Carlos SALZEDO: astrology and birth chart

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Carlos SALZEDO,
born April 6, 1885 at 11:30 AM in Archachon (France)
Sun in 16°50 Aries, AS in 27°19 Cancer,
Moon in 4°30 Capricorn, MC in 8°08 Aries
Numerology: Birthpath 5

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Biography of Carlos SALZEDO

Carlos Salzedo (April 6, 1885-1961), was a harpist, composer and conductor, born in Arcachon, France, after whom the Salzedo Harp Colony in Camden, Maine is named.

Life

France
Carlos Salzedo was born Charles Moise Léon Salzedo on April 6, 1885 at 11:30 a.m., two months prematurely. Salzedo's parents, Isaac Gaston Salzedo and Thérèse Judith Anna Silva (both musicians) had been vacationing in Arcachon when Anna Silva fell down a flight of stairs. Salzedo was always considered physically weak, suffering for most of his life from rheumatic fever. His mother died when he was five. The family then moved to Bordeaux and a Basque woman was hired as a housekeeper-nurse-governess. Salzedo became deeply attached to her, sending her checks throughout his life, and liked to think of himself as Basque. His later compositions perhaps reflect that in his habitual use of a five-beat meter, typical of the Basque dance the Zortzico.

Leon (Carlos) began playing piano at the age of three, and wrote his first composition, a polka, at the age of five. At six, he entered the St. Cecilia School of Music, where he won first prize in piano and solfège three years later, after which the family moved to Paris. Carlos entered the Paris Conservatoire at nine years old, where he again won prizes in piano and solfège. Salzedo's father, a voice teacher, decided Carlos should take up a second instrument, and harp was chosen, because he was too weak to play a wind instrument and his older brother Marcel played violin. Beginners were not accepted at the Conservatoire, so Carlos took lessons from Marguerite Achaud. A year later, he had advanced enough that he began studying with Alphonse Hasselmans, professor of harp at the Conservatoire. At sixteen, Salzedo won the premier prix in harp and piano on the same day, and was awarded a Steinway grand piano.

When Salzedo graduated, he was hired as a solo harpist, first harpist, and solo pianist at the New Casino in Biarritz, and made his Paris debut at 18 as a harpist and pianist in 1903, when he changed his name to Carlos (as a child, Salzedo was actually known as Léon-Charles), because he did not like the sonority of the French name followed by the Sephardic surname. Also about this time, a stroke paralysed Gaston Salzedo, who handed over his position as synagogue choirmaster to Carlos. Salzedo also gave solo performances around Europe, receiving glowing praise in the papers.


America, Marriage, and War
In 1909, Arturo Toscanini invited Salzedo to play for the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and Carlos left France for America, without knowing any English. Salzedo soon began moving in upper social circles, where he was introduced to Viola Gramm, a pianist and singer. She had studied in Paris, and soon became romantically involved with Salzedo, who gave her the nickname "Mimine," by which she was known. Together they traveled through the château country of France in 1913, and were married on April 30, 1914. Salzedo wrote a wedding cantata for the occasion, which was performed by his friends.

Salzedo had recently formed the "Trio de Lutèce", with Georges Barrère on flute and Paul Kéfer on cello. The trio was scheduled to play in England, so Salzedo and Mimine took the opportunity to honeymoon in Europe; in England, they were introduced to various members of the nobility, and at one point, Salzedo played for the Princess of Battenberg. When World War I began, they moved to Menthon-Saint-Bernard (in the Rhône-Alpes region) hoping to spend time together, but Salzedo was drafted into the French Army.

Salzedo was made head cook for his infantry unit, and happened to be in the same unit as several painters and musicians. He had a sympathetic leader, and was able to organize them into a performing group that sang for soldiers and toured hospitals, for which he composed several songs. He even got an extended leave to see Mimine for his work, but when he returned, a new captain was in charge who did not permit the musical activities. Salzedo also became ill with pneumonia and a form of paralysis, for which he was hospitalized for several months before being discharged from the army. In order to get passports (which had not been necessary in 1914) to leave France, Salzedo and Mimine got married a second time in August 1915.


Return to America
On the Salzedos' return to the US in 1916, Carlos rejoined the Trio de Lutèce, but not the Metropolitan Opera, from which he had resigned in 1913. Salzedo and Mimine began spending summers in Seal Harbor, Maine, where Salzedo became friends with Vaslav Nijinsky, a Russian dancer with whom he developed a theory of esthetic gestures for the harp that later became part of the Salzedo method for the harp. In the Twenties, Salzedo and Mimine grew apart - she was spending more time in Rome, and Carlos was spending more time with the increasing number of students who were coming to him for lessons. They had an amicable divorce in 1926, and in 1928, 42-year-old Salzedo married 21-year-old Lucile Lawrence, who had begun her studies with him ten years earlier. Salzedo had a very extensive performing schedule in this years, with tours by the Trio de Lutece, the Salzedo Harp Ensemble, and solo appearances. She also toured as first harpist of the ensemble, and led her own Lawrence Harp Quintette on engagements too small for the Salzedo Harp Ensemble. He was involved in many arenas, including the burgeoning "new music" circles in New York, where he co-founded the International Composers Guild with Edgard Varese. The Guild was the first group of its kind, and presented the most prominent European composers and others in concert, figures such as Ravel and Casella. This later led to the formation of the rival League of Composers, which was organized to support "American" composers, causing a rift in musical circles not healed for many years. Salzedo was in the forefront of artistic ideas, and social circles. He encountered Martha Graham as the roommate of a pupil, and seeing her genius, he brought all influence to bear on her being given a Rockefeller grant, that was instrumental in the development of her career. He toured with Adolf Bolm, the great dancer and choreographer as a conductor as well as composer. His compositions reflect a searching, creative mind, with much originality and a timeless freshness. His pieces have a great appeal that does not wane, and show off the harp as an imaginative, eloquent instrument of great drama, and poetry, as well as abstract qualities, and virtuoso display. Despite his acquaintance with various Rockefellers and other high-society people, great wealth did not come his way, nor did they marry any of his students.

Salzedo led many fund-raising efforts; one was to buy a pipe organ in Seal Harbor, with a matching donation from J.D. Rockefeller.


Performances
He appeared regularly as a soloist with orchestras such as the Philadelphia Orchestra, on tour as a recitalist, harp ensemble leader and flute-harp-cello trio member. His activity in the 1920s alone was astonishing in its energy, and he was a celebrity as well. He was compared to Wanda Landowska by no less a critic than Virgil Thomson, as a pioneer and as a fascinating performer.

He also performed historical music as well as the new, featuring French baroque music extensively on his programs. He was a piano pupil of de Beriot, the pupil of Chopin. He received the Premier Prix in both harp and piano on the same day, a feat never matched, when he graduated from the Paris Conservatoire at the age of sixteen.

Legacy
Salzedo remains one of the greatest harpists in history, a virtuoso player unparalleled, a virtuoso pianist and conductor, and a primal teacher. He was a progressive spirit, seeking new resources in the harp, inspiring and creating new works and creating new styles of music. His composing progressed from French Romantic to Impressionist to a new style uniquely his own.

Salzedo introduced and popularized Ravel's Introduction and Allegro to the United States in performances with the major symphony orchestras.

His ideas led to the designs of two harps still manufactured by Lyon & Healy, the art-nouveau style 11 and the art deco Salzedo model.

He started the harp program at Curtis Institute, and the Salzedo Harp Colony in Camden, Maine with Lucile Lawrence.

Interesting Facts

Salzedo's pets

Salzedo also had a bullfinch named Baron Taraky, who had a small car, ate from Salzedo's plate and was known to sip his wine. Taraky's cage was unfortunately left up on a radiator, causing his untimely demise. This led Salzedo to compose what some consider among his most moving compositions, Lamentation, from his Five Preludes for Harp Alone.

Compositions, other than harp
(many early works were published by Costallat, but have apparently vanished)

Berceuse for Cello and Piano, opus 72 (1907)
Caprice Scherzando for Cello and Piano (1908)
Invocation for Cello and Piano (1908)
Piece Concertante for Trombone and Piano, opus 27 (1910)
Rivalite de Fleurs for Voice and Piano, opus 25 (1911)
Four Choruses in Old Sonata Form for 3 mens voices/choir and harp, organ or piano (1914)
Prelude to Olaf Bolm for Piano (1926)
Breaking in the New Year for Piano (1935)
Offrian for Cello (1951)
Volute and Rondel for Flute (1951)
Marya Freund for Piano (1956)
Enigme for Piano (1960)

Original Compositions for Harp
Trois Morceaux: Ballade op. 28, Jeux d'Eau, Variations sur un theme dans le style ancien (1910-11) (Leduc)
Paraphrase (Cadenza) for Liszt's Second Rhapsody (a solo showpiece or cadenza for orchestral performance) (Schirmer/Lyra)
Chanson Chagrine (1914) (Lyra)
Five Preludes for Harp Alone (1917) (Carl Fischer) (to be performed in this order)
Lamentation
Quietude
Iridescence
Introspection
Whirlwind
Five Preludes on the name of Olga (Samaroff-Stokowski) (1917)
Embryon
Eveil
Fete au village
Hallucinations
Fraicheur (Schirmer)
The Enchanted Isle, a tone poem for Harp and Orchestra (1918) (Lyra)
Bolmimerie, for seven-harp ensemble (1918)
Brise Marine, for soprano, oboe, horn, bassoon, six harps (1918)
Five Poetical Studies for Harp Alone, published in Modern Study of the Harp (1919) (Schirmer)
"(Flight)"
"(Mirage)"
"(Inquietude)"
"(Idyllic Poem)"
"(Communion")
Poems of Sara Yarrow, for soprano, oboe, horn, bassoon, six harps (1919)
Ecstasy
Despair
Humility
Preludes Intimes (1919) (Boosey & Hawkes)
tenderly emoted
dreamingly
profoundly peaceful
in self-communion
procession-like
Burlesque-Sentimental (1920)
Five Sketches on Friends of Mine (1920)
Kyra Alanova
Dane Rudhyar
Edith Sullivan
Sara Yarrow
Edgard Varese
Four Preludes to the Afternoon of a Telephone, for harp duo (1921)
Audubon 530
Plaza 4570
Prospect 7272
Riverside 4937
Poem of the Little Stars (1921) (International Music, Lyra)
Recessional (1921) (International Music, Lyra)
Sonata for Harp and Piano (1922) (Society for the Publication of American Music, Lyra)
Four Pieces for the Modern Irish Harp (1924)
Sarabande variee
Bi-tonal jig
Pavloviana
Prelude Nocturne
Three Poems of Stephane Mallarme, for soprano, harp, piano (1924)
Las de l'amer repos ou ma paresse offense
Feuillet d'album (soprano solo)
Une dentell s'abolit
Nocturne to Ursula, for oboe (1925)
Concerto for Harp and Seven Wind Instruments, harp, fl/picc, cl A, ob, hn, bsn, trp C (1926) (Lyra)
(three movements)
Preludes for Beginners, harp, published in Method for the Harp (1927) (Schirmer)
(No titles for I-XI)
XII Fanfare
XIII Cortege
XIV La Desirade
XV Chanson dans la nuit (his most famous composition)
Pentacle, suite for harp duo (1928) (FC)
Steel
Serenade
Felines
Catacombs
Pantomime
Preambule et Jeux, harp solo, fl,ob,bsn, str quintet (one movement)
Prelude Fatidique, harp solo (1930) (Schirmer)
Prelude in the Nature of an Octave Study (editor's title) (1930) (Lyra)
Untitled work, harp, brasses, strings (1930)
Musique des Troubadours, soprano, harp, viola d'amore, viola da gamba (1931)
Triptic Dance, harp duo or trio (1931) (Lyra)
Short Stories in Music, harp (1934) Series I and II (Elkan-Vogel)
The Dwarf and the Giant
The Kitten and the Limping Dog
Rocking Horse
On Donkeyback
Raindrops
Madonna and Child
Memories of a Clock
Night Breeze, harp solo or ensemble
On Stilts
Pirouetting Music Box
Behind the Barracks, harp solo or duo
At Church
Goldfish
The Mermaid's Chimes
Skipping Rope, harp solo or duo
Scintillation (1936) (Elkan-Vogel)
Tiny Tales for Harpist Beginners, two series (1936) (Elkan-Vogel)
In Hoop-Skirts
The Little Princess and the Dancing Master
A Little Orphan in the Snow
Lullaby for a Doll
The Cloister at Twilight
A Mysterious Blue Light
Funeral Procession of a Tin Soldier
The Chimes in the Steeple
A Lost Kitten
Pagoda of the Dragon
Panorama Suite (1937)
Noon
Moonset
Expectation
The Birth of the Morning Star
Waltz
Sketches for Harpist Beginners, two series (1942) (Elkan-Vogel)
Rock Me, Mommy
Imitation
Echo
Huntsman's Horn
Lost in the Mist
Hurdy-Gurdy
Poor Doggy
Tuneful Snuff-Box
Pagan Rite
Beethoven at School
The Organist's First Steps
A Young Violinist
Falling Leaves
Royal Trumpeters
A Lonely Bell
Baby on the Swing
Mourners
On the Tight Rope
Pierrot is Sad
Choral
Second Harp parts for Short Stories in Music (1942)


Behind the Barracks
Memories of a Clock
On Donkey-Back
Rain Drops
Night Breeze
The Mermaid's Chimes
Skipping Rope
Tiny Tales for Harpist Beginners, second series (Elkan-Vogel)


Processional
The Clock-Maker's Shop
Winter Night
The Dandy
Chimes
Little Soldiers
Mysterious Forest
Little Jacques
Grandmother's Memories
Frere Jacques
The Art of Modulating (1943)(Schirmer)


Lullaby
Reverie
Carillon
Grandmother's Spinning Wheel
Florentine Music Box
Petite Valse
Suite of Eight Dances (1943) (Schirmer) dedicated to Lucile Lawrence


Gavotte
Menuet
Polka
Siciliana
Bolero
Seguidilla
Tango
Rumba
Mimi Suite (1946) Wedding Presents (1946-52)


Garlanded Chimes
Vers l'Inconnu
In the Valley
In the Month of Maie
Shadow of a Shade
Idee-fixe
Desir
Interlude for the Theatre
Vision
Carol-Paul
Cadenza for the Berezowsky Concerto for Harp (1947) (Elkan-Vogel) Prelude for a Drama (1948) (M. Baron) Diptych, Two Pieces for the Right Hand Alone (1950)


Reflection
Interference
Conditioning Exercises (1951) (Schirmer) Mardi-Gras Patrol Pathfinder to the Harp (Peer)


Conflict
For Elyse (1952) Second Concerto for Harp and Orchestra 1953-1961(Lyra) Chanson dans la Nuit, second harp part (Schirmer) Prelude Fatidique (1954) (Schirmer) Rumba, Tango second harp parts (Schirmer)


Original Paraphrases, Arrangements for the harp
Annie Laurie
Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms
Blink to me only with one eye
Concert Variations on: Adeste Fideles, Deck the Halls, Good King Wenceslaus, O Tannenbaum, Silent Night
Deep River
Diatonic Variations on The Carnival of Venice
Dixie Parade
I Wonder as I Wander
Jingle Bells
Jolly Piper
Londonderry Air
Paraphrases on Christmas Carols: Angels We Have Heard on High, Away in a Manger, Away in a Manger (Flow Gently, Sweet Afton), The First Noel, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, O Little Town of Bethlehem, We Three Kings of Orient Are, What Child is This (Greensleeves)
Short Fantasies on: A Basque Carol, A Catalan Carol, A Neapolitan Carol, A Noel Provencale
Song of the Volga Boatman
The Last Rose of Summer
Traipsin’ thru Arkansaw
Turkey Strut
Two New Wedding Marches


Transcriptions of works by other Composers
Bach, J.S. Bourree (Schirmer)


Polonaise et Badinerie for flute and harp (Lyra) Sixth French Suite for harp ensemble (Lyra)
Beethoven, L. van Adagio from Moonlight Sonata (Schirmer)
Brahms, J. Lullaby (Elkan-Vogel)


Waltz in A-flat (Carl Fischer)
Corelli Giga (Schirmer)
Dandrieu Play of the Winds (Lyra)
Debussy, C. Children's Corner Suite, for harp, flute, cello (Lyra)


Clair de Lune
Most of his published works were published by G. Schirmer, Elkan-Vogel, Boosey & Hawkes, Carl Fischer, Lyra, Peer-Southern, and a few smaller houses. A large number of compositions remain as yet unpublished. Some works have been published by more than one company, a confusing situation at best. When they were allowed to go out-of-print, Lyra often gained permission to print their own edition, yet the original publisher has sometimes reprinted the work, so that at present there are at least two editions of his landmark transcription of the Sonata in C Minor by G. B. Pescetti.

Arrangements and Transcriptions
Bouree J. S. Bach / Salzedo
Sixth French Suite J. S. Bach / Salzedo
Children Corner SuiteDebussy / Salzedo
Clair de lune Debussy / Salzedo
Concerto Mozart/Salzedo
Concerto in B-Flat Handel / Salzedo
Harmonious Blacksmith Sheet Music Handel / Salzedo
Jingle Bells ?/Salzedo
I Wonder as I Wander Niles/Carols Salzedo
La Cathedral EngloutieDebussy / Salzedo
La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin/Maid with the Flaxen Hair
Debussy / Salzedo
La Joyeuse Rameau/Salzedo
The Lord's Prayer Malotte / Salzedo
Meditation Massenet/Salzedo
Pavane Anon. / Salzedo
Prelude Ravel/Salzedo
Seven Spanish Songs DeFalla/Salzedo
Sonata in C Minor Pescetti / Salzedo
Spanish Dance No.5 Granados/Salzedo
Triptic Dance Beauchant/Salzedo

Technique books
The Art of Modulating Book Lawrence / Salzedo (Schirmer)
Conditioning Exercises Carlos Salzedo (Schirmer)
Daily Dozen Exercises
Method for the Harp Book Lawrence / Salzedo (Schirmer)
Modern Study of the Harp Carlos Salzedo (Schirmer)
Pathfinder to the Harp Lawrence / Salzedo (Peer-Southern)

Source : Wikipedia

 

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October 23 - November 21

2nd Water sign - 3rd Fixed sign - Feminine

In analogy with Pluto, her ruler with Mars, and the 8th House

Scorpio governs the sexual organs and the anus.

Her colour is black or dark red, her stone is the malachite, her day is Tuesday, her professions are gynaecologist, psychiatrist, detective, the military, army, stockbroker, asset managemer...

If your sign is Scorpio or your Ascendant is Scorpio: you are secretive, powerful, domineering, resistant, intuitive, asserted, charismatic, magnetic, strong-willed, perspicacious, passionate, creative, independent, vigorous, generous, loyal, hard-working, persevering, untameable, possessive, cunning, ambitious, sexual, proud, intense, competitive but also aggressive, destructive, stubborn, anxious, tyrannical, perverse, sadistic, violent, self-centred, complex, jealous.

Some traditional associations with Scorpio: Countries: Morocco, Norway, Algeria, Syria, Korea, Uruguay, Transvaal. Cities: Washington, New Orleans, Valencia, Liverpool, Milwaukee, Fes, Halifax, Hull, Cincinnati. Animals: insects and other invertebrates. Food: the same strong tasting food as for Aries: red meat, garlic, onions, leeks, spices. Herbs and aromatics: aloes, witch hazels, nepeta, mustard, capers, peppers. Flowers and plants: geraniums, rhododendrons, thistles, mint, honeysuckles. Trees: blackthorns, bushes. Stones, Metals and Salts: opals, steel and iron, calcium and sodium sulphate.

Signs: Sagittarius
 
"we think"
November 22 - December 20

3rd Fire sign - 3rd Mutable sign - Masculine

In analogy with Jupiter, his ruler, and the 9th House

Sagittarius governs the thighs and the liver.

His colour is indigo, orange or red, his stone is the carbuncle, his day is Thursday, his professions are explorer, commercial traveller, pilot, philosopher, writer, clergyman...

If your sign is Sagittarius or your Ascendant is Sagittarius: you are charismatic, fiery, energetic, likeable, benevolent, tidy, jovial, optimistic, extraverted, amusing, straightforward, demonstrative, charming, independent, adventurous, straightforward, bold, exuberant, freedom-loving.

Some traditional associations with Sagittarius: Countries: Spain, Australia, Hungary, South Africa, Arabia, Yugoslavia. Cities: Stuttgart, Toledo, Budapest, Cologne, Avignon, Sheffield, Naples, Toronto. Animals: fallow deers, hinds, and all games. Food: grapefruits, raisins, onions, leeks, bulb vegetables. Herbs and aromatics: aniseeds, sage, bilberries, cinnamon, borage, mosses, sage, blueberry, patience, balsam. Flowers and plants: dandelions, carnations, thistles. Trees: mulberry trees, chestnut trees, ash trees, lemon trees, oaks. Stones, Metals and Salts: topaz, tin, silica, potassium chloride.

Signs: Capricorn
 
"we achieve"
December 21 - January 19

3rd Earth sign - 4th Cardinal sign (winter solstice) - Feminine

In analogy with Saturn, her ruler, and the 10th House

Capricorn governs the knees, the bones and the skin.

Her colour is black, or grey, green or brown, her stone is the jade, her day is Saturday, her professions are politician, researcher, jurist, scientist, engineer, administrator...

If your sign is Capricorn or your Ascendant is Capricorn: you are serious, cold, disciplined, patient, focused, thoughtful, ambitious, indomitable, cautious, lucid, persistent, provident, steady, introverted, stern, wilful, hard-working, responsible, persevering, honest, realistic, loyal, reserved, resolute, moralistic, quiet, rigorous, attached and reliable. But you may also be curt, withdrawn, calculating, petty, cruel, unpleasant, ruthless, selfish, dull, rigid, slow or sceptical.

Some traditional associations with Capricorn: Countries: India, Mexico, Afghanistan, Macedonia, Thrace, the Yugoslavian coast, the Orkneys and Shetland Islands, Albania, Bulgaria, Saxony. Cities: Delhi, Oxford, Brussels, Mexico, Port-Saïd, Gent, Constance, Mecklenburg, all the administrative centres of capital cities. Animals: goats, pigs and animals with split hooves. Food: meat, potatoes, barley, beets, spinach, medlars, onions, quinces, flour and starchy food in general. Herbs and aromatics: indian hemp, comfreys, centaureas, hemlocks, henbanes. Flowers and plants: ivies, wild pansies, amaranths, pansies. Trees: pines, willows, flowering ashes, aspens, poplars, alders. Stones, Metals and Salts: turquoises, amethysts, silver, lead, calcium phosphate, calcium fluorine.

Signs: Aquarius
 
"we love"
January 20 - February 18

3rd Air sign - 4th Fixed sign - Masculine

In analogy with Uranus his ruler, with Saturn, and the 11th House

Aquarius governs the ankles and the legs.

His colour is navy blue or indigo, his stone is the sapphire, his day is Saturday, his professions are astrologer, high technologies, scientist, astronaut, psychiatrist, actor, electrician...

If your sign is Aquarius or your Ascendant is Aquarius: you are idealistic, altruistic, detached, independent, original, surprising, gifted, contradictory, innovative, humanistic, likeable, friendly, self-confident, impassive, quiet, intuitive, creative, charitable, elusive, disconcerting, generous, tolerant, paradoxical, and you cannot stand any kind of constraint. But you may also be marginal, resigned, distant, utopian, maladjusted, eccentric and cold.

Some traditional associations with Aquarius: Countries: Russia, Sweden, Poland, Israel, Iran, Abyssinia. Cities: Moscow, Salzburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Saint Petersburg. Animals: long distance big birds such as the albatross. Food: citrus fruits, apples, limes, dried fruits and easily preserved food. Herbs and aromatics: peppers, hot red peppers, star-fruits, and generally herbs that are spicy or with an unusual flavour. Flowers and plants: orchids, dancing ladies, polygonatum. Trees: fruit trees. Stones, Metals and Salts: aquamarines, aluminium, sodium chloride and magnesium phosphate.

Signs: Pisces
 
"we serve"
February 19 - March 20

3rd Water sign - 4th Mutable sign - Feminine

In analogy with Neptune her ruler with Jupiter, and the 12th House

Pisces governs the feet and the blood circulation.

Her colour is green or purple or turquoise blue, her stone is the amethyst, her day is Thursday, her professions are seamanship and and faraway travels, musician, social and emergency worker, doctor, writer and jobs in remote places...

If your sign is Pisces or your Ascendant is Pisces: you are emotional, sensitive, dedicated, adaptable, nice, wild, compassionate, romantic, imaginative, flexible, opportunist, intuitive, impossible to categorized, irrational, seductive, placid, secretive, introverted, pleasant, artistic, and charming. But you may also be indecisive, moody, confused, wavering, lazy, scatterbrained, vulnerable, unpredictable and gullible.

Some traditional associations with Pisces: Countries: Portugal, Scandinavia, small Mediterranean islands, Gobi desert, Sahara. Cities: Jerusalem, Warsaw, Alexandria, Seville, Santiago de Compostela. Animals: fishes, aquatic mammals and all animals living in the water. Food: melons, cucumbers, lettuces, vegemite sugar, pumpkins. Herbs and aromatics: lemon, chicory, limes, mosses. Flowers and plants: water lilies, willows, aquatic plants. Trees: fig-trees, willows, aquatic trees. Stones, Metals and Salts: heliotropes, moonstone, platinum, tin, iron phosphate and potassium sulphate.

Sun 16°50' Aries, in House X

Sun Aspects
Sun conjunction Venus orb +7°21'
Sun sextile Saturn orb +2°33'
Sun semi-square Pluto orb -1°09'
Planets: Sun

The Sun represents vitality, individuality, will-power and creative energy and honours. For a woman, it also represents her father, and later her husband. The Sun is one of the most important symbols in the birth chart, as much as the Ascendant, then the Moon (a bit less for a man), the ruler of the Ascendant and the fast-moving planets.

It's element is fire; it is hot and dry, it governs Leo, is in exaltation in Aries and is in analogy with the heart. It represents the boss, authority, beside the father and the husband ; the age of the Sun goes from 20 years old to about 40, following the Venus age when one is aware of his seductive power.

Temperament : Bilious

Characterology : Emotive, Active, Secondary, passionate type.

Moon 4°30' Capricorn, in House VI

Moon Aspects
Moon square Mars orb +0°52'
Moon trine Mercury orb +1°26'
Moon square Venus orb +4°57'
Moon square Uranus orb +4°17'
Moon sesqui-quadrate Neptune orb +2°11'
Moon trine Jupiter orb +8°18'
Planets: Moon

The Moon represents instinctive reaction, unconscious predestination, everyday mood, sensitivity, emotions, the feminine side of the personality, intuition, imagination. For a man, she represents his mother and later his wife, and his relationship with women in general. For a woman, the Moon is almost as important as the Sun and the Ascendant. Her element is water, she is cold and moist, she rules Cancer, is in exaltation in Taurus and is in analogy with the stomach.

She symbolizes the mother, wife, the crowd, the Moon is associated with birth and childhood. Tradition also matches her with the end of life, after Saturn the old age, it is thus customary to go back to one's place of birth to die: the end of life meets the very beginning.

Temperament : Lymphatic

Characterology : Emotive, non Active and Primary type or Non-Emotive, non Active and Primary, Nervous or Amorphous type.

Mercury 5°57' Taurus, in House X

Mercury Aspects
Moon trine Mercury orb +1°26'
Mercury semi-sextile Mars orb +0°34'
Mercury bi-quintile Uranus orb +0°15'
Planets: Mercury

Mercury represents communication, logical and rational mind, intellectual skills. Earth is its element, it is cold and dry, and it rules Virgo and Gemini, is in exaltation in Virgo and is in analogy with the arms, hands, nervous system.

It represents tradesmen, lawyers, messengers; the age of Mercury goes from 8 or10 years old to about 15..

Temperament : Nervous

Characterology : Emotive, non Active and Primary type or Non-Emotive, Active and Primary, Nervous or Sanguine type.

Venus 9°28' Aries, in House X

Venus Aspects
Venus conjunction Mars orb +4°05'
Sun conjunction Venus orb +7°21'
Moon square Venus orb +4°57'
Venus sesqui-quadrate Jupiter orb +1°44'
Venus opposite Uranus orb -9°15'
Planets: Venus

Venus represents the way one loves, relationships, sharing, affectivity, seductive ability. For men, she also corresponds to the kind of woman he's attracted to (but not especially in marriage which is more symbolized by the Moon, Venus is the lover and not the wife). Her element is the Air, she is moist, rules Taurus and Libra, is in exaltation in Pisces and is in analogy with the kidneys, the venous system, the bladder, the neck.

She represents the artists, tradesmen, occupations linked to beauty and charm; the age of Venus goes from 15 to about 25 years old.

Temperament : Sanguine and Lymphatic

Characterology : Emotive, non Active and Primary type or Emotive, non Active and Secondary type.

Mars 5°22' Aries, in House X

Mars Aspects
Venus conjunction Mars orb +4°05'
Moon square Mars orb +0°52'
Mars opposite Uranus orb -5°09'
Mercury semi-sextile Mars orb +0°34'
Mars sextile Pluto orb -4°41'
Mars semi-square Neptune orb +1°19'
Planets: Mars

Mars represents the desire for action and physical energy, sexuality, strength. For a woman, Mars corresponds to the kind of man she's attracted to (but not especially in marriage which is rather symbolized by the Sun, Mars is the lover, not the husband). Fire is its element, it is hot and dry, and it rules Aries and Scorpio (along with Pluto), is in exaltation with Capricorn and is in analogy with the muscles and the spleen.

It represents the soldiers, sportsmen, warriors, surgeons, blacksmiths... ; the age of Mars goes from 42 to 50 years old.

Temperament : Bilious

Characterology : Emotive, Active, Primary type. It is a Choleric.

Jupiter 26°12' Я Leo, in House II

Jupiter Aspects
Jupiter square Neptune orb +4°30'
Jupiter square Pluto orb -4°28'
Venus sesqui-quadrate Jupiter orb +1°44'
Moon trine Jupiter orb +8°18'
Planets: Jupiter

Jupiter represents expansion and power, benevolence, large vision and generosity. Its element is Air, it is hot and moist, and it rules Sagittarius and Pisces (along with Neptune), is in exaltation with Cancer and is in analogy with the hips and endocrinal system.

It represents the governors, magistrates, professors, religious men too; the age of Jupiter goes from 50 to 55 or even 70 years old.

Temperament : Sanguine

Characterology : Emotive, Active, Primary type; it is an extrovert Choleric. Actually the humid version of Mars, inclined to action like him.

Saturn 19°24' Gemini, in House XI

Saturn Aspects
Sun sextile Saturn orb +2°33'
Planets: Saturn

Saturn represents concentration, effort, perseverance, time, the hard reality, inevitable consequences. Earth is its element, it is cold and dry, and it rules Capricorn and Aquarius (along with Uranus), is in exaltation in Libra and is in analogy with the bones (skeleton) and the skin.

It represents the grandparents, old people, scientists, knowledgeable men, Saturn corresponds to old age; it goes from 70 years old until death.

Temperament : Nervous

Characterology : Non-Emotive, Active and Secondary type or Emotive, non Active and Secondary type or sometimes Non-Emotive, non Active and Secondary type; it is a Phlegmatic, a Sentimental or an Empathic type

Uranus 0°13' Я Libra, in House III

Uranus Aspects
Mars opposite Uranus orb -5°09'
Uranus trine Pluto orb -0°27'
Moon square Uranus orb +4°17'
Mercury bi-quintile Uranus orb +0°15'
Venus opposite Uranus orb -9°15'
Planets: Uranus

Uranus represents individual freedom, originality, independence, marginality, avant guard inspiration, ultra modernism. Fire is its element, it is dry, and it rules Aquarius, is in exaltation with Scorpio and is in analogy with the brain and the nerves.

It represents inventors, odd characters, revolutionaries.

Temperament : Nervous to the extreme

Characterology : Emotive, Active, Secondary type; it is a Passionate type.

Neptune 21°42' Taurus, in House XI

Neptune Aspects
Jupiter square Neptune orb +4°30'
Neptune conjunction Pluto orb +8°58'
Moon sesqui-quadrate Neptune orb +2°11'
Mars semi-square Neptune orb +1°19'
Planets: Neptune

Neptune represents escapism, impressionability, daydreaming, delusions, carelessness, deception or intuition, dishonesty or inspiration, telepathy. Water is its element, it is moist, it rules Pisces, is in exaltation in Cancer, though some authors say it is Leo, and is in analogy with the vegetative system.

It represents dreamers, mediums, magicians, merchants of illusion, drug addicts.

Temperament : rather Lymphatic

Characterology : Emotive, non Active, Primary or Secondary type; it is a Sentimental, or sometimes Amorphous type.

Pluto 0°40' Gemini, in House XI

Pluto Aspects
Uranus trine Pluto orb -0°27'
Jupiter square Pluto orb -4°28'
Sun semi-square Pluto orb -1°09'
Mars sextile Pluto orb -4°41'
Neptune conjunction Pluto orb +8°58'
Planets: Pluto

Pluto represents deep transformations, mutations and eliminations, sexuality and magnetism, power and secrets, destruction with a view to regeneration, the phoenix rising from the ashes. Its element is indefinite; burning (like lava in fusion ?), it rules Scorpio, is in exaltation in Pisces and is in analogy with the sexual organs and excretion.

It represents dictators, sadistic people, violent characters, is instinctive and powerful but also mysterious with hidden strengths.

Temperament : rather Bilious

Characterology : Emotive or non-Emotive, Active, Primary type; it is a Passionate Choleri typec.

Chiron 6°54' Gemini, in House XI
Asteroids: Chiron

Chiron is almost renowned and used everywhere. Most astrologers consider it as a kind of "mediator" between Saturn and outer planets. Consequently, Chiron is of Saturn's nature and at the same time is influenced by Uranus, the first slow-moving planet. Astrologically, it symbolizes wisdom, patience and the faculty to reduce others' sufferings: it is said to be the "great healer" of the zodiac. Like all the secondary bodies, it must be in close conjunction with planets or angles in order to fully express its action.

Ceres 10°53' Я Libra, in House IV
Asteroids: Ceres

Ceres, the biggest of the four minor asteroids used besides Chiron, is associated with the mythological goddess of growing plants and harvest and also symbolizes physical constitution, vitality and fertility. She's also known as Demeter, according to the astrologer Zipporah Dobyns, linked to the symbolism of the mother but in a less emotive and more physical way than the Moon. Ceres is thought to be the ruler of Virgo, in exaltation in Gemini, in exile in Pisces and in fall in Sagittarius. Keywords associated with Ceres could be order, practical sense, worry, precision, modesty, method, sobriety, motherhood, fertility, the Earth: a kind of a more cerebral Moon...

Pallas 14°36' Я Virgo, in House III
Asteroids: Pallas

Pallas is sometimes used in modern Astrology: she represents intelligence, abstract and global thinking talents. It is usually considered to be a determining element in political strategy.

Juno 26°52' Я Libra, in House IV
Asteroids: Juno

Juno is the asteroid corresponding to the adaptation to the marital partner and to the defence of individual rights; it is thus used in the field of marriage.

Vesta 17°31' Aries, in House X
Asteroids: Vesta

Vesta is rarely used and brings the ability to efficiently devote oneself to a cause.

North Node 4°11' Я Libra, in House III
North Node

The North Node represents the goals that must be achieved during life, in the karmic sense according to some traditions. Its position in house indicates in what field an effort is necessary in order to evolve. The North Node is often called the Dragon's head, it is usually considered beneficial, a bit like Jupiter with the planets. The Lunar nodes are fictional points and not actual heavenly bodies: they are the intersections of the Moon with the Ecliptic (the path made by the Sun in its orbit as seen from the Earth). The axis of the Lunar nodes moves 19 degrees each year, namely a bit more than three minutes each day.

The South Node is diametrically opposed to the North Node, therefore it faces it (it's not drawn here, it's the same symbol but upside down). It symbolizes what has already been achieved or acquired, in a karmic sense: it's the past from which it's advised to move on in order to progress. The South Node is rather negative, of a Saturnian nature: the experience through suffering.

Lilith 4°45' Capricorn, in House VI
Lilith

Lilith or the Dark Moon represents the uncrossable threshold, taboos, the individual's provocative and fascinating side, including on a sexual level. She symbolizes violence and "untameability", the radical and deep-seated refusal to submit. The keywords for Lilith can be sterility, sadism, perversity, castration, sadomasochism, eroticism, orgasm, forbidden fantasies, marginality, cruelty; redemption, illumination, rebelliousness... Lilith's opposite point is called Priapus; it is the Lunar perigee, the position where the Moon is closest to the Earth. It symbolizes man's primitive nature, the horror hidden in our deepest self; masochism, extreme sensuality, impulsiveness, irrationality and excess. Physically speaking, the Dark Moon is the focal point unoccupied by the Earth: it is not a concrete body but a mathematical point.

Fortune 14°59' Aries, in House X
Part of Fortune

The Part of Fortune is an ancient concept, used by Ptolemy and other astrologers before him. Firstly, it has nothing to do with fortune! In modern astrology, it is actually used to enhance a planet or angle when in close conjunction with it: it thus amplifies the meaning associated to the point affected by its presence. It is calculated in the following way:

Part of Fortune = AS + Moon - Sun (it is the Moons position when the Sun rises)

The classical Part of Fortune, of which the calculus method is unchanged whether in a diurnal or nocturnal chart, is usually distinguished from the diurnal/nocturnal Part of Fortune which is calculated by the formula AS + Sun - Moon for a nocturnal chart, and AS + Moon - Sun in a diurnal chart.

We currently use the latter formula for our astrological programmes.

Ascendant 27°19' Cancer
Ascendant or House I

The First House or Ascendant represents one's behaviour in the eyes of others, and also one's health. It corresponds to the way the individual acts in the world. It is the image of the personality seen by others and the person's visible behaviour expressed outwardly. The 1st House is in analogy with Aries and thus Mars too, and then the Sun. It is an angular house, the most important one with the Midheaven, maybe even more so due to its link with the body and health.

Midheaven 8°08' Aries
Midheaven or House X

The Tenth House still called the Midheaven, is the highest point amidst the houses, at the top of the chart, in the South, and relates to destiny in general and career (and not daily work as meant by the Sixth House). The Midheaven represents our achievements and goals in the social sphere, our social position in society, and becomes more and more important as we get older. It is in analogy with Capricorn and Saturn. The Tenth House is the most important angular house along with the Ascendant.

Ascendant 27°19' Cancer
House I

The First House or Ascendant represents one's behaviour in the eyes of others and also one's health. It corresponds to the way the individual acts in the world. It is the image of the personality as seen by others and the person's visible behaviour expressed outwardly. The 1st House is in analogy with Aries and thus Mars too and then the Sun. It is an angular house, the most important one with the Midheaven, maybe even more so due to its link with the body and health; the Ascendant is as important as the Sun in a natal chart.

House II 16°00' Leo
House II

The Second House is the sphere of material security, the money we earn, our possessions, also in a symbolic meaning (close people etc). It is in analogy with Taurus and Venus. It is a succedent house, quite important.

House III 8°37' Virgo
House III

The Third House is the sphere of social and intellectual apprenticeship, studies, relationships with close people and surroundings, short trips, light-hearted and quick contacts, correspondences. It is in analogy with Gemini and Mercury. It's a cadent house, less important than the angular and succedent ones.

House IV 8°08' Libra
House IV

The Fourth House also called Immum Coeli is the sphere of inner emotions, family, the father, home and roots, but also the home one creates. It's Home Sweet Home, security and cocoon. It is in analogy with Cancer and the Moon. It's an angular and important house.

House V 15°37' Scorpio
House V

The Fifth House is the sphere of pleasures and love affairs (but not commitment or marriage), creations and entertainments, children, arts and game. It is in analogy with Leo and the Sun. It's a succedent and quite important house.

House VI 24°45' Sagittarius
House VI

The Sixth House is the sphere of apprenticeship and effort in the work environment, daily life, health on a daily basis and not operations or long-term diseases, relationships with co-workers or subordinates, desire for improvement, analysis and detail. It is in analogy with Virgo and Mercury. It is a cadent house, less important than the angular and succedent ones.

House VII 27°19' Capricorn
House VII

The Seventh House also called the Descendant (in front of the Ascendant) is the sphere of partnership, marriage, contracts, relationships with others, the outer world. It is in analogy with Libra and Venus, and Saturn to a lesser extent. It is an angular and important house.

House VIII 16°00' Aquarius
House VIII

The Eighth House is the sphere of emotional security, the depths of the self, secrets and paranormal, transcendence, sexuality, mysteries, upheavals, surgical operations, others' money (investments, inheritances), crises, transformation after evolution, death. It is in analogy with Scorpio and Pluto, and Mars to a lesser extent. It is a succedent and quite important house.

House IX 8°37' Pisces
House IX

The Ninth House is the sphere of high studies, both physical and mental journeys (philosophy, spirituality), rebelliousness, changes of scenery, desire for dealing with the unknown. It is in analogy with Sagittarius and Jupiter. It is a cadent house, less important than the angular and succedent ones.

Midheaven 8°08' Aries
House X

The Tenth House still called the Midheaven, is the highest point amidst the houses, at the top of the chart, in the South, and relates to destiny in general and career (and not daily work as meant by the Sixth House). The Midheaven represents our achievements and goals in the social sphere, our social position in society, and becomes more and more important as we get older. It is in analogy with Capricorn and Saturn. The Tenth House is the most important angular house along with the Ascendant.

House XI 15°37' Taurus
House XI

The Eleventh House is the sphere of friendship and protection, projects, search for social acceptance and security, collective and humanitarian actions. It is in analogy with Aquarius and Uranus, and Saturn to a lesser extent. It's a succedent and quite important house.

House XII 24°45' Gemini
House XII

The Twelfth House is the sphere of hidden things, enemies, closed or remote places (hospital, prison, convent etc.), ordeals, secrecy, solitude, long-term illnesses but also sincere devotion and genuine compassion. It is in analogy with Pisces and Neptune.

Map of the Heavens
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Légende des aspects
Conjunctions
Opposites and Squares
Trines and Sextiles
Semi-Squares and Sesqui-Quadrates
Semi-Sextiles, Quintiles and Bi-Quintiles
Inconjunctions
 

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Personality of Carlos SALZEDO (extract)

Introduction

Here are some character traits from Carlos SALZEDO's birth chart. This description is far from being comprehensive but it can shed light on his/her personality, which is still interesting for professional astrologers or astrology lovers.

The dominant planets of Carlos SALZEDO

When interpreting a natal chart, the best method is to start gradually from general features to specific ones. Thus, there is usually a plan to be followed; from the overall analysis of the chart and its structure, to the description of its different character traits.

In the first part, an overall analysis of the chart enables us to figure out the personality's main features and to emphasize several points that are confirmed or not in the detailed analysis: in any case, those general traits are taken into account. Human personality is an infinitely intricate entity and describing it is a complex task. Claiming to rapidly summarize it is illusory, although it does not mean that it is an impossible challenge. It is essential to read a natal chart several times in order to absorb all its different meanings and to grasp all this complexity. But the exercise is worthwhile.

In brief, a natal chart is composed of ten planets: two luminaries, the Sun and the Moon, three fast-moving or individual planets, Mercury, Venus and Mars, two slow-moving planets, Jupiter and Saturn, and three very slow-moving planets, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Additional secondary elements are: Lunar Nodes, the Dark Moon or Lilith, Chiron and other asteroids such as Vesta, Pallas, Ceres or Juno. There are also special features such as Arabic Parts, Vertex, the Black Sun, hypothetical planets, etc. They are all positioned on the Zodiac wheel