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Joshua Reynolds

16 July 1723 · 09:30 Europe/London
Plympton, England, United Kingdom · 50.39°N 4.06°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 Cancer · house 11

    The drive to be someone in particular, pursued indirectly, and with a long memory for how it went last time.

    Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

  2. Moon in Capricorn · house 4

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

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

  3. Mercury in Cancer · house 11

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on, pursued protectively, approaching sideways rather than head-on.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  4. Venus in Gemini · house 10

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near, pursued by talking it through, and by keeping several options open.

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

  5. Mars in Taurus · house 9

    The capacity to want something and go at it, pursued slowly, and with a strong preference for what can be held.

    In long journeys, foreign places, law and belief.

  6. Jupiter in Capricorn · house 4

    The appetite for more room than is currently available, pursued by building something that will outlast the effort.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  7. Saturn in Sagittarius · house 4

    The encounter with limit, and what is built against it, pursued expansively, at the risk of overshooting the mark.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  8. Uranus in Libra · house 2

    The impulse to break a pattern that still works, pursued by weighing it against the alternative, and against other people.

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

  9. Neptune in Taurus · house 9

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

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

  10. Pluto in Virgo · house 1

    What will not be negotiated with, only survived, pursued carefully, by improving the parts that are not yet right.

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

  11. True Node in Gemini · house 9

    The direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into, pursued by talking it through, and by keeping several options open.

    In long journeys, foreign places, law and belief.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  12. Chiron in Aries · house 7

    The injury that becomes a competence, pursued head-on and at speed, with very little rehearsal.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  13. Lilith in Virgo · house 1

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

    In bearing and first impression.

The tightest aspects

  1. True Node MC Midheaven · conjunction, orb 0.01°

    The direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into and the direction a life is aimed in public are fused, and cannot easily be told apart.

    Neither can act without the other coming along.

  2. Saturn Lilith · square, orb 0.05°

    The encounter with limit, and what is built against it and what was refused, and refuses in turn obstruct each other.

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

  3. Venus Pluto · square, orb 0.18°

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near and what will not be negotiated with, only survived obstruct each other.

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

  4. Venus Lilith · square, orb 0.31°

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near 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 Saturn · opposition, orb 0.36°

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near and the encounter with limit, and what is built against it face each other across the chart.

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

  6. Mercury Neptune · sextile, orb 0.29°

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on and the pull toward what has no edges assist each other when asked.

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

How these readings are put together →