Learn the Basics of Astrology with Henry Seltzer

Explore how fire, earth, air, and water classify the zodiac signs Aries to Pisces, linking fire to intuition, earth to sensation, air to thinking, and water to feeling.

Learn in astrology how the sun represents the self, will, and vitality, its Leo rulership and potential afflictions, and how its hero archetype guides individuation and chart dynamics.

Explore Mars, its rulership over Aries and Scorpio, its detriments Libra and Taurus, and how its outer action, desires, and anger shape personality and action.

Uranus represents freedom from the known and revolutionary vision, ruled by Aquarius with Leo as its detriment, the seventh ice giant signaling change in astrology.

Learn to read a chart by locating planets in the zodiac, interpreting signs, degrees and arc minutes, and exploring aspects, houses, and key points like the ascendant and midheaven.

Explore the anatomy of a birth chart through Jennifer Lawrence's chart, noting Aquarius rising, Leo sun in the seventh house, Gemini moon, and Mars in Taurus in the third house.

Explore how the ascendant, or rising sign, shapes your mask and persona and influences physical appearance. See how the first house begins your self and destiny in astrology.

Explore how the third house represents thinking and communication, including your early environment and siblings' influence on your mind. Planets in this house indicate how you communicate and operate mentally.

Discover how the fifth house channels creativity, self-expression, romance, affection, and offspring. Learn how planets in the fifth house and the cusp sign shape personal energy, personality, and artistic expression.

Explore the sixth house's link to health and service, revealing discipleship, mastery, and overcoming obstacles to the fruits of one's achievements; planets here signal health challenges or a service profession.

Explore the eighth house's themes of death and rebirth, transformation through relationships and sexuality, and inner doubts, revealing two lessons to grow and change beyond the individual.

The ninth house highlights intuition, religion, philosophy, higher learning, and travel, with possible legal matters; planets here symbolize philosophical pursuits, and like Sagittarius, expand horizons mentally, physically, and spiritually.

Explore how the midheaven, or MC, marks your individuality and ego identity, shaping your public life, career, and aspirations through the tenth house and its relation to the ascendent.

Explore how the eleventh house shapes goals, friendships, and group memberships, guiding future visions and social life; planetary influences reveal how these networks operate in your life.

Explore how a bowl pattern concentrates all planets within 180 degrees, emphasizing the southern hemisphere and the chart's eastern left side in the Abraham Lincoln example.

Explore a fan pattern in astrology by analyzing a bucket-handle at 120 degrees in Bill Gates' chart, with Uranus the lead planet and the moon highlighting career and life.

Explore the cluster pattern in astrology, where all planets lie within a 120 degree arc on the western hemisphere, with Venus as a partner and Mars leading an athletic focus.

Explore the locomotive pattern, also called the open angèle pattern, with Saturn as the leading planet and Jupiter involved in faith and politics, as seen in the Dalai Lama's chart.

The grand trine in fire, Mars, Pluto, and an Aries ascendant shows a very self-directed personality, reflected in Joan Baez's strong presence and lifelong anti-war activism.

Explore the t-square pattern in a chart, with the moon as the focal point in Barack Obama's chart, highlighting home and family as a core orientation.

Analyze grand cross in astrology by examining a four-angle t-square, with the Moon in Cancer opposing Saturn and Venus in Capricorn opposing Neptune, using Mia Farrow as case study.

Examine Angelina Jolie's astrology chart, highlighting the moon as cancer's ruler, cancer rising, sun in the 11th house with social activism, and a fortuitous career via Jupiter conjunct midheaven.