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Natal astrology, also known
as genethliacal astrology, is the system of astrology based
upon the concept that each individual's personality or path
in life can be determined by constructing a natal chart for
the exact date, time, and location of a person's birth. Natal
astrology can be found in the Indian or Jyotish, Chinese and
Western astrological traditions. In
Horoscopic astrology the individual's personality is determined
by the construction of the horoscope or birth chart for the
particular individual involved (known as the native), showing
the positions of the sun, moon, planets, ascendant, midheaven
, and the angles or aspects between them.
Once the horoscope has been constructed
the process of interpretation can begin, which involves building
a complete picture of the personality of the subject, or native.
Interpretation involves three main steps - noting the important
features of the chart, and the processes of chart weighting
and chart shaping. Chart weighting involves noting the distribution
of zodiac signs and houses in the chart, and the significance
of this to the overall personality of the native. Chart shaping
involves assessing the placement of the planets by aspect
and position in the chart, and noting any significant patterns
which occur between them.
The important features of every chart
that the astrologer must give special attention to are the position
of the sun and moon by sign and house; the sign on the ascendant,
and the planet that rules that sign, called the ascendant ruler
or chart ruler. Also of importance is the first planet to occupy
the first, second or third houses after the ascendant. Called
the rising planet it will be particularly strong in the chart.
If no planet occupies the first three houses, then a planet
in the twelfth house close to the ascendant can be taken to
be the rising planet. Planets that are in conjunction (right
beside) the primary angles of ascendant, midheaven, descendant
or IC (known as angular planets) must also be especially considered.
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