Aspects in astrology are like colorations of different parts of the personality. The aspects are the first step to analyzing a natal or birth astrology chart. This is what distinguishes the individual with many facets, as opposed to generalized Sun sign astrology

On the “wheel” shaped graph, the astrology chart reveals the position of nine planets (for this purpose, the moon is considered a planet.) 

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The next step in constructing an astrology chart is sort of like connecting the dots to make a picture.  Angular relationships of the different facets are also calculated.  Now we begin to see the unique individual with a mix of planetary influences aspecting one another.

The Astrology Aspects Basics – for a very rudimentary chart, here are four different configurations that begin to distinguish an individual.  They are angles drawn from one placement to another.  The visual method finds the angles, and the geometry is listed by degrees.

Difficult: Opposition and Square aspects

Easy: Conjunctions and Trines

The angles can go on infinitely, but these basics are plenty of food for thought and introspection.

Place no value judgment on these descriptions.  Esoteric /spiritual astrologers often express that when there are no challenges such as presented by square or opposition, an individual may miss out on inward growth.  This theory references karma accrued during past lifetimes, and the belief that this lifetime is only one destination in the journey of the soul.

One interesting way to learn about the effects of the arrangement of planets in an astrology chart is to examine the chart of historically famous, or infamous figureheads.

The astrology study of these historical individuals shows a spectrum of unusual groupings that go along with people like Martin Luther, Einstein, Marie Currie, or Gandhi to name a few.  At the other end of the spectrum we may study people like Adolph Hitler, or Jack the Ripper. 

Certain planetary astrology positions occur very infrequently.  These arrangements produce historically important individuals who change the world in profound ways.

Could you be a big changer and affect thousands or millions of people?  Were you born at that quintessential moment that the energies cast that certain, unique fate upon your being?  The answer is yes. 

If you don’t have a natal chart analysis, you can get one very easily on the web.  Simply do it yourself with a guided step-by-step query of your birth information.

Who are you? 

Now the introspection begins.  As you learn about yourself, knowledge becomes power.  Astrology helps you get there.