This down-to-earth exploration of natal chart interpretation shows the familial, male-female patterns in the zodiacal signs and the potentials they hold in combination with planetary energies and house symbolism. Our personalities are strongly influenced by what was happening around us when we were infants and whether our needs were met. Lundsted explains that our natal chart is our parent’s transit chart, therefore revealing the truth of our childhood family dynamics. Once we understand these dynamics, Lundsted helps us move beyond laying blame on our parents by identifying the compensating strengths revealed in the chart. She also shows us that the typically classified difficult or hard aspects in the chart actually hold the key to our transformation.

What if you knew that at birth you were given a guiding life map that was designed for you only, and you knew that the map was an exact reflection of the stars and their positions at the very moment of your birth? Each life map—astrology star chart—can be read and interpreted in many ways. Each sun, moon, planet, and astrological sign symbolically reflects a perfect order and plan for each individual. This book focuses on the premise that each life chart map is meant for good and meant to be interpreted as a personal beneficial guiding light. It is author Kay Andrews’s belief that each life is programmed for positive growth; that each soul incarnates with an intent and plan to develop and express his or her innate goodness, no matter how difficult or challenging life’s lessons; and that each individual soul is filled with an inherent abundance of love and a guiding spirit light leading to self-understanding and personal life fulfilling purpose.

Astrology can be considered a useful branch of knowledge only if its concepts and principles could be applied to assess the personality and life of a person, and to look into the years ahead to tell him as to what is in store for him.

Who are you? Who are they? Who are we? Why did this happen? And where do we go from here? These are the kinds of questions commonly asked as we try to find meaning-meaning in our purpose and meaning in our existence. Our species is engaged in a continual evolutionary process that causes us to question not only other humans and the things happening around us but also ourselves. Examining intent and motivation is a key component in the process of unraveling the mysteries associated with our existence in the here and now. The Insight on Astrology series is a tool we can utilize in getting answers and understanding context. Rooted in the tenets of metaphysics, this book, along with Young's two prior books, What's the Deal with My Sign and What's the Deal with Your Sign, is a part of a library of resources that may make you, as well as others, appreciate astrology, where seeking a deeper meaning beyond the generic and arbitrary is the ultimate goal. Given some of the rather profound challenges our species faces as we move further into the twenty-first century, your letting the Insight on Astrology III: Your Access and Guide to Context book be a part of your reading selection is indeed a wise choice. Though varied in our perception and behavior, we're nonetheless intractably interconnected, and Insight on Astrology III: Your Access and Guide to Context may be that beacon in mending it altogether, where it all simply makes sense. Enjoy, and may your reading be fulfilling!