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Edgar Young

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6 October 1883 · 09:32 America/New_York
Big Stone Gap, VA, United States · 36.88°N 82.75°W
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 Libra · house 11

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

    Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

  2. Moon in Sagittarius · house 1

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it, pursued expansively, at the risk of overshooting the mark.

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

  3. Mercury in Libra · house 11

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on, pursued diplomatically, and rarely alone.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  4. Venus in Libra · house 11

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near, pursued by looking for the proportion in it.

    Among the people chosen rather than given.

  5. Mars in Cancer · house 9

    The capacity to want something and go at it, pursued indirectly, and with a long memory for how it went last time.

    In long journeys, foreign places, law and belief.

  6. Jupiter in Leo · house 9

    The appetite for more room than is currently available, pursued generously and in the open, wanting the effort to be seen.

    In long journeys, foreign places, law and belief.

  7. Saturn in Gemini · house 7

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

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  8. Uranus in Virgo · house 10

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

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

  9. Neptune in Taurus · house 7

    The pull toward what has no edges, pursued slowly, and with a strong preference for what can be held.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  10. Pluto in Gemini · house 7

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

    Across the table, wherever there is another party.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  11. True Node in Scorpio · house 12

    The direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into, pursued quietly, thoroughly, and without showing the working.

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

  12. Chiron in Gemini · house 7

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

    In one-to-one dealings, allied or opposed.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  13. Lilith in Scorpio · house 12

    What was refused, and refuses in turn, pursued by going all the way in, or not at all.

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

The tightest aspects

  1. Jupiter Pluto · sextile, orb 0.36°

    The appetite for more room than is currently available and what will not be negotiated with, only survived assist each other when asked.

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

  2. Sun Mercury · conjunction, orb 0.96°

    The drive to be someone in particular and the way a mind takes things in and hands them on are fused, and cannot easily be told apart.

    Neither can act without the other coming along.

  3. Moon Saturn · opposition, orb 1.11°

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it 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.

  4. Jupiter True Node · square, orb 1.03°

    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.

  5. Mars Uranus · sextile, orb 0.83°

    The capacity to want something and go at it and the impulse to break a pattern that still works assist each other when asked.

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

  6. True Node Lilith · conjunction, orb 1.33°

    The direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into and what was refused, and refuses in turn are fused, and cannot easily be told apart.

    Neither can act without the other coming along.

How these readings are put together →