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hey guys welcome back to lavender so I'm
continuing at the series of fun tools
for self-discovery on my channel so if
you missed the first video I talked
about tarot cards and how to use them as
a beginner because I'm a beginner so
today I'm super excited to talk about
astrology astrology is something that
I've been into most of my life like
literally since I was a kid and it's not
that I'm an expert at it or anything but
I got more into astrology and how to
read a birth chart last year when I read
the book the inner sky by Steven Forest
so I learned a lot about how to read the
birth chart a lot about astrology and
the meanings and I realized that I know
more about astrology than the average
person so this video is for the average
person if you're an expert you don't
need to watch this but I just want to
explain astrology in more depth than
just simply like your Sun Sign so get
ready for a fun video first things first
let's clarify astronomy is the
scientific study of celestial bodies so
it's based on facts and research and
astrology is the interpretation of
celestial bodies meaning it's the way we
interpret what's in the sky it's the
poetry it's the art it's very subjective
so that's why I think astrology is very
fun because it's very subjective but
it's really cool that everything has
like a meaning and it's not exactly
scientific but it's more of an art so
what is a birth chart your astrological
birth chart is basically a snapshot of
the sky at the time and location that
you were born so depending on where in
the world you were born and exact time
it's the picture of what's in the sky
it's kind of a map of all the planets
the Sun and the moon so it's very
important to be specific on like the
exact time that you were born because
every hour or two let your birth chart
changes because the sky is moving no
earth is moving and so the snapshot of
the sky is moving that's why you want to
make sure you have at the right time
that you were born when you're getting
your accurate birth chart reading so
side notes
you are Chinese I know there's like a
superstition in Chinese culture because
of like Fung Shui and all the stuff
tuned like never give your birth date
time details to anybody out there this
is why I don't want to like post my
exact birthday art or anything but it's
because we believe that once someone
knows your exact birthday poor time then
they will know a lot about your fate and
people can use it against you and so
this is something that I personally
because my mom influenced me I would
personally want to keep it a little more
secretive so just letting you guys know
so how do you get your birth chart
reading so there are plenty of websites
where you can input this information
into so cafe astrology is one astral
comm is another and there are also a lot
of mobile apps that you can use to get
your birth charge my favorite astrology
app is costar so that one like is very
modern and chic and it outlines like
your birth chart and all the details in
a very like clean way so check those out
I'll link those down below now let's
talk about the primal triad which is
your son your moon and your ascendant
sometimes people also refer to the
ascendant as your rising sign so these
are the three more important signs
generally speaking in your birth chart
so you might see people who are really
into astrology the list all three signs
because all three are like important
more than just listing your Sun Sign
your Sun sign it just depends on the day
you were born
in what season you were in so I was born
in October so I am a Libra by the way I
have this journal where I've taken a lot
of notes from the astrology book that I
read so I might refer to this every now
and then so generally speaking your Sun
sign represents your ego your
personality your self-image it is the
core of who you are your moon sign
represents your emotional self your moon
is your sensitivity your emotions your
feelings your mood your heart sometimes
people relate more to their moon sign
than their Sun sign because your moon is
your emotional self and so you feel more
with that sign and whatever sign you are
in your moon that is a clue
- what will make you happy and what will
make you feel fulfilled so I am a
Sagittarius moon and Sagittarius are all
about like adventure exploring trying
new things and I can really relate to
that a lot of the time as well your
ascendant or rising sign is essentially
your mask to the world it is how other
people perceive you think of it as like
first impressions other people might see
you in a certain way when they first
meet you and then when they get to know
you then they realize oh you're really
like a different kind of person so your
ascendant is how you appear to others
and just so you guys know my rising sign
is Gemini by the way to not make this
video too long I'm not gonna go into the
details of the meaning of each sign each
planet and all of that because there are
tons of resources online about that I'm
actually gonna create just a simple like
notes that you can read on my blog post
just like quick key words and notes
regarding each sign or planet or house
so after you've gotten your birth chart
you can take note of your Sun your moon
and your rising sign and then you can
look at the notes that I put on my blog
post and see what like each sign
corresponds to so a way you can make
sense of your primal try signs is to put
it into a sentence like this I am a
blank with the soul of a blank wearing
the mask of a blank so depending on your
sign you'll find the meaning and the
archetype of your sign and this is kind
of like plug in the words so for example
for me I am an artist with the soul of a
philosopher wearing the mask of a
teacher that's because an artist is what
a Libra is the philosopher is a
archetype of the Sagittarius moon and
then the teacher is one of the
archetypes for a Gemini I hope that made
sense and I hope it helped alright so
that was the basics are you ready to
dive deeper let's go so let's talk about
the components of the birth chart so as
I mentioned there are 12 signs so these
are what you've heard before the Aries
Scorpio Libra Leo all of those I don't
know them in order and then there are
ten planets and by planets we also
include the Sun and the moon
as planets even though they're not
exactly planets but just you know
celestial bodies is what I'm saying and
then there are twelve houses on the
birth chart so think of the twelve
houses as like a clock on the birth
chart there's like you know literally
like one two three four five six seven
eight nine ten all the way to twelve and
each house represents a specific area of
life
so the different astrological signs
correspond to different personalities
different characteristics the planets
correspond to different mind functions
mental functions whether it's your ego
your communication your thinking your
aggression things like that and then the
houses represent the area of life
whether it's the house of personality
House of marriage house of career house
of friends House of troubles it just
goes on and on all right so let's make
sense of it all so when you're looking
at a birth chart you're gonna see a
circle graph with a bunch of like
planets scattered throughout the graph
and then you're gonna see along the
border of the circle the different signs
there are twelve signs and if you look
in the middle you'll see different
notations for the numbers so Roman
numerals will tell you like whether its
first house second house their house
fourth house all the houses okay so when
looking up the birth chart start with
the planets so look at the planets one
by one a planet tells you the what
remember the planet means the mental
function whether it's like your
communication your aggression or
something else the sign that it lands in
tells you the how and the why so the
sign remember is the personality or the
characteristic and that will help you
decipher the how and the why of that
mental function and lastly the house
that that planet is in tells you what
area of life this is mostly happening in
like where is most of this activity
going in and that's the basics of it
it's not exactly easy or very intuitive
at first you're gonna have to practice
understanding the birth chart and how
like the different planets and signs
work together and there's definitely
more detailed to reading a birth chart
that I'm not going to go into in this
video because it's like too advanced and
I barely understand it but I hope that
that gives you like just a basic info on
how to start deciphering what these
planets and these science and these
houses really mean now let's talk about
the general shape of your birth chart
because I feel like this is a pretty
easy but very interesting way to look at
it so when you're looking at your birth
chart there you see a circle and then
you see like you know the horizontal
line and a vertical line so if you have
more planets like aggregated in a
certain area it means something so if
you have more planets on the upper
hemisphere of your chart then that is
called objectivity and that means a lot
of your life's battles challenges or
just activity a lot of your life like
moments and events are public and it's
like you're learning and growth will be
I guess on a public stage a public scale
it'll be more outward if you have more
planets on the lower side the southern
hemisphere of your chart then that is
called subjectivity and that means that
most of your life's battles and
challenges will be within so upper
hemisphere is public and lower
hemisphere is private so personally my
birth chart I have a lot of planets in
the lower southern hemisphere meaning
that a lot of my life's battles and
challenges are private that things that
I have to go through internally just
from within and it might not make sense
at first because you're like wait you're
a youtuber your life and career is like
so public yes it's so public but all the
like big things that I have to go
through and go through seem to be like
me dealing with myself my own
insecurities my confidence issues things
like that that your fears and it's
basically saying like most of your
life's battles will be in here so I just
thought that was interesting because you
know some people there are battles and
challenges are really like public and
outward and some are private another
thing you can look at is whether your
planets are falling to the left or right
side of that graph whether it's like
west or east so left would be West right
would be East so left side means freedom
and the right side is fate so this
something I don't understand completely
but I believe it means something like if
most of your planets are on the freedom
side that means that your life is a
blank slate and you have a bit more free
will to kind of you know take your life
anywhere you want to take it if more of
your planets fall to the right side
which is the side of fate the east side
then that means a lot of your life
situations are predetermined if you
believe in fate but you still have the
choice you like you know be flexible and
take it wherever you want it but it just
means that a little bit more is
predetermined and if you have your
planets on the left side of the circle
then that means your life is a blank
slate and you're free to create it so my
planets are actually more on the side of
fate and I want to talk to you like a
real astrologer to like understand this
concept a little bit more but I just
thought that was really interesting
something that I wanted to share with
you guys next let's talk about lunar
nodes because I think this is also
really fun so if you look at your birth
chart you'll find this like notation
there are two one is a lunar south node
and one is a lunar North node so
wherever that node is the sign that it
is in so the South node means that that
is your past that is who you used to be
it's where you've been it's your karma
your karmic past
it's your instinctive automatic behavior
it's who you are naturally it's your
comfort zone it's your safe routes so
it's telling you where you've been
and then your lunar node tells you where
you should go if you want to have the
most growth so your south node and your
North node are 180 degrees apart they're
literally across from each other on the
birth chart meaning that that is like
the most you can grow you're just trying
to like stretch yourself to be the
complete opposite of what you used to be
so your South tells you where you've
been your north tells you where you
should go where you kind of have to grow
towards so look at the signs that are in
your south node and the sign in your
North node and it'll give you a clue on
you know how you can become more like
the North node side how you can grow in
that door
chin and leave the South node
personality behind because it's kind of
like been there done that if you want to
grow if you want something new if you
want to challenge then you look to that
North node while we're here let me check
my birth chart because I forgot what my
South and North node were side note you
might not always find both the South and
the North node on your birth chart
sometimes like on mine I see only the
North node so just look for the North
node and just know that your South node
is directly across from the North node
it's 180 degrees oh my god this is so
interesting I just looked up like what
my South and North node meant you can
google that because I'm not an expert
but anyway my South node is in Leo and
my North node is in Aquarius meaning Leo
is my past who I've been in there done
that and Aquarius is where I need to
head to so Leo is the sign of like the
performer the like the child and the
king the the one that wants all the
attention all the love and so I believe
that in my past I lacked love from
parents and I have that like desire that
need for attention which is partly why I
started a YouTube channel and performing
and that is who I used to be that is who
I was as a child and those were my holes
those were my wounds of like needing
attention and Aquarius is a sign of
individuality of independence of being
weird and not caring about what other
people think of you so you see how it's
so different like Leo is the sign of
like wanting to be liked and wanting to
be loved and then Aquarius is a sign of
like who cares about all that I'm just
gonna be myself so that is really like
my life path I guess I can totally
already see how that's relevant in my
life because I have to learn to be more
like the Aquarius just be myself and not
care about what people think of me not
need love or attention from anyone else
just give myself self-love and that's it
all right so I'm gonna leave it at that
but I hope you guys like that because I
think this is super interesting I can't
believe I haven't made a video on
astrology before I think I used to think
it was a little too weird a little too
left field but it it's pretty mainstream
now and is pretty accepted so anyway if
you have any questions leave them down
below and I'm
continue on this series but if you have
any other topics you want me to cover
let me know down below love you guys so
much bye
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