Hermetic astrology plots precise times when an individual will receive additional new planetary energy.

It not only systematically plots the interplay of the thought elements - the character - but it also plots precise times when the character qualities by virtue of their specific resonance, will become stimulated into activity as they respond to corresponding planetary vibratory rates.

What does a birth chart represent?

"A birth chart represents an accurate map of thought components within the astral body. Thought components which constitute the character with which the individual was born.

In its ascent through innumerable lower forms of life, the soul acquired experiences of various kinds. The awareness and emotions accompanying these experiences, built thought-elements into the high-velocity, stellar (i.e. astral) body.)"

Note to Reader. Hermetic tradition holds that the soul evolves by developing the level of consciousness required to attract ever more complex forms. Through its experiences gained in the mineral, vegetable and animal realms, it has acquired the ability to attract and function self-consciously through the highest physical form -- the human.

After shedding its physical form at death - its character and personality surviving the tomb - each individual soul has the potential to continue its progressive evolution up through the many astral and increasingly potent inner planes to the celestial realm.