Guide to chart interpretation
BIRTH CHART ANALYSIS
1. OVERVIEW
GENERAL EMPHASIS
Hemisphere emphasis; lunar phase; house emphasis; sign emphasis
ELEMENTS
Element balance - strengths and weaknesses
MODES
Cardinal/fixed/mutable balance - strengths and weaknesses
INTERCEPTED SIGNS (quadrant house systems)
Planetary strengths and weaknesses
RULING PLANET
Ruling planet's house, sign and aspects
ANGLES AND ANGULAR PLANETS
Special emphasis
ASPECTS AND ASPECT PATTERNS
Planetary strengths and weaknesses
2. BACKGROUND
PARENTS
MOTHER:
10th house: planets in 10th; ruler of 10th, its house, sign & aspects
Moon: house, sign and aspects
FATHER:
4th house: planets in 4th; ruler of 4th, its house, sign and aspects
Sun: house, sign and aspects
PARENTAL AUTHORITY:
Aspects of Sun and Moon to Saturn
PARENTAL EXPECTATIONS:
Saturn in 4th or 10th house; Saturn aspecting planets in 4th or 10th
EARLY HOME ENVIRONMENT
4th house: planets in 4th; ruler of 4th, its house, sign and aspects
CHILDHOOD
5th house: planets in 5th; ruler of 5th, its house, sign and aspects
SIBLINGS AND EARLY EDUCATION
3rd house: planets in 3rd; ruler of 3rd, its house, sign and aspects
Mercury: its house, sign and aspects
BASIC PHYSICAL SECURITY
2nd house: planets in 2nd; ruler of 2nd, its house, sign and aspects
3. THE ADULT
NEEDS
Moon: sign, house and aspects
CREATIVE SELF-EXPRESSION
Sun: sign, house and aspects;
5th house: planets in the 5th; ruler of the 5th and its aspects
MIND, COMMUNICATION STYLE, IDEAS
Mercury: sign, house and aspects
3rd house: planets in 3rd house, ruler of 3rd
VALUES AND TALENTS
Venus: Venus' sign, house and aspects
PERSONAL DIRECTION
Roots: IC, its ruler, sign and house of ruler; planets conjunct IC
Vocation: MC, its ruler, sign and house of ruler; planets conjunct MC
RELATIONSHIPS
Partnerships: 1st & 7th Houses: planets in 1st and 7th, and their
aspects; rulers of 1st and 7th by house & sign
Value of self and of other: 2nd and 8th houses; planets in 2nd and 8th
and their aspects; rulers of 2nd and 8th by house and sign
Friends and love affairs: 11th and 5th houses; planets in 11th and 5th
and their aspects; rulers of 11th and 5th by house and sign
Mars, Venus and Pluto: their signs, houses and aspects
8th house: ruler and planets in 8th
CHILDREN
5th house: planets in 5th and aspects; ruler of 5th, its house and sign
HEALTH
6th house: planets in the 6th and their aspects; ruler of the 6th by
house, sign and aspects
WORK
Earth houses: 2nd, 6th and 10th houses; planets in earth houses; rulers
of earth houses by sign, house and aspect
RELATIONSHIP TO AUTHORITY AND SOCIETY
Saturn: social expectation, duty, ambition; Saturn's house, sign and aspects
10th and 11th houses: planets in 10 and 11th; rulers of 10th and 11th by
sign, house and aspects
MEANING, PHILOSOPHY, FAITH
Jupiter: Jupiter's house, sign and aspects
9th house: planets in 9th and their aspects; ruler of 9th by house, sign
and aspects
FAMILY/PSYCHIC INHERITANCE
Water houses: planets in 4th, 8th and 12th; rulers of 4th, 8th and 12th
by house, sign and aspects
COLLECTIVE, ARCHETYPAL, GENERATIONAL ISSUES
Transpersonal planets: Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, their houses, signs
and aspects to personal planets
