Astrology
Discover the Stars
The Basics of Astrology
There are 12 signs in the zodiac, beginning with Aries and ending with Pisces. There are 10 celestial bodies used in astrology, as well as a host of asteroids.
The 12 Signs
Sagittarius11/20 - 12/20
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The 10 Bodies
sun
Rules Leo. Associated with ego, vibrancy, essence, ethos and personality, will and the expression of the self, authority, leadership, men, and fathers.
Mercury
Rules Gemini and Virgo. Associated with the mind, thought, travel, information, communication, and commerce.
Mars
Rules Aries and Scorpio. Associated with aggression, war, sex, drive, energy, passion and ambition, what separates, cuts and divides.
Saturn
Rules Capricorn and Aquarius. Associated with authority, limits, restriction, constriction, boundaries, stability, rules, law, karma, and lessons.
Neptune
Rules Pisces. Associated with psychics and spirituality, imagination, dreams, fantasies, art, obscuring, distortion, healing, transcendence, poisons, drugs, illusions, delusions, mysticism and, deception. .
moon
Rules Cancer. Associated with feelings, emotions, intuition, empathy, how we express our feelings, home, security, women, and mothers.
Venus
Rules Libra and Taurus. Associated with beauty, money, charm, love, marriage, art, fashion, blending, melding and uniting. Represents our values, what we love and cherish.
Jupiter
Rules Sagittarius and Pisces. Associated with growth, expansion, blessings, luck, good fortune, indulgence, wealth, long distance travel, and healing.
Uranus
Rules Aquarius. Associated with technology, ingenuity, electricity, revolutions, surprise, unexpected change, transformation, the unusual, ingenuity, astrology and, disruption.
Pluto
Rules Scorpio. Associated with transformation, obliteration, the unseen, regeneration, shadow work, wealth, death and rebirth, power.
The 12 Houses
First house – Rules the appearance, self, personhood, life, body, beginnings.
Second House – Rules stability, possessions, income, money, values.
Third House – Rules communication, media, short-distance travel, neighborhood, siblings and relatives.
Fourth House – Rules parents, family, mothers, security, home, roots, ancestors, things hidden.
Fifth House – Rules creativity, pregnancy, love, romance, children, sex, art.
Sixth House – Rules daily activity, health, diet, service, injuries, sickness, work, and employees.
Seventh House – Rules partnerships, relationships, marriage, open enemies.
Eighth House – Rules transformation, death, taxes, investments, debts, inheritance, sex, and other people’s money/things.
Ninth House – Rules long distance travel, foreign places and people, publishing, religion, spirituality, philosophy, higher education, morals, and ethics.
Tenth House – Rules honors, achievement, career, father, authority, status, leaders.
Eleventh House – Rules groups, society, friendships, alliances, social life.
Twelfth House – Rules endings, rest, the unconscious mind, suffering, isolation, hidden enemies, constricting places like prisons and hospitals, the afterlife, the unknown and unseen.
Additional Things to Know
North Node
What you’re here to achieve or represents your potential, where you’re striving or supposed to be striving toward.
south Node
Represents your comfort zone, your past, past lives, what you’re moving on (or supposed to move on) from.
Chiron
An asteroid that is called the Wounded Healer and represents your wounds, how you heal from them and the wisdom in your wounds.
Conjunction
Planets meet up.
Opposition
Planets are opposite each other.
Sextile
A laidback, fluid conversation between two planets.
Square
Tense conversation between planets.
Trine
Harmonic conversation between planets.
Stellium
Have three or more planets in a single sign or house.
Ascendant
Rising sign. The sign that is rising in the East at the moment of birth.
Descendant
The point directly opposite the ascendant on the seventh house.
Midheaven
The highest point of the zodiac at the moment of birth. Typically the sign and degree in the tenth house (or ninth or eleventh).
Retrograde
When a planet appears to be going backward from the viewpoint of Earth.
Natal chart
Shows the position of the planets at the time of birth.
Horary chart
Chart created for a specific question.
Synastry chart
Comparison between two different people’s charts.
Grand Cross
When four planets are in a tense conversation.
Grand Trine
When three planets are having a party.