How to read your birth chart (basic)
Part 1 – Reading the Planets/Objects
For this, the only important part of the chart is the box with the planets and corresponding zodiac signs. I’m using my own chart as a reference.
Each planet (eg. sun) and object (eg. rising/ascendant) governs a specific portion of your personality.
The planets each have corresponding symbols, which are standardised for everyone’s birth chart (☉☽☿♀♂♃ ♄⛢♆♇).
The chart will show you what zodiac sign each planet and object was in the moment you were born, which is personalised for you.
Each planet and object has its own meaning,
☉ Sun: your core identity, ego
☽ Moon: feelings, emotions, aesthetics
Rising: how you are perceived by others (technically the 1st house, not a planet)
☿ Mercury: communication, intelligence, socialising
♀ Venus: love, romance, affection
♂ Mars: sex, passion, anger, drive
♄ Saturn: restrictions, limitations
♇ Pluto: transformation, deep meanings, destiny, your soul
and it takes the characteristics of the associated sign.
♈︎ Aries: active, initiating, leading, independent, aggressive, impatient, combative, energetic, pioneering, naive, assertive
♉︎ Taurus: persevering, down-to-earth, stable, stubborn, possessive, prosperous, dependable, physical, sensual
♊︎ Gemini: talkative, mental, adaptable, flexible, changeable, responsive, sociable, superficial, versatile, inquisitive, witty
♋︎ Cancer: gentle, conservative, feeling, nurturing, defensive, contemplative
♌︎ Leo: magnanimous, generous, hospitable, caring, warm, authoritative, active, open
♍︎ Virgo: analytical, intelligent, reserved, critical, helpful, conscientious
♎︎ Libra: just, sociable, refined, accommodating, kind, fair, diplomatic, likeable, indecisive, respectful, artistic
♏︎ Scorpio: passionate, perceptive, resourceful, possessive, psychological, prowling, determined, probing, fixed, focused
♐︎ Sagittarius: optimistic, restless, enthusiastic, adventurous, honest, irresponsible, outspoken, independent
♑︎ Capricorn: tenacious, conservative, resourceful, disciplined, wise, ambitious, prudent, constant
♒︎ Aquarius: individualistic, assertive, independent, humanitarian, inventive, original, eccentric, opinionated, intellectual, idealistic, cool, friendly, detached
♓︎ Pisces: intuitive, dreamy, artistic, humane, sympathetic, sensitive, compassionate, perceptive, tender, impressionable
For example, my sun, which governs my core identity, is in Capricorn. This shows that my core identity is tenacious, conservative, resourceful etc.
My rising/ascendant, which governs how I am perceived by others, is in Taurus. This shows that I am perceived as persevering, down-to-earth, stable etc.
Now just replace this out with your own info and congrats! You now know the basics of reading the planets and objects in your birth chart!
I’m still working on learning to read the houses, but I’ll link it when I’m done!
Chart made on https://www.astro.com/cgi/chart.cgi?btyp=w2gw&rs=3&usechpref=1 (more accurate)
Information gathered from my book of shadows and https://astro.cafeastrology.com/ (better info)
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