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Guys, you need to know

your Rising and Moon signs

Yo ur S un sign is re all y just o n e - t hird of t h e f ull yo u.

By JESSICA LANYADOO

THE

WEIRDEST

ASTRO

TERMS,

EXPLAINED

By JULIA

PUGACHEVSKY

ASPECT

A fancy word to

describe the geo-

metric relationship

between any two

planets based on

their locations.

CONJUNCT

When two planets

are in the same loca-

tion and combine

forces.

SEXTILE

When two plan-

ets are 60 degrees

apart, enhancing

each other’s impacts.

If Venus and Mars

(romance and sex)

form a sextile, expect

a boost in your love

life.

TRINE

When two plan-

ets are chilling 120

degrees apart.

They’ll usually be in

the same element

(fire, water, earth, or

air) and thus highly

compatible. This is a

good thing.

QUINCUNX

When two planets

are 150 degrees

apart—they have

nothing in common

and create major ten-

sion in your life.

YOD

::deep breath:: When

two planets are sex-

tile to each other and

both planets are then

quincunx to a third

planet. Yod is a rare,

powerful aspect.

If you have one on

your birth chart, you

probs feel like you’re

“fated” to do some-

thing huge in life and

you won’t stop until

you do (like, ya might

be famous!).

hen a

right-

swipe

slides

into your DMs with

“What’s your sign?”

it’s, um, a sign: They

don’t really know

what they’re talking

about. What they’re

actually asking is

“What’s your Sun

sign?”—or what sign

was the Sun hanging

out in when you were

born? But that’s only

p a r t o f yo u r a s t ro l o gi -

cal makeup. To get the

full picture, you need

t o k n ow yo u r Bi g

Three.

The Sun represents

your sense of self and

will. Where it falls in

your chart is where

you want to shine,

how you want to be

seen, and where your

energy comes from.

(P.S. When you read

your horoscope,

unless the astrologer

tells you otherwise,

you’re reading a Sun

sign horoscope.)

The Moon is your

heart. The placement

o f t his p l a n e t o n yo u r

chart—aka your

Moon sign—explains

your feels, needs, and

even your childhood

Rising sign describes

how you present

yourself to the world

and the way you look.

The energy you throw

into a room when

you walk in is your

Rising sign.

Okay, so let’s put

this all together in...

Betty Cooper from

Riverdale. She’s probs

a Virgo Sun sign:

polite and shy, totally

heady. But her Moon

feels more Scorpio,

because she’s also an

intense, undercover

bad girl. And her Ris-

ing sign? All Capri-

corn: Nothing gets

between her and her

crew. See? It all

makes sense.

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memories. It also rules

over your stomach,

because we *digest*

experiences through

our feelings.

The Rising sign, or

Ascendant (two

names for the same

thing), marks the

zo di a c si g n t h a t wa s

rising on the eastern

horizon at the moment

of your birth. Your

astrology

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