THE COSMIC KEYS

We know from science class that every snowflake, leaf, and cloud are unique. They may look similar, but look closely, and each expression of our creator is unlike any other. That is also true of you and I! How divine.

In astrology, we see this expressed in each person’s natal chart. If the zodiac is a map of Earth’s sky from the human perspective, then your natal chart is the map that was present in the sky at the exact moment and location of your birth. Could two souls be born at the exact same time and location? Theoretically yes, but their charts would still manifest differently because astrology is always dependent upon each person’s past lives and their free will.

I will cover much more on these concepts in future posts, but for now we will focus on the basics of working with the natal chart. Why is this important? Because you will see how special you really are! And because it can show you how to have HOPE. 

Let’s start with the basics. To calculate your natal chart, you will need to know the exact time and location of your birth. This cannot be based on your parent’s memory or so on; if you cannot verify this, try to see if you can order your birth certificate to verify. If you are unable to do so, you can still estimate part of your natal chart using the link to a free natal chart that I will provide below.

Now, I will give you a very high-level summary of the astrological approaches to these calculations, merely so you have a layman’s starting point and are not confused by what you may read elsewhere. Astrologers use a variety of house systems to calculate natal charts; the site Co-Star provides an excellent summary here: House Systems: How does astrology work? | Co–Star 

To summarize, the whole house system is the simplest (used by Jessica Adams and Chani) and the Placidus system is more complex (used by Cafe Astrology and Time Passages). 

Personally, I usually use the whole house or natural house system because it is the oldest, the most intuitive, and the easiest to predict. As long as you know your sun and rising signs, you can just follow the zodiac. And that is what has provided me with the evidence I have needed to verify astrological events for years!

Jessica Adams provides an excellent overview here: The Natural House System • Jessica Adams: Psychic Astrologer, as does Chani here: Why we use Whole Sign Houses — Houses & House Systems in Astrology

OK, now that we have the basics, here’s where the fun starts! Start with calculating your natal chart.

If you would like to use the whole house system, Cafe Astrology provides that here: Free Natal Chart Report Whole Signs Houses | Cafe Astrology .com

Once you have your chart, here’s what you can do to get set up. I will use Ascended Master Michael Jackson’s natal chart below as an example, see: https://astro-charts.com/persons

So now you can make two reference tables to calculate how Michael Jackson incarnate could be affected by any astrological event according to his specific natal chart, to learn you how you can then do it for yourself. (I do this in my head.) We will use the zodiac image above as a reference, placing the sun sign in the first house in Table 1, and then rising sign in the first house in Table 2:

Table 1: Sun Sign

Table 2: Ascendant or Rising Sign

So you can see how as a Virgo, Michael Jackson would have one set of houses, and as a Pisces, he would have another. Which means that you and I can always read our horoscopes for our sun and rising signs, and use the tables above to calculate which houses are affected. How fun!

For an overview on the astrological houses, see this link from Dr. Standley: Astrological Houses, What do the Twelve Houses in Astrology mean? The Twelve Houses, Where are the 12 houses?

So, now for the “predictive” part. Using Michael Jackson’s natal chart and tomorrow’s full moon as an example, here is what we could see (if Michael was still in the physical):

Full moon aspects bring a culmination of themes; this will affect everyone the planet, whether they feel it or not.

Aquarius, the sign in which the full moon will occur, rules the 11th house, including themes of friends, groups, networks, technology, hopes and dreams, and paths of destiny. Everyone on the planet will be affected by this aspect, whether they feel it or not.

According to Michael’s sun sign Virgo, Aquarius falls in his 6th house (ruled by Virgo), so he could experience a culmination of themes around daily work or occupation, pets, health, fitness, or organizing and analysis.

According to Michael’s rising sign Pisces, Aquarius falls in his 12th house (coincidentally ruled by Pisces), so he could experience a culmination of themes around endings, secrets, private life, mediumship, addiction, mental illness, long-term illness, and self-sabotage.

I know this gets technical so don’t worry if you don’t get it right away. And have fun with it! This full moon should be a doozy with lots of other exciting aspects, Sally Kirkman gives a great summary here: Full Moon Aquarius: Crazy Vibes – Sally Kirkman

And stay tuned for a future post on the North Node and predicting your karmic destiny!