This is the opener to Draco Malfoy's birth chart interpretation.
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The ascendant is very important in astrology, as it determines how the houses are set on the natal chart. This is determined by your time and place of birth.
The Ascendant is your physical appearance, your first impression on people and your identity (not to be confused with personality).
I mentioned earlier in Draco's master list, that I found a time/ascendant that I believe fits Draco most. I feel Libra matches him well, he is perceived as charming, vain and intelligent, to the general school public anyway.
With a Libra Ascendant, Draco is very charming from first impression. He is seen as knowledgable, intelligent, well mannered and a little restless.
Venus is the ruler of Libra which greatly aids Draco's appearance. As Venus is the planet of love and beauty, most would agree that he is handsome, charismatic, attractive and has a great sense of style.
Draco's facial structure will likely be symmetrical with full cheeks, almond shaped eyes, an attractive smile and great hair. His aura will be enticing and depending aspects and other placements, his overall personality could aid to his appearance.
Remember, depending the degree of the Ascendant, Draco may have differing physical appearances from the above.
Harry wasn't fazed by Draco's charming exterior, he could see past that and actually listen to and watch how Draco speaks and behaves. This would come down to aspects to the ascendant and Draco's Mercury placement.
Draco will likely be tall with strength, clean shaven always neatly dressed. He knows he's attractive and he's owning it. This can come across as being vain and egotistical, and may turn people off.
Under Libra, Draco will have a focus on law, justice and truth. He will search for peace and look to bring justice and vindication for those who mean most to him. He is loyal to those who are loyal to him.
He cares deeply about people and wants the best for everyone, however can have selfish tendencies. We see this during the aftermath of Katie Bell being cursed where Draco begins to show signs of empathy, guilt and sadness.
Venus is in the 9H. Why do we need to know this?
Each house has a Lord, depending the sign that is over the house. It doesn't matter if there are any planets within the house, the house Lord essentially communicates from the house they are in and brings energy across from their house.
Therefore, Love Bug Venus is the Lord of the First, as it is the ruler of Libra, however, is in the 9H. So, what does this mean?
With Libra in the first house of representing self, appearance and impressions and Venus the planet of love and beauty in the 9H of travel, higher education, foreign affairs and spirituality, Draco will have a heavy focus on international travel and affairs, as well as education.
The Ascendant is your identity, with Venus communicating to Libra from the 9H, Draco is going to heavily identify with foreign cultures, religion/spirituality and education.
This indicates that Draco may even study or live abroad, finding that discovering different cultures and knowledge will help him find peace.
As Libra is the Ascendant, this means Venus is the chart ruler. Where Venus is placed and its aspects will have a greater impact on Draco's life than other placements.
While the Chart Ruler is a prominent factor in a chart, you must always acknowledge and consider your dominant planet as well. In example, Pluto is the ruler of my Chart, however I am Uranus Dominant, meaning Uranus has more impact on my chart than Pluto. This can be checked on astro.com.
What makes this easy, is that Venus is so, influential in Draco's chart, it is the Chart Ruler and the Dominant Planet of his chart. We will go through Venus a bit later, but for now remember, anything Venus is connected to on Draco's chart, is being heavily influenced. This will be prominent when we go through aspects.
This placement... Hits close to home. It's not an easy placement by any means, but it can also be beautiful and soul renewing.
Pluto, represents destruction (death), transformations and rebirth (renewal).
Being a generational dwarf planet, the characteristics of the overhead sign is seen in many people, as Pluto can take 10-20 years to transit through a sign. The degree, house placement and aspects is what you should be looking for in terms of a personal scale, while using the corresponding natal sign to direct you.
With Pluto in Libra, Draco will be driven by a deep desire for balance and harmony, which will play a part in his transformation processes. With Libra overhead, Pluto wants Draco to learn to balance his desire for peace, to create personal authenticity.
Pluto in Libra suggests that the native is here to bring harmony and unity, removing injustices from the world. Draco might be sensitive global injustice, and as Pluto resides in the first, he can be seen as proactive protester that can understand each sides perspective.
However, Libra is airy, indecisive and flaky. Unlike its air counterpart Aquarius, Pluto Libra needs to do things independently. Being able to see all sides to a situation, Draco is likely to handle things independently, although will have the tendency to take his time coming to a solution, unable to choose which answer is the best option.
Having Pluto in the first house is not an easy placement. As someone with this placement, the easiest way I can describe it, is that it feels like a constant mindset of "death to self" - but not in a mental health aspect.
You are constantly rebranding yourself, which makes it hard to have a sense of identity. Draco is likely going to face challenges of reaffirming his identity and allowing himself to transformation when necessary. The old Draco is not same person as the present Draco, nor is the future Draco. They can be wildly different persons or they can be similar with a few changes.
Aspects to Pluto are very important (in any sense), as this will only amplify to the transformation of one's self. If Draco has negative aspects, he will likely find it difficult to transform and rebrand himself, especially with picky Libra overhead. If positive, Draco may have an easier time understanding his identity.
Because there is a constant confusion on identity and the consistent transformation cycles a native will go through, there is a likelihood that this brings on anxiety, depression, identity crisis's and fear of public judgement.
As Pluto sits in the first, we can also expect minor Scorpio characteristics in his appearance. This can range from the tall, slim posture, defined cheekbones and piercing hooded eyes that cremate your soul, or the dark coloured accents that scream Scorpio (hair, eyes, clothing, voice).
The aura of Scorpio may also come through, people may perceive Draco as intimidating, magnetic and intense. He might have the tendency to draw people in with this aura (especially if his Venusy Libra qualities are hardcore (they are)), or the opposite will happen and he will scare people with intimidation.
Along this journey, you are going to realise very quickly, that Draco's chart is very Air heavy.
The fifteenth degree is a Gemini degree.
This means that the Ascendant has influences from Libra/Venus (Placement/Chart Ruler) and Gemini/Mercury (Degree).
My mans is going to look like an aloof jock in first impressions.
There is a lot of Libra/Venus energy already, but adding more air into the mix with Gemini only adds more spice. Libra being charming, knowledgeable and charismatic, will be aided by Gemini's fun-loving, information seeking and not stop talking characteristics.
Draco is likely to be viewed as someone who is charming and intelligent, but an everyday person that just wants to have fun and a bit of a laugh.
Inviting Gemini qualities in, Draco might be slender with a slim build, talking with hands, oval or diamond face structure with a pointy chin, or youthful, energetic and bouncy.
Now, what I find curious, is that the fifteenth degree indicates assassinations or killings. Being that this is the first house, Draco might be known for being tied to killing/assassinating someone, or being assassinated.
What I find ironic with the above, is that we know this to be true, Draco being ordered to assassinate Albus Dumbledore at the start of the sixth years.
Don't agree with my theory? Here is where I found my information on degree theory.
The nineteenth degree is a Virgo degree
This means Pluto has influences from Libra/Venus (House Ruler/Placement) and Virgo/Mercury (Degree).
As there is so much Libra energy coming through, it's likely the Virgo energy will be suffocated. Alas, Virgo is stubborn and demands to be included.
With Virgo energy coming through the degree, Draco might expect his plans for peace and unity to run perfectly, with absolutely no flaws. Virgo, in the nicest way possible, hates being wrong and must right at all times, and won't settle for anything less than perfect.
This isn't all bad. Draco might put more care in his approach to solving injustice or reaffirming his identity, ensuring that all steps he takes are done correctly and that he as all the information that is going to prepare him for such endeavours.
However, it can open up some problems. When Draco eventually makes a decision on what solution to use, if it doesn't go according to plan, things can be catastrophic. Libra is resilient, each failure means a new, harder protest. Virgo is... Pretentious and smug, a failure means looking bad and faulting a reputation.
Honestly, rough home boy.
When a planet enters Retrograde, its energies are expressed inwardly, rather than outwardly.
During a Pluto Retrograde transit, Draco is likely to feel that people ar trying to bring him down. When in transit while in retrograde is most likely when natives will feel the effect, which will bring dead ends and fresh starts.
This can mean things that Draco holds on to most suddenly disappear, or he will be forced to let them go. This goes hand in hand with the Karma Pluto provides; If you haven't made amends for your wrongdoings, Pluto retrograde will make you feel the payback, hardcore.
To bring the above into the story, Pluto was in Retrograde from March 8th 1997, to August 13th 1997. Katie Bell was cursed by Draco in October 1996, however Draco isn't reprimanded for this until May 1997, when Harry uses Sectumsempra on Draco in Myrtle's bathroom.
After payback from Pluto, you usually force yourself to make change. Being that we are in the first house, it is likely Draco decided to change something within himself after losing the duel to Harry, likely learning his from wrongdoings quickly after the fact.
Abuse of power is common with those with Pluto in Retrograde on their natal charts, a characteristic we know is prominent in Draco's behaviours (My father, will be hearing about this). We can see this with Draco's relationship with Snape early on, using the teacher/student connection to worsen Harry's day. This is also seen when Draco threatens Buckbeak, and uses his father to take it to the Ministry.
As this effects Draco's identity, he is likely to be very secretive and mysterious (The Scorpio affect we mentioned earlier). He likely won't trust easily, and while he will be changing internally and transforming his morals and beliefs internally, this likely won't be seen by his surrounding peers. However, just because it is not seen (Golden trio's perspective), doesn't mean it is not occurring.
Well, what a start this has been. We have already been able to link things that we know for certain about Draco, to his birth chart.
Stay tuned, next we go through Draco's second house 💸
