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John E. Boswell

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20 March 1947 · 15:28 America/New_York
Boston, MA, United States · 42.36°N 71.06°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 Pisces · house 8

    The drive to be someone in particular, pursued permeably, absorbing more than is strictly useful.

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

  2. Moon in Pisces · house 7

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it, pursued permeably, absorbing more than is strictly useful.

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

  3. Mercury in Pisces · house 7

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on, pursued by dissolving the edges of the problem.

    Across the table, wherever there is another party.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  4. Venus in Aquarius · house 6

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

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

  5. Mars in Pisces · house 7

    The capacity to want something and go at it, pursued sympathetically, and without a firm boundary.

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

  6. Jupiter in Scorpio · house 4

    The appetite for more room than is currently available, pursued quietly, thoroughly, and without showing the working.

    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 11

    The encounter with limit, and what is built against it, pursued generously and in the open, wanting the effort to be seen.

    Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  8. Uranus in Gemini · house 10

    The impulse to break a pattern that still works, pursued by talking it through, and by keeping several options open.

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

  9. Neptune in Libra · house 2

    The pull toward what has no edges, pursued by weighing it against the alternative, and against other people.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  10. Pluto in Leo · house 12

    What will not be negotiated with, only survived, pursued generously and in the open, wanting the effort to be seen.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  11. True Node in Gemini · house 10

    The direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into, pursued restlessly, gathering more than it can use.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  12. Chiron in Scorpio · house 3

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

    In speech, siblings, short journeys and everyday learning.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  13. Lilith in Capricorn · house 5

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

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

The tightest aspects

  1. Venus Uranus · trine, orb 0.15°

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

  2. Moon Chiron · trine, orb 0.82°

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it and the injury that becomes a competence run together easily.

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

  3. Mercury Chiron · trine, orb 1.32°

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on and the injury that becomes a competence run together easily.

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

  4. Jupiter MC Midheaven · opposition, orb 1.71°

    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.

  5. Sun Jupiter · trine, orb 1.89°

    The drive to be someone in particular and the appetite for more room than is currently available run together easily.

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

  6. Moon Mercury · conjunction, orb 2.14°

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it and the way a mind takes things in and hands them on are fused, and cannot easily be told apart.

    Neither can act without the other coming along.

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