What is a birth chart?
The unique map of the sky at the exact moment of your birth, and what it reveals about you.
The guide to understanding astrology
The basics, the planets, the houses, what makes your birth chart unique — explained simply, for all levels.
The Fundamentals
Before diving into the details of your chart, it's useful to understand a few key concepts that come up everywhere in astrology. This section lays the groundwork: what a birth chart really is, how it differs from the horoscope you read every morning, and why details like your birth time really matter for the calculation. Once these basics are in place, the rest of the guide becomes much easier to follow.
To get started, here are the essential concepts to know: what your birth chart really is, how it differs from the horoscope you read every morning, and why your birth time really matters for the calculation.
The basics to know before going further.
Horoscope or birth chart: what's the difference?
Why your daily horoscope only tells a tiny part of who you are.
How to read your birth chart
A simple four-step method to start decoding yours.
Why birth time matters
What it actually changes in the accuracy of your ascendant and houses.
The Elements of a Birth Chart
A birth chart is made up of several elements that, together, draw a unique portrait of your personality: the planets, the zodiac signs, the astrological houses and the ascendant. This section explains each of these elements in detail, along with two complementary reading keys, the 4 elements and the 3 modalities, and two equally important axes, the Midheaven and the Imum Coeli.
A birth chart is made up of several elements that together draw your unique portrait: planets, signs, houses and ascendant. You'll also discover two complementary reading keys, the 4 elements and the 3 modalities, as well as the Midheaven and Imum Coeli.
Planets, signs, houses and ascendant: the elements of a birth chart.
Planets in astrology
What each planet represents, from the Sun to Pluto.
The zodiac signs
The 12 signs and what sets them apart, beyond the clichés.
The astrological houses
The 12 areas of your life where your planets express themselves.
The ascendant in astrology
The sign that defines the image you project to the world.
The 4 elements: fire, earth, air, water
What a dominant element reveals about your temperament.
The 3 modalities: cardinal, fixed, mutable
How you respond to change, according to your signs.
Midheaven and Imum Coeli
Two often-overlooked axes, yet key for career and home life.
Going Further
Beyond the basics, certain elements allow for a much finer and more personal reading of your birth chart. Dominant planets reveal the energies that weigh most heavily in your personality, while the overall shape of your chart (bowl, bucket, locomotive, fan...) gives an overview of how you function. Finally, aspects between planets show how these different energies interact, in tension or in harmony. This section gives you the keys to a more complete and precise analysis of your chart.
Beyond the basics, certain elements allow for a finer reading of your chart: your dominant planets, the overall shape of your birth sky, and the aspects that show how your energies interact.
Dominants, chart shape and aspects: a finer reading.
Dominant planets
The planets that weigh most heavily in your chart, and why they matter so much.
The shape of your birth chart
Bowl, bucket, locomotive, fan... the overall silhouette of your birth sky.
Aspects between planets
How your planets interact with each other, in tension or in harmony.
Astrology in Everyday Life
Astrology isn't limited to self-understanding: it can also shed light on very concrete areas of your life. Your personal planets, especially Venus, Mars and the Moon, say a lot about how you love and function as a couple. Your Midheaven and your 10th House give clues about your professional path and career aspirations. And more and more parents are choosing to gift a birth chart right from birth, as a unique and symbolic gift to mark a child's arrival.
Astrology also sheds light on concrete areas of your life: your personal planets say a lot about how you love, your Midheaven about your professional path, and more and more parents are choosing to gift a birth chart right from birth.
Love, career and birth: astrology applied to your life.
Astrology and love
What Venus, Mars and the Moon reveal about how you love.
Astrology and career
What your Midheaven and 10th House say about your professional path.
Gifting a birth chart at birth
Why more and more parents are choosing to give this unique gift from the very first days.
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