Birth Chart: Houses, Planets, Signs and Aspects

You are an extraordinary and completely unique being. Your birth chart is a phenomenal tool that reveals how unique you are by providing valuable information and knowledge, unlocking the mystery of your true self.

By analyzing your astrological birth chart, you can begin to understand the personality traits, inner workings, and desires you naturally possess. An astrology birth chart, (also known as an astrological birth chart), is a powerful mathematical chart that calculates the positions of the planets, within the astrological signs and houses, at the exact time of your birth.

“Aspects” are also used, which analyze the energetic relationship between the planets in your chart, (these “aspects” are a very in-depth set of concepts analyzed after understanding the chart in general, and we will discuss them here as well).

There are as many different ways to interpret an astrological birth chart as there are people in the world, as each of us has our own personal dimensions of perception. Mathematically, the chances of two birth charts being exactly the same can only happen once every 25,000 years at least, because this is the amount of time it takes for all the planets to align the same way twice.

These two people may even have to be born in exactly the same place! This shows how exceptionally unique you are. Your natal birth chart uncovers strengths, weaknesses, predestined karma, best timing indicators, areas for soul and spiritual growth… the list goes on.

Birth charts are incredibly complex, so we will provide a significantly large set of basic references that you need to know to begin understanding your personal chart. At the exact time of your birth, the planets were in specific houses and signs. Astrologers combine the meaning of each planet, the meaning of the House, and the meaning of the zodiac sign you were in, to determine the unique talents and obstacles you may face.

NATAL CHART: THE PLANETS

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Each of the planets represents the instinctive drives and behaviors we have as human beings here in the physical realm on Earth. The planets, along with all sentient beings in this magical universe, also have their own vibrational frequency (and even consciousness). Therefore, where each planet was at the time of your birth shapes that aspect of your chart with its individual energy.

SUN

In short, the Sun reflects your personality and methods of self-expression in this life. It represents your personal power: your talents, your creativity, how you inspire others, and how you unconsciously express that personal power. It also shows you areas in which you can manifest your talents that express themselves spontaneously, to embrace your natural abilities, and find your natural youthful and childlike joy.

We look to the Sun in our charts to understand our true self no matter who is around: it represents our personality, style, destiny, and life purpose.

MOON

The Moon represents all our instincts, reactions, and habits, which can be summarized in one word: emotions. What does it take to be emotionally satisfied on all levels? The Moon reflects the energy within you: how you manage and express your emotions, and what is necessary for you to feel safe and protected.

It is also a reflection of the areas of life in which we should nurture others. The Moon’s energy is one that shows emotional insecurities, how we emotionally adjust to change, the things that lead us to emotional seclusion, and what we need to thrive emotionally.

We look to the Moon to understand how we can find fulfillment of our most intimate desires: it represents where we have emotional and self-care needs, as well as past life situations.

MERCURY

Mercury is the planet of communication, therefore it represents everything about us that relates to that, but on a larger scale. For example, it reflects not only the communication style we use or our intellectual approach, but also: how we absorb/process/exchange information, the nature of our mental abilities, and how we make decisions. In addition, it also shows the areas where fears are unconsciously found, which prevent us from communicating effectively and genuinely with others.

We look to Mercury in our charts to understand our strengths and weaknesses in communication – it represents our style and the areas we can focus on so that others understand us well.

VENUS

Just as the Goddess of Love is Venus, the planet Venus is often considered the “planet of love.” But as we expand into the “loving” energy of Venus, we know that it encompasses much more than simply romantic or maternal love. It is also the planet of all things related to love, such as: the things we value most, our passions and pleasures, and basically… anything that makes us happy.

This includes expressing the receiving end of your sexual desires. Personal talents that can make others happy in social situations are also reflected here. On the other hand, Venus also shows the processes that affect our self-love, confidence, and self-esteem, as well as the areas in which we weaken ourselves (to meet the expectations of others).

We look to Venus in our paintings to understand the essential keys to our self-esteem: it represents all things of pleasure: love, sex, social expectations, and situations that affect self-love.

MARS

Traditionally, Mars is the planet of war, but spiritually that translates into energy, aggression, and action. However, as abrasive as it may seem, it is a significant and beneficial energetic frequency for us to embrace. Yes, the fiery red planet of Mars shows us where our animal instincts lie, what makes us “trigger,” what makes us angry, and how we express our anger.

But it also illuminates what we really want, how we get it, and the actions we instinctively take to get it. Also reflected here is our external sexual nature, the competitive side, and the areas in which we are more assertive.

We look to Mars in our charts to understand our personal energy, drive, and survival instincts: it represents how the nature of our soul translates to the physical world in an action-induced way.

JUPITER

Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system, which syncs with the fact that it is the “expansion planet.” It is also the planet of luck, vision, and progress that craves learning (expansion) and obtaining information in large quantities. This planet symbolizes all possibilities, including the area of ​​your searches for wisdom and higher purpose.

Optimism follows this planet, but so does overindulgence. But if everything can be balanced, Jupiter reflects your style of humor, blind optimism, generosity, and areas of good luck and abundance.

We look to Jupiter in our charts to understand solid areas of expansion, luck, and abundance. He represents learning, vision, and growth: physical, mental, and spiritual.

SATURN

Saturn is the karmic father of the zodiac if you will: the disciplinarian of our solar system. His energy is a “controlling” type of energy, as he is the planet of responsibility, authority, and maturity. Saturn provides trials to aid in personal growth and responsibility; Even if this feels like terrible energy for our ego, the truth we need to hear is always helpful. Saturn’s energy forces us to go through certain life tests that will inevitably lead to opportunities if we pass them.

Show weaknesses to be strengthened, to succeed physically, and to grow spiritually. Saturn also acts as a filter for Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto: the energy of these planets must flow through Saturn before reaching Earth, ensuring that the dreamy, rebellious, and dark energies of these planets are filtered through first. of Saturn, to ensure a level of grounding.

We look to Saturn in our charts to understand responsibilities, foundation, and self-discipline – it represents how we handle structure and what kind of personal duty we face in this life.

URANUS

Uranus is the planet of rebellion, liberation, and freedom. An energy that wants to break free from conformity and limitation, Uranus represents change, evolution, idealism, and spontaneity. Because of this powerfully dynamic and progressive energy, it also reflects your animal instinct: how you naturally manage your reactions.

And while Uranus may be constantly in “gut reaction” mode, it pushes us to think and act outside the box… and not worry about what the physical world expects of us. This makes Uranus a planet that is more reflective of higher intuition, in general.

We look to Uranus in our charts to understand our areas of rebellion and natural instinct – it represents the search for freedom, how we react, and where we can think “outside the box.”

NEPTUNE

Neptune is part of us with childish hopes and spiritual dreams. It represents an area of ​​life where we may tend to avoid or push reality to the back of our minds. Neptune is the planet that governs that part of our mind that is not always conscious, such as fantasies, dreams, dreams, or even illusions. Just as Neptune is a watery (emotional) and stormy planet, it also gives off an energy of constant drama and confusing spiritual vibrations, which can basically be defined as the opposite of being “grounded.”

We look to Neptune in our charts to understand the most intimate spiritual dreams of our soul: it represent our aspirations and delusions that make us have no foundation in the physical realm.

PLUTO

Pluto is the planet of transformation and reflects the areas of our lives where we will face darker energies. Known as “shadow work,” it is this planet that challenges us to confront our ego and all the related facets of our personality that will inevitably need to bring “rebirth” to one piece of us (and death to another).

Pluto draws attention to the release of inner power and purging, where we will search for universal truths and deeper meanings of this existence. Other associations related to Pluto include: control issues, change, agitation, obsession, fear of loss, and passionate interests.

We look to Pluto in our charts to understand the areas where we will find our deepest powers: it represents where we have the greatest potential for transformation and self-destruction.

We all have an ascending sign, (also known as your rising sign), which is located in our first house. Each astrological sign is ruled by a particular planet. Therefore, its ruling planet is the planet that is in your Ascendant Sign or First House.

For example, if your Ascendant (or rising) sign is Aries, your ruling planet would be Mars since Mars is the ruler of the Aries zodiac sign. This also means that Mars is located in your First House.

NATAL CHART: HOUSES AND SIGNS

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Your birth chart contains 12 houses that are calculated mathematically, depending on your birthday, along with the exact time and place of your birth. Each of the ten planets is located in one of these houses. Each house in your chart determines the area of ​​your instinctive life in which you feel the specific energy of each planet.

The first house reflects itself, and each house moves further outward, into society and beyond.

As with the Houses in our birth chart, each planet was placed in a particular astrological sign at the time of its birth. This energy combines with the energy of the planet and with the meaning of the House the planet was in, creating a strong analysis of your predestined character traits.

Each zodiac sign is associated with an element: fire, earth, air, or water. This intensifies the characteristics of each sign in a specific way.

FIRE (ACTION, MALE)

Enthusiastic, fiery, and outgoing, fire signs are “larger than life.” They do everything in life on a larger scale, while embracing their keen intuition over logical intellect. Reflecting fire itself, they possess tremendously high energy, to the point that they can occasionally “burn out.”

They are known to flare quickly when provoked and have a strong temper that “turns on” seemingly out of nowhere. This is not always a negative attribute, because fire signs are considered to have the most passionate nature of all the zodiac signs.

EARTH (SENSES, FEMININE)

Earth signs represent stability, substance, and practicality. These signs have a strong preference for living a stable life here in the physical, but they are also very in touch with their 5 physical senses. At the same time, they are very sensual, since they strongly appreciate this earthly existence through the senses of sight, sound, touch, taste and smell.

They are low-risk individuals and ensure a slow but steady approach to success in building material security. However, there are times when this striving for material security makes them appear greedy and/or unable to take the feelings of others into account since they are so focused on their own personal goals.

AIR (INTELLECT, MASCULINE)

The air signs represent the truest form of logical intellect over intuition. These signs are the “thinkers” of life and are very imaginative, idealistic, and analytical. If a situation occurs that another person only sees at face value, the air signs may surprise you with the depth of methodical and intellectual thinking they used.

This leads them to be very capable of opening their eyes to a much broader perspective. They have strong communication skills, but strength overthinking can make it seem like they constantly have their “head in the clouds.”

If they seem out of touch with reality, it is because the thoughts they express are significantly more important to them than the physical realities of life, such as finances or cultural situations.

WATER (EMOTION, FEMALE)

Water signs are all about emotions. They are considered the “empaths” of the zodiac because they are very in tune, they have a great awareness of another person’s emotions and feelings. Given this emotional nature of water signs, they are often seen as dreamers, always using their heart’s impulse over logic in situations.

They tend to have psychic tendencies, so their intuition is strong due to their deep connection with their own inner selves. Due to their strength in dealing with emotions, they can also emotionally manipulate others, using their empathic awareness and creating a complex method to make them think their way.

QUADRUPLICITIES OF THE SIGNS

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Each zodiac sign is also associated with a quadruplicity: cardinal, fixed or mutable. This is another aspect of each sign that affects the characteristics of each sign specifically.

CARDINAL: POWER OF INITIATION

The cardinal signs of the zodiac begin the seasons: in the northern hemisphere, Aries begins spring, Cancer begins summer, Libra begins fall, and Capricorn begins winter. Therefore, they are the pioneers and initiators of the zodiac. Associated with action and vitality, these signs take great initiative in their daily lives.

They thrive on being able to work unsupervised and surprise you with the results of their efforts (in work, love, or any other area of ​​life). Cardinal signs also like to be first in everything they do, and value their unique ways of doing it. Depending on your sign, this passion for initiation will show in the traits that your sun sign reflects most.

FIXED: HOLDING POWER
Fixed signs are in the middle of each season and are therefore just that: foundational and stable. Associated with intense willpower, they can embrace this strength and use it to their advantage to then build on this foundation towards whatever goal they pursue.

They take the energy that the cardinal signs initiate and create something with it in the physical. However, they are often very resistant to change, since they are so fixed in their ways. Change is not pleasant to them, and depending on your individual sign, this stubborn passion for stability will show in the traits that your sun sign reflects most.

MUTABLE: POWER OF CHANGE
Mutable signs are the ones that finish each season and have learned all the lessons taught by the four seasons. Because they know that everything comes to an end, mutable signs are associated with adaptability and versatility and possess an accepting attitude toward change.

These wise, “old” soul signs demonstrate that we all have the power to be fluid and adjust to changes in the world around us. They are versatile and flexible, ebb and flow, and enjoy change much more than pregnancy or stability (which makes life boring).

They can also vibrate with any person or situation, adjusting their personality or traits to different aspects of life. Depending on your individual sign, this love of change will show in the traits your sun sign reflects most.

WHY THE ASPECTS OF YOUR NATURAL BIRTH CHART ARE IMPORTANT Birth
Chart Aspects provide deeper insight to reveal how two (or more) natural impulses we experience as humans relate to each other in a very specific way. They represent the energetic relationship between the planets in our birth charts, to reveal areas of conflict or harmony that astrologically became a part of us when we were born.

Birth chart aspects are proof of a fact: we are all born exquisitely unique. In fact, the mathematical chances of two birth charts being identical can only occur every 25,000 years, and furthermore, it depends on the location of your birth.

The energetic frequencies of each planet reflect the natural impulses we experience and, depending on their location at birth, influence us all differently. The Aspects help us understand how the energy of our own personal planets affects us, in relation to their relationship with each other.

DEFINITION OF EACH ASPECT OF THE BIRTH CHART
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There are aspects that cooperate with each other, and then there are those that naturally conflict with each other. The effect of each of these types of relationships, of course, depends on the energy of the planets involved.

Here we will delve into what each Aspect means, and it will be up to your intuition to analyze your own birth chart and decipher what the Aspects mean to you.

DIFFICULT ASPECTS: OPPOSITION AND SQUARE
The aspects are the most obvious challenges in this life are “Opposition” and “Square”. They show areas of internal conflict because it causes tension between two natural impulses, making you feel like you can only satisfy one, but not both.

Its advantage here in the physical is that you become aware of two conflicting impulses. Most importantly, you can embrace them as a basis for encouragement, making “time” for both parties and achieving growth to resolve the conflict.

OPPOSITION
An opposition is when two planets are 180 degrees apart. Basically, if you look at a birth chart diagram, you can detect an Opposition by thinking this way: one planet is at “12 o’clock” and another at “6 o’clock” (or relatively placed positions, such as 3:00 and 9:00 or 5:00 and 11:00).

This placement means that the planets are in direct conflict with each other.

For example, if you have an Opposition Aspect present between the Moon and Mercury, then you will struggle between what you think logically (Mercury) and what you need emotionally (Moon).
The relationships in your life are what stimulate the energy of Opposition. Where relationships come into play is that you will tend to seek out others who will allow you to work on these Oppositions unconsciously; those that reflect yourself.

This is an energy of uncertainty like you are on a swing at the playground: you go back and forth, unable to reach a meaningful middle ground of resolution. You must learn to make a conscious effort to handle those parts of yourself differently. By doing this, you can empower yourself to resolve recurring conflicts with others that are causing the oppositional aspect.

SQUARE
Again, if we were looking at a birth chart diagram, a square relationship is when two planets are 90 degrees apart. So when you look at a clock, one planet is at 12 o’clock and the other is at 3 o’clock (or other relative positions, such as 3:00 and 6:00, or 6:00 and 9:00).

The Opposition and the Square are related to the conflict between the energies of the planets. However:

The Opposition is an energy of uncertainty and vacillating from one side to the other, with conflict on the outside. The Plaza is an energy of courage and urgency, conflict is an internal process.

As an example, if your Venus is Mars Square, there will be an inevitable internal conflict within you between sexual concepts and ideals of love. Your internal dialogue may sound something like: “Why can’t I have everything I want to satisfy my needs in romantic love and also feel sexually satisfied in an exciting and stimulating way?”

Another of the best examples of a square relationship between planets would be something related to the Moon and Saturn. The Moon is about our deepest emotional needs, while Saturn is the disciplinary energy of achievement. If your Moon squares Saturn, you will feel torn between how to achieve tangible success physically, while also feeling emotionally fulfilled by what you do to achieve success.

You should appreciate one fact about this difficult Square Aspect: if you have three or more Squares in your birth chart, know that you are here for a much higher purpose. This life is obviously one of learning for you. You have predestined yourself with the challenge of learning lessons of integration between fighting impulses and finding a way to make them work so that you remain balanced and successful.

THE EASIEST ASPECTS: TRINE AND SEXTILE
The areas of your birth chart that show inner cooperation, or two impulses in life that naturally work together as compatible counterparts, will show up in the trine and sextile aspects.

These aspects reveal impulses that are easily expressed and work harmoniously together, areas of your Higher Self that you have already mastered coordinating in your past lives.

The advantage of these two aspects is that since two parts of you work so well together, it is quite natural that you create success in the physical in a way that satisfies and expresses both natural impulses. The only drawback to these “easier” aspects is that success comes so naturally within the area it represents, that you cannot put conscious intention into increasing the inner spiritual and mental depth of these areas.

TRIO
A trine aspect occurs when two planets are 120 degrees apart. Again, when looking at a clock, this is when one planet is at “12 o’clock” and another is at “4 o’clock” (or relative positions, such as 3:00 and 7:00, or 5:00 and 9:00).

With Trine Aspects, the placement means that the two energies of the respective planets bring good luck and tranquility, thus creating spontaneous abundance in the physical world.

As an example, if your chart has Venus Trine the Moon, it will be deceptively easy for you to attract relationships that satisfy both your desires for romantic affection (Venus) and your needs for emotional nourishment (Moon).
The triune aspect reflects your internal wiring; Once you understand the energies of the planets that interlock with each other, you can embrace those powers and appreciate the pieces of your life that you predestined at birth, which naturally create abundance.

SEXTILE
A sextile aspect is when two planets are 60 degrees apart. So, it would be as if one planet was at “12 o’clock” and the other at “2 o’clock” (and relatively speaking, when you consider that two planets are two hours apart, like 2:00 and 4: 00, 6:00 and 8:00, etc.).

A sextile aspect reflects areas of life that have an “inner peace”, that by combining that natural energy with a little conscious intention, you will undoubtedly experience material achievements and luck.

For example, if your chart shows that you have Mercury Sextile Saturn, your communication and logic (Mercury) can easily translate practical opportunities and responsibilities (Saturn), which in turn brings you success in the real world.

THE MOST POWERFUL ASPECT: OF CONJUNCTION
The most influential aspect is when two planets have a conjoined aspect. These two planets work in synergy: they increase each other’s energy and feed off it, strengthening the internal impulses of both planetary energies involved.

CONJUNCTION
When two planets are in Conjunction, they are between 0 and 10 degrees apart. Using the clock again as an example, this would mean that one planet is at “12 o’clock,” and the second planet is somewhere between “12:00” and the second “minute marker” next to the 12. It’s a very close relationship, and the easiest way to understand how they work together is to think of “conjoined” twins.

The impulses of the planetary energies work together, so sometimes one of the energies will be more prominent, and other times the second planet takes control.

As an example, let’s say you have Mercury Conjunct Mars in your chart. Mercury is logic and communication, Mars is masculine aggression, power, and initiation. This relationship indicates that you may experience times when…

A passionate energy rules your thought patterns (whether for better or worse), when Mercury is ruling… or everything about your communication and logic revolves around sex and aggression when Mars takes over.

Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages to this powerful Aspect.

The tremendous enhancement that the corresponding planets give to each other strengthens the two energies involved, which can be a phenomenal occurrence.

The downside is that since you have two areas you are involved in, it is easy to lack neutral thought patterns regarding the energies each planet represents. To the world, it may seem as if you have split personalities: both impulses express themselves so strongly (and take turns) that it is easy to unconsciously make your behavior emanate as a constant battle of sides.