During my research for the subject of suburban planning and its social isolation I stumble upon a wonderful specimen of poor urban design in the state of Missouri, where the nefarious housing pods hosting cul de sac and twirly roads is the realm for car culture.
The whole looks like any other American suburban community with the freeway skimming residential areas, the collector defining the neighbors, and then smaller roads extending everywhere until they meet all houses.
I wanted to plot an hypothetical visit of one neighbor to the other and this is the result. It’s a three miles trip by car that will take at least 9 minutes because there are no opening in the shape of a road or pedestrian path to connect the two points.
This is how it appears from top-down view with a series of semi-natural and artificial barriers that separates the cul de sac on the right with the curb on the right. Two worlds apart basically because of arcane and mysterious reasons that impelled urban designers to totally exclude any sort of travelling from one side of the neighbor to the other. Picture if the neighbor’s house is on fire and you want to help them escape death; you won’t probably because you either climb over the two fences and the trees, or you drive your car but that’ll take 9 minutes and who knows if people there are still alive by then.
Highlighted in red it’s the whole barrier of fence and trees that separate the neighbor in two distant sides, where socializing can be as difficult as Berlin in the 1950s between West and East.
To avoid your other neighbor doesn’t get the chance to invade you, the developers built an artificial canal (highlighted in blue) to furthermore make sure people don’t get together and come up with crazy ideas like socializing. In yellow the broken connection that might have been existed with a pedestrian path, but better not take any chance.
Here’s the site from another point of view and you can see how the whole portion doesn’t allow for people to walk or drive to the other side, splitting the pod into three areas.
I zoomed as much as I could and you can see it’s not just a road network issue anymore but a lack of safety feature that could help people stay away from danger. After all these are places where families with young kids live.
In yellow I highlighted the dangerous areas where the lack of fence around the power lines and the canal have allow for free access; anybody can go unrestricted near the pylons and the ditch. Unsupervised kids face the most peril especially when it’s right around their backyard. Coloured in magenta it’s what appears to be a narrow bridge but in fact is a floodgate connected by another fence to the little shack on the right.
Notice also the lack of sidewalks everywhere; this tells us a lot about the urban design of housing communities where the pedestrian was left out of the picture in the first place. People going for a walk have to be in the street increasing the risk of being struck by a vehicle, this shows us the very weak UX design home owners are affected, but also emergency vehicles who might get tangled driving streets which have been badly shaped.
What does this mean?- We live among cities that are the result of zoning laws which manufactured landscapes dictate by cars first and people second. In North America there’s nowhere a car couldn’t go from the driveway to the drive-through of your local burger joint; drive in movies for cars, parking lots eating away downtown portions of many cities, and many other issue which gets in the way of creating healthier places to live.
UX design is not only about websites and phone apps, it extend its dominion onto any other experience the user goes through that can be as simple as opening a pickle jar or driving to work. Both these elements engage people into specific and different behaviors which can result in the success of failure of products and services.
Sun in the 7th house: With the Sun being in the house of relationships, people with this placement will have a heavy need to find their self through their relationships. There’s a clearer sense of Self through personal interactions and awareness comes through feedback, and they will find their true identity in the mirror of relationship. They have the capacity to bring perspective to other people’s lives and help them create desirable outcomes. These natives feel empty without a partner and will always try seek one out. However, this doesn’t necessarily indicate long term relationships, some may develop into hopeless romantics often seeking some unobtainable person.
Sun in the 8th house: It goes without saying that people with this place are intense and observant. They’re the type who looks for books on illumination and self-improvement, being very curious about taboo subjects and looking to discover great truths relating to the metaphysical. They go on intense inner journeys of self discovery, which makes them private by nature. These natives go through a lot of transformations in their life time.
Sun in 9th house: People with this placement are open to new ideas and seeing beyond what they’ve known. These individuals need to expand their views on the world by knowing as many things as possible and experimenting all the time. They will always be aware of the deepest matters regarding life and will want to give their existence meaning and direction. These natives have the ability to start a movement and evolve an idea into a truth.
Sun in the 10th house: Determined to have a hold of power no matter how small. They are drawn to people and roles that gives them power. People with this placement like to work hard for their goals and feeling of success because power is in their blood. Their career is often put first above the other parts of their life. Highly ambitious with the will to achieve higher than their original goal. Their personal life is often afflicted unless grounded and learns to share their success with those around them. In this life, there is pressure for them to succeed.
Sun in the 11th house: There’s a desire to form friendships and to expand your circle continuously. People with this placement have a natural ability to bring people together and to make the space fun and exciting. These people also happen to be very generous and to want popularity rather than money. They don’t care about their social position preferring to be the one that everyone loves. Also, they make good leaders because they know how to motivate those around them for a cause they believe in.
Sun in the 12th house: Naturally charming without overly needing to be the center of attention. The more they’re of help to others, the happier and fulfilled they get to feel, but there’s also a deep desire to live in the woods with only animals for company. They’re free but heavy spirits. Because they’re more focused on what’s happening in their own world rather than in the outside environment, they can afford to just escape and retreat when things in their life go bad. They are compassionate and intuitive, so much so that others seek them out.
Sun in the 1st house: I’ve noticed that people with this placement have very bold, expressive personalities. Not loud and expressive necessarily, but desiring to only be themselves without hindrance. They have a strong sense of self which makes it easy for them to be guided by their intuition. These natives want to make something of themselves and don’t care too much about what others think because their goals are very clear.
Sun in the 2nd house: Since the 2nd house is tied to personal resources, someone with this placement will have their personal self-worth intrinsically linked to the resources they hold. They carry a lot of pride for what they’ve built and created. Financial independence becomes crucial to their self worth. Personal expression comes from creating self-sufficiency. They prefer to take responsibility for their own needs and the needs of those they care for.
Sun in the 3rd house: Deeply curious and have big dreams that can sway from one thing to another. Spontaneous, enthusiastic, and processes a lot of information. People with this placement have excellent story-telling abilities because there’s such an importance in exchanging meaningful information. They thrive in environments where there’s a lot of communication and mental sparing because they need that constant flow of energy.
Sun in 4th house: People with this placement have a habit of making friends their family. They don’t just build a group of friends, they build families.They establish their own identity based on emotions and the home they’ve created. It’s important for them to have their emotional needs and attachments resolved before starting to pay attention to other things in their life. While they need to nurture, being taken care of themselves is very important for the way they develop and accumulate the necessary courage to deal with the world or express themselves. They will need the time alone to focus and develop a strong inner life apart from their loved one’s opinions.
Sun in 5th house: The sun is in it’s natural place here which makes these people naturally expressive and creative. They are generally happy and positive unless they are not getting the appreciation they deserve. They develop more when out in the society, expressing themselves and taking risks. They give a lot of importance to their hobbies and may end up opening up a business based on what they love doing the most in life.
Sun in the 6th house: People with this placement will come off a bit of a perfectionist. Not exactly the way a Virgo would come off as, but they do take great pride in everything they do and are sorely disappointed if the results don’t match. They will solve problems head-on and will push through challenges because they enjoy making the best of anything and will work tirelessly to ensure they achieve the results they seek. It’s very easy for them to get sick with stress-related diseases when not appreciated enough for their efforts. They’re often analyzing themselves and looking at their own personality to see where improvements can be made.
Look at ur moon and what house it falls and look at ur saturn and what house it falls in. How the child sees the parents what lessons they learn:
Aries/1st house: You may see you’re mother/father figure as passionate, hard-working, impulsive and/or avoid impulsives, (passive) aggressive, romantic and spontaneous and ill tempered. You may felt like you had to follow high standards and see/experience childish acts and having trouble with anger/revenge.
Taurus/2nd house: You may see you’re mother/father figure as stubborn, (un)reliable, pratical, crafty, (un)stable. You may struggeled with change, insecurities , (dis)like garden /work with hands. Can have a mixed background and because of that having an accent in the voice, or ur mother/father figure.
Gemini/3rd house: You may see you’re mother/father figure as impulsive, nervous, fast-moving, talkactive,student a-like, intelligent, and/or dumb,curious and avoiding emotions/situations. You may felt trouble with socializing, know-it-alls and awful at adapting.
Cancer/4th house: You may see you’re mother/father figure as helpful, moody, sympathetic, compassionate, and/or pessimistic, insecure, critical. You may felt having trouble with privacy, family and emotions/mood swings.
Leo/5th house: You may see your mother/father figure as creative, fun, avoiding drama/harsh realities, and/or childish, seeking drama ,and arrogant. You may felt trouble with attention, gifts and passionate emotions/love relationships.
Virgo/6th house: You may see your mother/father figure as gentle, shy, critical, hard-working, intelligent, and/or a warrior, lacks time for family and depressive. You may felt trouble with nature/animals, asking too much or not at all.
Libra/7th house: You may see your mother/father figure as loving, romantic, gentle, open-minded , and/or as a disloyal, cheater and looking for drama figure. You may felt trouble having to make decisions, healthy and stable relationships, and emotions.
Scorpio/8th house: You may see your mother/father figure as mysterious, introverted, passionate, intense or/and makes jokes sarcastic jokes, them having many (bed) partners, and depressive. You may felt trouble with having to figure out your sexual idenity, depression/anxiety, and love.
Sagittarius/9th house: You may see your mother/father figure as adventurous, extroverted, trying to act happy, and/or rich figure, always wanna be special and stand out-and not feeling having enough attention in childhood. You may felt trouble with having to change yourself, confidence, understanding jokes, be very intrested in people and feel misunderstood-not having the feeling someone ever tried to figure how you are.
Capricorn/10nth house: You may see your mother/father figure as noisy, strict, looking dead-inside, not very joyful and/or as wise, pratical, and rich. You may felt trouble with having this chronic feeling of emptiness, very stressing out on work and can have trouble with fiancies in family home - not very rich, can’t spend much. You feel like you have to be a good sister/brother/sibling to ur other sibling. Always trying everyday to be the best person you can be.
Aquarius/11nth house: You may see your mother/father figure as controlling, not letting you have enough freedom, neglect, and/or weird, open-minded, spiritual/very kind. You may felt trouble with having to grow up very fast, constantly having problems with ur idenity. Emotions and trust issues.
Pisces/12th house: You may see your mother/father figure as angry, wild, delusional, unstable or/and as creative, caring, spiritual, and empathetic. You may felt trouble with having stability, strict parents, divorce parents.
Themajorasteroids in astrology are: Ceres, Pallas, Juno & Vesta.
Ceres:was the first asteroid ever to be found. Ceres represents the process of nuturing and the motherhood in an individual’s chart. Due to that it is seen as the co-ruler of the moon.
In a chart Ceres aspect may indicate with being able to nurture to being nutured by others. Also the feeling of rejection by people.
Pallas:was the second asteroid ever to be found. It represents wisdom of the female spirit.
In a chart Pallas uses the creative side of us mentally. It is also insolved with the arts.
Juno:was the third asteroid ever to be found. Pallas represents partnerning energy of a intimate relationship.
Where Juno is in the chart: jealousy, where boundries are, how much sharing, and intimacy needs are important to this person.
Vesta:the last four of the major asteroids. Vesta are the brightest of the four asteroids, next to that she is one of the sisters of Jupiter & Juno. Vesta chose to not marry and stay virgin. It is insolved with Scorpio & Virgo.
In the chart of an individual Vesta indicates sexual issues. Also might be issues with sexuality, and/or singleness.
*Houses and sign may indicate the area of life where these issues will happen.
