Corrina’s Astrology Chart.
This type of horoscope occurs when about one third of the circle is empty. Naturally, this means that the other two thirds of the wheel are filled with planets. It is important to remember that this is measured by SIGNS (which are always 30 degrees, the same size) and not by houses (houses vary in size).
People with this type of horoscope tend to leave their own personal stamp on everything they do, like Henry Ford did with his cars (yes, his horoscope had this shape). They also always seem to be looking for new worlds to conquer. The name “locomotive” was given to this particular chart type by the late Mark Edmund Jones who likened it to the wheel of an old fashioned steam locomotive. These were built deliberately imbalanced to make it easier for the engine to get moving.
The way to find the most important planet in the horoscope is to just point to the empty space, that empty one third of the circle. Then, move your finger COUNTERCLOCKWISE until you reach a planet. That planet, known as the cutting planet, is the most important one in the horoscope. And just like the case of the funnel chart, if you look up the interpretation of that planet by house, sign, and aspect, you will have the essence of the horoscope and the person.
Chart shapes
Before we consider the meanings of the individual houses, it is useful to stand back and look at the general shape of each birth chart, according to the distribution of the planets in the houses. At this stage we are looking for any kind of special emphasis – crowded areas of the chart will immediately tell us where the emphasis will lie.
North-south hemispheres
Every chart is divided into two sets of hemispheres. The first six houses describe our personal development, and the following six houses describe our relationship to others, to society, and to the world in general.
As with all opposites, these two hemispheres oppose, challenge, depend upon and complement each other. If we have an emphasis of planets below the horizon, no matter how active and successful we are in the outer world and however involved we are with other people, we will ultimately draw meaning and fulfilment from within ourselves, from our personal, private lives. Experiences gained in the outside world need to be internalised, taken back into the inner world for processing. This means that the outer, public world always remains, to some extent, unfamiliar and rather uncomfortable territory.
Conversely, if we have a marked emphasis of planets above the horizon, then no matter how stable and secure we are on a personal level, we will ultimately draw meaning and purpose and find fulfilment through our relationships with others and with the outer world – it is these areas of life which will energise us. The personal, subjective, introverted approach is not for us, so that our inner resources and values will be externalised, taken into the world and shared. This means that the inner, private world will remain, to some extent, unfamiliar and uncomfortable territory.
East-west hemispheres
The other major division of the houses is defined by the MC-IC axis which divides the chart into eastern and western hemispheres, with the eastern hemisphere being on the left, or ‘oriental’ side of the chart, and the western hemisphere being on the right, or ‘occidental’ side of the chart. Broadly speaking, if we have a marked emphasis of planets in the eastern hemisphere houses, we are likely to be self-defining – our orientation and perspective will be fundamentally subjective. With such a chart, we tend to create our own reality, and to rely primarily on ourselves and on our own resources. Ultimately, relationships, however significant, will tend to be measured against our own subjective needs and wishes. This means that relationships are always going to be rather uncomfortable territory, although it is also easier, with an eastern hemisphere emphasis, to break off from negative or destructive relationships which do not serve our personal needs.
Conversely, a marked emphasis of planets in the western hemisphere tends to indicate that we will define ourselves primarily in terms of our relationships, whether to family, children, work colleagues, partners, or to the philosophical or religious beliefs to which we adhere. Ultimately, it is through these kinds of relationships and connections that we define ourselves, and our subjective or individual identity outside these kinds of relationships is likely to remain unexplored, unfamiliar and rather awkward.
Three phases of relationship
The houses can also usefully be divided into three areas of relationship: personal, social and universal. The first four houses describe our personal orientation and our relationship to our immediate environment, experience of ‘Me-in-Here’. For people with a strong emphasis in the personal houses, a major focus of their lives will be on personal development and security. Houses 5 to 8 are socially oriented, describing how ‘Me-in-Here-meets-You-out-There’. For people with a strong emphasis in the social houses, relationships will be particularly important. Houses 9 to 12 are universal houses, describing our involvement with the world at large. The emphasis is on ‘Us-in-Here’, and on our contribution to the greater picture which involves us all. In each of these phases, we begin with the enthusiasm and optimism of the natural fire houses (1st [Aries], 5th [Leo], and 9th [Sagittarius]), consolidate and establish ourselves in the earth houses which follow (2nd [Taurus], 6th [Virgo], and 10th [Capricorn]), develop new understanding as a result of these experiences in the air houses (3rd [Gemini], 7th Libra], and 11th [Aquarius]), and withdraw to absorb and emotionally process what has been learned in the water houses (4th [Cancer], 8th Scorpio], and 12th [Pisces]) before moving on to the next phase, which will begin with the fire houses once again.
Quadrants
We can go one step further and divide the houses into four quadrants,
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