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Wilhelm II, German Emperor

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Wilhelm II, German Emperor

27 January 1859 · 15:00 Europe/Berlin
Potsdam, Germany · 52.40°N 13.07°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 Aquarius · house 8

    The drive to be someone in particular, pursued at a deliberate distance, on principle more than on feeling.

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

  2. Moon in Scorpio · house 5

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it, pursued quietly, thoroughly, and without showing the working.

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

  3. Mercury in Capricorn · house 6

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on, pursued patiently, on the assumption that the return will be slow.

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

  4. Venus in Sagittarius · house 6

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near, pursued expansively, at the risk of overshooting the mark.

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

  5. Mars in Pisces · house 10

    The capacity to want something and go at it, pursued permeably, absorbing more than is strictly useful.

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

  6. Jupiter in Gemini · house 11

    The appetite for more room than is currently available, 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.

  7. Saturn in Leo · house 2

    The encounter with limit, and what is built against it, pursued generously and in the open, wanting the effort to be seen.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  8. Uranus in Taurus · house 11

    The impulse to break a pattern that still works, 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.

  9. Neptune in Pisces · house 10

    The pull toward what has no edges, pursued by dissolving the edges of the problem.

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

  10. Pluto in Taurus · house 11

    What will not be negotiated with, only survived, pursued at its own pace, and not at anyone else's.

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

  11. True Node in Aquarius · house 9

    The direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into, pursued at a deliberate distance, on principle more than on feeling.

    In long journeys, foreign places, law and belief.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  12. Chiron in Aquarius · house 8

    The injury that becomes a competence, pursued by stepping back far enough to see the pattern.

    In the joint account — debt, intimacy, inheritance.

  13. Lilith in Capricorn · house 6

    What was refused, and refuses in turn, pursued by building something that will outlast the effort.

    In routine, craft, and keeping the machine running.

The tightest aspects

  1. Moon Mars · trine, orb 0.04°

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it and the capacity to want something and go at it run together easily.

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

  2. Uranus True Node · square, orb 0.10°

    The impulse to break a pattern that still works and the direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into obstruct each other.

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

  3. AC Ascendant MC Midheaven · trine, orb 0.50°

    The face a life presents before it says anything and the direction a life is aimed in public run together easily.

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

  4. Venus Neptune · square, orb 1.00°

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near and the pull toward what has no edges obstruct each other.

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

  5. Sun Pluto · square, orb 1.55°

    The drive to be someone in particular and what will not be negotiated with, only survived obstruct each other.

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

  6. Sun Saturn · opposition, orb 1.85°

    The drive to be someone in particular 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.

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