Guide to the 12 Zodiac Signs
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To the right is an example of an astrological chart. It is a map of the sky, and planetary placements, at an exact moment in time from a set location. To determine a chart, you need the date, time and exact location.
The chart at the time of your birth is called your natal chart. Your natal chart will never change, but the astrology of the moment is always changing, and therefor activating parts of your chart at different times all the time.
The very middle horizontal line is the horizon, and everything above that line is visible above the horizon, while everything below that line is invisible from the vantage point of your chart location.
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Each house (or pie slice) of your chart is ruled by a zodiac sign. The zodiac sign applies an energy or style to that house/area of your life. This means we each have the energy of all 12 zodiac signs being experienced in our lives, but at different levels of intensity. These are the how of your chart.
Each zodiac sign is represented by a symbol, shown in the chart above as either a red (fire), green (earth), light blue (air) or dark blue (water) symbol around the periphery of your chart. The placements of the signs are determined by the 1st house/rising sign, and will always be applied in sequential order.
Example 1: Aries rising will have Taurus ruling the 2nd house, Gemini the 3rd house, Cancer the 4th house, etc.
Example 2: In the above chart, Gemini rules the first house, so Cancer rules the 2nd, Leo the 3rd, etc.
– Identify which sign is on your first house. This is your rising sign (also known as the ascendant).
– Identify your Sun sign. Which house does this sign rule in your chart?
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Initiating, pioneering, innovative, inspiring, naive, energetic, assertive, competitive, impulsive, impatient
Practical, productive, stable, reliable, loyal, trustworthy, persevering, patient, aesthetic, stubborn, indulgent, lazy
intelligent, curious, logical, social, bright, clever, adaptable, diffusive, inconsistent, restless, fickle
emotional, receptive, sensitive, gentle, vulnerable, nurturing, domestic, insecure, moody, clingy, withdrawn
self-assured, dynamic, authoritative, loyal, courageous, expressive, vain, dramatic, prideful, selfish, stubborn
Efficient, analytical, discriminating, helpful, humble, detailed, exacting, petty, trivial, OCD, judgmental
Relating, cooperative, considerate, just, balanced, aesthetic, artistic, refined, dependent, indecisive, passive
Regenerating, transforming, healing, penetrating, magnetic, mysterious, secretive, obsessive, fixed, resentful
Wise, understanding, idealistic, jovial, expansive, generous, exploring, athletic, self-righteous, extravagant, restless
Organized, practical, disciplined, frugal, constructive, ambitious, realistic, controlling, restricted, cod, repressed
Progressive, humanitarian, altruistic, independent, original, mental, inventive, anarchistic, deviant, erratic, detached
Unifying, dissolving, imaginative, poetic, empathetic, healing, sympathetic, confused, illusory, impractical, escapist
– Identify which sign is on your first house (your rising sign aka ascendant). Which planet rules this sign?
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The zodiac is divided into four elements: fire, earth, air and water. They describe the form of and temperament of each sign.
The identity principle
Skillful: motivating, purpose-seeking, courageous, animating, energizing
Unskillful: aggressive, reckless, egocentric, impatient, manic
The material principle
Skillful: practical, manifesting, grounding, dependable, productive, solid, substantial
Unskillful: overcautious, stubborn, possessive, unyielding, conservative
The mental principle
Skillful: communicative, social, versatile, abstract, conceptual, fair, clever, intellectual
Unskillful: ungrounded, flighty, detached, unfeeling, gossiping
The feeling principle
Skillful: nurturing, sustaining, flowing, receptive, feeling, adaptive, deep
Unskillful: overprotective, insecure, helpless, secretive, fearful, deceptive, needy
– Identify your Sun sign. Which element is your Sun sign? Which 2-3 words from both the skillfull and unskillfull sections do you feel apply to you?
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The zodiac is divided into three modalities: cardinal, fixed, and mutable. They describe the movement and expression of each sign.
The start of each season: Initiating and originating
Skillful: generating, initiating, originating, purposeful, active
Unskillful: impatient, dissatisfied, overactive, forceful
The middle of each season: Stabilizing and persevering
Skillful: stabilizing, establishing, constant, preserving
Unskillful: stubborn, rigid, resistant, obsessed, inert
The transition of each season: Adapting and changing
Skillful: adaptable, changing, learning, versatile
Unskillful: scattered, unfocused, distracted, inconsistent
– Identify your Sun sign. Which modality is your Sun sign? Which 2-3 words from both the skillful and unskillful sections do you feel apply to you?
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1. Using your birth date, time and location, look up your natal chart using this website.
2. Identify the signs that rule each house (or pie slice) of your chart.
3. Using the LDC Guide to the 12 Whole Sign Houses, identify which area of life this house represents.
4. Then, identify the element and modality of each sign, and apply the 3-5 key qualities of each element and modality below.
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Guide to the 12 Zodiac Signs
Guide to the 10 Modern Planets
Guide to the 12 Whole Sign Houses
Guide to the Lunations