Western natal wheel — overview

This bundle supports the west.wheel_graph provider: beginner-oriented notes for reading a tropical Western natal wheel. Positions and house cusps come from the calculation layer — see natal-chart, birth-input, and planet-positions.

Start here

1. wheel-reading-order — practical sequence on the wheel
2. natal-chart and natal-wheel — what the diagram represents
3. zodiac-signs → individual sign-aries … sign-pisces notes
4. houses → house-1 … house-12 life topics
5. planets — luminaries and planets through pluto
6. aspects — majors, orbs, optional minor-aspects
7. chart-patterns, hemispheres, quadrants, retrogrades
8. dignities — traditional strength language
9. progressions — timing pointer (secondary + solar arc)
10. synastry — comparing two charts

Grammar of a placement

Every factor combines planet (what), sign (how), house (where), and aspects (with whom). elements and modalities classify signs; ascendant and midheaven anchor angles when birth time is known.

Related bundles

• core.chart — ephemeris, longitudes, house systems (calculation, not interpretation)
• Example sign depth: sun-in-leo