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There is so much that can be told from your astrology chart. Besides everything you would ever need to know to have the best life possible, it can show your karma and past lives. This is a bit of an advanced subject so I will be brief and not bore non-astrologers with too much jargon.
Basically, your horoscope is divided into 12 equal segments, called “houses.” Each house represents a department of life, such as self-image and will, money and security, friends and communication, home and family, health and duty, partners and committed relationships, secrets, travel and education plus spiritual attitudes, public image and highest goals, friends and social life, karma and hidden things.
The 1st house shows your ascendant and it is the basis of the chart reading for this life. However, if the wheel is turned one house down, the 12th becomes the 1st house for a past life, not necessarily the immediate past, but one that you are working out issues from now.
To understand the following, you need to know your “rising sign,” or sometimes it is called, the “Ascendant.” To find out, you can have a chart erected by an astrologer or use an astrology program to calculate it.
We start with the ascendant, then read the chart, especially the placement of Saturn, retrograde planets, and the pars fortuna in a special way to determine your karma and past life details. This article addresses the ascendant and your past lives.
Ascendants:
Aries: If you have Aries on your first house now, the most significant past life had Pisces dominant. Aries signifies new beginnings so a Piscean past life means that you are coming out of a life of deep introspection, limits, duties, and possibly bondage. The present life is one of new starts and learning to life free. The challenge is not to let the Aries become too domineering and too fiery. Often there is a karma of revenge here.
Perhaps you lived a life of a mystic, healer, or one in the lower end of Pisces energy—addicted to escapism through alcohol or drugs. Now, you feel it is time for a more dynamic life where you are in charge of your emotions instead of them controlling you.
Taurus: This means that your past life was dominated by Aries. You are taking the innovative, fiery energy of the past life into creativity in this life. You might even have some military tendencies that harken back to the past life. Although a deeper look at the individual chart would be necessary, often this brings forth an intense dedication to creativity and a drive to succeed in the material world.
You still want to experience life in a big way, as you did in an Aries dominated life, but now it is more about personal comfort, satisfaction, and sensual pleasure than in setting the world on fire with your power and brilliance.
Gemini: Your past life was dominated by Taurus and you brought that creative and earthy nature into a present life of mind and communication. You are ready to let go of the stalwart and steadfastness of the past Taurus nature and fly free, examining life in detail. The danger from the past life is that there might be some guilt associated with letting go of the groundedness that was so important in the past life.
You might be coming from a life of self-indulgence and lack of interest in intellectual pursuits. You might have been resentful of those who were highly educated or could more easily communicate their ideas. Now you have your chance. Talk, write, lecture, learn, examine. Your emotions won’t get in the way as they once did. You can be objective and learn for learning sake.
Cancer: From a past life of Gemini domination, you have reigned in your free-floating nature and are focusing on responsibility, home, family, and experiencing life in deeper ways. Fears and distorted reality is often something that is brought forward from a Gemini dominated life. Feelings and duty run deep but there is always a desire to be free.
You might be coming from a life of a glib talker, a persuader, a salesman, orator, or writer. You are ready to pay more attention to emotions and to your inner life now. Emotional attachments must be learned. Karma paid to people in your present family is likely going to be in the forefront of your life.
Leo: Leo is fire, loving, needing attention and love to feel whole. A past life of Cancer domination sometimes makes it difficult to feel fulfilled or feel fully loved unless there is a constant reminder that you are not alone. Cancer energy is singular; Leo is social. There may be conflict there and a karma with abandonment might be present.
If you paid your karma and balanced the wheel, you are free now to pay attention to yourself again. Bask in the warmth of admiration, show the world your beauty and worth. You earned it, you deserve it. Just don’t let it turn into ego-centric involvement or there will be much more to pay in the next life.
Virgo: While the present life is about doing for others, duty, and organization, you are coming from a Leo dominant life that was lived with you as the center of attention. There might be an underlying loneliness or question about why you are doing so much and not getting what you think is fair in return. Often there is a karma about giving back to those who sacrificed for you in the past life.
You might have ignored people who cared about you or took care of you when you were in a Leo dominated life. Now is the time for bucking down and taking care of responsibilities. You might have an underlying guilt that drives you to give to others. But, whatever you do, you will have a plan and stick to it.
Libra: Here you bring in Virgo tendencies and karma from a past life. You might have had a life where you were not appreciated and so now you are trying to balance out the karma of trying too hard to please others or of being in situations that were vastly unfair. The karma could include a fear or avoidance of extremes that come from a past life.
If you went overboard in the Virgo dominated life, you might find yourself facing a difficult time balancing your life. Decisions about the issues of giving and receiving might cause emotional conflict. You could be trying to be organized in your life (a past life habit)
Scorpio: From a life of trying to balance every aspect of life for fear of being an extremist, you come in with a desire to experience life in its deepest and most complex way. You might have had a life where you needed to conform and anything outside of the accepted norm was punished. You might have been in the legal profession and obsessed with justice. Now you want to live for you and help others on your terms.
To Hell with living life in balance, you are ready to dig deep into the mysteries of life and could end up in extreme situations. Because you lived your life by trying to make everything balance, now you are ready for a little positive selfishness. If you go too far, though, you might find yourself in deep emotional waters that you can’t handle and will create karma not easily repaid.
Sagittarius: The past life of Scorpio domination with its deep thinking and feeling is giving way to a sense of expansiveness and largess that could not be experienced before. The lessons learned in the past life transform into philosophy and sharing of knowledge and wisdom instead of keeping it for yourself alone.
You might have been deprived of life’s bounty in a past life so now you want to see, hear, taste, feel, and touch everything, experience new horizons and break out of any restrictions put upon you by others.
Capricorn: With Capricorn rising this time, you are ready to set some boundaries for your life and stop the free-wheeling fun-ride you had as a Sagittarius. This is a time for serious consideration about letting go of karma that was accrued as the Sagittarius dominated life. Perhaps you were a person that shrugged off responsibility in order to live life as you wanted. You might have accrued some karma from others who felt ignored or abandoned. Or, dreams you had didn’t come true because you couldn’t structure your life enough to realize them. Or, perhaps you had everything and never learned the value of work and hardship. Now is the time that these considerations will come back to you for resolution and balance
Aquarius: With Aquarius rising now, you have had enough of restricted living in a Capricorn dominated past life and now you are ready to be unique and experience life from a whole new perspective. Nothing conventional or traditional will do, you have to be different. Your individuality is painted on you like a sign. You cannot hide it, even when you try. You are moving out of a life that dictated conventionality, rules, and boundaries. You are ready to give back to the world and fly free.
PIsces: Here you have come to an end to a cycle of karma set into motion when you lived an Aries dominated life. This is a time of wanting to settle things, tie up the loose ends, overcome inconsistency, be responsible. You sense that there is a new beginning on the horizon and want to be ready.
Being unique isn’t so important now, you have had that and the loneliness that often goes with it. You are ready to be with others and connect on a heart level. You are ready for the spiritual experience. If you are not up to the challenge though, you could find yourself caught in substance abuse that gives false experiences of the expanded mind.
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And so it goes, around and around, in an ascending spiral of complexity until we have come the the wholeness that includes all the Zodiac signs in a harmonious way. We both embrace and live outside of our horoscope. Until then, we are on the wheel of birth and rebirth, learning and growing as we go.
FYI: I have Capricorn rising this time and an an Aquarian by Sun sign. Whatta ride!
Namaste,
Anita Burns
If you want to learn more about astrology or have you charts done, go to astrologycourse.net or metastudies.com.
samra said:
Hiya, i love your posts amazing, i am a leo rising but just wondering what you meant by ….
Cancer energy is singular; Leo is social. There may be conflict there and a karma with abandonment might be present.
what is it you mean by the karma of abandonment, does it mean one had experienced it in a past life and wont in this. Or does it mean one will in this life be abandoned by someone or they will abandon someone? is there a reason?
thanks so much
anitaburns said:
Generally this means that one had experienced abandonment in the past and now may be carrying around a fear of it. It could also mean that the person was abandoned and is not working out karma balancing with the abandoner or the other way around – abandoned someone else and is working out karma balancing with the person they abandoned.
Kamaria said:
I am a Gemini, cancer rising and sag in my moon
bri said:
hey, you mentioned the planets but not much about what they mean for past lives?
for example, i have saturn retrograde in the first house. and neptune, mercury, and uranus are all retrograde as well…
(im pisces rising, virgo sun, cancer moon, and my chart makes a perfect pentagram)
thanks for your time and its ok if you dont reply, just curious…
anitaburns said:
To create a past life horoscope, the whole chart has to be looked at differently than with a birth chart. Saturn retrograde in you first house (2nd house in a past life chart would indicate possible troubles security or money in a past life. It being retrograde shows a strong lesson to be learned in this one. Retrogrades are often soul agreements with ourself to put on blocks or hindrances in the present life to make it a challenge to repeat past mistakes. I have a lot of retrogrades, too. The perfect pentagram in an astrology chart is read differently from the pentagram in Wicca or Pagan traditions. I would have to see you chart to determine, but it is possible that you have grand trines that oppose each other. This could mean that you have a special job to do in this life that involves more than just personal growth.
bri said:
Thank you for your reply, and for the really interesting info.
i think i definitely feel the saturn retrograde as a need to actually finish what i start, and keep my promises to my self and others. for a long time it was one of my greatest fears to never get the chance to accomplish my dreams and goals, especially when i was younger…
my birthdate is September 7, 1996, 7pm in Staten Island, New York, incase you wanted to take a look
My chart is a bit messy, a lot of lines overlapping over the star/pentagram, but its still pretty visible and completely connected, i think. and its definitely got a bunch of grand trines going on, between Saturn, Venus, Pluto, and Mars as well as some others i think. also a lot of contradictory aspects and oppositions.
a really odd thing is that i’ve always drawn stars that way naturally, with the top part a bit short and the bottom a bit longer, my whole life!
have a nice day
anitaburns said:
Glad you enjoyed the information. FYI, most astrology charts look like messy spider webs. We are a complex species. I am so grateful that I studied astrology. It has helped me understand myself and others in a way that no amount of college Psych training ever did.
Boryan Petkov said:
Hi I have Libra ascendent and Libra on my 12th house cuspide. Virgo moon in 11 th house and retrograde chiron in taurus-8 th house. South node in capricorn 3th house in conjunct with mars and lilith.
anitaburns said:
Did you have a question about this? Or were you just sharing information?
WhiteBut said:
I red this more than 5 times I still can’t figure out whether Inam Libra or Scorpio rising. I’m not secretive, not very diplomatic either…, my past life also means “Not Appreciated” because I was bullied for years and at the same time I have another world where people loves and adores me which was said in Libra Rising that I had hard times to keep my life in balance. Now I do have tendencies of avoidance, because if those.., Im not obsessed of Justice either…, but I believe all people are “ONE” deserves to be treated equally.., and I don’t know which of the 2 rising signs would be like: You have 2 friends who hates each other but you made stated friends with both sides and the other one doesn’t know since you want to be nice to both of them because of the fear of being disliked by any of them until the other one notice and starts hating you for it…, I have hard times on reading people that’s why I end up just staying kind not to cause any hatreds from others. I had this past when I finally reach my goal of being popular I was so happy and excited and loved and loved impressing people and I’m not a Leo or an Aries.., until a jealous girl made a false rumor which was major that everyone believe in her I lost it 😦 so O started being obsessed of trying harder to impress people and feel really bad when I’m not able to.., I’m very very self conscious on how I look and had my plastic surgery once. But either way I attract people with my physical appearance with or without plastic surgery they’re always first impression on me is sweet, pretty, smart and smooth to be around but I admit I can be vain sometimes.im a sag.
anitaburns said:
Astrology can be difficult and complex to read unless you are a trained astrologer who knows how to combine the indications in a way that makes sense. It sounds like you got lost in the seemingly contradictory nature that is within us all. If you want a chart done, or want to learn astrology, you can go to http://www.metastudies.com. or start reading astrology books and learn on your own. It’s not easy, but definitely worth it.
hemang said:
I want to know about last life from horoscope..
Can I get past life chart in deatail..
I have Scorpio lagna…
My dob 31/1/1980..time 3:20 am , birth place mumbai…
I m depressed and not happy..I m associated with social organisations..I m trying to work for people selflessly but in this process I ruined my personal life completely and created many foes..I m continuesly facing chalenges from more powerful people’s one after another..if i sought one matter with too much difficulties I have get ready to face chalenges to sought other matter..
Help me know about past life and guide me
Thank you sir
anitaburns said:
I suggest that you consult an astrologer in your area who will do this for you. It sounds as if you are needing a Vedic chart rather than a tropical chart.
Jessica said:
Im also an Aquarius with Capricorn rising (feb 6th 1981 2nd dec.of Aqua)….my moon is in pisces..i have very little fire and earth in my chart…My chart is DOMINATED by air followed by water…north node is in the 8th house Leo and naturally My South node is in Aquarius in the 2nd house…can you tell me anything about my past life?
anitaburns said:
Not much without seeing your entire chart, but Aquarius/Leo axis of nodes says that you were probably a nonconformist, perhaps freedom fighter, or someone who was outside the norm of your society. If you want a complete chart done for past life, I offer charting services. Go to: http://www.metastudies.com.
Janice Heebsh said:
Is there a process you use to determine/ Find out what a past life chart looks like or means? From what I understand, you’re simply reading the chart backwards. Other astrologers use the south node’s location to find the ruling planets (I dont know how this works) and then I read something else that uses the degrees to actually find a location. Is there a concise reference or book that I can read to calculate this myself?
anitaburns said:
I had replied to this but before I could send, it just up and disappeared on my screen, so if you receive this twice, I apologize. I use a variety of methods, including the 12th house, it’s ruler, and how those interact with Saturn, the Part of Fortune, and the South Node. I also use Intercepted signs, Neptune, and Pluto.
I offer a home study course that includes a lesson on Karmic Astrology but you can order a single lesson: https://metastudies.com/content/?ec_store=astrology-course&pagenum=2.
Reference books I have used in the past and sometimes still refer to include: Astrology and Reincarnation, Manly P. Hall; Intercepted Signs and Reincarnation, Donald H. Yott; Astrology and your Past Lives, Jeanne Avery; Karmic Astrology Volume III, Martin Schulman. Some of these books might be hard to find. Try Googling them. They might be available on Amazon. Not sure. Much of my astrology education and the resources I used for my course are from live training and lectures plus training I received from my mother, who was an exceptional astrologer. Let me know if you have any more questions. Be glad to answer them.
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Jade said:
So would you stay on the same rising until you get the lesson right? Or just move each life?
anitaburns said:
It looks like I never responded to your question! I apologize. It’s been a few years, but better late than never, I think. You might stay on the same rising, depending on what you want to work on each lifetime. You might skip over to something different, or stay on the same one. It’s a choice.
Thanks for your comment on my Astrology learning and Secrets Blog. I am contacting all my subscribers, and anyone who comments, to let them know that I am moving this blog to my new website:
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Thanks,
Anita Burns