Our social and emotional behavior pattern, helping us to distinguish who we are. The part of us that responds, often impulsively, to the ebbs and flows of life. It encompass our thoughts, feelings, senses, motivations, dreams, and the way wee emote. Unlike our soul, our personality
does not transcend current life.
Planet
From an old word meaning "wanderer." The planets are those celestial bodies that seem to move through the zodiac.
In astrology, the planets include the Sun and the Moon.
Pluto
This planet represents our guilty inclinations. It urges us to have the courage to focus our will on personal transformation, enabling us to focus on our Soul Potential. It helps us face our deepest desires and obsessions and alter them.
Projection/Reflection
Both Jungian concepts. Projection is a process by which we deny an ugly part of ourselves and our souls impart it to another persons, so that we can observe it in them. Reflection is a process by which that other person sends this information back to us for our review.
Correcting the given uncertain birth time to true
birth time by comparing the nature and date of significant events in
the life with the aspects denoting them.
Retrograde motion
this occurs when the planet appears (from the Earth)
to be moving backward. It has certain characteristics when found in
a chart, such as retrograde transits "reviewing" - re-covering
already charted ground. In a personal chart this can show complexes,
such as retrograde Venus which may increase the probability of feeling unlovable.
our karmic conductor on the journey to our soul mission.
It teaches us the truth about ourselves and helps us create order and structure in our lives. Without it we could not accomplish our soul mission.
Saturn Return
A twenty-nine year cycle, representing a time in life when we feel frustrated, angry, sad, confused, tired and insecure. A time when we become aware that we must accept responsibility for our actions. Overall, it is the harvesting of or "reaping" what we have sown over the last 29 years.
Serendipity
Making a commitment, taking action, and expecting the unexpected that your soul and universe create with you.
Soul
The essence of our spiritual core; the primary, never-ending force behind us forging our destiny.
Soul circles of life
The sum total of our relationships - hundreds or more - that are linked to us from one life to the next in order to help our soul evolve and learn the lessons it needs to learn.
Soul contracts
Agreements we make with souls we have known from other lifetimes to work through situations in this life that need special attention.
Soul mates
People in karmic relationship that have been resolved and in that love replaced fear and anger.
Soul mission
Your grand purpose, transcending the here and now.
South Node (Soul Pattern)
It represents your default mechanism, the type of person you are when you regress into old, predictable patterns and behaviors.
The memories of your South Node run deep whiting you, representing your most familiar thoughts, feelings, and beliefs.
Synchronicity
A condition allowing your soul to create perfect timing and interactions with the world in perfect ways.
This is the planet's journey through a sign or house.
Trickster
archetypal carnival character who provides barriers to our goals, causing "accidents" etc. Usually Uranus, Pluto or Mercury
Tropic
The line of latitude which is approx. 23� 28'
either north (Cancer) or south (Capricorn) of the equator, corresponding
to the furthest point of the ecliptic. The place where the Sun pauses
then reverses its declination at the summer and winter solstices. Tropical
Signs Cancer and Capricorn.
The opposite of randomness and existentialist theory.
The philosophy that there is an order to the planets, that all things
have purpose and meaning, and that there is a structure and foundation
to our mind, body, and spirit and it's organized in such a way that creates perfection.
Uranus
This erratic planet shows the urge for change or freedom
from tradition
Venus
This planet represents harmony affection and sense of values
Zodiac
The zodiac (zoological or "animal" circle)
is seen as a belt around the earth's ecliptic arbitrarily divided into
the twelve sections or signs (starting with Aries). From Earth, the planets appear to lie within this belt.
The study of the influence of celestial bodies on
life events/personality traits.
Astro-therapy or clinical therapy
The remedial treatment for life's difficulties utilizing
the astrological chart for clues to solutions. Clinical astrology is
the integration of astrological and psychological principles first suggested
by Carl Jung.
A diagram showing the precise position of all the planets at the time of birth. It is a blue print for personality characteristics or life events chosen by our Soul.
a unit of measurement of a circle. Astrology uses
360 degree notions about the circle, which means the sun, for example,
moves almost a degree in each of the 365 days.
Feminine or negative signs
Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn and Pisces.
Four elements
The ancients conceived of four elements that made
up the universe: fire, earth, air and water.
A diagram showing the precise position of all the
planets at the given time.
Houses
The horoscope is divided into 12 houses. Each house
describes a different subject matter for analysis. There are various
different ways of dividing the chart.
The astrological chart circle and the symbols it represents.
Mars
The planet that represents the way we understand and express anger, embodies action, risk taking. At its best it shows focused determination and self-motivation. At its worst, it can be impulsive, reckless, impatient, destructive, and accident prone.
Mercury
Represents our orientation to the world. Its energy helps us determine who we are, how we receive and perceive information, and what we do with it and how we express ourselves once we have it.
Moon's nodes
the lunar nodes are two points in the chart always 180 degrees from one another. This shows where the orbit of the moon around the Earth appears to cross the path of Earth's own orbit around the point. This is where eclipses occur.
Natal or Birth chart
A diagram showing the precise position of all the planets at the time of birth. It is a blue print for personality characteristics or life events chosen by our Soul.
Neptune
This planet gives us information about the Soul Patterns
we have that keep us mired in self-deception, allowing our illusions to thrive.
North Node (Soul Notential)
It represents all for which you strive, helps to
understand whom you need to be to achieve your soul's potential.
Obsession
A negative thought we cannot let go of. Something that has no basis in reality but still drives us.
