Astrological Body types

The Astrological Body Types: Face Form and Expression
book
The Astrological Body Types: Face Form and Expression
by J. Arbrams Hill

This is a great book with awesome illustratioins of different sign and planetary types.

There are many factors you can consider to find your overall dominant type.

Table of Significators of Physical Appearance in the Birth Chart
  1. Moon's sign (esp. in females)
  2. Ascending Sign
  3. Sign tenanted_____ by the planetary "ruler" ____ of the Ascending Sign _____
  4. Sun sign (beware of cusps, as people may look like the neighboring sign)
  5. The sign opposite ____ to the Sun Sign
  6. Planets nearest the Ascending degree, either side (conjunct)
  7. Any planet closely conjunct the planetary rule of the Ascendant ______ Sun ______ or Moon ______
  8. Any sign possessing two or more "personal" planets (i.e. Mercury, Venus, Mars)
  9. Any sign possessing a "stellium" of five or more planets
  10. Stationery planets: planet that appears to have no motion at birth, (mercury, venus and mars for 1 day, 1-3 days for slower planets) look at an ephemeris
  11. Dominant Element (look for at least two important indicators such as Sun, Moon, Ascendant, or ruler of Ascendant posited in one element)
  12. Dominant Mode (must be overt dominance)


Example with my chart


  1. Moon's sign: SAGITTARIUS
  2. Ascending Sign: SAGITTARIUS
  3. Sign tenanted__CANCER___ by the planetary "ruler" __JUPITER__ of the Ascending Sign __SAG___
  4. Sun sign (beware of cusps, as people may look like the neighboring sign): SCORPIO CUSP WITH LIBRA
  5. The sign opposite _TAURUS___ to the Sun Sign (SCORPIO)
  6. Planets nearest the Ascending degree, either side (conjunct): MOON, VENUS, MARS
  7. Any planet closely conjunct the planetary rule of the Ascendant ___MOON, VENUS, MARS___ Sun ______ or Moon ___VENUS, MARS___
  8. Any sign possessing two or more "personal" planets (i.e. Mercury, Venus, Mars) VENUS AND MARS IN SAGITTARIUS
  9. Any sign possessing a "stellium" of five or more planets: NONE
  10. Stationery planets: NONE
  11. Dominant Element (look for at least two important indicators such as Sun, Moon, Ascendant, or ruler of Ascendant posited in one element): WATER, THEN FIRE
  12. Dominant Mode (must be overt dominance): MUTABLE
SAGITTARIUS 1,1,1,1   
MUTABLE

CANCER 1
SCORPIO 1
TAURUS 1

MOON 1, 1
VENUS 1, 1
MARS 1, 1

LOOKS LIKE I AM A SAGITTARIUS TYPE (AND MUTABLE)
     
 GOOGLE THE EPHEMERIS FOR THE MONTH YOU WERE BORN.

my natal Jupiter and Saturn were retrograde, but not close to direct
looks like my natal north node was direct though....

"Saturn retrograde in your natal chart can show that you don’t feel like you’re worthy of anything, and that insecurity leads you to act badly. You also keep your fears to yourself, wanting to appear strong, perhaps because someone in authority had too much power over you. You have to be patient and work hard to get what you want, but you may not be willing to dedicate yourself, especially in the areas of life ruled by the houses your Saturn is in and rules. You restrict yourself by being lazy and indulgent, which is the dark side of Jupiter, the planetary opposite of Saturn. With Jupiter retrograde, you can be too pessimistic and lack imagination, the dark side of Saturn. Usually, if you have both Saturn and Jupiter retrograde in your chart, the effects sort of cancel each other out. You generally feel them most when you only have one of these two planets retrograde." 

"Planets in Exaltation, Detriment and Fall
In addition to the planetary rulerships, there are also planets which are exalted in the signs, which again means that they are comfortable and tend to function well in those signs. The table below indicates which planets are exalted in the various signs. Planets will be in detriment, however, in signs opposite the signs they rule. Planets in detriment are traditionally considered to have difficulty operating positively in these signs. Finally, in addition to planets in detriment, planets are also said to be in their fall in certain signs, which means that they are debilitated in those signs." http://www.astro.com/mtp/mtp64_e.htm

SignRulerExaltedDetrimentFall
AriesMarsSunVenusSaturn
TaurusVenusMoonMars
GeminiMercuryJupiter
CancerMoonJupiterSaturnMars
LeoSunSaturn
VirgoMercuryJupiterVenus
LibraVenusSaturnMarsSun
ScorpioMars (Pluto)VenusMoon
SagittariusJupiterMercury
CapricornSaturnMarsMoonJupiter
AquariusSaturn (Uranus)Sun
PiscesJupiter (Neptune)VenusMercury

What is your modality balance?



Chart Calculator http://www.astrolada.com/calculator-of-birthcharts
gives a very old visual version of the chart

  • The cardinal modality marks the beginning of the season and the power of initiation.
  • The fixed modality corresponds to the middle of the season and the power of sustaining.
  • The mutable modality represents the end of the season and the power of change.
Elements and Modalities
Fire Water Air Earth
Cardinal Aries Cancer Libra Capricorn
Fixed Leo Scorpio Aquarius Taurus
Mutable Sagittarius Pisces Gemini Virgo

I'd use http://astro.com
look at the bottom right of your chart where you have this chart:

Sign Cardinal Fixed Mutable
Sun Scorpio 1
Moon Sagittarius 1
Mercury Scorpio 1
Venus Sagittarius 1
Mars Sagittarius 1
Jupiter Cancer 1
Saturn Pisces 1

  • Cardinals moves a lot and make many changes, many beginnings.  When things are not going well, they just leave.  They are brilliant and make large changes.
  • Fixed signs do not like change, they follow through with things.  When things are not going well, they keep trying the same things, until when they give up and leave, they won't come back.  They are salt of the earth.
  • Mutable/Dual is a mixture, when things are not going well they try to fix things. They are focused on improvement. Very skillful, knowledgeable and intelligent.  Experts. May have weaker bodies.

 So, then you look to see if you have 3 or 4 planets in one predominant modality.  In my case, I have 4 mutable signs.  As she says in the video, the balanced mutable person will both start and finish things.


Transit Program

TRANSITS

A Daily Study Aid for Planetary Influences

Are you interested in learning more about the planetary influences that occur each day in your life? Now you can with my program called TRANSITSTRANSITS calculates your natal chart, then lists your daily transits along with text that you can use to learn more about planetary influences.
To install: unzip TRANSITS.ZIP then run SETUP.EXE.
Download TRANSITS.ZIP, 173628, 14 June 1998.


You have to go into options and change out these items:
  1. orb (don't worry about changing this)
  2. month
  3. day
  4. year (easy)
  5. hour 
  6. minute
  7. 0=AM 1=PM
  8. time zone of birth (now that's tricky: http://www.scientificastrology.com/approve/timezone.aspx)
  9. current time zone
  10. don't worry about the rest


You will get this little snoopy icon you can put on your desktop and then you can check it daily.



... but hey, don't listen to me, EXPRESS YOUR TRUTH! Jane
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