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The actual word 'horoscope' is derived from the Latin combination of two words in which 'Horo' means hour and 'Scope' means view, so it is a 'view of the hour.'

Another definition of it is that it is a delineation of particular celestial energies based on heavenly patterns.It is also known as an astrological chart, astro-chart, celestial map, chart wheel, natal chart, , sky-map, star-chart, cosmogram, vitasphere, radical chart, radix, chart wheel or simply chart.


What is a Horoscope?

It is a chart of a person which represents the exact positions of the Sun, the Moon and the planets when he/she was born. It varies from person to person as their place, date and time of birth differ. The interpretation of this on a personal basis is the sole aim of astrology.

Likewise each country has its own scope based on the time it was discovered or got independence ,etc. The analysis of a country's chart comes under mundane astrology.

It has originated right when human civilization started. The history of scopes would be a good read.

Although the luminaries Sun and Moon and the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are far away decked up in the night sky, they are said to have a clear role on our lives and our future. These planets move around the Sun in an elliptical orbit in the celestial sky. Twelve constellations or group of stars have also been mapped in the 360 degree sky around us. They are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. All individuals come under any one of the above zodiac signs or Sun signs.

A HOROSCOPE CHART
Horoscope chart

There are many representations of the chart like a Western, an Indian, Chinese, and so on. While one need not rely totally on one's scopes, it does reflect the natural inclinations you possess, the lessons you ought to learn, the problems to be faced, and the ones to be solved. In general it represents your inner potential.

Scopes are published in Journals, newspapers, magazines, books, TV media, Mobile Applications and websites. A person's birth chart as it is also called, depends on the time of the calendar year that they he was born in. The year is composed of twelve sections which make up the zodiac. Each section is called a sign.

The zodiacs correspond to the twelve constellations. The constellations have changed over time. In our modern world, many of the constellations have been redefined so now every star in the sky is in exactly one constellation. In 1929, the International Astronomical Union adopted official constellation boundaries that defined the 88 official constellations that exist today.

An important point in the chart would be the house that holds the Sun. It is a key area to be scrutinized when doing a horoscope-chart analysis. The other important one is the Ascendant or the Rising sign from where the counting of the houses start.

What are its Components?

There are four major components in the Chart: They are the planets, the zodiac signs, the aspects and the houses. The planets show the active powers involved. The Zodiac signs show the characteristics of events. The aspects between planets show why something is happening, and the Houses of the astrology show where it is happening.

It is a forecast of a person's future, typically including a delineation of character and circumstances, based on the relative positions of the stars and planets at the time of that person's birth in a particular place. In other words, a horo-scope is a short forecast for people born under a particular zodiac sign.

No matter what your Sun sign is , we are all under the 12 zodiac signs are affected as the Sun and other planets cycle through the scopes every year.

Astrologers refer to the scopes as the astrological chart of a person or a moment in time, which is calculated from the planetary positions in the sky. The calculations used are based on the date, place and time of birth. That's why a scope is so personal, like a fingerprint and is very unique. No two people share the same scopes, twins however differ in their scope by a few degrees in their Ascendant as they are born a few minutes or hours apart, but in the same place.

The scope holds within it planets, signs, aspects, houses, and other points that reflect the potential characteristics and patterns. It does not indicate our destiny, instead it shows our potential in life.

A scope is an astrological chart that is calculated based upon the date, time and place of birth. A chart can also be calculated for an event, a question, and even a country. Symbols are used to represent planets, signs, and geometric connections called aspects. In most cases, the chart in Western astrology is drawn on a circular wheel while in Indian Astrology it is in a rectangular or square format.

Scopes does not directly predict what is going to happen to you and when but instead it can tell you what kind of person you are and how you will react to things or events in life.

Creation of a Natal Chart

One need the following 3 figures to make horoscope or sometimes it is just called – chart.

• Date of birth

• Time of birth

• Place of birth

From the place of birth, one can figure out its longitude and latitude; which is used in making natal chart.

The creation of a scope is done using astronomical data for the positions of the Sun, Moon and the rest of planets and stars but then the interpretations of these positions and interrelations are usually done manually or by pre-programmed machines.

The first step in the creation of a horoscope is to draw the celestial sphere the space where the planets and stars will be positioned. It has 12 sectors around the circle of the elliptic, starting counter clockwise with the ascendant

To create it, first we have to ascertain the exact time and place of the native. The local time is then converted to Greenwch mean time or universal time. Then this need to be converted to the local sidereal time to locate the Ascednant and midheaven. Then the Ephemeris table are looked into to find the location of the Sun, Moon and the other planets for the particular time.

It features 12 sectors around the circle of the ecliptic, starting from the eastern horizon with the ascendant or rising sign. These 12 sectors are called the houses.

The 12 Houses
  

Horo-Chart thus begins with a framework of 12 houses. Upon this the signs of the zodiac are superimposed.

Aries Aries - Your identity

Taurus Taurus - Your personal resources

Gemini Gemini - Your communicative skills

Free Daily horoscope Cancer - Your family and home

Leo Leo - Your interests and likings

VirgoVirgo - Your day to day works

Libra Libra - Your partners in life

ScorpioScorpio - that which cannot be controlled by you

Sagittarius Sagittarius - your travels

CapricornCapricorn - your career and social status

AquariusAquarius - Your ideals in life

Pisces Pisces - Your shortcomings

Placements of planets

Once the houses are determined, we have to position the planets. In some astrological calculations, fixed stars and asteroids like Chiron are also taken into consideration

Aspects

To complete the horoscope, the relative angles or aspects between the planets has to be determined. More exact aspects are considered more important. The difference between the exact aspect and the actual aspect is called the orb. The generally used major aspects are: are Conjunction (0°), Opposition (180°), Square(90°), Trine (120°), Sextile (60°), Semi-Square (45°), Sesquisquare (135°), and Quincunx (150°).

The major astrological system regarded universally is Vedic Hindu Astrology. As per this, all planets see just opposite i.e. 180 degree aspect. But Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn have special aspects. Mars sees the houses 4th and 8 too from its place in the scopes, Saturn sees the houses 3 and 10 too from its place, and Jupiter sees 5 and 9 from its place in the scopes.

The Ascendant

The ascendant also called “ASC” is a point on the ecliptic that rises on the eastern horizon at sunrise and changes as the earth rotates on its axis. The ascendant is very important in astrological chart interpretation. It exerts more power than the sun, moon and planets because it infiltrates everything in the natal chart. The ascendant is the first point of energy in the natal chart and it represents the way we view life. The sign on the ascendant represents who we are. The longitude of one’s birth place is needed to determine the position of the Ascendant in the horoscope.

Once the natal chart is constructed, it can be interpreted. This interpretation depends upon which branch of astrology is being used for the study.

The most common types of Horo-scope around the world are:

1.Alchemist Horo-scope

This is a mixture of numerological and astrological principles. It consists f ten signs which are associated with elements that are found the periodic table. If you are a chemistry buff you would be knowing this. The signs used in this Alchemist horoscope are silver (1), iron (2), mercury (3), zinc (4), tin (5), lead (6), platinum (7), nickel ( 8), gold (9) and copper (0).

You can calculate your scope by adding the digits of your date of birth, and the result that you get, which will have two figures, you also add to each other, until there is one single digit.

2. Arab Horo-scope

This has twelve signs just like Western astorlogy, and they all have the names of medieval weapons: Spear, Sling, Ax, Dagger, Club, Mace, Knife, Scimitar, Machete, Chain, Poniard and Arch. Each one has a lucky number associated with it, and then they have a lucky weapon that is associated with the number of inhabitants of the place where we were born. This system is said to have originated before the period of Jesus Christ.

3. Aztec Horo-scope

Deer, Caiman, House, Flower, Snake, Jaguar, Reed, Rabbit, Eagle, Monkey, Flint or Silex and Dog are the animals, plants and objects associated with the Aztec Horoscope, which in turn is a twist of the Mayan Horoscopes. This horoscope signs are not associated with the period of your birth but are specific for a day. If you are born on the 1st of a month, you belong to an animal sign, if on the 2nd to some other sign and the like…

4. Celtic Horo-scope

Celtic scopes have about 21 signs and all of them are tree names. It said that the tree under which you were born would protect you and you would inhabit its characteristics.

There are two trees for the equinoxes, September (Olive) and March (Oak), and two for the solstices of June (Birch) and December (Beech). Then there are the remaining 17 trees: Fir, Poplar, Maple, Hazel, Hornbeam, Chestnut, Cedar, Cypress, Ash, Fig, Apple, Walnut, Elm, Pine, Willow, Rowan and Linden.

5. Chinese Horo-scope

It consists of 12 animal signs, associated with various legends. The animals of the Chinese zodiac are rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. The Chinese scopes are based on your year of birth, unlike the month of birth which is used in Western astrology.

6. Druid Horo-scope

The Druid scope also has tree names associated with it like the Celtic Horoscope. It has 13 signs and they are associated with lunar phases. Their names are Birch, Rowan, Ash, Alder, Willow, Hawthorn, Oak, Hazel, Vine, Ivy, Cane and Elder.

7. Egyptian Horo-scope

Egyptian astrology is based mainly on the deep motivations of each individual and their natural personality, and does not have the Western aspects. This type of scope is based on the lunar cycles, related in turn to their different gods: Osiris, Isis, Thot, Anubis, Seth, Horus, Sekhmet, Baste, Geb, Nout, Amon Ray and Hapi.

8. Gypsy Horo-scope

Gpysy astrology and scopes are mostly based on palmistry and Cartomancy techniques. Their signs are represented by objects, assigned to each person according to their date of birth. Cup, Chapel, Dagger, Crown, Candlesticks, Wheel, Star, Bell, Coin, Dagger, Ax and Horseshoe are the twelve signs of this type of scopes.

9. Hindu Horo-scope

This is also called as the Vedic scope has twelve signs, and is a sidereal horoscope. It's based on the 27 constellations or nakshatras that the Indian astrologers found in the heavens, and the signs are Mehsa, Rishabha, Mithuna, Kataka, Simha, Kanya, Tula, Virshickha, Dhanush, Makara, Kumbha and Meena. The signs are also called as Rasis and each Rasi has nakshatras associated with it.

10. Indian Horo-scope

This method followed by the Indians from America, It has a dozen signs, have the name of the animals characteristic of these territories: Snow Goose, Woodpecker, Otter, Sturgeon, Puma, Brown Bear, Hawk, Raven, Beaver, Snake, Stag and Moose.

11. Mayan Horo-scope

Mayan scope is sort of an influence of Aztec scopes. Its calendar is divided into 20-day months, and the names of the signs are Tzootz - Bat, Dzec - Scorpion, Keh - Deer, Moan - Owl, Kutz - Peacock, Kibray - Lizard, Batz Kimil - Monkey, Coz - Hawk , Balam - Jaguar, Fex - Dog, Kan - Snake, Tzub - Rabbit and Aak - Turtle.

12. Western Horo-scope

The Western scope, which is divided into twelve signs represented by the name that was given to the stars, all of them emerged from mythology. Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces are these signs, which in turn can be divided as signs of Air, Water, Fire and Earth.

13. Wuykü horo-scope

This has only four signs, represented by sacred animals for Buddhists. This horoscope goes back about two thousand years before Christ, and emerged in Tibet. Spider, Ant, Scorpion and Turtle are these four signs, and each one represents three months of the year.

Advantages of Horoscope

• Your scope would give a clear picture of your past, present and future.

• Getting to know your past helps you to learn from your past experiences and to correct mistakes.

• Your current forecast helps you to pursue your day to day activities without hindrances.

• Knowing your future would help you to alter the same , in case some negative effects are seen.

• Having your scope would be easier to find an ideal partner by matching yours with his or her chart.

• Forewarned is forearmed, you would be having prior information regarding your health, relationships, career and the like, which goes a long way in guiding you through the stellar path.

Daily Horoscope

The daily scopes usually focuses on the position of the Moon to determine which are the changes and forecasts for each of the twelve zodiac signs, because the Moon has a smaller cycle and rotates around the zodiac in just 28 days. It stays in one zodiac house for about 2.5 days or so.

However a daily scope does not take into account several crucial factors such as:

• A birth chart that is constructed specifically for you based on the date, time and place of your birth.

• The angles of your chart: that is, the ascendant, midheaven, descendant and other horo-scope points.

• The planets in your birth chart.

Predicting daily scopes takes a huge amount of work and astrological calculations. You can try our mobile App to know more about your daily prediction and how much it works towards making your life much easier to live and have an understanding of different situations that occur in your life. Daily forecasts help you to approach life with a bit of caution and keeps you balanced well for the day.

Your free daily horoscope will give you an insight into the day's events in matters of love, family life and at work. Whatever your zodiac sign is, we know what the day has in store for you, so do not hesitate. Check out your daily horoscope here and start your day off with a smile thanks to today's horoscope for your zodiac sign. Discover if today is a day to remember in future.

Weekly Horoscope

Weeks pass one after another. Need to know what the stars foretell for you? With our weekly horoscope forecast and predictions you can get the best advice you need and be ready to face the days as the week pass by.

Choose your zodiac sign to get your free weekly scopes regularly updated on a weekly basis. Hope you enjoy our weekly scopes.

It's better to know what's to be expected before you start the week!

Monthly Horoscope

Monthly scopes are more based on the positions of the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars and the Sun because these planets change their positions in a month. More notably the Sun travels in a zodiac house for about a month’s time. It impacts heavily our life here.

Your Monthly scope brings about a new perspective of your life on a monthly basis. New opportunities arise each month to positively or negatively change your life in a big way. All it takes is a little planning and our free monthly horoscopes.

Yearly Horoscope

It focus on the movement of the outer planets namely Saturn and Jupiter. Our yearly scopes are a big hit among our visitors. The yearly horoscopes for every year are published well ahead in time, say about 6 months before-hand. This helps you to plan your year ahead based on the planetary movements for the year.

It cover almost all aspects of your mundane life like love, marriage, career, finance, children, travel. It also has a piece of advice for every sun sign at the tail end. Also the planetary influences of the planets, the eclipses and the retrograde movements of planets and their effect on the individual zodiac signs are highlighted.

Related Links


• Moon Astrology for all signs

• Geocentric Ephemeris (1900 - 2100)