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How to Read a Horoscope: More Than Your Sun Sign

Most people read a horoscope by looking only at their Sun sign. The secret to a reading that actually fits is combining your three signs: Sun, Moon and Rising.

Why the Sun sign alone isn’t enough

Your Sun sign is the core of your character, but your emotional needs (Moon) and how you meet the world (Rising) may be in different signs. That’s why the same daily “Aries” reading fits one person perfectly and misses another.

Read by your rising sign

Daily and weekly horoscopes are often more accurate when read for your rising sign, because transiting planets move through your houses relative to the ascendant. If you don’t know your rising, find it first with our free birth chart calculator.

What a good horoscope looks at

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