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Raphael IV

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10 May 1814 · 07:26 Europe/London
London, United Kingdom · 51.51°N 0.13°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 Taurus · house 11

    The drive to be someone in particular, pursued slowly, and with a strong preference for what can be held.

    Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

  2. Moon in Capricorn · house 7

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

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

  3. Mercury in Aries · house 11

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on, pursued head-on and at speed, with very little rehearsal.

    Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

  4. Venus in Aries · house 10

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near, pursued head-on and at speed, with very little rehearsal.

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

  5. Mars in Gemini · house 12

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

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

  6. Jupiter in Virgo · house 3

    The appetite for more room than is currently available, pursued carefully, by improving the parts that are not yet right.

    In speech, siblings, short journeys and everyday learning.

  7. Saturn in Aquarius · house 8

    The encounter with limit, and what is built against it, pursued at a deliberate distance, on principle more than on feeling.

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

  8. Uranus in Sagittarius · house 6

    The impulse to break a pattern that still works, pursued expansively, at the risk of overshooting the mark.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  9. Neptune in Sagittarius · house 6

    The pull toward what has no edges, pursued on conviction, and at some distance from the detail.

    In routine, craft, and keeping the machine running.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  10. Pluto in Pisces · house 10

    What will not be negotiated with, only survived, pursued permeably, absorbing more than is strictly useful.

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

  11. True Node in Cancer · house 1

    The direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into, pursued indirectly, and with a long memory for how it went last time.

    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 Pisces · house 10

    The injury that becomes a competence, pursued by dissolving the edges of the problem.

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

  13. Lilith in Sagittarius · house 6

    What was refused, and refuses in turn, pursued by aiming past the target on principle.

    In the unglamorous upkeep of a life.

The tightest aspects

  1. Mercury True Node · square, orb 0.20°

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on and the direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into obstruct each other.

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

  2. Saturn Uranus · sextile, orb 0.17°

    The encounter with limit, and what is built against it and the impulse to break a pattern that still works assist each other when asked.

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

  3. Moon True Node · opposition, orb 0.67°

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it and the direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into face each other across the chart.

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

  4. Jupiter Uranus · square, orb 0.53°

    The appetite for more room than is currently available and the impulse to break a pattern that still works obstruct each other.

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

  5. Moon Mercury · square, orb 0.88°

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it and the way a mind takes things in and hands them on obstruct each other.

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

  6. Jupiter Lilith · trine, orb 0.94°

    The appetite for more room than is currently available and what was refused, and refuses in turn run together easily.

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

How these readings are put together →

The Working Sky