Crack My Fortune
Crack My Fortune
The words a reader uses when they talk about your chart, your cards or your hand, explained in plain language.
The two groups of a tarot deck. The major arcana are twenty-two cards read as large life themes. The minor arcana are fifty-six cards in four suits read as everyday matters.
Also called the rising sign. The zodiac sign on the eastern horizon at the moment of birth. It is read as the first impression a person gives, and it depends on an accurate birth time.
In astrology, the angle between two planets in a chart. Aspects are read as the way different parts of a personality cooperate or conflict.
The formal name for palmistry, the practice of reading character and life from the shape and lines of the hand.
The boundary between two zodiac signs or two houses. A birth near a cusp is sometimes said to blend the two, though astrologers treat the exact degree, not a vague zone, as decisive.
In the I Ching, a figure of six stacked lines, each broken or unbroken. There are sixty-four hexagrams, and each carries a name and a passage of counsel.
In astrology, one of twelve divisions of a chart anchored to the horizon at birth. Each house stands for an area of life, such as relationships, work or home.
In numerology, a single digit calculated from a birth date by reducing the day, month and year and adding the results. It is read as a theme for a person's direction.
The twenty-two trump cards of a tarot deck, from The Fool to The World, read as significant life forces rather than day to day events.
In palmistry, a raised pad at the base of a finger. Each mount is linked to a planet and a set of traits.
The apparent backward motion of a planet as seen from Earth, caused by the two planets' relative speeds. Astrologers read certain retrogrades, such as Mercury retrograde, as periods for review rather than new starts.
A tarot card that appears upside down in a spread. Some readers soften or invert the card's meaning when it is reversed. Others do not use reversals at all.
A fixed layout of tarot cards in which each position carries a set meaning, such as situation, action and outcome.
In astrology, the comparison of two birth charts to describe how two people's temperaments may meet. It is used for relationship readings.
The band of twelve signs that divides the sky in astrology, from Aries to Pisces. Each planet in a chart falls into one of the twelve.