Re: Planetary patterns -- the bowl
The question has been raised, why has Trump made his fortune in real estate when his horoscope lacks Earth?
The absence of an element in a chart creates a negative preponderance similar to the more commonly recognized positive preponderance.
Here are some traits typical of a negative Earth preponderance:
The native seeks to check and reward (or punish) the reliability of those around him. He tends to order and re-order the things with which he must deal. Although he may not be exceptionally practical, he has an eye open to the availability and potential usefulness of whatever comes to his attention.
He may be impatient of trifles, or contrariwise become involved in unimportant matters (mmicromanagement). This same trait may confer the ability to see beyond confusing trivialities. There can be a certain callousness in sacrificing living actualities to some impossible perfection.
This does not satisfy the question.
We see the Moon in the 4th (Placidus) sextile Rx Jupiter, lord of 8th, in the 2nd. The 2nd cusp is well within earthy Virgo, and apart from the Asc itself the 1st house is Virgoan..ruler Mercury in Cancer sign of lands and homes. Venus conjuncts earthy Saturn, lord of the substantial and tangible.
And his upbringing and inheritance were centered on housing. It's what he knew. And a large part of his inherited wealth was in real estate.