What is a horoscope?
A horoscope is a symbolic map of the sky at a specific moment. In personal astrology, that moment is usually birth, and the map is used to read temperament, patterns, timing, and questions.
Complete Guide
Horoscope guide and glossary
A clear reference for the astrology words that appear in HOSHIYOMI readings.
What can a horoscope show?
It can help describe personality, emotional needs, love style, work patterns, recurring challenges, timing, and the themes that become active when current planets touch the birth chart.
Natal chart
The natal chart is your birth chart. It shows the placements of the planets, signs, houses, angles, and aspects at the time and place you were born.
Synastry chart
Synastry compares two natal charts to read attraction, friction, support, and patterns between two people.
Transit chart
A transit chart compares the current sky with your natal chart. It is used to read timing, current pressure, opportunities, and themes that are being activated now.
Signs
The twelve zodiac signs describe styles of expression. A planet in Aries acts differently from a planet in Pisces, even when the planet itself is the same.
Houses
Houses describe life areas: self, money, communication, home, love, work, partnership, shared resources, worldview, career, community, and the unconscious.
ASC
ASC, or Ascendant, is the eastern horizon at birth. It relates to first impressions, your starting style, and the way life seems to meet you.
MC
MC, or Midheaven, points to visibility, vocation, reputation, and the direction in which your life tends to become public.
Aspects
Aspects are angles between planets. They show how different parts of the psyche cooperate, challenge each other, or create tension that can become growth.
Orbs
An orb is the allowed distance from an exact aspect. A tighter orb usually feels stronger.
Elements
Fire, earth, air, and water describe the basic temperament of signs: action, stability, thought, and feeling.
Quality
Cardinal, fixed, and mutable signs describe how energy begins, sustains, or adapts.
Ruler
A ruler is the planet traditionally associated with a sign. It helps connect signs, houses, and planets into a larger reading.
Double chart
A double chart places two charts together, often a natal chart and current transits, to see how today's sky touches the birth chart.