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==Fundamental concepts== | ==Fundamental concepts== | ||
The horoscope serves as a stylized map of the heavens over a specific location at a particular moment in time. In most applications the perspective is geocentric. The positions of the actual planets (including [[Sun]] and [[Moon]]) are placed in the chart, those of purely calculated factors such as the lunar nodes, the house cusps including the midheaven and the ascendant, [[zodiac]] signs, fixed stars and the lots | The horoscope serves as a stylized map of the heavens over a specific location at a particular moment in time. In most applications the perspective is geocentric. The positions of the actual planets (including [[Sun]] and [[Moon]]) are placed in the chart, those of purely calculated factors such as the lunar nodes, the house cusps including the midheaven and the ascendant, [[zodiac]] signs, fixed stars and the lots. | ||
* The native is the subject of the event (a birth, for example) being charted at a particular time and place, and is considered to be at the centre of the celestial sphere. | * The native is the subject of the event (a birth, for example) being charted at a particular time and place, and is considered to be at the centre of the celestial sphere. | ||