Category: Astrology Basics
You can order a personal reading from Rowena Winslow right here on AstroCore — twenty-plus years reading charts, author of the Astrology Made Easy series. Before you do, here’s what she told us when we asked what actually happens in one. What can someone learn from a natal chart that they genuinely don’t already know?…
Mars is the planet popular astrology loves to celebrate. Angular Mars, Mars in Aries, Mars conjunct the Ascendant — these are described as markers of drive, ambition, physical vitality, and the capacity for decisive action. The people with strong Mars placements are told they are natural leaders, warriors, go-getters. What they are not typically told…
When you build a relocated chart, your planets stay exactly where they were — same signs, same degrees, same aspects. What moves is the house framework around them. And since a planet’s house is where it does its work in your life, moving the houses quietly reassigns which areas of life each planet runs. This…
Most people know their Sun sign. Some know their rising sign. Far fewer know their Moon sign — and almost everyone who discovers it has the same reaction: this is the one that actually describes me. The Sun sign describes who you are becoming — the conscious identity you are actively developing across a lifetime.…
A relocated chart shows how your birth chart works in a different city — same birth moment, same planets, but with the houses and angles recalculated for a new place on the map. It’s the core tool of relocation astrology, and people pay good money for software and reports that produce one. Here’s what almost…
People ask me regularly whether they should bother with a professional reading when AI can generate a chart interpretation in thirty seconds for free. It is a fair question. And I want to answer it honestly, because the answer is not simply “yes, hire a human astrologer” — it is more specific than that. AI…
One of the things I have noticed over twenty years of reading charts is that the advice people give each other about difficult emotions is almost always written for someone else’s Moon sign. “Just let it go.” “Stop overthinking.” “You need to talk about how you feel.” “Give yourself space, don’t ruminate.” These instructions are…
Most people know their Sun sign. Many know their Moon sign and Rising sign. But when it comes to career, public reputation, and what you are genuinely building toward in this life, there is one placement that matters more than any of them: the Midheaven. If you have looked at your birth chart and noticed…
If the zodiac signs describe who you are, and the planets describe what drives you, then the houses describe where in life all of that plays out. The twelve houses are the most concrete and immediately practical part of the birth chart. They divide the chart into twelve distinct life domains — career, relationships, money,…
Calculating your Solar Return chart is simpler than most people expect — and considerably more precise than simply casting a chart for your birthday. This article walks you through exactly what you need, where to get it, and one feature of the Solar Return calculation that most people don’t know about: the location factor that…
