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John Barrymore

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John Barrymore

14 February 1882 · 00:10 America/New_York
Philadelphia, PA, United States · 39.95°N 75.16°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 Aquarius · house 4

    The drive to be someone in particular, 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.

  2. Moon in Capricorn · house 2

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it, pursued patiently, on the assumption that the return will be slow.

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

  3. Mercury in Pisces · house 4

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on, 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.

  4. Venus in Aquarius · house 4

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near, pursued by stepping back far enough to see the pattern.

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

  5. Mars in Gemini · house 8

    The capacity to want something and go at it, pursued by talking it through, and by keeping several options open.

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

  6. Jupiter in Taurus · house 7

    The appetite for more room than is currently available, pursued slowly, and with a strong preference for what can be held.

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

  7. Saturn in Taurus · house 6

    The encounter with limit, and what is built against it, pursued slowly, and with a strong preference for what can be held.

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

  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.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  9. Neptune in Taurus · house 6

    The pull toward what has no edges, pursued at its own pace, and not at anyone else's.

    In routine, craft, and keeping the machine running.

  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.

  11. True Node in Sagittarius · house 1

    The direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into, pursued expansively, at the risk of overshooting the mark.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  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.

  13. Lilith in Leo · house 10

    What was refused, and refuses in turn, pursued generously and in the open, wanting the effort to be seen.

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

The tightest aspects

  1. Neptune AC Ascendant · opposition, orb 0.08°

    The pull toward what has no edges 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.

  2. Jupiter Chiron · conjunction, orb 0.40°

    The appetite for more room than is currently available and the injury that becomes a competence are fused, and cannot easily be told apart.

    Neither can act without the other coming along.

  3. Uranus Chiron · trine, orb 0.40°

    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.

  4. Pluto Lilith · square, orb 0.41°

    What will not be negotiated with, only survived and what was refused, and refuses in turn obstruct each other.

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

  5. Venus MC Midheaven · opposition, orb 0.67°

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

  6. Jupiter Uranus · trine, orb 0.80°

    The appetite for more room than is currently available and the impulse to break a pattern that still works run together easily.

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

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