Astrology teaches us that we all have a purpose and life lessons that must be learned throughout our lives to reach our full potential.
When it comes to finding your life purpose, there are many factors to consider, such as house location, signs, elements, and North and South Nodes.
While it may seem difficult to piece together all of these places, an easy way to determine your direction, life purpose, and the life lessons you came here to learn is to know all of the above. There is no need. Ability to read charts.
Instead, you can look at your chart and divide it into four quadrants. The goal is to determine which quarter of your chart is the highest planet, which in turn points to the primary focus of your life.
What are the four quadrants in astrology?
There are 12 houses in astrology, each of which represents a different aspect of our life. While each house has a distinct meaning, when divided into classes, each separate house deals with a broader theme.
The first quarter includes 1-3 houses. The second quarter includes houses 4-6, and the third quarter includes houses 7-9. The fourth quarter consists of houses 10-12.
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As evolutionary and intuitive astrologer Taryn Bond explains on TikTok, quadrants astrology can give you insight into “your biggest life challenges.”
In astrology, the rat indicates the challenges that you have to overcome in this life.
“Look at your chart and see where you have the most planets,” Bond explains. Whichever part of the chart is dominated by the planets will be the focus of your challenges and achievements in the world.
First Quarter: Self-Discovery
If you have a majority planet in the first quarter, it means that this life is about you.
This does not mean that you are an independent individual. It is possible that you have spent a past life focusing on others, causing challenges in this life that affect your physical body, appearance, self-worth and wealth.
Your immediate environment will be very important in your life.
This quadrant is the subjective and personal part of the chart and the advance of the planet here makes the individual more subjective and private.
Second quadrant: Family
If there are more planets in the second quarter of the chart, great importance is placed on family relationships and others that were not consciously chosen, such as parents, immediate family, and siblings.
It is also the fourth part of the chart that governs your own children and co-workers and all the people in the immediate environment as well as your relationship with them and their relationship with you.
These people are generally oriented towards others and in this sense, their lives often seem to be shaped and in some respects dictated by others.
Third Quarter: Relationships
The third quarter of the chart deals with your interactions with others you encounter in life and the results of your interactions with them.
In this case, life lessons come from long-term partnerships, marriages, romantic relationships, contractual relationships, and partnerships as well as work partners and co-workers.
This fourth also deals with the people you share money and finances with, higher education and the people you meet in this sphere, long distance and foreign relationships, and the results of these relationships and their impact on you. For better or worse.
Fourth Quarter: Selfish
The fourth or last quarter of the chart deals with moving itself.
While this part of the chart deals with you, it also deals with the results of your interactions in the world and the influence you achieve. This includes your career and public persona and any legacy you may leave in the world. The focus will be on the things you personally create and give back to the world, with results.
It is also the part of the chart that rules your own awareness beyond the ego which can be achieved through meditation, drugs, dreams, and other metaphysical or spiritual pursuits.
People with planets in the third and fourth quarters are more social and purposeful and are more concerned with external events.
Is it fate or free will?
While the quadrant of the chart shows us which areas of life we will focus on, some believe they are in charge of their lives and others feel they are following a path that is “fixed”. .
This is a quick way to determine if you live your life feeling like you are in charge of your destiny or if your life is already predetermined.
If you draw a line right down the middle of the chart – 10th house/midheaven to IC, 4th house – right down the middle, you will have planets either on the left or on the right.
If you have more planets on the left half of the chart (or quadrants 1 and 2), you usually feel that your ‘fate’ is in the hands of others. This may be partly because these four are more on the other side so we tend to pay more attention to the wishes and desires of others rather than being opposed to acting independently.
If you have more planets on the right or west side, or houses 7-12, you can usually feel that you are in control of your destiny because you are more focused on the world and what we do with the world. Leave it to the people. Which we personally choose as opposed to the family or clan we are born into.
This simple technique often colors our opinion of fate, or our ability to control our own lives. Sometimes the planets are very evenly distributed and if this is the case you will feel as if your life is partly the result of your own efforts and partly luck.
While modern astrology usually draws on the psychology of the individual and how our own personal thoughts and actions shape our life outcomes, traditional astrology often takes a more fateful approach.
Leslie Hill is a professional astrologer offering personal astrology readings worldwide via phone, whatsapp or zoom.