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Your ascendant shares its symbolism with the rest of your first house. It shows how you seem on first glance, while your Sun contacts a deeper level and your Moon is you right inside. You may not recognise your ascendant, because it’s something mainly other people see. Other signs and planets found in your first house have an impact while aspects alter the picture too. |
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Your descendant has an importance next to that of your whole seventh house, so it represents your closest relationships with a professional basis and also of a private and more intimate nature. It shows how you feel in these situations, the ways you behave and come across, the range of responses you expect in return and the person suiting you as your perfect match. |
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The midheaven defines your ambitions, often of a career or vocational nature, what you are trying to achieve and how you see yourself ideally. It has a similar meaning to your tenth house, although cannot always be judged solely in terms of aspirations in the world of work, since many rather believe that other things are more important for them to aim towards. |
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The imum coeli is the low point of your horoscope, lying opposite your MC. It has the same significance as the fourth house and points towards your deepest emotional needs, your family and home life as their manifestation. The MC is where you’re heading and the IC where you are coming from, both in terms of your background plus your situation now. |
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The north node of the Moon is the point where the regular orbit of this satellite around the Earth crosses that of the Earth around the Sun. The lunar orbit is angled by a little over five degrees, so if you can imagine two hula hoops with one slightly tilted, the nodes are where these both intersect, first heading north (ascending) then returning south again (descending). |
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The Moon’s south node is always directly opposite the north node in your birthchart and thus often is not marked. The nodal axis illustrates your spiritual journey, so the south node represents activities and behaviours that come the most naturally. The north node serves to pinpoint traits and areas of life you can try developing, to gain inner satisfaction and fulfilment. |
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The Part of Fortune belongs to a group of so-called Arabic parts, whose origins even pre-date the scholars of the Middle East. Most are not used today, but this one remains popular and is calculated from your unique Sun, Moon and ascendant combination. It shows the things that bring you joy, plus how and where you’ll sight the greatest happiness for yourself. |
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Planets are retrograde when they seem to move backwards. This is caused by our perspective, because we too are orbiting the Sun. A retrograde position means a planet is internalised, which has both positive and less helpful consequences. It’s important when Mercury, Venus or Mars are in this state, celestial dynamics profess the Sun and Moon will never be… |
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