Fundamentals
How to save and compare charts on Astrolas
Profiles, bulk import, synastry between two people, and the predictive tools that compare one chart against itself over time.
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Fundamentals
Midheaven vs Ascendant: how to tell them apart
One is the degree rising in the east, the other is the degree highest in the sky. They are not 90 degrees apart, and that is where house systems start to disagree.
Fundamentals
Birth chart vs natal chart: is there a difference?
They are the same thing. What does change a chart is birth time, house system, zodiac, and which bodies you include.
Deep Dive
Midpoints in astrology: the 101
A midpoint is the halfway point between two planets. When a third planet lands there, the pair starts acting as one. Notation, orbs, and the four pairs worth learning first.
Forecasts & Transits
What is solar arc direction? A beginner-friendly guide
Solar arc pushes every planet forward by the same amount, about a degree per year of life. Here is how it works, what a hit looks like, and how to keep it honest.
Forecasts & Transits
Transit Neptune trine natal Mercury: words and images flow freely
Neptune trine your Mercury lets ideas, images and words flow. A strong season for writing and symbolic study, if you finish things.
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Retrograde planets in the natal chart: what "Rx" next to a planet means
A natal retrograde isn't a transit. It means the planet works inward before it works outward: later, more private, less by the book. What each retrograde planet looks like in a person, and why most charts have one.
Forecasts & Transits
Saturn transit through the 4th house: carrying the weight of home
Saturn in the 4th house brings family duty, home repairs or a move. How to carry the load and build a home base that is truly yours.
Fundamentals
Saturn in the 5th house: learning to play for real
Saturn in the 5th house makes fun, romance and creativity something you learn rather than fall into, with serious love and slow-built creative skill.
Fundamentals
North Node and South Node: the direction your chart is pointing
The lunar nodes describe where you're going and where you came from. The modern reading, the nodes by sign and house, planets on the nodes, the 18.6-year nodal return, and the older reading many practitioners are returning to.
Fundamentals
Taurus and Scorpio compatibility: the magnetic pull of opposites
Venus meets Mars across the zodiac. Why Taurus and Scorpio feel such intense chemistry, and how to keep power struggles from taking over.
Forecasts & Transits
Jupiter transit through the 7th house: the people who help you grow
Partners, collaborators and close friends who help you grow. What Jupiter in your 7th house brings to love and business, and where to keep a clear head.