How To Read Zodiac Chart

Then find its opposite point the descendant.

How to read zodiac chart. The sign of the zodiac that is rising or ascending over the eastern horizon at the moment of your birth is your rising sign ascendant or asc. There are four main components of the chart that show this. See if this analogy helps. On your astrology chart a small person is drawn on the globe in the center. Congratulations on wanting to study astrology.

The zodiac itself begins with the sign aries but where aries falls within an individual chart is always unique aries could fall at any point around the circle. Locate which section you fall into in order to identify your zodiac sign. The point on the east where the horizon meets the zodiac with asc we will determine the sign of the ascendant in the next step. It is an awarding adventure that can last a lifetime. You can draw a straight line from the little person to the out rim of the chart.

Previously we likened the signs to stained glass windows through which the planet is expressed. Your birth chart is divided into 12 houses. In astrology an aries with a pisces moon and cancer rising is very different from an aries with a sagittarius moon and leo rising. Aries leo sagittarius fire taurus virgo capricorn earth. Archetypically these are the aspects.

Pay close attention to your astrology chart the house number your planets fall in and the zodiac sign and the house of your midheaven. In general birth chart analysis we want to start with the most foundational elements first. Envision a sentence with a verb and an adverb the planet is the verb while the zodiac sign is the adverb. It is recommended that you have your chart read by a professional astrologer to be able to experience what your chart can tell you. The zodiac sign will show how the planet is manifested.

Aries taurus gemini cancer leo virgo libra scorpio sagittarius capricorn aquarius pisces. In other words the most foundational elements of your personality and overall life experiences. Trine signs of the same element. If you are not comfortable with that and want to do it yourself here is what you will need to interpret your chart. Reading your natal chart makes finding your life path easier.