The Art of Astrology is based upon the idea that there is a correspondence between what is going on with the position of the planets and the character of the individual born at that same moment in time.
What happens in the very large, macrocosm or planets also happens at the same time in the very small, microcosm or human being.
At the time of this event, Astrology then looks at the position of The Planets in the sky, the Signs, the Houses, and the Aspects between the planets.
The first component used by Astrology is The Planets.
In Astrological thought the planets are not there by coincidence or through pure chance but are there according to the fundamental design and meaning of the universe.
The red color of the planet epitomized energy and sexuality and drive.
Of course in reality we all possess each of these principles and the principles of all the other planets within ourselves, however they are found in varying degrees and as we will see next, in slightly different forms.
So if each of us have these same planetary forces within us so why are we all so different and why do we express these forces in different ways? According to Astrology it is to do with where in the Zodiac the planets are to be found at the time of our birth.
The Planets move along a set path along the night sky with the stars as a distant background, since the stars are much further away than the planets.
These groups of stars along the path the planets travel are composed of twelve equally sized sets of stars known as signs of the zodiac.
The Zodiac is the backdrop or canvas on which the planets are to be seen.
Similarly each of the planets would have a backdrop of stars to them at the time of someone’s birth and each planet could lie in any one of the 12 Zodiacal signs.
Although we wouldn’t advise looking to see! What do all the Zodiacal Signs mean? Just as the planets represent different forces, so the Zodiacal constellations are like a filter that color and influence those energies represented by a planet so they are expressed in a certain way.
Now if we take the planet Mars that we mentioned above when describing the planets.
Each of the ten planets can lie in a different Zodiac sign.
If we add the house area of a planet to the previous information we had, which was the planetary energies filtered by their sign, we now can say in which areas of life those energies will predominantly express themselves.
Sounds interesting! The final area of astrology we shall mention are the connections between the planets.
Certain planets are seen as connected with one another if the place they are found at is within a specified angle of another planet when the chart is drawn up as a circle.
A conjunction of two planets would mean the two energies would express themselves in harmony and indivisible from each other.
A square of the same two planets would mean the planetary energies are connected but in a more challenging manner which would involve some kind of tension, perhaps the individual would have a very sharp and critical tongue.
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