Getting started with your birth chart
What is a birth chart, and what does yours say about you? How to get your birth chart for free. Get birth chart basics and recommended astrology software services and packages from free to $ to $$$.
The planets in astrology
If we include Chiron, there are 10 major astrological planets representing 10 core archetypes that we all express in our lives. The planets’ positions in your birth chart tell you how that planet’s story plays out in your life. Get the basics and keywords for each planet in the chart.
The 12 signs in astrology
Think of the 12 signs as panes in a stained-glass cathedral window. A planet’s energy, its “light,” will appear differently depending on the sign, or the color “glass” through which it shines for you.
The birth chart houses
If the chart is a stage... The planets are the players... And the signs are the costumes or "roles" that the planets wear... Then the houses are the sets. A planet’s house placement in your chart tells you in what area of your life that planet’s stories tend to show up. At home, in private? In your career? In relationships?
Reading the STORIES in your chart
Some of the finer points of birth charts. Retrograde planets, Nodes, planets that rule other planets by sign. And an introduction to the fascinating world of Aspects, the angular relationships between planets.
In Tune with the Moon
Lunar living. How to track and interpret the Moon's signs and cycles.
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