Most people think a horoscope is the little four-line piece of advice based on your birthday that you find in the newspaper. OK, that’s one definition, and a dreadful example of what the craft of astrology can do. But a horoscope is also what astrologers call “the chart” and if you have ever had a natal reading, you probably received this strange circular picture with funny signs and symbols, none of which made any sense to you, but, for the price of your reading, this was one of the goodies.

A horoscope, that circular picture, is really a map of the sky, an astrological map of the heavens keyed to the time and place of a specific birth. It is a map that appears typically as a two dimensional chart. It shows the position of the Sun, the Moon, and planet’s at the precise moment of a birth. The format of the map can differ from country to country as well as from culture to culture. But whatever forms the horoscope takes, one thing is common to all leo horoscopes, and that is that it is based on place, date, and time of birth.

The earth moves from west to east, so the Sun appears to move from east to west. This 360 degree circle of the zodiac is divided into 12 parts, each 30 degrees apart and called the zodiac signs. This is exactly like the twelve numerals on the face of a clock except that everything is backwards from everything you normally know about reading a map.

East is to the left, West is to the right, North is to the bottom, and South is to the top. The Rising sign the sign rising on the eastern horizon at the moment of birth is at “the 9 o’clock position.”

The 12 zodiac signs are Aquarius, Aries, Cancer, Capricorn, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Pisces, Sagittarius, Scorpio, Taurus and Virgo.Each sign has special characteristics that distinguish and mark itself from others. In setting up this astrological map for the birth of a native we divide the circle into twelve sections.

Each of these areas is called houses. Each house defines a specific area. The first house concerns the native’s personal identity. The second house deals with the natives earning power or source of supply. The third house concerns the native’s thoughts or sense of communication.

The horoscope map, in addition to house areas and spatial designators called signs, also contains a third symbol, the planets, including the Sun and Moon. While the houses of the horoscope identify areas of experience and the signs set the stage under which these areas of experience will operate, the planets act as the focus of attention or symbols of force bringing the other two elements together.

A correct interpretation of all these sky bodies exposes much about the native. They could be thought of as weather conditions in the sky at the moment of a native’s birth.

In astrology, a horoscope is a chart plotting the geocentric positions of the planets and other celestial bodies in relation to earth. They are charted in relation to a specific place and time of an event, such as someone’s birth.

The word “horoscope” is derived from the Greek word “horoskopos” (pl. “horoskopoi”) which literally means “a look at the hours.” In everyday conversation, “horoscope” can also refer to an astrologer’s interpretation of the astrological diagram.

If an astrologer were to look at someone’s horoscope in relation to their birth, they would look at a chart of the positions of the sun, moon, planets, and stars relative to the person’s birthplace on earth. In other words, the horoscope would show where everything in the universe was in relation to everything else when the person was born.

The first horoscope is thought to be from 409 B.C. From there its popularity spread to the East along with the Roman conquerors and then spread to Western Europe, where it was regarded as a science.

The diagram displays the sun or the earth in the center. If the sun is in the center, the table is called heliocentric, and if the earth is the center it is called geocentric. The rest of the planets and stars are plotted outside of this center. Besides planets, lunar nodes, the ascendant and midheaven, and the houses are plotted on this chart.

Other names for a horoscope include natal chart, natus, birth chart, astrological chart, celestial map, sky-map, nativity, cosmogram, star-chart, Vitasphere, radical chart, radix, and soulprint. Some people simply refer to a horoscope as a chart.

People nowadays use gemini horoscopes for entertainment or foretelling purposes, referring to daily horoscope readings related to their respective signs. The twelve astrological signs that people are placed under depending on their date of birth are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces.

Exploring the love match between the 12 animal signs is a very interesting and entertaining way of using a Chinese horoscope love matches. If the love match says that 2 animal signs are compatible, it translates into the happy occasion of love or marriage or both.

WHAT ARE TRIANGLES OF AFFINITY?

There are four triangles of affinity. The 12 animal signs are divided between these. On the basis of similar thinking patterns and general compatibility, 3 animal signs constitute each triangle.

An atmosphere of harmony, success and endurance in conjugal ties or in romance is assured between the 3 animals belonging to the same triangle. Happiness is doubled because of similar interests, hobbies, tastes, mutual understanding; a scorching sexual intimacy adds that special spark to the romance.

Minor disputes and niggling problems will always be there. But on the whole, there is a high chance of a long, durable and stable union. These 3 compatible animal signs should go ahead with marriage if there is love in the air.

This does not however mean that, love relations cannot exist between all the Chinese horoscope signs.

DRAGON, MONKEY AND RAT

They are performance oriented people who love to take initiatives. This group constitutes the most positive and competitive people of the four triangles, with the whole trio being action oriented. They share complementary characteristic traits.

They are commonly perceived as intense, passionate, restless, energetic, dynamic, ambitious, imaginative, and innovative by people. They can’t look beyond progress. For e.g. Dragon’s courage compensates for rat’s timidity. Monkey and rat possess a lot of cunning. But this negative quality is absent in dragon’s character.

SNAKE, ROOSTER AND OX

They also are endowed with complementary traits like the animal personalities in the 1st triangle of affinity. They are always focused on their goals and ambitions; defeat is something that shatters them. Profoundly thoughtful, meticulous, systematic, determined, dedicated, purposeful, these people are supposed to be steadfast, intellectual, independent-minded, slow but sure and dutiful.

HORSE, DOG AND TIGER

Obviously, the most loyal and transparent of the trio is the dog, but it is lacking in the mobility of the horse. Liberty is what they thrive on. They are defiant and like to rebel against injustice, they are full of life, energetic, high spirited, honest, affectionate, loyal, impulsive, idealistic, skilful communicators and love to serve others.

SHEEP, PIG AND RABBIT

They have a keen sense of aesthetics and are very sensitive. Intelligence is not their forte, but they can be humble. All three of them are flexible, dependent on others, diplomatic, creative with an artistic bent of mind, calm and cool-headed, expressive, intuitive, sensual, emotional, peace loving and seekers of beauty and love.

LOVE MATCH INCOMPATIBILITY

Love match between snake and pig, dog and dragon, rooster and rabbit, monkey and tiger, sheep and ox and horse and rat is difficult, might turn out to be disastrous and thoroughly sorrowful and it is best to avoid such a match.

Ok so as a gemini as per bad points, you are normally a bit moody, unpredictable & restless. But good points are that you communicate well & easily, are fun, popular & witty; you may talk with your hands.

Your emotions are controlled by the moon part of your chart so with Scorpio you can get jealous easily, be suspicious & need your own space.

Combine the two signs together & you could come across quite moody at times & unpredictable.

Is this about right?

I was born on June 15th.

mine are all scarily accurate too; im a scorpio.
at first i was just doing them for fun, but now im kinda wondering if they’re real.. i keep on getting my life matched up with the readings, such as “you will fall hard for a like-minded person this september”, i was like yeah right, but this september i got a scorpio bf
supposedly the positions of the planets are taken and calculated to represent your moods, some astrologers believe that planetary energies themselves generate events in our lives, others believe that planetary positions are synchronistically connected with our lives; meaning that environmental influences generating reactions in human beings may be tracked in the positions of the planets, although the two may not be causally related. i dunno, so far the planets have gotten all of my traits matched to scorpio better than the other signs.
what site do you get your readings from? usually all of the web sources say similar things, but it’d be interesting to compare the accuracy of some sites vs others.
good luck

im interested in astrology, study it when i’m bored

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