astrology
My love for astrology started in middle school, when I would read my horoscope on the way to school every morning with my friend. I then began researching everything there is to know (which I do for any topic I am interested in – a very cancer trait) about each of the signs and planet transits, which led me to reading a birth chart for myself. A birth chart is a map of the sky at the moment you were born. I learned that not only am I who I am because of my sun in cancer, but my moon in gemini, rising in pisces, venus in leo, mars in libra, and mercury in cancer … these are the ingredients that make you the unique individual that you are.
start here!
birth chart – you need the time + location of birth
explanation of sign placements
sun
essence of who you are; the ego/identity
the core of who you are
“I am”
moon
thoughts + emotions + moods
it is who you are when you are alone
“what makes me feel emotionally grounded”
rising (south node/ascendant)
first impressions
your energy
what you do subconsciously, and have already achieved in this lifetime
venus
how you display love + affection
what you love + the qualities
mars
your personal aesthetic
your daily life, routine, and habits
how you take action
underlying frequency
mercury
how you express your needs and thoughts
overall communication
north node
what you do more consciously
this placement gives insight to your passions and talent, and how you can monetize them
this is your life purpose, and once mastered, you will feel at peace
the following change increasingly by weeks to months to years; this explains differences within generations (for example, how there seems to be a big gap between millennials and gen z.
jupiter
optimism + expansion
philosophy
saturn
responsibility + boundaries
uranus
innovation + progress
neptune
dreams, inspiration, unconscious
pluto
power, obsession, control
the houses
there are 12 – each sign placement is in a house, and the houses represent a different part of our life.
first
self and inner world
appearances
approach to life
beginnings
second
career
daily routines
material things
third
the mind
communication
social life
siblings
fourth
home and family
self care
feminine energy (yin)
fifth
love
romance
creativity
sixth
heath + wellness
logical nature
services
pets
seventh
relationships
interpersonal style
eighth
intimacy
finances
mystery
ninth
travel
wisdom
philosophy
ethics
tenth
long term goals
masculine energy (yang)
eleventh
friendships and people you know
the future
twelfth
karma
the subconscious
endings
comment your sun, moon, and rising!
TCFN!