Andrea Taylor is an astrological counselor with more than forty years of experience and clients worldwide. She is the author of Secrets of Mercury, Secrets of Saturn, Secrets of Your Rising Sign, Birth Chart Interpretation Plain & Simple, and What's Your Big Three? Originally self-taught, Andrea studied astrology through the Huber School and started teaching birth chart interpretation soon after.

"The revealing latest from astrologer Taylor (Birth Chart Interpretation Plain & Simple) helps readers use their birth charts to answer life's deepest questions. Breaking down the chart's basics, Taylor overviews the celestial points, including the south node, which denotes "where we have come from," and the north node, which provides clues about one's future...Taylor offers unique spiritual lessons for all 12 rising signs."—Publishers Weekly

• ContentsIntroduction — 1Chapter One: Secrets of the Twelve Rising Signs — 11Aries: The Motivator — 13Taurus: The Stabilizer — 19Gemini: The Communicator — 26Cancer: The Caregiver — 32Leo: The Commander — 38Virgo: The Discerning Critic — 44Libra: The Peacekeeper — 50Scorpio: The Researcher — 56Sagittarius: The Truth-Seeker — 62Capricorn: The Structure-Builder — 67Aquarius: The Curious Genius — 73Pisces: The Old Soul — 79Chapter two: The Nodes and the Houses — 87The Houses — 90Determining the North and South Node — 98South Node First House → North Node Seventh House — 103South Node Second House → North Node Eighth House — 109South Node Third House → North Node Ninth House — 114South Node Fourth House → North Node Tenth House — 120South Node Fifth House → North Node Eleventh House — 126South Node Sixth House → North Node Twelfth House — 131South Node Seventh House → North Node First House — 135South Node Eighth House → North Node Second House — 140South Node Ninth House → North Node Third House — 144South Node Tenth House → North Node Fourth House — 148South Node Eleventh House → North Node Fifth House — 153South Node Twelfth House → North Node Sixth House — 159Chapter Three: The Nodes and the Signs — 165South Node Aries → North Node Libra — 167South Node Taurus → North Node Scorpio — 170South Node Gemini → North Node Sagittarius — 173South Node Cancer → North Node Capricorn — 177South Node Leo → North Node Aquarius — 180South Node Virgo → North Node Pisces — 183South Node Libra → North Node Aries — 186South Node Scorpio → North Node Taurus — 190South Node Sagittarius → North Node Gemini — 193South Node Capricorn → North Node Cancer — 197South Node Aquarius → North Node Leo — 201South Node Pisces → North Node Virgo — 204Chapter Four : Combining the Nodes and the Signs — 209Conclusion — 217Appendix: Astrology Basics — 221