← Catalogue · writer, poet

William Falconer

C

21 February 1732 · 22:39 Europe/London
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom · 55.95°N 3.20°W
Placidus houses

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎ACMC2°377°186°0028°3422°568°402°3710°0214°4017°4226°4829°4514°16123456789101112

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 Pisces · house 4

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

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

  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 Aquarius · house 4

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on, pursued at a deliberate distance, on principle more than on feeling.

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

  4. Venus in Pisces · house 5

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

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

  5. Mars in Scorpio · house 2

    The capacity to want something and go at it, pursued quietly, thoroughly, and without showing the working.

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

  6. Jupiter in Libra · house 12

    The appetite for more room than is currently available, pursued by weighing it against the alternative, and against other people.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  7. Saturn in Aries · house 5

    The encounter with limit, and what is built against it, pursued head-on and at speed, with very little rehearsal.

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

  8. Uranus in Sagittarius · house 2

    The impulse to break a pattern that still works, pursued expansively, at the risk of overshooting the mark.

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

  9. Neptune in Gemini · house 8

    The pull toward what has no edges, pursued by talking it through, and by keeping several options open.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  10. Pluto in Libra · house 12

    What will not be negotiated with, only survived, pursued diplomatically, and rarely alone.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  11. True Node in Sagittarius · house 3

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

    In speech, siblings, short journeys and everyday learning.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  12. Chiron in Aries · house 7

    The injury that becomes a competence, pursued head-on and at speed, with very little rehearsal.

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

  13. Lilith in Virgo · house 11

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

    Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

The tightest aspects

  1. Mercury MC Midheaven · opposition, orb 0.43°

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on 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.

  2. Neptune Lilith · square, orb 0.39°

    The pull toward what has no edges 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 Jupiter · square, orb 1.37°

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it and the appetite for more room than is currently available obstruct each other.

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

  4. Venus True Node · square, orb 1.77°

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near 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.

  5. Jupiter Uranus · sextile, orb 1.37°

    The appetite for more room than is currently available and the impulse to break a pattern that still works assist each other when asked.

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

  6. Mercury Jupiter · trine, orb 2.67°

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on 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.

How these readings are put together →