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Roelf Takens

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2 October 1862 · 23:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Winsum, Groningen, The Netherlands · 53.33°N 6.52°E
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 4

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

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

  2. Moon in Aquarius · house 7

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

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

  3. Mercury in Scorpio · house 4

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on, pursued quietly, thoroughly, and without showing the working.

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

  4. Venus in Virgo · house 3

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near, pursued carefully, by improving the parts that are not yet right.

    In speech, siblings, short journeys and everyday learning.

  5. Mars in Aries · house 10

    The capacity to want something and go at it, pursued head-on and at speed, with very little rehearsal.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  6. Jupiter in Libra · house 4

    The appetite for more room than is currently available, pursued diplomatically, and rarely alone.

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

  7. Saturn in Virgo · house 3

    The encounter with limit, and what is built against it, pursued by useful degrees, and with an eye on the flaw.

    In the near world — talk, errands, the people close to hand.

  8. Uranus in Gemini · house 11

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

    Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  9. Neptune in Aries · house 10

    The pull toward what has no edges, pursued by starting, and worrying about the shape of it later.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  10. Pluto in Taurus · house 11

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

    Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  11. True Node in Sagittarius · house 5

    The direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into, pursued expansively, at the risk of overshooting the mark.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  12. Chiron in Pisces · house 9

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

    In long journeys, foreign places, law and belief.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  13. Lilith in Gemini · house 11

    What was refused, and refuses in turn, pursued restlessly, gathering more than it can use.

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

The tightest aspects

  1. True Node Lilith · opposition, orb 0.09°

    The direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into and what was refused, and refuses in turn face each other across the chart.

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

  2. Sun Moon · trine, orb 0.64°

    The drive to be someone in particular and the need for safety, and the habits that supply it run together easily.

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

  3. Moon Jupiter · trine, orb 0.64°

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it and the appetite for more room than is currently available run together easily.

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

  4. Saturn MC Midheaven · opposition, orb 0.78°

    The encounter with limit, and what is built against it 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. Saturn AC Ascendant · sextile, orb 0.54°

    The encounter with limit, and what is built against it and the face a life presents before it says anything assist each other when asked.

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

  6. Sun Jupiter · conjunction, orb 1.28°

    The drive to be someone in particular and the appetite for more room than is currently available are fused, and cannot easily be told apart.

    Neither can act without the other coming along.

How these readings are put together →