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Astrodienst Online Feedback Area Archive September 2002

Is it really so? Or I cannot see them?

Gérard Sorée [ Birgit_gerard3.xyz*xyz.hotmail.com ]
Brussels, Belgium --- Monday, September 30, 2002 at 22:12 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Endymion

endymion [ endy6834.xyz*xyz.yahoo.com ]
Mt.Shasta, U.S.A. --- Monday, September 30, 2002 at 20:57 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Talitha Aldana [ ambrosiadarphinium.xyz*xyz.hotmail.com ]
Vancouver, Canada --- Monday, September 30, 2002 at 20:24 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Linda Love [ shaddoh.xyz*xyz.hotmail.com ]
Tucson, USA --- Monday, September 30, 2002 at 18:59 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Pat

Patrick [ casanovapatrick.xyz*xyz.hotmail.com ]
Fairfax, USA --- Monday, September 30, 2002 at 18:02 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: I am afraid you confused something essential. You seem belive that you received a PERSONALITY READING from astro.com. This is however NOT the case, as you entered data on this website with 'birthtime unknown'. With incomplete natal data like that, our site does not output a personality portrait reading.

What you did receive from this website was a DAILY HOROSCOPE. It does not describe your fundamental personality but only a mood of the moment. To avoid misleading the other readers of the feedback area, I provide here your complete daily horoscope for today which read like this:

Little tolerance
Weak, transient effect: Tonight you should be careful because the energies of this influence are quite discordant and could create trouble in your personal life. The problem is that you are rather emotionally excitable and easily irritated or angered now. With other people you are far less tolerant of individual quirks, and little things irritate you. You may also be in such a contentious mood that no outside aggravation is needed to set you off. Be wary of arguing just for the sake of arguing. But on the other hand, if you feel real anger, you should release the energy; don't hold it in. Your domestic scene may not be very peaceful under this influence, but try to remain calm, no matter how difficult it is. Relations with women may be especially difficult.

Transit selected for today: Moon Opposition Mars, activity period from 30 September 2002 to 1 October 2002.

The conclusion I draw from your guestbook entry: the daily horoscope sounds perfectly true to your mood of the moment.

Thank you!

To get a personality portrait from this site, you need to provide your birth time. Without birthtime the only thing you can receive is a simplified daily horoscope.

Please make an effort to discover your birth time first, before you return to astrology. It is OK to want answers for free. You need however to provide the necessary data. Take care.

Frank
NYC, USA --- Monday, September 30, 2002 at 17:41 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Thanks, Lisa

Lisa
--- Monday, September 30, 2002 at 17:14 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois wrote in the guestbook on 12-apr-2002 to the same question:
I consider 'precession correction' in tropical astrology to be illogical and wrong. Tropical astrology uses a frame of reference which moves with the rhythm of the Sun-Earth-Moon system. The technique of 'precession correction' breaks this system by trying to introduce a notion of 'natal birth marks in absolute space'. This is false on several levels. The reference frame it introduces is not absolute, it translates and rotates with the (fast) movement of the solar system within the galaxis. A transiting planet does NEVER return to the point in absolute space where it once was. In a post-Newtonian world view there is actually no 'absolute space'. The concept of 'return charts' (and of transits alltogether) is, when you look deeper into it, a symbolic concept, not a physical concept. It should rather be applied in a consistent symbolic system and not in an inconsistent potpourri of systems.

If you don't like precession - a decision which I can respect even when I don't share it - you should do "sidereal" astrology with one of its unprecessed reference frames, but not mix several incompatible systems. "Precession corrected" transits in tropical astrology are a bit like expressing the height of a person as '5 feet and 20 centimeters'.

For more feedback to the same question, please read the guestbook replies of 5-feb-2001 and 10-feb-2002.

Ron [ email deleted by webmaster who disapproves of this use of Astrodienst guestbook ]
pm, Australia --- Monday, September 30, 2002 at 12:58 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

interessiere mich für die mondknoten-termine!!! finde jedoch keine seite, die sie für 2003 aufzeigt. wer kann helfen ???
mondknoten-termin - punkt an dem mond, erdumlaufnahmn schneidet (z.b. letzten freitag um 16:06 uhr) aufsteigend

jens mander [ jensenneze.xyz*xyz.web.de ]
walburgien, brd --- Monday, September 30, 2002 at 10:49 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Das finden Sie in einer gedruckten Ephemeride.
Homepage->[linke Spalte] Druckbare Ephemeriden -> 2003
(Sie brauchen Acrobat Reader zur Anzeige)

Dann vergleichen Sie die Spalten für Mond und für Mondknoten. Immer wenn es eine Konjunktion (gleiches Zeichen, gleicher Grad) oder Opposition (gegenüberliegendes Zeichen, gleicher Grad) gibt, geht der Mond durch den Mondknoten.

Genauer bekommen Sie es, wenn Sie die Aspektliste aufrufen, die via Link 'A' neben der Jahreszahl in der Liste der Jahresephemeriden verfügbar ist.

Dort finden Sie für 2002 in der Tabelle 1, auf Seite 8, unter 27 Sep 2002 folgende Einträge:
Mond Konj. True Node (Knotensymbol mit 'T' drin): 16:06 Uhr
Mond Konj. Mean Node (normales Knotensymbol): 18:21

Sollten Sie so etwas regelmässig brauchen, kaufen Sie sich besser im Buchhandel eine Ephemeride mit Aspektarium.

S Turner
--- Monday, September 30, 2002 at 03:41 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Not any, but all. The aspects are drawn as coloured lines, and the stair-like aspectarium lists those aspects with glyphs and orb. For more details, use the link on top of the chart 'Click to get additional tables'. For reading of the aspects, please use Free Horoscopes -> Astroclick Portrait

Alex [ txboy001.xyz*xyz.hotmail.com ]
Mesquite, USA --- Monday, September 30, 2002 at 01:37 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Bee
--- Sunday, September 29, 2002 at 18:34 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Greter Magda
6142 Gettnau, Schweiz --- Sunday, September 29, 2002 at 16:11 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Sean
Kansas City, USA --- Sunday, September 29, 2002 at 14:05 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: The problem is more difficult than you think. It is not a problem of prejudice, but of language and data processing. While it would be possible to write English text more or less gender-neutral, this leads to horrible clumsiness in many other languages, which have much more gender variation than English. Astrodienst's horoscopes are multilingual and all solutions must work for all languages we support.

Instead of trying to write gender-free with poor text quality as a result, we want to take advantage of the power of text processing and get the gender-dependent wordings right for each user, occording to his/her preferences. This has been Astrodienst's policy since more than 15 years.

We have always had a special option for report orders, where a customer could choose to have all partner-references expressed for same-sex partners. The customer would have to tell us with his/her order, that the option s=hom should be entered. Long-term customers and resellers in the gay and lesbian communities know about this option and place their orders accordingly.

In the free horoscope service, we found it difficult how to offer this option to our users. Many conservative heterosexuals would react negatively, if we ask them to enter their gender-preferences for partners.

We have now studied this problem at Astrodienst once again, and found a good solution. Within a few days, you will find it online. When you hit again a horoscope reading with expressed gender-dependent partner references, you will find a link at the bottom of that reading - or in the introduction - which guides you how to tell the computer to use same-sex partner references.

Please be patient for a few more days.

We will continue to use heterosexual partnerships as the default mode, but make it easy to switch. The switch will be persistently stored, so next time you access a horoscope for the same person, the chosen gender preference will be obeyed.

All this applies only to single-person horoscopes. In partner horoscopes our text has always been correct. The gender of both partners is explicitely known and the wording is correct. If you find a wrong gender reference in a partner horoscope (Short Report Partner or Astroclick Partner), this is just an editing error. Please report it with precise information, using the 'report a problem' link at the bottom of the corresponding page.

Update 22-Oct-2002: Today we have activated the new feature which allows to indicate the gender preference for a partner.

Calvin Keen Dossmann.
Professionel astrologier and astrological writer in Denmark.

Calvin Keen Dossmann [ Calvinkeen.xyz*xyz.dossmann.dk ]
Copenhagen, Denmark --- Sunday, September 29, 2002 at 13:54 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

ben harris [ benjamineharris.xyz*xyz.sbcglobal.com ]
hollywood, usa --- Sunday, September 29, 2002 at 05:04 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: There are no relocated progressed carts on our server. To emulate that, you would have to enter your relocated natal chart directly as natal (keeping Universal time of birth but using different birthplace), and progress that natal chart.

peter adams
nyack, ny, usa --- Sunday, September 29, 2002 at 03:18 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Liz
el paso, united states --- Saturday, September 28, 2002 at 17:53 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Linda Ciccone [ Wisdomseeker9.xyz*xyz.hotmail.com ]
--- Saturday, September 28, 2002 at 17:00 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: It is not really necessary to print the daily horoscope page. You can place a bookmark onto your desktop, access it any time you like and read it on the screen.

We advertise only our own services on this site, and the sales of these services make the free horoscopes possible. If you want free horoscopes, you might have to accept the ads.

Of course, you could order the printed Personal Horoscope Calendar for a year. It comes in perfect spiral binding and is really advertising-free.

Alexandra
, Deutschland --- Saturday, September 28, 2002 at 04:54 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Am ehesten kann ich Ihnen dazu die Jahresanalyse von Liz Greene empfehlen, siehe AstroShop. Wenn das Thema innerhalb der nächsten 12 Monate von Ihren persönlichen Konstellationen her deutlich angezeigt ist, wird sich in dieser Aanlyse etwas dazu finden. Versprechen kann ich es nicht.

Ich habe nur ein bisschen in diese Analyse hineingeschaut. Für Juni 2003 findet sich darin der Satz, im Zusammenhang mit Saturn Opposition Venus: Möglicherweise müssen Sie der Tatsache ins Auge sehen, daß bestimmte langjährige Beziehungen nicht länger lebensfähig sind.

Mehr werden wir Ihnen aber hier im Gästebuch nicht verraten. Das Gästebuch ist ganz klar nicht zur persönlichen Beratung bestimmt. Dafür haben wir die Angebote unter Gratis-Horoskope und - auf inhaltlich höherem Niveau - im AstroShop. Bei aller Freude an der Astrologie müssen wir schliesslich auch von etwas leben, sonst könnten wir auch diesen Service nicht bieten.

I hope you respond. Thank you

jeanne [ srosato332.xyz*xyz.aol.com ]
--- Saturday, September 28, 2002 at 01:52 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Please reaseach and study the existing literature about asteroids in astrology. I do not use asteroids in practice, and pay little attention to them.

Also, we do not interpret individual constellations here in the feedback area. Many question in the guestbook remain unanswered, exactly for that reason. Other questions remain unanswered because the answer is easy to find by a look into 'FAQ' or 'Unterstanding Astrology' on our website.

Marcia Paula

Marcia Paula Migliacci [ mpmigliacci.riotur.xyz*xyz.pcrj.rj.gov.br ]
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil --- Friday, September 27, 2002 at 19:44 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: There is an ongoing sequence of seminar publications by CPA Press - CPA is the Centre for Psychological Astrology, Liz Greene's London school.

Please follow this link

yani
--- Friday, September 27, 2002 at 10:47 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Giuseppe Al Khougia [ ashask.xyz*xyz.interfree.it ]
Faenza, Italy --- Friday, September 27, 2002 at 06:50 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: I recommend you try the various astrological journals and magazines. Usually you will need to subscribe, or buy them in specialized bookshops. Not everything can be published for free on the web.

In English, The Mountain Astrologer is the leading magazine.

In German, you can choose between three quality magazines: Astrologie Heute, Mercur, and Meridian.

I have read many contradictory reports on this and I am confused. I would like to know wheather these are good aspects or bad. Thanks.

Marta Crawford [ mcrawford.xyz*xyz.ucnsb.net ]
Edgewater, USA --- Friday, September 27, 2002 at 01:05 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Graham in Seattle

Graham
Seattle, US --- Thursday, September 26, 2002 at 21:41 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Please enter in the city field: n,ON
to find all towns starting with N in Ontario. There are 31 of them, and Napanee is among them. It seems that the spelling differs.

www.skyhighway.com/~swami_abalone

Swami Abalone [ swami_abalone.xyz*xyz.skyhighway.com ]
Santa Cruz, California, USA --- Thursday, September 26, 2002 at 20:10 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Thanks for your words. I am not sure who your favorite astrologer is, but if it is the same as mine, have a glimpse here at some older pictures which go back to the time when I started working with Liz Greene, i.e. 1985/86.
The first in the series shows Liz Greene with Gret Baumann-Jung, the daughter of Carl Jung and also an astrologer.

Shawn Crook
--- Thursday, September 26, 2002 at 18:55 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Be assured that all this informatio is taken into account. All you need and must enter is 'wrist watch time'. The rest is done by our system.

ricardo ferreira miranda [ ricardo.xyz*xyz.ys.com ]
belo horizonte, brazil --- Thursday, September 26, 2002 at 14:47 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Thank you. Our foreign language editor Karin will contact you and suggest a bit of trial work, e.g. one of the more important articles from the 'understanding astrology' section.

Mirta Serio
Buenos Aires, Argentina --- Thursday, September 26, 2002 at 12:30 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Saudações Neptunianas,
Dantas MiguÉL

LUIS MIGUEL PEREIRA DANTAS [ shiva73.xyz*xyz.mail.pt ]
LISBOA, PORTUGAL --- Thursday, September 26, 2002 at 10:42 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: That process could greatly be speeded up with the help of some really engaged and talented volunteers.

If you want free horoscope services in Portuguese, why don't you help to create them? If you are a good translator from English, and can dedicate 200 or 300 hours of your time, we will have the beginning of a Portuguese site.
But I need to warn you: This is a Saturnian and Mercurian matter - meaning dedication, determination, sharp intellect and business sense -, not a Neptunian matter of phantasies and wishful thinking.

ms.bobbie [ noel.xyz*xyz.yahoo.com ]
kranj, slovenia --- Thursday, September 26, 2002 at 08:21 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Not quite sure what you mean. A planet changing signs is like a person crossing a border to a different country, e.g. when you go from Slovenia to Austria, to Italy or Croatia. The Sun will feel differently when it is in Cancer country than when it is in Gemini country.

Frida
--- Thursday, September 26, 2002 at 06:18 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Thanks, we are happy too. It is a great step forward for us.

I will continue to answer in English in the guestbook to all non-German entries. As long as the language is kept simple, I can understand Spanish entries, but any attempts on my side to answer in Spanish would sound ridiculous.

vaso mavrou [ mavroy.xyz*xyz.koper.gr ]
athens, greece --- Thursday, September 26, 2002 at 04:59 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Diana
Austin, USA --- Wednesday, September 25, 2002 at 21:43 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Our next language plans are: Italian (i), Portuguese (p), Danish/Norwegian (n).
Some small parts of those - e.g. the Daily Horoscope - can already be accessed by changing the lang= parameter in the URL.

Alois Treindl [ webmaster ]
Meilen, Switzerland --- Wednesday, September 25, 2002 at 19:53 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

wendy block

wendy block [ wblock926.xyz*xyz.aol.com ]
montgomery village, maryland --- Wednesday, September 25, 2002 at 12:16 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: I am afraid there are currently no plans for Liz Greene to lecture again in the US. The last time was a one-week workshop in the Virginia mountains in 1986, and another week in Vermont in 1985, both with Richard Idemon.

I think tape recordings of these events are still sold by 'Pegasus Tapes', see www.pegasustape.com

Regular by Liz Greene seminars are held in London and Zurich.

be happy:)

keven hallock
san jose, usa --- Wednesday, September 25, 2002 at 03:25 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

keven hallock
san jose, usa --- Wednesday, September 25, 2002 at 03:15 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Erline Towner
--- Wednesday, September 25, 2002 at 02:30 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

leslie stewart [ leslie.stewart.xyz*xyz.citigroup.com ]
New York, USA --- Tuesday, September 24, 2002 at 15:47 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Probably someone is cleaning out all cookies stored on your computer.

You are well advised to use 'my astro' to create a registered user profile, which you can login to from anywhere and independent of cookies.

Sarah

Sarah
, Germany --- Tuesday, September 24, 2002 at 14:45 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

I wouldn't waste my time criticising a site that wasn't generally outstanding.

Linda
, Australia --- Tuesday, September 24, 2002 at 09:23 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: That's great. I will tell our graphic artist that she can come out from under the table.

Lou
, US --- Tuesday, September 24, 2002 at 05:24 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Thank you for the feedback. I think it is important while we are IN a relationship that we do not look so precisely and read so carefully about its shortcomings. Afterwards is early enough.

jules
--- Monday, September 23, 2002 at 23:57 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: To answer this question, please click on the little info button besides the hour field on the natal data entry page.

There are other info buttons on other pages, and there is a FAQ section (frequently asked questions and answers). Please look a bit left from where you are reading this guestbook.

Your question is answered in: FAQ ->Birth data entry->Birthtime/Hour->What time do I use.

If your friend feels that 'no one can do her chart properly', maybe you should forget about having it done. One has to respect people's feelings ;-)

Never force a horoscope on anyone.

Tomasz
Lodz, Poland --- Monday, September 23, 2002 at 10:36 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: I have in fact no idea what 'hyleg' is, must be something american with arabic roots ;)

But: we have this feature 'astro dictionary' just to the left of where you are reading this. Why don't you ask it?

John
, USA --- Monday, September 23, 2002 at 04:21 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

ednabrisson [ ednabrisson.xyz*xyz.aol.com ]
montreal, canada --- Sunday, September 22, 2002 at 18:55 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Interesting speculation. The simple reason is however that our database of VIPs is not well maintained. It was licensed from a data collector who has long stopped collecting.

Abigail [ abigail_nadando.xyz*xyz.hotmail.com ]
--- Sunday, September 22, 2002 at 15:25 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: It means that the Moon forms the same angle with the Sun as it did when you were born. There are some astrologers who consider this to be the 'astrologically most fertile day' in a woman's monthly cycle. It may be a good date to get yourself pregnant.

Michelle Monroe [ wunfreespirit.xyz*xyz.earthlink.net ]
Palatine, USA --- Sunday, September 22, 2002 at 12:59 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Aa: Free Horoscopes -> Astroclick Portrait -> click in any house -> click on link 'general meaning of house xx'

Be aware that simplified explanations like the one you get there often fall short.

Jacqui Bainbridge [ jacqui.xyz*xyz.jacquirah.com ]
Ballina, Australia --- Sunday, September 22, 2002 at 12:44 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: All kind of printed garbage is out there. It is not our responsibility or interest to discuss it and to uncover its errors. Please confront the source of your false data with Astrodient's output and find what they have to say.

Carlye [ cbirkenkrahe.xyz*xyz.xtra.co.nz ]
Auckland, NZ --- Sunday, September 22, 2002 at 09:45 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: In that case the horoscopes someone else computed for you have been false.

I have said this often enough: The Ascendant is a fact of nature. It is the degree of the ecliptic rising in the east at a given place and time. There is no room for 'opinions' about it.

Thanks.

Carlye [ cbirkenkrahe.xyz*xyz.xtra.co.nz ]
Auckland, NZ --- Sunday, September 22, 2002 at 04:20 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: The probably cause it that you confused am/pm on data entry.

Oakley
portland, usa --- Sunday, September 22, 2002 at 03:32 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: I am afaid I can't. It is as if you asked 'give me a recommendation on a good book for cooking'. Tastes and expectations differ too much. Please visit a good bookshop, and see for yourself what you like to read.

Samadhi
--- Sunday, September 22, 2002 at 00:22 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Ulrike [ ulrike.li.xyz*xyz.dplanet.ch ]
zürich, schweiz --- Saturday, September 21, 2002 at 16:48 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Selbstverständlich können Sie Horoskope für jeden Ereigniszeitpunkt ausrechnen und die Zeichnung anzeigen. Hingegen DEUTUNGEN liefern wir nur für die Horoskope von realen Personen. Ich weiss nicht, wie Sie zur Behauptung kommen, Sie könnten das Horoskop eines Ereignisses nicht AUSRECHNEN. Auf offensichtlich unsinnige Feedback-Einträge antworte ich eher nicht.

Unsere Deutungstexte sind weder für das Unterschriftsdatum von Verträgen, die Eröffnung von Läden noch für Abflugdaten von Flugzeugen geschrieben. Wenn Sie sie dennoch dafür verwenden wollen, so 'fälschen' Sie eben das Geschlecht und machen Sie sich ein Kinderhoroskop für Ihre Ladeneröffnung, o.ä. Unseren 'Segen' bekommen Sie dazu aber nicht.

Liebe Grüsse ,

Conchetta
Koeln, Deutschland --- Saturday, September 21, 2002 at 09:48 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Tut mir leid, wenn die Auswahl der Transite im 'Kurzhoroskop Vorchau' Ihnen nicht zusagt. Bitte beachten Sie, dass es kein vollständiges Bild, sondern eben eine stark gekürzte Auswahl ist.

Es ist übrigens NICHT eine Vorschau für 'Fische', sondern eine ganz persönliche für Ihre Geburtsdaten.

Herzlichen Dank. Angelika

Angelika
--- Saturday, September 21, 2002 at 07:53 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Der Text im Tageshoroskop stammt vom Produkt 'Persönlicher Horoskopkalender'. Anscheinend hat sich hier noch ein Satz eingeschmuggelt, der nur im Kontext des gedruckten Kalenders Sinn macht. Bitte denken Sie sich diesen Satz weg.

Joyce [ Kaleikat2.xyz*xyz.aol.com ]
Jensen Beach, FL, USA --- Saturday, September 21, 2002 at 04:06 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Please be assured that it worked for the other 61'000 visitors who used www.astro.com yesterday. Yours is the only such message. Most likely you have modified your browser configuration to forbid popup windows.

R,A.Wheeler
Chattanooga, TN, USA --- Friday, September 20, 2002 at 18:18 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Astrodienst's policy is simple: If you want our interpretation, you have to accept our astrological techniques (zodiac choice, house system, orbs, aspect selection etc). At Astrodienst, we do not use or interpret sidereal charts.

If you want to use your own astrological techniques, you are expected to create your own interpretations. We are happy to provide chart calculations for many different techniques (see extended chart selection and the options available there), but these are for users who know how to read the charts.

terry [ brandy714 ]
phila, usa --- Friday, September 20, 2002 at 16:08 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: I am afraid I wil not be tricked into starting to answer questions about your personal planetary placements in your chart.

In general terms, I would read this similar to a transiting Pluto conjunct natal Mars. Your nearby astrology bookshop will tell you more, maybe start with 'Planets in Transit' by Robert Hand.

Marina M. [ marinamilantoni.xyz*xyz.hotamail.com ]
Madrid, Spain --- Friday, September 20, 2002 at 14:44 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

ms.bobbie [ noel.xyz*xyz.yahoo.com ]
kranj, slovenia --- Friday, September 20, 2002 at 09:11 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: I don't know who 'THEY' are supposed to be. Certainly not Astrodienst, because Astrodienst does not sell any 'progressed moon foreast'. You seem to be confusing websites. Not all 'astro' websites on the Internet are one and the same.

Micki [ sorrow93.xyz*xyz.hotmail.com ]
Brooklyn, USA --- Friday, September 20, 2002 at 01:20 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Perhaps indeed.

To answer this question, please click on the little info button besides the hour field on the natal data entry page.

There are other info buttons on other pages, and there is a FAQ section (frequently asked questions and answers). Please look a bit left from where you are reading this guestbook.

Your question is answered in: FAQ ->Birth data entry->Birthtime/Hour->What time do I use.

john-john
mantova, italy --- Friday, September 20, 2002 at 00:02 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: You can study the Swiss Ephemeris source code at ftp://ftp.astro.ch/pub/swisseph/src/. The particular 'math function' you are looking for is in file swehouse.c, lines 619 and 1062 through 1114. For answers to further question, please read the Swiss Ephemeris documentation.

dawn [ dawnofthedead.xyz*xyz.ns.sympatico.ca ]
halifax, canada --- Thursday, September 19, 2002 at 19:21 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

niharika petit [ niharika_36.xyz*xyz.yahoo.co.in ]
Bangalore, India --- Thursday, September 19, 2002 at 18:46 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

P.P.S. I observe that the double-quote marks that I type (apparently more typically used by users of British or British-derived English than the single quotes favoured by American English speakers) don't appear on your feedback page. This must be something to do with different German- and English-language keyboards being set up for different punctuation? I will have to search google.com and find out what special command to press to create those funky square, below-the-line German quotation marks from my Australian keyboard.

Kristie
--- Thursday, September 19, 2002 at 16:03 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Kind regards,
Kristie

Kristie
Adelaide, Australia --- Thursday, September 19, 2002 at 15:54 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Maria Camila da Fonseca [ duquesa_astral.xyz*xyz.hotmail.com ]
Santana de Parnaíba, SP, Brazil --- Thursday, September 19, 2002 at 04:51 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Maria-Fernanda Alves Guimarães [ mfglopes.xyz*xyz.ig.com.br ]
São Paulo, Brasil --- Thursday, September 19, 2002 at 04:36 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Dear Maria-Fernanda, thanks for the feedback.

If you look in the Astro Shop, you see for each report in which langauges it is available. Many of our reports are available in Spanish and Portuguese.

We are in the process of translation essential parts of the website into more languages. This is hard and expensive work, and it is progressing well.

Spanish will be released within a few days. Italian will follow later this year. Portuguese is planned for next year.

Not all will be translated initially. We will depend on qualified volunteers to help with the work.

If you call up the daily horoscope, and change in the URL from lang=e to lang=s, you will find it in Spanish. When you ADD to the URL the code &clan=p, you get it even in Portuguese.

Martha [ shadybunch.xyz*xyz.iprimus.com.au ]
, Australia --- Thursday, September 19, 2002 at 02:36 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: We don't have Murdoch in the list of 250'000 cities. If you provide reliable coordinates, we will be happy to add it.

First, could you please tell me how/where would I attain that info about my, or anyone elses', chart? Second, what is the story on the universal center, and how to get that part of the study done? It seems there must be a universal center. I also believe that as we are able to find the multitude of universes beyond ours, we may find a multi-universal center, and perhaps the center of all physical phenomenon.
If you could help me, it'd be greatly appreciated. It'd be awesome to see where peoples' charts relate in those ways. Thank you.

Nahalo
New York, US --- Thursday, September 19, 2002 at 00:30 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Jason Westerman
Rocklin, CA --- Wednesday, September 18, 2002 at 18:52 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Jean Redman [ jeanred.xyz*xyz.prodigy.net ]
Albuquerque, USA --- Wednesday, September 18, 2002 at 03:36 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Jay lo flak - new name heard today [ bartveda3.xyz*xyz.netscape.net ]
huntington beach, usa --- Tuesday, September 17, 2002 at 23:22 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

AAlois adds: Please see Homepage -> [left columns] FAQ -> [left column] My Astro -> About Profiles -> How can I change or delete my e-mail address?

Jody Robinson [ jodyr.xyz*xyz.socal.rr.com ]
Fountain Valley, USA --- Tuesday, September 17, 2002 at 20:40 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Jody Robinson [ jodyr.xyz*xyz.socal.rr.com ]
Fountain Valley, USA --- Tuesday, September 17, 2002 at 18:07 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Sorry, I forgot to add this important bit:

you need to go back to data entry (use the link 'edit data for') and re-choose the birthplace (using the link 'other town'). Only in this step the new timezone information is read from the database into the natal data record of L.

I did those steps for you (accessing the data in your profile), so when you call up his chart now, it shows Ascendant 3 Scorpio.

The Ascendant does not depend on the choice of house system, by the way. It is an astronomical fact, the intersection point of the ecliptic circle and the horizon.

Lisa [ Starshine2129.xyz*xyz.yahoo.com ]
San Jose, USA --- Monday, September 16, 2002 at 23:46 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Martha [ mgale5.xyz*xyz.yahoo.com ]
--- Monday, September 16, 2002 at 21:36 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Please visit the 'astro shop' area to see the services we offer. You will find that relocation horoscopes are currently not among those. Please be assured that we do not hide some of the services under the counter, so to speak.

So, the answer to your question is: no, we do not.

Maybe you want to use the free 'Astroclick Travel' on our website.

Javier [ javierto_aprieto.xyz*xyz.yahoo.com ]
Barquisimeto, Venezuela --- Monday, September 16, 2002 at 19:15 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Jody Robinson [ jodyr.xyz*xyz.socal.rr.com ]
Fountain Valley, USA --- Monday, September 16, 2002 at 18:25 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: You have uncovered a bug in the timezone database. Billings MT and 6 other towns in Montana have been affected. I have fixed it, and for your given date it gives now Mountain war time instead of Mountain standard time.

Thank you!

Thanks -
Ken

Ken
North Carolina, US --- Monday, September 16, 2002 at 17:48 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Both views are valid. Saturn goes out of orb in November, but becomes retrograd and the transit is repeated. In the 'short report forecast' these phases are treated as separate occurences of the same transit, in the Daily Horoscope they are treated as one longer joint event.

Michael [ mggalvin.xyz*xyz.aol.com ]
, Australia --- Monday, September 16, 2002 at 13:42 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

violina [ violinat.xyz*xyz.abv.bg ]
Sofia, Bulgaria --- Sunday, September 15, 2002 at 16:16 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

andrea lopez [ andrealoga.xyz*xyz.hotmail.com ]
puebla, mexico --- Sunday, September 15, 2002 at 15:46 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Maliszewska Anna [ amjup2000.xyz*xyz.yahoo.com ]
Warsaw, Poland --- Saturday, September 14, 2002 at 20:43 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Delisa
--- Saturday, September 14, 2002 at 20:20 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: 11:19 am Universal time, see Homepage->Printable Ephemeris->A [besides 2002] page 8, column 3, Moon conj. Sun.

It is also found in the Daily Horoscope -> extended day choice, Oct 6th., if you subscribe the extended day choice.

Jean-Claude Henry
--- Saturday, September 14, 2002 at 17:18 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Amelia A Bare [ Redhy.xyz*xyz.skybest .com ]
West Jefferson, USA --- Saturday, September 14, 2002 at 16:45 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

carlene King [ kcs42.xyz*xyz.msn.com ]
Williamsburg, USA --- Saturday, September 14, 2002 at 16:01 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: We have received your order five days ago, but payment information is lacking.

In your order, you chose the option to fax the credit card data. However, so far you failed to do so, and we have been unable to reach you by email. Please contact us with your credit card info, or fax to 010 411 1 391 7574.

Angela Drake
--- Saturday, September 14, 2002 at 05:40 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

George Carey [ careyg.xyz*xyz.iinet.net.au ]
Perth, Australia --- Friday, September 13, 2002 at 23:58 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

E.K. Wilson
--- Friday, September 13, 2002 at 22:19 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

THANKS

QUEEN-MENDI [ SHAY_DAN.xyz*xyz.EXCITE.COM ]
AUSTIN, U.S --- Friday, September 13, 2002 at 21:39 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Jetzt können Sie ruhig diese e-mail löschen, wie es schon Ihre Gewohnheit geworden ist und wünsche Ihnen viel Erfolg noch bei der Bearbeitung Ihrer peinlichen infantilen Komplexen.
A bien tot!

Jungfrau-
rat mal, ja, genau, da --- Friday, September 13, 2002 at 17:34 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Zum Glück sind nicht alle Löwen so humorlos wie Sie, Rebekka. Nehmen Sie doch nicht alles so tierisch ernst.

PS: regarding Scorpios, please re-read my comment of 3-sep-2002 to Sarah.

Kessel
, Germany --- Friday, September 13, 2002 at 08:17 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Nostradamus ist ein Kapitel für sich. Erstens werden laufend Fälschungen erfunden, die zu aktuellen Ereignissen passen, und aus Sensationslust dann als Nostradamus-Vorhersagen ausgegeben.

Zweitens sind die meisten kryptischen Gedichtzeilen von Nostradamus sehr übersetzungs- und interpretationsbedürftig. Sie passen zu sehr vielen mögichen Ereignissen und Terminen.

Nostradamus lebte 1503 - 1566 und war u.a. Arzt in diversen Pestepidemien dieser Zeit. Sein Äusserungen zur 'islamischen Gefahr' sind am ehesten auf das Vordringen der Türken in Südosteuropa zu beziehen, die erstmals 1529, letztmals 1683 Wien belagerten. Seit dieser Zeit lässt sich jede beliebige Katastrophe oder vermeintliche Bedrohung mit einem der kryptischen Vierzeiler von Nostradamus 'untermauern'.

Es wird immer wieder Astrologen geben, die gerne den Sensationsmedien dienen und passendes dazu sagen, auch mit Nostradamus, der Bibel oder sonst was 'untermauert'. Das gilt aber auch für alle anderen publikumswirksamen Berufe, nicht nur Astrologen. Der drohende Untergang der Welt ist eben immer ein heisses Thema.

Thanks for a great website!

Margo
--- Thursday, September 12, 2002 at 17:38 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Raven [ ravenrosemoon333.xyz*xyz.yahoo.com ]
--- Thursday, September 12, 2002 at 15:03 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Thanks for your service and generosity, I have to hurry because we organise actually a TV Show here at the university .....CU BK

BK [ bernhardkrapp.xyz*xyz.web.de ]
Erlangen, Germany --- Thursday, September 12, 2002 at 12:54 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Thanks
Sianne Jones

Sianne Jones [ gw-sbdes.xyz*xyz.xtra.co.nz ]
Auckland, New Zealand --- Thursday, September 12, 2002 at 08:57 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Please use the world map. It is really adequate for all parts of the world. While the smaller maps look better, they do actually not provide more or different astrological information.

Patricia
Ottawa, Canada --- Thursday, September 12, 2002 at 03:28 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: As long as there are enough red carpets around for everyone, and sufficient staff to do the boring work, a bunch of Leos will do fine as government of Canada.

mprnair [ nairradhakrishnan.xyz*xyz.hotmail.com ]
Missouri City, USA --- Wednesday, September 11, 2002 at 21:45 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: There are these items in the menu line:
Homepage | Free Horoscopes | Astro Shop | | Feedback | My Astro

Please think about them. If the penny does not drop, try one after the other.

I am rather dissapointed and need maybe futher clarification on the readings.

Margo
--- Wednesday, September 11, 2002 at 17:14 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Dear Margo, I am sorry if you are disappointed about the reports you received.

Disappointment tends to arise when your expectations and your actual experience do not agree. This applies to both, your relationship with your lover/husband as well as to the services you received from Astrodienst.

If you expected the report to tell you on black ink 'this person tends to cheat in love relationships', then you expected wrongly. People are not machines with a fixed program, their behaviour is not fully predictable. Horoscopes are not sufficiently deterministic to answer such questions with yes or no.

It is possible that an astrologer in a personal counselling situation could make a clearer statement about the behaviour of your lover/husband in the relationship with you, after having talked to you and hearing what you have to say about him and about your relationship.

In computerized reports shipped by mail order, it would be irresponsible to make such clear statements. "Sugarcoating" is essential, as we do not wish to sell weapons to be used in the War of the Roses. We would hurt people by making such statements about them, and we would get our ass sued off.

The Psychological Horoscopes you received are an excellent tool to get a deeper insight into your own and your partner's personality and soul-life, and the Relationship Horoscopes provides deep insights into the inner nature of your relationship or marriage. It will also help you to understand why you picked him / why he picked you. However, the horoscope will not predict how long your relationship will last, or whether your partner will cheat on you or not. We did never promise this kind of answers.

You might want to consider personal councelling, either by a qualified marriage counsellor or an good psychologically trained astrologer, in your local environment.

Looking at your and your partner's chart, it may be that while he likes to play around with the eyes (Neptune cusp 5), he is quite stable in his actual commitment in a partnership. I have more doubt about your own Venus in Aries, exactly opposite Neptune, in regard to the longterm stability of your own feelings of love. Also you might have been wounded in relationships in the past (Chiron conjunct Descendant), out of which arises a mistrust which is hard to overcome.

In the end, you need to trust your own feelings - and develop your feelings of trust.

A. Gaillard
--- Wednesday, September 11, 2002 at 02:00 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Thanks for the kind feedback. You can be assured we will be around for a long time. We are in our 23rd year as a company, and Astrodienst is doing greater than ever as a business. We have to work hard to keep it that way in a swiftly changing world, but we enjoy what we do.

Tanya Murphy [ tanyamurphy64.xyz*xyz.hotmail.com ]
LOndon, UK --- Tuesday, September 10, 2002 at 19:56 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: The lines are called 'aspects'. Please read about them in the section 'Understanding Astrology' (see left column of Homepage). The thickness represents both their general importance as well as how precise the aspect angles are in a particular chart.

Marta
Granada, Spain --- Tuesday, September 10, 2002 at 16:44 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Please change in the URL the part which reads: lang=e into lang=s

Thomas Bedacht

Thomas Bedacht [ bedacht.xyz*xyz.aol.com ]
München, Deutschland --- Tuesday, September 10, 2002 at 15:32 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Wie wärs mit: Gratishoroskope -> erweiterte Grafikauswahl -> Häusersystem einstellen ?

DOLORES ARAU [ AMAPOLY.xyz*xyz.UNIVISION.COM ]
BOSTON, MASSASHUSETS --- Tuesday, September 10, 2002 at 03:09 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Nancy Cuervo
New York, U.S.A --- Tuesday, September 10, 2002 at 01:00 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Anrew North [ jaiz01 ]
Ojai, USa --- Monday, September 9, 2002 at 23:59 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois: Please use the page 'my astro'

alejandra [ greeta33.xyz*xyz.yahoo.com.ar ]
buenos aires, argentina --- Monday, September 9, 2002 at 23:48 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

eva [ edina2x2.xyz*xyz.yahoo.com ]
bucuresti, romania --- Monday, September 9, 2002 at 12:27 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

John Campbell.

John Campbell [ nicky1810.xyz*xyz.hotmail.com ]
Mansfield, Nottingham, England --- Monday, September 9, 2002 at 12:08 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: It is not a case of hacking. Most likely you have emailed a horoscope to someone, or someone has used your computer where the access information is stored.

What you should do:
- go to my astro -> view/edit profile -> bottom of page: link: change password
- once you have changed the password, activate the feature 'high security' near the bottom of the same page

Once you have activated 'high security', you will need to login each time you want to access your data on www.astro.com. But nobody else, even on your own computer, will be able to access or change your profile. It will also be safe to email horoscopes or links to horoscopes. While the recipient of such a mail will be able to view the single horoscope, but not the other data in your profile.

Kaye Ckleghron [ sputnik407.xyz*xyz.aol.com ]
--- Monday, September 9, 2002 at 03:40 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Please go to page 'my astro' and delete your profile.

Karin

Karin Maia [ karinmaia.xyz*xyz.directnet.com.br ]
Campinas, Brazil --- Sunday, September 8, 2002 at 23:58 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Please go to page 'my astro' and create a registered profile.

Iris
NYC, US --- Sunday, September 8, 2002 at 18:24 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: We will have a search engine at some point. But you can also load the guestbook archive, and use the browser menu 'find in this page' to find what you need.

My opinion about retrograde Mercury is not part of main-stream astrology. I am not sure I would want to repeat it in public in such sharpness.

I respect the fact that some astrologers use techniques and have opinions which do not fit with my own personal experience. Different people seem to be sensitive to different kind of aspects.

The Mercury placement in my natal chart might be so benign (conjunct Jupiter, and part of a grand trine) that I never get to feel any adverse effect or synchronicity of that planet, whatever it does on the sky. This might be why I never felt any negative effect or synchronicity of retrograde Mercury periods. After all, often you get what you - consciously or unconsciously - expect.

hannah [ hannahbartram66.xyz*xyz.hotmail.com ]
wolverhampton, england --- Sunday, September 8, 2002 at 15:06 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Karo

Karo [ chimba_99.xyz*xyz.yahoo.com ]
Wien, Ö --- Sunday, September 8, 2002 at 14:51 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Ich denke, sie gilt. Jupiter am Aszendent kann auch 'zuviel des Guten' sein. Inflationäre Selbstüberschätzung droht.

Alexander Salazar Raven [ asalaz.xyz*xyz.cantv.net ]
Caracas, Venezuela --- Sunday, September 8, 2002 at 12:20 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Please go to 'Free Horoscopes' and then edit the URL in your browser, changing lang=e to lang=s.

We will release the Spanish version shortly, when the first batch of translations is complete.

Christoph Assheuer

Christoph Assheuer
Berlin, Germany --- Sunday, September 8, 2002 at 09:59 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Louise [ lougroe.xyz*xyz.yahoo.de ]
--- Saturday, September 7, 2002 at 20:27 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Liebe Frau Luise G., ich kann leider nur antworten, dass Ihre "Astrologin" das Rechnen lieber denen überlassen sollte, deren Beruf es ist. Der Aszendent ist 5 Grad Jungfrau. Das ist eine objektive astronomische Tatsache, der Grad des tropischen Tierkreises, der zum gegebenen Zeitpunkt am Osthorizont aufging.

Eine weitere Tasache ist, dass sich Astrodienst NICHT ab und zu verrechnet. Wir leben seit 23 Jahren davon, kompetent und richtig zu rechnen.

Ich muss gestehen, dass ich ein bisschen allergisch bin gegenüber anonymen Verleumdungen bezüglich der mathematisch/astronomischen Kompetenz von Astrodienst. Damit ist Ihre "Astrologin" gemeint, nicht Sie, liebe Luise G.

Vielleicht kann mir Ihre "bekannte" "Astrologin" ja per email oder Brief mal vorrechnen, wie sie auf einen Löweaszendenten kommt. Dann kläre ich sie gerne über ihren Fehler auf. Aber bitte "zu Fuss" mit Bleistift, Papier, publizierten Ephemeriden und Häusertabellen. Bitte nicht mit "meine Software hat es so ausgegeben".

PS: Es gibt Zeiten und Orte, bei denen die Datenlage bezüglich der anzuwendenden Zeitzone oder Sommerzeit unsicher ist. Dort werden auch unsere Horoskope entsprechend unsicher. Berlin fällt zu keinem Zeitpunkt unter diese Rubrik; selbst in der unmittelbaren Nachkriegszeit, als es kurzzeitig unterschiedliche Regelungen in der russischen Zone und in den Westzonen gab, sind die Fakten sehr gut dokumentiert und die 'preussische' Verwaltung hat sich korrekt an die Vorschriften gehalten. Wirklich unsichere Fälle in Deutschland gab es nur in den 1920er Jahren in den linksrheinischen Gebieten mit französischer Besetzung und im Saarland. Dort gab es verbreitet Fälle von zivilem Ungehorsam gegenüber der von der Besatzungsmacht verordneten Pariser Zeit, die damals nicht mitteleuropäische Zeit war.

steven davis [ aqueerius2002.xyz*xyz.yahoo.com ]
detroit, US --- Saturday, September 7, 2002 at 18:47 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: I am happy to explain. To check your case, it would have been useful if you had given your data. We do not 'magically' know what chart you refer to when you write to us.

If you look into an ephemeris, you will see that Venus goes retrograde between 11-oct-2002 and 21-nov-2002. It will come back to many points in the chart which it transits before it goes retrograde. A transit begins with the first entry into orb, and is not over until a transiting planet FINALLY leaves the orb. This way, a Venus transit can begin now, but remain valid until two and a half months later, when Venus has finally left the (1 degree) orb of that aspect.

For more details, please read the recently extended 'Frequently asked Questions' area, see link in left column of homepage: FAQ, near the bottom of that page 'transit durations'.

Hellen
Village of Yellow Springs, USA --- Saturday, September 7, 2002 at 14:44 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

leda Medearis [ swanleda.xyz*xyz.aol.com ]
La Habra, USA --- Saturday, September 7, 2002 at 14:12 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: I am sorry, but we do not offer this kind of service. Please contact a local astrologer in your area with your question. You might want to look for an Indian / Hindu / Jyotish astrologer, as they specialize frequently in this kind of advice.

Vaishali Patel [ hivaishu78.xyz*xyz.hotmail.com ]
Baroda, India --- Saturday, September 7, 2002 at 09:05 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

b [ bwillson.xyz*xyz.acsalaska.net ]
anchorage, usa --- Saturday, September 7, 2002 at 05:11 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois add: In AstroClick Travel, just use the world map to see all of Alaska.

Jerome O [ AmazonSub.xyz*xyz.aol.com ]
Cumming, USA --- Saturday, September 7, 2002 at 02:56 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

more clearly: what is the graph between the houses/planets and the aspects. (3 colums across, 4 columns down)?

also i was wondering if you know about the accuracy of the interpretations in The only astrology book you'll ever need good book or not?

oakley
portland --- Friday, September 6, 2002 at 23:47 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: You probably refer to the table of elements, see http://www.astro.com/info/in_elements_e.htm

We cannot comment on books we don't know. Judging from the idiotic title, I suspect it might be worthless - or at least worth less than it claims.

Rhiannon [ dreamwatcher_au.xyz*xyz.hotmail.com ]
Melbourne, Australia --- Friday, September 6, 2002 at 00:41 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Gruß S.Herrmann

Herrmann
--- Thursday, September 5, 2002 at 12:31 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Ich fürchte, Sie irren sich. Ein Fehler in der Aszendentberechnung bei Astrodienst ist SEHR unwahrscheinlich. Ihre Behauptung ist natürlich ohne Angabe der betreffenden Daten unüberprüfbar.

Am besten benutzen Sie den Link 'Problem melden' unten auf der Seite, auf der das angeblich falsche Horoskop angezeigt wird; dann erhalten wir automatisch, was Sie sehen.

Der Aszendent ist der Grad des Tierkreises, der zu gegebener Zeit an einem gegebenen Ort gerade aufgeht. Es ist ein 'fact of nature'. Man kann ihn nur richtig oder falsch berechnen. Für Mehrheitsentscheidungen a la 'mehrere Programme sagen etwas anderes' ist das Thema nicht geeignet. Richtige Berechnungen hängen ab von technischer Kompetenz.

Entweder haben Sie einen Eingabefehler gemacht, oder Sie sollten die Funktion 'uninstall' Ihrer Software benutzen...

jeddymay [ jeddymay.xyz*xyz.yahoo.de ]
hamburg, deutschland --- Thursday, September 5, 2002 at 10:20 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: falls Ihre Schwester Zwilling ist: die haben oft mehrere Seelen in einer Brust. Dass sie gleich mehrere verschiedene Horoskopzeichnungen haben können, wäre ein Novum, aber bei Zwillingen nicht wirklich überraschend.

Vielleicht ist der Grund aber banaler, und Sie haben sich nur in der Vielzahl der bei ASTRO.COM möglichen astrologischen Techniken und Zeichnungsvarianten etwas verirrt.

Anne
Laval, Canada --- Thursday, September 5, 2002 at 00:02 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

The ascendant sign has changed for my birth place/time, since i last used your wonderful website a week or so ago... it was Gemini now shows up as Capricorn for the same birth time place..... which i have checked several times.

L [ lmorganic.xyz*xyz.yahoo.com ]
Sydney, Australia --- Wednesday, September 4, 2002 at 22:46 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: This can ONLY have happened due to different data input by yourself. Maybe you once used AM, the other time PM?

Robert [ rcomeau46.xyz*xyz.hotmail.com ]
Burlington, MA, USA --- Wednesday, September 4, 2002 at 22:05 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Thanks.

Courage
--- Wednesday, September 4, 2002 at 19:45 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

All in all, a great site!

Terri
--- Wednesday, September 4, 2002 at 18:42 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: The area of influence for each line is within a range of 150-250 km (100 - 150 miles) on both sides of a line. It is impossible to locate any influence at higher spatial resolution. Therefore more detailed maps would not serve any purpose, except needing more download time.

william
--- Wednesday, September 4, 2002 at 00:51 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Please look in an ephemeris (a tabular listing of day by day planetary positions). See Homepage -> [left column] printable ephemeris

Pedro R. Reis [ meialua1.xyz*xyz.hotmail.com ]
Playa Del Rey, USA --- Tuesday, September 3, 2002 at 18:50 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Homepage -> [left column] Understanding Astrology -> Introduction to Astrology -> link: display topic as one page -> Browser menu File:Print -> read the printout

Raven [ ravenrosemoon333.xyz*xyz.yahoo.com ]
--- Tuesday, September 3, 2002 at 15:40 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Heinz-Dieter Novy [ novy-.xyz*xyz.web.de ]
Stuttgart --- Tuesday, September 3, 2002 at 09:36 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Bitte gehen Sie zur Seite 'Mein Astro' und melden Sie sich bei Ihrem registrierten Profil an. Benutzen Sie dazu den Link 'bei vorhandenem registriertem Profil anmelden'.

Als 'Gastbesucher' können Sie nicht auf Abonnements zugreifen, sondern nur, wennSie im gleichen Profil angemeldet sind, in dem auch die Bestellung des Abonnements erfolgte.

Bei der Anmeldung erhält Ihr PC von unserem Server ein 'Cookie', so dass bei späteren Besuchen auf unserer Website die Verbindung zu dem registrierten Profil wieder automatisch hergestellt wird. Sollten Sie Cookies auf Ihrem PC mal löschen, müssen Sie sich auf 'mein Astro' wieder einloggen, um zu Ihren Daten und Ihren Abonnements zu gelangen.

Sarah

Sarah
, Germany --- Tuesday, September 3, 2002 at 07:37 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Thanks, Sarah. Please understand that I was just joking and did not intend to attack Scorpios. Obviously it is a matter of taste, which style of web design one prefers. I am happy to bear the accusation that Astrodienst looks 'too professional'.

I just found it funny that this first - and rather wild - attack on our recently introduced improved advertising came from a five-star Scorpio.

I think the rest of our site demonstrates that the astrology we provide goes far beyond sun-sing stereotyping. This does not have to mean that the occasional joke is forbidden and everything has just to be dead serious.

Even with my mentioning of the five-fold Scorpio the person writing under the pseudonym Linda is as pseudonymous as before.

SharonScheepers [ shas.xyz*xyz.telkomsa.net ]
Potchefstroom, South Africa --- Tuesday, September 3, 2002 at 06:14 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: I am afraid, at this time we ship reports only as beautifully printed and bound booklets. Normal shipment is by airmail, and courier service is available as an option.

luciana salgado [ luciana.xyz*xyz.confrariadetextos.com.br ]
sao paulo, brasil --- Monday, September 2, 2002 at 23:00 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Linda
, Australia --- Monday, September 2, 2002 at 22:34 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Welcome too, Linda, to the 21st century astrology website which in-corporates the best free and professional services. Thank you, and enjoy!

Speaking of pharmaceutica, reading a Psychologcal Horoscope by Liz Greene will often be more helpful, and have less negative side effects than a subscription for Prozac.

PS: You did not mention that you have the Sun plus four other planets in Scorpio. You have given us a fascinating illustration of the archetype in its pure-bred form. Our graphic artist is already hiding under her desk.

I am afraid I will never see the day when I can make all five-star Scorpios happy.

Pamela Neeley
Cameron, TX --- Monday, September 2, 2002 at 21:11 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

why we get that birth chart with houses interchanged with new sequence instead just the planet placement in signs following the natural sequence 1, 2,3 aries, taurus , gemini would be the right one. I am not sure of this , help me .

Balaji Sunder Rajan [ bsfrc_2000.xyz*xyz.yahoo.com ]
salem, Ma --- Monday, September 2, 2002 at 17:19 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Babylon Alchemist [ Shaman1313.xyz*xyz.aol.com ]
Saint Louis, USA --- Monday, September 2, 2002 at 16:14 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

E.
H --- Monday, September 2, 2002 at 11:34 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Charlotte [ lovesfreespirit.xyz*xyz.lycos.com ]
--- Sunday, September 1, 2002 at 19:23 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Jennifer Chawla [ Jaishikha.xyz*xyz.hotmail.com ]
Yuba City, USA --- Sunday, September 1, 2002 at 17:50 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Debra [ debemack.xyz*xyz.aol.com ]
Encinitas, Ca, USA --- Sunday, September 1, 2002 at 17:34 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: One of the oldest proverbs in what used to be called EDP (electronic data processing) is: garbage in - garbage out.

This means: if you enter false data, you get false answers. If you get questionable output, check your own input first.

You have entered 11.11 am for Laura, not pm.

As a simple check, you need only to look at the Sun in the chart drawing. The Sun in the 11th house can't be right for a night birth. For a night birth the Sun must be under the horizon, in the lower half of the chart drawing.

Ron Conroy / Satyahit [ satyahit.xyz*xyz.hotmail.com ]
Laie, Hawaii --- Sunday, September 1, 2002 at 17:28 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Your request is not fully clear. Basically, a chart drawing is already what you want, and you find beautiful chart drawings on this website.

To use it to look up the planets on the sky, you need to have an idea where the tropical zodiac is found on the sky (tropical signs of the zodiac are not the same as the sidereal fixed-star constellations).

For oberservation purposes, you will be better served with astronomy software. Please use google.com to search for it.

Since I was an infant when the family left the area of my birth, I know nothing about the cities other than that Urbana/Champaign are often referred to as the same city. Chicago, for example, covers a much larger area than Champaign-Urbana, but Chicago is treated as a single location for charting horoscopes, whereas Champaign and Urbana are assigned differing latitudes and longitudes.
I'm wondering how professional astrologers handle these situations.
I find your site extremely useful and interesting. Thanks much for providing it.

Sergio Caballero [ lalocaballero.xyz*xyz.aol.com ]
San Francisco, US --- Sunday, September 1, 2002 at 00:52 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: I have to contradict you: There are no differences at all in the chart or in the reading, whether you cast your horoscope for Champaign or Urbana. But there are 11 different towns named Urbana in our database, maybe you picked the wrong one without noticing that it did not say 'IL' behind it.

About timezones, I can assure you that 'believe' is not enough. We do better than that, we KNOW.

In Illinois there was a law in 1942 which obliged birth registrars to make all registrations not in 'war time' but in Central Standard Time. All officially registered birth data have to be assumed to be in CST. This is what our database assumes.

When you entered your data on our website, a flashing red waring message appeared on the data entry form:
ATTENTION: We assume that birthtime was registered lawfully as CST

If your birthtime originates not from an official registry document but from a private recording, you have to assume that it was not recorded with the (stupid) official rule, but with common sense, i.e. in 'wrist watch time'. In that case you need to use 'manual timezone'.

To do so, please click the checkbox manual timezone and press continue, then select the entry w05:00 EST/CDT.

Our system is very carefully implemented. Normally, you should rely on the automatic settings. We can only represent the legal timezone rules; when these are strange, we issue a warning. If a user knows that HIS data deviate from the lawful recording standard, the manual feature should be used.