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Stephen A. Douglas

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Stephen A. Douglas

23 April 1813 · 11:50 America/New_York
Brandon, Florida, United States · 27.94°N 82.29°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 Aquarius · house 7

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

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

  3. Mercury in Aries · house 10

    The way a mind takes things in and hands them on, pursued head-on and at speed, with very little rehearsal.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  4. Venus in Aries · house 10

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near, pursued by starting, and worrying about the shape of it later.

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

  5. Mars in Capricorn · house 6

    The capacity to want something and go at it, pursued patiently, on the assumption that the return will be slow.

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

  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 Capricorn · house 6

    The encounter with limit, and what is built against it, pursued by building something that will outlast the effort.

    In routine, craft, and keeping the machine running.

  8. Uranus in Scorpio · house 5

    The impulse to break a pattern that still works, pursued quietly, thoroughly, and without showing the working.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  9. Neptune in Sagittarius · house 5

    The pull toward what has no edges, 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.

  10. Pluto in Pisces · house 8

    What will not be negotiated with, only survived, pursued permeably, absorbing more than is strictly useful.

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

  11. True Node in Leo · house 1

    The direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into, pursued warmly, and on a slightly larger scale than required.

    In bearing and first impression.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  12. Chiron in Pisces · house 8

    The injury that becomes a competence, pursued by dissolving the edges of the problem.

    In the joint account — debt, intimacy, inheritance.

  13. Lilith in Scorpio · house 4

    What was refused, and refuses in turn, pursued quietly, thoroughly, and without showing the working.

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

The tightest aspects

  1. Mercury AC Ascendant · square, orb 0.44°

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

  2. Jupiter AC Ascendant · conjunction, orb 0.64°

    The appetite for more room than is currently available 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.

  3. Moon Jupiter · opposition, orb 1.04°

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it and the appetite for more room than is currently available face each other across the chart.

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

  4. True Node Lilith · square, orb 0.72°

    The direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into 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. Saturn Pluto · sextile, orb 0.73°

    The encounter with limit, and what is built against it and what will not be negotiated with, only survived assist each other when asked.

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

  6. Mars Pluto · sextile, orb 0.81°

    The capacity to want something and go at it and what will not be negotiated with, only survived assist each other when asked.

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

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