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James Tissot

15 October 1836 · 06:00 Europe/Paris
Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France · 47.22°N 1.55°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 Libra · house 1

    The drive to be someone in particular, pursued by weighing it against the alternative, and against other people.

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

  2. Moon in Sagittarius · house 3

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it, pursued expansively, at the risk of overshooting the mark.

    In speech, siblings, short journeys and everyday learning.

  3. Mercury in Scorpio · house 1

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on, pursued quietly, thoroughly, and without showing the working.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  4. Venus in Virgo · house 11

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near, pursued carefully, by improving the parts that are not yet right.

    Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

  5. Mars in Leo · house 10

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

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

  6. Jupiter in Leo · house 10

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

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

  7. Saturn in Scorpio · house 1

    The encounter with limit, and what is built against it, pursued by going all the way in, or not at all.

    In bearing and first impression.

  8. Uranus in Pisces · house 5

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

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  9. Neptune in Aquarius · house 4

    The pull toward what has no edges, pursued at a deliberate distance, on principle more than on feeling.

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

  10. Pluto in Aries · house 6

    What will not be negotiated with, only survived, pursued head-on and at speed, with very little rehearsal.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  11. True Node in Taurus · house 8

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

  12. Chiron in Gemini · house 9

    The injury that becomes a competence, pursued by talking it through, and by keeping several options open.

    In long journeys, foreign places, law and belief.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  13. Lilith in Cancer · house 9

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

    In long journeys, foreign places, law and belief.

The tightest aspects

  1. Mars Neptune · opposition, orb 0.00°

    The capacity to want something and go at it and the pull toward what has no edges face each other across the chart.

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

  2. Pluto AC Ascendant · opposition, orb 0.03°

    What will not be negotiated with, only survived 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.

  3. Pluto Chiron · sextile, orb 0.07°

    What will not be negotiated with, only survived and the injury that becomes a competence assist each other when asked.

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

  4. Chiron AC Ascendant · trine, orb 0.10°

    The injury that becomes a competence 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.

  5. Venus Saturn · sextile, orb 0.13°

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near and the encounter with limit, and what is built against it assist each other when asked.

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

  6. Mercury Venus · sextile, orb 0.24°

    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.

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