The horoscope serves as a map for the karmic journey that awaits us in this life. At critical points in our existence, we unconsciously make decisions that bring us closer to the needs of our soul, regardless of whether we consciously affirm them and perhaps believe they are choices made from free will. The underlying unconscious life plan that draws us toward our destiny like a magnet can be discerned from the horoscope. By bringing this plan into our awareness, we can shape it by learning to choose between different alternatives at important junctions in our lives. In this methodically structured first part of the karmic horoscope analysis, it is demonstrated how to recognize life plans from the horoscope, what potential they hold, and how, in the case of negative correspondences, positive forms of realization can be found.