1st house - Ascendant (ASC)
Physical personality
Ascendant (ASC) - Symbolises basic personality traits such as physical appearance, temperament,
behaviour, relationship to life and the first impression the person gives.
10th house - Medium Coeli (MC)
Career, prestige and reputation
Medium Coeli (MC) - Symbolises social status, career, reputation, honours, fame, success, authoritative
personality, father.
Planets describe a certain process of what is happening - eg. Mars fights, Saturn limits, Jupiter expands..
Sign in which the planet is located determines how the planet is manifesting itself, for example Mars may
manifest itself in a way Aries would behave (vigorously and irritably) or in the manner of Taurus (more
slowly, gradually and consistently)
Houses show special areas of everyday life, in which all this takes place. Location in a house shows
whether, for example Mars manifests in relationships (7th house), employment (6th house), family (4th
house) or elsewhere.
Hint:
Planets show us what is happening;
Signs show us how it is happening;
Houses show us where it is happening.
Sun - Self, individuality, personality
The Sun symbolises a personal identity. It shows us areas where the person should learn to be
independent, where he should fulfill his potential, differentiate himself from others and shine. The
position of the Sun may tell us which profession would best suit the character of a person.
Moon - Emotions, instincts, roots, mother
Place in the horoscope where the Moon is tells us what gives the person a sense of security, and where
to find it. It describes how sensitive we are and how we instinctively interact with our surroundings. The
Moon also tells us about our childhood and our experiences with our mother.
Mercury - Thinking, communication, intellect, learning
Mercury is the planet that brings us interest in intellectual things, about teaching and learning. It also
indicates into what depth we want to study things. It gives us natural intelligence and the ability to
analyse and reproduce.
Venus - Sensuality, love, harmony, pleasure
Venus symbolises attractivity. Sign in which Venus is tells us what we are attracted to and this enables us
to give or receive love and affection, beauty and happiness, values and principles. The negative side is
that it represents weakness and shallowness.
Mars - Activity, energy, courage, assertiveness
Mars symbolises the need to get what we want. This means our driving force which includes sex drive,
initiative and courage. Mars tells us about our desires, sensuality, courage and will. It also tells us about
how we are able to overcome obstacles and how active we are.
Jupiter - Happiness, optimism, expansion
Jupiter symbolises growth, expansion, laws, faith and ethics that guide it. It represents a sense for
development and support, which can lead to opportunities, wealth and faith. However, if Jupiter is
damaged, the person becomes immoral and extremist.
Saturn - Restriction, order, maturity, time
Saturn is our strict teacher who is able to ruthlessly examine our maturity. However, it is not only the
despot, but also the archetype of the sage who uses pain as a means to get our attention on what we
should focus on and what we should continue to develop.
Uranus - Originality, freedom, revolution
Uranus is the power of awakening, which often means that there will be some disruption and change.
Events under the influence of Uranus are unexpected or unpredictable, forcing us to do things in a new
way and face the truth about this or that issue.
Neptune - Fantasy, illusion, spirituality, imagination
Neptune is called the Lord of the Invisible Empire, which is a mysterious name of a mysterious planet.
Perhaps we could describe it as a dimension of life that cannot be experienced by our five senses and we
can only understand and perceive it in our imagination.
Pluto - Transformation, regeneration, power
Pluto is the planet of death and rebirth. It is the end of all things, it is the Judgment Day. It can give rise
to obsessions or convictions. On the dark end of its spectrum it can manifest as "succumbing to the
urge," or it can create an individual who has the ability to get to the core of things, destroy negative
things and bring on healing and transformation.
Lunar Nodes - North Node and South Node
The Lunar Nodes aren’t planets, but rather astrology mathematical points, that are directly opposite
each other in the chart. It is said, that your life purpose is encoded between them - in the line between
North Node and South Node. The South Node indicates your comfort zone, your habitual place, while
your North Node shows life lessons and what you’re striving for in this lifetime. Both Lunar Nodes are
almost always retrogade.
Lilith - Black Moon - Fascination and Denial
Lilith is a fictional point - the second empty focal point of elliptical orbit of the Moon around the Earth.
In mythology, Lilith refused to submit to Adam, rebelled against the connection between Adam and Eve,
decided to escape from the world of people and made a connection with Satan.
In astrology, Lilith symbolises either fascination or refusal of topics with which she is connected with.
Both, the fascination or the rejection of the given topics, can eventually engulf the person and take him
"away" from the human world.
Chiron - Wounded Healer, inner teacher
Chiron is an asteroid between Saturn and Uranus. Its orbit is very unusual and represents a bridge
between material and spiritual worlds.
According to mythology, Chiron was a great healer, wise teacher and one of the immortal Centaurs.
Unfortunately, he was "deadly" injured by a poisonous arrow by Heracles, his favourite disciple. He was
suffering in great pain but he could not die. Finally, he gave up his immortality for the benefit of
Prometheus who was also suffering, and Chiron was sent to the underworld. In the underworld Zeus had
mercy for him and he raised him to the heaven.
In astrology, Chiron symbolises our unhealable injuries and incurable trauma. However, if a person,
instead of drowning in his own trauma, is able to accept the trauma and help others who are also
suffering, and accept that suffering is part of life, then Chiron may be the key to wisdom, or even to
some sort of "Initiation Gate".
