Sun - Gives warmth and a sunny disposition. Moon - Creates a very pleasant nature if it is a harmonious aspect. Mercury - May like to talk about love or have a love of words and writing. Mars - The relationship between Venus and Mars is another indicator of how well we can integrate our masculine and feminine principals

To the Sun - Mercury is never that far away from the Sun so doesn't get to form hard aspects. A conjunction under 5 degrees can make it very difficult to be mentally objective; the mind can't get far enough away from the self to see things from another's perspective. If the Sun is in Gemini and Mercury is in Cancer,

Moon - A positive aspect here will help the heart and soul connection; feelings should be easy to integrate. Negative aspects can cause conflict between emotion and doing what one wants to do or in becoming who one wants to be. Sometimes hard aspects between the Sun and the Moon can show

When the Sun is aspecting the Moon by trine, conjunction or sextile, it can show someone who finds it easier to unite feelings with the sense of self. With the square, opposition, or quincunx, feelings can be difficult, and it could indicate a natural conflict between your emotional needs and your core self

Math can't be avoided if you're learning astrology, and whilst you don't need to be all that bright to get your head around the basics, you can’t pull the 'I read charts from intuition' card. Whether we like it or not, astrology is a system, and that system has its rules. It's also got its own language.