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John Crosby

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18 May 1912 · 11:15 America/Chicago
Milwaukee, WI, United States · 43.04°N 87.91°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 Taurus · house 10

    The drive to be someone in particular, pursued slowly, and with a strong preference for what can be held.

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

  2. Moon in Gemini · house 10

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it, pursued by talking it through, and by keeping several options open.

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

  3. Mercury in Taurus · house 9

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on, pursued slowly, and with a strong preference for what can be held.

    In long journeys, foreign places, law and belief.

  4. Venus in Taurus · house 9

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near, pursued at its own pace, and not at anyone else's.

    In the far world — travel, doctrine, the bigger frame.

  5. Mars in Cancer · house 11

    The capacity to want something and go at it, pursued indirectly, and with a long memory for how it went last time.

    Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

  6. Jupiter in Sagittarius · house 4

    The appetite for more room than is currently available, pursued expansively, at the risk of overshooting the mark.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  7. Saturn in Taurus · house 10

    The encounter with limit, and what is built against it, pursued at its own pace, and not at anyone else's.

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

  8. Uranus in Aquarius · house 6

    The impulse to break a pattern that still works, 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.

  9. Neptune in Cancer · house 11

    The pull toward what has no edges, pursued protectively, approaching sideways rather than head-on.

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

  10. Pluto in Gemini · house 11

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

    Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

  11. True Node in Aries · house 9

    The direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into, pursued head-on and at speed, with very little rehearsal.

    In long journeys, foreign places, law and belief.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  12. Chiron in Pisces · house 7

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

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

  13. Lilith in Capricorn · house 5

    What was refused, and refuses in turn, pursued patiently, on the assumption that the return will be slow.

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

The tightest aspects

  1. Mars Saturn · sextile, orb 0.32°

    The capacity to want something and go at it and the encounter with limit, and what is built against it assist each other when asked.

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

  2. Moon True Node · sextile, orb 0.49°

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it and the direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into assist each other when asked.

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

  3. Neptune True Node · square, orb 0.50°

    The pull toward what has no edges 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.

  4. Sun Lilith · trine, orb 0.65°

    The drive to be someone in particular and what was refused, and refuses in turn run together easily.

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

  5. Sun AC Ascendant · square, orb 0.66°

    The drive to be someone in particular and the face a life presents before it says anything obstruct each other.

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

  6. Mercury Uranus · square, orb 1.18°

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on and the impulse to break a pattern that still works obstruct each other.

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

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