Can you look at a chart and figure a person is likely to be honest? What aspects or placements suggest this to you?
Also, is honesty, honesty, or can a person be honest at times, and not so much at other times, or in certain situations?
I've seen peoplevAries or highly active Uranus be quite blunt....& therefore, honest. Like, social situations not cloak their reactions with charm/nicety/cautiousness. I appreciate this but curious to know what others think.
@gogol I tend to agree. Both Aries/mars people and strong Uranian types, don’t care to hold back. I’m thinking the same may apply to Sagittarians.
I can’t see it in the chart.
It seems like every sign/planet has a higher and lower octave. How do you tell? I think that is where free will comes in. You can be the truth-seeking Sag or the big exaggerator Sag. The pure Virgo or the nervous Virgo that caves to intimidation. The idealistic inspirational Neptunian candidate or the liar?
So how do you deal with this if you are reading someone’s chart? When I wanted to be an astrologer, this is what hung me up, I couldn’t tell and people want certainty.
@aspire I feel I can discern this well enough, what I'll say is, that the person looks like they're likely to be honest. I will also ask, "Have they lied to you?"
If the person says, no, and I have the chart there, strongly suggesting they tend to be honest, I will say something like, "I think this person tends to tell the truth...it's no small thing..."
This is like in a new dating situation. "Is this guy lying to me?"
"No, I don't think he is". As opposed to, "probably", which I will also say.
In both cases, it's just a probabilities but there are charts that lean heavily one way or the other.
https://elsaelsa.com/astrology/can-you-identify-a-liar-by-their-natal-chart/
To answer my own question, there are plenty of truth-telling liars out there. There are three stunning examples in my family. My husband is also a truth-telling liar, though he will lie and deny this!
Ha!!
I think deception is indicated through Mercury with hard aspects to Neptune in the natal chart. Red flag for me!