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Gertrude Stein

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Gertrude Stein

3 February 1874 · 07:55 America/New_York
Allegheny West, Pennsylvania, United States · 40.01°N 75.18°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 Aquarius · house 12

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

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

  2. Moon in Virgo · house 7

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it, pursued carefully, by improving the parts that are not yet right.

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

  3. Mercury in Aquarius · house 12

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on, pursued by stepping back far enough to see the pattern.

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

  4. Venus in Aquarius · house 12

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near, pursued independently, and slightly against the grain.

    In the part that operates without being watched.

  5. Mars in Pisces · house 1

    The capacity to want something and go at it, pursued permeably, absorbing more than is strictly useful.

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

  6. Jupiter in Libra · house 7

    The appetite for more room than is currently available, pursued by weighing it against the alternative, and against other people.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  7. Saturn in Aquarius · house 12

    The encounter with limit, and what is built against it, pursued at a deliberate distance, on principle more than on feeling.

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

  8. Uranus in Leo · house 6

    The impulse to break a pattern that still works, pursued generously and in the open, wanting the effort to be seen.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  9. Neptune in Aries · house 2

    The pull toward what has no edges, pursued head-on and at speed, with very little rehearsal.

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

  10. Pluto in Taurus · house 3

    What will not be negotiated with, only survived, pursued slowly, and with a strong preference for what can be held.

    In speech, siblings, short journeys and everyday learning.

  11. True Node in Taurus · house 2

    The direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into, pursued slowly, and with a strong preference for what can be held.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  12. Chiron in Aries · house 1

    The injury that becomes a competence, pursued head-on and at speed, with very little rehearsal.

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

  13. Lilith in Libra · house 7

    What was refused, and refuses in turn, pursued diplomatically, and rarely alone.

    Across the table, wherever there is another party.

The tightest aspects

  1. Sun Mercury · conjunction, orb 0.05°

    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.

  2. Venus True Node · square, orb 0.10°

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near 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. Sun Chiron · sextile, orb 0.32°

    The drive to be someone in particular and the injury that becomes a competence assist each other when asked.

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

  4. Mercury Chiron · sextile, orb 0.38°

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

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

  5. Jupiter Lilith · conjunction, orb 1.03°

    The appetite for more room than is currently available and what was refused, and refuses in turn are fused, and cannot easily be told apart.

    Neither can act without the other coming along.

  6. Venus Uranus · opposition, orb 1.46°

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near and the impulse to break a pattern that still works face each other across the chart.

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

How these readings are put together →