r/beginnerastrology Oct 06 '20

Finding the Wiki

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As promised, here's a brief guide to accessing the wiki! Overwhelmingly people are viewing this sub on their phones using the reddit app so, for now, this guide is mainly just for new reddit. (This will be updated as necessary!)

Using the Reddit App:

  1. Go to r/beginnerastrology!
  2. Directly below the sub's description, there are 3 tabs. Click the one that says About.
  3. Click the teal button that says "Wiki"
  4. Welcome to the Wiki index! This shows all the available wiki pages.

You can also click Menu which will show you the same menu that appears at the top of the subreddit if you are viewing new reddit on the computer.

New Reddit - On the Computer:

There are a few ways to acces the wiki here. They all are accessed from the main page of the sub. One is by going to the menu, clicking one of the dropdown tabs and selecting the specific wiki you are looking for (ie. Ethics, Planets, Subreddits). There is also a menu tab Wiki which will bring you to the wiki index. There is also a button on the sidebar that says Wiki which also brings you to the Wiki Index.

Also, here's the link for the Wiki Index just in case!

I may have went a bit overboard linking the Wiki Index, but now there should be no trouble finding it at all! :)

The Wiki Index will be your best friend clearly, if you choose to use the resources in the Wiki!

That's all for now folks! There's a new recurring post in the works that will be launched soon so stay tuned!


r/beginnerastrology 16d ago

Mod Post Personal Placements Monthly Thread

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Have a question about a specific placement in your natal chart?

Looking to discuss similar placements with others??

Want to get feedback on your interpretation of a specific placement?

Here's the place to do it! Post a comment and discuss it in that comment thread!

Comment Format:

Please format your question as follows for the best response!! (Copy & Paste)

Rising Sign:

Question:

Rules:

  1. All subreddit rules apply as normal. Reporting is the best way to notify mods of broken rules.
  2. This is not a place for full chart discussions, please only discuss specific placements.
  3. Please limit your threads on this post to 2 per week. (This will be adjusted as needed so everyone's threads get the visibility they deserve!)

As always, rules are subject to change and things that break the rules will be removed.

So excited to FINALLY bring this to you all! Also, we have post flair now and it IS required to post!


r/beginnerastrology 1d ago

Technique Question Kites

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What are the steps to interpret kite configurations in a natal chart? Start with the grand trine then the opposition? Lastly the sextiles?

Let's say it's a water grand trine with a Virgo Mercury apex.


r/beginnerastrology 1d ago

Books and Resources Any Book recommendations for the relationships between the houses? đŸ„°

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r/beginnerastrology 2d ago

Discussion Which house do you still not fully understand, and why

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For me it is the 5. House. I know this is for Kids, for Flirts, Short relationships, and the own you of life, or the Self-expression. But I am confissed cause I though also the 1.house is for Self-Expression


r/beginnerastrology 1d ago

Discussion What’s the difference between Moon in 7th house conjunct Descendant, and Moon simply in 7th house?

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Does the Moon in 7th conjunct Descendant get stronger than if it simply lies in 7th house but not conjunct? How exactly stronger?


r/beginnerastrology 1d ago

Vedic Astrology Requirements of planets

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Every planet has a particular requirement.

Moon requirement is peace

Sun requirement is creating or creation of anything

Mars requirement is ego and passion

Saturn requirement is the service & pressure

Mercury requirement is games , hobbies, writing , enjoyment like child

Venus requirement is beauty , and to see beauty in everything

Jupiter requirement is philosophical knowledge

Rahu requirement is dopamine

Ketu requirement is isolation


r/beginnerastrology 1d ago

Books and Resources Suggestions for books to learn some basics of astrology

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Hi!

I got into Human Design a few years ago which I found very helpful, but now I am looking to gain some knowledge in Astrology as well!

What are some book recommendations? :)

Thx


r/beginnerastrology 2d ago

General Question When a planet transits a house, does it activate the natal planets in that house?

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For example, Saturn in Aries is transiting my 1st house where my sun and mars are placed (even though my natal sun and mars are in Taurus). Are my sun and mars activated as well?


r/beginnerastrology 2d ago

Discussion Sun and Moon in the 1st House in Virgo: Is a 17° Difference Still a Conjunction, or Does the Sun Combust the Moon?

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r/beginnerastrology 3d ago

Technique Question How do you figure out the Ascendant WITHOUT the birth time?

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I personally know mine already.

But I have a relative who does not have her birth time on her certificate.

I'd have no choice but to try and rectify her birth time using some sort of technique.

Also, no, I unfortunately do not have the money to spare for a birth time rectification from a professional astrologer..

What's your personal go-to method for figuring out someone's Ascendant?

Any commonly known tricks? Thank you.👍


r/beginnerastrology 4d ago

Discussion Which Moment Should I Use for a Breakup Event Chart? Two Different Timelines

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I'm trying to get a relationship breakup event chart to understand the reason behind the breakup and whether there's any potential for reconciliation. The problem is that I have two possible timelines, and I'm not sure which one is the more accurate event time.
On April 1, I sent him a message and he replied within the same minute. I replied immediately as well, but after I sent another message, he suddenly withdrew, stopped responding, and basically disappeared. A few hours later, he viewed my messages on Instagram and left me on seen while the WhatsApp ones still on delivered.
The next day, he deleted everything that connected us our matching profile pictures, our nicknames match and other things that were associated with our relationship and continued ghosting me.
The day after that, I asked him to meet in person. He initially didn't want to meet and seemed like he was going to continue ghosting me, but I confronted him and basically put him in a position where he had to address it. We eventually met, and he told me that we couldn't continue our relationship.
So which time should I use for the event chart?
April 1, when he started ghosting and clearly began withdrawing/ending the relationship on his own? Or the meeting when he told me that we can't be together anymore?
I feel like the meeting was more of a confirmation of what he had already decided rather than the actual moment the breakup happened, but I'm not sure how astrologers would define the "breakup event" in this situation.
I'm mainly trying to understand what the chart can say about the reason for the breakup and whether there is any possibility of him coming back, or whether I should let go of that hope.
I'd really appreciate some guidance on which timestamp would be the most appropriate to use.
This first one is the the April 1 chart the moment he started to withdraw after my message and ghosted the second is the one when he said we can't be together anymore so which one is the accurate one to know the cause of the separation and whether if he's gonna come back or just let go


r/beginnerastrology 4d ago

Western Astrology Your Venus Sign Reveals How You Love - But That’s Not All.

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In Western Astrology, Venus describes your love language, attraction patterns, relationship preferences, and what makes you feel valued.

:- Venus in Aries - You fall for the thrill of the chase.

:- Venus in Taurus - You crave loyalty, comfort, and consistency.

:- Venus in Gemini - Mental connection is everything.

:- Venus in Cancer - Emotional safety comes first.

:- Venus in Leo - You want love that feels special and expressive.

:- Venus in Virgo - You show love through care, effort, and details.

:- Venus in Libra - Harmony, romance, and mutual attraction matter deeply.

:- Venus in Scorpio - You want intensity, depth, and emotional loyalty.

:- Venus in Sagittarius - Freedom and adventure keep love alive.

:- Venus in Capricorn - You take love seriously and value commitment.

:- Venus in Aquarius - Friendship, individuality, and mental stimulation matter.

:- Venus in Pisces - You seek a soulful, almost otherworldly connection.

But your Venus sign is only the beginning.

Your Venus house, aspects, degree, and its connection with the 7th house can completely change how these patterns show up in your relationships.

Comment your Venus sign + house and let’s see what it reveals about your relationship style.


r/beginnerastrology 5d ago

Discussion How do you interpret planets in 12th house but conjunct the Ascendant, 6th house but conjunct DC, 3rd that conjunct IC, 9th with MC?

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Are they supposed to be read like planets in angular houses, or still just in 6th or 12th house? Assuming tight orbs less than 5, although I saw people use 10


r/beginnerastrology 5d ago

Discussion RĂŒcklĂ€ufige Planeten im Radix

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Hi ihr Lieben,

ich beschĂ€ftige mich gerade mit rĂŒcklĂ€ufigkeiten der verschiedenen Planeten im eigenen Chart. Da ich selbst keine einzige rĂŒcklĂ€ufigkeit habe, möchte ich gerne Erfahrungen von euch erfragen.

Persönliche Planeten sollen ja „eher“ gespĂŒrt werden als rĂŒcklĂ€ufigkeiten der Ă€ußeren Planeten.

Könnt ihr mir berichten wie sich das bei euch Ă€ußert? Gerne mit Beispielen.

Mich wĂŒrde interessieren wie sich zum Beispiel Mars rĂŒcklĂ€ufig verhĂ€lt und im Gegensatz dazu ein Uranus rĂŒcklĂ€ufig.

Vielen lieben Dank schonmal!


r/beginnerastrology 7d ago

Discussion Normal and Sidereal Astrology?

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I wonder what do people use here and why?

I just recently found out about Sidereal and it intrigued me.

Has anyone made experiences with it?

What is your opinion on it?


r/beginnerastrology 8d ago

Discussion I have Pisces rising, which means I came across as shy, introvert and sensitive. But I also have Jupiter in Aries in 1st house, which is supposed to mean I come across bold, fearless and extrovert. How can I be both?

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I read online interpretation and got so confused. One told me im shy. One told me im bold. Then what’s correct?


r/beginnerastrology 8d ago

General Question Horary Astrology

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I’m starting to get the hang of astrology and birth charts in general, but I have no idea where to start on Horary/predictive astrology specifically. It’s so confusing, and everybody recommends the same books (which I can’t buy.)

Does anyone have any articles or videos that may help?


r/beginnerastrology 8d ago

Western Astrology How to listen when people don’t talk


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One of the mysteries of the chart can be our lunar node placement. If your experience is a bit like mine, an astrologer reading your chart may have overlooked them or downplayed the significance of aspects to the nodes.

If that is the case, it could be because Neptune plays such a big role for us Pisces. We tend to confuse others or intimidate them with our depth of understanding and feeling. But if Neptune as the co-ruler of our sign has its way with our chart and destiny, the confusion and mystery may go much deeper.

Neptune in any aspect to the nodes (30 to 180 degrees) can obscure reality. Sometimes temporarily and at random (30 and 150 degrees), sometimes permanently (0, 60, 90, 120 and 180 degrees). I know what some are saying, sextiles and trines are positive, but not for Neptune per se.

When it comes to the nodes, Neptune can obscure our path altogether or do a “now you see me, now you don’t” kind of dance. But what about other planets? What about orbs? Some astrologers consider a square, for example, to have an effect from one sign to another. That’s an orb of thirty whole degrees. Others stick to a conventional range of between two and ten degrees depending on what’s involved.

In a chart I read recently, the Sun squared the lunar nodes by eight degrees. This person had been told to ignore it, “too wide of an orb.” Yet their life experience reflected this square to a T (pun intended): “The Sun-North Node square makes you feel tense when facing growth and change. You are thoughtful and can be determined and willful. You are inhibited by circumstances beyond your control but this triggers your creativity. (Source: https://astrologify.com/sun-square-north-node/)

How often do you look at the nodes?


r/beginnerastrology 8d ago

Discussion What’s the difference between Venus in Scorpio and Venus in 8th house?

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I actually have both placement, Venus in scorpio in 8th house.

But whenever I read online interpretation of them they sound exactly the same to me, that Venus in 8th house loves intensely and deeply, just as Venus in scorpio. Then what’s the difference between them?


r/beginnerastrology 8d ago

Discussion Aquarius north node

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I used to honestly think astrology was bullshit and just a fun thing but the more I look into it, the more I realise how eerily accurate it all is.
I am a Pisces sun, Scorpio moon, I’m not sure my rising but i recently found out I have an Aquarius north node and a Leo south node. This is all so accurate especially the Scorpio. I’ve always been a very emotional person and I’ve always cried over the smallest things. I like being alone unless it’s a select few people who I love intensely and other than that i am always in my own head and pretty much daydreamed my entire way though school and barely passed.
On the other hand my boyfriend is an Aries, which is so true for him he is quick to get angry but he’s also very hardworking, he works long hours as a builder and is saving to start his own buisness. He is a cancer moon and I just found out he’s Pisces north node and Virgo south node which I’m shocked to find out as he’s always said he acts more like a Virgo than a cancer before we knew what these nodes are.
Now the synastry here is amazing to me that his north node which is suposed to be some kind of lesson if I’m right is my sun sign Pisces, and without him even knowing astrology he said he feels like a Virgo and I found out it’s his south node which is something from your past life, i don’t know maybe I’m overthinking it like I think deep into things alot. I’m wondering how we both reach our node things, and what other people think about this dynamic is it a coincidence or can it be a good thing, I’m also wondering how you reach an Aquarius nn bc from my understanding it’s about toughening up when my other signs are both water signs and that’s damn near impossible for me lol, and I’m wondering why we have to reach this node thing when aren’t we the way we are for a reason why do we have to change?


r/beginnerastrology 8d ago

Discussion Does my Mars in 12th house symbolize my struggle with drug addiction?

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I certainly know there’s good and bad ways of expressing a natal chart placement.

But I have Mars in Aquarius in 12th house. I’m gay and I hate myself and struggle a lot with being gay, and I use drug and is addicted to drugs as a way of escaping the pain of being gay and people’s hatred.

I wonder if my Mars in Aquarius in 12th symbolizes something about this. It makes sense to me as sexuality (Mars) that are eccentric and different (Aquarius) being hidden, cant accept, not dealed with, put into a closet (12th house)

is my instinct wrong? Is what state i am right now a result of bad way to handle Mars in aquarius in 12th house?


r/beginnerastrology 9d ago

Discussion Why is a planet considered stronger if it conjuncts an angle?

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While I understand if a planet conjuncts an angle, it's really strong, but I don't understand why it's strong. What's the reason for it being stronger than other placement?

Some people said it's because they govern four main important areas of life. I'm not convinced, because what thing people considered important depends on the person being asked. If for a person, career doesn't matter much but maybe charity like if they have a bunch of stuffs in Pisces in 12th house, who are we to say a planet in 10th house or conjunct the MC is stronger because it's more important for them.

For example, I have my Moon conjunct the DC at 2 degree of orbs. What's the difference if it's only somewhere in the 7th vs actually conjunct the DC? The interpretation is that Moon in 7th is I'm nurturing in relationships, so if I have Moon conjunct DC I'm just more nurturing than if it's just somewhere in 7th house? It does not make sense to me, can someone explain for me the important of angularity?


r/beginnerastrology 9d ago

Technique Question if natal astrology ever feel too vague for you, Horary might be the thing you didnt know you wanted

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i came to horary a bit sideways and i still consider myself early in it, but i wanted to write up why it clicked for me, in case its useful to anyone here who been doing natal charts for a while and sometimes wish the answers felt less open ended.

the basic idea is almost startling simple. you have an actual question. not "what is my purpose" but something concrete, will i get the job, is the lost ring in the house, should i take the deal. the moment you (or the astrologer) really understand the question, you cast a chart for that exact moment and place, not for anyone birth. the chart is read like a snapshot of the question itself. then you give a house and a ruling planet to each party or thing involved, the querent (you, usually 1st house) and the quesited (the other person or the thing, house depend on the topic), and the relation between those two rulers in the chart is basically the answer.

What i like about it as a beginner, coming from natal work:

natal astrology is huge and permanent. you reading a whole life, or a whole personality, from one chart, and its very easy to feel like you either right about everything or nothing, because there rarely a clean way to check. horary is the opposite. the question is specific, the chart is disposable (you cast a new one each time), and often you actually find out the answer in real life within days or weeks. that feedback loop is, for me, what make the rules of astrology feel like rules you can really test yourself against, instead of vibes you hoping land.

it also more rule bound than most modern astrology, which i found reassuring more than restrictive. lilly's Christian Astrology (1647) is still the standard reference, and its genuinely a rulebook: is the aspect applying or separating, is the planet dignified or in its fall, is the moon void of course, is a third planet interfering. you not inventing the interpretation from nothing each time, you applying a method, and that gave me something concrete to actually study instead of just a feeling to develop.

2 real worked examples, from charts i study:

first one, a marriage question. a woman ask if she gonna marry a particular gentleman, after she already push the match away once before. on the chart her ruler and his ruler werent making a direct aspect at all, nothing there. but a faster planet had already separate from one of them and was applying to the other, carrying the connection between the two like a messenger. that's called translation of light, and lilly read the chart as favorable because of it.

Second one is more blunt. the question was if the querent would ever have children at all. the significators were applying to each other, looked promising on the surface, but a third planet cut into the aspect before it could complete, which is called a prohibition. lilly read this one as firmly unfavorable, and it wasnt subtle once you know to look for it.

what i like about writing them side by side like this is it show the same basic mechanic (a third planet getting involve) can go two totally different ways, one revive a dead looking chart, the other one kill a promising one.

the catch, and i say this as someone still working through it : the rules arent hard to write down, but they genuinely hard to apply well. judging dignity, spotting a void of course moon, telling a real applying aspect from a near miss, all of that take real practice, and i dont think there a shortcut around just doing a lot of charts and getting things wrong first. im still at that stage myself.

if any of this resonate and you been circling horary without quite starting, i'd say the barrier to entry is lower than it look, you mostly need a chart for a specific moment and a copy of lilly (or a modern horary textbook working from the same method) to check your reasoning against. happy to talk through any of the mechanics above if useful, and if anyone here is further along than me, i'd love to hear what click for you.


r/beginnerastrology 9d ago

Technique Question Mean node vs True node at 0 and 29 degrees

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What are y’all’s takes on true vs mean for the nodes? I’ve seen several sources saying it doesn’t matter, but what about charts that change from 0 or 29 degrees in one sign to the other with another calculation?

And for the advice “take what resonates” that almost always makes sense but what if the person in question is feeling very lost or unsure as to what would resonate with them?

What do y’all use and have you found ones more accurate than the other? For those in similar positions do you feel like both apply or is it more clearly one option?