What, actually, is a birth chart?
If you've never seen a birth chart before, at first glance it can look rather complicated and intimidating.
Put simply, a birth (natal) chart is a snapshot of the sky at the time you were born. It maps the positions of the planets and signs of the zodiac, creating a pattern that is uniquely yours.
And that's where it starts to get interesting.
An astrology consultation explores that pattern and what it may reveal about you, your life and the possibilities available to you.
This is where analogy and metaphor come into their own, helping to make all the patterns and connections within your chart tangible and showing you how they can be recognised in the natural world and in your own life.
How you might work consciously with them then becomes your choice.