Reading Your Birth Chart for Beginners

Begin with your Lagna, or ascendant: the sign rising on the eastern horizon when you were born. It sets the starting point for all twelve houses and describes how you meet the world.

Next, find your Moon sign. In Vedic astrology the Moon is central, shaping your emotions, mind and the dasha periods that unfold through life.

Then look at which houses hold the most planets. Those areas of life, whether career, relationships or home, will feel especially important to you.