Media Natal Chart Art Project
So, I came up with an idea of an art project I wanted to do sometime, and as I was thinking about it, I realized, hey maybe other people might find this to be a fun sort of experiment too, you never know.
And it has to do with personal Astrology and Media
the basic idea is, to draw out your natal chart, or roughly, the 12 zodiac symbols and the planets, and which planets fall into which zodiacs in that circle for you personally, and then have the twelve zodiacs each be represented by a character in media that’s personally relevant to you as a representation of that Zodiac
Me personally, I chose characters that represented 12 (well, thirteen technically) different video game franchises that I’ve always loved and are dear to me, but specifically animal characters because Zodiac lol
and I mapped them out onto a star chart sort of thing, and one day I want to paint them out with all the different symbols of those video games alongside them as well like a star map of my psyche :p
the basic concept of mine I have as basically this:
Starting with Virgo, which is the Sign that is in my Ascendant/Rising Sign or my First House, in the East (Because the Sun Rises in the East)
(Different people may have different ascendants/rising signs aka different zodiacs in the first house, mine just happens to be Virgo)
and working down around the clock, to the other side, and then ending with Leo my 12th House.
The Center/Star/Technically Sun = Nova from Kirby (I made the eyes look down at Sagittarius, because that’s where my Sun actually is lol)
Virgo the Wolf = Isabelle + Animal Crossing
Libra the Eagle = Spyro the Dragon, he’s a flier kinda like an Eagle, but also the dragon being Libra is a subtle Homestuck reference as well lol
Scorpio the Serpent = Rope Snake from EarthBound
Sagittarius the Horse = Epona from Legend of Zelda
Capricorn the Turtle = Yoshi from Mario (He’s a shelled lizard it kinda counts)
Aquarius the Dove = Chocobo from Final Fantasy
Pisces the Fish = Enguarde from Donkey Kong
Aries the Goat = Asriel from Undertale
Taurus the Bull = Cow from Harvest Moon (AWL)
Gemini the Cat(s) = Mew and Mewtwo from Pokemon
Cancer the Crab = Mamuta from Pikmin
Leo the Lion = Gatomon from Digimon (Not a lion but also I like Leomon also a lot as well and the Mews fit better as the twin cats, Leomon is here in spirit)
and the Planets are the various little marbles all connected to each house, colored by the elements I associate them with
Moon in Leo, 12th House - Yin
Mercury in Scorpio, 3rd House - Air
Jupiter in Scorpio, 3rd House - Wood
Sun in Sagittarius, 4th House - Yang
Mars in Sagittarius, 4th House - Fire
Venus in Sagittarius, 4th House - Gemstones/Rock (Earth)
Uranus in Capricorn, 5th House - Aether/Lightning
Neptune in Capricorn, 5th House - Water
Saturn in Aquarius, 6th House - Metal
Earth in Aquarius, 6th House - Soil/Dirt (Earth)
(I like the idea of putting the planet Earth on the natal chart since it is technically also a Planet that influences things, it’s nature as being Tide-Locked to always face the Moon means it’s position is always in opposition to the Moon on the chart. It’s element is Earth just like Venus, but their symbolism is split between Nurturing Soil and Decorative GemStone.)
The essential idea of this is what pieces of Media give me both childhood nostalgia and are reflection of me as a kid or things that would have been major impacts on me as a kid, represented in the idea of a literal Natal Chart
