A Basic Introduction To Astrology

Astrology is without a doubt one of the most popular of the occult sciences in the world today. Think I'm kidding? All you have to do is open your front door, pick up the daily newspaper, open it up to the leisure section and there you will find your daily horoscope. In addition to newspapers, you'll also find this information in magazines, online, on the television and just about anywhere you go. In this article, we're going to cover the basics of astrology, as a comprehensive overview is way beyond the scope of any one article. Hopefully, after reading this, you'll have a pretty good idea if this is something that you want to get into. It is a most fascinating occult science.

The basis of Astrology stems from the planets in our solar system, as well as our own son. When we're born, these planets are all in a certain position. This is what determines our astrological sign at the time of our birth.. The sun and the planets all govern a different area of our lives.. This all goes back to Greek Mythology, as the Greek Gods all ruled different planets.

While the basics of astrology are actually very simple, putting together an astrological chart is not so easy. See, not only is your astrological chart based upon where the sun and the planets were at the time of your birth, but it is also determined by the actual spot on Earth where you were born. So two people born on the same day can have two completely different astrological charts. That's why astrology can get so complex.

Putting together the chart, however, is only half the battle. Once the chart is put together, there is the matter of interpreting the chart. This is further complicated by the fact that a person's chart actually changes over time because the position of the planets change over time. That is why we as human beings change over time and why many people can start out their lives as hardened criminals and end up going on to become men of God. The planets can play strange tricks on us as we go on.

Astrology readings are not just about predicting the future. They also tell us a lot about a person's character and what they're interests are. This information comes from the various houses of the Zodiac, which can take a literal lifetime to study.

As someone who has studied astrology for over 20 years now, I have never found the study to be dull. I have personally evolved so much over the 49 years that I have been on this planet, and there is no question that the planets have played a major role in my own development as a person.

If you're interested in learning more about Astrology, you can find an excellent resource in my signature that's loaded with free instruction that I try to update regularly.

Astrology is a fascinating occult science and one that I have enjoyed now for a very long time.

To YOUR Divination Success,

Steven Wagenheim

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What is a Horoscope-a Small Introduction Into Astrology

"I'm Capricorn, you're Leo, my mother is Taurus and the neighbor is Aquarius."

Does this sound familiar? I believe so.

Nowadays, most of us know our zodiacal sign and the interest we have for this subject is continuously growing. But how many of us actually know what a horoscope and a chart are?

The answer: few! This is why so many questions and interpretations get born, a thing that ultimately leads to the defamation of astrology. You don't need to be an astrologer to know some things about astrology, some elements that will help you.

This article was made for the specific purpose of explaining briefly and without details, what a horoscope is and what are the main components of a chart.

First of all, what does it mean that I'm Capricorn and you're Leo? The basic zodiacal sign we keep talking about is given by the Sun's position at birth. Therefore, I'm Capricorn because the Sun was in Capricorn when I was given birth. You can identify this when you make a chart. The chart represents the astral map of an entity (individual, community etc.) at a certain time. It contains a lot of elements that help at making a horoscope or an astrologic analysis.

For making a horoscope or an astrologic analysis you need three elements:

- The zodiacal sign

- The planets

- The astrological houses

At all this you can add a lot of other elements that bring more information.

The planets

There are 10 planets (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto) and they represent a certain characteristic of an individual, a certain type of energy.

For example, the Sun represents our basic personality, our ego, the conscious, while the Moon represents our subconscious and emotions. So when I say I'm Capricorn, I actually say that my basic personality has all of Capricorn's characteristics. But the fact that I have the Moon in Pisces, for example, makes my emotions similar to the zodiacal sign of Pisces.

The same way, Mercury represents the mentality, the way we think and communicate; Venus represents the feeling and the things we like, while Mars represents our basic energy.

The planets form between themselves many angles and relations. These relations can be: harmonically (those of 60,120,0 degrees) and un-harmonically (45,90,180 degrees).

The zodiacal signs

There are 12 zodiacal signs (Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces) and I'm sure you know them very well. They represent certain characteristics that have a strong influence on the planets. A Moon in Aries will be totally different then a Moon in Libra.

The astrological houses

The 12 astrological houses symbolize the activity sectors in every person's life. These are being calculated according to the hour and the place of birth. These can have different sizes (in degrees).

For example, the 7th house symbolizes the partner, marriage, contractual relationships etc. The 10th is the house of carrier and social elevation.

About the houses, there is an aspect that was a mandatory role: the first grade of a house is called cusps (or cuspis). There are 4 big cusps: the Ascendant (1st house), the Middle of the sky (10th house), the Descendant (7th house) and the Bottom of the sky (4th house).

The one most known is the Ascendant, which according to the zodiacal sign it's in, it symbolizes the qualities one must gain during this lifetime.

To make an astrological analyze, one must count all this factors plus a lot of others a thing that depends on each astrologer in part.

The idea of this article was to show you that each individual is unique in its own way and not all from the same zodiacal sign are the same. Also the prediction on TV or on the newspapers even thought they might be correct, don't apply to all during that period of time.

My name is Dan Ciubotaru and I'm the author of this astrology software. I'm a romanian astrologer , member of Romanian Astrologers Association and I'm currently based in Bucharest, Romania. My websites are: http://ciuboda.blogspot.com, http://www.astrologydatabase.com and http://www.configurationhunter.com