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BUFFALO GAMES, INC ASTOLOG A FOUNE Ji saw PuzzYle™ 59 GUIDE`BOOK -= Chart your path through the stars Piece by Piece Welcome to the fascinating world of the unseen: Plot your Birth Chart. You are ready to begin your Astrological reading. The first step is to mark on the puzzle the positions of the planets at the time of your birth*. The instructions lead you through this process planet by planet. As you discover all your planetary signs, mark ASTOLOG their positions on the Zodiac with the Planet Marker disks as shown in the A FOUNE Ji saw PuzzYle™ diagram. Each band of the Zodiac represents either a Planet or Rising Sign. The outermost band is labeled Sun and the innermost band is the Rising Sign. The Zodiac is divided into 12 quadrants, each representing familiar This guide book will help you get the most out of this unique constellations, like Leo and Pisces. When your Birth Chart is complete, you product. Our Fortune Jigsaw Puzzle™ Series was developed to will have one Planet Marker disk on each band. You may have several present various fortune telling topics from a historical, unbiased planets in one constellation, or sign, or no planets in several signs. The and entertaining perspective. Your level of belief will not hinder significance of all this cosmic positioning is explored on the puzzle. When you from enjoying this item; you are sure to enjoy the tour all your positions are charted, you will have a full horoscope to be read as a through the solar system and finding your place within it. The whole. You may find the results very enlightening! next section will tell you how to get started and then describes the many interesting aspects of Astrology you can explore *Point of Astrological Interest. Astrology is based on the char- with this puzzle. Following the instructions is a list of acteristics of an individual. It was developed at a time when the Frequently Asked Questions and a number of easy-to-read popular belief was that the Earth was the center of the universe. Planetary Position Charts. Therefore, Astrology is very earth-centered. You'll see this when you assemble the jigsaw puzzle. We put things like the sun and other planets in orbit around the earth. Astronomically, this is obviously completely wrong, but it makes sense Astrologically because How to begin Astrology is based on the position of planets with respect to a certain person, at a certain time, and is not a study of the universe. Also, in First assemble the jigsaw puzzle. You will find a Astrology, the Sun and Moon, though they are not planets, are puzzle diagram on the inside flap of the box to use as reference. referred to as such. In Astrology, a planet is any body which "moves" Using the completed puzzle as a tool, you will cast a complete against the fairly static background of the stars. E Aries O Libra birth chart, indicating the position and significance of your R Taurus P Scorpio T Gemini { Sagittarius personal planets, assess your relationship compatibility, even What's your sign? Most people can answer Y Cancer } Capricorn U Leo Q Aquarius predict the future! As you complete the puzzle, you'll encounter this pretty easily - "Aries, Cancer, etc.", but what I Virgo W Pisces the signs of the Zodiac, the constellations which comprise each does it really mean? The question refers to your sign and the charts and indexes which you'll use to uncover the Sun Sign, and means that on the day you were born, the sun (as viewed planetary forces at work in your life. from Earth) was passing through one of the 12 constellations of the Zodiac. For instance, if you're an Aries, the sun was passing through Aries. Separate the components. Sort the 12 Sun Sign cards Since the Earth orbits the Sun in much the same way each year, the dates (brown) and 12 Compatibility cards (blue) into separate decks. Punch of our Sun Signs don't change very much. That's probably why everyone out the 11 Planet Marker disks, the Moon Card and the House Dial from knows his "sign" which is what is usually referred to when you read your the cardboard form. horoscope in the paper. The Sun Sign, while very important, only gives a part of the picture. Each of us actually has a number of signs and we'll be figuring out all your planetary signs on this puzzle. 2 www.buffalogames.com 3 year appears in red, you will see two sign symbols. In this case, align the red The Sun Sign. If you don't arrow nearest your birthdate on the Moon Ruler to the line halfway Sun M RRising S N M JJupiter V U SSa is u M Mar eer eep a enus e in r p oon o r p tturn aanus n c cur a it o g ttune u n u u r S u n r between the two black tick marks corresponding to those signs on the e s u s r n n r y s igign e already know your Sun Sign, refer n to the Sun Sign Chart on the Puzzle Moon Card). The black line indicating your birthdate on the Moon Sign for the dates. For example, let's say Ruler will now be pointing to your Moon Sign on the Moon Sign Card. For you were born on April 10th. Your example, let's say you were born on April 10th, 1958. The Symbol on the Y Sun Sign is Aries E (March 20th- MoonRising SignSign index for the year 1958 is Cancer ( ) (see diagram B). We find Pluto this symbolNeptune on the Moon Sign Card and align it with the red arrow nearest April 18). Place the Sun Marker on the Uranus to April 10thSaturn on the Moon Sign Ruler which is the one close to March 28th Zodiac band of the Sun (this is the Jupiter (see diagramMars C). Holding the Moon Sign Card in place, we see the tick outside orbit, the yellow oval) in the Venus mark at April 10th points to Capricorn (}). That's the Moon Sign! To section marked with the constellation Diagram A Moon Aries, the Ram (see diagram A). The learn the significanceSun of your Moon Sign, place the Moon Marker on the text there describes briefly the significance of being an Aries: Moon band on the Zodiac (it's the next one in from the Sun's orbit) and "You are highly energetic, adventurous, a leader, but may be self- see what it tells you about yourself. The Moon is thought to influence centered and inconsiderate". If you are a typical Aries, this Emotion and Habits, so it will generally describe your mood. should describe you pretty well. Predicting the Future using your Moon Sign. Your Moon The Moon Sign. Your Moon Sign gets plotted Sign is also used to describe any particular day in the future. You've on the puzzle in the same way,P but it's moreTY {} Uprobably already noticed that the Moon Card says things like "a great day complicated to figure out. On theW puzzleOP is a chart RT {for gardening" beneath each sign. Because the moon influences emotions, labeled Moon Ruler. To use it, you needU the MoonQW Sign Card.O Rits pull on any particular day can describe how your mood will affect your First, find the year you were born on the{} table labeledY MoonQ Iactions and what activities might best compliment that mood. To make a ER { TY Qdaily forecast, calculate a Moon Sign according to the example above as if Sign Index. Next to each year is a sign symbol.I FindE this symbolP T }Q on UIthe MoonE OPtoday were your birthday, and read the information on the card under the arch AprilApril T Sign{} Card. U Wsign. Remember, these are just Moon-effected mood indicators, so take O UsingT the Moon{ YUthem in context of the rest of your horoscope. 15 2025 31 5 10 15 2025 30 QW SignO Ruler at theR P{ YU Q IO E { topTY of the }Q UIThe rest of the planetary positions. You will figure out the E puzzle,P{ align theT }remainder of your ruling planets using the charts in this booklet. Each ERTERYUI O P { } QQWW T S Embr Watc Star to chat, write, talk day A great S Y Tid A gr A da a trip take adventure, A time of business ambitions, organize Pursue Go to a museum, voice your opinion R a s Start A gr things today different of Do lots U blackWE triangularOP RTchart is read similarly. 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