Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Being Witnessed 1
Radical Self-Acceptance 2
I Your Birth Chart 9
The Blueprint of Your Potential 9
The Three Keys of Your Chart 10
Pulling Up Your Chart 11
Committing to This Process 14
How to Use This Book 16
II The Basics 19
The Who: Planets 19
The How: Signs 20
Modalities and Elements 22
Homes, Thrones, and Hostile Environments 25
The Where: Houses 27
Relationships: Aspects 30
The Gifts 30
The Challenges 32
The Mergers 33
Putting it all together: The Rules 34
III The first key: Your sun 37
Your Life's Purpose
Sign of your sun: How Do You Shine? 40
What Sign Is Your Sun In?
House of your sun: In What Area of Life Do You Need to Shine? 66
What House Is Your Sun In?
Relationships with other planets: Who Is Impacting Your Ability to Shine? 81
Which Planets Are in Aspect to Your Sun?
IV The second key: Your moon 97
Your Physical and Emotional Needs
Sign of your moon: How Do You Meet Your Physical and Emotional Needs? 99
What Sign Is Your Moon In?
House of your moon: Where Do You Meet Your Physical and Emotional Needs? 123
What House Is Your Moon In?
Relationships with other planets: Who Is Impacting Your Ability to Meet Your Physical and Emotional Needs? 139
Which Planets Are in Aspect to Your Moon?
V The third key: Your ascendant and its ruler 157
Your Motivation for Life and the Steersperson of Your Ship
Sign of your ascendant: What Is Your Motivation for Life? 162
What Sign Is Your Ascendant?
Planets in the same sign as your ascendant: Who Is Influencing Your Motivation for Life? 185
Do You Have Any Planets in the Same Sign as Your Ascendant?
Planet that rules your ascendant: Who Is Steering the Ship of Your Life? 197
What Planet Rules Your Ascendant?
House of your ascendant ruler: What Area of Life Are You Being Steered Toward? 232
What House Is Your Ascendant Ruler In?
What's next 253
Acknowledgments 257
Appendix 1 Each Sign and Its Symbol, Modality, Element, and Planetary Ruler 261
Appendix 2 Each Planet and Its Symbol, Sign of Domicile, Sign of Detriment, Sign of Exaltation, and Sign of Fall 262
Appendix 3 The Houses 263
Appendix 4 Cheat Sheet on Aspects 264
Appendix 5 Dr. Maya Angelou and Frida Kahlo's Birth Charts 269
Index 271