Beginner Questions

[JojoMars]

I am used to Natal Charts that just have a line between constellations,
but the Natal Chart I received (thanks, Jim) has different degrees between each constellation.
Shouldn't they all be 30 degrees apart.

Example:
Pisces 21° 43'
Aries 11° 28'
Taurus 1° 19'
Gemini (which is above the descendant) - none listed
Cancer 11° 57'
Leo 24° 31'
(the numbers repeat going down the other side)

Explanation please.

[ODdOnLifeItself]

It looks like you had a chart in whole sign houses (where the intermediate cusps are seen as irrelevant) and each house begins at the beginning of the sign on the cusp.

I assure you, these cusps/powerpoints are anything but irrelevant and that for the correct connection of planets to houses, are fundamental.

Good luck in your studies...

[JojoMars]

Beginner Question #2

I forget the author, but is this the order the Birth Chart should be compiled and analyzed?

Sun
Moon
Foreground Planets
Integrate Foreground Planets with the Sun and Moon
Sun and Moon Aspects (in order of strength)
Aspects among the Foreground Planets
Conclude with the most precise Aspects and work your way away from the Sun.

Thnx.

[Jim Eshelman]

That's a pretty good list. One needn't be so wrote, but nonetheless that approach will keep you on track.

Here's the way I like to think and talk about it today. This doesn't contradict the above, it's just a different way to look at the same information - a bit more global.
https://www.solunars.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=19