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Posting this mainly for posterity and linking purposes. Good friend offered to interpret my birth chart for me, which I always find much more interesting and useful than the generic website results. Full of tl;dr unless you're actually interested.
Rising Sign is in 12 Degrees Libra.
Sun is in 01 Degrees Aries.
Moon is in 27 Degrees Virgo.
Mercury is in 18 Degrees Pisces.
Venus is in 27 Degrees Pisces.
Mars is in 06 Degrees Gemini.
Jupiter is in 01 Degrees Gemini.
Saturn is in 13 Degrees Capricorn.
Uranus is in 05 Degrees Capricorn.
Neptune is in 12 Degrees Capricorn.
Pluto is in 14 Degrees Scorpio.
N. Node is in 04 Degrees Pisces.
ileah says, "well uh i would translate this horoscope in general as someone with a lot of conflicting inner tides"
Novelty says, "k"
ileah says, "there's almost equal amounts of air, water, and earth, and the ONLY fire sign is your birth sign, but it's first"
ileah says, "so it's like OMG HURRY UP AND *tries to split into three parts*"
ileah says, "also it's barely aries which is called a 'cusp', which can be meaningless, but you're almost a pisces, and with mercury and venus in pisces it is probs an influence"
Novelty says, "ok"
ileah says, "soo basically what the sun/moon/rising are saying, is you are impetuous and headstrong with strong attachment/pull towards things like fairness, intellect, details, and communication"
Novelty says, "...that works"
ileah says, "but now i kind of agree with the autogenerated reading because it's like... you could choose to be any of these things with equal ease"
ileah says, "i imagine this actually causes you difficulty in trying to figure out what to do"
Novelty says, "i waver wildly just trying to fill out these stupid personality tests >:("
ileah says, "the entire thing is like... should i be stubborn or should i be deep and emotional or should i be detached and intellectual"
ileah says, "and all these things are strong, almost equally so"
Novelty says, "Erf"
ileah says, "aries sun basically means that whichever you pick, you're going all the way"
ileah says, "you might think this sounds generic, but like, i'm a gemini, so i don't go all the way on p much anything"
Novelty nod
Novelty knows *you're* not giving generic answers :P
ileah says, "hehe"
ileah says, "it's hard to justify astrology (actually it's impossible) but i just know i can look at these things and it works"
Novelty says, "I have heard one tends to start in a sign and grow into another though i forget which ones"
ileah says, "don't tell my boyfriend, richard dawkins, he'll break up with me :("
Novelty says, ":( secret is safe"
ileah says, "generally people start in the sun sign (that's the 'birth sign') but can grow into the moon or rising, or not"
ileah says, "often people will realize they feel ways indicated by the moon/rising as they go through life but may not necessarily do anything about it"
Novelty nod
ileah says, "id translate mercury in pisces as you have very profound and deep things to communicate but have a lot of trouble with it"
Novelty says, "I always read these things or try to answer them and p much always go 'well SOMETIMES' but i can very rarely say I GENERALLY behave in a particular way"
Novelty says, "oh talking hard :("
ileah says, "and it tends to come out distorted or confused, but YOU know what you mean"
ileah says, "it's sort of a poetic combination too, the things you want to say are really meaningful"
ileah says, "but it's contradictory, mercury rules air (communication, external) and pisces is the strongest water sign (internal, feelings and stuff) and plus pisces is a double-sign, meaning that it has two ways of being at all times"
Novelty says, ">.<"
ileah says, "like ocean currents go one way further underwater and another way at the surface"
Novelty nod
ileah says, "does that sound like a useful interpretation"
Novelty says, "actually acknowledging that it's contradictory helps a lot"
Novelty says, "since i never particularly want to identify with a way of describing myself, but results that blithely report five different things without explaining how they interact are frustrating, not illuminating"
ileah says, "yeah seriously"
ileah says, "well this is why, because you basically have three major parts of your personality and they're all about equal in strength"
Novelty says, "the aries sign is basically controlling how far i take them?"
Novelty says, "I've always felt like a very poor Aries"
ileah says, "it more controls which one you pick at the time"
Novelty says, "Aggressive & competitive and i tend to avoid those things"
Novelty nod
ileah says, "which, since aries the strongest fire sign, can be v impetuous and not necessarily make sense"
ileah says, "and it probably urges you to pick whatever seems really cool/enjoyable at the time"
Novelty nodnod
ileah says, "libra/virgo as your other two birth signs make you feel bad about that tho"
ileah says, "and all like BUT I SHOULD DO SENSIBLE THINGS"
ileah says, "and make you spend a lot of time arguing with yourself"
Novelty says, ">.>"
ileah says, "libra and virgo are both air, both very concerned with details and with understanding all facets and aspects of things"
Novelty says, "Ok"
ileah says, "venus is also in pisces so that means when you are into something/someone you are soooooooooooooo in, like so far in you dont' know if you'll ever come out again"
Novelty <.< >.>
ileah says, "but it can be love/hate because pisces is like that"
ileah says, "mars is in gemini which means you'll do your fighting with words, but who/what you're fighting about is not very constant"
ileah says, "can switch around and it seems very natural"
Novelty nod
ileah says, "also that you'll like people who are communicative and intellectual (i dont' know any of those)"
Aerynvale says, "Okay done talking to Jac."
Aerynvale says, "I see we are engaged in astrology."
Novelty says, "we are it's v interesting and a little bit creepy"
Aerynvale says, "As you see, Leah is very knowledgable."
Novelty says, "Leah read mine for me once years ago and it kinda freaked me out"
Aerynvale says, "Are you freaked out some more?"
Novelty says, "Yes but it's a good freaked out because i like when things make sense"
ileah says, "jupiter is also in gemini, which i take to mean that your luck and wealth (which jupiter rules) will come from communication and other air things (travel, intellect), but jupiter is pretty heavy to weigh on gemini and i think the luck will not be reliable, can flip around without warning"
ileah says, "i have a terrible luck sign myself"
ileah says, "which is why i don't gamble"
Novelty hates the idea of gambling actually
ileah says, "can't control it amirite?"
Novelty says, "what does it mean that my luck 'comes' from communication/travel/intellect"
ileah says, "fire and air signs often LOVE to gamble"
Novelty says, "well yeah why would i chuck away my stuff :("
Novelty says, "put my money on a game that isn't even fun and then lose it, i'd rather blow it all on an amusement park"
ileah says, "it means that things will go well for you if, like, you get into showbiz or start a blog or something"
Novelty says, "what is the point of gambling except to make more money but it's an AWFUL way to make money so NO"
ileah says, "something that's ruled by gemini, thus air-based things"
Novelty says, "ok"
ileah says, "it'll come naturally at least"
ileah says, "saturn/uranus/neptune all in capricorn, lol"
ileah says, "capricorn's a sign i dont understand well, but it's an earth sign, and saturn is its ruler (that makes it a v strong influence because planet in sign it rules), uranus and neptune are both water planets"
Novelty says, "OK"
ileah says, "i dont really know how to read that, but i'd say generally it means you feel things intensely deeply, that it's easy for you to get depressed, and that pragmatism is really important to you, although it can slip away from you and you find yourself kind of floundering around in a huge quagmire of dark emotions"
ileah says, "and you want to use practicality/pragmatism/realism to steady yourself out of that kind of phase but it's hard"
Novelty says, "oh yeah"
ileah says, "pluto's a generational planet, it rules scorpio, so it just makes all of the above way stronger, and more difficult to get out of when you're in the throes of water emotions"
Novelty says, "huzzah"
ileah says, "sooooo that's what i'd say!"
Novelty says, "thank you :)"
ileah says, "i have no opinions on how you should live your life based on all this"
Novelty says, "would you expect to have opinions or is that standard disclaimer"
ileah says, "one of the reasons people get charts read is they think it will help them find a direction in life"
ileah says, "i think that's kind of retarded"
ileah says, "people should do whatever they want, tho for what it's worth i think you have a horoscope well suited to doing several things well"
ileah says, "uhh, tho tbh i also think it makes you vulnerable to things that aren't good for you, you find them compelling"
Novelty cough
Novelty says, "Please don't hesitate to point those things out"
ileah says, "so my one piece of advice is don't get involved with them because it'll be very difficult to break away"
Novelty is ok with uncomfortable truths here
ileah says, "hehe ok"
ileah says, "try to err on the pragmatic side as opposed to the passionate side"
ileah says, "the passionate side is plenty strong enough and i don't think you need to worry about being overly practical"
Novelty says, "Ok"
Novelty diligently saving this
ileah says, "oh snap now i have accountability"
Novelty says, "er, i was gonna post this so i could link it to someone who is trying to learn how to read em, do you mind or should i lock/change names/just email idk"
Novelty says, "lol i am not gonna come back and be like YOU WERE WRONG >:("
ileah says, "i don't mind, tho i wouldn't rely overmuch on this to learn how to read horoscopes, i've spent a lot of time with two particular books"
ileah says, "one of which is super hermetic and deals exclusively with how planets weigh against each other"
Novelty says, "i suspect she is mostly curious to see examples, and to compare your reading to what she'd have gotten"
ileah says, "ok well np in any case"
Rising Sign is in 12 Degrees Libra.
Sun is in 01 Degrees Aries.
Moon is in 27 Degrees Virgo.
Mercury is in 18 Degrees Pisces.
Venus is in 27 Degrees Pisces.
Mars is in 06 Degrees Gemini.
Jupiter is in 01 Degrees Gemini.
Saturn is in 13 Degrees Capricorn.
Uranus is in 05 Degrees Capricorn.
Neptune is in 12 Degrees Capricorn.
Pluto is in 14 Degrees Scorpio.
N. Node is in 04 Degrees Pisces.
ileah says, "well uh i would translate this horoscope in general as someone with a lot of conflicting inner tides"
Novelty says, "k"
ileah says, "there's almost equal amounts of air, water, and earth, and the ONLY fire sign is your birth sign, but it's first"
ileah says, "so it's like OMG HURRY UP AND *tries to split into three parts*"
ileah says, "also it's barely aries which is called a 'cusp', which can be meaningless, but you're almost a pisces, and with mercury and venus in pisces it is probs an influence"
Novelty says, "ok"
ileah says, "soo basically what the sun/moon/rising are saying, is you are impetuous and headstrong with strong attachment/pull towards things like fairness, intellect, details, and communication"
Novelty says, "...that works"
ileah says, "but now i kind of agree with the autogenerated reading because it's like... you could choose to be any of these things with equal ease"
ileah says, "i imagine this actually causes you difficulty in trying to figure out what to do"
Novelty says, "i waver wildly just trying to fill out these stupid personality tests >:("
ileah says, "the entire thing is like... should i be stubborn or should i be deep and emotional or should i be detached and intellectual"
ileah says, "and all these things are strong, almost equally so"
Novelty says, "Erf"
ileah says, "aries sun basically means that whichever you pick, you're going all the way"
ileah says, "you might think this sounds generic, but like, i'm a gemini, so i don't go all the way on p much anything"
Novelty nod
Novelty knows *you're* not giving generic answers :P
ileah says, "hehe"
ileah says, "it's hard to justify astrology (actually it's impossible) but i just know i can look at these things and it works"
Novelty says, "I have heard one tends to start in a sign and grow into another though i forget which ones"
ileah says, "don't tell my boyfriend, richard dawkins, he'll break up with me :("
Novelty says, ":( secret is safe"
ileah says, "generally people start in the sun sign (that's the 'birth sign') but can grow into the moon or rising, or not"
ileah says, "often people will realize they feel ways indicated by the moon/rising as they go through life but may not necessarily do anything about it"
Novelty nod
ileah says, "id translate mercury in pisces as you have very profound and deep things to communicate but have a lot of trouble with it"
Novelty says, "I always read these things or try to answer them and p much always go 'well SOMETIMES' but i can very rarely say I GENERALLY behave in a particular way"
Novelty says, "oh talking hard :("
ileah says, "and it tends to come out distorted or confused, but YOU know what you mean"
ileah says, "it's sort of a poetic combination too, the things you want to say are really meaningful"
ileah says, "but it's contradictory, mercury rules air (communication, external) and pisces is the strongest water sign (internal, feelings and stuff) and plus pisces is a double-sign, meaning that it has two ways of being at all times"
Novelty says, ">.<"
ileah says, "like ocean currents go one way further underwater and another way at the surface"
Novelty nod
ileah says, "does that sound like a useful interpretation"
Novelty says, "actually acknowledging that it's contradictory helps a lot"
Novelty says, "since i never particularly want to identify with a way of describing myself, but results that blithely report five different things without explaining how they interact are frustrating, not illuminating"
ileah says, "yeah seriously"
ileah says, "well this is why, because you basically have three major parts of your personality and they're all about equal in strength"
Novelty says, "the aries sign is basically controlling how far i take them?"
Novelty says, "I've always felt like a very poor Aries"
ileah says, "it more controls which one you pick at the time"
Novelty says, "Aggressive & competitive and i tend to avoid those things"
Novelty nod
ileah says, "which, since aries the strongest fire sign, can be v impetuous and not necessarily make sense"
ileah says, "and it probably urges you to pick whatever seems really cool/enjoyable at the time"
Novelty nodnod
ileah says, "libra/virgo as your other two birth signs make you feel bad about that tho"
ileah says, "and all like BUT I SHOULD DO SENSIBLE THINGS"
ileah says, "and make you spend a lot of time arguing with yourself"
Novelty says, ">.>"
ileah says, "libra and virgo are both air, both very concerned with details and with understanding all facets and aspects of things"
Novelty says, "Ok"
ileah says, "venus is also in pisces so that means when you are into something/someone you are soooooooooooooo in, like so far in you dont' know if you'll ever come out again"
Novelty <.< >.>
ileah says, "but it can be love/hate because pisces is like that"
ileah says, "mars is in gemini which means you'll do your fighting with words, but who/what you're fighting about is not very constant"
ileah says, "can switch around and it seems very natural"
Novelty nod
ileah says, "also that you'll like people who are communicative and intellectual (i dont' know any of those)"
Aerynvale says, "Okay done talking to Jac."
Aerynvale says, "I see we are engaged in astrology."
Novelty says, "we are it's v interesting and a little bit creepy"
Aerynvale says, "As you see, Leah is very knowledgable."
Novelty says, "Leah read mine for me once years ago and it kinda freaked me out"
Aerynvale says, "Are you freaked out some more?"
Novelty says, "Yes but it's a good freaked out because i like when things make sense"
ileah says, "jupiter is also in gemini, which i take to mean that your luck and wealth (which jupiter rules) will come from communication and other air things (travel, intellect), but jupiter is pretty heavy to weigh on gemini and i think the luck will not be reliable, can flip around without warning"
ileah says, "i have a terrible luck sign myself"
ileah says, "which is why i don't gamble"
Novelty hates the idea of gambling actually
ileah says, "can't control it amirite?"
Novelty says, "what does it mean that my luck 'comes' from communication/travel/intellect"
ileah says, "fire and air signs often LOVE to gamble"
Novelty says, "well yeah why would i chuck away my stuff :("
Novelty says, "put my money on a game that isn't even fun and then lose it, i'd rather blow it all on an amusement park"
ileah says, "it means that things will go well for you if, like, you get into showbiz or start a blog or something"
Novelty says, "what is the point of gambling except to make more money but it's an AWFUL way to make money so NO"
ileah says, "something that's ruled by gemini, thus air-based things"
Novelty says, "ok"
ileah says, "it'll come naturally at least"
ileah says, "saturn/uranus/neptune all in capricorn, lol"
ileah says, "capricorn's a sign i dont understand well, but it's an earth sign, and saturn is its ruler (that makes it a v strong influence because planet in sign it rules), uranus and neptune are both water planets"
Novelty says, "OK"
ileah says, "i dont really know how to read that, but i'd say generally it means you feel things intensely deeply, that it's easy for you to get depressed, and that pragmatism is really important to you, although it can slip away from you and you find yourself kind of floundering around in a huge quagmire of dark emotions"
ileah says, "and you want to use practicality/pragmatism/realism to steady yourself out of that kind of phase but it's hard"
Novelty says, "oh yeah"
ileah says, "pluto's a generational planet, it rules scorpio, so it just makes all of the above way stronger, and more difficult to get out of when you're in the throes of water emotions"
Novelty says, "huzzah"
ileah says, "sooooo that's what i'd say!"
Novelty says, "thank you :)"
ileah says, "i have no opinions on how you should live your life based on all this"
Novelty says, "would you expect to have opinions or is that standard disclaimer"
ileah says, "one of the reasons people get charts read is they think it will help them find a direction in life"
ileah says, "i think that's kind of retarded"
ileah says, "people should do whatever they want, tho for what it's worth i think you have a horoscope well suited to doing several things well"
ileah says, "uhh, tho tbh i also think it makes you vulnerable to things that aren't good for you, you find them compelling"
Novelty cough
Novelty says, "Please don't hesitate to point those things out"
ileah says, "so my one piece of advice is don't get involved with them because it'll be very difficult to break away"
Novelty is ok with uncomfortable truths here
ileah says, "hehe ok"
ileah says, "try to err on the pragmatic side as opposed to the passionate side"
ileah says, "the passionate side is plenty strong enough and i don't think you need to worry about being overly practical"
Novelty says, "Ok"
Novelty diligently saving this
ileah says, "oh snap now i have accountability"
Novelty says, "er, i was gonna post this so i could link it to someone who is trying to learn how to read em, do you mind or should i lock/change names/just email idk"
Novelty says, "lol i am not gonna come back and be like YOU WERE WRONG >:("
ileah says, "i don't mind, tho i wouldn't rely overmuch on this to learn how to read horoscopes, i've spent a lot of time with two particular books"
ileah says, "one of which is super hermetic and deals exclusively with how planets weigh against each other"
Novelty says, "i suspect she is mostly curious to see examples, and to compare your reading to what she'd have gotten"
ileah says, "ok well np in any case"