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Astrology Transits Explained: How Current Planetary Movements Affect Your Natal Chart
#natal chart#birth chart#astrology transits#planetary transits#zodiac timing#cosmic forecast
Astrology Transits Explained: How Current Planetary Movements Affect Your Natal Chart

A practical, mechanics-first guide to transits: how moving planets make contact with exact natal degrees, which contacts hit hardest, how duration beats drama, and how to time real decisions around build-up, exact hits, and retrograde repeats.

Tommy Sherma

9/21/2026

How to Read a Birth Chart: The Complete Beginner's Guide
#Birth Chart#Natal Chart#Astrology#Sun Moon Rising#Beginner's Guide#Rising Sign#Ascendant#Moon Sign#astrology for beginners
How to Read a Birth Chart: The Complete Beginner's Guide

Your birth chart is a snapshot of the sky at the exact moment you were born — and it is uniquely yours. This beginner's guide decodes the Big Three (sun, moon, rising), the 12 houses, the planets, and the aspects, showing you how to read a natal chart step by step.

Tommy Sherma

8/18/2026

Moon Sign Meaning: How to Find and Read Your Moon Sign
#Moon Sign#Astrology#Birth Chart#Natal Chart#Zodiac#Sun Moon Rising#Rising Sign
Moon Sign Meaning: How to Find and Read Your Moon Sign

Your moon sign reveals the emotional core of your birth chart — the zodiac sign your Moon occupied at the moment you were born. This complete guide shows how to find it, what it means for your feelings and needs, and how it shapes love, moods and relationships.

Tommy Sherma

9/12/2026

How to Read a Birth Chart: Beginner's Guide to Natal Chart Interpretation
#birth chart#natal chart#astrology for beginners#chart interpretation#zodiac houses#Beginner's Guide
How to Read a Birth Chart: Beginner's Guide to Natal Chart Interpretation

A practical beginner method for reading a natal chart: gather birth data, identify the big three, read planets by house and sign, interpret aspects, and build a full chart story without overwhelm.

Tommy Sherma

9/16/2026

Saturn in the 7th House: Karmic Relationship Lessons and Commitment Patterns
#astrology#natal chart#saturn in 7th house#karmic relationships#commitment patterns#relationship compatibility#house overlays
Saturn in the 7th House: Karmic Relationship Lessons and Commitment Patterns

A close look at Saturn in the 7th house as a filtering mechanism rather than a delay: the karmic lessons that repeat, the difference between lease-signer and deed-holder commitment, and how synastry, tarot, personality type, and transits reveal what you are actually agreeing to.

Tommy Sherma

9/23/2026

Venus in the 12th House: Hidden Love Patterns and What It Means for Relationships
#astrology#natal chart#venus in 12th house#synastry#hidden love patterns#love astrology#karmic relationships#venus in 5th house#synastry astrology#saturn in 7th house#venus in the 5th house#venus in the 12th house
Venus in the 12th House: Hidden Love Patterns and What It Means for Relationships

A deep-dive into Venus in the 12th house — the three hidden love patterns it produces, how it behaves in synastry, and concrete steps for turning private devotion into a relationship you can actually name out loud.

Tommy Sherma

9/22/2026

Venus in the 5th House: How You Flirt, Date, and Fall in Love
#astrology#natal chart#venus in the 5th house#love astrology#dating compatibility#venus in 12th house#venus in the 12th house
Venus in the 5th House: How You Flirt, Date, and Fall in Love

Venus in the 5th house turns courtship into creative play: you flirt through banter, date for chemistry, and fall in love when a shared joke becomes personal. This guide breaks down the flirting signals, the dating script, the fourth-date cooling pattern, and how to make the spark survive long term.

Tommy Sherma

9/25/2026