

With 12 possibilities for each planetary placement in your natal chart, not to mention their unique aspects, no two natal charts are exactly alike.


From a beginner’s perspective, it’s easy to be overwhelmed and confused by it all ( Is Mercury your rising sign? How can your sun sign and moon sign be opposites? What does Pluto have to do with anything?). But even knowing the three “big ones” could change your mind about how accurate astrology is. Everyone has a sun sign, moon sign, rising sign, Mercury sign, and so on. Traditional astrology examines not only your “main sign” but at least nine other planets that fall into a sign at birth, along with the aspects they make to one another. "It shows you a snapshot of where the planets and luminaries were at the exact moment of your birth, and therefore carries a map of the energy you're working with in this lifetime." Even a set of twins born a few minutes apart will have different charts. "Your natal chart is like your energetic blueprint or your soul's energy map," Tara Schulenberg, co-founder of Elevate the Globe, tells Elite Daily. How can everyone in the world be categorized by only 12 astrology placements? That's because most people don't know how to read a natal chart. And, more often than not, those forecasts are too general, incredibly random, or just totally incorrect. For a lot of people, the term "astrology" means a one-sentence magazine horoscope that tells them how their day will unfold.
