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As an astrology fanatic, I am constantly checking out astrology information websites.

There’s a lot of 90’s style eye-burning web pages with no layout, big bright text on a flashing background with background music that has no “stop” button. Great, they just add to the image of what people think of “the kind of people that are into astrology”.  

There are also some that are more modernised, and have a lot, a lot of good content. You want to use them, but they have an inadequate navigation system. The only way you ever find yourself on their website so many times a day, is googling your query, and stumbling across them, again and again.

I have recently stumbled across a new breed of astrology website.

It’s modern, it’s sleek, and best of all it’s easy to use. It’s great for the beginner, dipping into the universe of astrology for the first time.

It generates a horoscope reading for you, in a creative newspaper format. “But Jessica, I thought you said newspaper astrology was bad?” Don’t fret, it just looks like a newspaper, but the content is the real deal. 

How am I sure? Because with every section it tells you, it gives you the current aspect of which it is talking about. That is, your personal natal chart, with the placement of the planets at the time you were born; and the contrast of the current planetary positions. This gives you the aspects which make up your horoscope!

Sure there’s a lot to read, well more than in a newspaper column, because you have a lot of aspects going on. They even put it into categories for you - work, love, family, self, general. 

This website will generate a simple easy to read chart, perfect for the beginner. It will give you the basics of your natal chart and your first taste of “real” astrology.

This is how I started to learn astrology. I wanted to read my own chart. So I’d find where of my planets are in which sign, as above. Then I’d google each (ie. Mercury in Gemini) for hours. Before I knew it, I was doing the same for friends, and I had a basic understanding of what each planet stood for and what each sign represented.

This is the tricky bit - you do need to know your birth time. Yes, the very minute you were born. If you’re the eldest or youngest child, chances are someone would remember (lucky us!) if not, and you’re really interested you can get an astrological justification done for a price. This is where a professional astrologer asks you a few questions, and your answers will determine a rough birth time. Neat! 

So if my previous astrology post tempted you to take a look at astrology, I’d recommend this as a first step. The website I’ve been talking about is http://www.astrolome.com 

Oh, the best thing. I mentioned on twitter to @astrolome that it’d be great if their blog had a rss feed. They thank me for my feedback. Five hours later they tweet me again, saying their blog now has a rss feed. Wow! This is a free service, and they cared enough to take my feedback into consideration (and let’s face it, my feedback is always useful!)

For those of you with an iPhone, they also have an iPhone app. For those of us that don’t, well … high five for not having an iPhone.

I can’t wait to see what astrolome.com brings out next!

P.S. Please hire me.