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Charles Gordon

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28 January 1833 · 09:53 Europe/London
Woolwich, United Kingdom · 51.49°N 0.06°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 Aquarius · house 11

    The drive to be someone in particular, pursued at a deliberate distance, on principle more than on feeling.

    Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

  2. Moon in Taurus · house 1

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

    In how you meet a room, and what people take you for on sight.

  3. Mercury in Capricorn · house 10

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on, pursued patiently, on the assumption that the return will be slow.

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

  4. Venus in Pisces · house 12

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near, pursued permeably, absorbing more than is strictly useful.

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

  5. Mars in Taurus · house 2

    The capacity to want something and go at it, pursued slowly, and with a strong preference for what can be held.

    In what you own, earn, and consider worth having.

  6. Jupiter in Pisces · house 12

    The appetite for more room than is currently available, pursued by dissolving the edges of the problem.

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

  7. Saturn in Virgo · house 6

    The encounter with limit, and what is built against it, pursued carefully, by improving the parts that are not yet right.

    In daily work, service, and the maintenance of the body.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  8. Uranus in Aquarius · house 11

    The impulse to break a pattern that still works, pursued by stepping back far enough to see the pattern.

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

  9. Neptune in Capricorn · house 11

    The pull toward what has no edges, pursued patiently, on the assumption that the return will be slow.

    Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

  10. Pluto in Aries · house 12

    What will not be negotiated with, only survived, pursued head-on and at speed, with very little rehearsal.

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

  11. True Node in Cancer · house 4

    The direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into, pursued indirectly, and with a long memory for how it went last time.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  12. Chiron in Taurus · house 1

    The injury that becomes a competence, pursued at its own pace, and not at anyone else's.

    In bearing and first impression.

  13. Lilith in Aquarius · house 11

    What was refused, and refuses in turn, pursued independently, and slightly against the grain.

    Among the people chosen rather than given.

The tightest aspects

  1. Mars Neptune · trine, orb 0.05°

    The capacity to want something and go at it and the pull toward what has no edges run together easily.

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

  2. Jupiter Neptune · sextile, orb 0.04°

    The appetite for more room than is currently available and the pull toward what has no edges assist each other when asked.

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

  3. Mars Jupiter · sextile, orb 0.09°

    The capacity to want something and go at it and the appetite for more room than is currently available assist each other when asked.

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

  4. Mars Saturn · trine, orb 0.32°

    The capacity to want something and go at it and the encounter with limit, and what is built against it run together easily.

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

  5. Jupiter Saturn · opposition, orb 0.41°

    The appetite for more room than is currently available and the encounter with limit, and what is built against it face each other across the chart.

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

  6. Saturn Neptune · trine, orb 0.37°

    The encounter with limit, and what is built against it and the pull toward what has no edges run together easily.

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

How these readings are put together →

The Working Sky