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Robin Knox-Johnston

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Robin Knox-Johnston

17 March 1939 · 06:40 Europe/London
Putney, England, United Kingdom · 51.46°N 0.22°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 Pisces · house 12

    The drive to be someone in particular, pursued permeably, absorbing more than is strictly useful.

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

  2. Moon in Aquarius · house 11

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it, pursued at a deliberate distance, on principle more than on feeling.

    Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

  3. Mercury in Aries · house 1

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

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

  4. Venus in Aquarius · house 11

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near, pursued by stepping back far enough to see the pattern.

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

  5. Mars in Sagittarius · house 9

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

    In long journeys, foreign places, law and belief.

  6. Jupiter in Pisces · house 12

    The appetite for more room than is currently available, pursued by dissolving the edges of the problem.

    Behind the scenes, in retreat and in what is undisclosed.

  7. Saturn in Aries · house 1

    The encounter with limit, and what is built against it, pursued by starting, and worrying about the shape of it later.

    In bearing and first impression.

  8. Uranus in Taurus · house 1

    The impulse to break a pattern that still works, pursued slowly, and with a strong preference for what can be held.

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

  9. Neptune in Virgo · house 6

    The pull toward what has no edges, pursued carefully, by improving the parts that are not yet right.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  10. Pluto in Cancer · house 5

    What will not be negotiated with, only survived, pursued indirectly, and with a long memory for how it went last time.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  11. True Node in Scorpio · house 7

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

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  12. Chiron in Cancer · house 4

    The injury that becomes a competence, pursued indirectly, and with a long memory for how it went last time.

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

  13. Lilith in Aquarius · house 11

    What was refused, and refuses in turn, pursued independently, and slightly against the grain.

    Among the people chosen rather than given.

The tightest aspects

  1. Moon Venus · conjunction, orb 0.15°

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it 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.

  2. True Node Lilith · square, orb 0.25°

    The direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into 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. Moon Mercury · sextile, orb 0.44°

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

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

  4. Chiron MC Midheaven · opposition, orb 0.71°

    The injury that becomes a competence and the direction a life is aimed in public face each other across the chart.

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

  5. Mercury Venus · sextile, orb 0.59°

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on and what is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near assist each other when asked.

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

  6. Lilith AC Ascendant · sextile, orb 0.73°

    What was refused, and refuses in turn and the face a life presents before it says anything assist each other when asked.

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

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