Aletheia's Chart

Aletheia's full name is Aletheia Nous O'Fallon, showing her mother's fondness for the Ancient Greeks, as well as her mother's interest in philosophy.

Aletheia is an Aries, so she has quite a bit of fire in her. Edgar could no doubt attest to this, given the coffee incident. Her Pisces ascendant causes her to present herself as sensitive and vulnerable, and she often flip-flops between her highly emotional presentation and her feisty Aries sun.

Her moon is in Virgo, which tends to give a critical undercurrent to the personality. In her case, it's more self-critical than critical of others. Virgo moon can also indicate a critical mother, and her own mother was indeed critical. Although Aletheia tells Thalia that her mother didn't expect much of her, a very different picture is painted in her memories. Her mother's criticality is indirect and, at times, dismissive. She was fond of assuming that Aletheia should be able to understand highly complex and abstract texts at a relatively young age, offering very little by way of guidance. Her mother's criticism of the education Aletheia receives in high school also has the implicit message that somehow Aletheia has erred by not having complete mastery of Heidegger by the time she's a teenager. That her mother was experienced as critical is shown by the negative self-image Aletheia has of her own mental processes, namely that she has "a broken brain." The inaccuracy of this self-perception is shown through her memory of Thalia, who thinks that Aletheia's only problem with thinking is that she does it far too much.

Another aspect of her moon is that of worry. Moon in Virgo people are often prone to worrying. This is shown in her character but, of course, Aletheia has a lot to worry about!

Aletheia's moon is in the seventh house, which has interesting repercussions, given the direction her love life goes in throughout Collywobbles.  A seventh house moon is often found among those that have mentally ill partners.

Lastly, her Venus in Aries in the first house lends itself to attracting suitors, and in some cases, men competing over her. Certainly, she isn't lacking for suitors. She dates two different men in the first year that she's in New Orleans. She has certain men hit on her even when it's wildly inappropriate to do so, and of course her greatest suitor--and the most determined one--is Edgar.