Astrology
Astrology is one of humanity's oldest symbolic traditions: a system for relating the positions of celestial bodies to character, timing, and meaning. On Asteria Star it is presented as cultural and interpretive heritage. These pages describe what astrological traditions hold; they do not claim astrology predicts or explains events scientifically.
The zodiac constellations
Zodiac Signs
The twelve signs and the qualities tradition assigns them.
Birth Chart
An introduction to the chart of the sky at a moment of birth.
Natal Chart
Interpreting signs, planets, and houses together in depth.
Rising Sign
The Ascendant — the sign on the eastern horizon at birth.
Moon Sign
The sign the Moon occupied at birth, in tradition.
Planet Meanings
The symbolic roles tradition gives the planets and luminaries.
Houses
The twelve houses and the life areas tradition links to them.
Aspects
Angular relationships between chart points and their meanings.
Transits
How current planetary positions are read against a birth chart.
Progressions
A symbolic technique for advancing a chart over time.
Solar Return
A chart cast for the Sun's yearly return to its birth position.
Compatibility
How traditions compare signs and charts between people.
Synastry
Comparing two birth charts side by side.
Chinese Zodiac
The twelve-year animal cycle of East Asian tradition.
Western Astrology
The tropical-zodiac tradition rooted in the Mediterranean world.
Vedic Astrology
Jyotisha — the astrological tradition of the Indian subcontinent.
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Astronomy
The universe, studied with evidence.
Sky Guide
What to see in the sky, and when.
Calculators
Methods for the sky — astronomical and traditional.
Encyclopedia
Definitions, history, and the human context of the sky.
Observatory
See the universe — through verified, openly licensed imagery.
Guides
Learn the sky, step by step.