UNDERSTANDING THE ASTROLOGICAL BIRTH CHART

We have been requested to explain the basics on how to read a birth chart.  In one post, we are only able to touch on this but after this read you should be able to check planetary placements in your own chart when we are discussing activity with the planets in our daily posts as they are move through the Zodiac. 

The birth chart is basically a snapshot of the heavens at the precise moment of your birth from your specific location on earth.  In this snapshot, the planets are frozen in time around the earth and this defines your astrological birth signature.  This snapshot will never change although the planets will keep moving around the zodiac after your birth.  The continuing movement of the planets is referred to as transiting planets.  The planets in the birth snapshot are referred to as natal planets. 

As mentioned, the snapshot that your natal or birth chart is specific to your date of birth and your time of birth as well as your location of birth.  If you move after birth say from France to Canada, you will have to have what is referred to as a relocation chart prepared.  This new place or residence presents different opportunity to you than that which your birth place would have offered.  The relocation chart will create a change in your rising sign (the sign coming over the horizon at the moment of birth).  The rising sign will change either by sign or degree.

You can go to many different sites on the internet to have a snapshot or chart diagram prepared for you.  We would suggest using ASTRO DIENIST at www.astro.com   Again, you will need your complete birth information.  Click on “Free Horoscopes” at the top right.  Under “Drawings and Calculations”, select “Extended Chart Selection”.  You may have to create an account.  It is worth the small amount of time required in the end.  Choose a house system (Holm Astrology prefers the placidus system).  Ask the programme to add all the planetary placements as well as the nodes (mean nodes), lunar nodes and eclipses.  Once you have done this, you can create a print out of the heavens which represented the diagram of your chart.  Now when we refer to different planets, houses, aspects, angles, you will be able to locate this information on your own diagram.  With this diagram, you are ready to read your chart.

With diagram in hand, you will notice that there are twelve sections with the numbers in the centre.  These are the astrological houses.  The houses represent areas of life, so when for example we refer to the 5^th house, go to the house marked 5 in your chart to see what is happening there for you. 

On the bottom left hand side of the print out are the planets (from the Sun to Pluto) as well as the angles (ascendant (AC) and midheaven (MC)).  The symbols for the planets are beside the named planets and below are the house placement according to sign, degree and minute.  It only shows six houses because the opposite house on the chart will be exactly the same size.  According to the symbols, you can see where your planets are at the moment of birth.  This will never change, but the houses and AS/MC will change if you move.  If the symbols are foreign to you, please visit www.holmastrology.com/astrology-101

When we speak in terms of the transiting Moon for example in our posts (this is not the birth placement for the Moon as shown in your Chart diagram), it is where the Moon is currently located.  For example let’s say that the Transiting Moon is in Scorpio at 5 degrees.  You can now picture/locate where the transiting Moon would be in your birth chart. 

If you go back to www.astro.com, you can again go to extended chart selection and ask for the transits and natal chart.  This will provide you with you natal chart diagram but will include the transiting planets for the date you choose.  The transiting planets (the transits) will be on the outside of the wheel and the birth placement or natal placements will be on the inside of the wheel.

The coloured lines between the planets are angles which define the separation between these planets and angles in your chart.  These angles define what type of energy will be transmitted between these points.  We will not go into detail on what these angles represent today as this is far too in depth.  We have looked at the various aspects in past posts and you can search each type if you like.  The red lines are angles that are challenging and the blue lines are harmonious.  However every chart has both and the more challenging the chart is, the more difficult the life lessons, but at the same time the more challenging conditions in a chart, the greater the rewards when we have learned the lesson at hand.  Alternatively, the more easy flow a chart may be, the greater the possibility that the person can become stagnant and growth will be minimal.  Such an individual when faced with adversity or hard lessons will be devastated by these events unlike someone who is used to facing challenges and knows the satisfaction of victory.

This is just touching on our astrology chart diagram but it will assist you in creating yours so that you have a point of reference when we discuss the many aspects of the Astrology chart.  Our posts address varying levels of understanding in Astrology.  Holm Astrology website has lots of pertinent material for those that are interested and through search, it is much easier to locate information on www.holmastrology.com or www.holmastrology.blogspot.ca/ than it is here on Facebook.

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AWAKENING

Awakening in part is developing true awareness, being in the moment, recognizing who you are and each and every little detail about life. 

You notice colour in an enhanced way.  You notice smells and tastes as if it were your first time experiencing them.  You feel like you have never felt before. You experience as you have never experienced previously.  It is as if all the senses are heightened.  Your memory is enhanced, your vision seems crisp and clear, you feel excited and energy seems to come to you in many different ways.

With this heightened awareness, you notice all the little flaws in your behaviour, some apparent for the first time.  Other flaws could be things that you previously felt was not overly important.  Through your awareness, it is now important to react and make changes but not to own.  We begin to discard anything that feels out of place.  Some of these ingrained behaviours stem from many years of built up habits.  Habits can be hard to shake and challenging to overcome.  Some are minor in comparison but still it is more comfortable to fine-tune them. 

Initially we may not like what we see and so we begin to adjust our lives accordingly.  These actions may even be subconscious but they play a significant role in determining what fits and what does not in our new way of life.

We may also notice all the little flaws in others and become more adept at reading them.  When they are behaving in ways that do not suit their true personality, we recognize this.  We cannot judge as we know that judgement is not ours to make.  With time and adjustment, we no longer see these flaws within categories and just recognize them for what they are.  We recognize that actions or lack of actions are not who these people are.  Everyone is doing the best they can at their stage of soul development. 

While we edge closer to our true self, we also reach deeper into others.  We may be even lucky enough to recognize the soul within and communicate on an internal level, without words.  Contact is subtle but it is.  We reach inward and instinctively understand where others are coming from.  We may not see their past, but we understand that it is their past that has brought them to where they are now.  We can sympathize with their journey and feel their energies.  We cognize their struggles and we want to help in whatever way we can. 

Love is (external and internal at the same time).  We recognize that source has always been connected with us.  This is a wonderful recognition. 

Our experiences are similar in many ways, but we all walk our own road and experience what we need and learn in our own way.  We join hands throughout different parts of our journeys and we can share.

Awakening is our ultimate gift and what a perfect gift it is.  There is nothing more comforting, nothing more peaceful, nothing more enlightening. 

We are grateful to all of you who have held our hand during this journey.

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PLUTO IN TRANSIT

Pluto’s abilities to transform and regenerate are highlighted as it travels through the birth chart.  There is nothing subtle about Pluto’s influence and you are quite aware that something needs to be changed or altering.  Pluto’s energies are abrupt and disruptive and the changes that Pluto is putting on the table need to be addressed and then transformed so that life fits you more appropriately.  When Pluto is finished transiting through a house or linking up with a planetary placement, its energies will have significantly changed things and usually in a very permanent manner.

Pluto is sometimes associated with physical death and is usually activated in the chart in some way when someone in our lives passes over.  When activated, most times, it does not always mean literal death, but it does mean that a condition or life element is no longer suitable for you and needs to end to being a birth of something new.  Therefore, Pluto does signify the death or end of a situation and then the beginning of something new.  Pluto, as mentioned, is not subtle in its release and sometimes you have opportunities to make these changes and other times, they just happen with little or no control from you.

If Pluto links up with Mars or Uranus, you actually need to be careful and make sure that you do not put yourself in dangers situations.  If you have a square between these planets there will be challenging conditions and they come at you for a reason.  You will have to watch for arguments and aggressive behaviour especially if Mars is concerned and particularly if the aspect is an opposition.  The trine and sextile are not as aggressive and usually suggest transformation at a high level.  Although somewhat challenging to accept, the energies resulting from the trine and sextile will benefit you in the long haul. 

Uranus is more unpredictable and this is the one you need to watch out for when aspecting Pluto .  You will have to be attentive when, for example, driving a motorized vehicle.  Operate with more care than normal and never rush.  Do not go out and drive in fits of anger either.  Take the time to settle yourself down before driving. 

If you are confronted by an aggressive individual, do not put up a fight unless you have no choice.  Whenever possible, walk away from confrontation during such aspects.

These examples are extreme cases and will also involve other planets making aspects that suggest the same before such energies will be released in such a powerful way.  There needs to be at least 3 aspects in a chart, each saying the same thing, before events can take place and much depends on the other planets involved and the angles they are making. 

The aspects to Pluto, however, can be rather tumultuous experiences, and you will learn a lot from them. 

In general, we learn much more from adverse life conditions than the mild, easy flow experiences.  The standout experiences seem to be our natural way of learning.  We will have to spend a little time meditating on how the energies can be released in a more gentle yet positive manner.

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SURRENDER

Letting go of the outcome is not giving up or releasing your control.  We never lose control of our attitude and reaction to life’s events.  We are always devising ways to reach the summit of our life’s quest.  We are not at the mercy of life.  We are never in a situation where we are forced to give up unless of course, we choose to do so.

Surrender or allowance is an antidote to despair.  Quite the opposite of what many of us may think.  By allowing life lessons to teach us instead of going down kicking and screaming and fighting a lesson that we must learn, we release the struggle.  At the very least we eliminate some stress; at best, we can actually enjoy the lesson.  Our choices are to take the route easily traversed or to take the road that takes extreme effort to reach the end.   Which road do you prefer to take? 

Surrender means to accept what life sends your way and use what is at hand.  It is certainly not to releasing all responsibility.  The direction we take in life is largely in our hands.  We are constantly manifesting with our every thought, our every action.  

With letting go and accepting with the acknowledgement that the course has been set in motion and life will unfold the way it should, it is easier to understand that by letting go we accept the inevitable and make the journey much easier.  We can consciously move ahead with our quest making plans and alterations along the way.  Once life begins to unfold accordingly, we can let go of the outcome.  The final outcome unfolds as it should but certainly not always as we plan.  Our investment in our own personal creation is irreplaceable but openness to faith and guidance by spirit and source is immeasurable.

Since we are spirit currently in the form of a human expression and source is our link to totality, we are in control of the final outcome even when we fail to recognize this.  Letting go of the outcome brings the perfect outcome our way.

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A POST FOR HALLOWE’EN

We were asked what type of influence the planets would have on us for today, Hallowe’en.  Our review of the energies is with adults in mind as opposed to being from a perspective of their influences for children. 

The outer planets are the planets that have greater and lasting effects on us but since we are looking at one day in particular, we are looking more closely at the inner planets as well as the Moon. 

The Sun, Moon and Mercury are all in the sign of Scorpio.  This in itself is quite significant as we might have a greater flexibility in getting in touch with the occult and psychic realms of experience. 

Mercury would enhance our thinking and creative approach in the psychic realms and push us to think on a deeper level, perhaps reaching within.  It is believed that the door or veil is more open or more thin during this period and that we are more receptive to information from the other side.  Scorpio’s energy is insistent on reaching below the surface.  If we were to attempt to connect with source and the general feelings brought on by the vibrations carried over from our youth when we were open and less “programmed”, we could connect to ingrained information that may be trying to surface.  This knowing may become more accessible for us now under these influences.

The Moon, which is also in Scorpio today, would open the channels to psychic and occult understanding through our instincts and emotional interactions with spirit.  Our intuition and feelings would be enhanced and this should collaborate with the internal information we are receiving as a result of Mercury’s influence.  Psychic understanding and intuition are tied very closely to our emotions as they are connected through this interaction with the Moon.

With the Sun in Scorpio, we may be able to get in contact with our higher selves and gain insight into our own personal connection with source.  The Astrological Sun is tied to our identity and who we are on a deep level of understanding.  Perhaps with the channels being open today more than normal, we can make a greater connection with our true selves.  Perhaps for the few who are more aware of their aligning with source, there might even be a shift of sorts that could take place.

At the same time, interestingly enough, Neptune is in opposition to the North Node.  This would be considered the most significant of all the connections mentioned.  With the North Node tied to our destiny and the South Node tied to our past, our past ties to mysticism could be highly activated during this time, as the South Node would be conjunct Neptune.  The South Node is relevant to where we have come from and what we have brought with us into this life; Interesting now that the nodes are being activated from Neptune, the planet of mystical insight, spiritual awakening and psychic inclinations.  Because Neptune is in opposition to the North Node, we would do well to sit and talk openly with anyone who shares our personal views and insight to see what they have to say.  Much could be learned from them right now.  The connection between the Nodes and Neptune will carry on late into November and even early into December.  As a result, this transit is much longer lasting than the ones discussed above and therefore this transit is much more significant and influencial.

Enjoy Hallowe’en, Samhain (or however you may celebrate this day) and the energies it brings.  This time is not just for our children.  It hold significance for all of us.

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PARANORMAL & HOLISTIC FAIR

A reminder that the Paranormal & Holisitic Fair takes place tomorrow, Sunday, October 30 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Vidya Centre located at 238 Barrie street (Hwy 27), Thornton, Ontario L0L 2N0

Holm Astrology will be offering readings.

There will be seminars, vendors and many other readers at the fair.

Admission into the fair is free.

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Hope to see you there!

NEW MOON IN SCORPIO

On Sunday, October 30, 2016, we will have a New Moon in the sign of Scorpio at 7 degrees. 

As mentioned in previous posts, the New Moon offers energies conducive of new growth.  Plant the seeds of your plans so that you can harvest your efforts in the future, particularly under the influence of the Full moon in Scorpio in six months from now (May 10, 2017).  We not only plant the seeds under the New Moon but we also germinate them by acting on our ambitions and instincts to move ahead in our endeavours.

To utilize the full benefits of this Scorpio New Moon’s energies, we have to understand the energies of Scorpio.  Scorpio is a deep and reflective sign, so not only should we delve deep into our own subconscious, we actually need to bring to the surface anything deep within that needs purging or transforming.  This could include anything of a sexual nature as part of Scorpio’s energies can be sexual in nature.  Scorpio’s energies are driven to uncover anything within us that has held us back from maturing or moving into the next level of understanding in our lives as well as our connection to our own spirituality.

Scorpio is strongly connected to the occult and mystical practice.  Scorpio wants to uncover all the mysteries that these avenues hold.  We can unfold or release these energies into positive directions during this moon phase and open the channels or re-awaken these channels within if they have been blocked in any way.  In general, if any of these passages have been blocked, we ourselves have blocked them.  Dig deep to understand why. 

Is there a part of us that is afraid of what we might uncover within ourselves?  Is there a part of us that is negatively influenced by Hollywood with all of the movies associating spirit and mysticism with dark energy?  Spirit and mysticism are considered Scorpio connections and the general public unfortunately associate dark matters with Scorpio. 

If you were to examine the energies of Scorpio under a clear light, you would find that Scorpio searches for truth and nothing more.  Negative energies are not tied to truth as they are a fabrication of the ego which thrives on fear based ideas.

The energies of this Scorpio New Moon are actually a time when we can break new ground and begin anew with insight that is at a much higher level than normally.  We are capable of clear understanding of our inner reflections and we can analyse these in depth so that we can rise above any intrusions that have held us back. 

This is especially true due to the link to transiting Neptune which is in trine to this New Moon’s position.  Neptune is all about mystical unfolding and enlightenment.  Neptune brings about psychic potential and the New Moon can unlock these channels that are within each of us.  For those already open to these energies, this New Moon cycle can open even more doors that were previously closed or doors we were reluctant to walk through.

Mercury is in conjunction to the New Moon.   Mercury is like a chameleon as it adapts and takes on the energies of other planets that it is in touch with.  Mercury helps us assimilate what is being suggested and defines things for us.  Mercury is the planet of the mind and the mind will be highly stimulated during this period which allows us to make sense of everything on a very deep level.

It is time to purge all those things that are not truly you so that we can understand who we are at the core.  We can move forward in leaps through true understanding and by acknowledging our capabilities and transform our lives through self-reflection.  Get rid of unwanted energies that hold us back. 

Pluto, one of the ruling planets of Scorpio, is related to death but this is not necessarily literal.  It usually represents the death of a situation....the ending of things and a birth of something new.  This is what these energies are now implying.

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