That's right, i forgot how daunting the astrology chart can be when looked at for the 1st time,However it's simple and straight forward.
it can be divided up into 2 rings and the inner sphere:the outer most ring shows the placement of the 12 zodiac signs,the middle ring shows where the planets are relative to the zodiac sign.the inner sphere shows the aspects formed by the planets, you don't have to worry about this for now.
you can go here to see what the symbols mean,
http://www.angelfire.com/empire/serpent ... lyphs.html
if you look at it right now you'll see that the Sun is in Libra, the sign of the fall, and as i said you don't want to do the square at this time,
At the top of chart for planet watcher, you can see the current time, you can enter your own time to see how the planets would be positioned then.
The sun is leaving the sign of Libra on the 22nd of October, so around the 23rd of October would be the earliest time you can start.