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Tom Shanks

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9 April 1942 · 14:55 America/New_York
Lima, Allen County, OH, United States · 40.74°N 84.11°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 Aries · house 9

    The drive to be someone in particular, pursued head-on and at speed, with very little rehearsal.

    In long journeys, foreign places, law and belief.

  2. Moon in Aquarius · house 6

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

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

  3. Mercury in Aries · house 9

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on, pursued by starting, and worrying about the shape of it later.

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

  4. Venus in Pisces · house 7

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near, pursued permeably, absorbing more than is strictly useful.

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

  5. Mars in Gemini · house 11

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

    Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

  6. Jupiter in Gemini · house 11

    The appetite for more room than is currently available, pursued restlessly, gathering more than it can use.

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

  7. Saturn in Taurus · house 10

    The encounter with limit, and what is built against it, pursued slowly, and with a strong preference for what can be held.

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

  8. Uranus in Taurus · house 10

    The impulse to break a pattern that still works, pursued at its own pace, and not at anyone else's.

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

  9. Neptune in Virgo · house 2

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

    In what you own, earn, and consider worth having.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  10. Pluto in Leo · house 12

    What will not be negotiated with, only survived, pursued generously and in the open, wanting the effort to be seen.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  11. True Node in Virgo · house 2

    The direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into, pursued by useful degrees, and with an eye on the flaw.

    In resources, and in what is judged valuable.

  12. Chiron in Leo · house 12

    The injury that becomes a competence, pursued warmly, and on a slightly larger scale than required.

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

  13. Lilith in Gemini · house 10

    What was refused, and refuses in turn, pursued by talking it through, and by keeping several options open.

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

The tightest aspects

  1. Mercury Chiron · trine, orb 0.05°

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on and the injury that becomes a competence run together easily.

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

  2. Uranus Neptune · trine, orb 0.13°

    The impulse to break a pattern that still works and the pull toward what has no edges run together easily.

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

  3. Moon MC Midheaven · square, orb 0.25°

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it and the direction a life is aimed in public obstruct each other.

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

  4. Sun Mars · sextile, orb 0.71°

    The drive to be someone in particular and the capacity to want something and go at it assist each other when asked.

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

  5. Sun AC Ascendant · trine, orb 1.01°

    The drive to be someone in particular 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.

  6. Moon Chiron · opposition, orb 1.46°

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it and the injury that becomes a competence face each other across the chart.

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

How these readings are put together →

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