Providing Insight through Astrology

Category: Astrology Basics

The basic concepts, terms and building blocks needed to understand a chart  explained.

  • The Ascendant

    The Ascendant
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    The Ascendant, or ‘Rising Sign’, is the degree of the zodiac that was on the Eastern Horizon at the moment of our birth as ‘seen’ from the location of birth. It is often thought of as ‘the mask that we wear’ as it represents the first thing that other people notice about us because it… Read more

  • 12th House

    12th House
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    The ‘HOUSE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS’ aka the ‘House of What is Hidden’ and sometimes the ‘House of One’s Undoing.’ The 12th house is a tricky house because of its seemingly contrary meanings. That which is presented to us is strongly unconscious in our being. If we can offer it successfully to the collective, it can… Read more

  • Opposition Aspect

    Opposition Aspect
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    The Opposition is an arc of separation or angular distance between the planets of 180 degrees. The opposition suggests that there is an adversarial and antagonistic relationship between the planets or points involved. Read more