Beyond your star sign
Planets, signs and houses
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Your star sign is one planet
Your star sign is just where the Sun was when you were born. But you have ten planets, and each one sits in a sign and a house. Read together, they make a sentence.
Planet: the what
A planet is a part of you. The Sun is who you are, the Moon is what you need, Mercury is how you think, Venus is how you love, and Mars is how you act. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto cover growth, tests, breaking free, dreaming and transformation.
Sign: the how
A sign is a style. It tells you how a planet behaves. Leo is warm and bold, Virgo is careful and practical, Scorpio is intense and private. The same planet looks quite different in each.
House: the where
A house is an area of life. The 2nd is money and worth, the 5th is romance and play, the 7th is partnership. The house tells you where a planet's energy tends to show up.
Putting it together
Take Venus in Leo in the 7th house. Venus is how you love, Leo is warm and generous, and the 7th is committed partnership. In one line: you love warmly and generously, and it shows most in close, committed relationships.
Try it yourself
Pick any planet, sign and house and put them together: planet in sign in house. The planet says what, the sign says how, the house says where. That is the whole method, and the rest of these guides build on it. To try it, open the placement finder, choose a planet, a house and a sign, and read the result.
Now try it on your own chart.
Find your rising sign and your Sun's house in ten seconds.