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A point in your chart -

The meaning of your Vertex depends on the house, sign, and degree of where it is located in your natal chart.

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A point in your chart -

The Vertex is a point located in the Western Hemisphere of a chart (the right-hand side). It is an abstract point that intersects two lines called the "ecliptic" and "prime vertical" points on your natal chart.

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Fate or free will? -

Use and meaning of the Vertex in astrology is debated. Those who use the Vertex generally feel it is a point of karmic or fated connection.

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Fate or free will? -

The Vertex is said to be activated at major turning points in our lives, whether upon meeting a significant person or when a major event occurs.

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Vertex in Aries -

You're expected to be a leader in this lifetime. Overcoming inhibitions to take a stand or initiate a new path, as well as conquering fears, will lead you to your destined point.

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Vertex in Aries -

Your ability to lead and innovate might be challenged by unconscious beliefs you hold about yourself. Becoming aware of them and pushing past them will give you a sense of personal courage, strengthening your self-identity.

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Vertex in Taurus -

You're here to interact with the world on a material level. Others expect you to support and sustain yourself, while you complete something that's already been set into motion.

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Vertex in Taurus -

You are destined to outgrow dependencies on others and accomplish something that makes up for any emotional and material lack you feel. Not achieving these things could lead to low self-esteem and feeling indebted to others.

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Vertex in Gemini -

Your ability to write and communicate is destined to be part of your path, as people trust coming to you with their ideas that you will present.

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Vertex in Gemini -

Choosing your words carefully, and learning to speak and/or write with clarity and confidence, are skills you're meant to develop. Otherwise, you might generalize or get lost on tangents, in turn losing your audience.

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Vertex in Cancer -

Acknowledging the emotional side to your nature is a key part of your path. This could see you deal with the public or in the public interest, as you're meant to develop your nurturing abilities.

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Vertex in Cancer -

By recognizing your own needs and how to parent yourself, you learn how to be a parent in the world. On the flip side, not addressing your emotions will leave you at the mercy of other people's, or you could suppress yours altogether.

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Vertex in Leo -

Becoming a fully-rounded individual, who can accept and acknowledge your need for admiration, is part of your path. Working in entertainment or with children could also be involved.

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Vertex in Leo -

Becoming aware of your creative expression, and eschewing emotional separation by sharing your life experience with another person, will help you strengthen your ego in a healthy way. Otherwise, you might develop an ego-complex.

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Vertex in Virgo -

Using your practical insights and ability to find the flaws in things are part of your destined path, and as you establish conscious habits and the ability to accept criticism your personality develops.

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Vertex in Virgo -

Feeling useful in this world, and healthy, independent of others' opinions, will help you acknowledge the meaning of your life. In not doing so, you might unconsciously create disorder and/or make yourself invisible.

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Vertex in Libra -

Bringing opposing sides together, in order to counsel or remediate, is part of your destined path. Having a cooperative spirit and sense of fair play means you can relate to others as equals. Cultivating compromise and detachment is necessary.

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Vertex in Libra -

You also need to learn the importance of balance in your personal life and your environment. Becoming self-centered, demanding, and biased in your judgments will be the result if you don't.

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Vertex in Scorpio -

Complete self-mastery is expected of those whose Vertex falls in Scorpio. Defining limits for yourself, and out of respect for others, is part of your path. You might bring occult topics to light for others, too.

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Vertex in Scorpio -

Rising above the lower appetites of human nature will result in regeneration for you. In the process, you gain strength. Conversely, if you don't achieve goals or rise above things, you could smolder with resentment, conflict, and emotional insecurity.

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Vertex in Sagittarius -

Developing a broad vision, and an understanding of what lies beneath the facts, will be important for you. Higher education, travel, philosophy, and more could help you achieve these things.

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Vertex in Sagittarius -

Activities tied to these pursuits will teach you to have faith in yourself, your abilities, and life. Failing to do so might see you drifting aimlessly through life.

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Vertex in Capricorn -

By committing to a disciplined approach in your life, completing your obligations and duties, you prepare yourself for positions of great responsibility. These positions are destined for Vertex in Capricorn.

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Vertex in Capricorn -

Organization, accomplishing goals, and accepting restrictions is necessary. In contrast, not doing these things will keep you from moving to a higher position, being seen as unreliable, unstable, and full of excuses. Your lack of discipline might also cause a sense of inferiority.

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Vertex in Aquarius -

Dealing with all kinds of people, even those you can't stand, is what's going to be expected of Vertex in Aquarius as part of your fated life journey. Overcoming your ego and rising above individual pettiness is essential.

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Vertex in Aquarius -

You are meant to grow beyond feelings of superiority. Failing to do so might make you an object of intolerance for a group of people, face blocks from people who oppose you, and fail to fulfill the impact you hope to make on the world.

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Vertex in Pisces -

Cultivating emotional and psychological insights, and developing a sense of selflessness, is part of your destined path. Work in prisons, institutions, or any career that is somewhat "behind the scenes" could be for you.

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Vertex in Pisces -

Developing your compassion through assisting others will help you gain insights above the practical, and to feel secure in your knowing. Failure to do so could lead to despair and self-destruction.

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Find out yours! -

So there you have it, the Vertex placement through each of the signs. Discover yours using a birth chart calculator online, or find an astrologer who can tell you more.

Sources: (Cafe Astrology) (Astrology 42) (YourTango) (Well+Good)

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