The practical applications from knowing the various traits of your astrological sign
and your ascending sign are limitless. With this knowledge you can learn, fairly
quickly, how to balance your life in a practical pursuit of happiness as you discover
who you were, literally, born to be.
Besides the personality traits you were born with, there are other influences every
human being has upon their lives that they have absolutely no control over as they
are growing up. These are environmental influences that come from parents &
family, social situations, economic circumstances, and cultural expectations. They
all factor in as you attempt to achieve a balance in your life that works for you.
The ultimate key to this quest is to consistently realize you are in control of your
own fate. Just as the personality traits of your sun, ascending, and moon signs are
inherent to who you are, the power to overcome any negativity is also inherent to
you. Somewhere within that balance of the positive and negative is the ?natural
you.?
The first step in this sojourn is to obtain a birth chart. A birth chart, or natal chart
as it is sometimes called, tells the real story of your natural personality. This chart
graphs the position of the planets and astrological houses present in the sky at the
very time of your birth. Because of the characteristics ascribed to the planets and
astrological houses this chart can reveal your motivations, desires, positives,
negatives, and just why you are the way you are.
The three most important things to review about your birth chart are the sun sign,
the ascending sign, and the moon sign.
> Your sun sign reveals your inner-self ? the core of who you are, and how
you see yourself. This is the most general aspects of your personality.
> The rising/ascending sign can be thought of as your outward personality –
the part of you that you project to others, or that others observe about you.
> Your moon sign indicates emotional and intuitive responses – the way you
deal with certain situations.
As you carefully examine these three aspects of your birth chart be sure to take
note of both positives and negatives.
Allow yourself to recognize what positives are already present in you, but don?t
delude yourself into believing a positive is present that is not actually there.
However, if the positive is something you would like to develop within yourself,
there?s certainly nothing stopping you from doing so. Any positive you find
within your signs is already natural to you, so developing one is fairly easy to
accomplish.
The same goes for negatives. Recognize what negatives are already present, but
don?t allow yourself to see negatives that are not actually there. Consistently keep
the thought ?I am learning who I am, and through that knowledge I am going to
become a balanced person? in the forefront of your mind. Allowing yourself to
take on negatives that are not really part of you is not going balance you, but have
an opposite affect.

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