Major Chart Patterns
this—while the sun-centered heliocentric chart revealed
itself as being reflective of the core essence of our
individuality—what we are underneath the earth-
centered chart, after we work through all of the outer
appearances. I soon came to call this sun-centered
chart the chart of one's 'Dharma': what we become
when we get to know our self—when we become aware
of whom we are. It is our Dharma Chart.
So, where before I had but one astrology chart and one
notion of astrology, I now had two. What I had known up
to that point—the earth-centered astrology chart—
remained a map of how I appeared in the world and the
various circumstances in which I was involved—it was
my outer chart, whereas the sun-centered astrology
chart became a map of who I was beneath all of what I
was going through outwardly—it became my inner chart.
This was, for me, somewhat of a big deal, especially
because, for the first time, I began to understand who I
was—underneath it all, so to speak. Best of all, as I
began to study the sun-centered charts of those in life
around me, those heliocentric charts proved to be the
key as to how I related to them. They accurately charted
the nature of the relationships I had in the world. It was
as if, suddenly, my understanding of relationships came
into focus. Before, I had been seeing things, but only as
“through a glass darkly,” as the saying goes. Suddenly, I
could see clearly.