My chart

[Lady Jacket]

I totally don't understand my chart...I mean I am picking up on some of the items but any help reading is greatly appreciated :-)

[astrologer50]

Originally Posted by Lady Jacket

I totally don't understand my chart...I mean I am picking up on some of the items but any help reading is greatly appreciated :-)

Welcome to AW,

May I suggest you read the 'welcome sticky' at the top of this forum? It has some great explanations, links etc and also has links to forum rules & regs...At the top of every forum there are lots of ‘stickys’ which explain matters in that forum, along with guidelines, tips and forum rules

This is a 'learning astrology forum' and am sure you will get every help possible to that aim.It is not however, a free professional reading place. There are all levels of astrologers here, from Modern to Traditional to every house system you can imagine.

Amongst other things, astrology is a wonderful tool for understanding yourself and others better.....enabling us to make better choices in life as we become aware of how our behaviour influences what happens to us through the law of cause and effect. Astrology does not reliably predict the future.......But it can provide an excellent insight into the psychological make-up of people, enabling us to accurately predict their behaviour and it's resultant effects

If you intend to learn about astrology, you will need to begin with a natal chart, it need not necessarily be your own, but many choose to begin this way, in an effort to better understand their own life journey, and purpose. Astrological natal charts are as individual as a persons ‘fingerprints’ depending on where (latitude & longitude) and time of birth.It is important to get your *time of your birth* as this is the most important information.

Here are my personal recommend beginners links to focus upon Natal charts:-
I hope that you come here and want to learn about astrology and join in with exchanges. There ever expanding Education forum here and lots more to explore. http://www.astrologyweekly.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12556 http://www.bobmarksastrologer.com/TOClessons.htm
http://wilsontc.stormloader.com#continue
http://www.cafeastrology.com/natalastrology.html
http://www.astrologyweekly.com/learn-astrology/astrology-lessons.php


House systems
Lots of people that come into Astrology get their free charts calculated at www.astro.com and the default ‘house system’ used is Placidus and think that’s just the norm and all that there is……..BUT that is just the tip of the iceberg. You can change the default on astro.com in Extended Chart selection to Equal house and a few more.

Throughout the forums but mainly in natal astrology there are two main branches Placidus (unequal size houses) v Equal House (whereby each house is same size) but lots more……. For more information on these go here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_house_system#Equal_House
http://www.astrolozy.com/article19.asp
http://www.skyviewzone.com/birthinfoforms2/housesexplained.htm
For further research try here...
http://www.astrologyweekly.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3280&highlight=placidus+equal
http://www.astrologyweekly.com/forum/showthread.php?t=638&highlight=house+system
http://www.astrologyweekly.com/forum/showthread.php?p=152849#post152849


It's only with study and research will you be able to assess where your planets are deposited and in which houses... thus see which 'glove fits'

[Lady Jacket]

Thank you for the suggestions. I would like to become a little more familiar with the chart just to give me a little more insight. (little self-searching & self-improvement) so I have been doing a lil research and I'm learning to read the charts by practicing with mine. I am an intuitive and have always acknowledged the effect with astrology, but was always curious about it's direct impact on my own life. Must be the engineer in me that wants to figure out how you do what you do as astrologers. I'm finding using the charts is harder for me to grasp because well it's not intuitive for me (like learning a new language I guess:-) There is so much information that it's a bit overwhelming, but I learn something each time. I look forward to when I have learned a little more and I can merge it with my other gifts and participate more.