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Cancerian scorpies

2009-11-07T23:18:54Z

Somtimes on nature-shows on the telly crabs gather in large packs & kinda patrol the beaches, it´s almost like they´ve "taken over", they have claimed that space..."don´t mess with us!" seems to be their harsh message. Are they typical "cancerian scorpies" (crab sun scorpy moon)?

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What Rising Sign do YOU find the most attractive?

2009-11-07T21:14:33Z

And why? You may enter your Rising Sign as well, if you know it.
Let the answers begin. XD

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Forecasting Techniques

2009-11-07T19:10:13Z

I hope this is not too general, but anyway...

Outside of the study of transits I would like to know what everyone's preferred forecasting techniques are, and which ones seem to have the most impact in your opinion. Solar returns, progressions, aspects between the progressed chart and the natal...which techniques do you use? I began wondering about this after reading a few people here mention progressions and aspects from progressions, something I've never really worked with. I will say that I think the Solar Return is incredibly accurate, though in my case it's been more so with houses than aspects. Anyway, what's been your experience with forecasting techniques, and could you give examples of when they most rang true? And I know that astrology can't really be used to forecast the future, per se, but I mean more along the lines of where you look for future trends.

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Jupiter+Neptune

2009-11-07T06:12:07Z

With them moving through Aquarius, I have these two conjunct Saturn, moving into the 7th house. They have passed my Sun and Mars, but they did that individually. Sun/Mars and Saturn are the focal point of two T squares.

Also, my Aqua friend. Attie has this transit conjunct her Sun. It seems a difficult transit to integrate, or really, how do these two mesh? I find my self vacillating between buoyant hope and complete confusion...any thoughts on these transits? Both our charts are in our photos.

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Help. Sun Square Saturn: there is nothing worse.

2009-11-07T01:35:38Z

I have Sun in Capricorn in exact (within one degree) square to Saturn in Aries. Saturn is in my 2nd house and my Sun seems to be at the end of 11th house or beginning of 12th.

I have researched this legendary awful placement and know very well all the limitations, confidence issues and non-stop struggle it entails for the native. And yes, yes, I know I can't forget all the wonderful "lessons" and "character building" it gives too, of course.....of course.

(insert some bitter reflection here)

I would love some help!

Are there other aspects or planetary influences etc. I should look out for in my lifelong dealing with this placement, that could help me? Astrologically speaking. I mean, could I consciously utilize a strong Mars aspect more often in my life? Are there known aspects that act as "antidotes" to diminish some of the pain of loss and feelings of lack of achievement?

Every thing I do seems to be a major struggle or actually impossible (career, financial security, goals and dreams, driver's license, home, car, etc.). I have been homeless more than once, and hospitalized for depression more than once. Then one day, I started to work at a very spiritually demanding job and for the first time saved some money. I lost it all due to an illness which had led to a major depression. My existence seems to be an ebb and flow of loss and obstacles, followed by regeneration, then loss again. Not much forward momentum. I won't even start on my childhood and teen years!

I do have a feeling my Chiron in the first house in Pisces holds a "key" to my journey through this. Pun intended!

And I hope to hell my Moon is in Leo. Actually, I am married to the idea, let's not even burst that bubble. I can really use the confidence and playfulness ( I was born between 9:30 and 10 a.m. and my moon is EXACTLY on cusp of Virgo and Leo -- it's confusing me because I feel both energies. Maybe because I'm a Monkey in Chinese astrology, I dunno. I digress...).

Thank you in advance for any feedback on my Saturn Problem! Astrology is a hobby but I am no expert, so any expertise is very appreciated.

My info: January 7 1969 between 9:30 to 10:00 a.m, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (sorry for the lack of precise time but my mother has always been quite sure of this range).

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What Spice Are You?

2009-11-07T00:57:19Z

I know this seems so totally OT, but i ask all my fellow Astronuts... according to your birth chart, what spice are you?

I just was thinking about what spice (Or flavor) i might be a couple of seconds ago, and i think i would be Ginger. When i good, i'm really good, and when i'm bad... i'm REALLY bad! It's just the kind of spicyness ginger has, i'm not spicy in a "Peppery" kind of way, i'm not that robust! It's the exotic taste of it that i think matches my personality (And my birth chart) really well. What about you? I know this is a really silly post, but why not?

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Saturn has entered Libra.

2009-11-07T00:04:33Z

Saturn has (finally?) left virgo and entered libra. What do you all think this saturn in libra will mean?
The recession might be seeing the light in the end of the tunnel, however I've read that when Saturn transits a sign, people get serious about that sign and decide they need structure in that sign. In other words the sign it occurs in might be seen as problematic or lacking in structure.

On the negative side this might indicate that there will be problems relating to groups of certain kinds, peers and something to do with the sense of belonging within people which might cause conflicts in for instance peoples sense of social standing and justice. I'm thinking about the last time saturn was in libra in the beginning of the 80's when the happy bohemian 70's was over and capitalism had resurfaced again which led to alot of people feeling frustrated and oppressed and also the time when angry, frustrated punkmusic rose in popularity to mirror the (mostly) young peoples feeling of being neglected by or not belonging in the capitalist society machine.

This might also be a time when people will take matters in their own hands instead of just trusting that the "big brother" will take care of it, however this can also include taking justice on their own hands which aren't as good.
Saturn is also said to be uncomfortable in libra since saturn is more at home in an earth sign. Saturn in air can tend to create a rif between the people and the government which leads to their relationship becoming unstable and suspicious. However I think we all can agree that saturn in virgo wasn't very positive in its influence so I think saturn in libra have a good chance of having a positive effect.

Saturn in libra could mean that people get "libran issues" such as sensitivity to peer pressure, group riots, bad habits such as alcohol or drugs or the positive libra influence like the quest for a laid back, esthetic and social life style OR they - due to saturn - reject the libra qualities and think they need to structure them.

When saturn was in cancer around 2003-2004 USA started the war in Iraq which stemmed alot from fear of being unsafe and then handeling it and "protecting" their country by doing something traditional and already tried, however the feeling of being unsafe was pretty much an issue all over the world. This was also the hight of the concern around being overweight-craze and when the dieting market exploded and actresses and people on tv in general started to set the size-zero standards, which is symbolized by saturns rejection of cancers food/nurturing qualities.

After that saturn entered leo which was the hight of shows like American idol and all those similar competition and reality shows and the debates about what people were willing to do in order to become famous, seen and exposed. Gossip blogs on the internet grew in popularity and the celebrity obsessions intensified.

Coming to saturn in virgo I guess it was alot about holding on to your resources due to the recession, but although virgo is supposed to be very health-conscious I think people have seem to grow tired on the whole fitness-craze which might actually be a rejection from saturn again? I'm not sure...
(On a sidenote I have to add the "twilight" movie, true blood and all those vampire themes became popular during saturn in virgo, so even though an average astrologer would connect vampires to scorpio (naturally) I think they actually also relate to virgo! I've looked into it and people that are a bit vampire-ish and into pale skin, dark lipstick, victorian clothes etc always have virgo positions! A few celebrities who are a bit like this are Dita von Teese -virgo mars, Evan Rachel Wood -virgo sun,venus and mars, Zooey Deschanel -virgo mars and jupiter, Eva Green -virgo mars, Frances Bean Cobain -virgo venus, Asc and jupiter, Michelle Trachtenberg -virgo moon,venus,mars, Noomi Rapace -virgo mars and jupiter, christina ricci -virgo mars, asc and jupiter. )

What do you think Saturn in Libra might indicate?

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Your Day

2009-11-06T23:53:14Z

I know it may seem sort of cheesy, but I was referred to one of those profiles-per-the-day-you-born things and it seems dead-on accurate for me.

http://www.freewebs.com/birthdayprofiler/11NovemberPDFs/November03.pdf

I was wondering if other people's birthday profile is just as accurate as mine seems. Here's the website:

http://www.freewebs.com/birthdayprofiler/

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Planets in signs-all the way! -> decans, duads(dwads)

2009-11-06T23:20:01Z

I came across the dwads/decanates issues again, a few days ago, in a synastry article, and re-interpreted each planet's position by mixing the sign traits with the decanate traits, with the dwad traits, and it's soo accurate and complex.

Here is a general article about duads: http://www.starlitpath.com/articles/duads.html , and here is a duad table: http://koti.mbnet.fi/neptunia/dwads.htm

Aaand here is a great decanate site: http://www.elbertwade.com/page109.html

Now, try to interpret every planet by sign, decanate, and duad.

I'll go first.

My Sun is in Pisces, Scorpio Decanate, Scorpio Duad, which explains the emotional intensity and innate skepticism. I've never fitted into that "trusting fish" mold most astrologers always paint for Pisceans.

My Moon, Mars, and Jupiter are all conjunct in Gemini, Gemini Decanate and Gemini Duad! Which, again, explains why, unlike most Gemini-touched people, I have no other reason for using my wit but the wit itself! All my Gemini stellium energy is directed at "polishing" the rational processes which make the mind.

My Mercury-North Node conjunction is in Pisces, Pisces Decanate, Aries Duad, which explains my "Pisces, and proud of it"-way of expressing myself, unlike the quavery, unsure, mumbling Mercury in Pisces most astrologers depict! Not to say I alwaays express myself loud and clear, but that I'm more likely to growl, than mumble! HAHAHA.

My Venus is in Pisces, Cancer Decanate, Virgo Duad, which is just..sad, but true. LOL. I am nurturing and protective towards those I love, and always a bit self-sacrificing (Virgo Duad).

My Saturn and Neptune are in Capricorn, Taurus Decanate, Taurus Duad, which would explain...my striving for material comfort, rather than professional success?

My Uranus is in Capricorn, Taurus Decanate, Pisces Duad, which would explain my...mental/emotional instability? LOL. Or maybe the impossibility of forming shallow relations.

My Pluto is in Scorpio, Pisces Decanate, Taurus Duad, which would explain..my earthy sensuality? as well as my artistic passions, rusty as they are...

My Ascendant is in Virgo, Capricorn Decanate, Aries Duad, which, again, is pretty self-explanatory. Basically says no matter how many blows I receive, I can never let go of myself.

And, last but not least, my Midheaven is in Gemini, Libra Decanate, Sagittarius Duad, which explains...hopefully a job implying use of social skills and lots of travelling.

Your turn...

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Libra/Scorpio Energy Stellium?

2009-11-06T22:47:44Z

I have a Libra/Scorpio Conjunction. Okay, here it goes! LOL! Sun conjunct Mars, Mars conjunct Mercury, Mercury conjunct Ascendant, Ascendant conjunct Pluto. My Mercury, Mars, Pluto, and Ascendant all in scorpio. Plus, i'm born on Oct 22, so techincally i'm a cusp, my Sun is in libra at 28.33 degrees. This explains why i always felt like exactly both signs! Is this common? Any input from fellow Librascorpions is totally cool, too! ;)

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Laziness, Lack of Drive Transit

2009-11-06T22:35:33Z

Natal chart points me out to be a go-getting successful person, with Mars in Scorpio and Uranus on midheaven and even Jupiter in Leo 6th house. I've fulfilled this too to a point when I was starting out I was trailblazing my way in getting clients, and getting what I want, and improving myself such that I'm always at the top of my game. I always had something to do, somewhere to go.

Am just wondering if anyone with a strong chart who has been through lazy, escapist spates of time which could be due to perhaps a change in focus, or realising that all these could have been achieved through chilling out and letting things fall into place.

What transits bring about laziness or contentment or escapism or exhaustion in general?

Feel free to talk about personal transits that may attribute to these feelings/ states of mind. And if you have any clue... what the hell you can do to get out of it!

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Jupiter and Sexual Prowess?

2009-11-06T22:29:38Z

Hello y'all,

It boils down to personal preferences amongst astrologers, but there has been a debate as to whether or not the 8th relates to sex... I take the 5th to represent recreational sex. [BTW, I'm not sure WTF sex is doing on my mind today (my 5th house is a little crazy right now)]

I was reading about Jupiter in connecttion with great lovers (by Kim Farnell):

"A sample of forty charts of people - mainly men -who were renowned to be great lovers kept me happy for a few days while I studied them to see if there were any common factors. One third had a Jupiter ruled 5th cusp, a third of the remainder had Jupiter making a major aspect to the 5th cusp. The majority of the remainder had Jupiter close to an angle or tenanting the 5th house. One problem of course, is that those renowned for their sex lives are so because of the sheer number of lovers they've had - and this says nothing about quality. But if we assume that word would get around if their reputation was groundless, then this seems as good a starting point as any.

Obviously, this is a small sample, but the Jupiter theme throughout seemed too strong to ignore. Three quarters of the charts had at least one angular planet, half had two or more and a quarter had three or more. The tenth and seventh houses were the most heavily tenanted and the sixth the least. Looking at the aspects there was a high number of Mars/Venus/Saturn contacts - in fact 40% of the charts had both Mars/Saturn and Venus/Saturn closely aspected. Only three charts contained no aspects between the three planets.

So based on the above it seems that the indicators for sexual prowess in a chart are an emphasis on the 5th house combined with Jupiter, and contacts between Mars/Venus/Saturn. According to Barbara Watters, Jupiter dominated charts (in particular those with Mars opposition Jupiter) show people who take action against the accepted moral code or traditional beliefs. Those whose charts were examined were recorded because of their sex lives being exceptional in the way that they challenged the moral code of their time."

Nicholas De Vore states that a combust Venus shows nymphomania in a woman's chart... Anyone?

She also talks briefly about Casanova's chart in another article. Here's the link, if you're interested: http://www.skyscript.co.uk/casanova.html

Those of you experienced in love-making - how do you rate yourself and/or previous lovers, based on your/their astrological chart? Do the good lovers seem to have strong Jupiter placements, as described above?

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Sidereal Astrology

2009-11-06T05:32:42Z

Ok recently thru someones post I read about Sidereal astrology and it got me interested. Yoda just told me how to pull up my chart using sidereal and I gotta say a lot of it makes sense.

I am curious what others think about it, which is more accurate and which came first? Or does it depend on the person?

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When people post their charts on tribe for example..

2009-11-06T03:42:46Z

Why do they take out their birth time and location?
Just to be more private? or is there other reasons?
because I want to post my chart but i dunno if I should take it out since other people are
....
what should I do?

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Stellinum in Virgo

2009-11-06T01:32:14Z

I have stellinum in virgo. The Sun, moon,mercury, and mars are all in Virgo in the sixth house. The stellinum make me very analytical and my mind is very shape. My eyes see so much and I am serious about work or whatever I am doing. I love it. Peace to all

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Pisces-Virgo Moons

2009-11-06T01:05:58Z

Since there is some discussion going on about moons I thought I would add another discussion to it. When reading about astrology you always read about the polar opposite effect and how you will attract the opposite of your sign. I have a pisces moon and it just dawned on me that my husband has a virgo moon.

I have always known since day one that my husband and I were opposites and this was before all the astrology research and come to find out we definitely are in life and in the astrology world. I keep reading that a lot of divorces end because what first attracted you in the first place is what tears you apart...so I sometimes wonder how a pisces planet - in my case my moon, would relate to a virgo moon? His virgo moon drives me crazy I am always thinking if only it were in a different sign!

Thoughts anyone?

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Virgo in Virgo

2009-11-05T23:29:06Z

My Virgo is in Virgo

Transcendant Capricorn rising.

Moon in Parma.

Scorpio in the house.

Ascendant descendant moon libra Capricorn goat fish twin.

Aries crying like a baby.

Venus in Taurus.

Did I mention my rising sign?

Your horiscope: you have a keen interest in the occult and in Astrology.

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peregrine

2009-11-05T17:07:35Z

I dont know too much about this concept, and I feel a little overwhelmed by the weight ive seen it cull in interpretations. It really fascinates me, maybe its the feeling of the word itself and how i relate to its concept.
I am wondering if a planet unaspected is more or less peregrine compared to a incompatible sign/house placement?

lets hear it, genius astrologers...

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Libran fascism?

2009-11-05T12:30:08Z

Many see librans as guardians of justice, but I have recetly experienced things which make me see some of them as injustice incarnated! Some folks are so afraid of opposing opinions they do anything to avoid them, abusing power is no more dramatic than eating a sandwich for such people. They can´t handle reality & seek refuge in a sheltered hut. If they could, they would "sweep" society too with their broom & silence everything they can´t deal with (many things!). I know they are scorp-critters deep down & such beings often love to rule. Most scorpio dictionaries don´t have the words pluralism or democracy. Scorps believe in power & might . But I imagined that the librans "justice-lovin´ reputation" somehow would triumph over this murky scorpian fascism which I find disturbing.

Do most librans really long to rule with an iron fist..?

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All Things Macabre

2009-11-04T15:44:26Z

Apropos for Halloween (my favorite day of the year, btw) -

Those of you who are more interested in the occult, death, dark things, etc.: what do you think shows this in your chart?

I have always had a fascination with death, the after life, ghosts, divination (Ouija, tarot, astrology, magik), etc. Very few of my friends are like this, and I know I am not the only reason that they made a Saw VI (not that I watched them all, but I do love the genre of Horror). In looking at my natal birth chart, I don't have any 8th/12th house planets, not a lot of Scorpio and no Pisces planets, and very little Pluto action. Stephen King and I do share some similarities astrologically though, especially our ASC and Sag Moon in the 5th. We are both Pluto-Moons, as some of you like to call people with Moon aspects to Pluto. I do love his books, and I share his "gift" of nightmares and dreaming horror stories.

Edgar Allen Poe had Scorpio rising and a ton of Pisces influences. His fourth house was especially prominent, and I take the 4th to be a darker house because in traditional astrology it was associated with things hidden in the earth, dark things and deep feelings. He was obviously a very internal person, since his chart is pretty much all bellow the 1st-7th axis.

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Archetypes Manifesting through Transits

2009-11-04T03:56:23Z

For those who are interested in Jungian astrology, the concept of transits creating the occasion for manifestation of certain archetypal situations or circumstances comes up rather often in discussions of collective affairs, such as wars, significant world events, etc. What I think we hear less about is how this phenomenon occurs in the personal sphere. Even less do we hear about how actual archetypes manifest through being triggered by certain transits, thereby either generating psychic transformations or at least challenging the psyche to cope with them.

Everything is game in this, including transiting planets aspecting each other and natal planets as well. The point is to recognize them and then pinpoint the origin of the manifestations ~ seeing the patterns. I think that it is also possible that these situations can seem inextricably linked to karma. Repetitive themes in one's life may appear karmic, but are they? Is karma about psychic integration? Is the repetition of life "themes" a signal of karma at work, playing out over and over what we don't "master," resolve, reconcile, or integrate in ourselves and seeming to keep resurfacing as a result?

For example, perhaps a person begins to recognize the periodic emergence of a Parsifal theme in his life ~ questing after a kind of Holy Grail ~ a life purpose. Certain crises arise from time to time that cast a huge spotlight on this matter, such as collapsing business ventures or a series of failed relationships or choices that seem impossible to make at the time. Encounters with the anima or animus can be quite typical of this ~ a man finding that woman who embodies what seems to be his "type," only to find after a while that the relationship is morphing into a nightmare and not being sure why. Rx Venus messing around again, or does it go deeper than that and get triggered by other potent transits as well, and if so, why?

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Saturn/Pluto Square and Your Chart

2009-11-03T19:25:32Z

I know we've already discussed Saturn in Libra, but more specifically, where does this land on your chart, and how do you think it will affect you, whether aspecting personal planets or not? I think this could be good interpretation practice, especially when it comes to grasping how squares work.

On my chart, I'll use the whole sign house system and say Saturn will be crossing the 3rd and Pluto the 6th. I read somewhere that how I think could affect my health and vice versa, and I would also say this square could cause problems when it comes to putting energy into work, which in my case is writing. I already see the depressive tendencies of Saturn kind of killing my ability to be more disciplined, however, considering the pressure these two planets exert, I do see myself getting impatient with myself and slowly building up how much I write while honing in on my goals, even though it is just the beginning of the transit. I'm also very critical of my work, and reading fiction has become as much an educational task as something I do for enjoyment. I find myself analyzing the hows of writing much more, and this will of course help with Pluto work stuff. Also, getting organized has become a big deal, as has finding places outside of my house where I can really concentrate. And the health stuff is definitely a biggie...I'm really trying to figure out my reasons for eating unhealthy food and how my mind controls my actions and vice versa. And I'm more of a hypochondriac in general.

Anyway, Those are some ideas from my chart. I've only focused on the planets and not the Libra/Cap part since I'm learning more about sidereal at the time and generally confused about signs. I also don't completely understand how Libra/Cap would work in a square.

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Experiment - The Closest Aspect

2009-11-03T18:55:05Z

I've noticed that in a lot of peoples charts, the closest aspect that is made in the chart seems to be a particularly powerful in the person's psyche.

I'm interested in anyone else speculating on this. Check your own charts and see what the closest aspect that is made is.
Mine is Venus opposition Pluto and I can really relate to this as being 'close to my heart'.

I think it might be interesting in looking at people's charts and looking at the closest dynamic, which might be their closest aspect. perhaps its the most sensitive subject.
I nice easy way to find out is to go to astro.com and click on the 'view additional tables' when you open your chart. Scroll down and you'll see in a nice easy grid all the orbs between your aspects.

I've also noticed that the closest aspect that the Ascendant ruler makes is also quite pertinent.

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Aquarius/Pisces Moon Sign Cusp!

2009-11-03T15:39:57Z

i have a question

i was born with my moon in
Pisces @ 0°04'32. this is less than half a degree to be an aquarius moon.

i am really sure this is a pisces/aquarius moon sign cusp. am i right or wrong? i just need confirmation to be 100pct sure

if i would have been born 8 minutes before i would have both my ascendant and moon sign in Aquarius instead of Pisces... 8 minutes! lol what is better? Moon/Ascendant in Aquarius or in Pisces. i am a virgo sun as well. i will have to recheck in the hospital in my country for accurate timing.

anybody have any insights, info, or links on this cusp? or how moon cusp affect people? thanx in advance!

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Rulership

2009-11-03T11:00:45Z

Probably there were a lottt of topics on chart and planet rulership allready, and i'lle be sure to read them
But just these urgent questions.. in need of answers!

i am drawing the rulership of my planets and their connections and i need to know!!

scorpio; ruler by mars ,right? or ruled by pluto?

and what to do with 29th degree signs? 0degree is in the following sign to my opinon
but i dont know wich way to go with 29 degree signs..

oy yeah and one more: how far should one go with rulership...all the way untill it cannot be divided no more?

greeetings,
Giancarlo

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Dec 21 2010

2009-11-02T14:05:37Z

Can anyone tell me the astrological details for this day. I feel it may be important for humanity due to a recent crop circle that was discovered showing the locations of the planets.

http://www.lucypringle.co.uk/photos/2008/uk2008bf.jpg

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Mercury Square Pluto

2009-11-02T05:35:17Z

I have it, and I know someone else who has it, both of us have the square in the same signs but in different places. He keeps asking me about a person who has been illusive that we mutually know... and I suggested today that he find the person's email to talk to them or contact them on myspace, and he said, "you mean stalk them?" which took me by surprise, so I said, "well yeah, if you want to freak them out." To which he paused a moment to consider, and I realized he was only half-joking... and so was I. So then my Gemini Ascendant decided to crack a funny about the internet.

The whole thing felt like a Mercury square Pluto meeting of minds to me. I don't know many people with it in person so its interesting to watch how this guy communicates. So what do you think of this aspect? Do you have it or know someone who has it? How do you see it manifest?

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Current Aspects and Your Chart

2009-11-02T05:00:04Z

I've read that some astrologers (on tribe, especially) don't consider the current aspects in the natural chart as affecting the natal chart of an individual unless actual aspects to that chart are made. Meaning, if Mars is currently in Leo squaring the Sun in Scorpio, that will not affect me unless either planet is hitting a personal planet on my natal chart. And if it does, then my 12th and 4th houses are seeking some sort of resolution.

However, everyone seems to agree that the Saturn/Uranus opposition did affect people personally, whether Saturn and/or Uranus made a planetary aspect to their natal charts or not, as in Saturn in Virgo vs. Uranus in Pisces resulted in issues between my 2nd and 8th houses. What's your take on this? Do you only consider actual planetary aspects as significant or does the natural chart's position in relation to yours affect you also?

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Solar/Lunar rulerships

2009-11-02T03:42:34Z

I just came across this, and, to me, it makes alot of sense:

http://www.guidingstar.com/Articles/Rulerships.html

I've been trying to make sense of some of the discrepancies in rulerships for awhile now. Some time ago, I came across the idea that the planet rulerships began with Leo and Cancer, Sun and Moon, then went backward thru the signs from there in the order of planets' distance from the sun... so it looked like the lunar rulerships in this model. They assigned Eris to Libra and an 11th, yet undiscovered, planet to Virgo. It made sense to me, but there was still something about it that didn't make sense. But, using Eris and an undiscovered planet in the Solar/Lunar model seems to make sense of that.

There are definitely pieces of the article that I disagree with, but the general idea makes sense to me.

Just wanted to share. What do you guys think?

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Minor Aspects

2009-11-02T03:16:48Z

I'm just wondering if anyone knows any good material on the minor aspects. What I've found so far seems very limited. And it also tends to be based on the idea that the 5th harmonic relates to Leo/5th house, 11th to Aquarius/11th house, etc. I'm not so sure that I buy this, as I don't see the opposition as relating to Taurus or the trine relating to Gemini, although I could be wrong. Anyone know of any writings that explain this theory a little further, or that offer other theories on the harmonics?

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Your Chart and Self-Fulfilling Prophecies

2009-11-02T00:06:25Z

One of the reasons why I'm cutting loose, at least, if not completely free, from astrology, is this trace of self-fulfilling prophiecies that have risen behind me, up to this point in my existence...

For instance, I've read long ago in some aspects' descriptions that I'm prone to be naive and easily manipulated, and consequently, I've found myself in the position of being the manipulator, more often, due to this heightened sensitivity to the subject that made me always on the lookout for any hidden messages, or patterns or shit..which actually made me push some well-intended people away from me.

Of course, interestingly enough, my Moon-Mars conjunction explains innate defensiveness and paranoia...so the way you "read" your own chart is ALSO mapped in your chart! Amazing!

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Scorpio sun, Pisces moon combo

2009-10-31T20:07:30Z

What is it like? (male or female nativity - any differences?)

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Sun Sesquiquadrate Saturn

2009-10-31T16:14:57Z

I was inspired to write after reading through the posts on Paul's "Closest Aspects" topic.

I just discovered this today! I got chills reading the following description, which was found in some past life report written for danny de vito . . .

"Like the brilliant diamond which is formed through intense and concentrated pressure, you are intended to develop inner depth, strength, and maturity through periods of intense aloneness, and what one might deem hardship. Early on you may well be required to face difficult circumstances or take sole responsibility for yourself, possibly due to the loss or lack of a strong relationship with your father. You may feel that you will never measure up to your father's expectations of you, that he disapproves or is disappointed in you, that you are not quite enough. In response to this you may become super responsible and conscientious, working extremely hard to achieve or be something that will make your father proud, even forcing yourself into some mold, or inhibiting certain essential aspects of yourself in order to be taken seriously. You may be prone to intense self-doubt and inclined toward excessive guilt, all of which tends to shroud your life in subtle, pervasive ways, and a constant sense of struggle and effort and of having to do it all alone may result. It is true that, in many ways, you will have to stand alone in this life, and cut off from the usual avenues of support, you will be developing true self-reliance, self-definition, and self-responsibility. You may have to break away from your father, his values, or way of being in order to truly be yourself. And, you will be repeatedly tested, which makes you quite aware, probably too much so, of your own limitations and inadequacies. Through this process, however, you will develop a certain toughness and strength you did not have before. Beware of becoming too hardened and serious, however, or of becoming the demanding perfectionist, the severe taskmaster towards other people. Keeping your heart open through the trials of your life rather than succumbing to cynicism or self-condemnation, will certainly enable you to move forward on your path more easily."

found here: http://www.pastlifeastrology.com/Samples/KarmicIn.htm

Anyway, I'm just wondering if anyone else shares this aspect and if you find you can relate to the description above? I am just in awe of how completely relevant it is in my own life. The orb of this aspect in my chart is 0'08*, making it the tightest aspect my chart.

Thanks

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Uranus transits the 7th house

2009-10-31T10:05:58Z

Hello all

Would like to hear your input on Uranus transiting 7th house. Uranus is also moving forward some time at the end of this year and will be crossing over to Aries in the course of 2010.

Seventh house transits usually mean that partnerships; whether business or marriage will be demanding more autonomy. Some astrologers also think of this as the breaking point of existing partnerships; the likelihood of break-ups between couples who insist on stifling their relationships instead of granting each other more autonomy.

All input welcome. Thank you!

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T-square, Grand Trine, Kite, Grand Cross, Yod, etc. - personal psychological information or recurrent life scenarios?

2009-10-31T08:21:14Z

Do you perceive and/or interpret them only as some personal psychological patterns or compact blocks of information? Do they reflect personal complexes and abilities? Or do they manifest externally, through recurrent scenarios, situations, types of relationship, etc.?

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Chart Intrepretation - Practice

2009-10-31T06:27:00Z

Ok so this has been done before but I'm thinking we chould give it a shot again and see if anyone's interested.

The idea is that anyone can interpret anyone elses chart and see how close to the button we can get. It's better done if we don't know a whole lot about the other person, but either way its always fun and can often be interesting or enlightening.
No matter how many times we look at our own charts sometimes a little bit of objectivity from someone else can be refreshing!

Who wants to start?

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Saturn return - what is one called to account for?

2009-10-30T10:17:48Z

If one's life changes drastically (more or less independent of one's own will and conscious wishes) exactly at the beginning at the Saturn return, is one signaled that the choices that have been made were altogether wrong and one has been living without acknowledging it? Should one expect the same during the whole transit or is anything likely to change after the need for some correction becomes obvious and is acted upon? Why don't the areas affected by the return limit to the house placement of natal Saturn?

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Mercury and Youth

2009-10-30T05:04:33Z

I started a post a while back in the Pluto Conjunct Ascendant tribe, asking if there are any "Soft" looking Scorpio Risers out there like me, because i feel i don't fit the physical description of Scorpio Rising + Pluto conjunct at all. I consider myself "Soft" looking, mostly because of my small-frame and super-feminine features, but the fact that i look so much younger than i am plays a part in that, too.

I notice that Mercury often times keeps Virgo and Gemini looking young, Virgo almost always. My sister is a Virgo Rising, and she as well looks very young for her age. When i look at actresses like Alison Lohman, she's 30, but she clearly looks 18 at the least. I just turned 18 last week, and i swear, just by looking at me you would think that i'm 14.

My Mercury conjuncts my Ascendant in house 12. But, even though Pluto is my only planet in house 1, the Mercury-Ascendant conjunction is much stronger than pluto's conjunction. I'm wondering if any other people with Mercury conjunct Ascendant look exceptionally young. This seems to be a topic i'm fixated on, i just find it so peculiar that i look exactly like the opposite of a Scorpio Ascendant with Pluto in the first.

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Saturn-Uranus opposition--where is it in your chart?

2009-10-29T09:05:07Z

We have currently been in the middle of a Saturn-Uranus opposition, and I'm curious as to where it falls in the charts of people on this list, and what you see that meaning. The opposition has been and will be exact on the following dates:

Saturn in 18 Virgo opposing Uranus retrograde in 18 Pisces on November 4, 2008, election day in the United States.

Saturn retrograde in 20 Virgo opposing Uranus in 20 Pisces Jan. 30 through Feb. 11, 2009.

Saturn retrograde in 24 Virgo opposing Uranus in 24 Pisces on Sept. 15, 2009.

Saturn retrograde in 28 Virgo opposing Uranus in 28 Pisces on April 26, 2010.

And, finally, on July 26, 2010, Saturn will be at 00 Libra opposing Uranus retrograde in 00 Aries. This opposition is enhanced by a Jupiter/Uranus conjunction on June 8, 2009 at 00 Aries, and a Jupiter/Pluto square at 3 Aries/3 Capricorn on Aug. 8. The dominance of the 00 cardinal axis—the sign of the spring and autumn equinox—is formidable to say the least.

Furthermore, on July 30, 2010, there will be an opposition between the Moon at 00 Aries and Mars at 00 Libra, further accentuating the Saturn/Uranus opposition on the 00 cardinal axis. All of this will follow a lunar eclipse at 4 Cancer/4 Capricorn, with Pluto conjoining the Moon at 4 Capricorn.

However, for this list's purpose, I'd be interested in how it's manifesting in natal charts. This is one of those times when you can't just look at the house Saturn is transiting--you have to combine it with the house that Uranus is transiting, which will be the opposite house of Saturn. All examples welcome.

Michele

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Reading a Business Chart

2009-10-29T04:05:48Z

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I would like some input on this business chart that I have drawn and trying to see if the parallels that I have drawn to personal charts are the same as what you might drawn. I have been in PR close to 10 years, but this company was founded in 2005. The date in this chart is the registered date in the local government accounts; the time was when the registration was completed.

Looking forward to everyone's kind input.

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Sun conjunct Heliocentric South Eris Node

2009-10-28T16:08:56Z

The Sun is conjunct Heliocentric South Eris Node in 6'08 Scorpio within 1 degree now
That is also the same as Earth conjunct North Eris Node in 6'08 Taurus in heliocentric chart

that has tend to occur on October 28th - 29th of every year

According to Pamela Rowe:

according to Cosmobiologist Pamela Rowe:
"WORLD EVENTS AND FAMOUS PEOPLE
If the theory holds water we can expect, when glancing down the list of dates when the Geocentric Sun is conjunct the individual Heliocentric Planetary Nodes, that the dates are close to pivotal world events. Also the birthdays of famous and infamous people, who made or continue to make, an impact on the group consciousness of society. The type of impact made is described by the interpretation of the particular Planetary Node. Some interesting world events are ARMISTICE DAY November 11, 1918, the news that World War I had finished, coincides with the Sun conjunct Mercury South Nodes. The D-DAY INVASION OF EUROPE LANDINGS on June 6, 1944, coincides with the Sun conjunct Uranus North Nodes.

The Stock Market Crash that led to the Great Depression occured on October 29, 1929

Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955

Richard Dreyfuss was born October 29,1947

Winona Ryder was born on October 29, 1971
Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers died in a motorcycle accident on the same day.

October 28, 1965 – Nostra Aetate, the "Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions" of the Second Vatican Council, is promulgated by Pope Paul VI; it absolves the Jews of the alleged killing of Jesus, reversing Innocent III's 760 year-old declaration.

National Organization For Women (NOW) was founded on October 29, 1966

October 28, 1982 – Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) wins elections, leading to first Socialist government in Spain after death of Franco. Felipe Gonzalez becomes Prime Minister-elect.

October 28,1998 – An Air China jetliner is hijacked by disgruntled pilot Yuan Bin and flown to Taiwan.

October 28, 2006 – Funeral service takes place for those executed at Bykivnia forest, outside Kiev, Ukraine. 817 Ukrainian civilians (out of some 100,000) executed by Bolsheviks at Bykivnia in 1930s – early 1940s are reburied.

October 28, 2007 - Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner becomes the first woman elected President of Argentina.

October 28, 2009
Sun conjunct South Eris Node events:

PESHAWAR, Pakistan – A car bomb tore through a busy market in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing 91 people as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton visited the country and pledged American support for its campaign against Islamist militants. [URL=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091028/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan;_ylt=AiwADig.fpUgNmBnJm3Gvras0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTJwNXU0aHY4BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkxMDI4L2FzX3Bha2lzdGFuBGNwb3MDMQRwb3MDMgRw dANob]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091028/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan;_ylt=AiwADig.fpUgNmBnJm3Gvras0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTJwNXU0aHY4BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkxMDI4L2FzX3Bha2lzdGFuBGNwb3MDMQRwb3MDMgR wdANob[/URL] 21lX2Nva2UEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yeQRzbGsDY2FyYm9tYmtpbGxz

Oct. 28 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama plans to sign legislation today adding gays to the list of groups covered by the federal hate-crime law, the biggest expansion of such protections in decades. http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20091028/pl_bloomberg/axnv56zsyf4a

AACHEN, Germany – An 88-year-old former member of the Waffen SS went on trial Wednesday on three counts of murder for the wartime killings of three civilians in the Netherlands. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091028/ap_on_re_eu/eu_germany_nazi_hit_man

TIJUANA, Mexico – Mexican soldiers have discovered a secret tunnel complete with electricity and an air supply that may have been planned for smuggling migrants or drugs under the U.S. border into San Diego http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091028/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_border_tunnel

SYDNEY (AFP) – Two Indonesian fishermen were jailed for five years Wednesday for smuggling a boat full of Afghan refugees which exploded, killing five, after it was stopped by Australian border officials. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091028/wl_asia_afp/australiaindonesiaafgha nistanimmigrationrefugeesblast

BERLIN – Angela Merkel was sworn in Wednesday for a second term as German chancellor, a month after her party won national elections. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091028/ap_on_re_eu/eu_germany_new_government

CHICAGO – One of two Chicago men accused of plotting terrorist attacks against a Danish newspaper that caused widespread protests by printing cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad was scheduled to appear in court Wednesday. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091028/ap_on_re_us/us_chicago_terrorism_charges

LOS ANGELES – "Michael Jackson's This Is It" premiered to high praise from fans who applauded at each number as though they were at a concert and marveled as the singer stepped nimbly through his moonwalk and other signature moves. [URL=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091028/ap_on_en_mu/us_film_michael_jackson_movie;_ylt=Amtr_n8GboxG.pmhJjZ6ZB.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNmNnAyb29xBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkxMDI4L3VzX2ZpbG1fbWljaG FlbF9]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091028/ap_on_en_mu/us_film_michael_jackson_movie;_ylt=Amtr_n8GboxG.pmhJjZ6ZB.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNmNnAyb29xBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkxMDI4L3VzX2ZpbG1fbWlja GFlbF9[/URL] qYWNrc29uX21vdmllBGNwb3MDOARwb3MDNQRwdANob21lX2Nva2UEc2VjA3luX2hlYWRsaW5lX2xpc3QEc2xrA2phY2tzb25kZWxpdg--

NFL to aid ex-players who reported mental problems http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091028/ap_on_go_co/us_congress_head_injuries

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The defense bill President Barack Obama will sign into law on Wednesday contains a new provision that would pay Taliban fighters who renounce the insurgency, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin said on Tuesday. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091027/ts_nm/us_afghanistan_usa_taliban

I will add more events later on as long until Sun is past 1 degree orb separating from the South Eris Node.

Raymond
Sun in 5'20 Scorpio conjunct South Eris Node in 5'30 Scorpio
Earth in 5'20 Taurus conjunct North Eris Node in 5'30 Taurus in heliocentric chart

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Shyness/Verbally Challenged?

2009-10-28T15:18:25Z

does anyone know of astrological indications of shyness or being reserved? i have always been very quiet and shy. when i am around people i have a really hard time talking, i literally can't think of anything to say, although my mind is always going going going. (its always been a source of frustration for me.) i just recently have started reading about and studying astrology, so i am very new at interpreting, but i have read that pluto in the 3rd house has a tendency to make a person silent. does anyone else have any ideas about anything else in the natal chart that could indicate these characteristics? curious...

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The house cusps and ascendant

2009-10-28T14:41:02Z

I'm curious about this - do anyone here know what it is that draws the line of a house cusp?
We all know that the ascendant is the horizon where the sun rises and the descendant is where the sun goes down, but what makes the other cusps? What is it that makes for instance the aquarius ascendant have such a big first house and why is the cancer ascendants first house so comparatively small? Do anyone here know this?

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A Retarded Mars

2009-10-28T06:53:11Z

Enjoy the drama! Transit Mars entered Leo on Oct 16th and will remain in that sign for an unusually long period of time, until June 6, 2010 (8 months!). It is slowing down and will go retro later this yr.

http://celestteal.bizland.com/mars_transits.htm

**If you have Mars in Leo, you’ll be having your Mars return which will be the beginning of a new trend for you, which could extend up to two years. The pace of your life is due to speed up now. This transit will give you more energy and may help you burn some calories too; however, you’ll have to watch your activities a bit because Mars can cause accidents, headaches, or high blood pressure. You will work hard at all of your goals and you may be more competitive now. You might appear aggressive so be mindful that you are not forcing your ideas on others, as this can hurt your relationships. You could give the impression that you are quite powerful and to some this may be intimidating and cause them to distance themselves from you. While you may have energy to burn, your patience could wear thin so be alert to this negative side of Mars.**

Mine is in the 1st, conjunct my Jupiter and square Venus/Mars until April. I was wondering why I have been hyper-active and keep doing risky things, such as running out in front of moving vehicles and playing with big black widow spiders while crushing cans to recycle. But I digress... Mars transits in the 1st can also sometimes make you ill, and I am down with a virus, though I am rarely sick. I take this transit as an unwelcome one also because Jupiter rules my MC and I don't need Mars mucking that area of my life up any more via the Jupiter conjunction square to natal Mars.

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Washington D.C built from astrology...

2009-10-27T15:10:23Z

I just started Dan Browns newest book-The Lost Symbol and I find it very interesting that supposably D.C has the most astrological symbols out of any other city in the world...and that the capitol blg was specifically built on a certain date and time because of the moon's node in virgo...

Has anyone else researched this and actually seen symbols thru out the city? I really would like to get back there and explore!

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Trend within friends

2009-10-27T13:21:21Z

Have you noticed something that your close friends have in common astrologically?
My three closest friends have both the sun and moon in the same sign (not as each other but sun and moon in leo, sun and moon in aquarius etc). I've also noticed that the closest friends I've had over the years have all had the ascendant in an airsign.

I have no idea why I seem to like having sun conj moon/sun moon in the same sign-people as close friends but my preference of an air asc among them I guess must be because I lack air completely myself.

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Current Libra Stellium

2009-10-27T02:18:26Z

Anyone notice all of those planets in Libra?!

Romance in the air much? LOL I personally have been bombarded with a ton of romance horaries and relationship analysis requests (including one from my sister, who is anti-relationships!).

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IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-10-24T15:11:28Z

AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

Sorry, i'm a little hepped up, not really excited, just hepped up. Needed to expel that energy, thanks! :)

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karma

2009-10-24T11:26:02Z

I thought it would be cool to start a thread about our personal interpretations of our own karma and how we see it reflected in our charts

are there issues you seem stuck on in this life, that feel really important to you? reoccurring themes, cyclical traumas?
where do you see them in your chart? can you explain what you're doing to remedy these spots?

i think this could be really interesting!

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Scorpio sun & Scorpio moon lovers

2009-10-24T10:39:20Z

Have any special connection? Was the sex good? Where the differences in the relationships? How was the attraction? I really wanna know because I am obessed with the topic for some weeks now. I'm kind of luny right now.

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Saturn transit south node

2009-10-23T02:05:10Z

I have this coming up soon in the 5th. I have heard a variety of not-so-good descriptions of this transit. Any real-life stories? If you've been through it and wish to share, please do. Did you notice any significant changes in your life?

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Need advice on dealing with a Saturn Transit!

2009-10-22T20:47:45Z

I have Saturn squaring my natal Jupiter until July! I have immediately began to feel its restricting effects within my current job. I am usually a very optimistic person and I want to keep perspective but I am feeling the frustrations that come along with this transit loud and clear! I was curious if anyone else has or is dealing with this transit and what they did to keep positive and work with it instead of against it? I am a very ambitions optimistic person...Im not scared of the hard work but I like to feel rewarded or acknowledged when my efforts are being made. Anyone have any advice on what I need to survive with my sanity intact until july?

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Nothing says "birthday" like "hospital stay". WHAT happened?! 15-20th transits please

2009-10-21T20:08:01Z

I'll post my natal tranists after i get a chart from astro.
What a miserable month and worse week! I want a re-do
It wasn't even something you know the deal with like flu.

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The big dipper on my fore-arm?? Meaning on my astrology chart?

2009-10-21T20:05:08Z

Hello :) I have the formation of a big dipper on my front of my arm. it's really cool and I love to look at it occasionally lol . Does it show in my astrology chart at all? I'm seriuos please tell me if you think there is any meaning in my chart of anything.

http://img440.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hotriobo7.jpg

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max karma should I run screaming?

2009-10-21T19:51:25Z

So I'm looking at this long-term friends chart. There is some mutual interest and i notice that
A. our north nodes are opposite each other
B. his north node is conjunct my ascendant (as well as his own)
C. the vertex of the moon in each chart is in exactly the same location

So, do I run screaming and stay the hell out of his bed?

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The no-body, any planets in the 1st?

2009-10-21T04:56:53Z

Recently I've been paying attention to my body. A few transits and progressions help, but I was born with a physical body emphasis; my lumanries on the ASC, so this is not a surprise. The surprise is how long it took for me to get back to what I had as a child (watching TV on my head, for example).

I was wondering if any of you out there with 1st house emphasis can relate to this.

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Business (Entrepreneurship) and Astrology

2009-10-20T09:34:20Z

Is there a way to find out if a person has excellent skills or potential success in creating/running a business...?

By natal/transit charts?

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Astrological Pet Peeves

2009-10-20T05:10:38Z

I ran across this zodiac generalization, for mindless entertainment.
http://astrocenter.astrology.msn.com/msn/WhatDriveYouNuts_Article.aspx?gt1=21001

I'm strongest in Aries, and I am certainly impatient.

****

Nobody's perfect. That's one thing we can all agree about. Sometimes, we even admit to our own faults.

We're still better at noticing those of others, though, especially those who know us well enough to irritate us - to "push our buttons," so to speak. And your astrological sign can have a lot to do with those buttons. What sends an Aries over the edge wouldn't even faze a Capricorn.

What drives you absolutely crazy? Check for your pet peeves in the list below, and when they come up, consider it your mission to count to ten - or 100, if that's what it takes - to keep your cool.

Aries:
Yours is the most impatient sign of all, Aries, so naturally, what irritates you most is waiting. Period. You want to be the first one in, the first one out, and at the very head of the pack in the left hand lane, whether it's rush hour or 3 a.m. Your impatience also extends to your temper. That said, Pet Peeve #2 is anyone who won't fight back. After all, what's better than a worthy opponent?

Taurus:
Unlike your Aries and Gemini neighbors, you, Taurus, can't stand rushing. You believe in measuring twice (at least) and cutting once, in thinking before you act, and in choosing your words and actions as carefully as possible. What drives you crazy more than anything, then, is haste - but unexpected change is a close second. In fact, unlike most of us, you're not particularly fond of surprises, even if they're pleasant ones.

Gemini:
Mercury is your planet, Gemini, the guy with the wings on his head and his feet, symbolizing his quicksilver abilities when it comes to mental and physical speed. So, understandably, nothing makes you crazier than someone who just won't cut to the chase when they're telling a story or refuses to take a shortcut when they know they're running late - although it's hard to imagine how they could resist, with all the tapping and fidgeting you do while you're waiting.

Cancer:
Safety, security, and your home and family are what matter most to you, Cancer, and there's nothing you love more than spending an evening at your place, surrounded by loved ones, snuggled up under a quilt. So what makes you nuts? Being dragged out by a well-meaning friend who's decided that you "need more socializing." That's grounds for . . . well, for all kinds of things. Second, though, is having to eat someone else's cooking, which is seldom, if ever, as good as yours.

Leo:
Yours is the sign of the performer, Leo. You can turn any place into a stage, from an actual podium to a bar to the front of a classroom. What makes you crazy is one thing: someone who tries to steal your applause. You work hard to keep everyone amused and entertained, and you enjoy it as much as they do. The spotlight is only so wide, though, so when someone tries to snag some of it, you won't hesitate to show your disapproval.

Virgo:
Cleanliness. Order. Organization. That's what you need to function at your best, Virgo, in your personal surroundings, your workplace, and your daily schedule. So what drives you crazy more than anything else is filthy, unsanitary, or disorganized conditions, as well as people who exhibit those qualities. It's the dirty details where you personally see the devil - and even if you have to scrub your fingers to the bone, you will be rid of him.

Libra:
Contrary to popular opinion, your specialty, Libra, is not "balance" itself, it's restoring balance to unbalanced situations. So what you can't stand, more than anything else, is seeing lopsided, prejudiced, unfair, or discriminatory conditions. It brings out the cruise director, mediator, and judge in you. In other words, you put your own feelings aside to become whatever it takes to make things "nice" again.

Scorpio:
Your sign is famous for its love of depth, intensity, and digging below the surface. So what makes you crazier than anything is meeting up with someone who goes out of his way to be shallow, cavalier about important issues (especially the ones you feel most strongly about) and superficial. It makes you wonder what he or she is really up to - and wondering is what keeps you from getting a decent night's sleep.

Sagittarius:
You love to learn, travel, and have fun with interesting others. In short, if it's new, uncharted territory, if you feel that you're boldly going where no one has gone before - yourself in particular - then you're game. What you can't stand - what you absolutely cannot and will not tolerate, no matter what - is boredom. That's your #1 Pet Peeve. A close second? Someone who dares to tell you "no," regardless of why.

Capricorn:
When it comes to taking charge, while you may occasionally pretend you don't absolutely adore it, to be perfectly honest, you know you do - and you know we all love it when you're "driving," because you're so good at it. So what absolutely makes you nuts is having to take orders from someone who's not only less qualified than yourself, but also pitifully less suited to the position. Fortunately, that doesn't happen much, now does it?

Aquarius:
You're the rebel, the radical, and the eccentric in every group, whether it's family, friends, or your team at work. You love and cultivate those labels because of the freedom they allow you to be yourself. The worst thing, then - the very worst thing of all, in your eyes - is being pressed into a mold, being told what to do, having to obey, and being forced to act like everyone else. It's simply not acceptable - and it doesn't happen often…

Pisces:
Your specialty, Pisces, is emotions, maybe even more so than sentimental Cancer. You're comfortable sniffling and dabbing at your eyes during a sad movie (or a commercial, for that matter) and rather - no, extremely - proud of your ability to sense what's wrong with a loved one before they even realize it themselves. So what makes you most irritated is when someone tells you you're being "overly emotional." After all, in your eyes (which is what matters), can you ever be too emotional?

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houses in placidus

2009-10-19T11:47:19Z

so i've been through a lot of the threads about the house systems and the overal message i got was, use the chart system that fits you best...

i have a fairly dificult chart , with asc 0 gemini (while i look and act more like a taurus) and im still not decided if venus or mercury chart be the chart ruler

then, i've been studying astrology for so long, and i saw my chart 10000 times & i still am dissatisfied with my huge 6th - 12th house axis with 2 whole intercepted signs..i would agree more with taurus-scorpio in there with libra-aries on the cusp wile they are mainly in the 5th-11th
would make a lot more sense since all my friends &lovers had strong aries or libra influences.............

so in a nutshell.... for someone who was born in the north (making some houses huge) what house system would you reccomend??

Giancarlo

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Organ donors and astrology.

2009-10-19T08:43:40Z

A few years ago i saw a docu about a girl who need a organ replaced (can't remember wich organ) and some young tough guy who died and his organ was given to her.

She survived and all was well, until she took a big liking to boxing all of a sudden, and that happend to be the the guy's passion. I have a astrological theory about it:

What if the guy had allot of scorpio or aries (or anything) in his chart, when a piece of his body became one with her's then a piece of his chart may became one with her as well, maybe even boosting her own chart.

What do you guys think about it?

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Quintiles and Bi-Quintiles

2009-10-18T12:31:26Z

Does anyone know much about these aspects? If so can we please discuss them so I can understand them better.

Thanks,
sarah

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Another Chapter Opened As A Neuro-diversity Advocate

2009-10-18T02:13:31Z

Another chapter has begun in my life as a neuro-diversity advocate helping people with learning/neurological differences and special education needs.

Yesterday, I got an email from Philip Weaver who first contacted me in response to my neurodiversity group and offered me a moderator position at his new web community that involves helping people that have learning differences.

The last time that I got an email from him was on June 30th of this year,and so it was a pleasant surprise. I didn't think that he was going to contact me again. He told me that he would love to have my help and that he can help me with promoting my group. He mentioned that I will be moderator there.

I joined his web community,and I am now a moderator

Learning Link Technologies http://www.learning-aids.com/

The moment that I joined the group

October 16, 2009
10:21 PM
Sacramento,California

I use whole sign house system.

I also included Pluto's fellow dwarf planets as well as dwarf planet candidates. the transneptunian dwarf planets have to do with evolutionary intensified lessons. dwarf planet,Ceres has to do with nurturing.

Transiting Sedna in 21'44 Taurus R in my 9th - compassion as well as intensified evolutionary lessons in the areas of teaching,education
oppose natal Venus in 21'47 Scorpio in 3rd - relating in the areas of communication,education

Transiting Uranus in 23'31 Pisces R in 7th - surprises, unexpected in the areas of relationships,partnerships
trine natal Venus in 21'47 Scorpio in 3rd - relating in areas of communications
trine natal Orcus in 22'28 Cancer in 11th - oaths in the areas of humanitarianism,community involvement,groups
(Grand Trine Transit)

Transiting Varuna in 21'55 Cancer in my 11th - judgment,justice as well as evolutionary intensified lessons in the areas of humanitarianism,community involvement,groups
conjunct natal Orcus in 22'28 Cancer in 11th - oaths in the areas of humanitarianism,community involvement,groups
trine natal Venus in 21'47 Scorpio in 3rd - relating in areas of communications

Transiting Mars 0'17 Leo in my 12th - passion,assertion in the area of selfless service
trine Neptune in 1'48 Sagittarius in 4th - idealism,inspiration in the areas of the domestic environment,the past,memories
sextile Pluto in 0'51 Libra in 2nd - transformation in the areas of security,self worth
(Minor Grand Trine Transit)

Transiting Orcus in 1'40 Virgo in my 1st - oaths as well as evolutionary intensified lessons in the areas of self
square natal Neptune in 1'48 Sagittarius in my 4th - idealism,inspiration in the areas of domestic environment,family,past

Transiting Pluto in 00'59 Capricorn in 5th - transformation,regeneration as well as intensified evolutionary lessons in the areas of children,self expression,creativity
square natal Pluto in 0'51 Libra in 2nd - transformation,regeneration as well as intensified evolutionary lessons in areas of security,self worth

Transiting Saturn in 28'35 Virgo in my 1st - structure,discipline,responsibilities in areas of self
conjunct natal Pluto in 0'51 Libra in 2nd - transformation,regeneration in areas of security,self worth

Transiting Ceres in 1'58 Scorpio in my 3rd - nurturing in the areas of communication
trine natal Moon in 3'11 Pisces in 7th - emotional focus in relationships,partnerships

Transiting Sun in 23'58 Libra in my 2nd - highlighting focus in areas of security,self worth
trine Mars in 25'54 Aquarius in my 6th - assertion,passion in areas of service

I wasn't aware of the transits of Mercury,Moon,Ascendant,Midheaven to my chart at the time

here they are:

Moon in 11'01 Libra in my 2nd - emotional focus in the areas of security,self worth
Mercury in 11'02 Libra in my 2nd - communications in the areas of security,self worth
oppose Eris in 12'15 Aries R in 8th - diversity,equality as well as evolutionary intensified lessons in the areas of shared resources,regeneration,psychological
trine Midheaven in 11'14 Gemini - aim of life

Transiting Ascendant in 4'22 Cancer in my 11th - focus on humanitarianism,community involvement
trine natal Sun in 5'20 Scorpio in 3rd - the ego,self expression in communications
trine natal Ixion in 5'24 Scorpio in 3rd - second chances,gratitude,discernment in areas of communications...also intensifed evolutionary lessons
oppose natal Sun/Moon midpoint in 4'16 Capricorn
oppose natal Moon/Ixion midpoint in 4'18 Capricorn

Transiting Midheaven in 13'17 Pisces in my 7th - focus on relationships,partnerships
oppose natal Ascendant in 13'27 Virgo

I also want to point out that October is Dyslexia Awareness Month.

My next Solar Return has Eris trine Midheaven which somewhat reinforces the advocacy,diversity theme in regards to my aim of life of my natal Eris sextile Midheaven

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"The Astrology of Lazy"

2009-10-17T23:14:20Z

what chart configurations or elements do you think are most revealing in terms of laziness? and by laziness I don't mean lack of motivation or direction, because I know these two look the same at first, but I mean actually enjoying lazying around?

I mean, according to Jung, it's natural for a child brought up by hard-working people to be lazy, since we are all subconsciously drawn to experience that which our parents-or tutors- have not, up to that point in their lives, or during the up-bringing period.

And I grew up in a house of workaholics, so that alone explains a lot.. my father, a Cap with Scorp Moon and Scorp or Sag Rising-not sure, is the type that cannot sit still without working on something. And I realized from an early age that, in his case, it's an issue of being useful and constantly proving his worth-which, again, can be explained through his upbringing, apart from his astrological chart. lol

Now, for me,it's not that I loathe effort. Far from that. I think that, more than anything, it's my love of detail that keeps me from getting willingly engaged into some disciplined work activity, most of the time. Because every time I pick up one thread of activity, I get focused on one line of thought, and take into account only certain types of information, and have to ignore all the rest, which is painful beyond words for my Pisces Mercury, Virgo Rising combination, which doesn't want to miss anything, and I mean ANYTHING. I'm the type of person who can spend minutes analyzing the threads that make a towel, or cut myself off completely when I listen to a bach piece and all that. I just love merging with my environment, and that makes me appear lazy at times.

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A few synastry aspects

2009-10-17T12:37:50Z

Hi,
I'm having some difficulty finding information about these synastry aspects:

His North Node conjunct my Ascendant (I'm more interested though in South node conjunct descendant) in Aries

His Moon conjunct my IC in Cancer

His Mars/Uranus conjunction--conjunct--my Moon/Neptune conjunction, in Sagittarius. No idea where to go with this one.

Any insight?

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More than a Sexual Object to the Opposite Sex

2009-10-17T08:21:06Z

I just got this idea from a similar post in the Mars in Scorpio tribe.

Yes, we know that both men and women see one another as sexual objects, but do you think that you can have an meaningful "mature" relationship with the opposite sex or even the same sex without being viewed as a sexual object. And I know why I am a tomboy =/. Social labels suck. Any opinions? I know this is non-astrology related unless this is that creative soul out there you wants to connect this issue into the realm of astrology.

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On the cusp Moon or other Planets?

2009-10-17T04:54:56Z

I have a 0 degree Gemini Moon. I have at times feel like I had some of the characteristics of a Taurus Moon? My question is, is the Sun the only "planet" that can be on a cusp?

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Which Sun/Moon Combinations...

2009-10-17T00:23:57Z

are adrenal/energy junkies?

I'd think someone with Gemini and some Scorpio in their charts might be the type to live on the edge and do some crazy stuff, like sky dive or race cars. Thats just my opinion, not factual.

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Lilith

2009-10-17T00:12:00Z

hi, does anybody know what it means to have asteroid Lilith conjunct black moon Lilith; what the effects of this in one's chart would be?

tanks

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Mercury Hour magazine

2009-10-16T17:13:06Z

Does anyone remember the old Mercury Hour publication? If so, do you have any old issues you would not mind parting with?

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Whole Sign House System

2009-10-16T03:17:51Z

I read that other house systems other than the original house system, the whole sign house system were based on errors to begin with.

The following by Chris Brennan
Whole Sign Houses:
the original house system

In no other area of astrology is there so much mess and confusion than in the area of the so-called "houses". There are at least twenty or thirty different house systems or means of dividing the so-called "birthchart" into twelve segments of life activity.

The more commonly known house systems are: Whole signs(oldest), Equal House(1st century BC), Porphyry(3rd century AD), Alcabitus(6th century), Campanus(13th century), Regiomantus(14th century), Placidus(17th century), and Koch(20th century). Others include: Meridian(Midheaven), Topocentric, Morinus, Horizontal, Geodetic, Zodiacal, Svarogish, Krusinski, and so on.

In astrology, houses, mansions, or domains, are supposed to represent general areas of life activity. They are the grounding areas or arenas of expression for the planets. There are generally twelve houses, although in extreme northern or southern lattitudes there can be ten, depending on the house system used.

In modern astrology, two important points or "angles" are generally used in the construction of houses; the ascendant degree which begins the first house, and the Midheaven degree which starts the tenth house. At equatorial latitudes these two points are generally 90 degrees apart, but the further one moves north or south the greater or lesser the distance between them, resulting in uneven and sometimes intercepted(invisible) houses.

The most common house system in use today is the Placidus system named after Placidus de Tito of the 17th century. In this system, like most others, the ascending degree starts the first house and the midheaven degree starts the tenth house. The remaining houses are then trisected on a time arc basis rather than space. The problem is the houses distort or intercept in extreme latitudes.

It seems human nature always veers towards the more complex ideas or notions in any field, ignoring the truer and simpler ones. Originally, the words "houses" and "signs" were interchangeable or meant the same thing. A planet in Aries was also a planet in the house of Aries, so that in effect. there were no real houses as we know them today.

The artificial divisions we now know as houses were attempts by the early Greeks and the Hindus to measure strength "points" in the horoscope, which at some point in time(7th and 8th centuries AD) were construed or confused as means of dividing the birth chart. The ascendant and midheaven degrees and their opposites, for example, were definite power points or areas of intense focus, but not necessarily the beginnings of a house or quadrant.

In fact, there is no real basis for the astrological houses at all. They derive from a misunderstanding of the true nature of the Ascendant and Midheaven factors in astrology, the former representing the Earth or terrestial sphere, and the latter representing the Sky, Heaven, or celestial sphere. The Ascendant is planet Earth, and the Midheaven(MC) has as its source, the Earth's inner central sun. The IC(Imum Coeli) and the descendant are merely opposite or reflex points.

If any house system should be used at all, it should be the Whole Sign House system, where the ascendant sign becomes the whole first house and the others follow. The ascendant point can then fall anywhere in the first house and the midheaven point anywhere in the upper half of the chart. The Ascendant and Midheaven, in effect, become PLANETS, which is what they truly are, and because we live on planet Earth, it is the FIRST house or primary habitation. For a description of what the houses really mean, see here http://www.librarising.com/astrology/fwa/basics2.html

The Whole Sign House system was used by the ancient Greeks and the Hindus(who still use it today). It is the oldest and simplest house system in existence, and immediateley eliminates the awful mess astrologers have made on the issue over the last 1300 years or so.

For a full explanation on whole sign houses see here.
http://classicalastrology.tribe.net/thread/4f214879-77d3-41e2-8365-50f5f753761d

http://www.librarising.com/astrology/misc/wholesignhouses.html

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Tetrabiblos (for the advanced astrologers)

2009-10-15T13:10:04Z

Ptolemy's entire text:
http://www.sacred-texts.com/astro/ptb/index.htm

I found this online today, if anyone is interested in THE authority. A lot of it is still over my head and gives me a headache to figure out, but hopefully I'll get there some day. There are sections on popular topics, such as career, marriage, children, and death.

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An observation

2009-10-14T14:29:00Z

Lately I've been looking into indications of what signs the individual tends to be fascinated by or find attractive, without really taking the traditional meanings into consideration.
I found that the sign of ones moon, jupiter and descendant tends to be the signs that the individual finds most alluring or likable (or whatever positive term you want to insert). Actually sometimes not just the sign but a conjunction to ones moon, jupiter and descendant. Although this post centers mostly around the signs.

Now, this is only a theory so far, therefore I'm interested in how well you think this fits you.

Another side of this coin which makes this post into two questions is wether the opposite signs of your moon, jupiter and descendant(in the descendants case its of course the asc) are signs that you have a hard time getting along with or hard time liking. So I want to hear your opinion on this as well.

To make it clear:

1. Are the signs of your moon,jupiter and descendant (without order) representative for the signs/people that you tend to like a little extra/find attractive?

2. How about the signs that are opposing your moon, jupiter and descendant. Are these signs that you have a hard time getting along with or have more or less trouble with in general?

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Aspects Only - Ignore Signs or Houses?

2009-10-13T17:54:31Z

I've touched on this topic briefly in another thread, but I want to give it some air time to consider it more.

I have a theory that the most important or pressing issues will be found by study of the aspects first and foremost. Perhaps we could redefine the most important issues (in relation to natal chart interpretation) by study of the aspects ONLY.

It has been my experience that the study of the aspects appear to reveal the most pressing or important issues of the individiual REGARDLESS of what sign those planets are in.

I appreciate this is controversial but I would like people to consider their natal charts by looking only at their aspects, and ignoring the signs/houses. Many may scoff and not attempt this as they KNOW they are very Piscean. But wait, check, is Neptune powerfully aspecting planets instead?

If this theory is correct it would mean that the reason we believe in the forms of astrology we do, regardless of house system and regardless of whether that be the sidereal or western zodiac, the same planets would be in the same aspects and would explain why we believe in them. We're both reading the same thign and just don't realise.

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Koch and Placidus systems

2009-10-13T13:40:20Z

OK... I know this is probably an elementry question but here goes...

What is the difference between these two systems? I have found that the houses are different but I don't know why? Which system is the best for a Natal Chart? I am confused because in both systems I have the same planets on my natal chart but the houses are different. Isn't changing the houses like totally changing everything?

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Jupiter moves forward today on 17 degrees Aquarius.

2009-10-13T02:50:55Z

Please share if you have any expectations on how this movement would affect you and if that has materialised, tips on dealing with transit.

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When do the signs come into play?

2009-10-12T07:53:40Z

I heard in childhood your moon sign is the most promient in the chart?

At what age do the other signs come into play like the Ascedant, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter etc.

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What's the strongest planet in your chart?

2009-10-11T16:39:26Z

Hello Tribers

What do you think is the strongest planet in your natal chart and tell us how it has shaped your personality and how it affects the way you deal with life changes. I'd like to hear from you all.

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Soft Gamma Ray Repeaters,Galactic Anomalies in Astrology

2009-10-11T03:01:25Z

Here is an article on deep space objects called Gamma Ray Repeaters.

SOFT GAMMA RAY REPEATERS IN ASTROLOGY

Toward an Astrology of Magnetars
©1998-1999 by Richard Nolle

Earth - or half of it, any rate - got blasted at 10:22 UT on August 27, 1998.1 During the following five minutes, our home planet was on the receiving end of a cosmic ray barrage (of gamma-rays, X-rays and radio waves) so intense that it ionized Earth's upper atmosphere to levels normally seen only during the daytime. Researchers at Stanford University who measured the ionization described it as "the first direct evidence of a physical effect on the Earth's environment by a distant star, or by any star other than our own Sun."2

The blast came from SGR 1900+14, a newly recognized type of star called a magnetar, in the constellation Aquila (the Eagle). At its source, the phenomenal five-minute cosmic ray surge was the energy equivalent of our Sun's entire output for the next 300 years, according to UC Berkeley physicist Kevin Hurley.3 Fortunately for us, SGR 1900+14 is so far away that it took the surge of cosmic radiation over 20,000 years just to reach us. Our distance from the source of the blast was one major protective factor. Another is that Earth's upper atmosphere absorbed the lion's share of the interstellar burst. By the time it reached ground level, the intensity of that flare had been reduced to the point that anyone on the receiving end only got the equivalent of a normal dental X-ray. (Two satellites in Earth orbit, outside the protective blanket of our atmosphere, were overwhelmed by the blast. They went into automatic shutdown to preserve their shielded electronics from destruction by the onslaught of cosmic radiation.)

SGR 1900+14SGR 1900+14 is a telling nomenclature, if you know how to read the astronomical code. SGR stands for Soft Gamma-ray Repeater, and 1900+14 is the magnetar's location on the celestial sphere in Right Ascension (19h 00m) and declination (14 degrees north). In the zodiacal parlance more familiar to astrologers, this equates to 18o12' Capricorn at an ecliptic latitude of 36oN30'. SGR is a bit of a misnomer, according to magnetar co-discoverer Robert Duncan: "In fact, most SGR photons are really high-energy or 'hard' X-rays - not gamma rays at all! A more descriptive name would thus be 'hard X-ray flashers'."4 SGRs also emit radio waves, in addition to gamma- and X-rays.

Epicenter of the AUG 27, 1998 SGR 1900+14 flareMagnetar SGR 1900+14 was over the western North Pacific Ocean when its blast hit Earth. To be more precise, the burst was directly overhead at about 154E10, 14N00 - roughly halfway between Guam and Wake Island. Everyone in the terrestrial hemisphere centered on that point - including East and Southeast Asia, all of Australia and most of Alaska - got the equivalent of a dental X-ray that night, courtesy of SGR 1900+14. That's not much for a human, but it's a lot for a microbe. Given that X-rays are mutagenic, don't be surprised if the 1999-2000 edition of the Asian flu is a real viral blitzkrieg. (Gazing at the Saturn-Mars square in effect as the cosmic ray front hit - part of a Grand Cross involving Uranus, Neptune and the Moon - I rather suspect a new strain of streptococcus will soon rear its ugly head as well.) Had the magnetar been closer to Earth, the X-ray dose could have been lethal to everyone not living in a lead mine at the time. Magnetars may in fact be agents of evolutionary change here on Earth - of mass extinction, even.5

If it seems peculiar that a cosmic ray blast could reach Earth from a star over 20,000 light years away, consider the source. Magnetars are most peculiar stars, according to current astrophysical theory. They're born in a supernova, the explosion of a massive star. (All five currently known magnetars are located in or near what are called SNRs - SuperNova Remnants.) The stellar core that remains after the supernova blows off the bulk of the star is a neutron star, composed mostly of neutrons (with a trace mixture of protons and electrons). This neutron brew is so compressed by the force of gravity that a single cup of the stuff would weigh as much as a mile-high mountain on Earth. The whole neutron star can be more massive than our Sun, yet is less than 20 kilometers (about 12 miles) in diameter. And the surface of the neutron star is peculiar too: it's a half-mile thick crust of iron. The whole strange star glows brightly in the X-ray spectrum, due to the immense heat trapped within it.

All magnetars are neutron stars, but not all neutron stars are magnetars. If a neutron star is born rotating fast enough, it creates a monstrously powerful magnetic dynamo (1014 - 1015 Gauss, a thousand trillion times stronger than Earth's magnetic field). This super-strong magnetic field quickly slows down the star's rotation. Then it goes to work on the body of the star, deforming and cracking the iron crust to create 'starquakes' (analogous to earthquakes on our home planet). These starquakes drive magnetic waves outward, energizing clouds of particles surrounding the magnetar to produce a burst of radiation - thus giving rise to a normal SGR burst, which can produce as much energy in a second as our Sun does in a whole year. Normal SGR bursts, strong as they are, are not at all uncommon. SGR 1900+14 emitted over 50 of them in the last week of May 1998 alone.

Occasionally the magnetar's immensely powerful magnetic field destabilizes, giving rise to a magnetic flare analogous to the solar flares produced by our own Sun. Such a magnetic flare produces a rare super SGR burst of radiation, far stronger than the normal bursts from these peculiar stars. Astronomers now believe that it was just such a super-burst from SGR 1900+14 that hit Earth on August 27, 1998. An even stronger one - "the most intense blast of gamma rays ever detected from outside our solar system"6 - reached our home planet at 15:51 UT on March 5, 1979. It originated in SGR 0526-66, associated with a supernova remnant (SNR N49) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (the LMC, 180,000 light-years from Earth), and it was a blast of truly cosmic proportions. "In the first two-tenths of a second," calculates Duncan, "the burster radiated away as much energy as the Sun radiates in 1000 years . . . at its peak the burster was shining about 10 times brighter than all the stars in our galaxy put together."7

No one knows for sure how many magnetars there are in our galaxy. Most of them are undetectable, because magnetars have a short lifespan. Some 10,000 years after one of these spectacular bursters is born in the aftermath of a supernova, its magnetic energy begins running down. As this happens, it ceases bursting, grows cold and dark, and dies out. Duncan estimates there are at least a million (and perhaps as many as 100 million)8 of these slowly rotating dark iron stars drifting through the Milky Way . . .

There are now five known and several more suspected magnetars, and there are certainly a great many more yet undiscovered. In the suspect category are AXPs - Anomalous X-ray Pulsars - which appear to be magnetars that have yet to be observed emitting the characteristic SGR burst. (The technology to detect such stellar eruptions is now only 30 years old.) These could be magnetars in which the magnetic dynamo has run down, but with enough heat remaining in their cores to generate X-rays. Given their amply demonstrated capacity to affect Earth from truly cosmic distances, these wonderfully weird stars could prove to be a new frontier not only for astrophysics, but for astrology as well. To that end, here's a table with zodiacal coordinates (tropical zodiac, J2000 ecliptic) and a thumbnail sketch of the five currently known SGR magnetars. (Check your charts!

Designation Long. Lat. Notes
SGR 0526-66 05 ARI 24 86 S 32 in LMC, monster flare MAR 5 1979
SGR 1627-41 11 SAG 38 19 S 02 discovered JUN 15 1998, 26 bursts to date
SGR 1806-20 01 CAP 56 43 N 26 1st SGR burst ever detected (JAN 7 1979)
SGR 1815-13 03 CAP 43 10 N 23 discovered 1997, three bursts that year
SGR 1900+14 18 CAP 12 36 N 30 in Aquila, last major flare AUG 27 1998
http://www.astropro.com/features/articles/magnetars/magnetar1.html

The following are astrological insights from Philip Sedgwick:

Also, periodically things in deep space blast us with repeating gamma rays. These bodies called Soft Gamma Ray repeaters (SGR’s not to be confused with the astronomers designation for Sagittarius) shower people with the urge to conjure up transformational events by deriving meaning from the events occurring around us. The essence of understanding occurs when a person realizes how to adjust their energy with what surrounds the body, thus creating a state of alignment. It’s a bit like watching a lizard change color to fit in with its surroundings. The most recent burst lasted 1.8 seconds and reached our sensors on April 6th. Why bother with something so short in length? These bursts can knock out satellites, disrupt cell phones and re-tweak any electromagnetic sensitive device - like a person’s chakra system for instance. http://www.mayanmajix.com/art2425.html

Personally, I believe cell phones and such ought to be banned. I use my cell phone so minimally that if it weren't for things like, "my airbus has been delayed, please reprogram your Mercedes for my pick-up time," I wouldn't use it at all. Plus I wonder... with the increasing dependence upon these devices, the proliferation of the satellites required to support the technology, what will happen when Soft Gamma Ray Repeaters and solar storms of the next solar max regardless how minimal, knock out our satellites as is suggested, will occur and has occurred in the past? Can you image if for two days the entire cell phone/satellite system dropped off line? Could it be Twitter Twilight? http://snoedel.punt.nl/?id=467972&r=1&tbl_archief=&

wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_gamma_repeater

LIST OF GALACTIC ANOMALIES FROM PHILIP SEDGWICK'S GALACTIC TRILOGY CD

SGR 0525-66 - 5'11 Aries
Soft Gamma Ray Repeater'

GT 2318+620 01'22 Taurus
Anomalistic galaxy, low mass X-Ray binary with radio jets, within our galaxy, relativistic characteristics,
similar to that of SS433.

Super Galactic Ctr 02'03 Libra
ZS, with 3U (4U) 1228+12, NGC 4486, contains 3 trillion stars, 10K globular clusters, holds 30+ galaxies in place,
extremely violent jet, 3 Billion QM

Z/ZS 14'26 Scorpio
Midpoint of Galactic Center and Super-Galactic Center

SGR 1627-41 11'41 Sagittarius
Soft Gamma Ray Repeater, showing up June 15, 1998 w 200 ms bursts.

Abell 3627 14'02 Sagittarius
The “Great Attractor,” Extreme gravitational vortex pulling massive galaxies towards it source. Strong IFR.
Located in Centaurus.

Galactic Center 26'50 Sagittarius
Z, strong IFR and radio, Black Hole within the core.

SGR 1801-23 28'42 Sagittarius
Soft Gamma Ray Repeater

SGR 1806-20 0'28 Capricorn
Soft Gamma Ray Repeater, p = 7.56687 s, bright radio, possibly with neutron star, 40 K Lt yrs

SGR 1900+14 19'34 Capricorn
Soft Gamma Ray Repeater, strong outburst on 8/28/1998 disrupting electronic communications, unusual
impact of galactic radiation on Earth, p = 5.16s

SS433 20'11 Capricorn
Neutron Star in Binary orbit with yellow star, P = 164d, subperiod = 13.1d.

SN1987A 7'28 Aquarius
Super Nova of 1987, near LMC, 1st Neutrino detected from non-solar source @ 7:35:41.37 (UT) 2/23/1987,
with sensors at bottom of Lake Erie, OH, possibly fulfills the Hopi Blue Star prophecy.

You can find your SGR,Galactic Anomaly positions with Riyal software which is a free astrological software
http://www.expreso.co.cr/centaurs/riyal.html

Select Tables ,and then select Unusual Deep Space

In my chart:

SGR 1627-41 is in 11'17 Sagittarius
conjunct Imum Coeli in 11'14 Sagittarius

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Calculating exact birth time

2009-10-11T01:50:59Z

Hi, I'm an amateur so please forgive me if this question is silly. I'm wondering if there is a way to calculate a more accurate birth time if someone was not born on the meridian of a time zone. For example the hour's difference between the Maine end of EST until it reaches Central. I'm asking because four minutes would make the difference between me having an Aries versus a Pisces rising sign, which I feel more aligned to. Thanks for your help!

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ATTENTION-very important experiment-calling all astronuts

2009-10-10T19:52:32Z

Ok, I know some are gonna frown/yawn/pick their nose upon reading my idea, but I REALLY think it's important to sort this thing out, so please focus, kids...

I wanna open this thread to invite a chart-reading session, like we've had before(you do mine, I do yours - kind of exercise), in the WHOLE SIGN house system, though. I don't think I need to tell anybody here, but just in case, you can have your chart done in the whole sign system on www.astro.com, in the "extended chart selection"-section.

So, the point is, we read each other's charts and see how accurate the reading is. And hopefully, if it sheds light on some undiscovered issues of our psychological make-up...

Of course, it also depends a great deal on how different the whole sign chart is from the Placidus chart..and it my case, it's a LOT different.

I find my whole sign chart a lot more accurate, especially in the descriptions of house rulers in houses-according to cafeastrology.com, which you can find here: http://www.cafeastrology.com/natal/rulersofhousesinhouses.html AND in planetary transits.

But also in the general descriptions of the planets in houses, which you can find..on about a million sites on the web, but the ones I found most relevant are: this- http://www.cafeastrology.com/natal/planetsinhouses.html

this- http://astrology-numerology.com/inhouses.html ; or this- http://www.astrologyweekly.com/learn-astrology/planets-in-houses.php

Now, here's MY whole sign chart, for anyone who wants to give it a go: http://people.tribe.net/487fd771-d1a6-4132-b909-966191b9e505/photos/1fc248c4-2586-4ef2-8116-f7ddd513cb5f

The transits are also marked there. I say we keep it to natal interpretations, for now, but I'd like to open a separate thread on transits according to whole sign charts, if this goes well..

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Interview

2009-10-10T16:50:11Z

Hi everyone,
a interesting interview with astrologer Paul Six
http://www.futureprimitive.org/interviews/?s=paul+six

warm regards
Zorro

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October 9 Moon Bombing

2009-10-09T17:52:16Z

Is this really a good idea?

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/overview/index.html

<The LCROSS shepherding spacecraft and the Atlas V’s Centaur upper stage rocket executed a fly-by of the moon on June 23, 2009 (LCROSS lunar swingby video stream coverage) and entered into an elongated Earth orbit to position LCROSS for impact on a lunar pole. On final approach, the shepherding spacecraft and Centaur will separate. The Centaur will act as a heavy impactor to create a debris plume that will rise above the lunar surface. Projected impact at the lunar South Pole is currently: Oct 9, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. PDT. Following four minutes behind, the shepherding spacecraft will fly through the debris plume, collecting and relaying data back to Earth before impacting the lunar surface and creating a second debris plume. >

It is already up there ready to create an "impact." Gotta love these words.

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Ascendant Strong or Weak?

2009-10-09T13:07:19Z

Quick question-if there is such a thing in astrology :)

Can a person's ascendant be weak in their personality? For instance my bestfriend is a rising Aries, I would not have thought she was because she is not agressive, she does not have a me first attitude etc...BUT her mars is in libra-aries opposite which makes her passive aggressive and she always gives into others first and never herself.

So my question is can your rising sign become weak depending on the sign the ruling planet is in? Or can a person lean towards acting out the descendant??

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Libra - Leo Compatibility?

2009-10-09T07:49:47Z

I've been hearing about this infamous compatibility between Libra and Leo, and truthfully, it sounds like it would be a distaster. I think it would go like this:

"Who's the biggest diva? Find out next week... on The Hills!"

I mean really, if you take your average materialistc, attention-loving, people pleasing Libran, and pair her with a demanding, egotistical, tantrum throwing Leo... i think it would quickly become a competition between the two. Both display "Divaesque" qualites, libra is vain and leo is prideful.

Personally, i could never see myself with a Leo male. I know Leo men "Like" to be the boss... but I AM the boss, there ain't no changin' that, i dominate everywhere i go. Hey, maybe it just wouldn't work for me because i'm not willing to submit to leo's pride, and a leo male wouldn't be willing to submit to mine, which is a must for me.

Are there any Libra-Leo partnerships in the house? Is there firey, passionate chemistry at first? What is the actual relationship like? But most importantly, how long does it last?

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It's been 32 years....

2009-10-09T05:22:18Z

since Chiron's discovery.

http://matrixstein.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/32-years/

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In laymans terms - what exactly is a persona chart???

2009-10-09T00:38:18Z

Hi.
Persona charts - when looking at a persona chart, what things does one need to bear in mind? Am I right in thinking that it's basically a chart that shows more of the subconcious personailty? I've just had a quick look at mine and straight away some things seem to make more sense to me than my natal chart! What is the best way to 'read' the chart? What does one aim to find out when looking at a persona chart?

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How's "heavy" mapped out in astrology?

2009-10-08T13:08:33Z

I wanna start a debate on this, although there have been minor debates on this issue on a more or less obvious level, throughout the astrology tribe. I'm talking about the issue of "depth", "heaviness", "density", "substance" etc etc.
What aspects or elements in a chart can point out to a heavy feeling nature/attitude towards life? I know there are theories, but I'd like to hear from people's first-hand experiences. The truth is you can only really understand an energy when it takes over you.

I, for one, always had a heavy emotional side, though fluid, with my 3 natal planets in Pisces and an accentuated 4th house, but since Saturn's been transiting my 1st house, it's gotten way worse. At least, I think it's Saturn. It's in my 1st, conjunct my AC, and opposite my Sun right now.
Then, I also have T Uranus conjunct N Sun and N DC, but Uranus is just a very hectic, jolt-like type of energy, that can animate flesh, at most, but not give it life.

THEN, I also have T Neptune starting to make a wide, 6 degree orb square to my N Moon-Mars-Jupiter in 0 degree Gemini...and from my experience of almost 2 years ago, when T Saturn squared the same cluster of natal planets, I tend to feel transits to my "cluster" most powerfully.

So, if that's true, then Neptune must be, as I intuited, the no.1 influence in "heavy" energy.

I mean, most of the time I was able to joggle between my states of emotionalism and states of bubble-headed light-heartedness, coming from my Gemini cluster.
Looking back at my transits, the cluster was only under long-term "outside influence" one time before, and that was when Pluto was in late Scorp, early Sag, in the late 90s, early 00s.. and that was again another period in which my light-heartedness was out of reach. I remember it was impossible for me to control my emotions back then..of course, partly also because I was a child, basically. But still, I remember I was easily ruled by violent emotions and that I was generally very intense.

So now..I am basically a bog. I thought it would be easier for me to let shit slide for others once I stopped being depressed and could keep my head above my own emotions, but nooo, not even close. In fact, I'm getting even less tolerant and patient wen it comes to superficiality-which is about 80% of what constitutes most people's lives, according to Neptune. I can't even laugh at people's faults anymore. I am truly DEAD-serious.
And while my usual emotionalism just poured out of me, like spring water, this new, post-depression emotionalism is heavy and slow and filled with lots of debris of other demons, like anger, revenge, frustration, fear of deception, fear of disappointment etc. The best way to visualize it is to visualize hot lava coming down a mountain slope.
Could this be Saturn's work?

I must aadmit I've been prejudiced against Saturn for a long time..I always thought I didn't need that kind of energy, but now I've realized how much I do. And, frankly, if it weren't for the fact that it makes me annoyingly attentive to social pressures/responsibilities, and forced me back into accepting terms like "embarrassing", "undisciplined", "irrelevant", "useless" into my vocabulary, I'd like it in my 1st house forever! Oh, and I also find that I can't get into a good mood automatically since Saturn entered my 1st. Nor can I just visualize myself holding whatever it is I want, without constantly worrying about now knowing how to get it.Soo.. "The Secret" doesn't apply for people with heavy Saturn placements...lol

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Diabolic Zodiacs

2009-10-07T19:19:46Z

First published by Klaudio Zic Publications, 2009, www.lulu.com/astrology. Copyright © 2009 By Klaudio Zic. All Rights Reserved. No part of this material may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or otherwise, for commercial purposes or otherwise, without the written permission of the author.

DIABOLIC ZODIACS

Copyright © 2009 by Klaudio Zic, all rights reserved. http://www.lulu.com/astrology

TRUE ZODIAC

In inspecting the zodiac, one finds out that there are in fact 22 zodiacal stations1 in all. These zodiacal stations are the veritable zodiac. Since it can be inspected by scientific means, this zodiac has been named Academic Zodiac, as perused by astronomers but also astrologers. The horoscope is thus the veritable blueprint of one's true natal skies.

EASTERN ASCENDANT

The ascendant is measured at east. The guardian angel is the eastern star. The astrologer is initiated by an inorganic being such as one's own guardian angel. Much as theurgy, astrology requires due initiation. The Art surely could not be absorbed from books, mostly because astrological books never existed. As Europe never had any astrologer at all, only rare theurgists dabbled into this forgotten Art. The present epoch offers a modest set of only 16 eastern ascendants. As the precession of the ascendants remains a mystery for the general public, the knowledge of such a basic process can rightfully be marked as sheer initiation.

DIABOLIC ZODIACS

In order to rule2, the lord of this planet must have at least one uniform disinformation for all human beings. A rather ingenious device plays asinine tricks upon humankind as a whole. It is called the zodiac. It is a known thing that the devil is at odds with mathematics and particularly solar system dynamics. The inorganic double crossed humankind, not only with the 12 signs, but also with a futile difference between the eastern and western zodiac.

FALSE ZODIACS

Both eastern and western zodiacs are of course pure fancy. Anybody believing in the 12 signs is already a sick person. Of course, people naively persist in their asinine belief. Such a belief is not theirs at all, like most items in their own lives. They are not living their own lives at all. Default mind tells them what to do and all do the same thing.

UNIFORM DEVIL

The devil was never interested in mere partial conquest. On touchdown, it encompassed the planet in choosing the best food for its colons and scouts. The food was to be us. What the lord of this world was about was total annihilation of humanity3, apart from its being using it as fuel and food. Namely, the devil feeds upon thriving passions in a human being, but most prominently the innocent emanations of a baby. The massive production of babies is in fact fostered by the inorganic pests and plague of humankind. This is more or less the report as given by King Solomon in his intercourse with four kings of hell, as recently illustrated in brief by such works as Matrix the movie or Dark City.

Klaudio Zic

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Redistribution of this file in any form is violation of the Copyright Law.

This copyrighted material has been previously published as available from http://www.lulu.com/astrology

1The local zodiac for planet Earth, also known as Academic Zodiac. See Planetocentric Astrology or Astrology in Outer Space for other local zodiacs, such as e.g. the Mercurial Zodiac. As concern planet earth, planetary zodiacs sum up in the Academic Zodiac.

2In order to survive and eat. The devil feeds upon astral emanation from human emotion, especially stress, sexual passion and sheer doubt. Tao does not feed the devil, but yin-yang does. Therefore the default mind is called binary mind.

3Magick man has almost disappeared. It survives as “shaman”, if there is such breed spared on this planet. Masonry is almost entirely useless. A grand Mason nowadays can not even orientate the temple because the ascendant and position of the Sun remains something unknown to Masonry as it still lingers on to this day.

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Chinese Zodiac hour Ascendant-Amazing!

2009-10-07T14:52:06Z

This is just tooo accurate..they say the hour ascendant shows the true you-the core. And according to the description on this site, mine is about 75% spot on. And that's just the hour sign, without adding the influences of my year sign-thought to be the greatest single influence on one's personality-, month and day ascendants, and their respective elements.

Check yours out. I'm curious to see what you think.

here's the sign description for women: http://www.astrologizeme.com/signs_women.shtml

and men: http://www.astrologizeme.com/signs_men.shtml

These are descriptions for the year sign, actually, but I don't think they would suffer any modifications when applied to hour ascendants.

the hour ascendant is fixed, each sign gets a two hour interval. Dragon is from 7 to 9 am, Snake is from 9 to 11 am, Horse is from 11 am to 1 pm, Goat is from 1 to 3 pm, Monkey is from 3 to 5 pm, Rooster is from 5 to 7 pm, Dog is from 7 to 9 pm, Pig is from 9 to 11 pm, Rat is from 11 pm to 1 am, Ox is from 1 to 3 am, Tiger is from 3 to 5 am, Rabbit or Cat is from 5 to 7 am.

You can get a lot more info from the general site, about elements and stuff: http://www.astrologizeme.com/basics-chinese.shtml#0

And here you can get a short free personality analysis based on element preponderance in Chinese Astrology, where you can also find out all of your Ascendants-by year, month, day and hour, together with their elements:

http://chinesehoroscopeonline.com/PersonalityTest.htm

So, for extra accuracy on understanding your "basic personality" you should also read the descriptions for sign/element combinations, in addition to the general sign description for men/women.

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Frozen in Time

2009-10-07T12:42:09Z

Anyone is experiencing this at the moment? This strange lull in between storms? Do you feel that no matter what you do to push things forward, it's just not going to work; the fact that you just got to let go and let the flow of things take over? Or that everything is in suspension and there's really nothing you can do but let them be?

I would attribute this to Mercury still being in its shadow phase and Jupiter in stationary position waiting to move forward next week.

Please share your frustration if you feel me.

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daily synastry

2009-10-06T17:50:59Z

i have just been told about the daily personalised horoscope available on astro.com and was wondering if there was any around for *2* people.. so there is a chart you can create on astro.com but is there a horoscope/forecast to go with it anywhere on the net?
thanks!

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I've been wondering something...

2009-10-06T14:10:16Z

What if, in a couple of centuries a child is born on mars, what role or influence would Earth have on his/her chart?

And what if a child is born on a space ship, what wil it's chart look like, and will it have more influences in it's chart than a planet born child?

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chance to rearrange your chart!

2009-10-05T23:26:50Z

Sherpa's topic of Saturn got me thinking how much I hate saturn in my third. Maybe i'm too anti - saturn and too ignorant of the positive sides of it, (in which case feel free to educate me!) but I can't help feel it to be 'heavy going, depressing, sullen....' and wondered just exactly where I would like it to be in my chart had I the luxury of choosing. I'm yet to conclude this. Are there any planets that you really wish you could just 'move' to somewhere else? Please feel free to be as flippant or as serious as you like with this topic!
Viki.

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Outer planets in the 12th house

2009-10-05T09:15:16Z

I'm thinking about this. What is your conclusion about outer planets in the 12th?
Outer planets symbolize society, authority and the larger things in life like generations, cities, the masses etc. and the 12th house is among other things the hidden and subconscious but still not on the personal level since it's above the horizon (houses above the horizon are the "social" houses that involves the relations with others).

Might this relate to some sort of unwilling interaction with authoritty or the larger society powers?
I'm curious about your thoughts on this.

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When is Mercury going DIRECT?

2009-10-04T18:31:41Z

Hey Tribers!!

When will Mercury stop retrograding and go forward?

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Venus trine Jupiter anyone???

2009-10-03T15:57:24Z

OK, so the luckiest, bestest best aspect of them all. Any feedback?

Me ive got it with a 1° orb between Cappy (Ven) and Taurus (Jup) in the 1st and 4th houses respectively. Personally i can consider ive been fairly "lucky" throughout my life, with most things working out by themselves (as soon as i realize me trying to force them and push them around wont achieve anything), of course, this coming from hard work. (and im really, really oversyntheti..si..zing, yeah)

Anyone else???

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Sun aspecting Uranus

2009-10-03T00:03:17Z

I have my Uranus in Sag oppose my Gemini sun. Do anyone know more about this opposition? Thanks.

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Interesting info on the Moon's Nodes

2009-10-02T22:04:40Z

going back to cafeastrology.com, I payed more attention to their articles on the Nodal Axis in a chart, and I came across an interesting approach:

"Ruler of the North and South Nodes

For further insight into the lessons of the Nodes of the Moon, look to the ruling planet of each Node's sign. For example, to shed further light onto our South Node tendencies, look to the planet that rules the sign of our South Node, and determine its sign. This sign position will suggest how we tend to act out our South Node tendencies. Similarly, the sign of the ruler of our North Node will show us how we might go about learning the lessons inherent in our North Node.

An example: If my South Node is in Libra, the ruling planet of Libra is Venus. My Venus is in Leo. Because the South Node is in Libra, I may have a tendency to fall back on partnerships and to fear standing alone, thus getting myself tangled up in co-dependent, imbalanced relationships. How do I do this? In a Leonine way! This adds an element of pride to the whole picture. I may hold on to my relationships with pleasure, priding myself on my ability to be loyal and stick with a partner; nevertheless, my relationships suffer from my inner imbalance unless I learn the lessons of my North Node in Aries.

If my North Node is in Aries, the ruling planet of Aries is Mars, and my Mars is in Sagittarius. Because my North Node is in Aries, I need to learn to develop my ability to stand alone, to act on impulse, and to feel good about myself whether I am in a partnership or not. The Sagittarius flavor suggests how I might do that. Perhaps I might need to travel away from my homestead in order to learn that I can stand on my own; perhaps I need to broaden my perspective in relationships by broadening my personal/physical horizons; perhaps I need to get away somehow, be adventurous, in order to learn to love myself and to develop more confidence in myself. I need to tap into my more bold, outgoing, adventurous, and intuitive personality (Sagittarius) in order to define myself and build my confidence (Aries)."

full article on Nodes, here: http://www.cafeastrology.com/nodesofthemoon.html

This might be especially useful for people who have their Nodes in opposite energies by sign and house, like me.

I have South Node in Virgo, in the 12th house, and North Node in Pisces, in the 6th house. Now, please correct me, if I'm rushing into conclusions, but this reinforces the idea that astrology is not part of what I should be doing with my life, despite my belief in its efficiency.

Mercury, which rules my South Node, is in 3 degrees Pisces, conjunct my North Node(and Vertex, but I don't know what that could show)! I tend to interpret this as a warning that I tend to get fatalistic in view, and believe that my life already has a set purpose(ruler of south node conjunct North Node).
South Node being in the 12th also tends o suggest I never got to do anything practical with my talent in past lives. Now, Neptune, ruler of my North Node(friggin' complicated nodal axis, this one!) is in Capricorn, almost exactly conjunct Saturn in Capricorn..in other words, it's a very Capricornian Neptune. And, again, Saturn is the biggest DIY influence in astrology, if I'm not mistaken. Capricorn doesn't take anything for granted, and believes in building its own destiny.

So, judging by this, the way to "reach the Promised Land"-lol-is by taking everything in my own hands, and just work on making it happen, instead of getting caught up in worries, or imaginary complications that are not even there...as opposed to embracing blind faith and indulging in activities that bring no concrete results..right?

And if this were indeed true, does it not exclude study of astrology?

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Cancer moon and Scorpio moon lovers

2009-10-01T22:29:42Z

Any one with either a Cancer moon or Scorpio moon in love and/or in a relationship with the other? Is it intense?!?

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Saturn, Pluto on personal planets

2009-10-01T02:53:10Z

Transiting saturn is applying a conjunction to my natal sun as transiting Pluto is applying a conjunction to my natal moon. The former conjunction in the 8th house is squaring of the second conjunction in the 8th/9th house.

What changes can I expect during these transits? I see a lot of growing up happening. I have just had my Saturn return, and now it's riding on my North Node in the late degrees of Virgo. My natal sun, Pluto, Mercury conjunction in Libra starts at 15 degrees.

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