Getting a birth chart

It used to be possible to have your personal birth chart made with me. Unfortunately, this is no longer possible due to the enormous workload associated with my other duties.

For those who are into astrology themselves, I explain on this page how to interpret your own birth chart.

More information on the birth chart can be found below the image. A useful aid while interpreting your own horoscope is the book: Living with the stars.

Understanding the horoscope drawing

In your astrology programme, enter the date of birth, time and place. Your horoscope drawing (radix) will be created.

The inner circle of the horoscope drawing shows the top view of the earth.

The outer circle of the horoscope drawing concerns the cosmos where the star groups are located. The star groups are better known as our constellations. This 'circle' covers 360 degrees and is divided into 12 'pie slices'; the 12 Houses.

The middle circle is the orbit around the Earth in which the planets move through the Houses, each time moving into a different star group (constellation) as a result.

The coloured lines in the centre of the horoscope are the aspects, the geometric angles that show how the planets are in relation to each other (in a triangle, square, sextile, etc.). These give additional information about you.

Besides the planets, the Houses also play an important role in the horoscope. This is because each House represents an area of life. The position of the planets in the Houses is therefore very important when interpreting the horoscope.

The planets in the natal chart

Let's start by looking at what the sun, moon and each planet stands for.

Sun

Shows your most visible character traits.

Ascendant

Provides insight into your behaviour towards the outside world and how you come across to others.

Moon

Show your main needs emotionally (which may lead to certain habits you fall into again and again).

Mercury

Shows the way you learn and communicate.

Venus

Show what makes you happy, what is important to you.

Mars

Reveals your activity and assertiveness.

Jupiter

Show where your luck and opportunities lie.

Saturn

Shows where your responsibility lies and what sometimes tests your patience.

Uranus

Shows where you need new insights but also originality and freedom.

Neptune

Shows where you should be alert to cheating, but also where your creativity and/or spirituality lies.

Pluto

Point out major sweeping changes, often accompanied by chaos or as a result of crisis.

The Houses in the natal chart

Now that you know what the sun, moon and planets stand for, it is important to see where they are located in your birth chart. Each House (pie point) represents a specific area of life.

First House

The First House is where your identity is formed and how you come across to others.

Second House

The Second House is the House of possession and your own attitude towards material things like money and stuff. Whether the money is easily earned and whether you get happiness or help in this area.

Third House

The third House is the House of self-expression, communication and siblings. But also of short journeys like commuting, for example, everything that takes place in the immediate vicinity.

Fourth House

The Fourth House is the House of Home. Your childhood home, but also the house where you will later live with your own family.

Fifth House

The Fifth House is the House of self-expression, creativity, fun, hobby, sports and children (including your own inner child) but also of love affairs.

Sixth House

The Sixth House is the House of health, but also of service, charity, selflessness, work, colleagues and your vocation.

Seventh House

The Seventh House is the House of marriage and other partnership relationships, both romantic and corporate.

Eighth House

The Eighth House is the House of death, transformation and other people's money.

Ninth House

The Ninth House is the House of higher education, travel, religion, spirituality, philosophy, life questions and law.

Tenth House

The Tenth House is the House of our careers, of how we develop ourselves in society. This includes our career, our ambitions, but also our parents' influence on it.

Eleventh House

The Eleventh House is the House of group activities, friends, hopes, desires, ideals, social awareness, social events.

Twelfth house

The Twelfth House is the House of everything hidden, from family secrets to enemies, illusions to chimeras, as well as the mystical, spirituality and religion. And institutions such as prisons, hospitals, nursing homes, boarding schools, etc. And... Karma!

Also important

The way the planets interact (which aspects make them interconnect) gives a lot of additional information about your personality.

Planets and Households

Both the placement of the planets in the Houses and the location of the ruling planets of the Houses give clear clues about you as a person and what needs extra attention.

Black Moon

Exposes the darkest, hidden side of yourself and shows you what spiritual lesson you need to learn to deal with it.

Cheiron

Reveals which part of your personality needs healing and why.

MC and ICU

Showing why you are suited to which career and how, on the other hand, your attitude is towards the home situation.

The moon nodes (Dragon's Head and Dragon's Tail):

The northern node (head) shows your personal growth and shows what you are trying to achieve in this life. The southern node (tail) shows remnants of the past that still affect you in the present.

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