Have you ever read your horoscope and thought, “This doesn’t sound like me at all?” You’re not alone, there is a reason for this.
Column horoscopes focus on the energy of the collective; they are a generalisation for the masses around what areas of life these voices or planetary energies are focusing their vibration on.
Your birth chart is a cosmic snapshot of all the planetary players, each adding their unique voice to the song of you.
When you begin to understand this intricate system, you don’t just learn astrology; you discover the coded story of your soul’s evolution.
When doing a column I track how outer planets interact with each sun sign, offering a general vibe check . While that can be fun, it only scratches the surface.
Your birth chart is something else entirely. It includes the Sun, Moon, Ascendant, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and Chiron, the Wounded Healer. These bodies form the complete picture of your inner world, life path, and potential.
The Luminaries and the Mask
- Three key elements shape your core identity: the Sun, the Moon, and the Ascendant.
- The Sun reflects your purpose, vitality, and where you’re meant to shine.
- The Moon reveals your emotional world, instinctive reactions, and karmic family patterns.
- The Ascendant, or Rising Sign, shows your lens on life—the mask you wear and how others see you.
- Understanding these three together brings powerful clarity around how you express yourself and navigate the world.
Your Inner Planet Ensemble
- The inner planets, Mercury and Venus, stick close to the Sun, but their roles are mighty.
- Mercury speaks to how you think and communicate.
- Venus, the goddess of love, expresses your values, desires, and how you connect in relationships.
- Mars is often seen near the sun as birth but moves fast and governs your ambition, action style, and instinctive urges.
These planets shape your everyday behaviours. For instance, you might be a Leo sun, but if Venus is in Virgo, you could approach love with caution, analysis, and depth—qualities that don’t scream ‘typical Leo’.
If you’ve ever said, “That doesn’t sound like me,” you’re likely tuning into other dominant forces in your chart. Maybe your Moon or Rising Sign is stronger. Maybe Saturn is sitting on your Sun, muting its natural fire.
This is why many people feel disconnected from sun sign astrology. It’s not that astrology is wrong; it’s that you’re reading a universal generalisation, when you’re a personal equation.
Transpersonal planets like Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto influence entire generations. So when I write collective astrology pieces, I’m looking at those outer planets and how they shift global themes within each sign. But in a personal reading, it’s all about you—your chart, your transits, your evolution.
A Love Note to the Moon
If there’s one cosmic body I’ll always adore, it’s the Moon. She governs our tides, moods, cycles, and internal rhythms. Farmers have followed her for centuries. Our bodies are largely water. Our feelings often match her phases.
At birth, lunar imprints are encoded into your energy field and DNA, waiting to be activated by future transits. This is how the past meets the present to shape. Your birth chart isn’t fortune-telling. It’s a spiritual GPS, a multidimensional mirror reflecting your gifts, your lessons, and your higher self’s plan.
So I invite you: go beyond the sun sign. Discover your personal astrology. Align your inner world with the rhythms of the cosmos.
Astrology isn’t fluff. It’s the original soul science, etched in the stars, written for you.
Deb Norman is a gifted intuitive, medium, transformative coach, and spiritual catalyst dedicated to helping individuals uncover and heal the root causes of their challenges. She uses a unique blend of psychological astrology, psychotherapy, spiritual awareness, energy body work, and epigenetics to guide clients toward lasting transformation.
