Your birth chart, or horoscope, is usually shown in the form of a wheel, symbolising the cycles periodically undergone
by all living things on this planet. The symbols ("glyphs") displayed stand for the astrological signs, planets and other chart factors representing forces which may affect your life at any given time.
Each of these astrological factors represents a coded set of drives in your sub-conscious. Drives may be activated and brought to your awareness by circumstances in your life, presenting you with a range of choices. Of course, your choices are to a considerable extent limited and determined by your character, which is itself revealed through an understanding of the symbols that make up the chart.
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your birth sign
To find your birth-sign, familiarize yourself with the symbols, or glyphs of the planets and signs.
Next, find the symbol, or glyph, on the chart which represents the Sun. It is a circle with a dot in its centre. The number in bold type alongside the Sun glyph is the degree of the sign in which it is located. The glyph next to the bold number is the birth sign,
the sign of the Sun, the light of the individuality. The number in plain type next to the sign glyph is the minute of the degree
of the Sun sign. So the Sun may be located, say, at 12 degrees 50 minutes of Aries, or whatever, making that your birth sign.
The sign of the Moon and of the Ascendant are next in importance, for the Moon stands for the personality and the Ascendant
for the self-image, including your bodily appearance.
The positions of the planets and their relationships determine your character; knowledge of the symbolism is the key. More on How to Read your Birthchart
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