How To Read The Symbols On Astrology Dice
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You roll three dice. Each one tells you something different. The planet die shows what energy you’re working with. The sign die shows how that energy expresses. The house die points to which part of your life gets affected.
That’s it. That’s how you read astrology dice.
Everything else is just learning what the symbols mean so you can interpret the combination. Venus in Scorpio in the 7th House tells you something specific about relationships. Mars in Gemini in the 10th House speaks to how you take action in your career. Roll all three, combine the meanings, and you’ve got a reading.
Astrology dice are three twelve-sided dice that let you do quick readings without calculating a birth chart (your personal astrology map) or spending twenty minutes shuffling tarot cards. People have been throwing bones and dice for divination since Greece and Rome. Modern astrology dice just swap out knucklebones for planetary symbols and zodiac glyphs. Same impulse, updated tools.
The three dice create 1,728 possible combinations. But you don’t memorize combinations. You learn the building blocks and the rest clicks into place.
Why This Works
The dice tap into pattern recognition and whatever you want to call synchronicity (meaningful coincidence, things lining up in ways that feel significant). Randomness bypasses the part of your brain that rationalizes everything. You can’t manipulate dice the way you talk yourself out of intuitive hits.
The dice work through pattern recognition. You project meaning onto random symbols and learn something about how you actually feel. Or you work with them as genuine divination, believing something guides the roll beyond chance.
Both get results. Professional astrologer Claire Comstock-Gay follows the guidance from her astrology dice even though she usually works with full charts for major decisions. Quick questions. Details. The dice handle what the birth chart can’t.
The Three Dice
Planet die: The actor. What’s happening, what energy wants to move or change or stay put.
(Overwhelmed? Light a virtual candle and take 5 minutes. It actually helps.)
When Jupiter shows up, you’re dealing with expansion. Growth. More. Saturn shows up and you’re looking at structure, limits, the hard stuff.
Traditional readings interpret the planet as the influence or action affecting your situation. It’s the what and the who of the reading.
Sign die: The flavor. How that planetary energy comes through.
Mars in Aries is fast and direct and sometimes reckless. Mars in Cancer is protective, defensive, wrapped up in feelings. Same planet, completely different expression.
The sign represents the emotions involved and the style of expression. It modifies everything about how the planet operates.
House die: The location. Which part of life this reading points to.
2nd House means money and resources. 7th House means partnerships. 10th House means career and how the world sees you. Concrete stuff you can observe.
The house shows the area of life most relevant or of concern. It grounds abstract planetary energy in actual circumstances.
Roll all three and you get a sentence. What (planet) + how (sign) + where (house) = your reading.
Example: You’re thinking about changing careers. Maybe you’ve been scrolling job listings at midnight, or maybe your current job makes your stomach clench every Sunday evening. You roll Jupiter in Gemini in the 2nd House.
Jupiter is expansion. Gemini brings versatility, communication, multiple options going at once. The 2nd House covers income and resources.
So: expand your income through communication. Or try multiple income streams instead of one job. Maybe freelance writing, teaching, consulting. The dice are pointing toward diversification rather than one big career move.
See how the combination creates something specific? Jupiter alone just means “bigger.” Add Gemini and the 2nd House and suddenly you’ve got direction.
How to Actually Roll These Things
Ask your question. Open-ended works better than yes/no. Instead of “Will I get the job?” try “What should I know about this job opportunity?” The dice speak in situations and stories, not simple answers.
Hold the question in your mind while you roll. Maybe at your desk with coffee going cold next to you. Maybe on your bed at 2am when you can’t sleep. Maybe in the bathroom at work when you need a quick answer. Some people roll all three dice at once. Some roll one at a time. Do whatever feels less awkward.
Read what came up. Most dice sets color-code the three types or mark them somehow. One has planetary symbols (☉ ☽ ☿ and so on), one has zodiac signs (♈ ♉ ♊), one is numbered 1-12 for houses.
Write it down. This matters more than you’d think. When Pluto in the 8th keeps showing up every time you ask about your relationship, that’s information your brain will conveniently forget if you don’t track it. Use your phone notes. A scrap of paper. Whatever you’ll actually look at later.
When to re-roll: Drop a die mid-question? Re-roll. Get a result that makes zero sense after thinking about it for a few minutes? Ask for clarification and roll again. The dice don’t get offended.
Some people cleanse their dice between readings with incense or moonlight. Some people don’t. The dice work either way.
Reading the Planets Die
Each planet is a force at play in your situation. The actors doing something in the reading.
| Planet | Core Meaning | In Readings | What People Say |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun ☉ | Identity, ego, self, vitality, purpose, creativity, authority | The reading focuses on who you are and what you’re here to do. Your sense of self, your creative expression, your life direction. Ego stuff, for better or worse. Can indicate influential or commanding energy. | Folks who read dice interpret the Sun as bright, direct, straightforward personality energy. When it appears, you’re dealing with someone’s core identity or sense of authority in the situation. |
| Moon ☽ | Emotions, intuition, subconscious, needs, habits, comfort, family | Pay attention to feelings when you see the Moon. Not what you think about the situation, what you feel about it. Your gut reaction matters here. Represents desire, psychic knowing, reactions, domestic matters. | One person tracking dice rolls noticed the Moon appearing when asking about emotional security and family situations. The Moon showed up repeatedly when the real issue was needing safety and comfort, not the surface-level question being asked. |
| Mercury ☿ | Communication, thinking, information, travel, commerce, connections, dexterity | The situation involves talking, learning, or moving something from point A to point B. How you think about this matters. Ask questions, share information, stay curious. Mercury represents mental outlook, communication style, hands, short trips. | Users report Mercury appearing when they need to write, teach, or share information. One reader got Mercury when asking how to approach writing an essay and took it as a clear sign to speak their truth directly. |
| Venus ♀ | Love, beauty, pleasure, values, relationships, money, harmony, social connection | Venus points to what you care about and what (or who) you want more of. Sometimes romance, sometimes finances. Indicates social attitudes, aesthetic sense, partnerships, pleasure. | Readers note Venus appearing in social situation questions, showing the social dynamics at play rather than giving a simple yes or no about whether a tense situation was over. |
| Mars ♂ | Action, drive, anger, conflict, courage, assertion, sexuality, effort | Time to act. Or you’re already acting, maybe too aggressively. Where do you need to push? Where are you fighting when you should walk away? Represents physical energy, style of action, risk tolerance, determination. | Mars shows up when people ask about active energy or wild times ahead. One user got Mars when asking about an evening event and correctly interpreted it as active, high-energy socializing. |
| Jupiter ♃ | Growth, expansion, optimism, opportunity, wisdom, belief, abundance, higher learning | Things get bigger here. Usually that’s good. Sometimes it means you’re overextending. Jupiter represents growth potential, spirituality, assets, power, status, optimism. | Users report Jupiter appearing for questions about good times and joy. One person asking if a night out would be good got Jupiter in the 3rd in Taurus (neighborhood, food and drink) and had an excellent evening. |
| Saturn ♄ | Structure, limitation, discipline, responsibility, time, lessons, restrictions, boundaries | Hard work. Boundaries. Restrictions. Sometimes Saturn just means “no” or “not yet.” Sometimes it means this is the thing you have to build slowly and carefully. Represents structure, karma, patience, meaning, rules. | Saturn appears as boundaries or “no” in readings. One user asked about a restaurant and got Saturn in Cancer in the 7th, checked Google, and discovered the restaurant didn’t open until hours later. Saturn was the boundary preventing them from going. |
| Uranus ♅ | Change, rebellion, innovation, surprise, freedom, breakthrough, technology, sudden shifts | Expect disruption. Could be liberation, could be chaos, probably both. Uranus brings individuality, suddenness, unpredictability, evolution. | People interpret Uranus as sudden realizations or surprise elements. When asking about using rideshare services, one reader got Uranus in the 2nd in Cancer and took it as “use technology and money to stay safe.” |
| Neptune ♆ | Dreams, intuition, illusion, spirituality, confusion, dissolution, mysticism, addiction | Neptune is fog. Pay attention to dreams and creative insights, but watch for lying to yourself. Represents mysticism, ideals, visions, illusion, disillusionment. | Neptune appears when users are anxious or unclear. One person asking if their worry was valid got Neptune in Pisces in the 7th and realized they were just paranoid from drinking, not picking up on real social problems. |
| Pluto ♇ | Transformation, power, depth, obsession, death/rebirth, shadow, control | Deep work. Shadow work. Confronting. This one doesn’t mess around. Pluto indicates intensity, karmic responsibility, underworld themes, compulsions, transformation. | Users report Pluto showing buried or hidden things. When asking where lost clothing was, one person got Pluto in the 11th in Taurus and found it buried at the bottom of the laundry hamper under everything else. |
| North Node ☊ | Growth direction, life lessons, what you’re moving toward, destiny, increase | The path forward. What you’re learning. Where growth happens. Often reads as “yes” or “pay attention to this.” Where you’re headed, not where you’ve been. | People note the North Node appearing as general increase and visibility. It shows up when something is growing or becoming more prominent in your life. |
| South Node ☋ | Past patterns, comfort zone, what you’re releasing, familiar territory, decrease | Old habits, the past, what’s familiar but maybe doesn’t serve you anymore. What you’re releasing or need to release. Often reads as “no” or “let this go.” | Users interpret South Node as “not likely” or “not for a long time.” When asking about being forced to move, one reader got South Node in the 9th in Taurus and correctly read it as “probably not.” |
The Nodes aren’t planets, they’re mathematical points where the Moon’s orbit crosses the ecliptic. But they show up in readings as guidance about direction.
Reading the Signs Die
Signs modify how planetary energy expresses. They’re the how. The style, the flavor, the quality.
| Sign | Element & Mode | Keywords | Expression in Readings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aries ♈ | Fire, Cardinal | Bold, direct, initiating, competitive, impatient, courageous, energized, pioneering, forceful | Fast action, new beginnings, courage and sometimes aggression. Starts strong, doesn’t always finish. First to jump, last to plan. The cardinal fire sign bursts through doors. |
| Taurus ♉ | Earth, Fixed | Stable, sensual, patient, stubborn, material, persistent, enduring, affectionate, indulgent, rigid | Slow and steady, enjoys physical pleasures like food and touch and comfort. Builds gradually. Resists change even when change would help. Stubborn but reliable. The fixed earth sign plants roots deep. |
| Gemini ♊ | Air, Mutable | Curious, communicative, versatile, scattered, intellectual, adaptable, quick-witted, flighty, indecisive | Multiple options and ideas bouncing around. Communication and connections. Sometimes surface-level or indecisive because there are too many interesting things to focus on just one. The mutable air sign connects everything. |
| Cancer ♋ | Water, Cardinal | Nurturing, emotional, protective, sensitive, domestic, intuitive, tribal, clingy, irrational | Strong feelings about everything. Caretaking energy, but also defensiveness when hurt. Feels things deeply. Home and family matter. The cardinal water sign leads with emotion. |
| Leo ♌ | Fire, Fixed | Creative, generous, dramatic, proud, expressive, determined, entertaining, demanding, domineering | Wants recognition and appreciation. Creative self-expression and warmth. Can be egocentric or amazingly generous depending on the day. The fixed fire sign shines steady and bright. |
| Virgo ♍ | Earth, Mutable | Analytical, helpful, perfectionist, practical, critical, detail-oriented, humble, diligent, service-oriented | Pays attention to the small stuff everyone else misses. Service and improvement. Can get critical or anxious trying to make everything perfect. The mutable earth sign sorts and refines. |
| Libra ♎ | Air, Cardinal | Diplomatic, harmonious, social, indecisive, fair, charming, mediating, beautiful, lazy, judgmental | Seeks balance and beauty. Considers other people’s perspectives, sometimes to the point of losing their own. Avoids conflict, which creates different conflict. The cardinal air sign initiates connection. |
| Scorpio ♏ | Water, Fixed | Intense, passionate, secretive, transformative, probing, driven, seductive, manipulative, compulsive | Deep emotions and deeper investigation. Power, sexuality, transformation. Goes beneath the surface. Always. The fixed water sign doesn’t do shallow. |
| Sagittarius ♐ | Fire, Mutable | Optimistic, philosophical, adventurous, blunt, freedom-loving, open-minded, enthusiastic, reckless, flippant | Big picture thinking and exploration. Honest to the point of tactless. Needs meaning and space and adventure. The mutable fire sign wanders far and wide. |
| Capricorn ♑ | Earth, Cardinal | Ambitious, disciplined, traditional, responsible, pessimistic, competent, skillful, emotionally closed-off | Long-term goals and hard work. Authority and structure. Gets things done, but can be cold or pessimistic about it. The cardinal earth sign builds empires slowly. |
| Aquarius ♒ | Air, Fixed | Independent, innovative, detached, unconventional, humanitarian, rebellious, inventive, original, eccentric, unavailable | Unconventional thinking. Groups and causes and humanity. Progress and rebellion. Emotionally distant even when trying to help everyone. The fixed air sign holds firm to weird ideas. |
| Pisces ♓ | Water, Mutable | Compassionate, intuitive, dreamy, escapist, spiritual, telepathic, creative, kind, self-delusional, martyrdom | Spirituality and imagination. Empathy that feels other people’s pain as if it’s your own. Blurred boundaries. Sometimes confusion, sometimes transcendence. The mutable water sign dissolves edges. |
Elements describe the realm: Fire acts, Earth builds, Air thinks, Water feels.
Modes describe the pacing: Cardinal initiates, Fixed maintains, Mutable adapts.
So when Mars appears in Aries (cardinal fire), you get quick direct action. Mars in Cancer (cardinal water) protects and defends based on feelings. Same planet, totally different energy based on the sign.
Reading the Houses Die
Houses are life areas. The most concrete part of any reading.
| House | Life Area | What It Covers |
|---|---|---|
| 1st House | Self, identity, appearance | Your body, your personality, how you show up in the world. New beginnings. When this appears, the reading is about you directly, not circumstances around you. Appearance, physical health, identity, outward personality, instinctive self. |
| 2nd House | Resources, values, money | Money, resources, possessions, what you value. Income and material security. Also self-worth, which turns out to be related to what you own (unfortunately or not). Material possessions, self-esteem, inner and outer resources, personal values, skills and talents. |
| 3rd House | Communication, learning, local environment | Communication, learning, your immediate environment. Siblings, neighbors, short trips, daily conversations. How you think and share information. Networking, technology, the neighborhood. |
| 4th House | Home, family, roots | Home, family, roots, emotional foundation. Where you live, your family of origin, your private life. The emotional base everything else sits on. Real estate, ancestry, parents. |
| 5th House | Creativity, pleasure, romance | Creativity, pleasure, romance, play. Dating (not marriage), hobbies, children, fun. Self-expression for its own sake, not for money or productivity. Love affairs, matters of the heart, adventure, excitement. |
| 6th House | Work, health, daily routine | Daily work (the job, not your career), health, routines, service. The grind. Habits and tasks and obligations. Pets. The stuff you do every day that keeps life running. Daily habits, work, apprenticeship, duties, responsibilities, details, mental attitude, overall health. |
| 7th House | Partnerships, relationships | Partnerships and one-on-one relationships. Marriage, business partners, close committed connections. Also open enemies, which is weirdly the flip side of intimate relationships. Projections of self onto others. |
| 8th House | Transformation, shared resources, depth | Transformation, depth, shared resources, intensity. Sex, death, other people’s money. Deep psychological work. Major change that happens through crisis or merging with something bigger. Karma, birth and death, external forces, intimacy, sexuality, taxes, inheritance, inner psyche, soul evolution. |
| 9th House | Philosophy, travel, higher learning | Philosophy, belief systems, higher learning, travel. Foreign places, religion, university, meaning-making. The big picture, the search for truth. World travel, gurus, expansion of consciousness, meaning in life. |
| 10th House | Career, public reputation, achievement | Career, public reputation, what you’re known for. Not your job, your calling. How the world sees you. Achievement and recognition. Professional achievements, relationship to authority, social status, ambitions, goals, expectations. |
| 11th House | Community, groups, hopes | Friends, groups, community, hopes for the future. Social networks, organizations, collective goals. The bigger “we.” The collective, freedom versus rebellion, communications, societal visions, science and technology, politics. |
| 12th House | Spirituality, endings, the unconscious | Spirituality, endings, the unconscious, what’s hidden. Solitude, release, dreams. What you’re letting go of or haven’t yet seen clearly. Collective karma, egolessness, hidden or repressed material, secret enemies, escapism, unseen realms. |
Houses 1, 4, 7, and 10 (angular houses) show up when energy is active and strong. Houses 2, 5, 8, 11 (succedent) suggest steady sustained energy. Houses 3, 6, 9, 12 (cadent) often mean mental activity or things in flux.
Reading Examples
The dice make sense as combinations. Here’s what that looks like in practice.
Career Question
Question: “What do I need to know about this job opportunity?”
Roll: Saturn in Aquarius in the 10th House
This job needs discipline and long-term commitment but lets you think unconventionally in public-facing work. You’ll build something structured but not traditional. Maybe systems design, tech, working with groups or networks.
Or if you feel resistance to the idea: Maybe the structure feels restrictive in ways that clash with your need for independence in your career. Ask yourself whether the boundaries support you or just constrain you.
Both readings are valid. Your gut knows which one fits your actual situation.
Relationship Question
Question: “What’s going on with my partner right now?”
Roll: Moon in Libra in the 4th House
Your partner is processing emotional needs around relationship harmony in the home or family context. Maybe dealing with family stuff, wanting more peace at home, trying to balance their feelings with yours. They want things to feel harmonious in your shared domestic space.
If something feels off: Your partner might be hiding their real feelings to keep the peace at home. They might need you to ask directly instead of waiting for them to volunteer the information.
Personal Growth Question
Question: “What do I need to focus on for my own development right now?”
Roll: Pluto in Gemini in the 3rd House
Deep transformation in how you communicate and think in your everyday life and close relationships. Could mean examining your communication patterns. How you talk to yourself. What you’re learning and why. Power dynamics in everyday conversations.
Pluto wants you to go deep. What do you need to say that you’ve been avoiding? What story do you keep telling yourself that needs to transform?
But Gemini wants you to stay curious and flexible. The 3rd House keeps it practical: this transformation happens in daily life, in actual conversations with actual people. Not some abstract spiritual plane.
Confusing Situation
Question: “Why does this feel so unclear?”
Roll: Neptune in Pisces in the 12th House
The situation feels unclear because it is unclear. Neptune in Pisces in the 12th is maximum fog. You’re in the mist. Trying to force clarity right now won’t work.
What you can do: embrace not knowing for a while. Pay attention to dreams. Notice your intuition. Something is breaking down to make space for something new, but that process isn’t finished yet.
Alternative reading: check for self-deception. Neptune in the 12th can mean you’re avoiding something you don’t want to see. Pisces wants to escape uncomfortable reality. Are you creating the confusion to avoid a truth you already know deep down?
Getting Better at This
Track your rolls. Write down the question, the combination, your interpretation, what actually happened. Over time you’ll see which symbols keep showing up. Those recurring placements are trying to tell you something about ongoing patterns. Use your phone notes, a worn notebook, whatever you’ll actually look at six months from now.
Combine with other tools. Pull a tarot card, then roll dice for clarification. Or use dice to time a spell by seeing what planetary energy supports your working.
Check against your birth chart. If you know your natal placements, notice when dice combinations echo them. Rolling your natal Moon placement? The dice are pointing to something core to your emotional nature.
Ask follow-up questions. One roll doesn’t give enough information? Ask another question. The dice are fast. “What’s going on?” then “What should I do about it?” then “What happens if I do that?” Roll until you understand.
Trust your gut. Traditional meanings give you the framework, but your intuition fills in the specific details for your specific situation. If a reading sparks a strong feeling or realization, pay attention to that. That’s the real information coming through.
Re-roll for clarity. A roll confuses you after genuinely thinking about it for a few minutes? Ask the dice to explain differently and roll again. They’re usually happy to rephrase.
Give yourself time. Your first readings won’t be profound. You’re learning a symbolic language. Getting fluent takes practice. Remember how long it took to feel comfortable reading tarot or interpreting astrological placements.
When Readings Feel Wrong
Sometimes a roll won’t make sense. The combination seems unrelated to your question or directly contradicts what you think you know.
You’re interpreting from the wrong angle. Look at the symbols differently. Saturn isn’t always restriction. Sometimes it’s necessary structure. Venus isn’t always love. Sometimes it’s about money or what you value.
Or the dice answered a deeper question than the one you asked. You asked about a job, but you’re actually worried about money. The dice answered the money question. Notice what you were holding emotionally, not just what you said out loud.
Or you’re too attached to getting a specific answer. If you desperately want the dice to say yes, you’ll miss what they’re actually saying. Take a breath, acknowledge you have a preference, look again with fresh eyes.
Or Neptune is legitimately present and things are genuinely unclear. Not every question has a clear answer in the moment. Sometimes “check back later” is the most honest response the universe can give you. Wait three days and roll again.
The Dice Work Because You Use Them
Divination works through pattern recognition and meaningful coincidence. The randomness creates space for something unexpected to show up. Whatever combination appears, it appeared for a reason. Maybe that reason is pure chance reflecting your subconscious patterns. Maybe it’s meaningful coincidence. Maybe it’s something else.
The mechanism matters less than what you learn from engaging with it.
Roll your dice. See what comes up. Notice what it shows you about your question. Track patterns over time. The dice make visible what you already sense but haven’t put into words. They give your intuition something concrete to work with.
And sometimes they’re just three dice that landed on random symbols and you’re projecting meaning onto them. That’s fine too. The projection itself teaches you what you actually think about the situation.
Use them.
Want to go deeper? Check out planetary correspondences in witchcraft and reading your birth chart.
Other divination methods: Explore basic dice divination and incorporating divination into your practice.
