    In speech, siblings, short journeys and everyday learning.

  4. Venus in Scorpio · house 4

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near, pursued quietly, thoroughly, and without showing the working.

    At home, in the family line, and in the private base of a life.

  5. Mars in Leo · house 12

    The capacity to want something and go at it, pursued generously and in the open, wanting the effort to be seen.

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

  6. Jupiter in Leo · house 12

    The appetite for more room than is currently available, pursued warmly, and on a slightly larger scale than required.

    Behind the scenes, in retreat and in what is undisclosed.

  7. Saturn in Gemini · house 11

    The encounter with limit, and what is built against it, pursued by talking it through, and by keeping several options open.

    Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  8. Uranus in Virgo · house 3

    The impulse to break a pattern that still works, pursued carefully, by improving the parts that are not yet right.

    In speech, siblings, short journeys and everyday learning.

  9. Neptune in Taurus · house 10

    The pull toward what has no edges, pursued at its own pace, and not at anyone else's.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  10. Pluto in Gemini · house 11

    What will not be negotiated with, only survived, pursued restlessly, gathering more than it can use.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  11. True Node in Scorpio · house 4

    The direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into, pursued by going all the way in, or not at all.

    At the root — household, ancestry, what is not shown.

  12. Chiron in Gemini · house 11

    The injury that becomes a competence, pursued by asking around, and by staying interested in the alternative.

    Among the people chosen rather than given.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  13. Lilith in Scorpio · house 4

    What was refused, and refuses in turn, pursued privately, and with more force than is displayed.

    In the foundations, where the line comes from.

The tightest aspects

  1. Jupiter Chiron · sextile, orb 0.14°

    The appetite for more room than is currently available and the injury that becomes a competence assist each other when asked.

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

  2. Jupiter True Node · square, orb 0.39°

    The appetite for more room than is currently available and the direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into obstruct each other.

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

  3. Venus Mars · square, orb 0.42°

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near and the capacity to want something and go at it obstruct each other.

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

  4. Mars True Node · square, orb 0.58°

    The capacity to want something and go at it and the direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into obstruct each other.

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

  5. Mars Jupiter · conjunction, orb 0.96°

    The capacity to want something and go at it and the appetite for more room than is currently available are fused, and cannot easily be told apart.

    Neither can act without the other coming along.

  6. Venus True Node · conjunction, orb 1.00°

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near and the direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into are fused, and cannot easily be told apart.

    Neither can act without the other coming along.

How these readings are put together →