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Origins
HoroscopeA horoscope or chart is based on a moment in time and shows where planets and various other cosmic bodies were positioned in relation to each other at that moment. The most prominent of these features is the position of the sun in relation to the signs of the zodiac. The signs used in Western astrology are based on the tropical zodiac and thus bodies are not in the actual constellation. From these planetary positions astrologers draw conclusions about the moment. InterpretationIn Western horoscopic astrology the interpretation of a horoscope is governed by:
Some astrologers also use the position of various mathematical points such as the Arabic parts. Sun-sign astrology
Western sidereal astrologyThere are two camps of thought among western astrologers about the "starting point", 0 degrees Aries, in the zodiac. Sidereal astrology believes that the starting point is at a particular fixed position in the background of stars, while tropical astrology (which is adopted by the vast majority of Western astrologers) believes that the starting point is when the position of the Sun against the background of stars coincides with the Northern hemisphere vernal equinox (i.e. when the Sun position against the heavens crosses over from the southern hemisphere to the northern hemisphere) each year. As the Earth spins on its axis, it "wobbles" like a top, causing the vernal equinox to move gradually backwards against the star background, (a phenomenon known as the Precession of the equinoxes) at a rate of about 30 degrees (one Zodiacal sign length) every 2,160 years. Thus the two zodiacs are aligned only once every 26,000 years, with the most recent alignment being about 2,000 years ago when the zodiac was principally established. This phenomenon gives us the conceptual basis for the Age of Aquarius, whose "dawning" coincides with the movement of the vernal equinox across the cusp from Pisces to Aquarius in the star background. Elements of Western astrologyPlanetsIn modern Western astrology the planets represent basic drives or impulses in the human psyche. The planets used in astrology are as follows:
SignsIn modern Western astrology the signs of the zodiac are believed to represent twelve basic personality types or characteristic modes of expression. The twelve signs are as follows:
How important a zodiac sign is for an individual depends on the placement of planets and the ascendant in that sign. If a person has nothing placed in a particular sign, that sign will play no active role in their personality. On the other hand a person with, for example, both the sun and moon in Cancer, will strongly display the characteristics of that sign in their make up. HousesThe houses are interpreted as spheres of life or activity. There are various ways of calculating the houses in the horoscope or birth chart. However, there is no dispute about their meanings, and the twelve houses are usually interpreted as follows [1] : 1st House: The self, one's appearance, the body, physical characteristic etc. The Ego. The start of anything. 2nd House: Money and Possessions, values and priorities. Growth of anything. 3rd House: Communications, siblings, neighbors and neighborhood matters, local travel and transport, education, everyday matters. 4th House: The home and family, the mother or mother figure, caring for someone or something. Conservation. The beginning and end of life. 5th House: Pleasures and leisure, holidays, games and gambling. Children. Creativity. Love affairs and sex for fun rather than a deep relationship. 6th House: Work, duties and chores. Employers, employees and one's job. Health and well-being. 7th House: Relationships, marriage and business partnerships. Agreements and treaties. Also open enemies and war. 8th House: Birth, death, beginnings and endings. Sexual relationships and deeply committed relationships of all kinds. Joint monies, taxes, legacies, and corporate finances. The occult and psychic matters. 9th House: Foreign travel and foreign countries and cultures. Religion, the law and higher education. All things which seek to expand one's experience. Freedom. 10th House: Aims and ambitions, direction in life. Your status in society, your career. The house of celebrity. 11th House: Detached relationships such as friends and acquaintances. Groups, clubs and societies, especially with a charitable or humane aim. 12th House: Mysticism, the occult, psychic matters. Places of seclusion such as hospitals, prisons and institutions. Retreat and reflection and self-sacrifice.
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