If you have ever wanted to unlock the secrets to your life your astrological chart reading could hold the key. Your unique birth chart provides an insight into your personality, your love-life, your life-path, your strengths and weaknesses and can uncover challenges that may affect your destiny. From your birth chart you can find out which careers may suit you, the kind of people you are most compatible with and what your life purpose or soul path may be.
The Signs of an Astrological Chart Reading
Your birth or natal chart is calculated using the exact time and date of your birth and also the place of your birth. From this you can work out the astrology basics - your sun, moon and rising sign. The rising sign is also sometime referred to as your ascendant. These will give you the first clues to understanding your personality.
The Houses in an Astrological Chart Reading
The Houses show you the circumstances you will face during your lifetime. There are 12 houses with each one representing a different form of activity.
The first house represents your personality.
The second house relates to money, financial affairs and possessions.
The third house shows the mind and communication.
The fourth house represents the home, your parents and your early environment.
The fifth house symbolizes creativity, romance, children, hobbies and vacations.
The sixth house represents work and health.
The seventh house represents partnerships including marriage.
The eighth house reveals the cycle of life birth, sex, death and also finances.
The ninth house shows the higher mind, learning, religion and philosophy.
The tenth house relates to the career path.
The eleventh house represents friendships and community.
The twelfth house reveals your strengths and weaknesses.
The Planets in an Astrological Chart Reading
Each planet in your birth chart reveals a part of your personality depending on which house they fall under. Each planet rules a different form of activity.
Mercury = the intellect, communication and expression
Venus = partnerships and artistic expression
Mars = action, initiative and energy
Jupiter = growth, expansion and wisdom
Saturn = security, safety and lessons learnt
Uranus = the urge for freedom
Neptune = spiritual urge
Pluto = fusion and transformation
How to read your birth chart
You can learn to read your own birth chart but to get it right will take a lot of time and patience. The art of astrological chart reading is something that many professional astrologers spend years studying and to get a truly accurate astrological chart reading a sitting with a proficient astrologer can’t be beaten.
However it is possible to teach yourself to do your own astrological chart reading using any number of the books or online resources available on the subject. Be prepared to put in time and effort though as astrology is a vast subject that can take some mastering.
