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Category: Draconic Charts

  • How to Read a Draconic Astrology Chart (Part 3)

    Recently, talk of draconic charts in astrology seems to have exploded around the different forums that I frequent (which is super-exciting, I love talking about this stuff!), which gave me the idea to make another entry highlighting these charts and what I believe are the important things to focus on while deciphering them. This is kind of a hodgepodge of ideas dealing with these charts, so bear with me if my ideas seem to kind of jump from thing to thing.

    Real quick though: if you would like for me to read your draconic chart for you (or my favorite – the natal to draconic comparison), or any kind of astrology reading, you can book a reading with me. And if you are more of a watcher than a reader, I do have videos about draconic astrology on my YouTube channel.

    Pluto’s importance here in these charts should never be forgotten. Pluto (and it’s polarity point opposite it) has a very special place within evolutionary astrology, almost operating like the North Node/South Node Axis, showing where we come from on a soul level and what we want to evolve into. The position of one’s natal Pluto points to the way we are based on the experiences from our previous incarnations (or where/how we come into this lifetime most “familiar”), while the natal Pluto Polarity point points to what our soul wants to evolve into in this lifetime. By reading these two placements in a draconic chart, I almost see this as Pluto representing the way that we just naturally (on a soul level) believe things, desire things, and perceive things, but the draconic Pluto Polarity Point shows the highest possible evolution of our soul (all that our soul could be). It’s once that we’ve actually obtained this soul goal of “becoming” our Pluto Polarity Point that we probably stop reincarnating into this world and then go on to somewhere else. Once we’ve reached the highest elevation of this point in the draconic chart, our soul’s mission and evolution over all lifetimes is complete (or that’s one of my theories, anyway). With Pluto being so important, when reading a draconic chart by itself make sure to take notice of where Pluto (and its polarity point) are in the chart. This should give you some kind of idea where you have been on a soul level across all lifetimes (by sign, house, and aspects), and where (probably) the highest elevation of your soul’s nature lies (by the Pluto Polarity Point and its sign, house, and aspects). Remember, when reading the natal and draconic charts, the “lenses” you use are different. The natal chart is just about this present incarnation, so Pluto and its polarity point in this chart points to the evolutionary journey and process for this life. Pluto and its Polarity Point in the draconic chart point to the evolutionary process and journey across all lifetimes.

    The Moon is, I believe, another very important planet to take note of in the draconic chart, since the nodes of the Moon are based off the Moon in the natal chart (and the draconic chart is created by making the north node 0-degrees Aries). The draconic Moon shows how you function emotionally and process your feelings (and the type of feelings that you have) across all time and space. By house, the draconic Moon shows the areas that your soul at its deepest levels may have the most emotional investment in, or to what and where you are most emotionally tied. By sign, the draconic Moon can show the way that your soul expresses the Moon’s energy naturally. These are probably very much within the subconscious parts of your mind in this lifetime, maybe not even fully able to be rationalized, and very innate. When you have feeling about something, and maybe you don’t even know why you feel a certain way about it…..I would bet that’s the draconic Moon at work.

    Sometimes I feel like our souls want an easier time or more difficult time handling things like our emotions (or really anything) in certain lifetimes. I also fully believe that before we are incarnated in each life our soul decides, or at least has a say, in what we want our natal charts to look/be like. With that said, if our soul wanted to grow in how we process and handle our feelings in this incarnation, as a way of learning a life lesson to then carry over to the next life, it may throw some difficult aspects between the Moon and other planets/celestial bodies in the natal chart. However, the real catalysts for change on a soul level seem to be the more difficult aspects between a planet/celestial body in the natal chart and a planet/celestial body in the draconic chart. An example of this would be difficult aspects between, say, the natal Sun and the draconic Moon. There is some deep soul lesson to be learned (possibly even karmic) about your sense of selfhood in this lifetime and how you really feel, deep down in your soul. This sense of selfhood could even translate to a sense of “soulhood” when we get down to it; something about the soul’s sense of self and the soul’s emotions that could only really be learned through this lifetime by having your natal Sun in a certain place, making a more difficult aspect to your draconic Moon. When reading the draconic chart on its own or in tandem with the natal chart, the planets and aspects that I personally take special care in analyzing are as follows:
    *The Sun
    *The Moon
    *Pluto
    *The Nodes of the Moon
    ——-I realize that in draconic charts the North Node is always set to 0-degrees Aries, but pay attention here to any planets/celestial bodies that aspect the Nodes in both types of charts. Also pay attention to any aspects that your natal North & South Nodes make to the draconic North & South Nodes.
    * All of the major angles by house, sign, and aspects made (Ascendant, Descendant, Midheaven & Imum Coeli/IC). Take careful note of the IC, though. Being the most private part of your natal chart, and where your “roots” are, I feel like this has a special place in draconic astrology as well (since the draconic chart appear to be like the roots of the soul).
    *I take special note of conjunctions and oppositions, because these tend to be karmic (as are square aspects sometimes, depending on the planets/celestial bodies in aspect).
    *The Vertex & Antivertex axis is also something that has always struck me as important when looking at these charts together. Connections made between the natal Vertex and draconic planets/celestial bodies (and vice versa) could indicate areas of your life (and soul) that just feel really, really fated (and surprising) but you don’t really understand why. Connections made between the natal Antivertex and draconic planets/celestial bodies (and vice versa) will still feel really, really fated, but there will probably be a sense of expecting/knowing/more understanding that comes from this fated feeling (something that feels fated, but you already knew would manifest).

    More to come…..later 🙂
    If you have anything to discuss, let’s talk!

    Links to other posts in this series:
    Draconic Charts Part 1
    Draconic Charts Part 2

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  • Natal North Node at 0 degrees Aries

    Natal North Node at 0 degrees Aries

    Charts where the natal north node is at 0-degrees Aries…..these charts absolutely fascinate me. This is because when you have your north node at 0-degrees Aries, your draconic chart is exactly the same as your natal chart. Since the nodal axis deals with the soul (what the soul is comfortable & familiar per the south node and one of the soul missions in this lifetime per the north node), it would stand to reason that this type of situation would cause THIS lifetime to be very important to the native (along the course of ALL the lifetimes that the native experiences). What could this mean? Lets explore some ideas 🙂

    *Natal North Node at 0 degrees Aries*

    When a person has their natal north node at 0-degrees Aries, this causes ones draconic chart to look the same as their natal chart; all of the planets and aspects are conjunct when doing an overlay between the two charts. The closer that your natal north node is to 0-degrees Aries, the more similar the natal and draconic charts will appear. In the context of a this blog post I’m talking about people who have their natal north node either at 0-degrees Aries or conjunct the Aries Point within 5 degrees applying & separating. There are some theories that I have about what this can mean for the person who has this in their natal chart (and mind you, these are all just theories that feel like they might be right). When studying these types of charts together there isn’t a whole lot out there … so I figure I’d throw my ideas out there into the fray. 

    I have seen it mentioned various places that having your Natal North Node at the Aries Point could mean things like:
    -Since the Aries point is considered the beginning of a new cycle, it could mean this is your first incarnation in this realm, or that even though you’re soul is in this realm, you have somehow ascended to another level of consciousness in this lifetime (thus starting a new cycle, but not being a “new” soul).
    -People that have their north node at 0 degrees Aries are essentially getting a “do-over” life in this incarnation. Since some astrologers believe that the draconic chart is the natal chart of ONLY the native’s most recent past life, it would make sense to think that maybe both charts (the natal & draconic) are the same because something happened in their past life to where they weren’t able to complete their souls mission that time around, that something cut that lifetime short. Thus getting the opportunity in this life to be the same kind of person to try and rectify this and complete their soul’s mission from the previous lifetime.
    -The Aries Point holds a lot of power in general, and having ones north node here may incline the person to have a powerful sort of destiny that their soul wishes to act on and act out in this lifetime……if they choose to act on this destiny and desire, that is.
    *All of the above seem reasonable to me. However, my ideas are below*

    It seems that when one has this position in their natal chart, it causes the person to be exactly who and what they are on a soul level (the good and the bad and everything in between). There is no ‘natal-chart-of-this-lifetime-mask’ to be worn here; these people get the divine opportunity in this lifetime to be exactly as they really are. This makes a lot of sense (to me anyway), since I feel that the natal chart is the chart for a particular lifetime in human form, but the draconic chart is the chart for the soul across all time and space. There is a real vulnerability to this position that I have instinctively sensed, because like it or not… you are who you are. The people that I have known with this placement (and I’ve come into contact with several (myself included)) tend to be “what you see is what you get” kind of people, and this does appear to intensify the closer to exact their natal north node is to 0-degrees Aries. I also feel that for these people this particular life is of paramount importance in their soul’s evolution, and where this evolution is supposed to take place will depend on the house the natal north node finds itself in (and of course, any aspects made). If the north node is one of the soul’s main missions for this lifetime, and the draconic chart is the chart of a native’s soul across all lifetimes, then it would make sense to me that in this lifetime the person is supposed to really accomplish things that the person really wants (on a soul level). 

    -Something to take note of here: the nodal axis is retrograde more often than it is direct. If you use the mean node it will always average out retrograde. If you use the true node will bounce around between retrograde and direct (but it will be retrograde more often). Because of retrograde motion here, the END is 0-degrees Aries and the beginning is 29-degrees Pisces. This makes me think that there is definitely a beginning and end thing going on in this lifetime for these people (perhaps something both ending and starting up in this current incarnation). 

    Anyone else have the north node at 0-degrees Aries in their natal chart? Anyone else studied it? If you have anything to add or comment, I’d love to discuss! 🙂

  • Stuff about Draconic Charts in Astrology (Part Two)

    In the first posting about Draconic Charts, I went into what exactly they are and what they are thought to represent, along with my own personal beliefs about these charts. In this post, we’ll get into how one should approach reading a Draconic Chart and the lens in which they should probably be read. The Draconic Chart can either be read as it’s own entity, or can be read in conjunction with the Natal Chart. Really, I find the later is the more complete way to read these charts, but on their own they are also very interesting.

    Read in conjunction to the Natal Chart, you are looking at charts with two different types of energy and two different purposes. You can think of the Natal Chart as the outward manifestation energy and the Draconic Chart as the inward manifestation of energy. That’s not to say that the Natal Chart is only an outward manifestation of energy (clearly it isn’t when looked at on its own), but put up against the Draconic Chart the Natal Chart is infinitely more outward than the Draconic. Another way that I like to think of these charts is the Natal Chart is like the EGO and the Draconic Chart is one’s ID (like Freud’s theory of the ID, EGO and SUPEREGO). The Natal Chart is how one presents themselves in this lifetime, how they are in the here and now, the EGO of the charts. The Draconic Chart is primal like the ID, and instinctual. It is how we innately operate on a soul level, all the positive and negative that we truly are. There are astrologers that believe a newborn baby (or a small infant in babyhood) would closer identify with their Draconic Chart….if they were able to identify with charts. This is because the if the Draconic is considered the chart of the soul, then a newborn baby’s (or infant in babyhood’s) soul is so new here on earth that they still identify strongly with their soul-makeup rather than their makeup for this lifetime; they still identify solely with the ID, the EGO hasn’t taken hold yet.

    From my understanding, you read the aspects, planets, houses, angles, degrees, etc. the same way that you read a Natal Chart, you just read them through a different lens. This lens needs to be directed inward, deep and probing, and most of all, intuitive.
    *For example, the I.C. in the Natal Chart represents your roots, your early home life, and the home that you want to create for yourself. I also like to think of the I.C. as asking the question “what/where is home to you?” Maybe home to you is in the same sort of situation you found yourself growing up? Maybe it’s something completely opposite, or even something avant-garde? The concept and question of home is asked by the I.C., regardless of what the answer is. Now, in the Natal Chart the concept of home is seen through the lens of this lifetime, whereas in the Draconic Chart the concept of home goes much deeper, beyond just this lifetime. It asks the question of “what/where is home to you?,” but it is asked on a soul level. What you are set up to need in this lifetime may not paint the full picture of what your soul really needs. The I.C. of the Natal Chart and I.C. of the Draconic Chart may even feel like they are conflicting somehow, like they are wanting two very different things. When this occurs, it’s my theory that the native set themselves up for this sort of unconscious struggle about what they want and need in the present life v. what they really need on a soul level. Just to be clear, this conflicting present lifetime need v. soul need can occur with anything between Natal Chart and the Draconic Chart, not just with the I.C.
    *For another example, say someone has Venus at 17 degrees in Libra in the 7th House in their natal chart. This probably makes them someone that is all about relationships and partnerships, wanting to bring peace and balance to them. If Mars is at 17 degrees in Capricorn in the 7th House in the Draconic Chart, this makes Mars and Venus conjunct between the charts. This can cause that Natal Venus in Libra person to maybe, on a soul level, be a little more aggressive, authoritative, strategic, and assertive than they even realize when dealing with their relationships, what they project onto other people and other 7th house matters. This underlying urge can pop up from time to time (or may always be present under the surface). These two planetary energies are merging (by way of being conjunct), but they don’t always jive well together within the same person. This could be another example of conflicting needs between the soul level and this lifetime. The person needs to figure out a way to bring these two energies together and have them operating in-sync rather than one competing for attention (which can easily happen with conjunctions).

    An important point to bring up in talking about these charts being analyzed against one another are the aspects created between the two, specifically the conjunction and opposition aspects. There is something very karmic about these aspects naturally regardless of what chart you are looking at, with the conjunction blending together two energies and the opposition pulling two energies in completely different directions. Since these aspects can be karmic in nature, it only makes sense that they would take precedence in the very karmic Draconic Chart. When looking at the aspects between both of these charts, I would advise keeping your orbs much tighter than usual, probably not more than 3 or 4 degrees. Some astrologers like to go even tighter than that (in the 1 to 2 degree orb range). Usually I will try to keep them tighter than 4 degrees, but it really depends on the what planetary body, angle, etc. is being analyzed and the overall feel of the two charts read in tandem.

    If you would like for me to read for you, get a reading with me! If you’re more of a watcher than a reader, you can find videos on draconic charts in astrology on my YouTube channel 🙂

    Links to other posts in this series:
    Draconic Charts Part 1
    Draconic Charts Part 3