Touhou 06 - Embodiment of Scarlet Devil

The time used for this chart is when Comiket normally starts. All mainline Touhou games have a Sun in Leo, with the only exceptions being th3 and 5, which were both released in the end of december(thus Capricorn sun). Also, every Touhou game released during a Comiket has a rising in Libra because of the specific time it happens in.

Analysis

The immediate first thing to look in the chart is the position of the Venus(as it rules the game itself, being a Libra asc), Venus is on the 12th house, the house of self-undoing. Touhou 6 was the first game of the Windows era, this will come up a lot in this chart, and Venus' position there also shows this. The 12th house is the house that comes before the first one(Self), thus it's the pre-self, the reformation of the identity. Venus in the 12th gives a "Bi-quintile" aspect to Uranus(A.K.A 144 degrees). This aspect in people's charts normally represents some sort of "talent" or quirk, and here we have Venus(the self) having a quirk involving Uranus(the planet of energy, and mainly in this context innovation). It being the first windows era also comes up on the north node, being on the eighth house gemini. The south node is where one is coming from, the north node is where one shall go. The south node is on the second house in sagittarius, implying something already fixed(2nd house) going to a more transformative route(8th house). It comes up again with the Moon ruling the MC(main objective/career life), Mercury ruling the ninth(where something will go) and both being at the eleventh(future/innovation).

The eleventh is ruled by the Sun, which is in the chart, at the tenth house (like it always is, as cited before), in this case though, it is conjuncting the planet of Mars. Sun rules the very powerful eleventh in this chart, and it being in Leo reflects the general focus of ZUN on being fun-focused at the games beyond anything else. It conjuncting Mars means the very active martian energies giving even more activity/"getter" energy towards these areas that the sun represents, besides, both find themselves at the tenth house(public life), reflecting the increased overall success that Touhou 6 had. Mars in the chart rules both the possesions house (second) and the "others" house (seventh), it's conjunction to the Sun could also mean the overall expansion in popularity and horizons that Touhou 6 brought. Another factor which one could corellate to it's popularity, is the very powerful Jupiter also in the tenth house, which sextiles(gives support) to the Venus(self and influence). Chiron squares the Mercury(ruler of the where-to-go of the game + the self undoing), meaning that the general "wound" in the context of these works would be cured by the game's developmet and success(Jupiter in tenth inconjuncts the Chiron).

The game was released when ZUN had Saturn trining his north node(sending him to his spiritual duty) and Jupiter was sextiling his Venus(creativity and relationships). Also Zun's Mars was being affected by Uranus, right on the sign of Aquarius, also hinting at the overall innovation of the windows era in comparison to everything he had done before. The Saturn of the game is at Gemini and Ninth house, meaning an overall weight and challenge on the factor "Where to go" of the series. The Gemini sign can also mean the transition between the 2 platforms, as Gemini is together with Aquarius the general signs of technology. Saturn shows the challenges, the Ascendant and Mars shows how one will go about defeating them. The ascendant is in Libra, as shown before with Venus being on the 12th biquintiling Uranus, Mars is on the Sun in Leo, the natural proud and joyful sign, meaning that the defeat of the black cube's limits came from focusing mainly on the essentials of fun. The spell cards mechanics is also shown on the chart. The world of Gensokyo itself is the fifth house of the chart, ruled by Aquarius. All "power" involved magic is eighth house, and looking at the eighth house of the fifth(12th), you find Venus, biquintiling Uranus(Innovation). Following the same train of thought, you can also see that the world of Gensokyo has Jupiter ruling it's second house(posessions) and it's eleventh(innovations and future), Jupiter goes and sextiles Venus on the chart, also a hint at the spell cards system.

Assuming the actual gameplay is the sixth house(not only work but also the "day-to-day" things in the context of a person), we see it having a Lilith in Aries as it's first house(using now the perspective of the sixth). Which could be the reason of why TH06 in specific is considered way harder than other games that came soon after. The 11th of the sixth house (in the chart, the 4th house) has Uranus and Neptune, Uranus being there represent the individuality of this game in specific's main antagonist, which followed a more Western approach even though the name of the game is Eastern project. It went very well though, with Uranus trining Saturn and biquintiling Venus, as said before. Neptune in that same house also perfectly sextiles lilith in Aries, which is a representative of the extra stage boss of that game, Flandre scarlet. Assuming the 4th house(11th of the 6th) are the antagonists, we can also use the 10th house(7th of the 11th of the 6th) to see the protagonists. The tenth house has a Sun conjuncting Mars, which implies someone very active, agressive and outgoing(Marisa) and Jupiter, which is someone joyous and high spiritually(Reimu). Saturn for our protagonists is in the 12th, the house of hidden things, ruled by neptune. It represents the overall incident of the game "an unnatural scarlet mist appears without warning and covers much of the land. It is strong enough to block out the sun, causing the affected areas to become dark and cold.", this is comproved by the fact that it trines Uranus(not only the story of the game but also the antagonists, as said before), while tri-octiling Neptune, which not only fits the overall "Foggy" situation but also is on the antagonists' house. Saturn (from the angle of the protagonists), rules the antagonists, having a Capricorn dsc, also connecting the incident together.

Looking now from the angle of the antagonists, represented as said before by the 4th, with Neptune and Uranus there. It is possible to see a reflection of their natures as both planets oppose Mars and Sun, meaning the 4 planets are activated together, reflecting their not only their general personality as antagonist. But also being in opposition to the protagonist's planet of all things, with also, a perfect angle of 18 degrees between Uranus and Neptune, and the Opposition onto the Sun happens right in the middle of it, making it a symmetrical "sensitive point".

When these happens, it means that whatever is in the opposition has even more value than before, is more emphazised by the general meaning of both planets. We here see that Uranus and Neptune Oppose the Sun and Mars with 18 degrees between the 2, conviniently the amount of degrees that Mars and Sun are in too. This means lots of things, the overall forces behind the 2 antagonists, the archetypes in opposition(Reimu and Marisa vs the SDM fog incident), the creative impact of the game itself, one could even correlate that to the difficulty and existence of anime girls in the game(as Uranus, Neptune and Leo are involved). Anyways, in the context of our antagonists it's just the opposition. Saturn for our antagonists finds itself on the sixth house, but it is not an obstacle, as THEY are ruled by Saturn, they're the chart's Saturn too. And with the "Gensokyo = fifth house" understanding, we see that Saturn is on gensou's 5th house. 5th house is the house with the nature of the Sun and Leo, the only one. This all represents that they're the one's blocking Gensokyo's Sun. It expands the context of the Saturn in the protagonists' 12th.

Using the sixth house as the ruler of the gameplay itself, one can also see the personalities involved in each stage. the sixth house itself, as said before, has an Aries dark moon in it, a show of Rumia, the first stage boss. The second house of the sixth (the seventh), is the second stage, which is ruled by Mars. We find Mars conjuncting Sun in the Leo sign, representing Cirno's character. The third of the sixth, is the eighth, ruled by Venus. we find Venus at Libra squaring Chiron in capricorn, Hong Meiling, the (incopetent) gatekeeper and the stage itself in general. The 4th house of the sixth is the ninth house(thus the 4th stage), is ruled by Mercury, and fittingly, goes inside a library of all things, fighting against Patchouli Knowledge and the assistant (Mercury is in Virgo!). The chart's tenth is the fifth house of the sixth(5th stage), it is ruled by the Moon(caretakers and home), which is at Virgo(the servant's/work sign). The sixth house of the sixth house(the sixth stage) is the chart's eleventh, which is ruled by the Sun, and the Sun finds itself at Leo, the natural Leader's sign, with Sun conjunct Mars. To see Flandre in the chart, we can use the 4th(house and family) of the 11th(Remilia), which is the 2nd house, in Scorpio, ruled also by Mars and conjuncting the Sun, not only fitting to both their personalities, but also implying Flandre Scarlet "conjuncts" Remilia Scarlet. The planets inside the houses also seem to matter, as Remilia's house is also characterized by a Mercury and Moon in virgo, despite the initial very Leo-Mars appearance, showing a more analytical/homely side.

I got way too much in my zone doing this.

On the topic of spirituality involved aspects, you can immediately watch the Sun and Mars opposition Neptune, although, with Sun ruler of the eleventh(the audience, the future), i believe it manifested as more the creative side of Neptune. Though it's not a stretch to say that the aspect contributed to how powerful the game was spiritually, as the SDM crew in general is extremely "loud" in experiences when in comparison to others, getting even more intense recently. To see more karmic/unconscious patterns, we will now give a look at the Draconic chart of Touhou 6. Which is the chart using the nodes as the starting point of Aries.

Draconic chart

The Draconic chart has a Leo ascendant instead of Libra, another great foreshadow of the success of the game and the transition to the windows era. Looking at the 12th house (unconscious, unseen) of the draconic chart, we see the ruler being Cancer. Moon is also on cancer, but on the 11th. The moon in that chart rules over the general "spiritual" powers which Touhou 6 holds and manifests itself right on the house of "Daimons" (the eleventh house rules not only normal friends but spiritual ones too). Also interesting that the 12th house of the karmic chart, thus the most powerful point and culmination of all the unconscious, goes right on the MC of the normal game birthchart. Meaning that it's success overall somehow had unconscious/spiritual factors at play. One can deduce that the gods which influenced ZUN made the success possible. Also, going back to the Moon in cancer being the ruler of the culmination of the unconscious, Jupiter also recently conjuncted exactly that place, thus expanding it, and anecdotally there HAS been way more paranormal cases involving the SDM in the recent times. Jupiter has now also entered the draconinc 12th of the game recently, being on the time of this being written, at 17 degrees of Cancer. It's current placement will surely bring great expansion to the overall spiritual and esoteric aspects of the game in the next 1 and a half year.