Ten Points I look at in the chart: 

Ascendent/Rising Sign: is your social personality. It is how you dawn on people as it relates to the zodiac sign that was on the Eastern horizon when you were born. Your rising sign represents your physical body and outward style.

Chart Ruler: the placement of the ruling planet of your rising sign. So if you’re a Sagittarius rising, your ruling planet will be Jupiter. What sign and house Jupiter is in the chart will have a lot to do with the personality of the native. The Sun is my chart ruler which is in the 6th house at 0 degrees of Capricorn. 

Night or Day Chart: Determine if the native has a Night Chart or a Day chart: Where is the sun in the chart? If the Sun is in houses: 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, or 7 this is a day chart. If the Sun is in houses: 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, or 1, this is a night chart. Diurnal is associated with masculinity, and linear, logical thinking. This is associated with the father and the sun. The Nocturnal is associated with femininity, circular thinking, spiritual, and the emotional world. Day is more active, night is more active. I am a night chart. 

Determine the Sect Ruler: if they are a night chart look at the primary luminary first which is the moon. If they have a sun chart look at the primary luminary of the sun first. My moon is my sect ruler and is my primary luminary. My moon is at 22 degrees of Libra in the 3rd house. The moon has it’s joy in the third house. My Libra moon makes me very social and concerned with aesthetics. It squares my Mercury which makes very chatty and gives me the gift of writing and communicating. Often air moons like to think through their feeling rather than feel them. 

Secondary Luminary: The opposite of the sect ruler. If the moon is the primary luminary (sect ruler) then the sun is the secondary luminary. My sun is at zero degrees of Capricorn and is forming a conjunction with Uranus. I often have bust of creativity and insights into healing and practical ways to make life easier. This also makes me very clumsy. 

Angular Houses: 1st, 4th, 7th, & 10th: This is true for every chart. These houses are the pillars of the chart and what hold it together. In my first house I have my south node and in my seventh house I have my north node. Because of this I’m comfortable with having a lot of alone time. 

North Node/South Node: The north node My north node being in my seventh house shows me I’m here to learn a lot by being in partnership. I also have Venus in my 7th house opposing my ascendent. 

Midheaven/IC: The Midheaven (MC) is the highest point of your potential in the chart. My MC  is at 24 degrees of Aries, and my IC is at 24 degrees of Libra which is conjuncting my moon in the third house. 

Malefic: In astrology, a malefic planet, or simply malefic, is a planet thought to bring bad luck and misfortune to those born within its radius. Saturn in a night chart is considered more malefic, while Mars is considered more malefic in a day chart. For my chart, Saturn is the malefic to watch out for since I’m a night chart. My Saturn is at fourteen degrees of Capricorn. 

Benefic: Jupiter and Venus, which are said to grant good fortune by contrast to malefic planets. Jupiter is the main benefic for the day chart, and Venus is the main benefic for a night chart. Venus is the benefic that brings me the most good since I have a night chart. It is at 5 degrees of Aquarius in my 7th house. 

VOCAB LIST: 

Cardinal: Initiates the start of a season. 

Fixed: maintains the season. 

Mutable: transitions us into a new seasons. 

Sextile: In astrology, the sextile planetary aspect represents a special 60° angle between two planets in the natal chart. The energy created between these two planets with a sextile aspect is one that is very cooperative. This means that each of the planet’s energies inspire and encourage each other instead of holding each other back. Because of this, new ideas and opportunities can flow smoothly between different aspects of one