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William Gilbert (physicist)

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24 May 1544 · 14:20 Europe/London
Colchester, United Kingdom · 51.89°N 0.90°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 9

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

    In long journeys, foreign places, law and belief.

  2. Moon in Pisces · house 5

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

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

  3. Mercury in Taurus · house 8

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

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

  4. Venus in Aries · house 7

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near, pursued head-on and at speed, with very little rehearsal.

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

  5. Mars in Capricorn · house 4

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

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

  6. Jupiter in Scorpio · house 2

    The appetite for more room than is currently available, pursued quietly, thoroughly, and without showing the working.

    In what you own, earn, and consider worth having.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  7. Saturn in Scorpio · house 2

    The encounter with limit, and what is built against it, pursued by going all the way in, or not at all.

    In resources, and in what is judged valuable.

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  8. Uranus in Virgo · house 11

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

    Among friends, allies, and collective hopes.

  9. Neptune in Aries · house 7

    The pull toward what has no edges, pursued by starting, and worrying about the shape of it later.

    Across the table, wherever there is another party.

  10. Pluto in Aquarius · house 5

    What will not be negotiated with, only survived, pursued at a deliberate distance, on principle more than on feeling.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  11. True Node in Capricorn · house 4

    The direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into, pursued by building something that will outlast the effort.

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

    Retrograde — read as the same principle turned inward.

  12. Chiron in Taurus · house 8

    The injury that becomes a competence, pursued at its own pace, and not at anyone else's.

    In the joint account — debt, intimacy, inheritance.

  13. Lilith in Gemini · house 9

    What was refused, and refuses in turn, pursued restlessly, gathering more than it can use.

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

The tightest aspects

  1. Jupiter Chiron · opposition, orb 0.11°

    The appetite for more room than is currently available 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.

  2. True Node Chiron · trine, orb 0.14°

    The direction a life is pulled toward rather than born into and the injury that becomes a competence run together easily.

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

  3. Jupiter True Node · sextile, orb 0.25°

    The appetite for more room than is currently available 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.

  4. Venus True Node · square, orb 0.68°

    What is found agreeable, and how it is drawn near 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.

  5. Moon Mars · sextile, orb 0.94°

    The need for safety, and the habits that supply it and the capacity to want something and go at it assist each other when asked.

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

  6. Neptune Lilith · sextile, orb 0.89°

    The pull toward what has no edges and what was refused, and refuses in turn assist each other when asked.

    Available rather than automatic — it takes a deliberate move.

How these readings are put together →