Astrology

It's All Geometry to Me

"What's your sign?" has become a joke with many people. Others consider Astrology to be a light form of entertainment. Still others believe it is another form of religion. Whatever the classification, Astrology is here to stay. The reason your Sun Sign horoscope can't predict the course your life will take is simply because it cannot give more than general trends.Did you know that more complex Astrology is based on Geometry? That's right. All the planets are charted in alignment to each other, based on precise angles.Astrology heralds back to ancient times, when our ancestors worshiped many gods and believed in the power of the stars. Many still believe the stars influence our destinies. The art of Astrology is more complex than the generic sun sign horoscopes you read in the morning newspaper.If you were to order an astrological chart, the astrologer would need to be provided with the precise time and location of your birth. Birth records can be difficult to obtain, especially if you are over the age of fifty. Older birth records are not always possible for hospital staff to access. In my case, I was able to find my time of birth from the hospital. If you want to obtain your birth record, you will have to pay a fee to the hospital for doing so. This information is crucial. Without it, the Astrologer cannot determine your Ascendant or Rising Sign. Your Rising Sign is the constellation of stars that presented themselves when you were born.If this sounds complicated, there are even more determinants to your astrological profile. Your Rising Sign rules your persona, the way you present yourself when your guard is up, let's say around strangers or in new situations. Your Sun Sign on the other hand rules the way you will act once you feel comfortable with your surroundings and companions. Your Moon Sign rules your emotional life. Other planets also come into play. Venus and Mars rule your romantic and sexual nature, respectively. Mercury rules your style of communications. Generational planets such as Jupiter and Saturn also play a role but it is a lesser one. Saturn is the planet concerned with duty and structure and determines our view of marriage and obligations. Jupiter determines the course of our luck. Uranus rules sudden change and Neptune rules spirituality as well as addiction, dreams and music. This is why you so often hear people say, "I'm nothing like a Leo", or Pisces or whatever. For example, take a person with the Sun sign of Leo, Rising sign of Virgo and Moon sign of Gemini. Everybody knows Leos are confident, flamboyant, loyal and authoritative. The Leo in question may rarely display those characteristics. She may instead appear shy and subdued upon meeting and become uncertain when under emotional pressure. Transiting planets also affect us. Some experts, such as Liz Greene and Robert Hand at Astrodienst.com chart transit predictions. These reports are based on the geometrical aspects of the transiting planets to each other Therefore, if Mars forms and awkward angle to Venus on a given day, you may find yourself getting into a quarrel with a significant other. Events such as eclipses of the Sun and Moon also affect our astrological days. Eclipses of the Sun are thought to coincide with illuminations about our careers while eclipses of the Moon cause emotional effect s. Astrologers are often asked to draw up compatibility charts for couples. Again, many aspects must be taken into account for this. The resulting chart is a composite one, an averaging together of the planet placements of both parties. The signs next to each other on the zodiac are not considered compatible. With a composite chart though, two adjacent signs like Aries and Taurus may end up being compatible. It's all in the number of degrees each planet falls in each sign. The closer a planet is to the beginning or end of a sign in a chart, the more likely it is to bring influences of the adjacent sign. All this is not to say you are helpless in shaping your own destiny. Astrology only shows how the stars and planets impact us. It is up to us to decide how we will handle these aspects. Sometimes a difficult chart can be our greatest opportunity for growth.