Astrology is More Than Your Sun Sign

Recently I have become obsessed with astrology. I have been learning that your personality according to astrology is a lot more complex than just your sun sign. That is why we are all so unique. It is highly unlikely that someone will have the exact same chart as you down to the last degree. So, you won’t likely meet anyone who is super similar to you and following the same astrological chart.

What Are Sun Signs?

Sun signs are your individuality. They are the core of who you are. Sun signs are what most people know and relate to. Your sun sign is where the sun was at during your time of birth. It is the whole of who you are. It is how people in your life know you and especially how your friends know you.

When you first meet someone, they may recognize you more by your Ascendant but after getting to know you they may see more of your sun sign personality coming through.

For example, if you were born on February 13th, your sun sign would be Aquarius. The sun will be in a sign for about a month and that is why people born close to the same day as you will have the same sun sign. There are 12 sun signs just as there are 12 months in a year.

Some of you may think that you are nothing like your sun sign and that you relate to another sign more. That is because it depends on how many planets you have in your chart that are in your sun sign.

For example, I am a Gemini. I relate to a lot of the characteristics of Geminis. However, I don’t relate to all of them. This is because I only have 1 planet in Gemini as well as being born very close to Taurus. Someone with 4 planets in Gemini will seem a lot more ‘Gemini’ than me. This holds true for all the signs. The more planets you have in your sun sign, the more you will be able to relate to your sun sign characteristics.

What Are Moon Signs?

Moon signs are your personality. Moon signs relate to how we deal with our emotions. They are the core of our feelings. These are the parts of yourself that you see and feel but not everyone else will know about.

People can easily see your sun sign personality and your Ascending sign personality, but we tend to hide our moon sign personalities a lot more. There are many reasons for this, including fear of being vulnerable, fear of rejection and fear of getting hurt.

Your moon sign is determined by where the moon is at during your time of birth. People with the same sun sign but different moon signs can be very different.

For example, if you are a Leo and seem nothing like your Leo friend it may be because you have different moon signs. The moon transitions through the signs very fast and will change signs every 2 1/2 days. So, if you and your friend were born 4 days apart you will have different moon signs.

What Are Ascendant Signs?

Your Ascendant sign is how the outside world see’s you especially people that don’t know you well. It is how you project yourself to the world and the first impression you give to others.

For example, I have a Leo Ascendant so the world might see me as more ‘Leo’ like and my close friends might know me as more ‘Gemini’ like (my sun sign). Astrologers used to use the Ascendant as the sign someone was born under and then they switched to the sun sign. They used to see the Ascendant as more important than the sun sign.

Your Ascendant sign is determined by which planet was ascending at the time of your birth. If you were born on the same day as someone, it is possible to have different ascending signs as a new planet ascends about every 2 hours and changes degrees every 4 minutes.

There are online calculators to figure out your ascending sign. Here’s a free one that I found to be really great and gives you a ton of information. You need to know the exact time and location of your birth for this calculator to be accurate. http://astro.cafeastrology.com/natal.php

Astrology Twins – We Are All Unique

Every planet in the solar system rotates at a different speed. It takes 4,320,000 years to have the exact alignment again! So, if no one with your exact chart was born at the same time you were then you won’t ever meet someone with the exact chart!

Even twins will most likely have a different chart. It takes 4 minutes for the Ascendant degree to change so unless they are born under 4 minutes apart their charts will be different. However, they will have very similar charts because they are born so close to each other, just not the exact same chart.

According the book “The Only Astrology Book You’ll Ever Need”, there are some people who are born within seconds of each other that live in the same region. They are called Astral Twins.

Research has been done on them and their life patterns are ridiculously similar! The major aspects in their lives are extremely similar, such as when they move, have children (how many, sex of the children), etc. The research even shows that they die at the same time with similar causes of death. That is so crazy!!

Conclusion - Astrology is More Than Your Sun Sign

As you can see your sun sign is only ONE aspect that makes up your personality. That is why all Virgos’ are not the same and all Taurus’ are not the same. There is a whole arrangement of planets that factor into their personality. Also, everyone has a different soul and therefore is unique in their own special way.

Astrology really does impact our lives. We chose to come into a physical body at a certain time and location. Everything is mapped out before we come to earth. It is not a coincidence that we were born when we were.

Of course, we all have free will and chose our own experiences, but astrology plays into how those things turn out and which paths we are choosing to head down.

~Meghan

P.S. If you are interested in learning more, this book has been a great help to me. When I was done scraping the surface and wanted to dig deeper, I purchased this book and it gave me a much deeper perspective into astrology – “The Only Astrology Book You’ll Ever Need.”