This article from Sue Tompkins's book study of contemporary astrology.

(A) comprehensive interpretation chart

1, the first thing to get rid of the concept of good or bad

Interpretation chart when there is no good or bad in this matter, also does not have the so-called good, bad planets, or good constellation, bad sign.

People often subjectively set right and wrong, acceptable or not acceptable behavior, but from the point of view of astrology, that argument is meaningless, because a person's preferences in the eyes of another person may have different meanings.

Saint or sinner, each person's behavior to be able to bring another challenge and opportunities for growth.

Each symbol of astrology has effect on the interpretation, but if excessive emphasis or excessive, can bring some problems.

2, then consider time, place, content and cultural background

Because the chart represents the display some point of the map, so it can't show master who is a picture of plate can be both a insect born that moment of map, also may be a thought of that a moment, draw the map or shake hands with someone in the process of business transaction set by the moment of the map.

In the next chapter the reader can see this chart of Britain's king Henry viii, light with this picture disc, you can not see that this is the king or any man, even human, but we sure this is the 15th century British chart of a white male, noble, the person's character and life can be traced.

In the dish when, we must take into account cultural background, at the same time to think about why we study this picture.

In observing a step in the process of this chart, chart and director of the life is with astrologers links, so the astrologers itself is also growing.

Astrologers at the same time looking at a picture of the timing of the plate is also very important, because will choose this point in time is also not accidental.

For example, when I was writing the book and during the past few months, object is Jupiter and Neptune into square, this time to find my counselor case almost all have the close phase two planets.

In April 2006, the sun is in of celestial objectsAries, Mars is inGemini, Jupiter is inScorpio.And then I just was the olympians kelly holmes chart.

I found a very coincidentally, she's the sun is in Aries, Mars in Gemini, Jupiter is in Scorpio, and her phase with the fundamental key of Jupiter and Neptune.

3, please remember the "three a footstool law"

A picture plate describe some topics can be the man and his life experience.

These themes can be seen as a person's personality, psychological complex, personal myth and life story, and it is the job of astrologers to discover, understand and describe the information.

So when we looked at a picture plate, is best, from the perspective of the "three a footstool law", because a bench without three legs, is likely to collapse!

In other words, if a topic can be established, so it will most likely be repeated in three to five times more.

4, the interpretation must have the order and method

A seasoned astrologers may be from any one laid a hand on him, but for beginners, the best strategy is according to certain principles methodically interpretation.

Such as listed a list first and then start from the rising point observation, then observe the rising point of the master of the planet.

Astrologers are usually put up some of the ruling planet as a plate of the door, through which we can enter into the main plot of this picture plate.

About interpretation to two-thirds of the degree of their whole picture set recurring themes will emerge, so only in accordance with one or two elements to explain, is bound to lead to error of observation.

For example, only to see a planet on which horoscope, is hard to see how a person's personality traits.Only visit fortune-teller who is wrong.

5, don't think you have to understand

When we are to observe and make comments, may meet cannot fully understand the sign of symbols, even seasoned astrologers, can find some sign symbol is unable to explain or something.

At this time you only need to in the idea of this symbol next to write down some notes, wait to have a deeper discovery, and to study its meaning.Understand the picture is a bit like a charade, when you know that after some puzzles, seems very hard to understand part of the original will become clear.

But, of course, astrology sign is not as easy as puzzle solution, because we want to know is a person's deepest truth, although we know nothing can begin to interpret a person's chart, but we have to understand that a sign of symbols in the chart may be revealing itself in many ways, so the director can provide some information about his own, will be more variety, makes the content of the solution set.

6, please remember...

· T phase, the grand cross and other close phase, the symbolism of the plot is a picture of the main plates.

Phase and close phase, the most closely, on behalf of the theme of a picture plate.Find the most close phase, often can help us find some important clues.

, if a picture plate on the birth of time is very accurate, so and four node conjunction of planetary formation, also can show the main plot, especially difficult phase.

From the constellation of the planet, phase and house, also can see a man's life theme.

, if lack of some element, pattern, phase, or some elements of the above, will form the unbalanced situation, and the unbalanced situation will emerge in a variety of ways.If an element is too is strengthened, and the other part may appear insufficient, therefore must from aspects to observe this imbalance.Obvious imbalance has always been a very important part, also on behalf of the theme of a picture plate;This is like a piece of oil painting color, determine the tone of the entire canvas.

Watch the path of the ruling planet

Rising sign, a summary of the representative of a plate, its ruling planet would make the profile more clear, such as your rising sign iscancer, which represents the way you face the world want to protect;If its ruling planet on the Gemini in the moon is in the zodiac, so your protection manifest tendency may be to maintain the books in the library, a museum in the file, or to protect lives in schools, prisons, hospitals and other regulators in the limbs.

If a house is an empty house, then observe its ruling planet house position and phase.Planets and it always has a close relationship between master of the house, such as the master of the 7th planet if it is a fall in jiugong, could marry a foreigner.

7, please give special attention to...

Planet in your horoscope, energy would have a "double impact".

Planet in his own house, also can appear more powerful.

, forming the most close to the zenith phase of a planet or the planets, are of special importance.

8, please ignore

Three points, permissibility relatively wide and sextile.

, points (or translated into lucky) although there are some importance, but its meaning is in the final to consider.

Retrograde planet.Inside the propulsion method, retrograde planet will help us to make some prediction, and also on astrology school events is very important, but in the interpretation chart but it is best not too stressed.

Such as mercury retrograde for two months every year or so, three will be retrograde for four months, Saturn and Jupiter Wang Xingze will be retrograde for five months;What such retrograde long time cannot provide accurate, is a personal message.(can be broad, universal.)

9, as the chart list

For a picture list, can help us to notice that the focus of all.The following example is my name for you.

Interpretation chart list table

A - watch the whole picture

, first of all to see the whole picture plate elements, first observed a masculine element (fire and wind) picture plate or negative elements (water and soil) was improved, because they can bring out a person's personality is outgoing or reserved.

In the chart, what is the strongest and the most vulnerable elements?Which model is the most strong, which is the most vulnerable?

, are there any appreciable phase mode, such as T phase, big cross, triangle, big kite and so on.

B - the most powerful planets, constellation and house

, is there any planetary conjunction and rising point?And if so, this will bring the powerful planets.

, do you have any planets and zenith bottom into conjunction, drop point or day?If there is one, must also be seriously, but its importance is slightly worse than and rising point form a conjunction of planets.

There is no phase, is there a planet?Is there a combination?

Any planet is fall into their own constellation?

Any planet is fall into their own house?

Any planet is on the strong or weak position?

, is there any sign is highlighted in the chart the special are?

, is there any house was crowded with many planets in it?

, 1 ~ 3, 4 ~ 6, 7 ~ 9, 10 ~ 12 constellations and house which part is improved?Which part of the lack of energy?

, which is a planetary fall above the midpoint of the sun and the moon?If the time of birth chart is very precise, which can also look for a planet is on the rise in point and the point of the zenith?

C - the strongest phase energy

· chart in presence of distinct types of phase (for example, there are many big triangle), or the lack of any one type of phase (for example, square).

, the most closely phase in (including all types of phase.(The zodiac /astro/)

All important phase are listed, including the conjunction, the split phase, square, three points and six points phase.Allow the degree within 2 degrees.