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Guides and articles covering birth charts, planets, houses, aspects, transits, and more. Everything you need to read astrology with confidence.
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How to Read a Birth Chart
Learn how to read a birth chart step by step—understand the Ascendant, houses, aspects, orbs, and angles to interpret the chart's structure and story clearly.
Sign Meanings in Astrology
Clear, practical meanings of the twelve zodiac signs—core drives, strengths, pitfalls, and how to read them by planet and house.
House Meanings in Astrology
The meanings of astrology's twelve houses—what each rules, how to read their rulers, and what transits reveal in daily life.
Planet Meanings in Astrology
The meanings of each planet in astrology—from Sun and Moon to Pluto—and how to read their roles by sign, house, aspect, and retrograde.
History of Astrology
The story of astrology—from Mesopotamian omens to modern revivals—tracing how cultures refined the art across eras and empires.
Notable Figures Interested in Astrology
Explore how historical figures—from emperors and poets to scientists and skeptics—engaged with astrology's ideas, symbols, and influence.
Elements in Your Birth Chart
The four elements—Fire, Earth, Air, Water—show how motivation, emotion, communication, and stability flow in your birth chart.
How to Read Transits
How to read transits—track planetary hits to angles and rulers, understand retrogrades, and time personal cycles effectively.
Astrology and Relationships
How astrology reveals love and connection—reading Venus, Mars, and the 5th, 7th, and 8th houses for compatibility and growth.
What Is Synastry in Astrology?
How synastry works in astrology—comparing two birth charts to reveal compatibility, attraction, and growth through planetary and house connections.
Modalities in Astrology
Cardinal, Fixed, and Mutable—the three modalities in astrology that reveal rhythm, pacing, and how each mode drives action, stability, and change.
Retrogrades in Astrology
What retrogrades mean in astrology—how to read them in natal charts and transits, plus key differences between Mercury, Venus, Mars, and the outer planets.
Saturn Return
What a Saturn Return means—its timing, lessons, and how sign, house, and aspects shape responsibility, mastery, and growth.
Solar Return
Understand your Solar Return chart—what it reveals about yearly themes, purpose, and timing from birthday to birthday.
What Are Aspects in Astrology?
How planets talk—major and minor aspects, workable orbs, applying vs. separating, and synthesis.
Rulerships in Astrology
Learn how planetary rulerships work—sign and house rulers, dispositors, mutual reception, and dominant planets that shape your chart.
Astrology and Career
How astrology reveals career direction—reading the 10th, 2nd, and 6th houses, their rulers, and transits for purpose and timing.
Famous Astrologers in History
The astrologers who shaped the art—from Hellenistic pioneers to Renaissance reformers and today's leading modern voices.
Astrology and the Psyche
Astrology as a map of the psyche—how planets reflect drives, signs express style, and cycles mirror emotional and mental growth.
Astrology and Jungian Archetypes
How Jung's archetypes align with astrology—planets as symbols, signs as expressions, and the chart as a map of psychological growth.
Why Does Astrology Work?
Why astrology works—explore symbolic, psychological, and cultural views on why it resonates, what "working" means, and how to test it in practice.
What Is a Composite Chart in Astrology?
How composite charts work in astrology—midpoints between two charts that reveal the shared energy, purpose, and lessons of a relationship.
What Is Astrocartography?
A clear guide to astrocartography—how planetary lines work, what they reveal in relocation astrology, and how to interpret them when choosing places.
Fate vs. Free Will in Astrology
The debate of fate and free will in astrology—how cycles shape experience and how awareness turns destiny into choice.
The Dark Side of Each Zodiac Sign
A grounded look at each sign's pitfalls—what happens when strengths are overused, underused, or misdirected—so you can spot the pattern and course-correct.
The Moon's Phases and Their Meanings
How lunar phases unfold from New to Full—what each stage means for mood, growth, reflection, and timing—and how to align with its rhythm.
Vedic Astrology vs. Western Astrology
How Jyotiṣa and Western astrology evolved from shared roots—comparing zodiacs, timing, and worldview to see how both endure.
Planetary Returns in Astrology
Understand planetary returns in astrology—from Solar and Lunar to Saturn and Chiron—and how return charts reveal cycles of growth and renewal.
Asteroids in Astrology
How asteroids like Ceres, Pallas, Juno, Vesta, and Chiron add depth to astrology—revealing themes of care, creativity, and healing.
Stelliums in Astrology
What a stellium means—how to interpret clustered planets by sign, house, and element, and time their activation through transits.
Planetary Strengths and Weaknesses
Understand planetary strengths and weaknesses in astrology through dignities—rulership, exaltation, detriment, and fall—and how they shape expression.
Ancient Astrology vs. Modern Astrology
How astrology evolved from ancient omen reading to modern psychological symbolism—comparing methods, meanings, and purpose.
Polarities in Astrology
Explore masculine and feminine polarities in astrology—how energy flows through signs and how balancing them deepens chart interpretation.
Planetary Orbit Times
How long each planet and asteroid takes to orbit the Sun—plus their retrogrades, returns, and timing cycles that define astrology's rhythms.
Other Points in Astrology
Angles, Nodes, Lots, and other calculated points in astrology that reveal fate, flow, and turning points in chart interpretation.
Rectifying Birth Times
How to rectify an uncertain birth time in astrology using angles, transits, and life events to narrow timing and confirm chart accuracy.
Tropical vs. Sidereal Astrology
How two zodiacs—tropical and sidereal—track the same sky differently. Their origins, logic, strengths, and why each remains vital today.
The Origins of the Zodiac
How skywatchers from Mesopotamia to Greece created the twelve-sign zodiac—its constellations, history, adaptations, and the system we use today.
The Revival of Astrology in the 20th Century
How astrology returned from the margins—print culture, psychology, outer-planet discoveries, software, and the internet—and what changed in practice and reach.
The Psychology of Modern Astrology
How astrology became psychological—shifting from fate to self-awareness through the ideas of Jung, Rudhyar, and modern thinkers.
How to Read an Ephemeris
How to read an ephemeris—understand planetary tables, retrogrades, and degrees to track transits and timing in astrology.
How to Find a Chart's Main Theme
Learn how to identify a birth chart's main theme—spotting loud placements, angles, rulers, aspects, and repeating patterns that reveal the chart's core story.
What Are Orbs in Astrology?
A clear guide to orbs—how close aspects must be to count, and how to use consistent orb ranges across charts and techniques.