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William P. Bergman

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1 April 1902 · 08:00 America/Chicago
Chicago, IL, United States · 41.85°N 87.65°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 11

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

    Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

  2. Moon in Capricorn · house 8

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it, pursued patiently, on the assumption that the return will be slow.

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

  3. Mercury in Pisces · house 11

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on, pursued permeably, absorbing more than is strictly useful.

    Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

  4. Venus in Aquarius · house 10

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near, pursued at a deliberate distance, on principle more than on feeling.

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

  5. Mars in Aries · house 11

    The capacity to want something and go at it, pursued by starting, and worrying about the shape of it later.

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

  6. Jupiter in Aquarius · house 10

    The appetite for more room than is currently available, pursued by stepping back far enough to see the pattern.

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

  7. Saturn in Capricorn · house 9

    The encounter with limit, and what is built against it, pursued patiently, on the assumption that the return will be slow.

    In long journeys, foreign places, law and belief.

  8. Uranus in Sagittarius · house 7

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

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  9. Neptune in Gemini · house 2

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

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

  10. Pluto in Gemini · house 1

    What will not be negotiated with, only survived, pursued by talking it through, and by keeping several options open.

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

  11. True Node in Scorpio · house 6

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

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  12. Chiron in Capricorn · house 8

    The injury that becomes a competence, pursued by building something that will outlast the effort.

    In the joint account — debt, intimacy, inheritance.

  13. Lilith in Sagittarius · house 7

    What was refused, and refuses in turn, pursued on conviction, and at some distance from the detail.

    Across the table, wherever there is another party.

The tightest aspects

  1. Moon Chiron · conjunction, orb 0.08°

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it and the injury that becomes a competence are fused, and cannot easily be told apart.

    Neither can act without the other coming along.

  2. Sun Jupiter · sextile, orb 0.19°

    The drive to be someone in particular and the appetite for more room than is currently available assist each other when asked.

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

  3. Sun Mars · conjunction, orb 0.55°

    The drive to be someone in particular and the capacity to want something and go at it are fused, and cannot easily be told apart.

    Neither can act without the other coming along.

  4. Mercury Pluto · square, orb 0.56°

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

  5. Mars Jupiter · sextile, orb 0.75°

    The capacity to want something and go at it and the appetite for more room than is currently available assist each other when asked.

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

  6. Venus Neptune · trine, orb 1.18°

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near and the pull toward what has no edges run together easily.

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

How these readings are put together →