Help Prioritizing this Natal Chart

[Lance]

I'm trying to learn how to prioritize the information in a natal chart based on what I'm learning here. I was hoping someone may look over my own prioritized list and perhaps give comments or suggestions.

Thank you.


*Sun and Moon given priority*
Sun in Capricorn
Moon in Taurus

*Angles next*
Sun on Midheaven 2°59'

*Sun and Moon aspects given priority*
Sun/Saturn - Square 2°1’
Moon/Mars – Trine 1°22’

*Other conjunctions, oppositions, and squares*
Mercury/Neptune – Conjunct 1°56’
Venus/Pluto – Conjuct 2°29’
Jupiter/Pluto – Opposed 1°8’
Jupiter/Uranus – Square 1°39’

*No other trines or sextiles *

*Semi- and Sesqui- aspects*
Mercury/Venus – Semisquare 2°39’
Saturn/Uranus – Sesquisquare 1°51’

*Really broad generational aspect last*
Uranus/Pluto – Square 2°47’

[Lance]

I'm trying to learn how to prioritize the information in a natal chart based on what I'm learning here. I was hoping someone may look over my own prioritized list and perhaps give comments or suggestions.

This is a great question, because this is the kind of thinking that makes a chart much more accessible and understandable.

Could you give us the actual birth data? That would make it way easier.

Just going with what you've given us, it looks like you're saying the following:

SIGNS: Capricorn-Taurus.
ANGLES: Sun closely angular.
LUMINARY ASPECTS: Sun-Saturn (reinstating the Capricorn), and just enough Moon-Mars to put a different edge on the Taurus placement.

That's enough to start building a core idea. I can give a better assessment of the aspects when I see them in the chart as a whole.

[Lance]

Sure thing. Thanks.

Female
February 9, 2014
12:19 PM
Beaumont, TX

[Lance]

I'm glad I asked. You missed Saturn on Westpoint (0°44'). We already knew that Saturn was an outstanding factor in the chart, and that just got amped up: Capricorn Sun closely square Saturn, which is also the most angular planet in the chart. (Sun, measured mundanely, is 3°57'from MC.)

Oh, and the Mercury-Neptune conjunction (1°56') is square Ascendant. Neptune is 0°47' away, Mercury 2°43' away. So Saturn and Neptune the most angular planets, backed by Sun and Mercury; the Saturn expression through Sun and angles is extremely powerful - the Sun-Saturn and Mercury-Neptune aspects are forefront in the chart; and you already have a lot of polarities to juggle go get some real dynamism inb your interpretation, to reflect the strong dynamics already developing in her psyche (Saturn vs. Neptune, Mercury vs. Neptune, Saturn and Neptune each differently polarized against Sun, etc.)

We hit all this before we even get to that Taurus Moon, partile Mars. That's the next thing to check. It might, in fact, provide the healthiest outlet, including artistic expression (and - nobody wants to hear it at this age, but I need to mention it - sex is going to be an unusually important life expression for her, and she probably already has a knack for twisting daddy-like figures around her finger). Just be aware that Taurus Moon is far more delicate and impressionable - hard to shut out impressions - than Capricorn will ever want to let on, and that Mercury-Neptune amps this up further. She needs to learn to psychically shield herself, filter impressions, choose where to put her attention.

There is a lot more... but these are the biggest pieces, and it gives you a ton to work with.

[SteveS]

Hi Lance, and welcome to the forum. Have you posted your birth data? Maybe you have posted it but with the transition from old site to new site, I missed your post.