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The working vocabulary.
The terms that show up in any real reading, defined in plain language. Use this as a reference when you are reading your own chart or listening to someone else read theirs.
Ascendant
The sign rising on the eastern horizon at your birth.
Descendant
The point opposite the Ascendant. The relationship axis.
Element
Fire, earth, air, water. The four temperaments of the zodiac.
Human Design
A modern system that maps decision-making and energy type.
Imum Coeli
The lowest point in the chart. Roots, home, inheritance.
Life Path Number
The single digit your date of birth reduces to in numerology.
Mars
The planet of drive, action, and desire.
Mercury
The planet of mind, language, and exchange.
Midheaven
The highest point in the chart. Public role and direction.
Modality
Cardinal, fixed, mutable. The mode of energy in a sign.
Moon Sign
The zodiac sign the Moon was in at your birth.
Natal Chart
The sky at the moment of your birth.
North Node
Your direction of growth in this life.
Retrograde
When a planet appears to move backward from Earth.
South Node
Familiar territory. Past patterns and known terrain.
Stellium
Three or more planets clustered in one sign or house.
Sun Sign
The zodiac sign the Sun was in at your birth.
The Big Three
Sun, Moon, and Rising. The three pillars of the chart.
Transit
A current planetary movement against your natal chart.
Venus
The planet of love, beauty, and what you value.
Vocabulary is the doorway
A reading that uses the vocabulary on the life you are living.
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