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François-Régis Bastide

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1 July 1926 · 02:30 Europe/Paris
Biarritz, New Aquitaine, France · 43.48°N 1.56°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 Cancer · house 3

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

    In speech, siblings, short journeys and everyday learning.

  2. Moon in Pisces · house 11

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it, pursued permeably, absorbing more than is strictly useful.

    Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

  3. Mercury in Leo · house 4

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on, 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.

  4. Venus in Gemini · house 1

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near, pursued by talking it through, and by keeping several options open.

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

  5. Mars in Aries · house 12

    The capacity to want something and go at it, pursued head-on and at speed, with very little rehearsal.

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

  6. Jupiter in Aquarius · house 11

    The appetite for more room than is currently available, pursued at a deliberate distance, on principle more than on feeling.

    Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  7. Saturn in Scorpio · house 7

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

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  8. Uranus in Pisces · house 12

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

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

  9. Neptune in Leo · house 5

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

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

  10. Pluto in Cancer · house 3

    What will not be negotiated with, only survived, pursued protectively, approaching sideways rather than head-on.

    In the near world — talk, errands, the people close to hand.

  11. True Node in Cancer · house 3

    The direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into, pursued by feel, and by who else is in the room.

    In the daily traffic of information.

  12. Chiron in Taurus · house 12

    The injury that becomes a competence, pursued slowly, and with a strong preference for what can be held.

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

  13. Lilith in Virgo · house 5

    What was refused, and refuses in turn, pursued carefully, by improving the parts that are not yet right.

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

The tightest aspects

  1. Venus Lilith · square, orb 0.11°

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near and what was refused, and refuses in turn obstruct each other.

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

  2. Mercury Venus · sextile, orb 0.09°

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on and what is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near assist each other when asked.

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

  3. Moon AC Ascendant · sextile, orb 0.31°

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it and the face a life presents before it says anything assist each other when asked.

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

  4. Saturn AC Ascendant · opposition, orb 0.67°

    The encounter with limit, and what is built against it and the face a life presents before it says anything 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 Saturn · trine, orb 0.99°

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply 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.

  6. Mercury Chiron · square, orb 1.05°

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on and the injury that becomes a competence obstruct each other.

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

How these readings are put together →

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