Reading the Natal Chart

Sun, Moon, Mercury, Mars, and Venus are the core planets that affect our daily lives. The outer planets, Saturn and Uranus, have less of an impact. Jupiter and Saturn, the planets on the other side, are called outer planets.

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1. Determine Your Rising Sign

Examine your first house’s personal chart using the North Indian Style diagram. Additionally, here is where your rising sign is. The low number in the first house represents your ascendant.

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2. Locate the Sun and Moon

Find the first through the 12 houses by turning the chart counterclockwise. Where are your Sun and Moon located?Sun is SU. Sanskrit abbreviations for Surya, the Moon, and Chandra are SY, MO, and CH, respectively.

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3. What Are Your Sun and Moon Signs

Determine the signs that your Sun and Moon are in now that you know what houses they are in.

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4. Recognize Each of the Nine Planets on    Your Chart

Further, The first house, AS, is your ascendant. Moon is MO. SU = Sun. Saturn is SA. ME stands for Mercury. Mars is MA. The symbol VE represents Venus. Rahu is the same as Ra. Ke Means Ketu

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5. What Planetary Signs Do You Carry?

The next step is to discover which signs each of the nine planets are positioned in once you have identified the planets and the houses they are in.

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Ascendant

Your natal ascendant is the sign rising on the eastern horizon when you were born. Your birth ascendant identifies the other houses. It is the sign that governs both our inner and outward lives and our response to things and people.

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