Above is a horoscope for Thursday, 8th January, 2009. It was cast for the location of Byron Bay, NSW, Australia at 5.32PM.
I am using the Example CHART above to explain some simple ASTROLOGY.
Signs, house and planets relating to FIRE and WATER are highlighted in this tutorial.
In Tutorial 1, we have seen that the chart is a picture of the sky at a particular time. The Twelve HOUSES are numbered 1 to 12, anti-clockwise about the circle. Therefore, the 1st house is RISING, the 2nd house will rise about two hours later then the third house about two hours again and so on , as the earth turns east to west. You can see for the Example Chart above, that at this time of 5.32PM, the earth still has to turn another 30 degrees (or another two hours) before the SUN sets below the western horizon.
WHAT DO the HOUSES MEAN?
Each House stands for a different part/category of life. Each house has been given a TRADITIONAL corresponding Sun Sign that fits with that house.
The first six houses and signs show us the personal side of life, the parts of life kept most closely to us:
1 your environment and character ARIES ................
.............I AM...fire...+ve...cardinal
2 your belongings and self esteem TAURUS..............
...............I HAVE...earth...-ve...fixed
3 your communications and ideas GEMINI ..............
...............I THINK...air...+ve...air...mutable
4 your "hearth" and your care CANCER ..................
.................I FEEL...water...-ve...cardinal
5 your spirit and creations LEO .................................
.............I CREATE...fire...+ve...fixed
6 your daily body and health VIRGO .......................
..............I SERVE...earth...-ve...mutable
The more "out there" Houses are the 7th to 12th Houses. These are the signs and houses that show us our more public interactions, perceptions and experiences:
7 partnerships and co-operations LIBRA................
..............................I BALANCE...air...+ve...cardinal
8 deeper understandings and transformations SCORPIO ........
.............................I CHANGE...water...-ve...fixed
9 higher mind knowledge and your philosophies SAGITTARIUS .
.............................I KNOW...fire...+ve...mutable
10 social obligations and your social position CAPRICORN ......
.............................I BUILD...earth...-ve...cardinal
11 your community subculture, friends and hopes AQUARIUS ....
...........................I HOPE...air...+ve...fixed
12 subconscious,dreams, "other sides" and faith PISCES.............
............................I HAVE FAITH...water...-ve...mutable
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In the Example Chart above, the FILTERS or SIGNS that are moving through the HOUSES are:
1 Gemini (thinking) .... thus the "I am " part is "thinking"
2 Cancer (nurturing) .....thus the "I have" part is "nurturing"
3 Leo (creating) .....thus the "I think" part is creating
4 Virgo (serving) .......work the following ones out for yourself!!!!!!!
5 Libra (balancing)
6 Scorpio (changing)
7 Sagittarius (knowing)
8 Capricorn (building)
9 Aquarius (hoping)
10 Pisces (having faith)
11 Aries (being)
12 Taurus (having)
I have highlighted the FIRE signs and houses in RED, and the WATER signs and houses in BLUE . This maye help with seeing the "filtering" effect of a sign passing over a particular house. For example, in the 7th house ( that of traditional AIR sign LIBRA), the FIRE sign of SAGITTARIUS is passing. This could bring with it FIRE, passion, knowing, knowledge, one's philosophical circumstances to the relationship area of life.
At the time of the Example Chart , some signs, although on the cusp of the house, are at the end of the sign, and it is the next sign that is mostly dominant throughout the house. This highlights just how flexible and moveable astrology is. Nothing is ever rigidly "text book".
These signs, as they move throught the HOUSES, are like filters or panes of colored glass filtering how we perceive the "HOUSE".
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The SYMBOLS:
The SUN rules LEO and the Fifth House, and brings with it SPIRIT and CREATION. Leo is a fixed, supportive, passionate, "from the heart" area of life.
SUN SYMBOL: circle is the whole, the dot in the middle is spirit eminating into form.
The MOON rules CANCER and the Fourth House. The emotional component, the "yin", the feminine, the mother - all these things are the MOON. The Fourth House is the Domain of beginnings and endings, the early home life, our homes, where we begin and end journeys.
MOON SYMBOL: a crescent moon (one quarter of the whole circle),the body reflecting the light of the spirit
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And so, in the above chart , the MOON has just risen, and is in the 12th House. The SUN is on the cusp of the 7th/8th house, Libra is passing through the FOURTH HOUSE, and Scorpio is passing through the FIFTH house.
The Sun and the Moon in any chart show us where the Spirit and the Emotional centres are. In the above Example Chart the SUN and Spirit have a strong 8th and 7th house focus (colored by the signs of SAGITTARIUS, CAPRICORN and AQUARIUS). And so, putting it all together:
If someone was born at this time of the Example Chart, they would have a spirit journey strongly focused on partnerships, relationships, deeper understanding and transformations. These areas of life would be colored or tempered (filtered) by the overlaying signs of Sagittarius, Capricorn and Aquarius, bringing strong a philosophical stance and social obligation to relationships, whilst fellowship, hopes and wishes overlay the deeper knowledge and transformation processes.
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And so, wherever the SUN and MOON are in a chart:
Look at firstly the house(s) they are in, to see what areas of interest the spirit and emotional centres have as their focus.
Then look at their position within the house(s) - are they near the cusp of a house or sign, are they near any other planets or fixed stars.
Then look at the sign that it they are in and what signs cover the houses that they are in.
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