I received this chart from a friend of mine and I’ve found it quite useful. As I delve deeper and deeper into astrology I find myself referencing this quite often. I hope it is as useful to you as it has been for me.

The Zodiacal Signs     Principle      Keywords                             Ruler
ARIES                          I Am            Motivated to act                     Mars
TAURUS                      I Have          Practical & persevering         Venus
GEMINI                        I Think         Duality. Communicative       Mercury
CANCER                     I Feel           Emotional & nurturing           Moon
LEO                            I Will           Desires recognition                Sun
VIRGO                        I Analyse      Attention to detail                  Mercury
LIBRA                         I Balance      Relates to others                    Venus
SCORPIO                    I Desire         Intense & forceful                 Mars/Pluto
SAGITTARIUS            I Aspire        Broad outlook, idealistic        Jupiter
CAPRICORN              I Use            Realistic & responsible          Saturn
AQUARIUS                I Know         Human understanding           Saturn/Uranus
PISCES                      I Believe       Spiritual & sensitive              Jupiter/Neptune

The Planets & Personal Points
SUN                       Spirit, life force & identity. Masculine principle
MOON                   Soul, emotions and instincts. Domesticity. Feminine principle
MERCURY           Intellect and power of communication. The reasoning mind
VENUS                  Love, beauty, art and attraction
MARS                    Energy, action, aggression and conflict
JUPITER               Wisdom, expansion, optimism & success
SATURN               Restriction, limitation, restraint & sorrow
URANUS              Change, originality, revolution & eccentricity
NEPTUNE            Imagination, spirituality, inspiration, illusion & deception
PLUTO                  Power, forces beyond personal control & transformation
NORTH NODE    Alliances, family ties and links with others
SOUTH NODE     Karma and challenges in associations
ASCENDANT      Face you show the world. Primary motivation in life
MIDHEAVEN      Aim in life

The Houses
1st HOUSE          Physical appearance, self-expression and vitality
2nd HOUSE        Personal assets, wealth and earning ability
3rd HOUSE         Immediate environment, siblings, mentality and communication
4th HOUSE         Home, family, origins, father and later life
5th HOUSE         Pleasures, amusements, love & children
6th HOUSE         Service, work & health
7th HOUSE         Partners, other people generally & open enemies
8th HOUSE         Other people’s resources, wills, legacies & death
9th HOUSE         Long journeys, higher learning, religion and law
10th HOUSE       Reputation, career & the mother
11th HOUSE       Friends, benefactors and groups
12th HOUSE       Self-undoing, withdrawal, retreat and seclusion

The Aspects
CONJUNCTION     Unity of energies, which can be harmonious or aggravating
OPPOSITION          Destructive or learning
TRINE                      Harmonious and flowing
SQUARE                 Tension
SEXTILE                 Easy, creative and harmonious
QUINCUNX           Energies that work independently of each other
SESQUISQUARE   Problems that can become chronic if not addressed
SEMISQUARE        Petty annoyances that can escalate
SEMISEXTILE        Minor disruptions, which usually work out for the best

I recently had a reading done by Annie Botticelli. And with a name like that, how can you not be intrigued? Her reading was very helpful in the fact that not only did she give me insight into patterns, most of which I already know and I am working on, but she gave me tools to use, books to read, even herbal remedies. Of course, being who I am, I immediately downloaded every book to my iPad and started devouring the information.

One of the most insightful suggestions she gave me was a book called ‘Astrology for the Soul‘ by Jan Spiller. Jan gives you information on your North Node (Rahu) and your South Node (Ketu). Your North Node represents points of karmic imbalance. You get this from the year and month of your birth. For instance… I’m August 1963 so mine is Cancer. What is interesting about the North and South Nodes is that each come with certain lessons and qualities to develop. The South Node is opposite of the North (duh) so mine is Capricorn. What that is saying is I have Capricorn tendencies that I need to learn to balance in this lifetime.

To delve further into this exploration I went to Youtube. I found an astrologer by typing in ‘Rahu in the 8th house in Cancer’ and he came up. He goes by KRS and I’ve found him to be an amazing wealth of information and easy to understand.

Ok. I probably confused you by saying ‘Rahu in the 8th house in Cancer’. How did I get that? Well in Vedic Astrology they call the North Node ‘Rahu’ and the South Node ‘Ketu’. KRS caters to vedic astrology which I find to be a much deeper philosophy than most. Just my preference. Ok, back to 8th house. You can get this by going to Astrolada.com and getting her free chart. In this chart it will tell you everything about your sign by putting in your date of birth, time of birth and place of birth. There will be a chart on the right hand side that has I-XII. These are the 12 houses in Astrology. Find your Rahu… mine is Cancer, so I go to the chart on the right and find Cancer in my VIII house. Here is the link to get your own chart.

Birth Chart Calculator

This goes much deeper than just saying, “Oh.. I’m a Leo so I must be such and such.” For instance… I’m a Leo Sun, Scorpio Ascending and a Libra Moon. I’ll get into that another time or you can email me to get a deeper insight.

The bottom line is this. Trust your gut. Trust yourself and be yourself. You are the only you. Astrology is a science, no different than physics or geometry. Its a tool to help you along this amazing journey.

Peace,
David