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Observing the heavens in relation to our everyday endeavors is said to be the oldest science and like all disciplines, astrology has developed its own terminology over the centuries. In order to further investigate how your own astrological signatures and planets intermingle to create the person you are today you should first understand the terminology used in your chart. Astrologers calculate a chart of the sky at the moment of a person’s birth to best see the corresponding structure of that individual’s “Astral” body. The base structure of the astral body, into which the planets are plugged, is defined even more by the geographical birth location. The line between the east and west horizon points and the line between the upper and lower meridian points act as the energy flow within the structure of the Astral You! The horizon line describes the person and the meridian line describes the environment. The planets lie on the same plane, which is known as the Ecliptic. Astrologers call the point where the eastern horizon intersects the ecliptic or Ascendant. The Ascendant controls the energy flow relating to the private selfhood of the individual. It’s opposite, the Descendant, controls the energy flow relating to the person’s public selfhood. Basically, the Ascendant represents your personality. Personality is the quality of ourselves we express in our involvement with this earthly life. It is a blending of and channel our subconscious mind (Moon), our conscious mind (Mercury), our physical body (Mars), our capacity to love in a personal sense (Venus), and our ability to reason in the abstract (Jupiter). The Ascendant, its ruler, and its placement and aspects are very important in determining what your attachments and belief structures are, and how these are expressed in your everyday life. The Ascendant (Rising), the Sun, the Moon and the personal planets yield an extensive picture of an individual’s self-concept, defenses, and conflicts. The Sun (Soul) and the Rising (ASC-personality) plus the Moon (subconscious), Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter are blended, multi-dimensional, overlapping, and interpenetrating. Look carefully at the relationship between the Sun, Moon, and the Ascendant here you will find the relation between soul and personality in this lifetime and how the soul expresses itself through the personality. Difficult aspects between the Sun, Moon, Ascendant, and Its ruler can point out areas of concern and conflict. The Sun is the individual’s desire toward self-expression and the Moon is the pull toward the past and long established patterns of belief, and behavior. The Ascendant is in the First House and describes the character of the individual’s private self. This includes the appearance of the body and inherent qualities of the self. The lowest point in the sky is called the Lower Meridian, and describes the energy type and the flow relating to an individual’s private environment. Astrologers call the intersection at the highest point in the sky the Upper Meridian or Midheaven. The Midheaven describes the energy flow relating to the individual’s public environment. JoJo Liberati is a professional astrologer and offers Birth Charts and other astrological services on her website BirthChartsHQ.com
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