When I first studied Astrology, I marveled at the people who could make a 3D person from a 2D chart. If anything has kept me going in Astrology, it is this desire. On Linda-Goodman.com, one girl told a narrative of a guy down to his kinky fetishes, just by a glance at the chart. I yearned to be able to do that the way I yearned to be able to read. The chart has to come together for you in the same A-Ha way that the letters of the alphabet became words at that magical moment when you learned to read. There are many of these A-Ha moments as the chart gets better and better. In this article, I endeavor to help you put each piece into the whole.
To start, each chart is a mirror to each person. This may seem self explanatory but stop and think for a minute. A person is multifaceted. He may be a genius in one area and a dullard in another. He may have deep feelings but be afraid to commit. He may be shallow, but will commit easily. He may get his self esteem from making girls fall in love with him. He may get his self esteem from his career. He may be socially adept. He may be a social clod. In any single person is a universe of traits. Even when one knows a person for many years, does one REALLY know him? The chart will allow you to know him just as an architect knows his plans and his plans become a building.
In our endeavor to make a person 3D, we will start with the Sun. If one single planet encapsulates someone, it is the Sun. That is why one can pick out Sun Signs in superficial encounters. However, let’s examine this a bit. One sees a person’s Sun when one meets him at the store and a party. One sees a person’s Sun when one works with him. The Sun is the Ego. The ego is the core essence of a person. Hence, the Sun shines out from each of us.
You may ask about the Ascendent, which is appearance and mannerisms. The ASC is our “social way” in the world. If I returned a product at the store, I would do it as a Libra ASC. I want to make peace. I want to be harmonious. I don’t want to fight. I like thinks to be”nice” The lady at the store would see this part of me. However, if I went for a job interview, they would see more than the Libra ASC. They would see my Gemini Sun as my Ego would be what I was “selling” to them to hire me. Then, if I went home and played on the floor with my dog, called my best friend or had a date with someone I knew very, very intimately, he would see my Cancer Moon. I hope the subject is becoming clearer.
So far, we have looked at the Big Three— Sun, ASC and Moon. I will try to give some more examples of these and how they would work together in a single person.
I will be back