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John Scoular Buchanan

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23 November 1883 · 08:30 Europe/London
Rutherglen, Scotland, United Kingdom · 55.83°N 4.21°W
Placidus houses

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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 12

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

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

  2. Moon in Virgo · house 9

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it, pursued carefully, by improving the parts that are not yet right.

    In long journeys, foreign places, law and belief.

  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 Sagittarius · house 1

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near, pursued expansively, at the risk of overshooting the mark.

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

  5. Mars in Leo · house 8

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

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

  6. Jupiter in Leo · house 8

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

    In the joint account — debt, intimacy, inheritance.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  7. Saturn in Gemini · house 7

    The encounter with limit, and what is built against it, pursued by talking it through, and by keeping several options open.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  8. Uranus in Virgo · house 9

    The impulse to break a pattern that still works, pursued by useful degrees, and with an eye on the flaw.

    In the far world — travel, doctrine, the bigger frame.

  9. Neptune in Taurus · house 6

    The pull toward what has no edges, pursued slowly, and with a strong preference for what can be held.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  10. Pluto in Gemini · house 6

    What will not be negotiated with, only survived, pursued by talking it through, and by keeping several options open.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  11. True Node in Scorpio · house 11

    The direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into, pursued quietly, thoroughly, and without showing the working.

    Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

  12. Chiron in Gemini · house 6

    The injury that becomes a competence, pursued restlessly, gathering more than it can use.

    In routine, craft, and keeping the machine running.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  13. Lilith in Scorpio · house 11

    What was refused, and refuses in turn, pursued by going all the way in, or not at all.

    In the wider circle — networks, causes, company kept.

The tightest aspects

  1. Venus Mars · trine, orb 0.09°

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near and the capacity to want something and go at it run together easily.

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

  2. Sun Chiron · opposition, orb 0.24°

    The drive to be someone in particular and the injury that becomes a competence 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 Pluto · opposition, orb 0.52°

    The drive to be someone in particular and what will not be negotiated with, only survived face each other across the chart.

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

  4. Pluto Chiron · conjunction, orb 0.77°

    What will not be negotiated with, only survived and the injury that becomes a competence are fused, and cannot easily be told apart.

    Neither can act without the other coming along.

  5. Mercury Pluto · opposition, orb 1.13°

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on and what will not be negotiated with, only survived face each other across the chart.

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

  6. Sun Mercury · conjunction, orb 1.65°

    The drive to be someone in particular 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.

How these readings are put together →

The Working Sky