Earth - solid, comfort loving, persevering, reliable, sensuous.
Air - mentally alert, light, chatty, funny
Fire - warm , passionate, headstrong, proud
Water - gentle, emotional, nurturing, intuitive
Earth Air Fire Water
Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn Libra, Aquarius, Gemini Aries, Leo, Sagittarius Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces
Natal Chart = more acurate representation of your signs. The most personal of these are the Sun sign, Moon sign, Mercury sign, Venus sign, and Mars sign. Most people already know their Sun sign. But knowing the rest of your signs unearthes in more detail about you.
If the birth time is unknown, you may not know the Moon sign for certain. This is because the Moon changes signs approximately every 2-1/2 days, making it quite possible that someone is born on a day in which the Moon sign changes. Less probable but still possible is a change of signs for the other planets and luminaries, depending on the planet itself (example the Sun changes signs every 30 days or so).
Each paragraph of interpretation refers to an individual position in your chart. All of these positions and aspects are some of the "parts" that make up a "whole"--you! Some of these interpretations will be contradictory, just as people are contradictory. A person can be downright timid in love, and that same person can be aggressive in business. Not only that, we evolve and grow throughout our lives, facing challenges that help us to handle our positions and aspects in a different way. We all have choices, and one of the largest benefits of astrology is the ability to understand ourselves better so that we can work with our natal charts rather than against them.
The 12 Astrological Houses
Astrological houses describe a specific field of experience in the native's real life.
Your Ascendant Sign or the First House is how you see the world and how the world sees you. It is as important as your Sun sign. It describes the personality, the natural demeanour of the native as she faces the outside world, and also her physical appearance. The Ascendant defines, in part, the first impression we make on others in a personal rather than professional sense. It represents our physical appearance, our physical bodies and overall health, and the body ego. The Ascendant is often referred to as the mask we wear, although I don't consider it to be as superficial as this might suggest. What it does represent is our natural and personal defense mechanisms that we use to adapt to, and cope with, our environment.
The 2nd house: money earned and material goods. It describes material goods, how they are managed, and how money is earned. In brief, it includes all financial matters but also represents greed and all sorts of possessions.
The 3rd house: immediate surroundings, siblings, short trips, and studies. It deals with communication, the close environment (siblings, colleagues, schoolmates), primary and secondary education, apprenticeship. It also describes short trips, transportation, modern means of communication and all practical things.
The 4th house, referred to as the Imum Coeli: family, home, origins, heredity, and the father. It represents the native's family, ancestors, roots, and home, both the home he comes from and the one he will set up. This house also describes the real estate patrimony, childhood, and emotions. It is located at the bottom of the chart, and like the Ascendant, it is an angular house. For some authors, 4th house represents the mother instead of the father.
The 5th house: love matters, pleasure, leisure, children, and creations. It describes the person's creative and recreational activities, his hobbies, as well as his love affairs, his luck in gambling, his relationships with children in general, including his own. This house covers all pleasant things in the native's life.
The 6th house: everyday life, daily work and colleagues, lower-ranking co-workers, and health. It describes the native's everyday life, his behaviour at work, minor obligations, servitudes, lower-ranking co-workers, and pets. It also concerns health, medicines and minor illnesses.
The 7th house, referred to as the Descendant: unions, marriage, other people, associations, and contracts. It is opposite the 1st house and thus, represents other people, the native's behaviour towards other people, his partner (spouse or associate). It concerns contracts, associations, marriage and open enemies. It is through the 7th house that the native perceives other people. It is opposite the ASC, and is located on the right hand side of the natal chart and corresponds to the place where the sun sets.
The 8th house: passions and crises, transformations, death, financial investments, and sexuality. It concerns the native's birth and death. However, it does not necessarily mean actual physical death. It may be a symbolic death, and thus, it is synonymous with evolution and transformation. This house also represents inheritances, money earned by other people, but also sexuality, power, all things hidden, and interest in occultism.
The 9th house: travels, abstract and higher concepts, spirituality, and foreign matters. It is the realm of spirituality and philosophy, higher ideals, faraway travels, both physical and inner ones. Contrarily to the 3rd house, this house represents higher education and universities, as well as the understanding of abstract topics. It is also related to law and legality, and religion.
The 10th house, referred to as the Midheaven: social success, professional destiny, and the mother. It is opposite the 4th house and corresponds to the native's professional career, as well as his social elevation as compared to his family background. It symbolises his ambitions and his achievements in the society. It is also related to the general public, potential fame, and the mother's influence. The 10th house is in the Southern part of the natal chart and located at its top.
The 11th house: friends, collective projects, supports and protections in life. It represents the native's projects, his friends, and his protectors. It describes the nature of his friends, his group activities, and the place he occupies within the group, contrarily to the more individualistic 5th house. This 11th house is related to all kinds of humanitarian topics.
The 12th house: enemies, difficulties, solitude, hidden ordeals, and secrets. It corresponds to the native's inner self, ordeals underwent his whole life through, hidden enemies, and serious illnesses. It is related to places of confinement such as hospitals, prisons, convents, etc., and also includes solitude and major inner crises.
The 3rd house: immediate surroundings, siblings, short trips, and studies. It deals with communication, the close environment (siblings, colleagues, schoolmates), primary and secondary education, apprenticeship. It also describes short trips, transportation, modern means of communication and all practical things.
The 4th house, referred to as the Imum Coeli: family, home, origins, heredity, and the father. It represents the native's family, ancestors, roots, and home, both the home he comes from and the one he will set up. This house also describes the real estate patrimony, childhood, and emotions. It is located at the bottom of the chart, and like the Ascendant, it is an angular house. For some authors, 4th house represents the mother instead of the father.
The 5th house: love matters, pleasure, leisure, children, and creations. It describes the person's creative and recreational activities, his hobbies, as well as his love affairs, his luck in gambling, his relationships with children in general, including his own. This house covers all pleasant things in the native's life.
The 6th house: everyday life, daily work and colleagues, lower-ranking co-workers, and health. It describes the native's everyday life, his behaviour at work, minor obligations, servitudes, lower-ranking co-workers, and pets. It also concerns health, medicines and minor illnesses.
The 7th house, referred to as the Descendant: unions, marriage, other people, associations, and contracts. It is opposite the 1st house and thus, represents other people, the native's behaviour towards other people, his partner (spouse or associate). It concerns contracts, associations, marriage and open enemies. It is through the 7th house that the native perceives other people. It is opposite the ASC, and is located on the right hand side of the natal chart and corresponds to the place where the sun sets.
The 8th house: passions and crises, transformations, death, financial investments, and sexuality. It concerns the native's birth and death. However, it does not necessarily mean actual physical death. It may be a symbolic death, and thus, it is synonymous with evolution and transformation. This house also represents inheritances, money earned by other people, but also sexuality, power, all things hidden, and interest in occultism.
The 9th house: travels, abstract and higher concepts, spirituality, and foreign matters. It is the realm of spirituality and philosophy, higher ideals, faraway travels, both physical and inner ones. Contrarily to the 3rd house, this house represents higher education and universities, as well as the understanding of abstract topics. It is also related to law and legality, and religion.
The 10th house, referred to as the Midheaven: social success, professional destiny, and the mother. It is opposite the 4th house and corresponds to the native's professional career, as well as his social elevation as compared to his family background. It symbolises his ambitions and his achievements in the society. It is also related to the general public, potential fame, and the mother's influence. The 10th house is in the Southern part of the natal chart and located at its top.
The 11th house: friends, collective projects, supports and protections in life. It represents the native's projects, his friends, and his protectors. It describes the nature of his friends, his group activities, and the place he occupies within the group, contrarily to the more individualistic 5th house. This 11th house is related to all kinds of humanitarian topics.
The 12th house: enemies, difficulties, solitude, hidden ordeals, and secrets. It corresponds to the native's inner self, ordeals underwent his whole life through, hidden enemies, and serious illnesses. It is related to places of confinement such as hospitals, prisons, convents, etc., and also includes solitude and major inner crises.
SUN SIGN
Where the sun was when you were born. It stays at one zodiac sign for a month. When a person is born under a sign he/she automatically acquires the qualities of that specific sign that defines the appearance and mannerisms of that person.
Where the sun was when you were born. It stays at one zodiac sign for a month. When a person is born under a sign he/she automatically acquires the qualities of that specific sign that defines the appearance and mannerisms of that person.
MOON SIGN
Moon stays in a sign for 2 and half days. So as the position of Moon changes, it will bring corresponding changes in the predictions of a person.
Moon sign predictions would indicate about the emotional side of a person. The way one’s subconscious mind works.
Two people with same Moon sign may have very different set of characteristics. Sometimes, two people with same Sun sign do not have identical qualities and that is because they have different Moon signs.
Moon stays in a sign for 2 and half days. So as the position of Moon changes, it will bring corresponding changes in the predictions of a person.
Moon sign predictions would indicate about the emotional side of a person. The way one’s subconscious mind works.
Two people with same Moon sign may have very different set of characteristics. Sometimes, two people with same Sun sign do not have identical qualities and that is because they have different Moon signs.
MERCURY SIGN
What style of communication do we use? How do we make decisions? How do we pick up, process, absorb, and exchange information? These questions are answered, in part, by Mercury's placement by sign of the zodiac.
What style of communication do we use? How do we make decisions? How do we pick up, process, absorb, and exchange information? These questions are answered, in part, by Mercury's placement by sign of the zodiac.
VENUS SIGN
Venus is the mythological Goddess of Love and Beauty. The Sign which contains the planet Venus in your birth chart shows how you display love and get it back. In any birth chart Venus cannot be more than two signs away from the sign of the Sun in their birth chart. Venus takes an average of one month to travel through a sign.
Venus is the mythological Goddess of Love and Beauty. The Sign which contains the planet Venus in your birth chart shows how you display love and get it back. In any birth chart Venus cannot be more than two signs away from the sign of the Sun in their birth chart. Venus takes an average of one month to travel through a sign.
MARS SIGN
What makes us tick? What gets us all fired up? What makes us angry, and how do we express that anger? What do we really desire, and how do we go about getting it? The sign position of Mars reveals much about our basic animal nature—our aggressive instincts, our sexuality, and our drive.
What makes us tick? What gets us all fired up? What makes us angry, and how do we express that anger? What do we really desire, and how do we go about getting it? The sign position of Mars reveals much about our basic animal nature—our aggressive instincts, our sexuality, and our drive.
JUPITER SIGN
The first of the social planets, Jupiter seeks insight through knowledge. Some of this planet's keywords include morality, gratitude, hope, honor, and the law. Jupiter is a planet of broader purpose, reach, and possibility. It shows how we go about trusting others and improving our lives. Where do we look for wisdom and understanding? |
SATURN SIGN
In astrology, Saturn is associated with restriction and limitation. Where Jupiter expands, Saturn constricts. Although the themes of Saturn seem depressing, Saturn brings structure and meaning to our world. Saturn knows the limits of time and matter. Saturn reminds us of our boundaries, our responsibilities, and our commitments. It brings definition to our lives. Saturn makes us aware of the need for self-control and of boundaries and our limits. |
URANUS SIGN
By house, the position of Uranus shows where individuals look to stir things up, put a new spin on situations, and go against established thought or order. Uranus aspecting other planets in the chart color those energies with some willfulness, quirkiness, and originality. Where we find Uranus in the chart is where we see some refusal to blend in with others (and situations)
By house, the position of Uranus shows where individuals look to stir things up, put a new spin on situations, and go against established thought or order. Uranus aspecting other planets in the chart color those energies with some willfulness, quirkiness, and originality. Where we find Uranus in the chart is where we see some refusal to blend in with others (and situations)
NEPTUNE SIGN
By house, Neptune's position shows where intuition, dreams, and psychic sensitivity come into play.
By house, Neptune's position shows where intuition, dreams, and psychic sensitivity come into play.
PLUTO SIGN
Pluto represents subconscious forces, ruling all that is "below the surface". By house, the position of Pluto shows where individuals search for truths and deeper meaning. This area of life may be associated with change, upheaval, power struggles, and issues of control. Pluto in aspect to other planets in the chart colors those energies with obsessive qualities, power struggles, the need to find deeper meanings, and willingness to explore and examine. Where we find Pluto in the chart is where we either seek change and transformation, or have it thrust upon us if we refuse to accept our deepest needs.
Pluto represents subconscious forces, ruling all that is "below the surface". By house, the position of Pluto shows where individuals search for truths and deeper meaning. This area of life may be associated with change, upheaval, power struggles, and issues of control. Pluto in aspect to other planets in the chart colors those energies with obsessive qualities, power struggles, the need to find deeper meanings, and willingness to explore and examine. Where we find Pluto in the chart is where we either seek change and transformation, or have it thrust upon us if we refuse to accept our deepest needs.
LILITH SIGN
In a man's chart, the Dark Moon position denotes what kind of woman he deeply desires but fears. It is his mother and his lover's darkest traits, his attraction and repulsion to such. This is the woman to which he is magnetically attracted, vulnerable and harmed by. Lilith also shows what sort of mistress a man shall take.
In a woman's chart, Lilith's natal positioning represents how she feels as a woman, her feminine identity and body image. It is her innate sexual instinct and what attracts her that is harmful to her. It shows how she functions as a mother, a daughter, a sexual partner.
Lilith is our darker side of what we wish to be closer to. She is our shadowed mistress, temptation, dangerous and intense attraction, abuse at the hand our of mothers. Lilith is the darker side of your illuminating, nurturing Moon.
In a man's chart, the Dark Moon position denotes what kind of woman he deeply desires but fears. It is his mother and his lover's darkest traits, his attraction and repulsion to such. This is the woman to which he is magnetically attracted, vulnerable and harmed by. Lilith also shows what sort of mistress a man shall take.
In a woman's chart, Lilith's natal positioning represents how she feels as a woman, her feminine identity and body image. It is her innate sexual instinct and what attracts her that is harmful to her. It shows how she functions as a mother, a daughter, a sexual partner.
Lilith is our darker side of what we wish to be closer to. She is our shadowed mistress, temptation, dangerous and intense attraction, abuse at the hand our of mothers. Lilith is the darker side of your illuminating, nurturing Moon.
ASC NODE
The Ascending Node is a point on the moon that is significant in Astrology. In astrology, the Ascending Node refers to the qualities that a person must work hard at for spiritual growth and karmic balance. The South Node, on the other hand, refers to those qualities that come naturally to a person.
Because the qualities of the South Node come naturally to us, we may be inclined to rely too much on them instead of developing or working at Ascending Node qualities. To achieve balance and fulfillment, it is important to work at developing our Ascending Node qualities.
The Ascending Node is a point on the moon that is significant in Astrology. In astrology, the Ascending Node refers to the qualities that a person must work hard at for spiritual growth and karmic balance. The South Node, on the other hand, refers to those qualities that come naturally to a person.
Because the qualities of the South Node come naturally to us, we may be inclined to rely too much on them instead of developing or working at Ascending Node qualities. To achieve balance and fulfillment, it is important to work at developing our Ascending Node qualities.