birth chart: understand a birth chart

The astral theme, the keystone of astrology

The astral chart makes it possible to study the character, the qualities, the lacks, the assets of the person according to the position of the stars. Because it corresponds to the very precise photograph of your chart of the sky on the day of your birth.

So to calculate your astral chart, you must know the date of birth, but also the exact time of your arrival on Earth and the place, because a person born in Paris and another born in Nice, on the same day and on the same hour, will not have the same theme: each astral theme is unique.

What does an astral chart consist of?

An astral chart is made up of the 12 signs of the zodiac, the 8 planets of the solar system and the Moon, the aspects or angles that they form between them and the 12 houses including the house 1, the ascendant.
It is by taking into account the interactions of all these elements, by analyzing and interpreting the chart of the sky that the astrologer will be able to define your personality, indicate the main dates of your life, your potentialities, your aptitudes for a particular profession, your love life and especially give you the main trends of your year when it makes your horoscope, whether monthly or annual.

To build an astral chart, the astrologer is based on the position of the planets at the time of your birth, he refers to the Ephemeris, works that can be found in all the astro departments of bookstores specializing in esotericism, and which give the position planets every day. The astrologer is also based on your astrological sign corresponds to the position of the sun in the zodiac at the time of your birth.

The planets of your birth chart

The astrologer will also study the position of the planets (which also include a satellite, the Moon) when you are born, these planets are respectively the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto.

• The moon corresponds to the imagination, to the creativity, it is also the anima of the person, its hidden feminine face if it is about a man, for a woman it will express the way in which she lives her femininity.
• Mercury : lively and fast planet, speaks of intelligence, quick-wittedness
• Venus : planet of love and beauty, of aesthetics
• Jupiter : says the Grand Beneficiary, talks to us about chances, opportunities, money and expansion
• Saturn : slow planet that encourages us to build, to set up different structures, it goes in the long term
• Uranus : innovative planet, which shakes up and disturbs, it is also the queen of scientific and other discoveries, it boosts our life
• Neptune : planet of chimeras and illusion, it upsets us in our loves, often makes us deceive, it is above all a spiritual planet which can give beautiful flights, not very effective in concrete fields
• Pluto : planet of questioning, we change everything and we start again, it is under Pluto that we can for example embark on a therapy, break with his daily life, etc …

Astrological houses

All these calculations, much facilitated today by astrological software, will make it possible to highlight the division of the celestial wheel into 12 sectors called “Houses”.
These houses correspond to the 12 privileged areas of our life, the 12 areas that concern us the most:

• House I: Your personality, your behavior. It is essential, it is what marks our behavior, our way of reacting in existence, the ascendant, from the quarantine, takes precedence over the sun sign.
• House II: finances, investments
• House III: brothers, sisters, family, small trips
• House IV: the home, the house, how you feel there
• House V: love and emotional life is also the children’s sector
• House VI: professional life
• House VII: your relationship with others and with your spouse
• House VIII: legacies, things that we have not yet settled with our past
• House IX: the spiritual life and the great journeys
• House X: social success
• House XI: friends and supporters
• House XII: trials of life, health

Let’s sum up: 12 signs, 10 planets including the Sun and the Moon, and 12 houses.

The planets and the Moon revolve around the Earth, take the example of the moon.The Moon has a 28-day cycle just like that of the woman, it has its domicile in the sign of Cancer, this sign is directly related to the Moon, which makes it an imaginative, creative sign, very close to childhood, but also very whimsical, very changeable, well marked by the rapid cycle of its star the Moon.

Thus the astrologer will take into account all the positions of the planets and the Moon, he will study in which house, in which sector of life, they are held on the day of birth, which will give him a map of the sky. Thus he will be able to enlighten us on our personality and highlight our life on Earth, he who will only attach himself to the round of the planets in the sky!

The solar revolution

For annual forecasts, usually made for a person’s birthday, the astrologer does what is called a solar revolution. This study gives the main trends, the major events of your year.
For even more details, he completes this study by observing the “transits” of the planets, he then compares the sky chart of the day of birth with the sky chart of the day to be studied.
The interpretation of the chart remains the most delicate part, because each astrologer will put there his personal touch and especially his intuition, his capacities to see and read in the sky so that we make the most of our terrestrial existence.

In addition to this, you need to know more about it.To go even further, discover your astrological ascendant using our tool:
-> Calculate your ascendant

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