books:astrological_books:leoni_hodgson:a_guide_for_absolute_beginners:chapter_6_exercises_1
Exercise 1: Read planets in signs.
Start by reading your own chart.
- Column 1: contains symbols of the planets
- Column 2: contains keywords for the planet.
- Column 3. contains the connecting conjunctions.
- Column 4: contains the symbol for the sign the planet is in.
- Column 5: contains keywords for the signs.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planet | Keywords for the Planet | Conjunctions or connecting words | Sign | Keywords for the Sign |
| ☉ | My personality | is | ♋ | defensive, sensitive |
| ☽ | My emotions | are | ♓ | fluid, emotional |
| Asc | My approach to life | is | ♉ | practical, grounded |
| ☿ | My mind | is | ♋ | emotional, defensive |
| ♀ | My affections | are | ♊ | adaptable |
| ♂ | My desires | are | ♌ | grand and royal |
| ♃ | The urge to grow | is expressed | ♓ | inclusively |
| ♄ | One's ambitions | is expressed | ♋ | defensively, sensitively |
| ♅ | Urge for independence | is expressed | ♎ | intelligently |
| ♆ | Urge for spiritual union | is expressed | ♐ | expansively |
| ♇ | Urge to control | is expressed | ♎ | diplomatically |
To get the most out of these exercises, draw up your own table and practice with many charts. Once the data is entered, the next step is to convert each statement into something understandable and readable. Here are some suggestions. Keep things simple in the early stages. Change keywords if you can think of a better one while interpreting.
- 1. Sun in Cancer: my personality is defensive and sensitive.
- 2. Moon in Pisces: my emotions are fluid and emotional,
- 3. Ascendant in Taurus: I approach life practically, am grounded.
- 4. Mercury in Cancer: my mind is affected by the emotions.
- 5. Venus in Gemini: my affections are adaptable, can be superficial.
- 6. Mars in Leo: my desires are expressed in a grand and royal way.
- 7. Jupiter in Pisces: my urge to grow, to understand is expressed fluidly, with feeling.
- 8. Saturn in Cancer: I express my ambitions sensitively, defensively.
- 9. Uranus in Libra: independence is expressed intelligently, to maintain harmony.
- 10. Neptune in Sagittarius: The urge for spiritual understanding is expressed expansively, enthusiastically.
- 11. Pluto in Libra: my urge to control and to survive is expressed diplomatically.
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