Pick Withers

Leicester, England, United Kingdom

April 4, 1948

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Bio

David "Pick" Withers (born 4 April 1948 in Leicester, England) was the original drummer for the rock band Dire Straits and played on its first four albums, which included hit singles such as "Sultans of Swing," "Romeo and Juliet" and "Private Investigations."He first played a drum in the Boys Brigade taught by a childhood friend Richard Storer of now knocked-down Argyle Street in Leicester. He became a professional musician at the age of 17, in a band called the Primitives, followed by a band called Spring who had a record contract but little success. They recorded one album on the RCA label. In the mid-1970s he was a house drummer at Rockfield Studios in South Wales. He played on records by Dave Edmunds and Hobo amongst others, including the John Dummer Band, Magna Carta, and the Gary Fletcher Band.Pick has also studied at Drumtech drum school in London.

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Planets

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Sun in 14° 34' Aries
Moon in 17° 38' Aquarius
Mercury in 22° 29' Pisces
Venus in 29° 55' Taurus
Mars in 18° 18' Leo
Jupiter in 28° 45' Sagittarius
Saturn in 15° 54' Leo (r)
Uranus in 22° 38' Gemini
Neptune in 11° 32' Libra (r)
Pluto in 12° 38' Leo (r)
North Node in 15° 49' Taurus (r)
Chiron in 24° 3' Scorpio (r)

Aspects

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Patterns

Chart patterns are a collection of aspects that are grouped together to reveal a larger geometric pattern within the chart.

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T-Square

Jupiter in 28° Sagittarius
Mercury in 22° Pisces
Uranus in 22° Gemini

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Grand Square

Chiron in 24° Scorpio
Mars in 18° Leo
North Node in 15° Taurus
Moon in 17° Aquarius

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Sun in 14° Aries
Moon in 17° Aquarius
Pluto in 12° Leo
Neptune in 11° Libra
Saturn in 15° Leo

Special Features

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The moon was a waning crescent moon

The Square aspect occurs the most, a total of 8 times

Sun in Aries and Mars in Leo are in mutual reception

Jupiter in Sagittarius is in the sign of its rulership

Declinations

Declinations are a rarely used piece of information in astrology. They reflect a planet's distance north or south of the celestial equator. Read more

Parallels occur when two planets are at the same declination, both in the north or south. They are considered to have the same effect as conjunctions. Contraparallels are when one star in the north and another in the south are at the same declination. They are considered to have the same effect as oppositions.

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