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The chart-reference drawer

Eight plain-language sheets for the moment when you know the symbol in front of you but cannot remember what to do with it. Open one now, or print the set and keep it beside your chart.

Sheet one · worksheet

The Big Three

Sun, Moon and Rising answer different questions. Note the sign, house and closest aspects of each, then read the three together against one real afternoon.

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Sheet two · reference

The planets

Ten actors, each with the verb it is doing — and the four-part rule that turns a placement into a reading: planet, sign, house, aspect.

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Sheet three · reference

The twelve houses

What each house covers, in one line, with a grid for your own — and what to do about the empty ones.

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Sheet four · reference

Major aspects

Five angles and what each one asks for, where to start reading, and the three questions that turn an aspect into something you recognise.

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Sheet five · reference

Elements & modalities

What each element notices and what each modality does with it — plus a count sheet, and a warning about reading too much into the tally.

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Sheet six · card

Moon-phase reflection

Four turns, four short prompts, and a running record that quietly shows you which intentions you keep setting and never begin.

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Sheet seven · checklist

Mercury retrograde

Five things before the station and five during it. It does not ask you to cancel anything, and it will not explain a bad month for you.

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Sheet eight · method

Chart reading order

Eight steps in the order that keeps a chart readable, ending on a question rather than a verdict — with a working page for one chart.

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The free hub

Start here

Not sure which sheet you need? Start with the question you actually have — calculate, understand, plan, reflect, learn, or ask a person.

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Printing the set

Every sheet prints to two sides of A4 or US Letter, and the break falls in the same place each time: page one is the reference you keep beside the chart, page two is the worksheet for your own. Print one side or both. Every glyph is printed beside its name, so nothing is lost if a symbol does not render on your printer.