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Red Smith

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25 September 1905 · 06:15 America/Chicago
Green Bay, WI, United States · 44.52°N 88.02°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 Libra · house 12

    The drive to be someone in particular, pursued by weighing it against the alternative, and against other people.

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

  2. Moon in Leo · house 11

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it, pursued generously and in the open, wanting the effort to be seen.

    Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

  3. Mercury in Virgo · house 12

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on, pursued carefully, by improving the parts that are not yet right.

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

  4. Venus in Leo · house 11

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near, pursued warmly, and on a slightly larger scale than required.

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

  5. Mars in Sagittarius · house 3

    The capacity to want something and go at it, pursued expansively, at the risk of overshooting the mark.

    In speech, siblings, short journeys and everyday learning.

  6. Jupiter in Gemini · house 9

    The appetite for more room than is currently available, pursued by talking it through, and by keeping several options open.

    In long journeys, foreign places, law and belief.

  7. Saturn in Aquarius · house 5

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

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  8. Uranus in Capricorn · house 3

    The impulse to break a pattern that still works, pursued patiently, on the assumption that the return will be slow.

    In speech, siblings, short journeys and everyday learning.

  9. Neptune in Cancer · house 10

    The pull toward what has no edges, pursued indirectly, and with a long memory for how it went last time.

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

  10. Pluto in Gemini · house 9

    What will not be negotiated with, only survived, pursued restlessly, gathering more than it can use.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  11. True Node in Leo · house 11

    The direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into, pursued by backing itself, publicly.

    Among the people chosen rather than given.

  12. Chiron in Aquarius · house 4

    The injury that becomes a competence, 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.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  13. Lilith in Aries · house 7

    What was refused, and refuses in turn, pursued head-on and at speed, with very little rehearsal.

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

The tightest aspects

  1. Sun Chiron · trine, orb 0.29°

    The drive to be someone in particular and the injury that becomes a competence run together easily.

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

  2. Venus Lilith · trine, orb 0.39°

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near and what was refused, and refuses in turn run together easily.

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

  3. Uranus True Node · trine, orb 0.41°

    The impulse to break a pattern that still works and the direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into run together easily.

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

  4. Saturn Lilith · sextile, orb 0.36°

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

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

  5. Venus Saturn · opposition, orb 0.76°

    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. Jupiter AC Ascendant · trine, orb 0.66°

    The appetite for more room than is currently available and the face a life presents before it says anything run together easily.

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

How these readings are put together →