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Félicien David

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13 April 1810 · 07:00 Europe/Paris
Cadenet, 84, France · 43.73°N 5.37°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 Aries · house 12

    The drive to be someone in particular, pursued head-on and at speed, with very little rehearsal.

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

  2. Moon in Leo · house 4

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it, pursued generously and in the open, wanting the effort to be seen.

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

  3. Mercury in Aries · house 11

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on, pursued head-on and at speed, with very little rehearsal.

    Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

  4. Venus in Taurus · house 12

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near, pursued slowly, and with a strong preference for what can be held.

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

  5. Mars in Taurus · house 12

    The capacity to want something and go at it, pursued at its own pace, and not at anyone else's.

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

  6. Jupiter in Taurus · house 12

    The appetite for more room than is currently available, pursued by accumulating, and by refusing to be hurried.

    In the part that operates without being watched.

  7. Saturn in Sagittarius · house 7

    The encounter with limit, and what is built against it, pursued expansively, at the risk of overshooting the mark.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  8. Uranus in Scorpio · house 6

    The impulse to break a pattern that still works, pursued quietly, thoroughly, and without showing the working.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  9. Neptune in Sagittarius · house 7

    The pull toward what has no edges, pursued on conviction, and at some distance from the detail.

    Across the table, wherever there is another party.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  10. Pluto in Pisces · house 11

    What will not be negotiated with, only survived, pursued permeably, absorbing more than is strictly useful.

    Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

  11. True Node in Libra · house 6

    The direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into, pursued by weighing it against the alternative, and against other people.

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

  12. Chiron in Aquarius · house 10

    The injury that becomes a competence, pursued at a deliberate distance, on principle more than on feeling.

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

  13. Lilith in Cancer · house 2

    What was refused, and refuses in turn, pursued indirectly, and with a long memory for how it went last time.

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

The tightest aspects

  1. Mercury Neptune · trine, orb 0.12°

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on and the pull toward what has no edges run together easily.

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

  2. Saturn True Node · sextile, orb 0.33°

    The encounter with limit, and what is built against it and the direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into assist each other when asked.

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

  3. Uranus Lilith · trine, orb 0.60°

    The impulse to break a pattern that still works and what was refused, and refuses in turn run together easily.

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

  4. Moon MC Midheaven · opposition, orb 0.98°

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it and the direction a life is aimed in public face each other across the chart.

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

  5. Moon Neptune · trine, orb 1.33°

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it and the pull toward what has no edges run together easily.

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

  6. Moon Mercury · trine, orb 1.45°

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it and the way a mind takes things in and hands them on run together easily.

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

How these readings are put together →