Knowledge
The natal chart in plain words
Here are explanations that help you read a chart yourself and understand your own reading. If you are just starting, go in order: what a chart is, how to read it, then the three anchor points.
Basics
Where to start: what a chart consists of, in what order to read it and why the Sun, Moon and Ascendant are looked at first.
- What is a natal chartA natal chart is a map of the Sun, Moon and planets at the moment and place of birth: what it consists of and how it differs from a sun-sign horoscope.
- How to read a natal chartHow to read a natal chart in plain words: from the three anchor points to planets, houses and aspects, on a hypothetical example.
- The Sun, Moon and AscendantWhat the Sun sign, Moon sign and Ascendant mean, how they differ and why they are read together, on a hypothetical example.
Birth time
Why the time matters so much, what stays known without it and where to look for it.
- A natal chart without a birth timeWhat a natal chart can show without a birth time, what stays unknown and how an approximate time helps.
- How to find your birth timeWhere to look for your exact birth time: documents, family records, hospital and registry archives, and what to do if it is only approximate.
- Why charts differ between servicesWhy one birth date gives different charts on different sites: input errors, rounded time, house systems, zodiac and orbs.
Chart concepts
Planets, signs, houses, angles and aspects — one article for each part of the chart, plus a glossary of terms.
- Planets in the natal chartThe ten bodies of the natal chart, from the Sun to Pluto: what each one stands for and how sign and house change its tone.
- Signs, elements and modalitiesTwelve signs, four elements and three modalities: how a sign colours a planet and how the balance of elements is counted.
- Houses in the natal chartWhat houses in a natal chart are, how they are counted from the Ascendant, what each of the twelve means and how to read an empty house.
- Angles of the natal chartWhat the four angles of a chart are, which of them we interpret and why they depend so strongly on the exact birth time.
- What is the AscendantWhat the Ascendant is, what it describes, why it depends on the time and place of birth and what to do if the time is unknown.
- Aspects in the natal chartThe five aspects we use and the orbs we allow: what the conjunction, sextile, square, trine and opposition mean.
- Retrograde planets in the natal chartWhat retrograde motion is, how it differs from the news about “Mercury retrograde” and why we read it for three planets only.
- Natal chart glossaryA short natal chart glossary: sign, house, aspect, orb, Ascendant, Midheaven, elements, retrograde motion and other terms.
Reading themes
How the full reading approaches each life theme: which chart factors it uses and how to read contradictions. On fictional examples, without promises or predictions.
- Personality and character in the natal chartHow the chapter “Personality and self-expression” builds a description of character from several chart factors and what it does not claim.
- Emotions and inner support in the natal chartHow the chapter “Emotions and inner support” describes needs and reactions through the Moon sign and its aspects, and what it does not claim.
- Thinking and communication in the natal chartHow thinking and decisions differ from communication in the reading, which factors chapters three and four use and how Mercury links them.
- Close relationships in the natal chartHow the chapter “Close relationships” describes a style of closeness through Venus and the seventh and eighth houses. Not a compatibility test.
- Home, family and belonging in the natal chartHow the chapter “Home, family and belonging” reads the Moon sign, the fourth house and the Moon–Saturn aspect, on a fictional example.
- Abilities, work and learning in the natal chartHow the chapters on abilities, work and own projects use Jupiter, Mars, the Midheaven and the houses, and what they do not promise.
- Daily rhythm and recovery in the natal chartHow the chapter “Daily rhythm and recovery” reads Saturn and the sixth and twelfth houses. This is self-observation, not medicine.
- Contradictions in the natal chart: how to read differing descriptionsWhy differing descriptions in a chart are not an error, how tension differs from a verdict and how the chapter’s conclusions become steps.
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