Birth Chart
Kim Kardashian
October 21, 1980 10:46 AM
Los Angeles, CA
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Libra
Sun
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Pisces
Moon
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Sagittarius
Rising
Your birth chart is essentially a picture of the sky at your moment of birth. Because your chart is based on the specific time and place of your birth, no two charts are exactly alike -- meaning that, in the entire history of humanity, you are absolutely unique!
Astrology is based on an ancient idea: “As above, so below.” In other words, the planets and stars above can tell us something about life here on Earth. So your birth chart is like your “road map” on the journey of life … but remember, you're the one who decides which road to go down, how fast to drive, and who gets to come along for the ride!
♎Libra Sun
Libras are among the most sociable of the signs. They put others at ease, and know how to be the charming host or hostess. They can sense what others want before they ask for it, and are only too happy to give. With all the time and energy they offer to others, though, they have to remember to keep some for themselves.
Planetary Positions
Aspects
Major Aspects
Aspect Key
House Positions
1. Your Elements
Your Building Blocks
Before we get into the details, we're going to look at the broadest categories in your birth chart: the elements. The four elements -- Fire, Earth, Air, and Water -- are the fundamental building blocks of the universe. They're also the building blocks of your birth chart! Each zodiac sign is associated with one of the elements, and all of the signs of the same element share certain basic characteristics. For example, Fire signs -- Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius -- are typically enthusiastic, action-oriented, and driven.
Strong vs. weak elements: In this chapter, we reference the elements in your chart that are “strong” and which ones are “weak” -- this is determined by the number of planets you have in the signs of each element. For example, if you have several planets in Earth signs -- Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn -- then you are strong in Earth. If you have very few planets in Water signs -- Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces -- then you are weak in Water.
Typically, people are strong in one or two elements and weak in others. If you're aware of your elemental make-up, you can make the most of strong areas and watch out for problems in the weak areas. Remember, though, that the elements offer only a broad overview of your nature. As you read on, you'll learn how these characteristics are affected or even overshadowed by other things occurring in your birth chart.
Air and Water are Strong
Your gift lies in your ability to perceive, understand and communicate about matters of feeling, of heart and soul. You are thus well suited to any field that involves working with people as a counselor or teacher, and even if you are not so trained, others seek you out as an advisor, for you are able to clarify and sensitively discuss their personal concerns and problems. Relationships are of primary importance to you, and is the arena in which your richest and most fulfilling experiences lie. You, even more than most people, require friends and intimates to share your thoughts and your life with.
You also have an active and creative mind and are apt to spend much time reading, thinking or daydreaming, and/or writing (stories, music, lyrics, diaries, letters, etc.). Film or any media combining words with images and emotions also fascinates you.
At times your mind and intellect may seem to be at odds with your instinctive, emotional, feeling side, and it is your task to bring them together. You may spend a lot of time cogitating and mulling over your experiences and feelings, trying to understand and make sense of them.
You are quite sensitive (psychologically and physically) and may avoid direct, active participation in life.
Air and Water are Strong and Ascendant is in a Fire Sign
You appear quite spirited and independent. You have a certain confidence or boldness in your manner which masks your emotional sensitivity, as described above.
2. Your Inner Self
The Sun
Now that you understand the balance of elements in your birth chart, let's turn to the planets, starting with the most important one of all: the Sun. When someone asks, “What’s your sign?” they’re asking about your Sun sign. As you’ll see, there’s much more to Astrology than just your Sun sign -- it’s only one piece of the cosmic puzzle. But as the planet around which everything else revolves, the Sun is considered the most significant feature of your birth chart.
For simplicity’s sake, each of the astrological features of your birth chart are called planets, even things like the Sun and Moon. Each of the planets represents a different facet of who you are; the Sun, for instance, represents your core self. The Sun’s sign and house show how you “shine your light” -- your vitality, creativity, and even your work. When you express the qualities of your Sun sign in a positive way, you “light up” and feel confident, happy, and energized.
Ascendant in Sagittarius and Sun in Libra
Though you may seem breezy, independent and freedom-loving, actually you are not completely happy without a partner. You enjoy being on the move and exploring new territory -- but you want a traveling companion! A fulfilling relationship that also does not restrict you is your ideal.
Sun in Libra
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Harmony and balance are your keynotes. You instinctively understand the need to accommodate other people's interests and desires, and you are always fair and willing to meet the other person half way. Tactful, diplomatic, and with considerable social awareness, you do all you can to avoid conflict and discord. You express a spirit of cooperation and compromise and often achieve through charm and discretion what would have been impossible to achieve by a direct, forceful approach.
Getting along with others and pleasing them may be TOO important to you, for you can be too dependent on others' approval and opinions to make your own decisions. You will rarely act without getting the counsel and feedback of other people. You prefer sharing and doing things together rather than on your own. Being alone feels very unnatural to you, and you have a strong need for a partner and intimate one-to-one relationships.
You invest a great deal of your energy in personal love and you are very idealistic and romantic about marriage. You seek a partner who is your equal intellectually, and who is capable of a mental relationship as well as a physical and emotional one. You make a thoughtful, considerate friend or lover, and you enjoy the traditional symbols of love -- courtship, flowers, etc. Relationships are like an art to you, one that requires time, attention and creative effort. You appreciate a partner who is subtle and polished, never coarse or dull or blunt.
Fairness and equality, both in your personal life and in the world, are extremely important to you. If you fight about anything, it is often about something you feel is unfair and unbalanced. Balance is very important to you and you believe in moderation in all things, avoiding fanaticism and extremism of any sort.
You also have a strong need for beautiful, harmonious surroundings and a natural sense of artistic style and grace, which is reflected in the way you dress, furnish and arrange your home and workspace, etc. Everything must be aesthetically pleasing and appropriate. Working with people as a counselor, advisor, consultant or negotiator would be fulfilling to you, as would working in an artistic field like design or photography.
Sun in the 11th House
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Leading groups and classes, and being involved in community efforts, social activities, events or movements are areas where you really shine and express your creativity. An awareness of politics or the larger social impact of individual actions is natural to you.
Sun Conjunct Pluto
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Inwardly you are zealous and fanatical, though you may hide your personal desires and intentions, and the intensity of your feelings. You are driven by a deep inner sense of destiny and mission and an almost compulsive desire for personal recognition. You have an infatuation with power and are incredibly willful and stubbornly fixated on achieving greatness or being Somebody Special. You tend to worship heroes who have powerful personal magnetism and charisma, and often seek to emulate them. You have potential for tremendous good or tremendous evil.
Sun Sextile Neptune
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You are very open and receptive to the spiritual, intangible, and subtle realms, and can easily receive or give conscious guidance based on your inner attunement. You take many things for granted, such as the existence of an afterlife or the effects of subtle influences like aromatherapy, spiritual healing, etc. These things seem obvious to you, whereas to many people they are a matter of conjecture or even illusory. You may not realize you have spiritual gifts because they come so naturally to you.
3. Your Outer Self
Your Ascendant
While the Sun symbolizes your essential self, the Rising sign -- also called the Ascendant -- represents the part of yourself that the rest of the world sees. Your Rising sign describes your outer personality, appearance, and general outlook on life. Think of it as the mask you wear when you head out into the world. Compared to the Sun in the previous chapter, your Rising sign may match up well with your Sun sign, meaning that people easily see the “real you,” or may oppose it, meaning that your mask hides some of your true identity from others.
Sagittarius Rising
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High-spirited, enthusiastic, and exuberant, you love adventure, change, exploring new territory, and are not happy confined to the same safe, familiar, secure little world all the time. You have a strong restlessness and yearning for something greater than anything you've yet experienced, and you often live in your dreams and visions for the future. You tend to believe that the grass is greener somewhere else and you like to keep moving, either literally or figuratively. Idealistic and optimistic, you always expect something better ahead. You love to have a goal, something to aim for, but once you achieve it you are on to something else. You are ever on the lookout for new opportunities and you are a gambler, willing to take risks and to break new ground. The possibility of discovering something new is what makes life interesting for you. You have great faith in life and bounce back quickly from disappointment and failure.
Freedom-loving and independent, you cannot tolerate being caged for very long, and friends and loved ones must respect your need for freedom of movement. Binding commitments and responsibilities often weigh heavily upon you and you may resist "growing up" and taking on the limitations of adult life.
You are friendly and outgoing and have a great sense of fun and playfulness. You are also philosophically minded and often quite outspoken about your convictions and beliefs. Sometimes you get carried away with your enthusiasm of the moment and you tend to exaggerate. You are often a big talker, a big maker of promises, and you are usually pretty convincing. You do everything in a big way, a generous way. You like to have the best, and you heartily dislike stinginess, small-mindedness or pettiness. Your vision is always large. You are able to perceive the big picture, general patterns and principles, and are well suited to politics, business, higher education or religion.
Other people see you as a good sport and a good friend, but one who is not always consistent and dependable. You may also be seen as a wise person since you do not get bogged down in pettiness and trivialities, and are able to communicate a larger way of looking at situations, one that opens up new potentials. You are a person who believes in miracles, grace or just plain good luck, someone who never gives up on life, and you inspire and encourage others to keep looking forward.
Venus Square Ascendant
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You appear to be sweet to other people, and you know how to use charm, persuasion and affection rather than more direct (but possibly disagreeable) methods to get your point across. Being overly concerned with appearances and surface beauty is possible. If so, you may seem vain and narcissistic to others also.
4. Your Emotions
The Moon
Along with your Sun and Rising signs, the Moon -- the planet closest to Earth -- is also a very significant part of your birth chart. The mysterious and ever-changing Moon rules your feminine side: your emotions, your needs, and your intuition. The Moon's position and aspects help you understand what you need from others and what makes you feel safe, supported, and secure.
While the Sun represents your conscious self -- who you think you are -- the Moon works on a subconscious level. You may not be as aware of the Moon's influence in your life because it's a part of you that operates automatically. When you're on “auto-pilot,” you are most likely acting out the qualities of your Moon.
Moon in Pisces
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Tenderhearted and sympathetic to an unusual degree, you have an understanding of other people's feelings and needs which borders on being telepathic. You are extremely compassionate and cannot bear to see any fellow creature -- be it human or animal -suffer. Because of your kindness and nonjudgmental attitude, people in pain or confusion are drawn to you for help, which you readily give. Sometimes your soft-heartedness is taken advantage of.
You are a gentle, poetic soul and have a great love and affinity for music. Because many of your feelings are nebulous and vague and you cannot easily verbalize how you experience life, music seems a natural language for you. You are also tremendously romantic and are often "in love with love".
Moon in the 3rd House
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You often make decisions solely for emotional or personal reasons, because something "feels right" or because you've always done it a certain way and you are uncomfortable changing it. Even when you think you're being rational, your prejudices, intuitions and feelings influence your thoughts a great deal. You are comfortable talking about feelings and personal subjects, and sharing confidences, which enables others to express their own inner feelings with you as well. You have good psychological insight into others.
Moon Opposition Jupiter
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Gregarious and fun-loving, you are always out to have a good time. You tend to "play now, pay later" and are prone to overspend, overeat, drink too much, and in general overdo, and even more so when in the company of others. It is hard for you to say no, especially when your emotions or appetites are involved. Generous to a fault, you are apt to be very free both with money and with affection.
Moon aspects both Jupiter and Saturn
There is another side to you as well, a rather introverted, self-contained, even pessimistic side which tempers your good cheer and generosity, as discussed below.
Moon Opposition Saturn
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Some rather acute fears of being excluded, rejected, left out in the cold, or separated from loved ones can make you either extremely cautious about getting close to people or hold tightly to whoever gives you any warmth or security. You tend to withhold and clamp down on many of your feelings and your needs for nurturing and security, perhaps feeling they are unacceptable or will never be satisfied. Learning to be open, to trust others and to nurture yourself are all important for you. Your earliest years, especially your relationship with your mother, will determine whether you will overcome your fears or retreat behind a mask of self-sufficiency and indifference.
Moon aspects both Saturn and Uranus
In addition to your rather introverted, serious, or self-contained side, you have a wild streak and urge for emotional freedom that breaks through erratically. You crave both stability and excitement, and the conflict between these two impulses can make you rather tense and irritable. However, they can also balance one another; your more free and unpredictable side will now be described.
Moon Trine Uranus
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You are uninhibited and spontaneous and will often do something unexpected or humorous in order to loosen people up and get them out of their ruts. You crave emotional stimulation, excitement, surprises, and anything new. You love to feel free and unfettered.
Moon Square Neptune
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You are a dreamer, attracted to the inner, mystical side of life, and may have trouble distinguishing the real from the imagined or illusory. You do not enjoy confrontation and become very evasive when problems in your personal life arise, escaping into your imagination in order to avoid dealing with them directly. You are also rather gullible and naive about people, especially if your sympathy has been aroused. You are very sensitive to music and can use it to bring yourself into emotional balance and harmony.
5. Your Intellect
The Planet Mercury
From the feeling nature of the Moon we now turn to the realm of the mind, represented by the planet Mercury. Because Mercury travels closest to the Sun, it has a shorter and faster orbit than the other planets. For this reason, the ancients associated Mercury with the wing-footed messenger god by the same name. Mercury's position and aspects show you how your mind works -- how you think and learn, as well as how you communicate those thoughts to others.
Mercury in Scorpio
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You have good mental concentration and the ability to become completely immersed in your work. You seem to know things at an instinctive, nonverbal level and prefer learning through direct experience or apprenticeship rather than vicariously via books or lectures. You have mechanical ability and work well with your hands. You could become adept at sculpture, pottery, carpentry, stained glass, or anything that involves doing and making things manually. Biology (and related fields such as medicine) interests you as well. You also have an instinctive rapport with animals, and may feel you relate better to them than to people! You tend to become narrowly focused upon your own specialized interests and may not have much to say or communicate outside that field.
Mercury in the 11th House
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You have a good understanding of group trends, politics, mass movements and community affairs. Sharing ideas with groups of people is something you do well and are likely to be involved with. You collaborate well in group efforts and are likely to be part of a successful team or large organization.
Mercury Sextile Venus
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You appreciate aesthetics and have a fine sense of form, design and beauty. You could develop great technical skill as an artist, designer, craftsman or creative writer. You could also sell objects of beauty -- artistic products, cosmetics, jewelry, etc.
You have the ability to please and harmonize well with others and a talent for assuaging strain in the relationship of two other people. Your sense of humor, tact and personal charm are a great benefit to you in any work with people on a one-to-one level.
Mercury Conjunct Uranus
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An independent and original thinker, you are excited by new ideas, discoveries, and innovations. Your mind functions in an intuitive, nonlinear fashion, and sudden insights and ideas often come to you "out of the blue". You grasp ideas very quickly and often become impatient with those who are slower or more cautious than yourself. You are considered rather eccentric and unusual in your interests by more conservative minds. You do well in an open, unpredictable atmosphere where flexibility and quick responses are needed. You have an aptitude for science, mathematics, electronics or astrology.
6. How You Love
The Planet Venus
The next planet in the solar system is Venus, named for the Roman goddess of love and beauty. Venus reveals how you relate to others -- the kinds of people you are attracted to, the kinds of people who are attracted to you, and your unique way of experiencing love. Venus helps us realize what kinds of interpersonal relationships we need to feel happy and fulfilled. On a more basic level, Venus also describes what gives us pleasure and what we find desirable or valuable.
Venus in Virgo
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You are quietly devoted and faithful to your loved ones, and often become a kind of servant to your love partner. You are more comfortable showing love for someone by doing something for them, making something for them, or simply being there for them -rather than telling them so in a romantic, soul-stirring sort of way. You are timid about expressing too much sentiment or emotion. You also underestimate your attractiveness and lovability and doubt your own worthiness to receive love and appreciation.
Venus in the 9th House
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You are attracted to foreigners, exotic places, traveling, and to people who can expand your horizons, teach you something or show you places and worlds you have never experienced before. Sharing a philosophy or ideal with your love partner is important to you.
Also, you feel a love and kinship for people everywhere, not only with your own family, nationality or group. Finding similarities and making links between people from differing backgrounds or with different perspectives is a gift of yours.
Venus Square Neptune
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You have a very romantic, idealistic vision of love and may be disillusioned to discover that no real, flesh and blood human being ever quite lives up to your dream image of the Perfect Love. Though you frequently fantasize about love and romance, you may avoid becoming intimately involved with anyone or making definite commitments. You can be evasive and dishonest with yourself and others, when it comes to love. Some of your love yearnings may be expressed through art, music or an involvement with mysticism.
Venus Sextile Uranus
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You need a lot of emotional and romantic stimulation, and may not be very interested in having just one mate or love partner. Variety, excitement, spontaneity and freedom are quite important to you, and "settling down" isn't that appealing. You tend to surround yourself with unusual, creative, unconventional people that keep your life lively. Music or dancing or both play an important part in your life.
7. How You Live Life
The Planet Mars
We now move from the feminine symbol of Venus to the masculine symbol of Mars, which influences our motivations. Mars is the first planet beyond Earth in our solar system. It represents your activity level and drive -- the way you approach life. This can mean anything from how you behave at your job to what activities you pursue to how you go about your daily life.
Mars in Sagittarius
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You are aspiring, enterprising, and forever following some bright and distant star, planning some new venture or investigating new potentials. You are definitely "upwardly mobile" in either a material or spiritual sense (or both). You aim high and are not content simply with a quiet, secure existence. You like to stretch your limits, to see how far you can go, and to take risks. You are a positive thinker, expect success for yourself and are philosophical about failures. You are flexible and bounce back from disappointment rather quickly, usually with another hopeful new idea you want to try. Your enthusiasm and confidence are contagious and enable you to enlist the aid and support you need for your projects. However, you sometimes promise more than you can actually achieve, because you are overly optimistic or pay insufficient attention to the practicalities involved.
You also tend to get distracted and to have too many things going at once. Although it is very difficult for you, there are times when you simply must develop commitment, perseverance and persistence in order to make your dreams and goals a concrete reality. Too often you fall short of what you could attain because you are unwilling to persist through the difficult or less exciting times.
You also enjoy competition and usually do not take it too seriously. Sports and entrepreneurial endeavors are good ways to channel your energy.
Mars in the 12th House
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Asserting yourself and being direct and forceful about what you want is very often difficult for you. Though you may have a great deal of energy and drive, you lack confidence or simply the desire to put yourself and your interests first. Positively you can be very unselfish, working more on behalf of others rather than for yourself.
You deny your own desires and needs too much, however, and you are likely to secretly become very angry, which will sabotage your finest efforts.
Mars Sextile Saturn
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Conscientious, responsible, and serious about your work, you accomplish a great deal through your dedication. You are the person in the office or company who follows through, quietly sustains the effort, and keeps on going in spite of tedium, setbacks or dry spells. This is often the key to your success. However, you are humble about your accomplishments and contributions, and may thus not receive the recognition or recompense you deserve.
Jupiter Sextile Uranus
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You are always open to the new, willing to plunge in and experiment with a fresh approach, and enthusiastic about learning, growing, and expanding. As a result of this positive attitude, opportunities and unexpected good fortune are drawn into your life. You embrace change, delight in discovery and enjoy sharing your excitement with other people. A sense of happy expectation and a sometimes outrageous sense of humor are two of your great gifts.
8. Your Strengths
The Planet Jupiter and Your Midheaven
Next we meet Jupiter, king of the gods and the largest planet in our solar system. Jupiter represents luck, opportunity, and reward. Looking at Jupiter in your birth chart will help you realize the possibilities that are available to you and figure out what kind of work will benefit you the most.
Complementing Jupiter is another part of your birth chart, the Midheaven. The Midheaven is the highest point in your chart, representing your purpose in life: your career, fame, and public reputation. Your midheaven is a guiding light toward what will bring you ultimate fulfillment in life.
Jupiter in Virgo
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Your ability to think things through clearly, and to analyze and understand the smallest details of any plan, is highly developed. You have a modest nature and are more concerned with the success of your project or work than with personal aggrandizement. You enjoy working and are happiest when you are being productive and using your time efficiently.
Jupiter in the 10th House
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Your career or contribution to the world at large is likely to touch many people's lives in a very positive, helpful way. You aim high and have an innate confidence and trust both in your own abilities and in life in general, which enables you to go far. You want to do something BIG with your life, and you attract the support you need to do so, for your aims are not solely for your own personal benefit. You want to give something back to the world, or to improve others' lives as well as your own.
Moon Opposition Midheaven
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Maybe the most important factor in your choice of career and your success or lack of it is having a strong home base. Family support is crucial to you, and you would not sacrifice your family for any sort of advantage or achievement in the outside world. If you have a solid foundation and healthy relationships with your parents, you are likely to fulfill any aspirations you have for accomplishment.
Jupiter Conjunct Midheaven
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You have noble aspirations and grand plans for yourself. Combining personal goals with humanitarian concerns, philanthropy and an interest in social betterment, you are apt to be quite successful and influential in your community. You are suited to large, expansive enterprises and dealing with wealth.
Saturn Conjunct Midheaven
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Your role in life is apt to be one of great responsibility and you take your tasks very seriously. A certain heaviness weighs on you because of this. You may have been unusually ambitious or mature at a tender age. You advance and attain your aspirations through dedication and perseverance, rather than fortune.
Uranus Sextile Midheaven
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You are attracted to careers which are somewhat unusual, creative or avant-garde, and which offer you a maximum amount of freedom and independence. The nine-to-five routine is really not your cup of tea. You may make your living in diversified ways rather than focusing on one specific area or talent, and you're happiest when you can create a place in the world for your unique combination of different talents and interests. It is hard and unnatural for you to try to fit yourself into a ready-made mold.
9. Your Challenges
The Planet Saturn and The North Node
Saturn has a lot to do with your life's work and ambitions. However, Saturn is considered a “heavy” influence, showing where you will be tested. It represents the lessons and challenges you have to tackle on your way to success.
Slow-moving Saturn teaches patience and endurance. It’s placement in your birth chart shows the limitations placed on you and the types of experiences you may go through in order to learn how to overcome these obstacles.
Saturn in Libra
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You take your personal relationships so seriously that they may seem more like work, constant effort, and compromise, rather than a free and enjoyable sharing. You may feel that relationships in general require more of you than they are worth, and you enter into any close relationship cautiously and conscientiously. You also fear entrapment in close relationships.
Saturn in the 10th House
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You are very conscientious, responsible, and concerned with your duty, your public image and reputation, and becoming a person of stature in the world. You understand the need for hard work and careful planning in order to accomplish anything substantial and you're capable of much self-discipline and patience once you set your sights on a goal.
But you are very judgmental and hard on yourself if you fail to attain success, and you can become dry, bitter or cynical if the world doesn't recognize your efforts.
Jupiter Conjunct Saturn
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Your aspirations and dreams are always tempered by realism and practical considerations. You pursue your aims in a systematic, disciplined, and thorough manner, and you are willing to take your time, advancing slowly and steadily on your way to your goal.
Sometimes you underestimate what is possible, and hold yourself back unnecessarily due to a lack of faith or an overly cautious attitude.
Overcoming Your Challenges
When we're under stress, we instinctively slip into certain habits and patterns of behavior. In Astrology, this “survival mode” is represented by the South Node of the Moon. The South Node shows the path of least resistance that you're likely to take, because it’s what’s already comfortable to you. However, just because it’s the easiest path doesn’t make it the best. Instead, the North Node of the Moon shows you a healthier, more balanced method of dealing with difficult situations. Learning to cope with problems through your North Node rather than your South Node will help you put an end to negative patterns and grow as a person.
North Node in Leo
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Your path lies in developing yourself as an individual, discovering your own strengths and joys, giving expression to your uniqueness, and letting yourself shine and stand out from the crowd. This involve becoming a leader, even though your instinct is actually to be "one of the Indians" rather than the "chief". When under stress you are apt to seek safety in numbers, to go along with the group. Also, you may believe that striving to do your personal best and to excel is wrong or selfish, but you should let go of this notion. Finding your own center and doing what gives you delight and energy is the most worthwhile contribution you can offer the world at large.
North Node in the 8th House
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The arena you are most likely to wrestle with these issues is in relationships that are more than superficial or casual -- in particular where you and another have merged emotionally, legally, or financially. You will see these issues arise in close partnerships of any kind, especially when there is a mutual dependency on one another. Dealing with in-laws, inheritances and legal matters involving joint custody, shared assets and resources is also a part of this.
10. How You Fit In
The Planets Uranus, Pluto and Neptune
The outer planets -- Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto -- are so far away they can only be seen with a telescope. Since they move so slowly, they remain in the same sign for several years. For example, while Jupiter takes 12 years to circle around the Sun and therefore spends about a year in each sign, Pluto with its 240-year orbit can spend over 20 years in the same sign!
Because all the people in your age group will most likely have Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in the same signs, they are called “generational” planets. Instead of describing your personal life, they reveal influences that affect your entire generation.
However, the houses in your chart where the outer planets reside -- determined by your time of birth, rather than your year of birth -- show how you may go against the grain or be unusual among people of your age. In brief, Uranus represents your rebellious, unusual, innovative, and possibly unstable side; Neptune represents your imagination, dreams, and ideals; and Pluto shows your passion, depth, and intensity.
Your 7-Year Group: Uranus in Scorpio
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You are part of a 7 year group of people who break up all manner of taboos regarding death, sex, and any other personal, private, or difficult topics. Your age group is less modest about sex than other age groups and promiscuity is not uncommon. You love emotional intensity, and there are many extremists and fanatics in your age group.
Uranus in the 12th House
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Most people do not see your wild, daring, "crazy" side, and you yourself may be unaware of it! You tend to hold back the unconventional, inventive, impulsive side of you nature -- or to live it out only in your private fantasies. You may have strange dreams!
Your 12-Year Group: Pluto in Libra
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You are part of a 12 year group of people who are deeply interested in personal relationships. Your age group has a deeply-rooted yearning to see people relating and communicating with each other effectively and harmoniously. There is little egotism and a willingness to hear the other person's side of the story and a readiness to compromise and arbitrate different points of view. In fact, the need for harmonious, peaceful relationships is so strong that there is a tendency to overlook real differences and to focus only on the similarities in an attempt to bring different parties into harmony with each other.
Interest in psychology and sociology is high in your age group. There is a tremendous heightening of awareness of social skills. Your age group will experiment with different marriage styles, family relationships, and even business relationships in an attempt to bring fair treatment and effective communication between people. Interest and appreciation for other cultures is also strong, and your age group will work hard to preserve and support the cultural heritage of all ethnic groups.
Your strong yearning for equitable and harmonious relationships is also reflected in major advancements in trade agreements, arms control, and international cooperation that are designed and implemented by your generation. These agreements and policies foster a much safer and more cooperative environment for all, although there is also a tendency for greedy individuals to take advantage of the conciliatory atmosphere and twist situations to their own ends.
In short, you are part of a generation of individuals who are deeply interested in other people; you are a humanistic and humanitarian group. You will struggle and experiment with personal relationships, and forge new models for how people can relate as friends, family members, and members of nations as well.
Pluto in the 10th House
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You have a powerful sense of destiny and may be unusually, even ruthlessly, ambitious. There is a very driven, compulsive quality to the way you pursue your career or other important life goals, which is likely to win you both staunch admirers and vigorous opponents.
There is a very "radical" side to you, and you may want to remake or change the world in some significant way. Depending on other astrological factors in your chart and your own decisions, you can be either very destructive or a powerful force for healing and positive change in the world.
Your 14-Year Group: Neptune in Sagittarius
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You are part of a 14 year group of people that are extremely idealistic and farsighted in their dreams. Your age group is very liberal and expansive in outlook, and consequently churches become much more flexible and more eclectic in their approach during your life time. Religions that do not adapt to the broad-minded attitude of your age group simply are unable to attract very much interest and involvement from you.
A great deal of metaphysical musing and speculation is evident in your age group, and there is a very strong interest in all manner of psychic phenomena, UFO's, prophecy, etc. This interest will open many new doors and insights, but will also often lead to a great deal of fantasizing and speculation that is taken more seriously than it should be.
Neptune in the 1st House
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You are yielding, gentle and impressionable. You tend to "melt" into your surroundings, and do not make a very powerful, vivid impression on others. Especially while young, you may not have a very clear sense of identity.
Sensitive and compassionate, you do not enjoy fighting and no matter what you profess, you are a pacifist at heart.
Neptune Sextile Pluto
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The entire generation to which you belong has tremendous opportunities for spiritual rebirth and awakening. This will not be forced upon you or precipitated by unavoidable events; rather, it comes from an inner yearning and a natural propensity to seek the depths.
11. Today & Beyond
This is just the beginning of your cosmic exploration!
Planets
The planets of our solar system -- including the Sun, Moon, and Pluto -- create a sort of map in the cosmos. When a person looks at their Astrology birth chart, they are looking at the exact locations of each planet at the moment of their birth -- in essence, a map of their life.
Each planet is connected to a deity, archetype, or idea that represents some part of our fundamental nature as humans. By understanding the meaning of each planet and the ways it can influence our lives, we have the opportunity to understand not only what drives us, but, ultimately, how far we can go.
The Sun Your Ego Structure
Your Ego Structure
The Sun is the center of our solar system. All life revolves around it. In the same way, the ego is the center of personal identity and gives integration and continuity to individual experience. In this sense, it might be said that the Sun in Astrology reveals a person’s character and is the prime indicator of what the individual is trying to achieve. This is the fixed pillar at the center of the person around which all else revolves.
The sign placement of the Sun indicates how your natural drive and ambition are going to be directed. The sign of the Sun is the most primary indicator of the forms of experience you are attracted to. The house placement of the Sun shows the primary area of expression for the individual in life. There is a psychological, emotional, and physical significance to the house placement of the Sun.
Aspects to the Sun show ways that the core of the personality is linked to other component elements in the individual’s life. Aspects to the Sun have a deep and overriding significance in the life of the individual and are generally more important and more prominent than other aspects in the chart.
The Moon Your Personal Life
Your Personal Life
The Moon inscribes a circle around the Earth. It moves more swiftly than other celestial bodies and thus represents day-to-day and moment-to-moment movements, adjustments, and preoccupations. The Moon in Astrology represents the inner, emotional life and the unconscious, which is molded and shaped by our environment, events, and social and familial expectations. Further, the Moon indicates how we respond to life as a result of our past habits and experiences, our heritage, and our individual and collective instincts.
The sign placement of the Moon tells a lot about your private inner life, how the instinctive and imaginative component of your mind operates, how you express your feelings, and your most general experiences with your family and mother figure.
The house placement of the Moon shows how and where you make day-to-day adjustments and indicates which realm of experience will play a dominant role in your emotional life. Further, it shows the things you are most drawn to in order to gain emotional equilibrium.
The aspects of the Moon show general characteristics of the personality that are emphasized. Planets in aspect to the Moon are symbolic of qualities in the personality that are used instinctively, habitually, and with a high degree of versatility. While the Sun reveals your intended purposes and lessons for this present life cycle, the Moon represents what you have already done and developed, hence, what is instinctive and natural to you and what you tend to do over and over again.
Your childhood is also reflected in the Moon’s placement, because it’s through those childhood circumstances that any unresolved past-life issues are restimulated. Your subconscious predisposition is indicated by the Moon’s position as well. It is the psychic imprint of the past. Furthermore, the nodes of the Moon in an Astrology chart describe behavior patterns from the past and indicate the direction you are evolving toward as you move forward in your life.
Mercury Your Mental Life
Your Mental Life
Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun. From our viewpoint on Earth, it seems to dart back and forth across the face of the Sun. Mercury is the planet of your mental life. It shows how you receive, process, and disseminate information. It also relates to short trips, siblings, and other parts of your immediate environment. The sign placement of Mercury shows your basic attitude and mental habits. The aspects of Mercury show your scope of vision and your methods for accomplishing tasks.
Venus Your Love Nature
Your Love Nature
The planet Venus shows the way you express your love nature and what you deem good or beautiful in life. It also influences your approach to partnerships and indicates what adjustments will be made in order to encourage a loving relationship. Venus thrives on harmony and is drawn to social activities of all kinds, as well as the arts (music, dance, literature, and drama, among others). The sign placement of Venus describes your style of sharing your love with others. The house placement of Venus shows the natural area of expression for your love energy. The aspects of Venus indicate how and under what circumstances you express the gentle and loving side of your nature.
Mars Your Energy
Your Energy
Mars is the planet of motivation, action, and libido. It shows how you aim at your goals and how you power yourself toward them. Mars represents your most fundamental passions. The sign placement of Mars shows the intrinsic nature of your assertions. The house placement of Mars shows the area of your life where you tend to be most active. The aspects to Mars show how and to what extent your ambitions are involved with other aspects of living.
Jupiter Your Values
Your Values
Jupiter is the king of the planets. He is in charge of the order of creation. Jupiter shows your morals, where you feel confident and in control, and where you feel you have something to teach others. Jupiter also rules religion, philosophy, long-distance travel, and higher education. The sign placement of Jupiter describes your ideologies in life. The house placement of Jupiter shows the area of life where you feel luckiest and where you receive the most help from outside sources. The aspect patterns to Jupiter show the direct network of good and administrative power in your life.
Saturn Your Obligations
Your Obligations
The planet Saturn shows where you feel restricted. You feel obligations and fears through Saturn, the taskmaster of the zodiac. Saturn rewards discipline, hard work, and perseverance. The sign placement of Saturn shows the basic type of energy connected with your obligations. The house placement of Saturn shows an area of life that you feel restricted in and where you have to work hard to obtain the things that come to you. The aspects of Saturn show the most direct involvement of other areas of your life with your feelings of responsibility.
Uranus Your Search For Freedom
Your Search For Freedom
The planet Uranus is beyond the orbit of Saturn and can’t be seen without the aid of a telescope. It represents the sky in us -- that which transcends the limits of finite life. Uranus represents originality and unconventionality. It can stimulate sudden or erratic change, like that expressed in revolution, or the invention of new ways of doing things. The sign placement of Uranus shows your broadest striving for freedom. The house placement of Uranus indicates your area of direct unique expression. The aspects to Uranus indicate the way you express your need for higher consciousness.
Neptune Your Spiritual Life and Ideals
Your Spiritual Life and Ideals
The planet Neptune has an almost perfectly circular orbit. It represents the part of our nature that strives for perfection, that looks to some higher ideal. The planet Neptune rules the ocean and the part of us that is beyond the limits of the shores of personal existence, namely the unconscious. It also rules our dreams. The culture moves with the cycles of Neptune and it is the primary indicator of your connection to the culture that you live in. The sign placement of Neptune shows an ideal that you desire to manifest. The house placement of Neptune shows the area of your life that you want to express this ideal in. The aspect patterns of Neptune indicate the networking of your personality into the world at large.
Pluto Your Need For Fundamental Change
Your Need For Fundamental Change
The planet Pluto represents the dark, underground part of you. It shows your ability to transform the most fundamental properties in your own inner nature. The sign placement of Pluto is the way the obsessive, compulsive, and committed part of your nature expresses itself. The house placement of Pluto shows the area of life where you make your most fundamental and potent changes. The aspects to Pluto show the deepest, most unconscious links in your personality structure.
Ascendant Your External Self
Your External Self
The Ascendant -- also called the Rising sign -- is based on the time, date, and place of birth, and indicates both the sign and degree of the 1st house of a birth chart. The Ascendant represents your outside appearance to the world and the world’s general perception of you as a person. It is also widely believed to rule your physical characteristics.
Midheaven Career & Reputation
Career & Reputation
The Midheaven (English for “Medium Coeli”) is the highest point of a birth chart, located on the cusp of the 10th house. To astrologers, the Midheaven governs career, public reputation, and interactions with authority.
Elements
The Fire signs are Aries, Leo and Sagittarius. The Earth signs are Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn. The Air signs are Gemini, Libra and Aquarius. And the Water signs are Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces.
The four elements -- Fire, Earth, Air, and Water -- describe the inherent temperament and orientation of each sign of the zodiac. As the ancient Greeks taught, everything in the universe including the human personality can be examined in terms of these elements.
Fire and Earth are primary elements and have to do with the self. Conversely, Air and Water are derivative and therefore more focused on others. The elements of Fire and Air tend to be extroverted, active, and freedom-oriented, while Earth and Water are more introverted, passive, and security-oriented.
Fire Aries, Leo, & Sagittarius
Aries, Leo, & Sagittarius
Fire ignites action and enthusiasm
Earth Taurus, Virgo, & Capricorn
Taurus, Virgo, & Capricorn
Earth represents practical, material world concerns
Air Gemini, Libra, & Aquarius
Gemini, Libra, & Aquarius
Air is the element of ideas and thought
Water Cancer, Scorpio, & Pisces
Cancer, Scorpio, & Pisces
Water represents feelings and the empathetic impulse
Houses And Their General Meanings
Your birth chart is divided into 12 houses -- sections of your chart that govern specific areas of your life. At the time of your birth, each planet was located in a particular astrological sign and in one of the 12 houses.
First House Your Self-Identity
Your Self-Identity
How you appear to the world and the first impression you make on others; your external presentation, including physical characteristics (body type, facial features, etc.)
Second House Your Personal Resources
Your Personal Resources
Money matters, material possessions, and your relationship with both
Third House Your Immediate Environment
Your Immediate Environment
Communication with others, short trips, and your relationships with siblings and neighbors
Fourth House Your Home & Family
Your Home & Family
Your childhood, ancestral roots and influences, and what brings you comfort and security
Fifth House Your Expression
Your Expression
The ways you express yourself creatively, romantically, and personally; also love affairs, children, and luck
Sixth House Your Daily Life
Your Daily Life
Health concerns, work, service, and routine
Seventh House Your Relationships
Your Relationships
Your identity in relation to others and your patterns in all 1-on-1 relationships
Eighth House Shared Resources
Shared Resources
The influence of other people’s money and talents; secrets; your feelings about sex and intimacy
Ninth House Higher Learning
Higher Learning
Long-distance travel, education, religion, and philosophy; mental expansion of all kinds
Tenth House Your Career & Reputation
Your Career & Reputation
Your social status, career goals, and potential for success; your relationship to authority, government, and power
Eleventh House Your Friends & Aspirations
Your Friends & Aspirations
How you integrate with friends, groups, and the community; your hopes, aspirations, and ideals
Twelfth House Your Spiritual Life
Your Spiritual Life
Your connection to spirituality and the universe; your subconscious mind; solitude and privacy
Aspects
When a planet in the sky makes a specific angle to another planet, that angle is called an “aspect.” Planets that are aspecting each other are influencing each other, changing each other’s energy. Some aspects are soft, meaning that the qualities of the two planets come together smoothly and harmoniously. Other aspects are hard, meaning that the qualities are at odds with one another and may create tension or conflict.
There are a handful of different types of aspects, but most astrologers focus on six major aspects: the conjunction, sextile, square, trine, quincunx, and opposition. You can learn what each of these means -- plus a few rarer aspects -- by reading below.
A note about Orbs: Planets don’t have to be at the EXACT degree for us to feel its effects. The number of degrees that two planets can travel apart while still being considered in aspect is called the “orb.” Different astrologers use different orbs, but the closer that two planets are to an exact aspect degree (the smaller the orb), the more noticeable the effects will be.
Conjunction 0 degrees
0 degrees
If two planets occupy the same degree or are very close to each other, they are said to be conjunct. Most astrologers believe that conjunctions are dynamic, but not as difficult and challenging as squares and oppositions. Planets that are conjunct tend to energize each other.
Sextile 60 degrees
60 degrees
If two planets are close to being 60 degrees apart, they are said to be sextile to each other. Sextiles are similar to trine aspects and considered favorable.
Squares 90 degrees
90 degrees
If two planets are close to being 90 degrees apart, they are said to be square to each other. Almost all astrologers agree that squares are motivating but can be difficult. Some astrologers emphasize the negative potential of a square, while others focus on the character-building potential inherent in this aspect.
Trine 120 degrees
120 degrees
If two planets are close being 120 degrees apart, they are said to be trine to each other. Most astrologers agree that trines are soft and easy, pleasant and harmonious, but sometimes lazy. However, trines can provide relief from the tension inherent in more challenging aspects that may also be present in a person’s chart.
Quincunx 150 degrees
150 degrees
If two planets are close to being 150 degrees apart, they form a quincunx aspect. Most astrologers view the quincunx as being awkward, bothersome, and requiring adjustments from a person.
Opposition 180 degrees
180 degrees
If two planets are close to being opposite to each other in the sky, they are forming an opposition aspect. Most astrologers agree that oppositions are difficult and often emphasize challenges with other people. However, the challenges suggested by an opposition can be balanced and resolved with effort.
Semi-Sextile aspect 30 degrees
30 degrees
If two planets are close to being 30 degrees apart, they form a semi-sextile aspect. This is generally regarded as being a slightly harmonious or favorable minor aspect.
Semi-Square aspect 45 degrees
45 degrees
If two planets are close to being 45 degrees apart, they are in semi-square aspect. This minor aspect is similar to a square aspect, though often not quite as intense. Some astrologers feel that the semi-square creates very internal challenges or conflicts.
Sesquiquadrate 135 degrees
135 degrees
If two planets are close to being 135 degrees apart, they are in sesquiquadrate aspect. Generally regarded as being similar to a square, but some astrologers feel that this minor aspect is easier to release and express than a square aspect.
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