ASTROLOGY 101

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Welcome to Astrology 101!
The best story of all is your own, and my job
This workbook is crafted with the best wisdom for is to help you realize what you are made
anyone new to astrology or those who are looking out of cosmically so you can direct your
for a new perspective in their practice. focus to your gifts, minimize weaknesses
and embrace softness in areas you may
I gathered insights on the planets, the signs, the have put on the back burner for some time.
houses, and included a section that explores the
degrees (an area that is not talked about enough!). Through my network of trusted
professionals, the journey to self-discovery
My approach is not filled with a bunch of new-age with me will be 100% fueled and narrated
spiritual words. My work is filled with measurable by you.
data, time-tested methods and esoteric
knowledge. I come from a long line of innovative If you have any questions as you move
and groundbreaking people that have roamed this through these pages, send me an email at
earth for quite some time. northernastrology@gmail.com.

I believe in knowing where you come from through

whatever means you have access to, and if you
happen to have zero ideas about yourself… find
yourself in the stories around you!
Gracey
I work best when I can give people as much
information about themselves as possible,
emphasizing solutions to each planetary
placement. I work with the Sabian Symbols, which
give a symbolic meaning to each and every degree
of the zodiac. There is a symbol and story to every
placement in your chart.

"...astrology represents the summation of all

the psychological knowledge of antiquity.”
-C.G. Yung
 Astrology Chart 101

Each chart is represented by a 360° wheel, with symbols all

over the wheel/chart that won’t make much sense at the
beginning of your astrology journey!

Once you get the idea of how these planets all represent
different parts of you, you’ll understand how the current
planets in the sky can affect us so much without us even
realizing it for most of our lives!

Welcome to unlocking you.

-Gracey, Northern Astrology

 The Planets

The inner planets are unique and ever-changing & what makes
up your inner astrology core.

Think about how you spend your money vs your overall

relationship with money. You work with one daily, leading to an
overall financial state. The other is something that changes over
time with daily effort.

The outer planets take longer to move and rule over generations
of people, less specific and more of a ‘‘phase” of life versus a
specific event. (i.e. bad career timing over the course of 10-15
years vs getting fired from a lifelong position out of nowhere).
INNER PLANETS
Sun: rules ego and expression; your beauty shines
effortlessly here.
Rules Leo | 30 days in each sign

Moon: rules emotions and represents the mother.

Rules Cancer | 2.5 days in each sign

Asc Rising/Ascendant: the first impression you give

the world.
This sign’s ruler is your “Chart Ruler”

Mercury: how you communicate and process

information.
Rules Virgo & Gemini | 14-30 days in each sign

Venus: the way you love, enjoy life, how you spend
money and your values.
Rules Libra & Taurus | 23 - 60 days in each sign

Mars: your aggressions, passions and sexual desires.

Rules Aries & Scorpio | 1.5 months in each sign

Jupiter: fortune, luck, expansion and growth.

Rules Sagittarius & Pisces | 1 year in each sign

Saturn: lessons, tradition, structure and rewards.

Rules Capricorn & Aquarius | 2.5 years in each sign
OUTER PLANETS Uranus: revolution, sudden change,
polarizing energy.
Rules Aquarius | 7 years in each sign.

Neptune: deception, illusion, dreams,

perception, vision.
Rules Pisces | 14 years in each sign.

Pluto: transformation, depths, power,

control, strengths.
Rules Scorpio | 14-30 years in each sign.

Chiron: wounds, where you can heal others,

where you healed the most. No equal time is
spent in the Zodiac, some signs take 7 years,
and others take 2 years to go through.

North Node: life’s purpose, your true calling.

Nodes shift every 18 months & rule eclipse
series.

South Node: past life purpose, what you

know best from another life, comforts.

Midheaven/MC: highest point on your chart,

what you are called to do & public
reputation.
Like everything in nature, each planet has a duality of
negative and positive qualities.

Each day we make a choice of which energy we will embody

from each planet, and at that time, we are taking control of
our fate and destiny.

Without duality, Saturn, for example, would overpower and

drown someone in lessons without rewards. With duality,
Saturn will present harsh lessons and grand rewards for those
that learn them.

The houses these placements reside in your chart are almost

more important than the zodiac sign that rules the house. The
probably surprising news: you have every single sign
represented in your chart in a different house.

The house order changes based on your “rising” sign or the

“ascendant” which is the zodiac sign on the Eastern horizon
the moment you were born... this changes hourly, so it is
always important to know the birth time so you can unlock
the FULL truth of your birth chart.
 The Houses

Twelve months, twelve-hour segments to the day, twelve houses of astrology.

Imagine there are twelve houses in a circle on a street. These houses form a small
neighborhood, a very intimate setting. Each house has a different style, feel and
theme. Now imagine they are all yours to do whatever you want with, according to
your preferences. The only rule? They all stay in the same position your whole life.
The houses never change.

The first house you visit is all about YOU and how you relate to the world. It
will have the comforts of your personal cocoon and will feel welcoming to you,
maybe not to others.
The second house will be all about things you value, your finances and house
your relationship to money.
The third house will contain your relationship to siblings, vocal gifts, how you
communicate with the rest of the world and what your experience with the
education system growing up will entail.
The fourth house is where your family and private life reside, behind these
closed doors is where anything can happen.
The fifth house shows your future lovers, children and how you express joy.
The sixth house is all about your work ethic.
The seventh house is about your commitment, close partnerships and
friendships.
The eighth house is a bit scary and can appear to be haunted at times.
The ninth house is about expanding your mind.
The tenth house is where you go to show off what you’ve worked for this
lifetime.
The eleventh house is about community and belief systems, a great place to
congregate.
The twelfth house is overrun by vines and hidden deep behind the foliage,
representing your subconscious spiritual journey.

There is a walkway from each house to the next, bridging them together to form a
complete circle.
 The Houses

Each astrological chart you pull has a few things that will be the same every time. For
example, every chart will represent every sign; the zodiac is not twelve different signs
throughout the sky. The zodiac is a complete 360-degree procession of twelve
characters occupying 30 degrees each! From Aries to Pisces, you have every single
sign in your chart.

Another thing every chart has in common? The twelve Houses! Each chart starts at
the 1st House and finishes with the 12th House. If you imagine a clock, the 1st
House would be at the “9 o’clock” position of the chart and is where you find your
“rising sign” (or Ascendant) to kick off your journey through the cosmos each year.
The first House is always located at 9 o’clock and kicks off your astrology.

Not every House has a planet or placement, which doesn’t mean anything wrong!
That means you have a blank canvas to determine what that House will represent for
you. Some of these houses have other people’s crap in there; others are empty and
waiting for someone to come and decorate them. Where your chart kicks off every
year depends on your birth time, so it is essential to know your time of birth.

Don’t know your birth time? Try asking around as many people as possible to find out
what time you might have been born; sometimes, moms forget what is going on
during birth, and sometimes birth certificates don’t record the time, and you have to
call the state or hospital yourself. If you’re anything like me, the hospital I was born in
no longer exists! You might have to rely on family members or your intuition to pick a
time. Think of a time of day when you feel alive and inspired, which could easily be it.
While I recommend working with the exact time from the most accurate source
possible, I understand that not everyone is born with the privilege of knowing whom
they come from.
The Houses
 1st House
The House of Aries
Ruled by Mars
Zodiac degrees: 0-30°
Zodiac dates: March 21st - April 19th

Aries Mars

The First House is the House of Self. This includes self-awareness, the
physical body, personality, appearance, personal views on life, self-
identity, self-image, early environment, beginnings, how we initiate, and
how we’re impulsive. Any planets in this house will significantly influence
your personality and how others perceive you.

The First House can also represent the veil or avatar we wear - it's how
others see you vs how you see yourself. This area of your chart also
represents your childhood self and the journey of self-actualization.

This House can also highlight narcissism, ego, self-centeredness,

aggression, how others love themself, self-reliance, and how others put
themselves in the spotlight compared to you, potentially leading to you
being overly critical of yourself and others.
 2nd House
The House of Taurus
Ruled by Venus
Zodiac degrees: 31-60°
Zodiac dates: April 20th - May 20th

Taurus Venus

The Second House refers to your own money and possessions, what you
value, your hidden talents, sense of self-worth, self-esteem (how you value
yourself, instead of describing your personality as in the 1st House).
Possessions include anything a person owns (except the house/home, which
is ruled by the 4th House): cars, furniture, clothing, moveable property,
investments and securities, etc.

The 2nd House specifies how you gain and spend your own money (as
opposed to other money in the 8th House), your attitude towards wealth
and material possessions, and your potential for accumulating it/them.

This is also home to our values, beliefs, self-security, and defining how to
live a successful life on our terms.

It's important to be mindful of fraud, overindulgence, managing of finances,

debt(s), emotional/physical/financial - living outside your "finances",
understanding of money, and abuse of power.
 3rd House
The House of Gemini
Ruled by Mercury
Zodiac degrees: 61-90°
Zodiac dates: May 21st - June 20th

Gemini Mercury

The third House is that of communication, which by extension includes

one's immediate environment: siblings, neighbors, short journeys, and all
forms of transportation. The 3rd House also includes the intellect, the
lower mind (details and small bits of information as opposed to the higher
mind in 9th house), thinking patterns, and early education (before
college). Communication includes messages, deliveries, gossip, phone
calls, visits, reading and writing.

This area also connects to siblings, learning through communication with

siblings, growing up, conversation, expression of 1st and 2nd houses,
how you engage in the world around you, how you view things, and your
information/knowledge intake and output.

Strong 3rd Houses or aspects can highlight overthinking, excessive

mental and verbal chatter, road rage, sibling rivalry, and needing to know
the answer to everything (questions to soothe their own emotions).
 4th House
The House of Cancer
Ruled by the Moon
Zodiac degrees: 91-120°
Zodiac dates: June 21st - July 22nd

Cancer Moon

The fourth House refers to the home and everything associated with it (both the childhood
home & the current home): family, land, personal foundations (inner emotional security),
and your roots. Astrologers are divided over whether this house is associated with one's
mother. What is clear is that a person's upbringing is associated with this House.

On a deeper level, the 4th House is the base of consciousness or the center of our concrete
existence. See how the cusp of the 4th House is the I.C., the lowest point on the chart,
representative of things below the surface of Earth. Due to that, the 4th house was
believed to rule the conditions at the end of life, and graves. We can find a deeper
connection between our emotional intelligence and emotional expression here.

As the root or base of your real self, the 4th House rules where you go when you "die" but
also where you came from. For those who believe in reincarnation, the 4th House would
give clues to your karmic lesson for this lifetime. Even if you don't believe in reincarnation,
you're likely to be surprised by what you and in your 4th House, for it, may move your soul.
Any planets in the 4th House aspect your home life, emotions, subconscious, and possible
relationship with your parents. There can also be themes of what you're escaping in this
life, what you're putting into the spotlight (10h) (private vs public).

Consider helicopter parenting, mother wounds, Odepious complex, nature vs nurture,

childhood trauma, and finding and feeling what home is.
 5th House
The House of Leo
Ruled by the Sun
Zodiac degrees: 121-150°
Zodiac dates: July 23rd - August 22nd

Leo Sun

The fifth House refers to children, creativity, and the pursuit of pleasure. This includes
personal interests, love affairs, sports, hobbies, speculation, risk-taking, teaching,
drama, creative self-expression, love given, and gambling.

The 5th House is all about you being yourself and enjoying it. Romance, dating, love
affairs, and sexual relationships are ruled by this 5th House, yet marriage is assigned
to the 7th. Just to avoid confusion, please remember that things of the heart are in
the 5th House, but cooperative partnerships are in the domain of the 7th House.
Marriage was hardly even entered into by choice but rather for the purpose of raising
kids to preserve the values of a particular culture or religion. And these marriages
were most often arranged according to class and financial status, a partnership
betting the 7th House. Nowadays, it's common to marry for love.

The Fifth House shines a light on our creative process, a library of the heart stored
through memories/connection of loved ones; heartfelt, emotional expression, genuine
expression, exaggerated personal connection, creative and expressive confidence.

Depending on other aspects and placements, there can be a larger-than-life and

eccentric lifestyle, gambling, flying too close to the sun, drama/physical danger,
wearing a shield of armor.
 6th House
The House of Virgo
Ruled by Mercury
Zodiac degrees: 151-180°
Zodiac dates: August 23rd - September 22

Virgo Mercury

The sixth House refers to daily work, service, diet, health and physical sickness,
physical ability to work, and employees. This includes volunteer labor, civil
service work, care taking, and mundane daily tasks.

The 6th House involves the quality of your work and the quality of the jobs you
perform, as opposed to an actual career (career is represented by the 10th
House). Daily mundane tasks include personal hygiene and our response method
to everyday crises. This is where we can connect to our responsibility to the
physical world, the services of others to live in embodiment, and how we can
take tangible action. Consider the season of Virgo - the harvest season is turned
into bread. Here we can find our refining process.

Sometimes this area can highlight criticism of others because it reflects self -
words carry responsibility, and there may be a tendency to change people into
another vision of the "perfect self" ( fixing others before self). Themes of
comparison/never satisfied; not realizing self-worth/on their own; illusion
obsessed with others, neglecting self-care.
 7th House
The House of Libra
Ruled by Venus
Zodiac degrees: 181-210°
Zodiac dates: September 23rd - October 22nd

Libra
Venus

The 7th House is sometimes referred to as the House of marriage, but it encompasses
all one-to-one relationships: marriage, business partnerships, contracts, cooperative
relationships, and also divorce, separation, quarrels, open enemies, and lawsuits.

The 7th House refers to more permanently binding relationships, whereas the 5th
House refers to affairs that may be temporary. When the 5th House affair progresses
into a serious relationship, we can say that the relationship has "moved into the 7th
House." 7th House relationships are about cooperation and sharing, and they generally
serve some functional purpose in the larger social community (i.e. a marriage). This
differs from a 5th House love affair, whose only qualification is "butteries in the
stomach." The 7th House includes the way you relate to those closest to you. Planets in
this house will be greatly affected by your manner of relating. They also give clues to
issues that arise in your relationships.

Here we can find our collaborative nature, balance and authentic connection with
others; no you without others and vice versa, justice/inspiring others to live a just
world, and even vigilante energy.

Themes of co-dependnecy, self-sacrifice, judgment, putting others needs before yours,

being the glue to keep it all together, aesthetics vs substance; necessary assertion from
Aries side; at war with others vs celebrating differences.
 8th House
The House of Scorpio
Ruled by Mars & Pluto
Zodiac degrees: 211-240°
Zodiac dates: October 23rd - November 21

Scorpio Mars Pluto

The 8th house is the polar opposite of the 2nd house. Whereas the 2nd rules
your own individual possessions, the 8th House rules what a relationship owns
(joint finances).

The 8th House is one of the most misunderstood Houses. This is probably
because the things represented by the 8th House have nothing in common with
each other, or they seem to be negative. This House governs death,
regeneration, taxes, inheritances, wills & legacies, sex (the actual act of sex),
latent occult ability, joint resources, your partner’s money and possessions,
spouse's money, bankruptcy, losses, personal sacrifices, alimony, clairvoyance.

On a positive note, this House is about transformation and healing. But

transformation and healing require some death, loss, or injury first. This House
rules those processes and things by which we transform and become more
powerful. Yes, this includes the act of sex. This is also the house of questions,
oppressive financial systems, and working with the dark side to create
something new.

This house, planets, and aspects can show areas of decay/composting on a

mental and physical level, emotional & financial ruin; abstaining from the taboo;
celibacy, sobriety, and restrictions.
 9th House
The House of Sagittarius
Ruled by Jupiter
Zodiac degrees: 241-270°
Zodiac dates: November 22nd - December 21st

Sagittarius Jupiter

The 9th House refers to philosophy, religion, law, learning, higher education (as opposed
to early education by the 3rd House), ethics, morals, long journeys, travel, foreign
countries and interests, spiritual urges, dreams, visions, the higher mind, ideas,
understanding and wisdom, books, publishing, ceremonies, and rituals. Consider this area
as an astronaut looking down on earth. Centaurs keepers of space keeper and warriors.

This is the House of big thoughts and big ideas. 9th House "understanding" is more
complex than 3rd House "knowledge". The act of "knowing" belongs to the 3rd house
because it simply implies a person's direct contact with something in his environment.
Understanding involves the synthesis of known data. While the 3rd House refers to an
individual's need to understand his close and personal environment, the 9th House is an
area in which one seeks to discover the significance of larger fields of social existence
which one may not experience directly but which his mind may explore through the use
of analogy, generalization and abstraction.

The 3rd and 9th Houses symbolize the polarities of the human mind, the concrete and the
abstract. In summary, the 9th House includes experiences we encounter when searching
for the meaning of things. Whatever expands your eld of activity or the scope of your
mind – long journeys, contact with other cultures, great dreams, and even experiences
with fortune tellers.
Consider overindulgence, lacking action and structure without Saturn, and false
idols/gurus.
 10th House
The House of Capricorn
Ruled by Saturn
Zodiac degrees: 271-300°
Zodiac dates: December 22nd - January 20th

Capricorn Saturn

The 10th House is the House of status, honor, community power, prestige, reputation, and
professional career. In our society, this includes financial success, but only as it relates to
community power and prestige. It's not about gaining "material status" as it is in the 2nd House.
The 10th House wants success for the sake of honor and social status.

This house includes social foundations (as opposed to personal home foundations in the 4th),
recognition, personal achievements, social responsibilities, a sense of duty, authority figures,
and politicians. This House encompasses the most public areas of one's life, and the career that
you grow into, as opposed to daily work and odd jobs ruled by the 6th House. As with the 4th
House, astrologers are divided over whether the 10th House rules one's mother or father.

Those that say the 4th House rules the mother, say the 10th House rules the father, and vice
versa. What is clear is that the 4th House rules the nurturing, home-body parent, while the 10th
House rules the public, success-focused parent (the parent who "wears the pants").

As with the other angular houses, any planets in this house are very important. Planets in the
10th House, the sign on the cusp of the 10th House, and its ruling planet will greatly influence
your career and general public reputation. This is also where we experience mending of values,
personal values reflected in a public appearance, relationship to father, worth ethic, and how
you feel in family structure (escape vs comfort).

On the other side, there can be a sense of everyone watching you, paranoia, gossip within
families, not knowing how loved you are, judgment, family judegment/rigid structures,
aggression in a family business, false sense of importance, entitled, issues with authority,
 11th House
The House of Aquarius
Ruled by Uranus & Saturn
Zodiac degrees: 301-330°
Zodiac dates: January 20th - February 18th

Aquarius Uranus Saturn

The 11th House is the House of community, large groups, and friends. It refers
to memberships, hopes, goals, ambitions, wishes, social groups, associations, and
humanitarian interests. It also refers to self-realization, liberty, legislation and
regulation. We may experience karmic vs revolution themes depending on the
rest of the chart here.

Having planets in the 11th House make your endeavors with those planets
more amplified with “extra” connections. If you have Jupiter in the 11th House,
you will have more fortune when working with the community, and there is an
abundance to be found in your networking (online and offline). We can find joint
resources and meet other minds with equal ground.

There can also be an increase in intermingling/affairs, materialism, judgment of

others, gatekeeping help or resources from others and non-profit fraud.
 12th House
The House of Pisces
Ruled by Neptune & Jupiter
Zodiac degrees: 331-360°
Zodiac dates: February 19th - March 20th

Pisces Neptune Jupiter

This is probably the most misunderstood house of all. The 12th House refers to
the subconscious, the hidden self that exists apart from our physical everyday
reality. This includes the unconscious mind, subconscious memory, subconscious
habit patterns from the past, dreaming, mental illness, karmic debts, self-
deception, escapism, spiritual realization, limitations, frustration, and ultimately
our self-undoing.

On a physical, material level, the 12th House includes things that take us away
from everyday life: institutions (such as hospitals, prisons, and government
offices), places of confinement, secrets, secret relationships, hidden enemies, and
self-sacrifice for others. It also refers to sorrow, tribulations, widowhood, grief,
funerals, exile, seclusion, bribery, subversion, murder, suicide, kidnapping, and
endings. For those who believe, the 12th House is also considered to refer to the
collective unconscious of all humanity.

There can be tendencies of drowning in the energy of others, meaning, and

nostalgia. We can can provide a service to others through memories and eternal
depth, and choose our own adventure. After all, mindset dictates the outcome of
our chapters of life.
 Astrological Degrees

The degree is the actual position of each planet inside

each sign, which is useful when looking at transits or
how the astrology of the day, week, or month will aect
your chart. The degree tells how the placements
interact with each other. Every degree belongs to a
zodiac sign, or more accurately, each degree conveys
the energy of a certain Zodiac sign.
ASTROLOGICAL DEGREES
1, 13, 25 - Aries degree: lover of sports, physical activity,
entrepreneur, self-starter, bold.

2, 14, 26 - Taurus degrees: brings possession, beauty, being

stubborn, and nature.

3, 15, 27 - Gemini degrees: communication of all sorts, being

witty, curious, all sorts of business, friends, and teammates.

4, 16, 28 - Cancer degree: home, mother, emotions, taking

care of something/someone, nurturing, protecting.

5, 17, 29 - Leo degree: being a leader, proud, charismatic,

restaurant, sunny places, holidays, having an audience, and
followers are all aspects of Leo.

6, 18 - Virgo degree: work, workplace, service, critical,

analytical, organized, health issues.

7, 19 - Libra degree: harmony, balanced, relationship, beauty,

art, pairing up, being fair, weddings.

8, 20 - Scorpio degree: being suspicious, intense, having an

obsession with something, being deep in that topic, and
transformation of all sorts.

9, 21 - Sagittarius degree: freedom, foreign country, foreign

matters, horse riding, high education. 10, 22 - Capricorn
degree: success, prestige, delays, obstacles, karmic
difficulties, hard work, and responsibilities.

11, 23 - Aquarius degree: friends, a large group of people,

liberating, the liberation of some sort being inventive,
technology, something unusual, fast development, circulation.

12, 24 - Pisces degree: The qualities of being spiritual and

creative; sensitivity and empathy.
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