Andrea Taylor - Birth Chart Interpretation Plain & Simple

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vi Birth Chart Interpretation Plain & Simple 2022 by Andrea Taylor.

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Names: Taylor, Andrea, author.

Title: Birth chart interpretation plain & simple / Andrea Taylor.

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Description: First edition. | Woodbury, Minnesota : Llewellyn Publications,

2022. | Summary: Concise and beginner-friendly, this practical book

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This book is dedicated to Alina, my dear friend and Aries soul sister,

who suggested I write this and with whom Ive spent many a happy hour
discussing astrological psychology.

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Contents

: The Basics

: The Astrological Signs and Their Elements x

: The Personal Planets

: The Houses

xi : The Outer Planets

: Sections of a Birth Chart

: Aspects and Aspect Patterns

: Diving Deeper

: Saturn xii

: Planets on Angles

: North and South Nodes xiii

: The Family Model

: Using Your Skills

: Relationships and Career Information

: A Full Chart Interpretation

: Synastry

Introduction

S uccinct but with nothing left undone, this book will teach you how to interpret a birth chart. Forty years of teaching and counselling have perfected my method. Combining traditional knowledge with a more modern psychological approach provides an accurate and enlightening chart interpretation relevant to todays world. Take each chapter slowly, absorb the information, work through your own chart step-by-step, and by the end of this book you should be able to successfully read a birth chart.

There is a mystique surrounding all things esoteric, yet astrology is a science based on thousands of years of research. Pare it down and you are left with some pretty basic stuff. And that is what I present in this book: the very basics of interpreting a chart, a course for those who are interested in astrology but who dont have years to devote to research or expensive classes.

A birth chart is a picture of the heavens the moment you were born and drew your first breath. The sky above is full of stars and planets, but a birth chart concentrates only on those planets close enough to exert their influence upon a person. Hence, there are ten planets that are important in a birth chart. No one really understands why these planet energies connect us or why these planets have such a powerful impact on people, but one only has to analyse the moons sway over Earths tides to realise there are unseen forces yet to be defined by physicists.

Each of the ten planets has their own energy and reflects different facets of your personality. Most beginning astrologers know about how the sun and the moon affect a birth chart, but what about Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto? They each have a role to play in a chart, defining and describing who you are and how you act.

The following chapters will take you through all you need to know to begin interpreting birth charts. You will learn about the twelve astrological signs, the ten important planets, and the twelve houses. You will also learn how to understand elements and motivations, what the quadrants can teach about peoples hidden impulses, and how planets work on angles. Youll discover what faraway Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto mean in a birth chart and how important they are, and youll learn what happens when planets are grouped together (called a conjunction ). You will find out what those coloured lines and patterns (also known as aspects ) in the centre of a birth chart mean, and youll also learn all about Saturn, whose position in a birth chart describes karmic lessons. And, even more importantly, well discuss the north and south nodes. The nodes are a guide to the life path a person is meant to follow in order to bring enlightenment and fulfilment. By the end of this book, you will be well-equipped to interpret your birth chartas well as anyone elses!

In todays day and age, we are fortunate to be able to computer-generate a birth chart. A fair competence with math was required to generate a birth chart when I started out forty years ago, but now its easy to generate a chart for free on the internet. Visit a birth chart website and enter your date, time, and place of birth. Your time of birth is very important. If it isnt accurate, your chart wont be. It is usually marked on your birth certificate, but older family members may be able to help.

When creating your birth chart, I advise choosing a Huber chart. There is a place on most sites where you can select which house system you want; click on Huber. While I have no problem with any of the other house systems, a Huber chart is the easiest to use and interpret, and this book is using that chart system. Then print out your chart or save the image on your computer or phone. Once your birth chart is in front of you, you are ready to begin!

Part I

The Basics

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