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Arnold Bax

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Arnold Bax

8 November 1883 · 08:30 Europe/London
Streatham, England, United Kingdom · 51.43°N 0.13°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 Scorpio · house 12

    The drive to be someone in particular, pursued quietly, thoroughly, and without showing the working.

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

  2. Moon in Aquarius · house 3

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

    In speech, siblings, short journeys and everyday learning.

  3. Mercury in Scorpio · house 11

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on, pursued quietly, thoroughly, and without showing the working.

    Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

  4. Venus in Scorpio · house 12

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near, pursued by going all the way in, or not at all.

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

  5. Mars in Leo · house 8

    The capacity to want something and go at it, pursued generously and in the open, wanting the effort to be seen.

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

  6. Jupiter in Leo · house 8

    The appetite for more room than is currently available, pursued warmly, and on a slightly larger scale than required.

    In the joint account — debt, intimacy, inheritance.

  7. Saturn in Gemini · house 7

    The encounter with limit, and what is built against it, pursued by talking it through, and by keeping several options open.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  8. Uranus in Virgo · house 10

    The impulse to break a pattern that still works, pursued carefully, by improving the parts that are not yet right.

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

  9. Neptune in Taurus · house 6

    The pull toward what has no edges, pursued slowly, and with a strong preference for what can be held.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  10. Pluto in Gemini · house 7

    What will not be negotiated with, only survived, pursued restlessly, gathering more than it can use.

    Across the table, wherever there is another party.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  11. True Node in Scorpio · house 11

    The direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into, pursued by going all the way in, or not at all.

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

  12. Chiron in Gemini · house 7

    The injury that becomes a competence, pursued by asking around, and by staying interested in the alternative.

    In one-to-one dealings, allied or opposed.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  13. Lilith in Scorpio · house 11

    What was refused, and refuses in turn, pursued privately, and with more force than is displayed.

    Among the people chosen rather than given.

The tightest aspects

  1. Moon Neptune · square, orb 0.14°

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it and the pull toward what has no edges obstruct each other.

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

  2. Mercury Jupiter · square, orb 0.76°

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

  3. Pluto AC Ascendant · opposition, orb 0.98°

    What will not be negotiated with, only survived 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.

  4. Venus AC Ascendant · conjunction, orb 1.44°

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near and the face a life presents before it says anything are fused, and cannot easily be told apart.

    Neither can act without the other coming along.

  5. Pluto Chiron · conjunction, orb 1.32°

    What will not be negotiated with, only survived and the injury that becomes a competence are fused, and cannot easily be told apart.

    Neither can act without the other coming along.

  6. Venus Uranus · sextile, orb 1.30°

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near and the impulse to break a pattern that still works assist each other when asked.

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

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