Astrology is not only reading your daily horoscope but a very strong system that can deeply reveal your personality, relationships, career and path in life. The two fundamental concepts in astrology are Zodiac Signs and your Birth Chart. The combination of these two helps form a unique blueprint of the universe that can help you in realizing the self and how you relate to the world.

What Are Zodiac Signs?

The Zodiac Signs are the twelve different personality types that would symbolically constitute a 30 degree division of the sky of the annual journey of the sun. These are the signs of the zodiac, who are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces; it depends on where the sun was positioned at the very moment you were born. This is most often referred to as your Sun Sign and it has a large under-pinning influence in defining your general identity, ego and personal motivations.

All the zodiac represent one of four elements: fire, earth, air, or water and each has a different modality: cardinal, fixed, or mutable. These factors and modalities determine the way each sign manifests itself. Fire signs such as Aries, Leo and Sagittarius are full of energy and intense whereas water signs such as Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces are highly emotional and intuitive.

Nevertheless, it is only the beginning of an iceberg with your Sun Sign. In order to find out the accurate picture of your astrological personality, you must enter further into your Birth Chart.

The Power of the Birth Chart

Your Birth Chart also known as a natal chart is basically a photograph of the skies as they were at the time and place of your birth. It displays the planetary configuration, the way they interact with one another in the context of the twelve zodiac Signs and twelve astrological houses. As your Sun Sign portrays your basic nature, the Moon Sign takes care of your feelings, Mercury determines how you communicate, Venus looks after your love and beauty and Mars will show what you are driven by and ambitious of becoming.

Another example, a person having Sagittarius Sun can appear rather adventurous and care-free, yet, with a Cancer Moon he or she could also be quite sensitive and emotional security-seeking. When their Venus is in Capricorn, they can be more realistic and serious in their relationships. All these levels are disclosed in the Birth Chart and each individual has a unique complicated astrological make-up.

Why You Should Explore Both

Even though most individuals might have heard about their Zodiac Signs, not many comprehend greatness of their Birth Chart. With the two, you will be able to have more of an understanding of who you are, what you are going through in life, and your purpose in life as a soul. The birth chart helps to know the amazing abilities, the emotional tendencies and the most suitable period to act or to think.

To get an idea as to your strengths, weaknesses and possible changes and improvement it may help to understand the balance of the elements in your chart (fire, earth, air, water) or the placement of the planets throughout the signs and houses. Do you have a more logical or intuitive personality? Are you a structure or a spontaneity person? All these responses are recorded on your chart.

How to Get Started

It is simple now to draw a Birth Chart since there are a lot of online services. It only requires your date of birth, time and location. As soon as you feed these in, you will get a chart that will depict where all the planets are in the zodiac. It might appear tricky though but there are numerous guides and astrologers who will help to read things to you.

The roles of planets in the sky can be deciphered by a professional astrologer who can explain how the aspects of planetary positions regard your relationship, profession, health, and spiritual growth. They will also allow you to learn about planetary transits as they happen, and how this is affecting your natal chart, which will more than provide strong advice during an important life change, or decision.

Conclusion

Your Lifetime Learnings can help you to explore your Zodiac Signs and Birth Chart, which is a transformative journey of learning about yourself. It not only makes you a better person because you know yourself, but also improves your relationships and decision making. In case you are lost in the process of changing jobs, in case you have emotional issues to deal with, or just because you wonder what to live your life about, astrology will serve as an outer-inspiring guide with a cosmic mirror, pointing at your inner world. Begin your adventure now and open the secrets of the written stars.