Your birth chart is a reliable source of self-information. It’s a map of your character and the events and conditions that will define your life story.
The planets, ascendant and Midheaven form a diverse array of aspects. They’re recorded on your chart’s aspect grid and are categorized as neutral, harmonious and discordant.
Each birth chart aspect aka a permanent stellar aerial depicts a thought-compound in your unconscious soul-mind that is a mix of the two types of thought-elements ruled by the planets in aspect.
Each planet rules three outstanding life-factors and in each aspect the life-factors ruled by one planet influence and are influenced by the life-factors ruled by the other.
Life-factors affected by aspects planet by planet
Each thought-compound expresses thought-cell desires and their conditioning energy determines the special trend of its particular attractions and repulsions and the events it attracts.
Each neutral aspect depicts a feeling neutral thought-compound that is working to attract no-harmony–no discord events involving the life-factors ruled by the aspecting planets.
Each harmonious aspect depicts a harmonious thought-compound that is working to attract fortunate events and other benefits involving the life-factors ruled by the aspecting planets.
Each discordant aspect depicts a discordant thought-compound that is working to attract unfortunate events and other difficulties involving the life-factors ruled by the aspecting planets.
Each aspect has a power and harmony or discord score and you’re using their measurements to judge their influence as prominent and especially significant, non-prominent and moderately significant or weak and insignificant.
You should assess each aspect in your chart thoroughly. You’re noting the planets involved, the type of aspect they form and the life-factors they rule.
Your chief interest is in those aspects with the highest power and harmony or discord scores. Your strongest, best and worst aspects are providing valuable data that you must take on board as self-knowledge.
In each aspect the planet with the highest astrodyne power score is having the dominant influence.
Your dominant planet has a diverse network of aspects that depict a framework of events and conditions that define your life.
Discordant aspects indicate misguided learning and the offending destructive behavior can be unlearned.
The assessment of the aspects in your birth chart is a revelation as you learn the event trend of your life experience as defined by thought-compounds in your unconscious soul-mind.
Each aspect should be assessed as a specific event and condition affecting your life.
Due to their relative importance you might start with your dominant planet’s aspects and then the Sun, Moon, Mercury and ascendant’s aspects followed by your other prominent, non-prominent and weak planets.
Review personal experience to assess how each aspect is actually working out in your life so far.
Assess your chart’s aspects planet by planet
Each Sun aspect indicates that your vitality, significance, self-esteem and authority influence, and are influenced by, the life-factors ruled by the aspecting planet.
A neutral aspect indicates a no-harmony–no-discord influence.
A harmonious aspect favors good vitality, a sound sense of significance, effective power behavior, good relations and support from those in positions of power and authority (bosses and superiors), and fortunate relations with men in general.
The qualities and abilities ruled by the aspecting planet have a beneficial influence on your self-worth and self-respect. Praise and admiration boost your self-esteem and vitality.
A discordant aspect indicates an impairment to your vitality and recuperative power, self-esteem damage, criticism, ineffective power behavior, bossiness and arrogance that undermines your authority, and difficulties with those in authority and men in general.
Sun aspects need your attention. They map deep seated character traits. Sun discord expresses as arrogance, over-confidence and domination. A high discord aspect can indicate a serious self-esteem issue with a strong tendency to attract criticism and an associated health difficulty.
Each Moon aspect indicates that your mental attitude, domestic life, day to day affairs and relations with the common people influence, and are influenced by, the life-factors ruled by the aspecting planet.
A neutral aspect indicates a no-harmony–no-discord influence.
A harmonious aspect favors a constructive mental attitude, sound mental health, pleasant domestic and everyday affairs, good relations with the everyday people and women, healthful resistance and success in a popular contest.
A discordant aspect indicates an unpleasant state of mind, mental instability, a mental health problem, a distressed or dark mood, a disorderly home-life and daily routine, poor relations with the common people, unfortunate relations with women in general and impaired constitutional magnetism that jeopardizes your capacity to resist illness or disease.
Moon aspects need your attention. They map unconscious trains of thought concerning the things denoted by the aspecting planet; and a type of experience that has easy access to your unconscious soul-mind.
They influence your resistance and reveal the feeling structure of your soul as states of mind and moods and your natural capacity to learn, understand, absorb and retrieve information ruled by the aspecting planet.
A high discord aspect can indicate a serious mental health issue and impaired resistance that increases the risk of health difficulties. It needs your attention and the application of forceful aggressive (Mars) antidote.
Each Mercury aspect indicates that your mental interest, facility and accuracy of expression and cerebral activity (objective thinking), influence and are influenced by, the life-factors ruled by the aspecting planet.
A neutral aspect indicates a no-harmony–no-discord influence.
A harmonious aspect favors an easy-to-develop mental interest, rewarding intellectual activity, pleasant thinking, mental keenness, clear speech and communication, error-free decision-making, sound judgements, successful problem solving and good nerve health.
A discordant aspect indicates a not easy to develop mental interest, unrewarding intellectual activity, a mental block, faulty judgement, a speech problem, errors when communicating, a communication breakdown, distressed, destructive (over) thinking, restlessness and nervousness.
Mercury’s aspects detail your mental dynamics. They influence the forming of your thoughts and ideas, the trend and functional status of your objective thinking, the clarity of your expression using reasoned classified observation and the formulation of words and sentences, the accuracy of your decision-making, and your facility for learning about the matters specified by the aspecting planet.
Mercury’s aspects need your attention. They indicate your innate sense of language; your unique, personal way of rational thinking and communicating; and your ability to grasp and express yourself on various subjects.
A high discord aspect can map serious thinking and communication problems that adversely affect your mental and nerve health. It needs your attention and the application of a positive optimistic and faith (Jupiter) antidote.
Each Venus aspect indicates that your emotions, social relations and artistic appreciation influence, and are influenced by, the life-factors ruled by the aspecting planet.
A neutral aspect indicates a no-harmony–no-discord influence.
A harmonious aspect favors emotional contentment, feel-good feelings, social benefits, creativity, artistry and artistic expression and appreciation.
A discordant aspect indicates emotional problems, difficulty expressing your emotions, distressed feelings, sensualism, permissiveness, poor relations with friends and loved ones and impaired artistic appreciation.
Venus acts on momentary whim and readily yields to impulse and desire without thought of consequences or moral reflection.
Your social urge is easily lead and too desirous of pleasing others and a high-discord Venus aspect needs your attention and the application of a cautious, prudent (Saturn) antidote.
Each Mars aspect indicates that strife, haste and energized effort influence, and are influenced by, the life-factors ruled by the aspecting planet.
A neutral aspect indicates a no-harmony–no-discord influence.
A harmonious aspect favors victory in a conflict situation, constructive use of energy, productive energized effort, creative talent, paced urgency and benefits through making haste.
A discordant aspect indicates fights, arguments and disagreements, defeat in a conflict situation, the destructive use of energy, over activity, impulsivity, rush, misguided haste and energized effort, squandered energy and wasted effort.
Mars maps your energy resource and you use physical, sexual and creative energy in your daily living. The life-factors ruled by a planet that aspects Mars can get you going.
Discord inclines towards accidents, broken bones, sprains, torn muscles, surgery and contracting sexually transmitted diseases. It needs your attention and the application of a calm, soothing (Moon) antidote.
Each Jupiter aspect indicates that abundance, optimism and joviality influence, and are influenced by, the life-factors ruled by the aspecting planet.
A neutral aspect indicates a no-harmony–no-discord influence.
A harmonious aspect favors more than enough, financial good-fortune, expansion, favors from others, sound optimism and rewarding feel-good joviality.
A discordant aspect indicates over abundance, over expansion, financial difficulties, carelessness, over-indulgence, unwise extravagance, misplaced optimism, misguided joviality and conceit.
Jupiter is the cosmic Good-Guy. It brings you good fortune, favorable conditions and help and assistance. Your high-opinion of yourself has you feeling that life holds important things for you.
Discord inclines towards negligence, betrayal of trust and damage caused by placing too great a reliance on chance. It needs your attention and the application of a thoughtful, rational (Mercury) antidote.
Each Saturn aspect indicates that work, responsibility, economy or loss influence, and are influenced by, the life-factors ruled by the aspecting planet.
A neutral aspect indicates a no-harmony–no-discord influence.
A harmonious aspect favors gain through hard work and responsibility, financial gain through thrift and economy, buying bargains, economic living and wise management.
A discordant aspect indicates overwork, heavy burdens and responsibilities, constraints, frugality, insecurity, guilt, worry, fear and failed attempts to attain security, escape harm and prevent loss.
As your desire for self-preservation Saturn has you working, earning money and acquiring shelter, food, clothing and other possessions. Your gains are well earned and usually involve careful planning and sacrifice.
Discord inclines towards selfishness, loss and trusting no one. It needs your attention and the application of a confident (Sun) and a playful, lighthearted (Venus) antidote.
Each Uranus aspect indicates that sudden events, new acquaintances and radical changes influence, and are influenced by, the life-factors ruled by the aspecting planet.
A neutral aspect indicates a no-harmony–no-discord influence.
A harmonious aspect favors benefits through sudden, unexpected events, gains through new acquaintances and rewarding radical changes.
A discordant aspect indicates unfortunate sudden developments, unexpected shocks, misfortune through abrupt change, difficulties with new acquaintances, misplaced trust in new acquaintances and fruitless change.
Fortunate events are accompanied by a small misfortune; and unfortunate events are accompanied by a small benefit.
Uranus doesn’t like things as they are and works to produce change through a human associate that its thought-cells attract into your life.
Discord inclines towards disruption, discontentment and problems with cars, electrical appliances and devices. It needs your attention and the application of an optimistic philosophical (Jupiter) antidote.
Each Neptune aspect indicates that your imagination, sensitivity and schemes influence, and are influenced by, the life-factors ruled by the aspecting planet.
A neutral aspect indicates a no-harmony–no-discord influence.
A harmonious aspect favors the creative use of imagination, dramatization, promotion skills, healthful sensitivity, successful scheming and benefits through schemes.
A discordant aspect indicates misguided imaginings, day-dream believing, gullibility, deception, confusion, exaggerated expectations, misfortune through schemes and scams, and distressful over-sensitivity.
Neptune is the planet of platonic relationships, impersonal friendship, involuntary servitude and fantasy and its aspect pattern indicates the degree and scope of your fantasy life.
Discord inclines towards vagueness and confusion and health difficulties due to drugs, poisons and psychic influences. It needs your attention and the application of a confident (Sun) and cautious, practical (Saturn) antidote.
Each Pluto aspect indicates that groups, subtle force and cooperation or coercion influence, and are influenced by, the life-factors ruled by the aspecting planet.
A neutral aspect indicates a no-harmony–no-discord influence.
A harmonious aspect favors benefits through groups, a fortunate subtle-force influence, rewarding compulsions and success through cooperation.
A discordant aspect indicates difficulties with groups, inversive subtle forces, coercive control, exploitation, obsession, harmful pressures, misguided compulsions and drastic developments.
Pluto is the planet of group and team activity. Its aspect pattern indicates the extent and influence of groups in your life.
Pluto inclines towards truly spiritual behavior that aggressively works to make the world a better place. It fights all types of evil.
Pluto discord inclines towards coercion, bullying and involvement in crime. It needs your attention and the application of an aggressive (Mars) antidote.
Each ascendant aspect indicates that your health, personality and personal affairs influence, and are influenced by, the life-factors ruled by the aspecting planet.
A neutral aspect indicates a no-harmony–no-discord influence.
A harmonious aspect favors good health, a healthful self-image, appearance satisfaction, a pleasing personality, fortunate personal change and success with your personal affairs.
A discordant aspect indicates health difficulties, personality problems, appearance dissatisfaction, destructive personality traits that rub others the wrong way and problems with your personal affairs.
The ascendant is negative and reactive. It picks and responds to the influence indicated by the aspecting planet. Prominent planets aspecting the ascendant map obvious personality traits.
A high discord aspect involving a prominent planet is sending a high-risk health warning. It needs your attention and a mental and dietary antidote.
Each Midheaven aspect indicates that your honor, business and publicity influence, and are influenced by, the life-factors ruled by the aspecting planet.
A neutral aspect indicates a no-harmony–no-discord influence.
A harmonious aspect favors honor and favorable recognition, business success, a favorable public image and good publicity.
A discordant aspect indicates reputation damage, unfavorable publicity, business problems, job dissatisfaction, dishonor and criticism.
The Midheaven is negative and reactive. It picks up and responds to the fortunate or unfortunate influence indicated by the aspecting planet,
A high discord aspect involving the Midheaven inclines towards dishonor and reputational damage. It needs your attention and the application of a mental antidote that neutralizes your potential to experience business/career problems.
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