Articles tagged "modes" ~ Molly's Astrology

Articles tagged "modes"

How to find the major aspects

I’m going to try to teach you to eyeball the major aspects in a chart. Once you get the hang of it, you can find aspects in a chart quickly and easily, without using a protractor (like I did with my first hand-drawn charts), without an aspect grid, without those confusing lines in the middle of the chart.

The 3 Modes: Cardinal, Fixed, and Mutable

Most people know about the four elements— fire, earth, air, and water. However, far fewer people know about the three modes, even though they are just as important to know if you want to read charts.

The Four Elements: Fire, Earth, Air and Water

As recently as a few thousand years ago, Western scientists considered the whole earth to be made of 4 elements: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. Even though science has taken a different turn, we can still use this ancient wisdom to make sense of the world.

Introduction to the 12 signs

Signs in the chart are the roles the actors play. The Zodiac signs may be likened to panes in a stained glass cathedral window. A planet’s energy, or its “light” will come across differently depending on the sign it’s in, or the color “glass” through which you view it.