What is a Horoscope-a Small Introduction Into Astrology
“I’m Capricorn, you’re Leo, my mother is Taurus and the neighbor is Aquarius.”
Does this sound familiar? I believe so.
Nowadays, most of us know our zodiacal sign and the interest we have for this subject is continuously growing. But how many of us actually know what a horoscope and a chart are?
The answer: few! This is why so many questions and interpretations get born, a thing that ultimately leads to the defamation of astrology. You don’t need to be an astrologer to know some things about astrology, some elements that will help you.
This article was made for the specific purpose of explaining briefly and without details, what a horoscope is and what are the main components of a chart.
First of all, what does it mean that I’m Capricorn and you’re Leo? The basic zodiacal sign we keep talking about is given by the Sun’s position at birth. Therefore, I’m Capricorn because the Sun was in Capricorn when I was given birth. You can identify this when you make a chart. The chart represents the astral map of an entity (individual, community etc.) at a certain time. It contains a lot of elements that help at making a horoscope or an astrologic analysis.
For making a horoscope or an astrologic analysis you need three elements:
- The zodiacal sign
- The planets
- The astrological houses
At all this you can add a lot of other elements that bring more information.
The planets
There are 10 planets (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto) and they represent a certain characteristic of an individual, a certain type of energy.
For example, the Sun represents our basic personality, our ego, the conscious, while the Moon represents our subconscious and emotions. So when I say I’m Capricorn, I actually say that my basic personality has all of Capricorn’s characteristics. But the fact that I have the Moon in Pisces, for example, makes my emotions similar to the zodiacal sign of Pisces.
The same way, Mercury represents the mentality, the way we think and communicate; Venus represents the feeling and the things we like, while Mars represents our basic energy.
The planets form between themselves many angles and relations. These relations can be: harmonically (those of 60,120,0 degrees) and un-harmonically (45,90,180 degrees).
The zodiacal signs
There are 12 zodiacal signs (Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces) and I’m sure you know them very well. They represent certain characteristics that have a strong influence on the planets. A Moon in Aries will be totally different then a Moon in Libra.
The astrological houses
The 12 astrological houses symbolize the activity sectors in every person’s life. These are being calculated according to the hour and the place of birth. These can have different sizes (in degrees).
For example, the 7th house symbolizes the partner, marriage, contractual relationships etc. The 10th is the house of carrier and social elevation.
About the houses, there is an aspect that was a mandatory role: the first grade of a house is called cusps (or cuspis). There are 4 big cusps: the Ascendant (1st house), the Middle of the sky (10th house), the Descendant (7th house) and the Bottom of the sky (4th house).
The one most known is the Ascendant, which according to the zodiacal sign it’s in, it symbolizes the qualities one must gain during this lifetime.
To make an astrological analyze, one must count all this factors plus a lot of others a thing that depends on each astrologer in part.
The idea of this article was to show you that each individual is unique in its own way and not all from the same zodiacal sign are the same. Also the prediction on TV or on the newspapers even thought they might be correct, don’t apply to all during that period of time.
My name is Dan Ciubotaru and I’m the author of this astrology software. I’m a romanian astrologer , member of Romanian Astrologers Association and I’m currently based in Bucharest, Romania. My websites are: http://ciuboda.blogspot.com, http://www.astrologydatabase.com and http://www.configurationhunter.com
Tags: astrolog, astrology, charts, horoscope, planet, signsNew Moons in 2006 and Sabian Symbols
The new moon phase marks the begining of a new lunar cycle. At the New Moon the Sun and the Moon are in perfect conjunction (the same exact place). The moment when the Sun and the Moon are in perfect opposition is called Full Moon.
A complete lunar cycle contains the following phases: NEWMOON ,CRESCENT MOON ,WAXING HALFMOON,GIBBOUS MOON,FULLMOON,WANING GIBBOUS MOON,WANING HALFMOON,WANING CRESCENT MOON.If you want to read more about Moon and the lunation cycle visit Astrology Articles Database website.
Below you can find a list of all New Moon times for 2006 and their correspondent sabian symbol (for more information about sabian symbols you can visit www.sabiansymbols.com).
Note: all the times listed are GMT UK
29 Jan 2006 14:14 Aquarius 9 degrees 32 minutes
Sabian Symbol: “A Man Who Had For A Time Become The Embodiment Of A Popular Ideal Is Made To Realize That As A Person He Is Not This Ideal”
28 Feb 2006 00:30 Pisces 9 degrees
Sabian Symbol: “An Aviator Pursues His Journey, Flying Through Ground-Obscuring Clouds”
29 Mar 2006 10:15 Aries 8 degrees 35 minutes
Sabian Symbol:”A Crystal Gazer”
27 Apr 2006 19:44 Taurus 7 degrees 24 minutes
Sabian Symbol:”A Sleigh On Land Uncovered By Snow”
27 May 2006 05:26 Gemini 5 degrees 48 minutes
Sabian Symbol:”Workmen Drilling For Oil”
25 Jun 2006 16:05 Cancer 3 degrees 58 minutes
Sabian Symbol:”A Cat Arguing With A Mouse”
25 Jul 2006 04:31 Leo 2 degrees 07 minutes
Sabian Symbol:”A Middle-Aged Woman, Her Long Hair Flowing Over Her Shoulders And In A Braless Youthful Garment”
23 Aug 2006 19:10 Virgo 0 degrees 31 minutes
Sabian Symbol:”In A Portrait, The Significant Features Of A Man’s Head Are Artistically Emphasized”
22 Sep 2006 11:45 Virgo 29 degrees 20 minutes
Sabian Symbol:”Totally Intent Upon Completing An Immediate Task, A Man Is Deaf To Any Allurement”
22 Oct 2006 05:14 Libra 28 degrees 40 minutes
Sabian Symbol:”Mankind’s Vast And Enduring Effort To Reach For Knowledge Transferable From Generation To Generation”
20 Nov 2006 22:17 Scorpio 28 degrees 27 minutes
Sabian Symbol:”The King Of The Fairies Approaching His Domain”
20 Dec 2006 14:00 Sagittarius 28 degrees 32 minutes
Sabian Symbol:”A Fat Boy Mowing The Lawn Of His House On An Elegant Suburban Street”
My name is Dan Ciubotaru and I’m the author of this astrology software.
I’m a romanian astrologer , member of Romanian Astrologers Association and I’m currently based in Bucharest, Romania. My websites are: http://ciuboda.blogspot.com , http://www.astrologydatabase.com and http://www.configurationhunter.com.