Aries: zodiac sign and chart meaning

Position, dates and correspondences

Dates are approximate. Near a boundary, calculate the Sun’s longitude for the year, birth time and time zone. The tropical signs are equal sectors beginning at the March equinox, not the unequal boundaries of astronomical constellations.

How the symbolism is used

Aries is the first 30-degree sector of the tropical zodiac. Cardinal fire is used as an image of beginnings, initiative and directly expressed wishes. This is a vocabulary for reading a placement rather than a verdict on character.

Aries and Mars are not the same thing. The sign describes a symbolic style; the planet adds a theme. A Moon in Aries and Mercury in Aries raise different questions despite sharing a sign.

A placement in a constructed chart

For Mercury at 16° Aries, consider how a first idea is proposed in a conversation. Include the house: in a teaching chart with a 15° Gemini Ascendant and equal houses, this placement is in house eleven.

These numbers explain a reading method; they are not a horoscope for a real person or a current forecast.

Read beyond the Sun sign

When does initiative help, and when do you first need to hear the conditions?

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