The ElementsĮach zodiac sign is sorted into one of four elements, which affects your personality: Earth signs are loyal, fire signs are passionate, air signs are communicators, and water signs are intuitive. In general, soft aspects bring harmony and new opportunities, while hard aspects can stoke challenges and tension. You’ll hear them referred to as “hard” or “soft,” depending on the number of degrees between them. These are the angles that the planets in your chart make with one another. Where your planets fall in each house will tell you in greater detail about how you relate to the world. The chart is divided into 12 houses, which correspond to different areas of your life (see below). The outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto) affect you on a macro level-when one moves through an important part of your chart, it signals a period of major life change. The inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars) influence the day-to-day, guiding how you love, work, and communicate. It’s as much a part of your personality as your sun sign. It reveals the first impression you make on others. Your rising (or ascendant) sign is the constellation that was rising on the horizon at the time you were born. Your moon sign is the sign the moon was in when you were born it shows what you need to feel comfortable. It represents what you want out of life and how you go after it. Your sun sign is the one you probably already know (it’s your zodiac or “horoscope” sign). Input your birth date, time, and place into an online chart calculator. Finally, see which houses your planets are in that determines their effects on your life.

Locate Mercury, Venus, and Mars for an idea of how you relate to others. Then see if there are any planets near these points that’s going to influence how you express yourself. These give you an overall picture of your personality.

First, look at the big three: your sun, moon, and rising signs. Your chart will come with an analysis on individual positions, but here’s how to translate it as a whole. Even though all charts have the same features, everyone’s looks different.

Natal chart with degrees