Love Horoscopes and your Love Life

Are you out in the quest for love? -- When this happens, it is very important for most people to have a quick look on their personal love horoscopes. We tend to have faith in these small advices that the stars eventually give us and take them as our guidance on what to do for our next move. Should you ask her out on another date? Are you going to meet your soulmate today? Does he really like you? Once that these questions pop into our minds, chances are, we will be speeding off to our love horoscope just to check possible answers to our questions. Astrology is known to be a very complicated science. Most people rely on this because they believe that the sun, the stars and other astrological bodies have something to say about our lives, especially when we are considering the romantic arena. For a start, the different signs are attributed with some elements. You can compare these so called Sun signs so that you will be able to know if you really are meant for each other or not. The astrological signs Aries, Leo and Sagittarius belong to the Fire element; Gemini, Libra and Aquarius all possess the Air element; the Earth element belongs to Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn; and lastly, Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces possess the Water element. Those who are born with the Fire element in their astrological signs are generally known as passionate and assertive. Communication skills and social spontaneity dominate the characteristics of those who have the Air sign. People who belong to the Earth sign are known to be introverts but have a strong sense of stability in character. Those who have the Water sign are born to have intuition and receptiveness towards ideas. With these characteristics, you are now able to know whether you are compatible with your lover or not. All you have to do is to figure out his or her birth date and find out whether he or she has the same characteristics that belongs to each sign. Once that you have figured out that your characteristics match, then it would surely be a match made in heaven. Another complicated way to use your love horoscopes in recognizing compatibilities is to come up with a Natal chart. In this way, you will have to determine the astrological signs of two potential romantic partners and then compare the signs that the planet Venus, the planet of love, is in. It may sound more complicated, but it is certainly more accurate than just figuring out the characteristics of your potential love partner. By drawing a Natal chart, anyone would be able to determine the default characteristics of each sign and analyze whether or not will they be able to be together or not. The location of Venus in their signs will be able to show how these potential love partners will develop. Most people consult their love horoscopes because nothing is more important than determining whether your lifetime romantic partner is really for you or not.

The Basics of Astrology

What is a Natal Chart?

If you look at the words 'natal chart' you could read them another way 'birth map' - this may help you understand what is being talked about. Basically, the natal chart is a map of the sky including the positions of the planets for the time that you were born. Where you are born has an impact on what is seen in the sky, e.g., if two people were born on the same day and at the same time but in a different city and country, what is seen overhead would be different. This would mean that their natal charts showing planetary placements would be different from each other.

So, the first step in using astrology is to draw a map of the sky for the moment a person is born. This map includes all the planets, plus a few other points of interest such as the horizon and the middle of the sky directly over the birthplace. The time of birth is important for detailed work because it affects the position of the various parts of the chart, in particular the zodiac sign on the eastern horizon (this gives the Rising Sign/Ascendant) and position of the point over the birthplace (this gives the position of the Mid heaven).

If the time of birth is unknown it can be worked out through major life events by an experienced astrologer who specializes in this branch of astrology: this is known as rectification. To do this you would need to give the astrologer as many major life events as possible such as: marriage; birth of children; major moves; divorce; death; new business ventures or jobs; and/or any other significant changes to your life.

Another way of finding out what time you were born is to contact the hospital you were born in. In the majority of cases they have this information recorded on the mother's file. I know this is the case in Australia but I'm not sure about other countries but it is still worth a try!