Astrology 101
Astrology is the study of how stars and planets influence your personality, behavior, and motivations. It helps explain who you are and why you're you. Astrology is a tool that you can use to decode your life.
There are four key factors in astrology:
PLANETS – represent different parts of who you are. They focus on the type of energy you express.
ZODIAC SIGNS – explain what you’re like. They’re personality types or archetypes. They represent how your planets express themselves.
HOUSES – the areas of your life where things are happening. Houses are where the planets play out their energies.
ASPECTS – How the parts of your personality work together. Aspects are the “conversations” your inner parts are having
IN SUMMARY - Planets express what happens, the houses express where it happens, the aspects are why it happens and the zodiac signs are how it happens.
The main building blocks of astrology are 12 Zodiac signs. A zodiac sign is a personality type. It’s a style, attitude, temperament, and way of being that influences how you express yourself. Astrologers believe that your zodiac sign can describe about 40% of who you are. Signs correspond to the day and month you were born.
But you’re molded by other astrological factors too. You have a rising sign that impacts how people view you. Your moon sign is about your emotions. These two make up another 30% of you. Rising and moon signs are calculated by using your birth time, day, month, and year.
Another 20% comes from how eight planets affect you – Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. Far from being just pieces of orbiting gravel, each planet reveals another layer of you, from how you think, to what you need in love and more. Planets are connected to your birth time, day, month, and year.
Astrology also tells you where things will be happening in your life. It uses the concept of 12 houses to indicate the areas in your life that will be affected. For example, if you want to know what’s happening in your career or your romantic life, the 10th, and 5th houses, respectively, can give you that insight. Houses cover about 5% of who you are. They’re calculated using your birth time, day, month, and year.
The final 5% of you is related to aspects. These are the connections the planets make to each other. Aspects are the distance, in degrees, between planets in the sky. They explain how the different parts of your personality work together, like your head and your heart or your ego and your drive. Aspects correspond to your birth time, day, month, and year.
This blend of signs, planets, houses, and aspects is your unique heavenly imprint. It’s your cosmic DNA.