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Astrology guides for natal chart reading, relationships, history and calendars. Start with a core lesson or find an article on a specific topic.

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Foundations and reading

  1. Astrology for beginners: your first chart reading

    Learn the difference between a planet, sign, house and aspect. A first chart reading with a worked example and a labelled diagram.01 · 3 min read

  2. Types of horoscopes: which reading serves which purpose?

    General forecasts, natal charts, transits, synastry, composite charts and solar returns. Compare their inputs and the questions they are used to explore.02 · 3 min read

  3. Elements and modalities of the signs

    Compare the four elements and three modalities of the zodiac signs. Explore the twelve combinations and apply them to a placement in a natal chart.03 · 1 min read

  4. Connecting planetary meanings

    Connect planetary meanings in a natal chart. A worked example with Mercury, the Moon and a square shows how to build a specific interpretation.04 · 1 min read

  5. Natal charts, synastry, composites and transits

    Natal chart, synastry, transits or composite: which method fits your question? Compare the birth data and calculation used for each type of chart.05 · 1 min read

  6. Natal chart houses: meanings and how to read them

    The twelve astrological houses and the differences between equal houses, whole signs and Placidus. Includes a diagram and a house boundary example.06 · 4 min read

  7. Astrological notation: how to read a placement

    Learn the notation in a natal chart: planet, sign, degree, house and aspect. Follow a worked example and find the meanings of AC, MC and R.07 · 1 min read

  8. Natal chart: an order for interpretation

    Follow an order for reading a natal chart: start with a planet, then add its sign, house and aspects. Worked notes show how the placements connect.08 · 1 min read

  9. Horoscope transits: how to read and check them

    Compare a moving planet with a natal position. Learn to record an angle, orb and direction, then separate the calculation from the interpretation.09 · 3 min read

  10. How to read an aspect network

    Read connected aspects in a natal chart. Measure the angle and orb, follow one planet and work through an example involving the Sun and Moon.10 · 1 min read

  11. Astrology and self-reflection: working with notes

    Use an astrology journal for self-reflection. Set a specific question, compare the reading with your experience and record both matches and differences.11 · 1 min read

Relationships and applications

  1. Business horoscope: questions about work and responsibility

    Explore career themes in a business horoscope. Prepare a working note with separate sections for the chart reading, practical plan and observed outcome.12 · 1 min read

  2. Children’s horoscopes: reading without labels

    Read a child's horoscope with room for individuality and change. Start with observations of the child and learn how to handle their birth details.13 · 1 min read

  3. Synastry: comparing two natal charts

    Synastry compares two natal charts. Follow an example of an inter-chart aspect, explore house overlays and turn the reading into relationship questions.14 · 1 min read

  4. Composite chart: the midpoints of two charts

    Build a composite chart using zodiacal midpoints. Work through an example across 0° Aries and compare the method with synastry and a Davison chart.15 · 1 min read

  5. Karmic horoscopes: symbolism and belief

    Lunar nodes and Saturn in a karmic horoscope. Explore readings of recurring habits and why this symbolism cannot establish facts about past lives.16 · 1 min read

  6. Electional astrology: choosing a time and its limits

    An electional horoscope looks at when to begin an event. Define the question, compare feasible times and record the astrological method you use.17 · 1 min read

Calendars and transits

  1. Planetary transits in 2026: sign ingresses

    Planetary transits in 2026: a calendar of sign changes from Mercury to Pluto, with a worked example comparing a transit to a natal chart degree.18 · 3 min read

  2. The Saturn–Neptune conjunction in 2026

    The Saturn and Neptune conjunction in 2026: its date and degree in ecliptic longitude, astrological symbolism and comparison with a natal chart.19 · 1 min read

  3. Neptune in Aries: ingresses and returns, 2025–2039

    Neptune in Aries: a timeline of its passages through Pisces, Aries and Taurus. Check the calculated dates and read the symbolism of this long transit.20 · 2 min read

  4. Solar and lunar eclipses in 2026

    The four eclipses of 2026, their types, and the distinction between global peak, local visibility and astrological interpretation.21 · 1 min read

  5. Saturn in Aries: the dates from 2025 to 2028

    Saturn in Aries: dates of the first ingress, return to Pisces and move into Taurus. Learn how to place the transit by degree and house in a chart.22 · 1 min read

  6. The Fire Horse year 2026: calendar and symbolism

    When the lunar new year begins, what Bing-wu denotes, and why Chinese calendar systems should be distinguished from Western zodiac signs.23 · 1 min read

  7. Retrograde periods in 2026: calendar

    A calendar of retrograde planets in 2026. Check the initial motion, station dates and intervals between them for each of the eight planets.24 · 2 min read

  8. Uranus in Gemini: a timeline from 2025 to 2033

    Uranus in Gemini: initial and repeated ingresses and the transition to Cancer. Explore the dates and astrological themes of information and change.25 · 2 min read

  9. Pluto in Aquarius: dates and limits of interpretation

    Pluto in Aquarius: a calendar of passages through Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. Explore collective symbolism and how to assess historical parallels.26 · 2 min read

History

  1. A history of the horoscope: from sky record to mass reading

    Trace the history of the horoscope from early records to modern uses. See how the questions asked of a chart changed and choose a historical period.27 · 1 min read

  2. From prediction to psychological interpretation

    How the language of some modern astrological schools changes, and why a psychological metaphor is not a diagnosis.28 · 1 min read

  3. The Babylonian roots of the horoscope

    The Babylonian roots of the horoscope, from celestial omens to birth records. Learn how to read surviving cuneiform sources and museum descriptions.29 · 1 min read

  4. Hellenistic astrology and the language of horoscopes

    How Hellenistic astrology took shape through earlier traditions and Greek-language authors. Explore natal reading methods and compare their sources.30 · 1 min read

  5. Astrology in ancient Rome: practice and public life

    The Roman setting of Greek-language astrology and the distinction between personal readings and political prediction.31 · 1 min read

  6. Medieval astrology: translations, tables and schools

    Medieval astrology and the movement of texts through Arabic, Persian, Greek and Latin settings. Explore translation, tables and interpretation.32 · 1 min read

  7. Renaissance astrology and its separation from astronomy

    Manuscripts, printing and celestial calculation: why astronomers’ involvement does not validate astrology as science.33 · 1 min read

  8. Astrology beyond Europe: print, almanacs and audiences

    Astrology in almanacs and printed publications. Learn to distinguish calendar information, popular predictions and technical horoscopes in a source.34 · 1 min read

Other practices and consultation

  1. Calling yourself a vrachka: claims, skills and responsibility

    Claims of a gift, conversational skills and responsibility in divination. Learn how to describe a method, check a claim and accept a disputed reading.35 · 1 min read

  2. What is a vrachka? The term and types of practice

    What does the Bulgarian word vrachka mean? Explore the practices it covers, what to ask about a session and how to assess the reading afterwards.36 · 1 min read

  3. An ethical practice framework: putting it in writing

    Write the rules for a divinatory practice. Follow a structure covering service scope, confidentiality, ending a session and reporting a problem.37 · 1 min read

  4. After a divinatory reading: from notes to your own decision

    What comes after a divinatory reading? Review your notes, separate questions from promises and choose a small action whose result you can observe.38 · 1 min read

  5. A history of divination: what sources show

    Explore the history of divination through documented objects and texts, with attention to each tradition’s location, period and original sources.39 · 1 min read

  6. Divinatory techniques: how a reading proceeds

    How does a divinatory reading proceed? Compare drawing cards, observing an image and calculating an astrological chart from birth details.40 · 1 min read

  7. Tarot, runes and other methods: how to compare them

    Compare tarot, runes, crystals and other divination methods by their symbols, selection process and sources of meaning before assessing a reading.41 · 1 min read

  8. Assessing claims of a gift and recognising pressure

    Assess a claim of a clairvoyant gift. Check how specific it is, record predictions in advance and recognise pressure to make additional payments.42 · 1 min read

  9. Intuition beyond prediction: attention and checking

    Use a first impression as a starting point for observation without turning it into a fact about another person.43 · 1 min read

  10. Empathy in a consultation: listening without suggestion

    Empathy in a divinatory consultation: listen, reflect someone's account and ask open questions. Explore examples that leave room for disagreement.44 · 1 min read

  11. A calm consultation: setting, pace and the right to decline

    Prepare for a calm divinatory consultation in person or online. Consider privacy, the pace of the conversation and the option to decline a question.45 · 1 min read

  12. “Energy fields” in esoteric readings: identifying the claim

    What does energy field mean in a divinatory text? Distinguish personal sensations, spiritual metaphors and measured quantities when assessing a claim.46 · 1 min read

  13. Clairvoyance and prediction: different claims

    What is the difference between clairvoyance and prediction? Compare a claimed hidden fact with a future event using a worked example for checking each.47 · 1 min read

  14. An intuition journal: checking your impressions

    Keep an intuition journal with a practical exercise. Record an impression before the event, set a time frame and compare hits with misses afterwards.48 · 1 min read

  15. Responsible divinatory readings: terms and boundaries

    Terms for a responsible divinatory reading: pricing, consent and personal information. Examples of describing a service and accepting disagreement.49 · 1 min read

  16. Divinatory readings today: conversation, culture and service

    Different reasons people seek a reading and how to describe the service without overstating its social role.50 · 1 min read

  17. Interpreting symbols: image, tradition and personal association

    Three layers of interpretation and an exercise using a key, without a fixed dictionary for every life situation.51 · 1 min read

  18. Objects in divinatory practice: use and provenance

    Describe a tool, modern replica and historical object without confusing decorative value with evidence.52 · 1 min read

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