Demystifying Astrology: What Does It Mean If All My Planets Are Bunched Together?
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“Is there any significance to having one side of your chart have all the activity? I was looking as my mother’s chart tonight, and all her planets are aligned on the left side of the chart, with literally nothing going on in the right.”
Yes. You should always note an emphasis of anything in a chart and when you have one that is lopsided it does give information.
Astrologers divide the chart into 4 halves. The top half (called the southern hemisphere), the bottom half (northern hemisphere), or alternately the left and the ride sides of the chart (called western and eastern hemispheres). Here is a article with explanations and clear graphics – Lunar Living
In short, people with emphasis on the top half of the chart are public, the lower half of the chart are inevitably more private.
Emphasis on the eastern hemisphere indicates someone more independent and assertive then someone with emphasis on the western hemisphere who tends to be a team player.
I have emphasis on the top half of the chart and you see my life is very public. I also have emphasis on the right side of the chart and my interest in others is obvious.
Which hemisphere(s) are emphasized in your chart?
The chart pictured has an emphasis on the northern hemisphere…
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“or alternately the left and the ride sides of the chart (called western and eastern hemispheres)”
Is this backwards? Literally speaking…
My chart’s got a bit extra going on in the 1st/3rd. Private and independent, indeed. I think the configuration I have is a splay, though.
North and West.
My planets are bunched up in the 5th, 6th, and 7th houses.
All of them except for Neptune (and Jupiter, though it’s right on the DSC) are to the north. All of them except for Saturn are to the west.
I’ve always been private, even to the point of being reclusive. Team player? I try to cooperate (lots of Libra), but I always thought of myself as more independent…probably because I have Aries rising and a Sun/Mars conjunction.
Most are in the 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th but some are in 3rd 4th and either 5th or 6th depending on house system.
I’ve bounced between being highly visible (public childhood, minor fame as a musician) and being a private homebody (after about age 25 up until now).
The latter feels best to me.
Should Chiron and/or the North and South nodes be included in the planet count for each hemisphere?
Thanks 
I was looking at my Astrodeinst (sp?) chart and I saw Chiron and the nodes on there. I thought I’d ask
That is so interesting. I have never read an explanation on this. Cool. I love this astrology for beginners stuff, Elsa. You are wonderful. Thank you.
So acccording to this since ALL my planets are in the bottom section with exception only to Venus in the 12th (same private thing right?) and Saturn in the 10th I should never want to leave my bedroom?
Elsa, to clarify this: it sounds like you are saying that the hemispheres are consistent according to the zodiac not personalized by our individual house systems, is this correct?
I have a wedge chart in houses 3,4,5,6 of a span of 113 degrees. The signs are Scorpio through Aquarius. So my chart emphasis is north-western? (left is west?)
Oh hey… Shucks that link is helpful. Nm. I feel silly.
Ok… so another question… What if you have just as many planets on the top and bottom hemispheres? are there particular houses/planets that may take priority?
Sorry so many questions… Curiosity gets the best of me! 
YAY! MY QUESTION MADE IT! TWO THUMBS UP!
Western hemisphere here – 4th House through to 10th, so team player yes, but I also read somewhere western hemisphere also waits for others to initiate.
Hemispheres can give a general emphaisis, ’cause I feel my Sag (8th) and mars conjunction (9th) are independent.
I’ve got emphasis in the northen hemisphere, but no quadrant. It’s equally split east/west.
The cookbook explanation at lunar living is pretty accurate for this, I think.
5th house stellium, and I am private and partner-oriented.
I have most planets on the bottom half, but east and west are evenly distributed.
Equal planets in both North and South Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere-oriented.
So I guess I’m both public and private yet a team player… I really doubt I’m a team player -_-
I’ve got the moon, the sun and mars above the horizon, and all the other planets below. I’ve got jupiter, the moon and saturn on the left and all the other planets on the right. So does that mean I’m a private person who’s a team player? My mother thinks I’m a selfish recluse.
thanks for the link to all the beginner astrology stuff
South and West. That “tends to value the opinions of others to the disregard of one’s own” and “may lose connections to individuality in efforts to compromise” does sound just like me.
North Western. I have a stellium in the 4th and lots going on in the 5th and 8th as well.
non of them, according to the article. then again, i don’t have any empty quadrants, either.
Oh jeez.
6 bodies in the northern hemisphere, 4 in the south.
5 bodies in the western hemisphere, 5 in the east. (counting planets, sun, moon, pluto)
Splay here. A well-rounded person (Jupiter conj ASC, haha) although conflicted. 
South Western, Third Quadrant. My North is empty.
south west
I always wondered about that, because I have more planets in the north, but the heavy hitters- Saturn, Pluto and Uranus are all in the South- so wieghtwise- doesn’t it balance out?
Sorry, Neptune Uranus, Pluto….
My sister has all her planets on the west side….
Clustered in the 1st and early 2nd, mostly. A couple in the 3rd near the IC, one in the 5th. All but one planet (Mars in 10th) below the horizon and mostly eastern. Yes, very much about me, and private! But my NN is in Libra (in 3rd), so I’m expanding and learning all about partnership.
southern hemi, third quadrant. rings true.
I have an emphasis on the bottom half of my chart with planets in my 2nd,3rd,4th,5th(4 planet stellium) 6th,and 7th houses. So second quadrant emphasis.
I have one planet and chiron in my 11th house.
I’m a very private person,but I love having very close deep relationships with people I feel I can trust.
I didn’t even see the link you posted until just now.
Northern/Western hemisphere emphasis and like I said before 2nd quadrant emphasis.
Thank you Elsa:-)
oh wow is this information helpful!
I was feeling blocked from penetrating more astro knowledge, cause stuff was getting too complicated… but whoosh, back to basics, this simple stuff is so potent!
Many thanks Elsa!!!
100% Western Hemisphere. 60% Third Quadrant (based on 10 planets/luminaries)
hey I was looking at my daughters and was stunned that alot of her planets are all in scorpio. I’m a Scorpio but my planets are a little bit everwhere My daughter’s really puzzles me I’ve never seen something like this…anyone know what this means?
11/11/06 5:06am
Hi, Christina!
You’ll get more replies if you post your question on the boards (there’s a link at the top of the page under the grey ElsaElsa banner).
HTH!
My younger son has all his planets in houses 10,11,12,1,and 2. He is a very capable and well-liked individual, but I am worried that this bowl shape means he will become a politician!
I have an extremely tight grouping in the South East quadrant. I’m fiercely independent and public. I LOVE astrology!
My two sons are total opposites in every way. One has a Northern emphasis and the other a Southern.
The cool thing I noticed after they were born was one shares my Sun sign and the other’s Sun sign is the same as my Ascendant.
They were also born at the same time – 10:20, one in the a.m. and one in the p.m.
Geez, can’t believe I messed that up, but mine is a South WEST emphasis, not South EAST
Top and right halves are emphasized for me. It’s really weird because I just don’t see myself as being a public figure or living in public view. But, then again, I also have Neptune on the MC so what do I know?
I do get the heavy rightsidedness of it..loud and clear.
Awesome!
This topic is one of the first I picked up on, the pattern of a chart.
Mine is “right-handed” with my stellium in the north, moon top south. Fame is short-lived, and never of my own doing. :/
Southwest.
Northern hemisphere, the planets are equally split on the east and west side, but both of my luminaries are on the east side and it shows.
7 Northern to 3 Southern
7 Eastern to 3 Western
I have a question, one of my lights/my chart ruler is conjunct jupiter and they are two of the three in the Western group. Given that strength, would my chart ruler/moon still play out as a western hemisphere? Or would it be more drown out by the other 7? Did that make sense?
Angie
Definitively an Easter hemisphere emphasized chart… almost perfectly balanced between North South, if it wasnt for the fact that with the exception of my Moon, all my personal planets ate in the South hemisphere.
If my progressed Sun wasnt hitting my 12th natal house… i would be probably more social that i have been… quite a zero social life atm, and my progressed rising is at Libra… i cant imagine how it will be once it reaches Scorpio in 2017.
Southeast corner for me! I have a 5 planet stellium in H12, the moon in H11, and mars in H10!
As a matter of fact, our house is made up of 2 SouthEast, 1 NorthWest & me the NorthEast. Really seems like we should have a SouthWest in there somewhere, just for variety, I have no idea why I think that?!
Angie
That link is certainly very informative, and for me especially the second page on the quadrants. It’s damn accurate, esp for people I know who have a stellium including their Sun in one house of a quadrant
so let me get this one right..planets on the right side (eastern) make one express independence more and left side the team player? seems it got flipped hear … looks like the ‘self contained’ energy is on the left side and the interactive on the left
ASTROLOGY, HOW & WHY IT WORKS – Marc Edmund Jones,
Contents:
Foreword
Horizons: Introducing the houses:
1. The magic of hemispheres
2. Rhythm & reality
3. The art of portmanteau analysis
4. Chaos & order in partnership
5. The skein of convenience
Characteristics: Introducing the signs:
6. The magic of human nature
7. Perspective & reality
8. The divinity of difference
9. Twelve tribes of individuality
10. The portmanteau symbols
Potentialities: Introducing the planets:
11. The magic of patterns
12. Self-assertion & reality
13. Patterns of simple expediency
14. The mastery of circumstances
15. The refinement of character
this book talks about the emphasis of the hemispheres. tis a bit long-haired but it has beautiful information
All planets on the top half except one. When I was younger, I did not understand why I could never get away with any attempts at being private and more under the radar (people got pissed off and my shyness became seen as aloofness). With astrology, it makes sense!
I have seven planets in the southeastern corner and two in the southwestern corner. I was actually shocked when I first discovered this in my chart when I became interested in Astrology. I’ve always felt invisible and misunderstood. But it’s probably because I am so visible but not really accepted.
I think part of that top heavy chart configuration can also to some kind of isolation. Like a celebrity (I’m not one but..) who’s life is made public but is incredibly lonely at the same time.
Emphasis on the bottom making me a private person, no surprise because people get to know me slowly. As for the western/eastern I have almost an equal balance on both sides. Eastern 10, Western 9. Private, independent, team player. Nice information to know.
Aside from Moon/Chiron, everything else is in the southern hemisphere, houses 3 and 4.
Everything on the left side and with the exception of Uranus, Neptune, and Saturn all of my planets are in the south. A little confusing for a pluto dominate person who tries to keep everything hidden away..
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