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Astrology

Deidre Wilton, our astrology columnist:

For most of us when someone mentions Astrology to you, your first thought is perhaps the daily horoscopes you read in the paper and the knowledge you have of your own birth sign. What people are not so much aware of is that your Astrology is the blue print of your life, it is the hand book you lost on the way down!

How this Astrology works is through the interpretation of your Natal Chart. Your Natal Chart is a map of the heavens at the time of your birth, therefore no two Charts will be alike as this information is based on the TIME, DATE and PLACE of your birth, and as the planets move in relationship to each other every 4 minutes, it is extremely rare for any two Charts to be the same.

Your Natal Chart is divided up into a sectional system, called a House System. Each of these 12 Houses represent a different facet of your life:

1st House	House of Self
2nd House	House of Money
3rd House	House of Communication and Siblings
4th House	House of Home and Family
5th House	House of Creativity, Children, Fun and Romance
6th House	House of Health & Healing and Work & Service
7th House	House of Partnerships
8th House	House of Other People’s Resources, Life, Death, Sex, Taxes and Legacies
9th House	House of Spirit, Overseas Travel and Higher Learning
10th House	House of Career and Public
11th House	House of Hopes, Wishes & Dreams, and Social Activities
12th House	House of Karma, Past Life Energy and Deep Hidden Emotions

Where the planets sit in the Houses shows an Astrologer what you have come here to learn in this lifetime, and how you are going to go about learning these lessons.

For anyone, and especially those on the spiritual path, your Natal Chart is an imperative guide and wealth of information to help you along your journey. I believe that when you truly know and accept yourself for the person that you are, then there is nothing you cannot achieve in your lifetime. Your Natal Chart gives you the insight into what makes you tick and react the way that you do to certain situations and people, and through this insight you can learn to let go of the Self and the ego attachment we have to our emotions. Your Natal Chart can also identify periods in your life when you are concentrating on particular lessons, and you can see how at these times there is always plenty of positive energy to use to learn from, just as there is negative energy there to refuse to learn from.

Life is a series of choices, but with the help of your Natal Chart, those choices can be made a lot easier and with more wisdom so as you learn from the experiences you have chosen to put yourself through. We are not here to be unhappy and suffer, we are here to learn and to grow and to love and cherish ourselves for the beautiful souls that we are.