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Anthony Bourdain

25 June 1956 · 08:35 America/New_York
New York City, New York, United States · 40.71°N 74.01°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 Cancer · house 11

    The drive to be someone in particular, pursued indirectly, and with a long memory for how it went last time.

    Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

  2. Moon in Capricorn · house 6

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

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

  3. Mercury in Gemini · house 11

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on, pursued by talking it through, and by keeping several options open.

    Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

  4. Venus in Gemini · house 11

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near, pursued restlessly, gathering more than it can use.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  5. Mars in Pisces · house 8

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

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

  6. Jupiter in Leo · house 1

    The appetite for more room than is currently available, pursued generously and in the open, wanting the effort to be seen.

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

  7. Saturn in Scorpio · house 4

    The encounter with limit, and what is built against it, pursued quietly, thoroughly, and without showing the working.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  8. Uranus in Leo · house 12

    The impulse to break a pattern that still works, pursued generously and in the open, wanting the effort to be seen.

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

  9. Neptune in Libra · house 3

    The pull toward what has no edges, pursued by weighing it against the alternative, and against other people.

    In speech, siblings, short journeys and everyday learning.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  10. Pluto in Leo · house 1

    What will not be negotiated with, only survived, pursued warmly, and on a slightly larger scale than required.

    In bearing and first impression.

  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 Aquarius · house 6

    The injury that becomes a competence, pursued at a deliberate distance, on principle more than on feeling.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  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. Jupiter Neptune · sextile, orb 0.17°

    The appetite for more room than is currently available and the pull toward what has no edges assist each other when asked.

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

  2. Uranus MC Midheaven · square, orb 0.34°

    The impulse to break a pattern that still works 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.

  3. Saturn Pluto · square, orb 0.47°

    The encounter with limit, and what is built against it 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.

  4. Chiron AC Ascendant · opposition, orb 0.60°

    The injury that becomes a competence and the face a life presents before it says anything face each other across the chart.

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

  5. Mercury Mars · square, orb 0.72°

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on and the capacity to want something and go at it obstruct each other.

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

  6. Jupiter Saturn · square, orb 0.74°

    The appetite for more room than is currently available and the encounter with limit, and what is built against it obstruct each other.

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

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