The Inner Sky: How to Make Wiser Choices for a More Fulfilling Life

The nodes of the moon relate the birthchart to history. The south node symbolizes the past and its effects on us. The north node symbolizes the future toward which we are being drawn. Unsurprisingly, the two points are always opposed. Enormous tension exists between what we have been and what we must become.

Isolating essential themes – that is the key to successful interpretation.

What we are getting at is this: In comparing the south node of the moon to the birthchart as a whole, we determine what particular tensions exist between all that the person “has done before” and what he or she is attempting to accomplish with the present chart.

Signs are avenues of expression, but they are also roads back to the source,back to the prime symbol. They offer effective descriptions of personality. They form a useful catalog of human character types. But they are also evolutionary methods,ways of growing.

A planet asks the question what? A sign takes that what and develops it with a how and a why.

The stellium itself becomes the focalizer, and the needs of that sign or the events of that house become dominant features in the individual’s experience.

GUIDELINE NUMBER ONE: Ignore everything until you have thoroughly grasped the sun, moon, and ascendant. This simple rule is the most valuable piece of practical advice available to anyone learning to interpret birthcharts. I strongly suggest you never deviate from it. Sun, moon, and ascendant stand head and shoulders above the other influences. The

The point is not personality; hemisphere emphasis describes the shape of the life, not the tones and textures that make up the fabric of the person’s nature. It reveals the rules of the game, not the personality of the player.

Five Steps – Analysis of the Primal Triad STEP ONE Look at the sun. It’s what is the formation of identity. Consider the sign it occupies. Why is that person alive? What is his evolutionary goal? How can he most effectively realize it? What risks does he face? Now add the sun’s house. Where is he confronted with the clearest expression of those sol