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Raphaël Kretz

AA

23 May 2003 · 11:35 Europe/Paris
Paris 16e, France · 48.85°N 2.35°E
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 Gemini · house 10

    The drive to be someone in particular, pursued by talking it through, and by keeping several options open.

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

  2. Moon in Pisces · house 8

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it, pursued permeably, absorbing more than is strictly useful.

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

  3. Mercury in Taurus · house 10

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

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

  4. Venus in Taurus · house 10

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

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

  5. Mars in Aquarius · house 7

    The capacity to want something and go at it, pursued at a deliberate distance, on principle more than on feeling.

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

  6. Jupiter in Leo · house 12

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

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

  7. Saturn in Gemini · house 11

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

    Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

  8. Uranus in Pisces · house 7

    The impulse to break a pattern that still works, pursued permeably, absorbing more than is strictly useful.

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

  9. Neptune in Aquarius · house 6

    The pull toward what has no edges, 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.

  10. Pluto in Sagittarius · house 5

    What will not be negotiated with, only survived, 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.

  11. True Node in Taurus · house 10

    The direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into, pursued by accumulating, and by refusing to be hurried.

    In the public record of a life.

  12. Chiron in Capricorn · house 6

    The injury that becomes a competence, pursued patiently, on the assumption that the return will be slow.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  13. Lilith in Taurus · house 10

    What was refused, and refuses in turn, pursued slowly, and with a strong preference for what can be held.

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

The tightest aspects

  1. Mercury Jupiter · square, orb 0.08°

    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.

  2. Mercury Lilith · conjunction, orb 0.22°

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on and what was refused, and refuses in turn are fused, and cannot easily be told apart.

    Neither can act without the other coming along.

  3. Saturn MC Midheaven · sextile, orb 0.16°

    The encounter with limit, and what is built against it and the direction a life is aimed in public assist each other when asked.

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

  4. Jupiter Lilith · square, orb 0.31°

    The appetite for more room than is currently available and what was refused, and refuses in turn obstruct each other.

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

  5. Sun Uranus · square, orb 0.87°

    The drive to be someone in particular 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.

  6. Neptune AC Ascendant · opposition, orb 0.98°

    The pull toward what has no edges 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.

How these readings are put together →