Bridgerton Astrology- Part 1: ELOISE
To preface these posts, I am generally only going to be talking about charts I believe would fit these characters. These are based on nothing by my opinion, the type of person I see them being, and the ways I see that behavior reflect in other people~
Cancer Ascendant-
Maybe a difficult argument to make given her resistance to showing her feelings to people, but I think we have to look toward the way people perceive her, which is a deeply intelligent person who seems to make everything harder for themselves. In her rejection of being led by anything but logic, most of her decisions are based solely in emotion, out of concern for the people around her. Had she never been named a suspect or trashed by Whistledown, I don't believe she would've had any issue with the secret, the explanation Penelope gives about feeling like she has no other voice would have been enough-- and if I remember right, she says as much in the show. Rather than showing a bright, passionate and openly caring individual, we see someone who doesn't need credit for the hits they take in other peoples' name. For example, while still friends, Cressida never comes to understand how much Eloise is protecting her, knowing for a fact that she's lying and still taking her insults. Even in having every reason to turn on her, on Penelope, even in holding a key that could bring the entire ton tumbling down, her love for the people around her held her back.
(5H) Scorpio Sun-
In my eyes, her Scorpio Sun is very often her most prevalent placement, seen just in the way that... when she had a secret in her hand, a fireball ready to throw, not even resentment and anger could lead her to turn on someone she loved. A secret keeper that can't stand secrets being held by anyone else, people don't understand the direction she moves in because they don't understand the realizations she's having about herself. In keeping so much from people, she controls the way people view her, but it also in losing control that people start to see her true feelings. The biggest signal of her Sun is the way people understand her to be someone who wants to be alone, when we know the truth is that she holds back waiting for someone who will always stay.
(8H) Aquarius Moon-
I feel like all placements can be expressed in wildly different ways, but the most obvious one to me is the way Eloise does not value sharing a life with anyone. For all the scary examples people make of the 8H, this is where we find deep commitments, emotional bonds, shared possessions, and all these things contribute to what we know as love and intimacy-- something Eloise can't be begged to concern herself with. Another way I feel this Moon expresses itself is the way she gives up all hope for Theo. In true Aquarius Moon nature, she stumbled into an opportunity, pressed it as hard as she could, and then decided love would never work for her after that one chance of it fell apart. I feel like it's true to Saturn to identify her Moon by the things she avoids, but I think an Aquarius 8H really speaks to the way she's so righteous in her need to achieve things on her own. When we talk about the Moon being in the 8H, I think this is why she always receives the grace of her family, they leave her untouched because they understand feeding her brain is what makes her happy. This leads into another way I think her Aquarius 8H Moon is expressed: the way that her family tries to push her without pressure. While it would be unacceptable for anyone else to run away the way she does, people make a conscious effort to show her they understand the feeling of being overwhelmed. For as strong and harsh as this Big 3 can seem to the outside world, I think that's the point. Because only the people who know her know how to handle the spikes of an urchin.
(4H) Libra Mercury-
I think having a Libra Mercury would be the balancing point in her chart, showing the way she constantly feels pressure to make a decision that falls in the middle of 'right for absolutely everybody'. I think this Cardinal Mercury would also show... the viewers own expectation of her finally blowing up on people, which just never happens. I think the intensity of her personality leads people to believe that she will push back against anything she doesn't like, but that means they push even harder when she chooses silence. In the 4H, I think we see the influence in her chart the leads her to advocate for other people, specifically women [Mercury square Cancer Ascendant]. When it comes to her own needs, she rides the fence, but when she sees anyone else being wronged, she knows exactly what they need to do. Maybe the perfect example of her Mercury taking a stand is when she refused to talk to Colin for Penelope. Knowing that [Libra] Eloise is the perfect bridge between the two, Penelope hoped that she could defuse the argument, but Eloise know that P needed do deal with it on her own. In the end, she will make the decision that's best for her loved ones, even if that means forcing them toward a decision they don't agree with.
(6H) Sagittarius Venus-
In the 6H, I think her Venus would more accurately portray her love for literature, exploring new ideas, and even asking to leave with Francesca to London. While I believe other placements reflect her defensiveness, her readiness to argue, I think this Venus shows the way she's distracted by social norms, too concerned with the things she loves to even entertain conversations about anything else. This is a Venus that sends themselves flying over cliffs, especially if they're in the passenger seat of someone else's car trying to convince them to drive faster, and I think... we can even see that in her friendship with Cressida. It wasn't just Cressida's mother who reminded her she's all alone in the world, it wasn't just a desire to avoid marriage that led Cressida to take responsibility for Lady Whistledown, it was [Sagittarius Venus] Eloise who talked to her about all the things women are and should be able to be. It was Eloise who repeatedly confronted her, reminding her that [Sagittarius] she can be so much more than what the rest of the ton wants her to be. In the 6H, I think this speaks to her consistency, the way she holds everyone and herself to creating better routines, thought patterns. [Libra Mercury sextile Sagittarius Venus], I think this Venus could also show the reason she doesn't take arguments too far. If people yell at her, spray mean words toward her, she tries to take a step back and accept that behavior as an example of who that person is. In her head, she does not need to try to argue with anyone who actively chooses to live the way they do. I think her Venus, in all, speaks to how accepting she really is, and how her true personality really does directly contrast the reputation she's given. Think back, the only reason a rumor about being a 'political spy' worked is because people she never talked to believed it. With no other experience of her or her personality, people had to judge her based on how she reserves herself from everyone, and that made it easy alienate her. When her Sagittarius Venus focuses too much in one direction, the neglect in other areas immediately whips back into her face.
(11H) Taurus Mars-
Easily deceptive in its influence, I think a Taurus Mars speaks strongly to her lack of reaction to near any change. For example, when Penelope and Colin truly got married, Benedict made jokes about her being off in a corner, eating and crying about it. For as much of a reason as she had to be emotional, the fact that she made it visible [11H Mars] to the public at all brought attention to her. I think this can even be represented through the way the show itself portrays her emotions, many of her reactions to change being very still shots of her face. I think having a Taurus Mars would speak to how slow she is to act in general. The love and respect people have for her develops expectations that she should be a brute force, someone to be feared that could cause havoc at any moment, but using that strength is the absolute last option she wants to choose. It's never about what she can and can't do, it's about what she wants, and a lot of the time, she doesn't want to hurt anyone. So much of her strength is held back by the idea that she could hurt someone else the way that she's been hurt. Just to make another example, we saw this in her argument with Colin, about why she didn't tell him about Penelope. Given enough time, she developed a fear of breaking his heart. Not ruining the family, embarrassing herself or anyone else, she was never concerned about the ways it affected her, she held back for so long because she was afraid of what it would do to Colin's heart.
