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Chart shapes

Bowl

A bowl chart gathers all the bodies into one half of the wheel, leaving the opposite hemisphere empty, so you have a self-contained, inward-holding quality and a strong sense of carrying something. In the Jones taxonomy the bowl holds inner reserves and seeks what the empty half represents, often with a feeling of mission or advocacy. The gift is depth, self-sufficiency, and a directed sense of purpose. The cost is one-sidedness and a longing for the very experiences the empty half holds. The work is reaching consciously toward the missing hemisphere. At your best you carry your gift like something you are meant to give the world.

Sources

  • Jones, The Guide to Horoscope Interpretation (1941)Defines the chart shape in the Jones distribution taxonomy and its core temperament.
  • Hand, Horoscope Symbols (1981)Reads the whole-chart shape as the gestalt of how the bodies are spread.
  • Oken, Alan Oken's Complete Astrology (1980)Gives the accessible reading of the Jones chart-shape personality.