Birth Charts

Question 1

What direction do planets travel in a chart?

Answer 1

Counter clockwise

Question 2

What is the point on a natal chart that represents the the sunrise on the eastern horizon?

Answer 2

Ascendant

Question 3

What is the point on the natal chart the represents the highest point of the sun across the sky at noon?

Answer 3

MC or Midheaven

Question 4

What is the point on the natal chart that represents the sunset in the western horizon?

Answer 4

Descendant

Question 5

What is the point on the natal chart that represents the lowest point of the sun at midnight?

Answer 5

IC

Question 6

What does the bottom half of the chart, below the horizon line (houses 1-6) represent?

Answer 6

Internal focus

Question 7

What does the top half of the chart, above the horizon line (houses 7-12) represent?

Answer 7

External focus

Question 8

What do the houses on the left half of the chart represent?

Answer 8

Self

Question 9

What do the houses on the right half of the chart represent?

Answer 9

Others

Question 10

A natal chart is made up of what three main components?

Answer 10

Houses, signs, planets

Question 11

How many houses are in the natal chart?

Answer 11

12

Question 12

A snapshot of our solar system taken at a precise moment in time is called?

Answer 12

Chart wheel, natal chart, or birth chart

Question 13

How many astrological signs are there?

Answer 13

12

Question 14

What are astrological signs based on in the sky?

Answer 14

Constellations

Question 15

In order to create and interpret a personal birth chart, what planet is placed at center of the chart wheel?

Answer 15

Earth, geocentric (the sun is usually at the center of our solar system as all planets revolve around the sun, neocentric)

Question 16

The placement of the signs and planets in a chart’s houses is based on what?

Answer 16

The time of day when an event occurs

Question 17

What three components are necessary to accurately create a birth chart?

Answer 17

Birthdate, birth time, birth location

Question 18

What planet is fixed on the birth chart (does not move)?

Answer 18

Earth (Because astrology uses a geocentric model where the earth is the center of the solar system rather than the sun.)

Question 19

Zodiac signs are based on what planet?

Answer 19

Sun

Question 20

What do astrological houses represent in the birth chart?

Answer 20

Different areas of your life that are impacted by planet placements.

Question 21

How many degrees are in each house/sign?

Answer 21

30 degrees

Question 22

How is the zodiac wheel or birth chart divided?

Answer 22

Into 12 equal 30-degree segments like a pie. It represents our view of the earth looking down from heaven.

Question 23

What does inner circle of the zodiac wheel represent?

Answer 23

The inner circle of the wheel contains the 12 houses through which the planets move. The center of the wheel represents the earth with the planets rotating around it.

Question 24

What do the segments in the zodiac wheel or birth chart represent?

Answer 24

The houses

Question 25

What does the outside circle of the zodiac wheel or birth chart represent?

Answer 25

The signs. The chart shows where the signs fall in the houses. They move counter clockwise in the chart. (Though signs do not move but rather the earth rotates giving the appearance of moving signs in the birth chart)

Question 26

Do the houses in a birth chart move?

Answer 26

No, the inner wheel containing the 12 houses does not move. The planets move counter clockwise through the houses.

Question 27

Where does the zodiac wheel start, and what month and sign?

Answer 27

The zodiac wheel or birth chart starts on the left horizon at the ascendant (sunrise). The first house is Aries at the spring equinox in March.

Question 28

What is the divider line before each house called?

Answer 28

The cusp

Question 29

What is the chart ruler?

Answer 29

The planet and sign that rule the ascendant.

Question 30

What are the small lines along the outside of the inner circle?

Answer 30

Degree lines

Question 31

What do degree lines allow you to see?

Answer 31

The exact location of planets on the birth chart at the time of birth.

Question 32

What is a daytime chart?

Answer 32

When the sun is above the horizon at the time of birth (a person born during the day, between sunrise and sunset).

Question 33

What is a nighttime chart?

Answer 33

When the sun is below the horizon at the time of birth (a person born during the night, between sunset and sunrise).

Question 34

What is a sect?

Answer 34

The location of the sun (above or below the horizon) at the time of birth. It takes whether a person was born during the day time or night time as a primary consideration in assessing the natal chart and the life of the person.

Question 35

What three planets offer favorable aspects in a daytime chart?

Answer 35

Sun, Jupiter, Saturn *Jupiter plays a stronger beneficial role. Moon, Venus, Mars are more challenging in a daytime chart. *Mars is most difficult.

Question 36

What three planets offer favorable aspects in a nighttime chart?

Answer 36

Moon, Venus, Mars *Venus plays a stronger beneficial role. Sun, Jupiter, Saturn are more challenging in a daytime chart. *Saturn is most difficult.