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Astrodienst Online Feedback Area Archive February 2002

Simon Forman [ Sifortunehotmail.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
Brighton, UK --- Thursday, February 28, 2002 at 13:04 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: I am afraid I do not agree with your opinion. Many technical decisions in astrology are a matter of personal taste and preference, e.g. the choice of house system or the orbes and the selection of aspects. The issue of the Composite houses is also such a decision of preference. Nobody forces you to share OUR preferences, which are in fact in agreement with Liz Greene's practice, as implemented in her Relationship Horoscope.

There is no pope in astrology which prescribes what everyone has to believe. Apparently your particular opinion is either not 'common' knowledge, or I am not common, or have no knowledge. Take your pick. Readers of my responses will know that I am not without pride in my work, but I am not arrogant enough, Simon Forman, to challenge those who make different technical choices as 'erroneous, who should correct themselves with humility'.

Robert Hand's preferred technique - as described in Planets in Composite - is this: he computes only the MC midpoint. From that he derives the RAMC. Then he uses the latitude of the 'reference place' (usually where a couple lives) to compute the Ascendant and the other house cusps, using a table of houses. The Ascendant in Robert Hand's technique is NOT computed as a midpoint. Herewith he avoids also the problem of having to swap some of the house cusps, if they would fall on the wrong side of the MC. Astrodienst has chosen not to follow Robert Hand in the free 'Short Report Partner' even while it is based on Robert's Hand text. We rather use Liz Greene's technique, so that there is no technical difference between the Relationship Horoscope and the Hand-based report. This is justifiable because Robert Hand leaves the technical decision in his book - and according to personal communication - to the individual astrologer.

Liz Greene has chosen her method so that the MC, the general orientation of the chart and in most cases the Ascendant sign agrees with the Robert Hand method, while the exact degree of the Ascendant and intermediate house cusps will differ due to the different calculation details.

Kassandra Clemens [ HIBkclemenshotmail.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
Plymouth, England --- Thursday, February 28, 2002 at 11:27 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Ekaterina Ourakova

Katia Ourakova [ katia_childhotmail.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
London, England --- Thursday, February 28, 2002 at 10:58 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Keep up the great work.
www.uraniannights.com

Kathy Cooper [ kathyuraniannights.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
Sydney, Australia --- Thursday, February 28, 2002 at 05:25 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

abacus [ aabacushotmail.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
pasadena, usa --- Thursday, February 28, 2002 at 02:14 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: The problem is that one cannot look at the ASC in an isolated way. Please look at the MC in your composite and check its calculation. You will find it correct. Now placing the ASC in Cancer, as the raw calculation result would suggest, gives an impossible chart with an impossible sequence of houses. This is why the ASC/DESC axis is swapped in such cases. We give the MC/IC axis priority. Please be aware that for midpoints, you always have an axis with a near and a far midpoint for each pair of factors. Both midpoints are nearly equivalent in meaning and can be swapped if needed. Many astrologers swap Mercury and Venus by 180 degrees in the Composite, if they would otherwise fall opposite the Sun.

Sue Simmons [ KumuAstroSueyahoo.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
--- Wednesday, February 27, 2002 at 23:59 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois: Sue, your documentation of the three Liliths is really valuable, thank you for making it available. I do however not agree with your evaluation of the relevance, where you present the "three Liliths" as if they all were in common use.

As far as I know, the astrological tradition of Lilith/Dark Moon originates primarily in France and has spread over large parts of Europe in the last 25 years from there. At least in Europe, Lilith always refers to the second focal point of the Lunar orbit, or to the Lunar apogee, which both are on the same axis and at the same position of the zodiac, from a geocentric viewpoint.

The terms 'dark moon' and 'black moon' are both used for the same mathematical point.

What you mention is one of several obscure outsider-theories about a fictious second Earth Moon. These are to my knowledge not documented by contemporary astronomers, even when a 100 years ago some astronomers have claimed to have seen such invisible objects. I presume you refer to the fictious body 'dicovered' by German astronomer Waldemath in 1898, later picked up by the astrologer Sepharial, who named it Lilith and constructed a fictious ephemeris for it. The object is assumed to have 700 km diameter and an orbital period of 119 days. Astrodienst does generally not consider fictious objects which have no basis in astronomical reality. Despite this reservation, some fictious objects are included in Swiss Ephemeris as a convenience for other astrological software developers who want to include these objects in their programs. This does not imply that Astrodienst considers such objects relevant. The Waldemath/Sepharial object is currently not included in Swiss Ephemeris. Russian astrologers use another fictous Earth Moon, the 'white moon' or 'Selena' which we have recently added to Swiss Ephemeris on request by some Russian colleagues. Please see section 2.6 of the Swiss Ephemeris documentation for our policy as ephemeris authority regarding fictious objects.

We respect that astrology is a field which is 'free for all' including 'all wild theories', and anyone has the liberty to invent what they like and to call it what they like.

The asteroid Lilith is a real asteroid (#1181), but there is no relevant astrological tradition associated with it. Currently there are about 36'000 numbered asteroids known with precise orbits, in the average you find 100 of them in every degree of the zodiac.

For more information on the fictious second Moon, please see the article Hypothetical Planets which is part of the valuable documentation about the Solar System by Bill Arnett. YOu find a link in the 'external links' area which is accessible from our homepage (left column, near bottom).

Frederique [ fperoyyahoo.co.uk ] (visiting www.astro.com)
London, UK --- Wednesday, February 27, 2002 at 22:00 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Please see Homepage -> Understanding Astrology -> Advanced Astrology Articles -> Persona Charts. You will find extensive information there.

Thanks!

Ashley (visiting www.astro.com)
--- Wednesday, February 27, 2002 at 21:29 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: The South Node is EXACTLY OPPOSITE the North Node. You can use it without having to have every chart drawing 'cluttered' with it. This is what most astrologers do. Any aspect to the South node will be the 180°-complementary angle of the aspect to the North Node.

nancy levine [ nan447yahoo.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
red bank, nj, usa --- Wednesday, February 27, 2002 at 18:01 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

sarah smith [ sarahviolettamsn.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
St.Francis, USA --- Wednesday, February 27, 2002 at 16:22 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: If you are very confused, you must be a Pisces.

Seriously: click on
-> free horoscopes
-> chart drawing (center , third link from bottom)
-> 'Please click here' to enter birth data
-> fill in the birth data entry form, press continue as often as needed until the form goes away and the chart drawing appears
Your sun sign is listed in the top left area of the drawing.

If you are born near a day when the sun changes its sign, you need to know your birth time. You need it also for any serious astrology.

ok Thanks,
Keep up the good work,
Regards,
Bassam Ovais

Bassam Ovais [ bassu007hotmail.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
Karachi, Pakistan --- Wednesday, February 27, 2002 at 16:03 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: We do not answer personal questions like that. Please consult a local astrologer in your city.

casey huber [ isis667cox.net ] (visiting www.astro.com)
laguna beach, usa --- Wednesday, February 27, 2002 at 14:35 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: I am afraid you are mistaken. Dieter Koch who works at Astrodienst is no way related to the German MD who published the 'Koch house system' in the 1960ies. In fact Dieter Koch dislikes the Koch house system; see Swiss Ephemeris documentation for more details.

Many of the chart styles available at Astrodienst represent work from the early 1980ies when Astrodienst's main revenue originated from its chart drawing service for a variety of professional astrologers and astrology schools and astrology students in Switzerland and Germany. This was before the advent of PCs with colour printers in the home area.
Bruno and Louise Huber (did) run a well known astrological school near Zurich, the API (Astrologisch Psychologisches Institut), generally known as the Huber school. The founder Bruno Huber died a few years ago. Now his wife and his son Michael are keeping up the work.
See www.astro-api.ch

You ought to be aware that Huber is one of the most common names in the German speaking countries, like 'Smith' in English speaking countries.

Thanks for any helpful comments.

Sarah (visiting www.astro.com)
--- Wednesday, February 27, 2002 at 13:37 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Ellen (visiting www.astro.com)
Stockholm, Sweden --- Wednesday, February 27, 2002 at 09:36 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: You get the Solar return chart from the 'extended chart selection' page. This page has a field 'start date'.

For solar return, only the year setting is relevant. To get the Solar return valid for the time between your 2001 birthday and your 2002 birthday, set the year to 2001 before you press the 'show chart' button.

Hanneke (visiting www.astro.com)
--- Wednesday, February 27, 2002 at 09:23 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

susan c [ molokai50hotmail.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
--- Wednesday, February 27, 2002 at 07:24 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Thanks for the feedback. The red bar in the top area of the page contains the links for language navigation. To switch to the language you want, click on the appropriate language code. We are working on adding French and Spanish to the languages we support.

Queen Victoria (visiting www.astro.com)
--- Tuesday, February 26, 2002 at 23:27 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Thank you very much. Your site is a great resource and treasure.

Pat (visiting www.astro.com)
--- Tuesday, February 26, 2002 at 20:00 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: The Medium Coeli (MC) computed for the time midpoint, which is the basis of the Davison chart, deviates very slightly (usually by less than than 1 degree) from the composite MC (computed as the midpoint between the two personal MCs). The time correction applied to the standard Davison chart brings its MC into perfect alignment with the meridian axis of the composite chart. Most astrologers read the composite chart and the Davison chart together.

Barry, Sydney

barry [ baz201hotmail.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
sydney, australia --- Tuesday, February 26, 2002 at 15:10 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Stephanie [ teuf18yahoo.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
--- Tuesday, February 26, 2002 at 13:49 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Please click on 'astro shop' in the main menu bar at astro.com
-> in the left column, click on Natal chart drawings
-> you see a whole list of chart types, and the best is to select either type 2.AT or 2.GR. Click on the link 'order it' near that chart type.

Nick V. [ greenNVhotmail.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
San Francisco, CA, USA --- Tuesday, February 26, 2002 at 08:29 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: there are not many astrology programs for Mac. The only commercial one I know is IO series, which costs more than 100 Euro/USD.
Then there is the free Kairon program by Kilian Sternad from Vienna, Austria.

Kiki Johann (visiting www.astro.com)
Laguna Beach, CA, USA --- Tuesday, February 26, 2002 at 05:46 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

vielen Dank für die Beanwortung meiner Frage die von den Häusern eingeschlossenen Tierkreiszeichen betreffend. Ich würde nun gerne Ihren Standpunkt erfahren wollen. Welche Bedeutung messen Sie diesen Tierkreiszeichen bei? Welcher Aussagewert könnte ihnen innewohnen? Vielen Dank.

Daniel [ mon.dieugmx.net ] (visiting www.astro.com)
Chemnitz, Germany --- Monday, February 25, 2002 at 18:09 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Tammy Sella [ TangoBravo99aol.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
Valparaiso, Porter --- Monday, February 25, 2002 at 17:42 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

I would be very grateful for any information on the astrological aspects on Peter Pan.

Gérard Sorée [ gerard_soreehotmail.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
Brussels, Belgium --- Monday, February 25, 2002 at 15:24 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: The 'Peter Pan' archetypal image which Liz Greene uses in the Child's Horoscope is the same as the 'Puer Aeternus' or 'Puella Aeterna' archetype in Jungian psychology, just adapted for a child's psychological situation. If you search the Jungian literature for Puer Aeternus (the eternal young man), you will find more.

Regarding the horoscope factors which we use to identify the Peter Pan / Puer Aeternus figure as one of the leading issues in your chart: This is a rather complex system, which we do not generally reveal. The decision results from a dynamic interplay of astrological patterns, where the absence of some factors can be just as important as the presence of others. Often the strength of the 'shadow' is relevant to make some issue the dominant one, as our system tends to search for the strongest inner conflict in a person's psyche, if there is one, which is not always the case. I am afraid I cannot answer your question in full detail.

Among the positve factors considered for the PP archetype, we use:
- strong placements in Gemini, Leo or Sagittarius
- strong aspects between Sun or Moon and Jupiter or Uranus
- strong aspects between Venus and Uranus
- hard aspects between Venus and Jupiter
- Uranus or Jupiter at the Ascendant
- Uranus conjunct Chiron
- Neptune or Pluto in house 10
- Saturn or Chiron in house 8
- Uranus in house 7
- Mars conjunct Uranus or Chiron

Jens Bordeaux (visiting www.astro.com)
--- Monday, February 25, 2002 at 12:37 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Ich kann dem Satz voll zustimmen: Vom Computer erstellte Horoskope, die auf den persönlichen Kontakt [zwischen Klient und Astrologe] verzichten, sind nur bedingt aussagekräftig.

Astrologie ist kein deterministisches System, d.h. nicht ihre ganze Biographie und Ihr ganzes Schicksal sind schon im Geburtshoroskop festgelegt und für den Astrologen ersichtlich. Im persönlichen Dialog kann vieles besser analysiert werden als in einer Computerauswertung, die nichts über Ihre konkrete Lebenssituation weiss. Dennoch kann eine Computerdeutung sehr wertvolle Hinweise geben und wesentliche Züge der Persönlichkeit erfassen. Vielleicht lesen Sie meinen Artikel zu diesem Thema.

Best Regards,
Sarah

Sarah Walton [ sarahlwaltonhotmail.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
LONDON, UK --- Monday, February 25, 2002 at 11:24 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: It seems that Greenford, UK, is not in our database. Please use the next larger neighbour town.

Herzlichen Dank!

Karoline Redl [ kreszenzia2001yahoo.de ] (visiting www.astro.com)
Hainburg, Austria --- Monday, February 25, 2002 at 08:55 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Bitte versuchen Sie: Homepage -> Astro Wissen -> Einführung in die Astrologie -> Häuser

Donald R. Scroggins II (visiting www.astro.com)
Cincinnati, OH, USA --- Monday, February 25, 2002 at 02:53 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: This is not an element for which there is a reading, it is just a data item as a reminder. Some astrologers assume that it has to do with female fertility.

abigail c. montgomery [ acmontgomery1aol.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
Tiburon, United States --- Sunday, February 24, 2002 at 23:45 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: The composer Englebert Humperdinck (1854 - 1921) predates the pop singer who stole his name. See http://www.engelbert.com/biography.htm for more information. There is a typo on that page, it reads '1911 century' where it wants to say '19th century'.

Rose Sack (visiting www.astro.com)
--- Sunday, February 24, 2002 at 23:33 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Maggie Punnett-bache [ mpunnettbshaw.ca ] (visiting www.astro.com)
Victoria BC, Canada --- Sunday, February 24, 2002 at 20:44 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Regards, kelly whitworth

kelly [ someonelse62hotmail.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
--- Sunday, February 24, 2002 at 18:31 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Robin

Robin (visiting wwx.astro.com)
--- Sunday, February 24, 2002 at 13:38 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: I cannot comment on calculations by other software. Maybe they use a different definition for 'progressed Ascendant'. We progress the sidereal time with the Naibod key, i.e. 3m56s per year, and then compute the houses for that progressed sidereal time.

Regarding your friend and Uranus conjunct Moon: You need to tell the birth data - none of the stored natal data in your account has Uranus conjunct Moon, so you seem to refer to another set of natal data outside your account.

What do you mean by 'his Personal Horoscope'? There is no such item on our website. If you refer to the 'Short report forecast', you should read the introduction. This short report is incomplete by design. If you refer to the 'Personal Daily Horoscope', you should be aware that it lists a transit only for the day when a transit is exact. On the day when a person's Uranus-Moon transit is EXACT it will be listed. The list of 'long term influences' is always truncated to three entries. It is hard to predict which ones make it into that list. Not only 'importance' is taken into account (then we would have to list some slow transits on each day of many months, which would be boring) but also 'variation of content'.

Taru (visiting www.astro.com)
--- Saturday, February 23, 2002 at 22:36 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Ann Heyerdahl [ aheyerdahlaol.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
Olympia, USA --- Saturday, February 23, 2002 at 18:16 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

michelle lim [ michelle_lcmyahoo.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
ipoh, malaysia --- Saturday, February 23, 2002 at 16:14 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Thanks very much in advance, Uli Frank

Uli Frank [ uli_frankt-online.de ] (visiting www.astro.com)
Munich, Germany --- Saturday, February 23, 2002 at 08:19 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: You may want use the 'switch to german' link on the homepage as your first step.

Then, click on 'Free Horoscopes' (Gratishoroskope) in the menu bar.
On the horoscope selection page, use 'chart drawing' (Horoskopzeichnung).
You will be directed to new data entry, as you will not have stored natal data at your first visit. Already during data entry the ascendant is computed. On the chart drawing, the sign of the ascendant is indicated in words in the top left area.

jan sultan [ jhsultanaol.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
espanola nm, usa --- Saturday, February 23, 2002 at 00:08 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Love
Jacqueline

Jacqueline (visiting www.astro.com)
, Sweden --- Friday, February 22, 2002 at 22:11 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Cee [ CeeTheMoonChildaol.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
Lutz, USA --- Friday, February 22, 2002 at 14:37 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Emily [ EmilyCartelliaol.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
North Hampton, USA --- Friday, February 22, 2002 at 03:57 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: I do not really understand the question. Why should a transit of a slow planet like Neptune, which goes back and forth over the same natal point, NOT last two years, if you tale a certain orb into account? If in doubt, use an ephemeris to track Neptune's movement in relationship to any of your natal planet position. A conventient way to track it is in:
->Free Horoscopes
->Extended chart selection
->group Astrodienst special
->chart type: Graphical ephemeris for 5 years, with natal

Look for the orange coloured wave-like Neptune line, and how it moves relative to the horizontal natal Venus line (also in orange).

dakini [ dakinidakini.ch ] (visiting www.astro.com)
Zurich, Schweiz --- Thursday, February 21, 2002 at 17:29 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Wir werden in naher Zukunft eine andere Datenquelle für VIP-Daten erschliessen, die allerdings US-lastig sein wird. Die jetzigen Daten stammen in der Tat zu einem grossen Teil aus den Forschungen von Michel Gauquelin, der Berufsgruppen in Frankreich untersucht hat.

Ricardo França Dórea [ ricardodoreazipmail.com.br ] (visiting www.astro.com)
Salvador, Brasil --- Thursday, February 21, 2002 at 14:49 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

best regards
Milanko Lukovic

Milanko Lukovic [ Milanko56 hotmail.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
London, England --- Thursday, February 21, 2002 at 13:00 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

kym [ revolutionfilmsmac.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
New York, USA --- Thursday, February 21, 2002 at 12:00 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Dak Babu [ dakbabuhotmail.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
, USA --- Thursday, February 21, 2002 at 09:27 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Joyce (visiting www.astro.com)

joyce (visiting www.astro.com)
--- Thursday, February 21, 2002 at 01:32 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: The coverage of Chiron transits in the daily horoscope is not complete in all languages. Chiron transits had not been treated by Robert Hand in his original work which was done before its discovery. They were added by Astrodienst staff writers, and not all this text has been translated into other languages than German.

Irina [ irinka_dhotmail.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
Milano, Italy --- Wednesday, February 20, 2002 at 15:29 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: There should not be any difference in the Ascendant, with all kinds of western astrological techniques. Only if you use the sidereal (Hindu) system, you get shifted placements for planets and Ascendant.

If a chart differs from Astrodienst, it is likely to be computed incorrectly.

John Cross [ johncareyinternet.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
Oxford, MA, USA --- Wednesday, February 20, 2002 at 14:58 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: The same answer applies to you as to the question one further up. While different house systems (we use by default Placodus) may place some planets in different houses, this is not true for the Ascendant, i.e. the house cusp separating house 12 from house 1.

Either you have been using a sidereal Hindu-style chart before, or it was computed incorrectly, if the Ascendant differs.

If you want more information about Astrodienst's computational skill and competence, please go to the Swiss Ephemeris area and read the document labelled as "Full Documentation".

The planetary positions and the positions of the Ascendant and Medium Coeli at a given date and place are facts of nature. They can only be computed right or wrong, there is no room for discussion or opinion about them. Astrodienst does the computations right. We cannot speak for other horoscope sources.

Simon M. Wohlhauser [ Simonswoi.ch ] (visiting www.astro.com)
Interlaken, Schweiz --- Wednesday, February 20, 2002 at 12:34 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Eine Bogenmiute ist etwa 1 km. Da Bern mindestens 10 km Durchmesser hat, liegen alle angegebenen Punkte "in Bern". 1 Bogenmiute Ortsunterschied entspricht 4 Sekunden Zeitunterschied. Da die Geburtszeit normalerweise nicht genauer als 1-2 Zeitminuten ist - oft viel ungenauer - spielen die Koordinatenunterschiede keinerlei Rolle.

Hilary (visiting www.astro.com)
--- Wednesday, February 20, 2002 at 12:20 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Please use the world map. The technique has only a spatial resolution of 250 km, so it makes no sense to draw maps for small countries.

Marion Rae (visiting www.astro.com)
, Australia --- Wednesday, February 20, 2002 at 11:23 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: If you want to use the 'high security' feature to protect your data from other users on the same computer, you need to enable cookies, so that the secret session cookie can be stored by your browser. If you don't want that, you must turn the high security feature off.

Please use www.google.com to learn about cookies. They are harmless, don't let yourself be mislead by some alarmists.

Also, if it is possible in the future, could you add converse progressions, and tertiaries. Thank you.

F. Linda [ faithlinda18aol.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
--- Tuesday, February 19, 2002 at 21:54 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Before you start yelling, please check your spelling.
The capital of Colombia is Bogota.

About the availability of obscure astrological techniques at astro.com, please read my replies further down.

ave constant [ edina2x2yahoo.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
bucuresti, romania --- Tuesday, February 19, 2002 at 16:39 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

aquarius (visiting www.astro.com)
, Denmark --- Tuesday, February 19, 2002 at 15:28 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Maria [ gdbarmayahoo.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
Athens, Greece --- Tuesday, February 19, 2002 at 15:20 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

C. O. [ Caseyonikhotmail.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
Pittsburgh, PA --- Tuesday, February 19, 2002 at 04:20 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Also FYI In the feedback statement of Sheldan Collins on 2/18/02 he claims the palindromic moment will never happen again-ever after 20:02, 20/02, 2002 however what about
21:12 (PM) on 21/12 in 2112?

JohnMichael (visiting www.astro.com)
--- Tuesday, February 19, 2002 at 02:23 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Yamil [ wytestaroptonline.net ] (visiting www.astro.com)
--- Monday, February 18, 2002 at 21:27 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Mary Lynn [ MRuzza9yahoo.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
Dallas, USA --- Monday, February 18, 2002 at 19:47 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Don't miss your moment in history.

Sheldan Collins (visiting www.astro.com)
--- Monday, February 18, 2002 at 18:22 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: I tend to deflate this kind of 'information'. There is no astrology in that. The same clock reading happens about 25 times on this planet depending on the timezone someone lives in (countries like India are at non-integer hour shifts, so that the number of timezones is higher than 24). There is a severe cultural bias, because other cultures have different calendars than you do. In the end, it is just a nice number game. Some people tend to time their weddings to such dates, probably helps them to remember the wedding date.

Colleen [ HighCDivaaol.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
Fort Worth, USA --- Monday, February 18, 2002 at 18:17 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: There is no public source on the web covering a large number of asteroids. Schmadel's asteroid enzyclopedia is the best source, but its website is for subscribers only; you need to buy the 150 USD book from Springer to get access.

welche Rolle spielen in der Astrologie die von den Häusern eingeschlossenen Tierkreiszeichen? Leider konnte ich in meiner Literatur (Ring,T.Boot,M.) nichts dazu finden oder habe es schlicht überlesen..Vielen Dank.

Daniel [ mon.dieugmx.net ] (visiting www.astro.com)
Chemnitz, Germany --- Monday, February 18, 2002 at 17:16 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Das ist eine der typischen Geschmacksfragen; manche Astrologen nehmen das wichtig, andere ignorieren es.

Sudeva (visiting www.astro.com)
--- Monday, February 18, 2002 at 16:42 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Adriano from Tokyo

Adriano [ adriano_marantahotmail.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
Tokyo, Japan --- Monday, February 18, 2002 at 14:26 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Thanks for the feedback and support. About the weather in Zollikon I do not know, I am currently in the Swiss mountains on ski vacation.

Friederike Jaiczay [ friederike.jaiczayaon.at ] (visiting www.astro.com)
Berndorf, Österreich --- Monday, February 18, 2002 at 09:25 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Ich würde mal das moderne Orakel www.google.com konsultieren.

R.Wolfdreamer (visiting www.astro.com)
, USA --- Monday, February 18, 2002 at 06:30 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Best wishes, Joyce.

Joyce (visiting www.astro.com)
--- Monday, February 18, 2002 at 05:08 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Thanks for the site.
Cheers
Karl

Karl Hewlett [ karl_hewlettwestpactrust.co.nz ] (visiting www.astro.com)
--- Monday, February 18, 2002 at 01:32 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Keep on the good work and Thank you!

Marko [ marko.videt-media.si ] (visiting www.astro.com)
, Slovenia --- Sunday, February 17, 2002 at 22:09 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Lidna (visiting www.astro.com)
--- Sunday, February 17, 2002 at 17:50 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Rahul [ vimsamyahoo.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
--- Sunday, February 17, 2002 at 16:02 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

ingegerd [ ingegerdiehotmail.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
stockholm, sweden --- Sunday, February 17, 2002 at 13:50 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

donna [ windynolepix.net ] (visiting www.astro.com)
--- Saturday, February 16, 2002 at 19:06 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alex (visiting www.astro.com)
--- Saturday, February 16, 2002 at 18:40 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: I said exactly what I thought about the silly advice which had been given to Catherine by an astrologer she quoted. If you read my comment it is very clear that it refers to that advice GIVEN TO HER, not to any opinion of her own which she expressed.

I take the liberty to use unprofessional humor in some of my replies, and I do not take everything serious which some "astrologers" practice or tell their clients. There are foul apples in every profession, ours is not free of them. Some astrologers talk a lot of nonsense, and it is healthy to laugh about them.

su weir [ weirgrowingmyhome.net ] (visiting www.astro.com)
salkum, usa --- Saturday, February 16, 2002 at 04:06 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Victoria Lemming [ bigbroadmsn.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
Tacoma,WA, USA --- Friday, February 15, 2002 at 21:07 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: I have had to say this very often before: Our web server delivers content to your browser, who shows this content on the screen. If the screen view is OK, the data from the server are OK. Our job ends HERE.

Printing screen content to paper is a process which has NOTHING to do with the web server. It involves the browser, the printer driver, the printer and the operating system, all local parts of your computer. If you have a problem on this level, please contact those who made those parts.

Michaela Schneider

Michaela Schneider [ Elalanaaol.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
Illertissen, Germany --- Friday, February 15, 2002 at 12:52 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Zwei grundlegende Fehler:
a) der Aszendent ist nicht der Wesenskern; die Sonne ist der Wesenskern. Eventuelle Planeten im 1. Haus sind wichtiger als das Zeichen am Aszendent.
b) Das Horoskop enthält 10 Planeten in Zeichen, Häusern und gegenseitigen Aspekten. Man kann es nicht auf eine Dimension 'Aszendent Jungfrau' reduzieren, und man kann auch das Prinzip Jungfrau nicht auf 'Ordnung, Genauigkeit' reduzieren.

Ausserdem: Man muss ein Horoskopthema nicht selbst leben, man kann in Opposition dazu gehen und es an die Umwelt delegieren. Viele 'Antiautoritäre' z.B. haben Mühe mit der eigenen Autorität und projizieren sie auf Staat, Polizei usw. Das ändert sich dann oft mit der charakterlichen Reifung und Lebenserfahrung, auch mit dem eigenen Erfolg. Viele Menschen projizieren innere Themen auf andere, die sie stellvertretend erledigen. Sind Sie vielleicht seine 'Jungfrau', oder war es seine Mutter?

Aspekte Asz.-MC würde ich generell ignorieren, sind sehr nicht-individuelle Konstrukte. Der Begriff 'negativ aspektiert' ist schlecht gewählt und überholt. Die sog. negativen Aspekte sind oft der wesentlichste Beweggrund für besondere Leistungen.

ich habe mir ein Gratishoroskop bei euch erstellt und bin überrascht, wie unterschiedlich die aussagen sind darin, in einem Partnerschaftshoroskop, steht z.B in einem Absatz, das das eine Schicksalsbegegnung ist, die auf Dauerhaftigkeit ausgerichtet ist, von großer Liebe geprägt... im nächsten Abschnitt steht dann, dass die Sache im Sande verlaufen will, weil kein Interesse aneinander besteht, also das genaue Gegenteil von den vorherigen Absätzen, wie kann das sein? Und was stimmt denn dann?

lea (visiting www.astro.com)
, deutschland --- Friday, February 15, 2002 at 10:28 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Die kostenlosen Horoskope enthalten keine Synthese; es ist völlig normal, dass Einzelfaktoren sich widersprechen. Sie müssen die Synthese als Leserin selbst herstellen. Nur eine komplizierte Gesamtbewertung einens Horoskops kann die Widersprüche zum Teil aufheben, aber auch nicht ganz, wir Menschen sind oft sehr widersprüchlich und haben 'mehrere Seelen in einer Brust'.

Wenn Sie in einen Laden gehen, ist vielleicht ein Artikel sehr preiswert, ein anderer völlig überteuert. Ist das nun ein guter oder ein schlechter Laden? Mit einer Beziehung kann es ähnlich sein, es muss nicht alles zusammenpassen und ein einheitliches Bild geben.

alene (visiting www.astro.com)
--- Friday, February 15, 2002 at 07:32 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Please talk to the astrologer and let him explain his chart.

ich bin ein wenig durcheinander. Ich beschäftige mich derzeit mit der Deutung von Geburtshoroskopen. Ich benutzte bislang nur AstroStar 5.5 für die Erstellung eines Radix. Heute habe ich zum Vergleich Ad_Astra benutzt und anschließend Ihre Internetseiten. Irritierend ist, dass jedesmal ein anderes Radix zustande kam. Die Unterschiede lagen lediglich bei den berechneten Aspekten. Woran kann das liegen? Welches Ergebnis ist das nützlichste? Vielen Dank.

Daniel [ mon.dieugmx.net ] (visiting www.astro.com)
Chemnitz, Germany --- Thursday, February 14, 2002 at 23:18 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Die Aspekte richten sich nach dem Orbis (erlaubten Abweichungen vom exakten Winkel). Diese sind eine Geschmacksfrage, jeder Astrologe wählt was ihm passt. Siehe auch: http://www.astro.com/info/in_aspect_g.htm

thanks Dean

dean arsenault [ deanxxx9hotmail.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
st agathe, canada --- Thursday, February 14, 2002 at 19:48 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Catherine (visiting www.astro.com)
--- Thursday, February 14, 2002 at 14:28 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: I consider this kind of advice which was given to you as mainly good for the airline industry which is currently suffering. So at least someone will profit from it. Astrology however is not a game which one wins by hopping around the planet.

I know that some astrologers teach that by hopping to another place for a few hours on your birthday one can manipulate fate for the next year, but I think this is nonsense. Not everything some astrologer says is wise and meaningful.

Andy

Andy [ andy_hare_omhotmail.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
KA, Germany --- Thursday, February 14, 2002 at 07:45 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Please append to the URL: &clan=f
(f = french, i = italian, s = spanish, p = portugues, h = dutch, n = danish)

This is a currently secret feature, unsupported.

Julie Morales [ julieomdaol.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
Los angeles, california --- Wednesday, February 13, 2002 at 20:57 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: The same software CDROM contains WOW in all the languages which are listed with the product description. When you run WOW on your PC there is a menu option to change the language.

Out website is currently only in German and English, but this has no effect on the products you order in other languages.

Svjetlana [ chaircsdbih.net.ba ] (visiting www.astro.com)
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina --- Wednesday, February 13, 2002 at 16:20 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Probably the fault of our programmer from Serbia. Please use the setting 'whole world' and you will also find the towns in BH

ave constant [ edina2x2yahoo.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
bucuresti, romania --- Wednesday, February 13, 2002 at 11:55 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: I don't know what a Draconic chart is. Maybe the same which is already there as chart style 'Huber Nodes Chart'. If not, please consider my reply of 10 February below.

~Patrick.

Patrick [ crystalcastle_yahoo.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
westbrook, united states --- Wednesday, February 13, 2002 at 11:40 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Surely not. The service is for free on the Internet, and we assume that Internet connectivity is going to be a standard feature available everywhere, including the mobile world. You are also probably not aware that our service is not the delivery of static content, but that there is considerable software power behind each click. It would never be a content- oriented CDROM, but a computation-oriented PC program, if we would want to make our services available offline for local PC users.

I personally think that owning local software or local CDROM content will become uncommon as more and more online services become available. It has the big advantage that there exist very few copies of the software (on the servers only) which need to be maintained and supported. This is an incredible advantage both for the developer and the user, who is always automatically using the latest revision. All you need is a browser and an Internet link.

You probably also don't own your own cow. You buy the milk and cheese when you need it. At astro.com, you even get it for free!

john [ john2999hotmail.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
, Uk --- Wednesday, February 13, 2002 at 11:25 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

lara [ everaftergmx.ch ] (visiting www.astro.com)
zürich, schweiz --- Wednesday, February 13, 2002 at 10:24 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Ann (visiting www.astro.com)
Sanson, New Zealand --- Wednesday, February 13, 2002 at 04:53 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

ian sadler [ astroflutehotmail.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
--- Tuesday, February 12, 2002 at 20:08 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Stine [ stinegrytoyr.net ] (visiting www.astro.com)
Oslo, Norway --- Tuesday, February 12, 2002 at 12:00 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: I have been confronted with the twin question before, having twin daughters, twin siblings and two pairs of twin uncles.

Our list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) accessible from the Homepage contains a section on twins. I quote:

Twins often have almost the same birth chart - and yet they are different, separate people. How is this to be explained? Each chart contains several inner themes or archetypal figures, depending on what term you use. Usually, these themes are the life scenario of one single person, who will be able to identify easily and gladly with some of them, while "projecting" other parts onto people and things around him. Twins divide the chart up between them. Usually, the "alpha twin" is stronger and takes his or her pick of the themes, leaving the rest to the other. This distribution of contents can change in the course of a life. Research on twins has shown that when twins are separated, they often grow up living very similar lives, since they can both take on those themes, which naturally come up first, without the risk of losing identity.

Liz Greene writes about this issue in the Child's Horoscope introduction:

This child is one of a pair of twins. He/she shares with the other twin an almost identical birth horoscope. But any parent of twins will recognise that each has his or her own distinctive personality. Twins, sharing many personality characteristics, often try especially hard to define their own psychological territory, and often they do this by a kind of "division" of the birth chart. One twin will appropriate certain features of the horoscope while the other twin will appropriate the rest. Twins tend to polarise. In their need to assert a separate individuality they may both unconsciously avoid sharing qualities, which they fear will make them too like the other. The perceptive parent may observe that in early childhood twins periodically exchange roles, each one trying out personality traits which the other was displaying a little while earlier. The polarising process sets in a little while later on. As they grow older and develop separate lives twins usually find it easier to own and express those qualities they "gave away" to the other twin in early life. And the unique spark of individuality within will always ensure that, even if they look alike, they will remain distinct individuals with a unique journey through life.

Julianne (visiting www.astro.com)
--- Tuesday, February 12, 2002 at 03:43 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Celeste [ dunleathnetlab.co.za ] (visiting www.astro.com)
Johannesburg, South Africa --- Monday, February 11, 2002 at 22:58 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Thanks for the feedback and your support, Celeste. My team is working at full steam to improve our site. I hope we will have an interactive 'search' feature soon, I am at this moment experimenting with it.

Helen Tayler (visiting www.astro.com)
London, U.K. --- Monday, February 11, 2002 at 18:10 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

V. Reid Knapp Jr. [ rk1970superior.net ] (visiting www.astro.com)
Glens Falls, USA --- Monday, February 11, 2002 at 17:56 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Victoria (visiting www.astro.com)
Hayward, CA, USA --- Monday, February 11, 2002 at 16:39 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: On my Netscape browser, there is a 'FILE' menu in the left upper corner, and among its entries there is 'Send Page' and 'Send Link'.

WARNING: The recipient of such mail has access to all your data in the 'my astro' account; if it is only a guest account, he/she can change or delete them. If you do not want this, you should make sure that you have a registered account, and have the 'high security' option enabled. Then you can publish or email links to any horoscope output page and the recipient of the link will be able to see the particualr horoscope, but will not have full access to your data.
To experiment, email a link to yourself, then go to 'my astro' and disconnect from your account, and then quit from the browser. Then read the email and try the link in the email.

c.s. (visiting www.astro.com)
Boones Mill, usa --- Monday, February 11, 2002 at 12:40 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: I appreciate all creative suggestions, and the more precise they are the more helpful I find them. With your suggestion, I find it difficult to understand what exactly you mean.

bee (visiting www.astro.com)
vienna, austria --- Monday, February 11, 2002 at 09:42 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

kara shelley [ holliday369hotmail.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
toronto, canada --- Monday, February 11, 2002 at 02:08 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Bad news for the 'other source', I think.

Karen Morrissey [ marytighekmmsn.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
Mounds View, USA --- Sunday, February 10, 2002 at 20:48 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Justin (visiting www.astro.com)
Philadelphia, USA --- Sunday, February 10, 2002 at 19:16 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: From time to time we receive requests for non-standard astrological techniques, obviously from experienced astrologers (who else would even know to ask for something as strange as 'converse progressions'. Using a vehicle metaphor, this beast corresponds approximately to 'three wheel offroad bicycle powered by natural gas'. The Astro vehicle dealership carries only: regular cars of 17 brands, bikes, motorcycles, 4-wheel trucks, heavy trucks and helicopters.).

Astrodienst's free online service is targeted at a wide audience of lay persons interested in astrology, and at the basic needs of serious astrology students. The purpose of Astrodienst's web services is NOT to fulfill the needs of technically oriented specialists who are interested in this or that obscure astrological method.

The various chart types available at Astrodienst reflect those astrological techniques which have been in use in German speaking countries during after 1980, and they reflect my own interest in astrological studies. I have programmed those types of charts which the customers of Astrodienst's chart services requested and paid for in the 1980ies (before good astrological PC software existed), and in addition those techniques which either interested me personally, or some of my close astrological friends.

We are aware that there exist many other techniques which we do not offer. Among these are 'precession corrected' (should be called precession falsified) calculations, and converse progressions, which are no in use in central Europe. Astrodienst is not expanding its spread of technical charts at this time - we have more important work to do in the interest of a wide audience, not just a few specialists, and nobody would be paying for such complex development.

Please do not be disappointed when the general answer to such requests is simple 'no, we willnot have it'. Sometimes there are some hidden treasures in our rich treasure chest, which I tend to open when I have what is wanted, but many requests are really impossible to fulfill.

There are excellent software programs on the market which fulfill most of the technical needs an experienced astrologer may have, for example Kepler by Cosmic Patterns, and Solar Fire. I highly recommend that experienced astrologers acquire such software for their own PC.

A practical tip after the sermon: You can get converse progressions by doing progressions for a negative age. When you are born 1970, and you do your progressed chart for 1938 (32 years before birth), it is the 'converse progressed chart' of 2002 (32 years after birth).

Our primary directions - which offer excellent choices of technique - contain also converse directions, but the secondary progressions do not. I personally think that secondary progressions which are based on the rule 'one day in the ephemeris corresponds to one year of life' have a built in time arrow and that it makes little sense to turn that around.

Of course this is just my personal humble opinion, and I cannot be the judge of techniques used by others. If there is a single common truth in astrological technique, then it is the motto of my revered teacher Paul Feyerabend: 'Anything goes'.

Jennifer Sage (visiting www.astro.com)
wellington, New Zealand --- Sunday, February 10, 2002 at 01:56 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Gad Vojkuvka jr [ gadecheklycos.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
Brno, Czech republic --- Sunday, February 10, 2002 at 00:11 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: There is no general answer to this kind of question. Astrologers have their personal style, the same way other artists do. How important is the colour pink in painting?

Helen Hillyer [ hhillyerjett.net ] (visiting www.astro.com)
Anderson, CA, USA --- Saturday, February 9, 2002 at 17:15 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Jennifer Sage (visiting www.astro.com)
wellington, New Zealand --- Saturday, February 9, 2002 at 01:53 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Thanks for pointing out this bug. It was the programmer's intention to do the age-check in Universal time, but there was a bug. I have fixed it now, and the feature works correct. Only readings for really unborn children are now prevented. We do not want to see our service used for trying to determine a child's character before birth. Prenatal diagnosis can have its merits but it opens a door to all kinds of abuses.

tammy [ tatkoscohotmail.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
San DEIGO, CA --- Friday, February 8, 2002 at 18:45 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: For free services, please use what you find under 'free horoscopes'. I have to repeat from time to time that we do not give personal advice in the guestbook area. You might want to consult a local astrologer in San Diego. There some good ones.

rajnish talwar [ rajnishtalwar2001rediffmail.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
new delhi, india --- Friday, February 8, 2002 at 11:01 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Judy Cadogan [ JudyC20aol.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
New York, USA --- Friday, February 8, 2002 at 06:27 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Please try to type less, just the first few letters of the city name. Try different spelling, or at last take the next larger town. We have only 250'000 towns in the database.

Thank you so much

carlos arias [ carlos_arias_2000yahoo.com.mx ] (visiting www.astro.com)
Villahermosa, Tabasco, México --- Friday, February 8, 2002 at 03:07 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Greter Magda (visiting www.astro.com)
6142 Gettnau, Schweiz --- Thursday, February 7, 2002 at 22:55 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Augen auf im Webverkehr, dann ist alles ganz einfach.

Wenn man zur Dateneingabeseite kommt, so steht dort rechts vom noch leeren Minutenfeld der Text: Zeitzone/Sommerzeit ist automatisch.
Hat man die Zeit eingestellt und auf [weiter] gedrückt, so erscheint an gleicher Stelle der Text: Zeitzone 1h Ost, Normalzeit oder, bei entsprechendem Datum, Zeitzone 2h Ost, Sommerzeit

Wer noch mehr wissen will, könnte auch auf den [i]-Info-Button neben dem Wort 'Stunde' klicken, dann erschein ein Info-Fenster mit folgendem Inhalt:
Geburtszeiteingabe
Bitte wählen Sie die Stunde der Geburt im Stundenfeld aus und geben Sie die Minute im Minutenfeld ein (zwischen 0 und 59). Benötigt wird die Armbanduhrzeit, wie sie auf einer gewöhnlichen Armbanduhr am Geburtsort angezeigt worden wäre. Die zur Berechnung von Horoskopen nötigen Zeitumrechnungen (Korrekturen für Zeitzonen oder Sommerzeiten) werden vom Computer automatisch richtig vorgenommen.

Es gibt übrigens noch mehr [i]nfo-Buttons an verschiedenen Stellen.

Julia (visiting www.astro.com)
Stratford, Canada --- Thursday, February 7, 2002 at 18:40 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

peter j. williams [ astrologyworksrogers.com ] (visiting www.astro.com)
toronto, canada --- Thursday, February 7, 2002 at 15:37 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Thanks for the kind feedback.

It is highly recommended to read the introduction to the report. It tries to answer your question by saying:

In the short edition, only a few, but nevertheless important transits over your natal chart are considered. It is likely however that some important transits of this six month period have been omitted in this sample report.

For a complete listing of transits - without interpretation but with detailed timing information - there is an excellent option:
Free Horoscopes ->
Extended chart selection ->
select group: Astrodienst special ->
select type of chart -> Transit Calendar for 3 years ->
click to view the Acrobat-PDF file.

You need to have Adobe Acrobat reader installed for that file. If you don't have it, you will find a link on the output page to get it from Adobe. You will be surprised about the quality and usefulness of that calendar output. It can be done for any time period you want. It may not be availble for free forever.

PS: I am afraid I will not make it to UAC this year. It is scheduled into the short 5-week Swiss summer vacation period which I prefer to spend with my family. Florida in July is not attractive enough to override that argument, and the idea to go near Disneyland is a horror to me. But the Internet will keep us all in touch.