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James Whitcomb Riley

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James Whitcomb Riley

7 October 1849 · 09:00 America/Indiana/Indianapolis
Greenfield, IN, United States · 39.78°N 85.77°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 11

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

    Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

  2. Moon in Gemini · house 8

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it, pursued by talking it through, and by keeping several options open.

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

  3. Mercury in Scorpio · house 12

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

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

  4. Venus in Virgo · house 10

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

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

  5. Mars in Gemini · house 8

    The capacity to want something and go at it, pursued restlessly, gathering more than it can use.

    In the joint account — debt, intimacy, inheritance.

  6. Jupiter in Virgo · house 10

    The appetite for more room than is currently available, pursued by useful degrees, and with an eye on the flaw.

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

  7. Saturn in Aries · house 5

    The encounter with limit, and what is built against it, pursued head-on and at speed, with very little rehearsal.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  8. Uranus in Aries · house 5

    The impulse to break a pattern that still works, pursued by starting, and worrying about the shape of it later.

    In pleasure and in what is created for its own sake.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  9. Neptune in Pisces · house 4

    The pull toward what has no edges, pursued permeably, absorbing more than is strictly useful.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  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 Virgo · house 10

    The direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into, pursued modestly, and with more revision than anyone sees.

    In the public record of a life.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  12. Chiron in Scorpio · house 1

    The injury that becomes a competence, pursued quietly, thoroughly, and without showing the working.

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

  13. Lilith in Capricorn · house 2

    What was refused, and refuses in turn, pursued patiently, on the assumption that the return will be slow.

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

The tightest aspects

  1. Neptune True Node · opposition, orb 0.18°

    The pull toward what has no edges and the direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into face each other across the chart.

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

  2. Mars MC Midheaven · sextile, orb 0.36°

    The capacity to want something and go at it and the direction a life is aimed in public assist each other when asked.

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

  3. Mars Lilith · opposition, orb 0.65°

    The capacity to want something and go at it and what was refused, and refuses in turn face each other across the chart.

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

  4. Moon Uranus · sextile, orb 0.79°

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it and the impulse to break a pattern that still works assist each other when asked.

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

  5. Lilith MC Midheaven · trine, orb 1.01°

    What was refused, and refuses in turn and the direction a life is aimed in public run together easily.

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

  6. Pluto MC Midheaven · trine, orb 1.26°

    What will not be negotiated with, only survived and the direction a life is aimed in public run together easily.

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

How these readings are put together →

The year ahead · 106 exact contacts

Every moment a slower body makes an exact aspect to this chart, solved to the minute in UT. Mars outward only — the Sun alone would perfect seventy-five of these a year and the Moon nine hundred, which is noise rather than a forecast. A contact marked 2 of 3 perfects more than once because the transiting body stations while inside orb. On orbs and exactness →

August 2026

  • 2102:58 Saturn Sun1 of 2
  • 2406:20 Mars Mercury
  • 2603:27 Mars Venus
  • 2620:18 Neptune Saturn1 of 2
  • 2923:22 Mars Jupiter

September 2026

  • 0207:06 Mars Sun
  • 0311:01 Jupiter Sun
  • 0317:19 True Node Mars1 of 3
  • 0422:28 True Node Mars2 of 3
  • 0506:52 Chiron Lilith1 of 2
  • 0915:25 Mars AC Ascendant
  • 1216:05 True Node Mars3 of 3
  • 1905:13 Mars Uranus
  • 2006:20 Mars Chiron
  • 2409:25 Chiron Mars1 of 2
  • 2423:23 Mars Pluto
  • 2618:16 Jupiter AC Ascendant1 of 3
  • 2805:38 True Node MC Midheaven

October 2026

  • 0302:38 Chiron MC Midheaven1 of 2
  • 0415:01 Mars Saturn
  • 1220:21 Mars Mercury
  • 1523:32 True Node Pluto
  • 2311:16 Mars Sun
  • 3012:58 Chiron Pluto1 of 2

November 2026

  • 0109:28 Mars AC Ascendant
  • 0402:40 Jupiter Uranus1 of 3
  • 1000:37 Jupiter Chiron1 of 3
  • 1115:01 Jupiter Moon1 of 3
  • 1213:19 True Node Moon
  • 1314:12 True Node Chiron
  • 1314:37 Mars Uranus1 of 3
  • 1500:01 Mars Chiron1 of 3
  • 1508:18 Mars Moon1 of 3
  • 2111:00 Mars Pluto1 of 3
  • 2303:47 True Node Uranus
  • 2306:02 Uranus Saturn1 of 2
  • 2411:52 Mars MC Midheaven1 of 3
  • 2509:19 Mars Mars1 of 3
  • 2700:20 Mars Lilith1 of 3

December 2026

  • 0118:10 Mars True Node1 of 3
  • 0206:00 Mars Neptune1 of 3
  • 1105:39 Pluto Saturn
  • 2303:14 Mars Mercury1 of 3
  • 2902:04 Uranus Neptune1 of 2
  • 3006:08 Mars Venus1 of 3

January 2027

  • 0400:17 Uranus True Node1 of 2
  • 1307:22 Jupiter Moon2 of 3
  • 1421:53 Jupiter Chiron2 of 3
  • 2021:50 Jupiter Uranus2 of 3
  • 2110:36 Mars Venus2 of 3
  • 2722:50 Mars Mercury2 of 3

February 2027

  • 1513:20 Mars Neptune2 of 3
  • 1600:22 Mars True Node2 of 3
  • 2013:34 Mars Lilith2 of 3
  • 2204:41 Mars Mars2 of 3
  • 2302:40 Mars MC Midheaven2 of 3
  • 2608:20 Mars Pluto2 of 3

March 2027

  • 0518:42 Mars Moon2 of 3
  • 0606:07 Mars Chiron2 of 3
  • 0806:17 Mars Uranus2 of 3
  • 0912:01 Jupiter AC Ascendant2 of 3
  • 1019:44 Saturn Sun2 of 2
  • 1304:20 Chiron Pluto2 of 2
  • 1511:15 Uranus True Node2 of 2
  • 1703:18 Neptune Saturn2 of 2
  • 2103:43 Uranus Neptune2 of 2

April 2027

  • 0415:26 Chiron MC Midheaven2 of 2
  • 0720:34 True Node AC Ascendant
  • 1016:21 Chiron Mars2 of 2
  • 2108:02 Chiron Lilith2 of 2
  • 2204:48 Uranus Saturn2 of 2
  • 2800:16 Mars Uranus3 of 3
  • 3008:03 Mars Chiron3 of 3
  • 3021:16 Mars Moon3 of 3

May 2027

  • 0909:26 Mars Pluto3 of 3
  • 1223:24 Mars MC Midheaven3 of 3
  • 1323:14 Mars Mars3 of 3
  • 1517:03 Mars Lilith3 of 3
  • 1804:43 Jupiter AC Ascendant3 of 3
  • 2008:44 Mars True Node3 of 3
  • 2019:32 Mars Neptune3 of 3
  • 2121:22 Chiron True Node
  • 2205:13 True Node Sun
  • 2504:26 Chiron Neptune

June 2027

  • 0320:02 Mars Mercury3 of 3
  • 0610:36 Mars Venus3 of 3
  • 0715:41 Saturn Uranus
  • 1113:42 Mars Jupiter
  • 1612:57 Saturn Moon
  • 2420:25 Mars AC Ascendant
  • 2812:58 Jupiter Uranus3 of 3

July 2027

  • 0201:43 Jupiter Chiron3 of 3
  • 0222:15 Jupiter Moon3 of 3
  • 0621:58 Mars Chiron
  • 0704:42 Mars Moon
  • 1419:37 Mars Mars
  • 1522:49 Mars Lilith
  • 1622:46 Jupiter Pluto
  • 2119:12 Mars Saturn
  • 2305:57 Jupiter MC Midheaven
  • 2500:43 Jupiter Mars
  • 2804:35 Jupiter Lilith

August 2027

  • 0520:15 Jupiter True Node
  • 0616:43 Jupiter Neptune
  • 0804:36 Mars Sun
  • 1917:43 Uranus Venus
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