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John Bankston

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16 February 1963 · 00:03 America/Detroit
Benton Harbor, MI, United States · 42.12°N 86.45°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 Aquarius · house 4

    The drive to be someone in particular, 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.

  2. Moon in Scorpio · house 1

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

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

  3. Mercury in Aquarius · house 3

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

    In speech, siblings, short journeys and everyday learning.

  4. Venus in Capricorn · house 3

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near, pursued patiently, on the assumption that the return will be slow.

    In speech, siblings, short journeys and everyday learning.

  5. Mars in Leo · house 9

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

    In long journeys, foreign places, law and belief.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  6. Jupiter in Pisces · house 5

    The appetite for more room than is currently available, pursued permeably, absorbing more than is strictly useful.

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

  7. Saturn in Aquarius · house 4

    The encounter with limit, and what is built against it, pursued by stepping back far enough to see the pattern.

    At the root — household, ancestry, what is not shown.

  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.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  9. Neptune in Scorpio · house 1

    The pull toward what has no edges, pursued by going all the way in, or not at all.

    In bearing and first impression.

  10. Pluto in Virgo · house 10

    What will not be negotiated with, only survived, pursued by useful degrees, and with an eye on the flaw.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  11. True Node in Cancer · house 9

    The direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into, pursued indirectly, and with a long memory for how it went last time.

    In long journeys, foreign places, law and belief.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  12. Chiron in Pisces · house 4

    The injury that becomes a competence, pursued permeably, absorbing more than is strictly useful.

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

  13. Lilith in Libra · house 12

    What was refused, and refuses in turn, pursued by weighing it against the alternative, and against other people.

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

The tightest aspects

  1. Venus Pluto · trine, orb 0.20°

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near and what will not be negotiated with, only survived run together easily.

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

  2. Saturn Neptune · square, orb 0.32°

    The encounter with limit, and what is built against 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.

  3. Mercury True Node · opposition, orb 1.58°

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on and the direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into face each other across the chart.

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

  4. Mars MC Midheaven · conjunction, orb 1.82°

    The capacity to want something and go at it and the direction a life is aimed in public are fused, and cannot easily be told apart.

    Neither can act without the other coming along.

  5. Pluto Chiron · opposition, orb 1.62°

    What will not be negotiated with, only survived and the injury that becomes a competence face each other across the chart.

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

  6. Moon Jupiter · trine, orb 2.30°

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it 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 →