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Astrology 102
Twelve lessons on relationships, timing, and how to actually read your own chart.
Relationship Astrology
How two charts interact, what Venus and Mars reveal about love, and the chart of the relationship itself.
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Synastry
Synastry is the comparison of two birth charts. Which planets connect, which create friction, and what any combination actually means in a relationship.
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Venus and Mars
Your Venus describes what you want from love. Your Mars describes how you pursue it. These two planets do most of the talking in any romantic attraction.
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The Seventh House
The 7th house is the house of partnership. Its sign, any planets in it, and its ruler all describe the kinds of relationships you attract and what you need from them.
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Composite Charts
A composite chart takes the midpoints between two people's planets to create a single chart for the relationship itself. It describes the relationship as its own entity.
Read lessonPredictive Astrology
How to look ahead. The techniques astrologers use to map timing, turning points, and the shape of any given year.
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Solar Returns
A solar return is a chart cast for the exact moment the Sun returns to its natal degree each year. It describes the themes and tone of the year ahead.
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Secondary Progressions
Progressions advance your natal chart at the rate of one day per year of life. They show how your chart, and your inner world, slowly evolves over time.
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Eclipses in Your Chart
Eclipses become personally significant when they fall near your natal planets or angles. They mark fated turning points that often play out over the following six months.
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Jupiter and Saturn Cycles
Jupiter and Saturn make conjunctions, squares, and oppositions to your natal positions on predictable cycles. These mark the major expansion and contraction rhythms of a life.
Read lessonReading Your Chart
The practical skills of interpretation: how to blend placements, find your chart's dominant themes, and make sense of it as a whole.
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Blending Placements
Planet plus sign plus house is the core sentence of astrology. This lesson shows how to combine all three into a coherent interpretation rather than three disconnected facts.
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Dominant Themes
Every chart has a dominant element, modality, or sign emphasis. Learning to spot what is repeated and amplified shows you the chart's loudest voice.
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Chart Rulers
The planet that rules your rising sign is your chart ruler. Its sign, house, and aspects color every other placement in the chart.
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Natal Aspects in Depth
Aspects between your natal planets are where the chart comes to life. This lesson covers how to read conjunctions, squares, trines, and oppositions between your own planets.
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