In considering a natal chart, most modern day Western astrologers will look at the signs and houses of 11 heavenly bodies and their aspects (i.e. their own interactions). Each heavenly body represents a psychological urge, need or capability:
Sun: Expression of the ego, the need for recognition
Moon: Emotional attachment, instinctive responses, the need to nurture or be nurtured
Mercury: The need to communicate, learn and exchange information
Venus: The need to love and be loved, to seek pleasure, to socialize
Mars: Self-assertion need, to compete, the sex drive
Jupiter: To expand, explore, seek new opportunities and growth, find faith and meaning
Saturn: To restrict, control, manage, set goals, defend
Uranus: To rebel, to be unconventional, to seek originality and total freedom
Pluto: To destroy and re-generate, expression of will power, to face the depths, to uncover
Chiron: To feel rejected or isolated, to get wounded early in life, to heal
A natal chart is also divided into 12 houses, with each standing for a different facet of that person's life.
In addition, astrologers pay particular attention to the starting points of the first, fourth, seventh and tenth houses. These four points are called the Ascendant, the Immu Coeli (IC), the Descendant and the Medium Coeli (the MC or "the Midheaven").
Since the number of variations from birth chart to birth chart is infinite, I think this exactly explains why modern, scientific psychology which often tends to conceptualize human behaviour or personality as falling under just a few categories cannot match astrology in its sophistication and insights. The more birth charts we study, the more we will be able to appreciate individual differences and understand why the saying "no two people are identical" is so true.
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