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 11

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

   Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

2. ☽ Moon in Sagittarius · house 10

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

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

3. ☿ Mercury in Capricorn · house 12

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

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

4. ♀ Venus in Aquarius · house 1

   What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near, pursued at a deliberate distance, on principle more than on feeling.

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

5. ♂ Mars in Virgo · house 7

   The capacity to want something and go at it, pursued carefully, by improving the parts that are not yet right.

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

6. ♃ Jupiter in Gemini · house 4 ℞

   The appetite for more room than is currently available, 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.

7. ♄ Saturn in Leo · house 7 ℞

   The encounter with limit, and what is built against it, 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.

8. ♅ Uranus in Aquarius · house 1

   The impulse to break a pattern that still works, pursued by stepping back far enough to see the pattern.

   In bearing and first impression.

9. ♆ Neptune in Leo · house 7 ℞

   The pull toward what has no edges, 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.

10. ♇ Pluto in Cancer · house 6 ℞

    What will not be negotiated with, only survived, 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.

11. ☊ True Node in Capricorn · house 11 ℞

    The direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into, pursued patiently, on the assumption that the return will be slow.

    Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

12. ⚷ Chiron in Pisces · house 1

    The injury that becomes a competence, pursued permeably, absorbing more than is strictly useful.

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

13. ⚸ Lilith in Virgo · house 7

    What was refused, and refuses in turn, pursued by useful degrees, and with an eye on the flaw.

    Across the table, wherever there is another party.

The tightest aspects

1. ☉ Sun ⚹ ♅ Uranus · sextile, orb 0.24°

   The drive to be someone in particular and the impulse to break a pattern that still works assist each other when asked.

   Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

2. ♀ Venus ☍ ♆ Neptune · opposition, orb 0.62°

   What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near 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.

3. ☉ Sun ◻ ♂ Mars · square, orb 0.72°

   The drive to be someone in particular and the capacity to want something and go at it obstruct each other.

   The friction is productive only when it is worked at rather than escaped.

4. ☽ Moon ⚹ ♀ Venus · sextile, orb 1.18°

   The need for safety, and the habits that supply it 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.

5. ☽ Moon △ ♆ Neptune · trine, orb 1.80°

   The need for safety, and the habits that supply it and the pull toward what has no edges run together easily.

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

6. ♃ Jupiter ☍ MC Midheaven · opposition, orb 2.12°

   The appetite for more room than is currently available and the direction a life is aimed in public 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 →