How to Read a Birth Chart

In the Northern version of the Birth Chart, the houses are always fixed in the same place. Above are the fixed places of the houses. When you count a house from itself, you always count it anti-clockwise. When you count from a house to a house, you always count the house itself first. Eg. 5^th house is 5 houses away from the 1^st house. 1^st house, 2^nd house, 3^rd house, 4^th house, 5^th house. 5 houses.

All the numbers that are shown in the Birth Chart (not shown in the top diagram) represents the signs of the zodiac. The numbers of the zodiac signs are not shown here for simplification. The first house is always represented by the word Asc which stands for Ascendant.

The specific houses meanings are as below:

1^st House: You, Your Personality

2^nd House: Wealth, Possessions

3^rd House: Communications, Courage

4^th House: Home, Happiness

5^th House: Love, Creativity

6^th House: Health, Obstacles

7^th House: Marriage, Commitments

8^th House: Difficulty, Transformation

9^th House: Fortune, Spirituality

10^th House: Career, Fame

11^th House: Hopes, Wishes, Dreams

12^th House: Expenses, Losses

Birth Chart Example 1

Birth Chart Example 01

In the above Birth Chart Example 1, the 1^st house is always at the top. You can see the ‘1^st h’ at the top indicating the 1^st house. 1^st house will always have the ‘Asc’ word, indicating that it is the Ascendant. In this case, this Ascendant is a Cancer Ascendant indicated by a ‘4’ in the 1^st house.

The rest of the signs of the different houses will follow. 2^nd house is indicated by a ‘5’ and shows that it is in Leo sign. On the top of the house is a ‘2^nd h’ as well. 3^rd house is indicated by a ‘6’ and shows that it is Virgo sign, etc.

If you see a number 1, it represents Aries etc.

1 – Aries

2 – Taurus

3 – Gemini

4 – Cancer

5 – Leo

6 – Virgo

7 – Libra

8 – Scorpio

9 – Sagittarius

10 – Capricorn

11 – Aquarius

12 – Pisces.

Birth Chart Example 2

Birth Chart Example 02

Here is another example that shows that this ‘Asc’ Ascendant is a 12 sign, which indicates a Pisces Ascendant. In this Ascendant, we have the planets Uranus and Jupiter.

Planets & Symbols

Below is the picture representation of all the planets. When you see a Rx next to the planet symbol, it means that the planet was in retrograde.

Astrology Planets Symbols

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