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Ok last chart I think....
Vincent Van Gogh
Genious artist, mentally ill and preacher.
*** Venus
planet of art is strong in exaltation sign for venus pisces.
In 10th house of profession. Venus rules 5th house of creativity.
*** Moon
planet of emotions and inner psychology is in 28.55 Scorpio.
Thus moon is the weakest planet in chart in it's debilitation sign scorpio.
Telling it's tale of suicide at mental institution.
(In his tropical chart moon is in sagittarius).
*** Jupiter
Van Gogh was working as a self sacrifying priest during a period before he
turned to the arts.
Note jupiter in angular house in own sign sagittarius.
Note his Sun are not in tropical aries anymore, but in Pisces, the sign of inspiration and did make him an idealistic dreamer.
His ascendent ruler Mercury is in Aries conjunct pluto telling of an intensive character with some obsessive ideas that together with the scorpio Moon contrbuted to his mental illness.
I would have counted the ascendant as the next house over w/ a 29 degree rising. So north node is in the twelfth house (encouraging seclusion which was a hallmark in his life). Moon is in the sixth house conjunct Jupiter and South Node. In Vedic astrology I think they would consider Jupiter in the sixth as BAD and definitely a moon conjunct ketu would be bad for mental health surely. Just the moon in Scorpio won't make someone more vulnerable to mental issues I don't think...Saturn in the tenth house, he never had his art recognized until death. His sun, mars and venus are in the 9th house denoting religion, philosophy...Idk just my interpretation. I'd like to go look at the tropical version since I use that more.
I just looked, his career's ruler is in the ninth house. Career is a bright spot in his chart for tropical I think or at least that is where he 'shines'. The eleventh house has Saturn in it which could increase feelings of seclusion. Who knows
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