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Ricarda Huch

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Ricarda Huch

18 July 1864 · 14:00 Europe/Berlin
Braunschweig, Germany · 52.27°N 10.53°E
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 9

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

    In long journeys, foreign places, law and belief.

  2. Moon in Capricorn · house 3

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

    In speech, siblings, short journeys and everyday learning.

  3. Mercury in Cancer · house 9

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

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

  4. Venus in Cancer · house 9

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near, pursued by feel, and by who else is in the room.

    In what is believed, and how far it is carried.

  5. Mars in Taurus · house 6

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

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

  6. Jupiter in Scorpio · house 1

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

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

  7. Saturn in Libra · house 11

    The encounter with limit, and what is built against it, pursued by weighing it against the alternative, and against other people.

    Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

  8. Uranus in Gemini · house 8

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

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

  9. Neptune in Aries · house 5

    The pull toward what has no edges, pursued head-on and at speed, with very little rehearsal.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  10. Pluto in Taurus · house 7

    What will not be negotiated with, only survived, pursued slowly, and with a strong preference for what can be held.

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

  11. True Node in Scorpio · house 1

    The direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into, pursued by going all the way in, or not at all.

    In bearing and first impression.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  12. Chiron in Pisces · house 4

    The injury that becomes a competence, pursued permeably, absorbing more than is strictly useful.

    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 Virgo · house 10

    What was refused, and refuses in turn, pursued carefully, by improving the parts that are not yet right.

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

The tightest aspects

  1. Moon True Node · sextile, orb 0.01°

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

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

  2. Sun Venus · conjunction, orb 0.01°

    The drive to be someone in particular and what is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near are fused, and cannot easily be told apart.

    Neither can act without the other coming along.

  3. Mars AC Ascendant · opposition, orb 0.75°

    The capacity to want something and go at it and the face a life presents before it says anything face each other across the chart.

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

  4. Sun Mercury · conjunction, orb 1.25°

    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.

  5. Mercury Venus · conjunction, orb 1.24°

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on and what is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near are fused, and cannot easily be told apart.

    Neither can act without the other coming along.

  6. Moon Chiron · sextile, orb 1.29°

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it and the injury that becomes a competence assist each other when asked.

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

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