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Harry Chapin

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Harry Chapin

7 December 1942 · 11:22 America/New_York
Brooklyn, New York, United States · 40.65°N 73.95°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 Sagittarius · house 10

    The drive to be someone in particular, pursued expansively, at the risk of overshooting the mark.

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

  2. Moon in Sagittarius · house 10

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it, pursued on conviction, and at some distance from the detail.

    At the top of the chart, in reputation and calling.

  3. Mercury in Sagittarius · house 11

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on, pursued expansively, at the risk of overshooting the mark.

    Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

  4. Venus in Sagittarius · house 11

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near, pursued on conviction, and at some distance from the detail.

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

  5. Mars in Scorpio · house 9

    The capacity to want something and go at it, pursued quietly, thoroughly, and without showing the working.

    In long journeys, foreign places, law and belief.

  6. Jupiter in Cancer · house 6

    The appetite for more room than is currently available, pursued indirectly, and with a long memory for how it went last time.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  7. Saturn in Gemini · house 4

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

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  8. Uranus in Gemini · house 4

    The impulse to break a pattern that still works, pursued restlessly, gathering more than it can use.

    At the root — household, ancestry, what is not shown.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  9. Neptune in Libra · house 8

    The pull toward what has no edges, pursued by weighing it against the alternative, and against other people.

    In what is shared: other people's money, intimacy, and endings.

  10. Pluto in Leo · house 7

    What will not be negotiated with, only survived, pursued generously and in the open, wanting the effort to be seen.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  11. True Node in Leo · house 7

    The direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into, pursued warmly, and on a slightly larger scale than required.

    Across the table, wherever there is another party.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  12. Chiron in Leo · house 7

    The injury that becomes a competence, pursued by backing itself, publicly.

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

  13. Lilith in Cancer · house 6

    What was refused, and refuses in turn, pursued protectively, approaching sideways rather than head-on.

    In routine, craft, and keeping the machine running.

The tightest aspects

  1. Moon Saturn · opposition, orb 0.09°

    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.

  2. Uranus AC Ascendant · trine, orb 0.10°

    The impulse to break a pattern that still works and the face a life presents before it says anything run together easily.

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

  3. Mars Jupiter · trine, orb 0.17°

    The capacity to want something and go at it and the appetite for more room than is currently available run together easily.

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

  4. Uranus Neptune · trine, orb 0.21°

    The impulse to break a pattern that still works and the pull toward what has no edges run together easily.

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

  5. Mars MC Midheaven · conjunction, orb 0.29°

    The capacity to want something and go at it and the direction a life is aimed in public are fused, and cannot easily be told apart.

    Neither can act without the other coming along.

  6. Neptune AC Ascendant · trine, orb 0.31°

    The pull toward what has no edges and the face a life presents before it says anything run together easily.

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

How these readings are put together →

The Working Sky