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Why I Started Studying Astrology

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Why I Started Studying Astrology

When I was in University in Halifax, I lived with a woman whose sister-in-law was studying to be an astrologer. She asked my roommate if she could do my chart as she had never met me (she lived in Toronto) and she wanted to do a chart for a stranger. Appealing to my ego, I agreed enthusiastically. A few weeks later I received this thick package in the mail. It was 13 pages long and hand written in a gorgeous calligraphy script. She nailed my personality and not in an overview kind of way. It got specific about certain things...

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What is a Natal Chart?

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What is a Natal Chart?

Every planet, luminary, planetoid and asteroid in our sky was in a particular sign & at a particular degree at the moment you took your first breath. People sometimes ask me if it matters what time you were supposed to be born and no- it doesn't. It's all about the first breath.   In that millisecond of you joining the world, a snapshot of the heavens gets taken. This astronomical polaroid is referred to as your natal chart, or, as some like to call it, your blueprint. It will please you to know that natal charts are like snowflakes- no two are...

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What about free will?

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What about free will?

What about free will? As the awesome astrologer Julie Simmons says, “You can’t not be who you are- you can be aware.”  In other words- you have a blueprint whether you like it or not, and if you know it, the world becomes a whole lot easier to navigate. Your natal chart is your blueprint and it includes information like: What are your personal strengths and weaknesses? How do you do relationships? Who were/are your family and what were you meant to learn from them? What’s going to come easy in your life and what is going to come hard?...

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What does "my sign" mean?

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What does "my sign" mean?

What most people refer to as your astrological “sign” is actually your Sun sign. This is the sign in which the Sun was located at the time of your birth. In fact, all of the planets, including the Moon were in a particular sign at the exact time of your birth and all of that information has a great deal of meaning in terms of who you, specifically, are! The Sun is the most predictable and easy to follow celestial body in the sky. It moves one degree per day, it goes through one sign about every 30 days, and...

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