Natal reading · Placidus
You’ll discover your reading over several visits. One sentence will probably strike you before the others: each passage is shaded by the ones around it, and it’s the overall view that draws your portrait. Read it all, let it settle, and come back in a few weeks; the reading sharpens with time.
Read blind: the model received only the sky chart, not the name, the place or the biography.
Visible flame, deep water
You stay calm for a long time, then an idea brings you to your feet.
- You observe a lot and say little, until a cause touches something you believe in.
- A bedrock confidence comes back to you after hard times, and it feeds your love life and your finances alike.
- Faced with an obstacle, you outlast the people around you, and your voice makes others want to follow you.
The tensionYou want solid ties and clear accounts, but your quick reactions and your obligations to others complicate both.
Elements
Modes
Hemispheres
Fire (37%) and water (32%) dominate, with 51% of your placements in mutable signs. Jupiter leads the chart, and two groups of three planets face each other, in the 2nd and 8th houses.
Your worth versus your shared bonds
Confidence : strong
What you earn on your own and what you share often end in a power struggle.
At a community group meeting, someone makes a decision about the shared funds without you, and you get up to take back control. Pluto, your relationship to power, sits at 2° Cancer in the 8th house and opposes your Sun in the 2nd house within 6°. So people and situations try to dominate you, and the same struggle keeps coming back. see Personalitysee Money
Nuance Three of your planets in the 2nd house make you count on what's yours, and three others in the 8th house tie you to what also belongs to other people. That's why you sometimes walk into the fight on your own, to settle who holds what. see Money
Try this Pick one power struggle you're in right now and write down what you want to win from it. If you can't come up with anything, walk away for good.
This tug-of-war has an engine, and Mars, which drives your chart, shows where that force comes from. see Personality
A reserve that eventually catches fire
Confidence : strong
People take you for reserved, then you defend an idea and everything catches fire.
At a family dinner, you listen for a long time without letting anything show. Then someone attacks an idea that matters to you, and the temperature in the room changes. Mars, the way you act, rules your , the sign rising at your birth, at 23° Scorpio, and it acts out in the open from 28° Leo in the 9th house, the house of convictions. see Inner life
Nuance Your night birth puts Mars, the of your Ascendant, on your side, and its within 2.5° to your Sun, your identity, at 26° Sagittarius, unites who you are with what you dare to do. But the from Jupiter, within 5.5°, pushes you to overpromise. see Inner life
Try this Go to someone you usually go quiet around and make one frank request, in a single sentence, without promising anything you can't deliver.
Mars also squares your Moon, and that's where your moods come into play. see Emotions
Confidence underneath, retaliation on the surface
Confidence : strong
Your confidence always returns, but your emotions quickly turn into lashing out at the people closest to you.
The morning after a fight, you wake up with no grudge and go knock on the other person's door. Jupiter, at home in Pisces at 20° in the 4th house, the house of roots, gives you a confidence that keeps replenishing itself. On the surface, your Moon, your moods, at 0° Gemini, looks for its bearings in how other people see you. see Inner life
Nuance Its to Mars, within 2°, quickly turns a feeling into a counterattack, and fights with the people close to you keep coming back as long as that reflex is in charge. Letting an hour go by makes a big difference. The to Neptune, within 1°, softens the picture, because you pick up on what goes unsaid. see Personalitysee Inner life
Try this After your next fight with someone close to you, wait an hour, then give them a small present chosen just for them, and ask for nothing. see Inner life
Your Moon also lives in your 7th house, so your moods walk straight into the way you love. see Love
Wanting solidity, falling for surprise
Confidence : strong
You love seriously and generously, even though surprise tempts you and some bonds weigh on you.
On the third date, you ask the other person about their plans for the next five years. Venus, the way you love, at 20° Capricorn, forms a to Jupiter within one degree, and you give your best when someone builds with you. Your , at 23° Taurus, gives you a taste for solid, dependable people. see Inner life
Nuance Your Moon in the 7th house, Mars, also draws you to lively, changeable people. And Saturn opposes Venus within 6° from the 8th house, so some bonds outlast the good they do you, held in place by debt or duty. see Emotionssee Personalitysee Worksee Money
Try this Invite the person who matters most to you to a beautifully set table, and that evening, tell each other what each of you owes the other.
Saturn, which weighs on your bonds, also looks at your , where your calling plays out. see Work
A quick tongue in search of a method
Confidence : medium
Your words land fast and hard, but your mistakes show up when you don't reread.
At the office, you win over the whole team in five minutes, then someone finds an error in your numbers. Mercury, your thinking, rules your at 12° Virgo, which demands precision. Yet it's in at 28° Sagittarius and , 2° from the Sun, so it prefers the big picture to the details. see Personality
Nuance Its to Mars, within one degree, makes your words land fast and hard. But Saturn, your constraints, in detriment and at 14° Cancer, weighs on the contracts you depend on. Its to the Midheaven, within 1.5°, makes room for a career built through patient alliances. see Personality
Try this Hand your next important letter to the pickiest person you know, and let them correct it before you send it.
This trine between Mercury and Mars also feeds what comes to you most easily. see Personality
Holding on when others give up
Confidence : strong
Adversity wakes you up, and your presence carries along whoever's listening.
On the track, the others slow down on the last lap, and you speed up because someone doubted you. Mars sits just past the , in the zone where the statistician Michel Gauquelin found a tendency among people who excel at physical effort and combat. see Personalitysee Work
Nuance Fire, at 37%, gives you drive, and water, at 32%, gives you sensitivity. Mutable signs, at 51%, help you adapt, but they leave you little taste for routine. see Signature
Try this Sign up for a specific event, in sports or public speaking, the one you think is out of your reach, and see it through to the end. see Personality
Your Sun in the 2nd house links what you can do with what you believe you're worth. see Personalitysee Money
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Effort and competition
You hold on long after others give up, and you show what you're made of when an opponent pushes you.
- competitive sports
- martial arts
- mountaineering
- leading a difficult project
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Expression and the stage
You have presence and your words carry people with you, especially when you talk about what you believe in.
- theater
- speech competitions
- courtroom advocacy
- radio hosting
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Exchange and teaching
You learn by talking with people, and you love getting an idea across to those who've never heard it.
- teaching
- journalism
- leading workshops
- translation
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Care and listening
Behind your fighting strength, you sense what other people keep to themselves, and your presence calms them.
- volunteering on a support line
- helping older adults
- tutoring
- neighborhood mediation
Money that returns, accounts that blur
Confidence : medium
Money comes back to you, but you don't always know whose it is.
You lend money to a cousin without keeping track, and a few weeks later, an aunt finds you a small contract. Jupiter, ruler of your 2nd house, the house of resources, is your strongest planet, so money tends to come back through family and people close to you. What you earn also bears on what you believe you're worth. see Inner life
Nuance In the 8th house, the house of debts, Saturn weighs things down, Neptune blurs them, Pluto brings power into the mix, and money passes through without your knowing whose it is. Your , at 18° Gemini, Jupiter within 1.5°, brings your opportunities through the people you meet, with the risk of expecting too much from them. see Worksee Inner lifesee Tension
Try this Before your next group trip, write on a single page who pays for what and who owes what to whom.
Jupiter, ruler of your 2nd house, also governs your faith, and that's what comes next. see Inner life
A faith proven through action
Confidence : medium
You believe by acting, and creating feeds your spirit as much as it entertains you.
One evening by a lake, you feel for no reason that everything will be fine, and the next day you defend that certainty to a friend who has doubts. Jupiter, your confidence, gives you a faith that's felt more than reasoned. Mars, which occupies your 9th house and rules your 12th, the house of what's hidden, makes you believe by acting. see Personality
Nuance Neptune, your dreaming, at 2° Leo in the 8th house, blurs what you share. But the , a point from Hellenistic astrology, at 28° Aries in the 5th house, Mercury and Mars within one degree, makes creative work your spiritual practice. see Worksee Personalitysee Money
Try this Just once, teach someone younger, on your street or in your family, the thing you believe in most.
Your 9th house also holds your , the starting point of the path that follows. see Path
From personal fire to shared fire
Confidence : medium
You grow when your fire serves someone besides you.
In a theater workshop, you take up all the spotlight, and the play only comes alive when you give the line to your scene partner. Your , at 10° Leo in the 9th house, marks your starting point, the need for admiration. Your , at 10° Aquarius in the 3rd house, shows the direction, ideas that get shared. see Inner life
Nuance Uranus, your appetite for the new, at 13° Aquarius, 2.5° from the North Node, pushes you toward your peers, and its to the , within one degree, adds unexpected turns. But Mars, in the sign of your South Node, keeps your taste for shining alive. see Worksee Personality
Try this Join a specific group in your neighborhood and, at its next meeting, argue for someone else's idea and leave your own out of it.
Uranus isn't alone in breaking out of the frame, since your Moon and Mercury go . see Emotionssee Worksee Worth noting
Moods outside the lines
Confidence : medium
Your moods break out of every mold, and yet your birth asks you for patience.
In the middle of a birthday party, your mood shifts all at once and nobody understands what's happening to you. Your Moon is , farther from the celestial equator than the Sun ever goes, so your moods run intense and unconventional. Mercury is out of bounds too, and your thinking has trouble following other people's methods. see Emotionssee Worksee Personality
Nuance This excess meets its , because you were born on a day and at an hour of Saturn, as if to drive home the lesson of patience. Your moods overflow, and the sky of your birth asks you to go the distance. see Worksee Emotions
Try this Have someone close to you over to your kitchen, make them a simple dish, and tell them about a mood you usually hide. see Emotions
Saturn already tested this patience in your early years, as the turning points below show. see Work
Your appetite for a fight explains your presence, your counterattacks on the people close to you, and your strength when the effort gets hard. Your reserve of confidence explains your generosity in love, the money that comes back to you, and your faith. And one question runs through your debts, your contracts, and your attachments, namely what each person keeps and at what price. Your path, then, is to hold on to this fire and offer it to a group, while looking the accounts squarely in the eye.
Strengths
- PersonalityPeople take you for reserved, then you defend an idea and everything catches fire.
- LoveYou love seriously and generously, even though surprise tempts you and some bonds weigh on you.
- TalentsAdversity wakes you up, and your presence carries along whoever's listening.
- Inner lifeYou believe by acting, and creating feeds your spirit as much as it entertains you.
- PathYou grow when your fire serves someone besides you.
Vulnerabilities
- TensionWhat you earn on your own and what you share often end in a power struggle.
- EmotionsYour confidence always returns, but your emotions quickly turn into lashing out at the people closest to you.
- WorkYour words land fast and hard, but your mistakes show up when you don't reread.
- MoneyMoney comes back to you, but you don't always know whose it is.
- Worth notingYour moods break out of every mold, and yet your birth asks you for patience.
Your fire shows its full strength when you choose your battles and put it to work for other people.
Three actions
- Pick a specific evening and sing or play a tune for someone you love.
- Sort through a box of old papers and throw out whatever you're keeping purely out of loyalty.
- Make an anonymous gift to someone in your neighborhood, and expect nothing in return.
Unlikely
- A career in a straight line, with no unexpected turns.
- Close relationships without a single fight, as long as your comeback fires before you've had time to think.
- A life free of power struggles, where nobody tries to get the upper hand on you.
Going deeper
The detailed reading: the turning points of your past, your current chapter, the milestones ahead and the calculations.
What your chart says about your past
Since 1930 · read them in the light of what you have lived
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1931–1932Relying on yourself very early medium
You had to rely on yourself sooner than expected. A , a current planet's passage over your chart, sets Saturn in to its natal position, then a New Moon, where one day counts for one year, opens a cycle in Capricorn.
Saturn opposite itself (natal) · Progressed Moon: new phase · ing-saturn-capricorn-1932
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1933The way you fight medium
The way you fight was put to the test. A solar on August 21, 1933, hits your Mars, and Chiron passes over your Moon, which also stirs up how you react to the people close to you.
Solar eclipse on Mars · Chiron conjunct Moon
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1934Your place grows hazy strong
Your place in the world grew hazy, and perhaps wider too. Saturn your on March 22, 1934, Neptune reaches your on September 18, and , which moves your chart forward, reaches it as well.
Saturn square Ascendant · Neptune conjunct Midheaven · Ascendant directed square Midheaven
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1935Obstacles in your way strong
Your drive ran into obstacles and your morale may have dropped. Saturn opposes your Mars on February 5, 1935, enters Pisces on the 15th, then your Moon on the 25th.
Saturn opposite Mars · ing-saturn-pisces-1935 · Saturn square Moon
The end of a long duty
Confidence : medium
Reference: 1935-10-01 · age 19
You're finishing a long stretch of duty, and your shared commitments call for clarity.
One evening, you're sorting through family papers and you discover what you owe. This year brings you back to what gets shared. Profection, which assigns each year to a house, puts you in the 8th house counted by sign, under Mercury, and the , an old way of dividing up a life, close their Saturn period on December 19, 1935. see Moneysee Work
Nuance Your life stays out of view, because , which divides a life into peak times and quiet times, keeps you in Taurus, the twelfth sign from your , until August 20, 1938. But Neptune forms a to your Saturn within one degree, and your duties gain some room to dream. see Moneysee Inner lifesee Work
Try this Your , at 24° Aquarius in the 3rd house, is looking for words, so write a letter to the person you share a commitment with and tell them what you expect from them. see Path
Until 1956
- 1935-12
Twelve years under Jupiter strong inner life
You could find your drive and confidence again. On December 19, 1935, the firdaria move to Jupiter, your strongest planet, for twelve years.
Firdaria: period of Jupiter
- 1937-03
Your footing wobbles strong career
Your sources of support could wobble and your opportunities could take on a new look. Saturn squares your Sun on March 26, 1937, then an eclipse hits your Lot of Fortune on June 8.
Saturn square Sun · Solar eclipse on Lot of Fortune
- 1938-08
A role that fits you strong career
You could move from a life out of view into a role that fits who you are. On August 20, 1938, zodiacal releasing enters Gemini, the sign of your Fortune, until May 7, 1958.
Releasing: Gemini period
- 1940-10
Your identity takes new shape strong inner life
Your sense of who you are could change at its foundations. Neptune squares your Sun on October 16, 1940, and Uranus opposes your Ascendant on November 25.
Neptune square Sun · Uranus opposite Ascendant
- 1942-05
The great shake-up in your bonds strong inner life
Your bonds could be turned upside down, and you'd need to leave certain attachments without mistaking a breakup for freedom. Saturn reaches your Moon on May 19, 1942, Uranus follows on January 4, 1943, and Saturn opposes your Sun on October 31, 1943.
Saturn conjunct Moon · Uranus conjunct Moon · Saturn opposite Sun
- 1945-07
Taking stock of your commitments strong inner life
You could take stock of your commitments and keep what still holds. Your Saturn return falls on July 2, 1945.
Saturn conjunct itself (natal)
- 1947-12
What was planted comes up strong career
What was planted in 1932 could come into view, and action would take the lead again, with some rivalry. Mars opens seven years of firdaria on December 19, 1947, and the progressed Full Moon falls on February 29, 1948.
Firdaria: period of Mars · Progressed Moon: full phase · Uranus opposite Sun
- 1950-05
Reputation and its burdens strong career
You could reap the reputation you've built, along with its burdens. Saturn arrives at your Midheaven on May 27, 1950.
Saturn conjunct Midheaven
- 1953-02
The peak and its price strong career
You could reach the high point of your public life, at a certain cost. Zodiacal releasing places this peak from February 2, 1953, to January 28, 1954, then Pluto squares your Ascendant on July 15, 1954.
Releasing: peak in Pisces · Pluto square Ascendant
- 1955-11
Choosing your last battles strong inner life
Your old ways of fighting may stop being enough, and you'd need to choose your battles. Saturn passes back over your Ascendant on November 17, 1955, zodiacal releasing changes course on December 19, and Pluto reaches your Mars on September 2, 1956.
Saturn conjunct Ascendant · Releasing: loosing of the bond (Sagittarius) · Pluto conjunct Mars
Appendix: calculations and conventions
| Body | Position | House | Dignity | Decl. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | 26°12' Sagittarius | 2 | peregrine | -23.4° |
| Moon | 0°58' Gemini | 7 | peregrine | 24.34° out of bounds |
| Mercury | 28°00' Sagittarius | 2 | detriment | -25.01° out of bounds |
| Venus | 20°29' Capricorn | 2 | -23.4° | |
| Mars | 28°50' Leo | 9 | 14.71° | |
| Jupiter | 20°34' Pisces | 4 | domicile | -4.93° |
| Saturn ℞ | 14°21' Cancer | 8 | detriment | 22.17° |
| Uranus | 13°04' Aquarius | 3 | domicile | -17.53° |
| Neptune ℞ | 2°10' Leo | 8 | 19.38° | |
| Pluto ℞ | 2°24' Cancer | 8 | 18.19° | |
| North Node | 10°25' Aquarius | 3 | ||
| South Node | 10°25' Leo | 9 | ||
| Chiron | 18°17' Pisces | 4 | ||
| Lilith | 23°53' Gemini | 7 | ||
| Lot of Fortune | 18°52' Gemini | 7 | ||
| Lot of Spirit | 28°24' Aries | 5 | ||
| Lot of Eros | 1°33' Pisces | 3 | ||
| Lot of Necessity | 2°45' Gemini | 7 | ||
| Lot of Courage | 3°35' Aquarius | 2 | ||
| Lot of Victory | 1°28' Capricorn | 2 | ||
| Lot of Nemesis | 19°07' Sagittarius | 1 | ||
| Ceres | 16°12' Taurus | 6 | ||
| Pallas | 17°55' Pisces | 4 | ||
| Juno | 15°28' Scorpio | 12 | ||
| Vesta | 11°55' Libra | 10 | ||
| ASC | 23°38' Scorpio | |||
| MC | 12°41' Virgo | |||
| DSC | 23°38' Taurus | |||
| IC | 12°41' Pisces |
| Body | Score | Dignity | Sect | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | 0 | contrary | ||
| Moon | -5 | peregrine | of sect | |
| Mercury | -10 | detriment, peregrine | of sect | combust |
| Venus | +2 | of sect | hayz | |
| Mars | +3 | of sect | ||
| Jupiter | +5 | domicile | contrary | |
| Saturn | -10 | detriment, peregrine | contrary | ℞ |
| Sun – Mercury | conjunction | orb 1.79° · separating |
| Sun – Mars | trine | orb 2.62° · applying |
| Sun – Jupiter | square | orb 5.64° · separating |
| Sun – Pluto | opposition | orb 6.19° · applying |
| Moon – Mars | square | orb 2.14° · separating |
| Moon – Neptune | sextile | orb 1.21° · applying |
| Mercury – Mars | trine | orb 0.83° · applying |
| Mercury – Pluto | opposition | orb 4.4° · applying |
| Venus – Jupiter | sextile | orb 0.08° · applying |
| Venus – Saturn | opposition | orb 6.14° · separating |
| Mars – Pluto | sextile | orb 3.56° · applying |
| Jupiter – Saturn | trine | orb 6.22° · separating |
| Venus – ASC | sextile | orb 3.15° |
| Jupiter – ASC | trine | orb 3.07° |
| Saturn – MC | sextile | orb 1.66° |
| Chiron – Jupiter | conjunction | orb 2.29° |
| Lilith – Sun | opposition | orb 2.32° |
| Lot of Fortune – Jupiter | square | orb 1.69° |
| Lot of Spirit – Mercury | trine | orb 0.4° |
| Lot of Spirit – Mars | trine | orb 0.43° |
| Lot of Necessity – Moon | conjunction | orb 1.79° |
| Lot of Courage – Neptune | opposition | orb 1.42° |
| Lot of Victory – Pluto | opposition | orb 0.92° |
| – Uranus | conjunction | orb 2.66° |
| Sun – Uranus | semi-square | orb 1.87° |
| Moon – Mercury | quincunx | orb 2.97° |
| Moon – Saturn | semi-square | orb 1.62° |
| Moon – Pluto | semi-sextile | orb 1.43° |
| Mercury – Uranus | semi-square | orb 0.08° |
| Mars – Saturn | semi-square | orb 0.52° |
| Saturn – Uranus | quincunx | orb 1.28° |
| Neptune – Pluto | semi-sextile | orb 0.22° |
| Uranus – MC | quincunx | orb 0.38° |
| Sun – Moon | opposition (aspects by sign) | 25.24° |
| Moon – Mercury | opposition (aspects by sign) | 27.03° |
| Moon – Jupiter | square (aspects by sign) | 19.6° |
| Mercury – Jupiter | square (aspects by sign) | 7.43° |
- Birth sky
- day of Saturn, hour of Saturn · ☉ -24.5°
- Phases around birth
- none
- Moon
- waxing · moves to square Jupiter, sextile Mars
- Sect
- Night chart · prenatal syzygy : new moon · 13°33' Sagittarius
- Almuten
- Ascendant : Mars · MC : Mercury · chart : Jupiter
- Receptions
- none
- Final dispositor
- Jupiter
- Patterns
- stellium (Sun, Mercury, Venus) · stellium (Saturn, Neptune, Pluto) · pattern orb 8°
- Aspect orbs
- conjunction and opposition 8°, square and trine 6°, sextile 4°; +2° with the Sun or Moon
- Dignities
- Dorothean triplicities, Egyptian terms, Chaldean faces
- Progressions
- secondary (one day = one year), MC by solar arc
- Solar arcs
- arc = progressed Sun − natal Sun; hard aspects, orb 0.1°
- Transits
- Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto (hard aspects, orb 1°), Chiron (return and conjunctions)
- Zodiacal releasing
- from Spirit; 360-day years; peaks at the 10th sign from Fortune; loosing of the bond
- Firdaria
- order by sect, 365.25-day years, seven sub-periods
- Eclipses
- conjunction within 3° of the Sun, Moon, Ascendant, MC, chart ruler or Fortune
- Time ±5 min
- Asc 22°43' Scorpio → 24°33' Scorpio · MC 11°20' Virgo → 14°02' Virgo · Lot of Fortune 17°58' Gemini → 19°47' Gemini · Lot of Spirit 27°29' Aries → 29°19' Aries