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, signsBe Ready When the Moon Comes Visiting
Everybody knows that the sky changes every day, but there is another kind of
change that you many not know about.
The signs and planets above us are constantly dictating our destiny, but most of us
don’t have a clue how to understand this.
You can gain some very startling revelations that will convince you that you really
need to pay more attention to what’s going on “up there.”
All you need do is keep track of the Moon’s daily journey through the heavens and
you wlll soon become convinced that you have been depriving yourself of some very
valuable information.
What the Moon does for us on earth is to set the energy and mood for the day. It
stimulates our psychic energies.
Haven’t you ever noticed that some days are full of fiery energy, frustrating and
angry? Other days are very social, gentle, upbeat and cooperative. Your good and
bad days may be more connected to the Moon than you realize.
For example, some people are born angry. A skilled astrologer can find the cause of
this anger by looking at the relationship of a person’s inner planets in their birth
chart. Some people’s inner planets are in harmony and others are not.
If you discover that you have a tendency to explosive outbursts, you obviously have
some planets in your birth chart that are not in harmony. A skilled astrologer can
explain this to you. He might say something like, “Your Pluto is in the sign of Leo
and your Moon is in he sign of Scorpio. This is a very stressful combination of
energy because. . .”
“What does that mean?” you ask.
“It means that you have a tendency to have very strong emotional outbursts.”
“What can I do about it?”
“You can begin to observe those days when these energies are going to be triggered
by the Moon and you can gain a better insight into what causes this to happen.”
“As the Moon travels through all the signs in its monthly cycle, it energizes and
shines light on your own internal energies. In a sense, the Moon’s energies are
traveling through you. When it goes through the signs of Leo or Scorpio, your anger
pattern of Pluto versus the Moon will be trigged within you.”
This dialogue reveals the value of watching the passage of the Moon each month.
the Moon travels not only physically through the heavens, but psychically through
your inner world. If you know your own birth chart and where the Moon is each day
of the month, you can make some amazing discoveries whenever it energizes the
psychological patterns within you.
These patterns are already set within you at birth. I call the analysis of these
patterns “Planetary Psychology”© I created this new wave in human awareness
because it is far more accurate than traditional psychology. This is why many
Jungians, who practice astrology, are really practicing Planetary Psychology©.
This is a more accurate term than astrology or astropsychology.
If you would like more information on how to read the planets and learn how to
watch the Moon, check out the website below. then you will be ready when the
Moon comes visiting.
© 2006 Randall Curtis
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Astrology Signs and Planets Reveal Who You Are
But people are starting to take a new look at astrology.
The well-known astronomer/astrophysicist, Dr. Percy Seymour of
Plymouth University, wrote in his book “The Scientific Basis of
Astrology,” that “The resulting fluctuations of
earth’s field are picked up by the nervous system of the fetus,
which acts like an antenna, and these synchronize the internal
biological clocks of the fetus which control the moment of
birth. The tuning of the fetal magnetic antenna is carried on by
the genes which it inherits, and these to some extent will
determine its basic genetically inherited personality
characteristics. Thus the positions of the planets at birth are
not altering what we have inherited genetically but are labeling
our basic inherited personality characteristics.”
If a renowned scientist is confirming what astrologers have been
saying for thousands of years, it is time for us to take notice
and take advantage of the marvelous resources that an
astrological birth chart can reveal for you. No longer can we
condemn astrology as superstition, because it has been proven
that the zodiacal position of the planets and signs at the time
we were born actually reveal who we really are. You can actually
confirm this for yourself with a little investigation.
The astrological birth chart can reveal your life purpose, the
lessons that you need to learn, your unique gifts, talents,
relationships to other people, and your psycho-sexual profile.
Astrology can show your sexual likes and dislikes. These
preferences are revealed by the position of your Venus and Mars
at he time you were born. A skilled astrologer can describe
these desires quite clearly and help you understand them. He can
also help you understand your sexual relationship to another
person. Can you imagine the value of having such information at
your fingertips.
If you wish to determine whether or not you are sexually
compatible with your partner or a possible mate, you would first
need to locate the sign positions of Venus and Mars (e.g., my
Venus is in Gemini and my Mars is in Aquarius) at the time and
place of your birth. Then you would need to learn how these
planets function in those signs and how
they relate to the sexual energy of the other person. You can
find more information about this at this location. You can also get free astrology lessons here if you would like
to start learning how astrology works. Now is the time to bring
our minds to the exploration of astrology, which I have called
Planetary Psychology©
I can guarantee you will soon discover how much you have been
missing.
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Planetary Psychology©, and The Institute of Professional
Astrology. Author of “The Heart of a Man is a Woman” and “No One
is a Mystery.” Creator of the Soul Mate Search Project, How to
Live a Miraculous Life, and How to Find Your Soul Mate Along the
Zodiac Trail Seminars. Author of online courses: “Master
Matchmaking Course On Relationships,” The Art of Sexmatching,”
and “How to Avoid Difficult Relationships.”