How to Read a Birth Chart

Your astrology birth chart functions as a map of where all planets were situated at the precise moment you were born. You just need the place, date, and time of your birth to calculate your birth chart. However, figuring out how to read aspects in your natal chart can feel like a challenge at first glance.

What Are Birth Charts?

Also called astrology natal charts, birth charts give insight into your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities for growth, and timing for big moves. Birth charts rely on planetary placements, or where a certain planet was when you were born, based on geographic location.

How to Read a Birth Chart

Yeah, you're not alone if looking at an advanced astrology chart has you feeling like you're back in geometry class. Gleaning real birth chart meaning with precision can take years of studying. Getting a reading with an expert Psychic Astrologer can deliver the best birth chart analysis, and you can also get started on your own cosmic journey by learning the basics. Various glyphs represent planets (and other key cosmic features) on natal charts. All in all, planets and their placements tell you different aspects of your personality.

Deciphering Glyphs on a Birth Chart

Recognizing glyphs and understanding what each planetary placement means is the first step to pro-level birth chart analysis. Every planet rules over different signs. A chart's outer rim shows your star sign's glyph, while the inner circle indicates the planets they're attributed to.

Here's a round up of what to look for:

• Sun: The sun's glyph looks like a circle with a dot at the center. The star is most associated with your horoscope ("star sign" likely sounds pretty familiar) and reflects your most dominant personality.
• Moon: Your moon sign reflects your inner emotions and who you are at your core. The glyph looks like a crescent moon.
• Mercury: Mercury, represented by a circle with horns and a cross beneath it, goes beyond the shudder-inducing phrase "Mercury retrograde." The planet focuses on stuff like communication, intelligence, technology, and travel.
• Venus: Look for the female symbol to understand your love language. Venus determines how you give (and get) affection.
• Mars: The male symbol represents action-based physical things (think: workouts and your sex life).
• Jupiter: A 4 with a curved arm signifies Jupiter, which rules over luck, truth, and growth with its optimistic vibe.
• Saturn: This planet's glyph looks like a curled h with a cross at the top. It represents things like responsibility and challenges (you know, general adulting).
• Uranus: Three vertical lines with a horizontal line cutting through show you Uranus, speaking to your originality.
• Neptune: Find the trident to understand your creativity and imagination.
• Pluto: Everyone's favorite former planet looks like a wine glass with a circle in the middle and rules over Scorpio.
• Rising: An upward-pointing arrow doesn't represent a cosmic figure, but it's still essential. Your rising sign, or ascendant, is the outward image you show the world.

The best astrology birth chart readers can give you a roadmap for understanding your journey through life. Get a Psychic Reading with a PathForward Psychic Astrologer to dive deeper into your birth chart.

References:

• https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/how-to-read-your-astrology-birth-chart
• https://masteringthezodiac.com/how-to-read-a-birth-chart/
• https://www.wellandgood.com/how-to-read-natal-chart/