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James McBey

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James McBey

23 December 1883 · 04:00 Europe/London
Newburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom · 56.35°N 3.24°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 Capricorn · house 2

    The drive to be someone in particular, pursued patiently, on the assumption that the return will be slow.

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

  2. Moon in Libra · house 11

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it, pursued by weighing it against the alternative, and against other people.

    Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

  3. Mercury in Capricorn · house 3

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on, pursued patiently, on the assumption that the return will be slow.

    In speech, siblings, short journeys and everyday learning.

  4. Venus in Capricorn · house 3

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near, pursued by building something that will outlast the effort.

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

  5. Mars in Leo · house 9

    The capacity to want something and go at it, pursued generously and in the open, wanting the effort to be seen.

    In long journeys, foreign places, law and belief.

  6. Jupiter in Leo · house 9

    The appetite for more room than is currently available, pursued warmly, and on a slightly larger scale than required.

    In the far world — travel, doctrine, the bigger frame.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  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 Taurus · house 7

    What will not be negotiated with, only survived, pursued at its own pace, and not at anyone else's.

    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 Taurus · house 7

    The injury that becomes a competence, pursued by accumulating, and by refusing to be hurried.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  13. Lilith in Scorpio · house 1

    What was refused, and refuses in turn, pursued quietly, thoroughly, and without showing the working.

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

The tightest aspects

  1. Pluto Chiron · conjunction, orb 0.28°

    What will not be negotiated with, only survived and the injury that becomes a competence are fused, and cannot easily be told apart.

    Neither can act without the other coming along.

  2. Sun True Node · sextile, orb 0.52°

    The drive to be someone in particular 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. Moon Mars · sextile, orb 0.95°

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it and the capacity to want something and go at it assist each other when asked.

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

  4. Uranus Chiron · trine, orb 1.31°

    The impulse to break a pattern that still works and the injury that becomes a competence run together easily.

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

  5. Uranus Pluto · trine, orb 1.59°

    The impulse to break a pattern that still works and what will not be negotiated with, only survived run together easily.

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

  6. Jupiter True Node · square, orb 2.42°

    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.

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