Archive of visitors' feedback about the Astrodienst Website

Astrodienst Online Feedback Area Archive December 2002

Barbara
--- Tuesday, December 31, 2002 at 23:51 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Marianna von Albrecht-Reis [ vonalbrecht2000.xyz*xyz.yahoo.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
San Francisco, CA, USA --- Tuesday, December 31, 2002 at 23:34 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

wcb-s

Wilfried C. Brumec-Sesulka [ KILLSPAM_w.brumec.xyz*xyz.medizin.at --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Wien, Österreich --- Tuesday, December 31, 2002 at 10:52 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Norma

norma rodgers [ the.rodgers.xyz*xyz.tesco.net --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
west kirby, u.k --- Tuesday, December 31, 2002 at 01:38 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

ARC TAURUS
Eschenz, Schweiz --- Tuesday, December 31, 2002 at 00:24 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Sara [ lifeskills.xyz*xyz.copper.net --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Houston, TX, USA --- Monday, December 30, 2002 at 22:23 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: please see below a similar entry of 22-dec-2002

Laster: A link in the left column of the English language homepage was added on Jan 7.

Cristina

Maria Cristina Alonso [ mca0507.xyz*xyz.starmedia.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
, Argentina --- Monday, December 30, 2002 at 18:30 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Please allow me to answer in English. Astrodienst provides computerized horoscope services by mail and via the web. We do not see the client, do not speak to her/him and deal only with birth data information, no other input from the client.

We think that the area of medical astrology is to sensitive to be handled from such a distance. It should be reserved to personal astrological consultation, and even there an astrologer needs to be very careful. In many countries it is against the law to provide medical advice without the proper medical qualifications. This is why Astrodienst has chosen to stay away from the field of medical astrology.

Rita McBrayer [ ritamcbrayer.xyz*xyz.hotmail.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Silver Spring MD, USA --- Monday, December 30, 2002 at 18:05 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Nobody is deleting anything. Please administer the data stored in your profile yourself via 'my astro'.

alberto cirilo [ ph2rose.ink.xyz*xyz.uumail.de --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
füssen, germany --- Monday, December 30, 2002 at 16:43 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: The Sun entered Pisces on 19 feb 1963 at 09:09 AM Universal Time. This is 04:09 AM New York time. Before that time, the Sun was still in Aquarius.The exact date and time of sign change varies from year to year. For example in 1962, the Sun's ingress into Pisces was 19-feb, 03:15 am UT, which is 18-feb-1962, 10:15 pm New York Time. In 1961, it was 18-feb 4:16 pm NY time.

Please see http://www.astro.com/swisseph/ae/1900/d5ge1_1963.pdf and the other 'Printable Ephemeris' files accessible from our homepage.

Marianna von Albrecht-Reis [ vonalbrecht2000.xyz*xyz.yahoo.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
San Francisco, CA, USA --- Monday, December 30, 2002 at 16:10 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: 80 km distance in location makes only as much difference as a change of 4 minutes in time, i.e. it is mostly irrelevant (one degree change of house cusps).

But I have this to say: You should never force a horoscope on anyone who has not asked for it. Leave the friend alone - he will find his own astrology at the time he is ready for it.

C.T. [ ctcomm.xyz*xyz.look.ca --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Calgary, Canada --- Monday, December 30, 2002 at 16:08 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

nikolina [ nikolina27.xyz*xyz.yahoo.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
ljubljana, slovenia --- Monday, December 30, 2002 at 12:21 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: I am sorry, but we do not give personal advice in the guestbook area. We would be overwhelmed with requests, if we started. Personally, I think your view of astrology is somewhat fatalistic and mechanistic. Maybe you should try to step out of the shadows it has cast, and ignore it for a while.

Thanks in advance for any assistance or leads you can provide.

Diane
, USA --- Sunday, December 29, 2002 at 21:38 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: I am sorry, but we do not give personal advice in the guestbook area. We would be overwhelmed with requests, if we started. I also do not feel competent regarding the questions you are raising.

I recommend to remain rather skeptical towards any claims by astrologers about rigid relationships between particular planetary constellations/movements and the mental health problems you mention. Some astrologers make unqualified claims without the necessary careful study of each individual case. I do not think that medical advice by email, without an extensive interaction with the patient(s), would be responsible professional work.

[added later] I asked a friend who is working as a trained psychoanalyst and astrologer, and this is what she commented:

I am pretty appalled by the freedom with which the diagnosis "bipolar" seems to be handed out in the US at the moment; it is obviously the fashionable diagnosis, so everyone with any emotional problems is receiving it, which makes the whole diagnosis meaningless. This is probably connected with some particular medication which is popular at the moment, and cynical though it sounds, fashions in psychiatric diagnosis tend to follow fashions in new medications. I have in fact kept an astrological eye on what used to be called manic depression (and is now called bipolar), and have found that it has little to do with Uranus.

L
Seattle, WA --- Sunday, December 29, 2002 at 21:23 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

sabine
--- Sunday, December 29, 2002 at 16:48 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Wir konzentrieren uns auf persönliche Astrologie. Für Kommentare zu globalen Weltereignissen fühlen wir uns nicht berufen, und zu Kommentaren zu rein spekulativen Daten schon überhaupt nicht. Ich halte wenig von solchen Spekulationen.

lisa
--- Sunday, December 29, 2002 at 11:22 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

DC
--- Sunday, December 29, 2002 at 00:02 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: For the world maps, see Free Horoscopes -> 'Astroclick Travel', and for the Persona charts, see 'Understanding Astrology' -> 'Advanced Articles'.

Mac
--- Saturday, December 28, 2002 at 23:01 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: No, we don't. We have little interest in 'sidereal astrology' and would not know which guru's ayanamsa to choose. They have all different ones and fight a lot about it. You can create a simple sidereal ephemeris on the Swiss Ephemeris test page, if you study all the options.

Christos [ orange_cpk.xyz*xyz.hotmail.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Athens, Greece --- Saturday, December 28, 2002 at 18:50 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: I am sorry, but we do not give personal advice in the guestbook area. We would be overwhelmed with requests, if we started.

saith [ fhueber.xyz*xyz.comcast.net --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
phila, usa --- Saturday, December 28, 2002 at 16:50 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Thank you very much for your attantion.

J.M.N.Bandara [ bandara_jmn.xyz*xyz.yahoo.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Colombo, Sri LAnka --- Saturday, December 28, 2002 at 12:10 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: I am sorry, but we do not give personal advice in the guestbook area. We would be overwhelmed with requests, if we started. We also cannot answer questions regarding differences betweeen Hindu astrology and western astrology. Please consult your local astrologer(s).

Steven

Steven Isaac [ djme04.xyz*xyz.aol.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Tampa, USA --- Saturday, December 28, 2002 at 01:43 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

katrin
--- Friday, December 27, 2002 at 23:01 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Ich finde es verwirrend, dass die einen Leute Katrin ohne h schreiben, und die anderen Kathrin mit h, wieder andere sogar Catherine mit e und c. Was ist nun richtig? Warum ist das nicht eindeutig?

Currently I have a saturn retrograde trine the sun transit. According to your site I will experience difficulty/challenges in about 4 years. I am currently in grad school for a MA in counseling. It is amazing how accurate the daily and long term readings have been for me during the past 6 months. In another year I will graduate and then it will take two years to work for liscensure. Finally I will take an exam and this will be close to 4 years in the future. I hope this is the only obstacle I will face. I began studying astrology aboaut 6 years ago and it is my joy. I would rather have a chart than a Rorschach to help me gain insight into another! Fortunately I've met some really excellent astrologers and hope to study again in the future when grad school is over. This site is invaluable to me now especially when I have no money and need free info! Please comment on the saturne retrograde trine sun transit and the four years in the future when I will encounter adversity. Respectfully, Skye

skyebethel [ skyebethel.xyz*xyz.yahoo.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Harrisonburg, USA --- Friday, December 27, 2002 at 20:17 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: No need to trepidate - I do not always grumble or bite, and certainly not polite young ladies like yourself.

Please understand that we do not give personal consultations in the feedback area. I make only a slight exception in your case, as the mention of the '4 years' period in the text was actually misleading - it only applied to the trine which happes 10 years after the Saturn-Sun conjunction, i.e. 4 years before the opposition, but not to the other trine 9-10 before the Saturn-Sun conjunction. I have reworded the reading slightly to fix that.

You have no reason to worry. A Saturn Sun contact can very much be an experience of strength, not of difficulty, if you are prepared. I think you are already. Here is Robert Hand's text again:

Further training
At this time the circumstances of your life and your own inner energies are working quite well together. But this influence will not seem especially lucky; rather, your life as a whole will run smoothly, and whatever you do will come out well. Without any special sense of effort, you are actually able to make significant progress and get a great deal done. Take advantage of this and accomplish as much as possible. If an opportunity arises for further training to expand the range of your experience, take it, because you will build up a bulwark against possible adversity later on. The more you accomplish at this time, the easier it will be to live up to demands that will be made upon you a few years from now.

This is a time of preparation for the climaxes that come at the opposition and conjunction transits. Therefore you should use this period to make your world strong and secure against difficulties. This is also a good time for building up your physical strength rather than wasting it. If you waste your energy now, it won't mean immediate trouble, but in a few years, when you need strength and energy, you may not have it.

This is a good time to win recognition from others for your achievements. Employers or others with whom you work will be impressed with your diligence. And you should strive to impress them, because in a few years your goals will be challenged, but if you have convinced others that you are worthwhile, you will overcome those obstacles more easily.

kathy [ kathyhyltoft.xyz*xyz.hotmail.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
copenhagen, Danmark --- Friday, December 27, 2002 at 18:59 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Aime Calderon [ aimecalderon.xyz*xyz.hotmail.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
santo domingo, dominican republic --- Friday, December 27, 2002 at 12:49 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

salome [ salomegala.xyz*xyz.hotmail.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
bilbao, españa --- Friday, December 27, 2002 at 06:34 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: For Julian Calendar dates, please add the letters 'jul' behind the year. For more information, please click on the [i] button besides the date entry field. It says:

Años antes de 100 A.D.
Cuando ingresa un año, generalmente puede omitir los dos primeros dígitos del número del año. Ej.: un valor año "79" será interpretado como "1979". Si quiere ingresar el año 79 A.D., deberá ingresar "079". Para el año 5 A.D. por favor ingrese "005".

El programa generalmente asume que son fechas del calendario Gregoriano. Si se requiere un fecha del calendario Juliano, por favor ingrese "jul" después del número del año, e.j. "1066 jul". Para la mayoría de las fechas históricas antes del año 1582 querrá ingresar "jul".

Decidimos no encargarnos del cambio de calendario en forma automática. Muchos libros de historia han convertido las fechas históricas al sistema Gregoriano, mientras que otras fuentes han mantenido las fechas en el sistema Juliano original. No es posible que nuestras computadoras reconozcan qué hizo la fuente de su fecha de nacimiento con respecto a la conversión del calendario.

Los años A.C. deben ingresarse como números negativos. Atención, debe utilizarse la cuenta de años astronómica. El año histórico 3 A.C. es -2 en el estilo de cuenta astronómica. La diferencia surge del hecho de que el estilo de cuenta histórica no tiene año cero, mientras que el estilo astronómico permite año cero.

Anne

Anne [ yenannes.xyz*xyz.yahoo.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Colombo, Sri Lanka --- Friday, December 27, 2002 at 05:54 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

d
--- Friday, December 27, 2002 at 02:46 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Gemma
--- Thursday, December 26, 2002 at 20:42 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: I have analyzed the years -5000 to +5000 for you. If you include the outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, the answer is no.
The only years when Pluto was in Scorpio and Neptune in Pisces were

-4371
-4372
-4373
-4374
-4858
-4859
-4860
-4861
-4862
-4863
-4864
4959

-4863
-4864

1402
1405
1429
1461
1462
1488
1520
1521
1547
1579
1580
1606
1607
1639
1640
1666
1699
1725
1758
1782
1784
1817
1844
1876
1900
1903
1959 sa,cp
1960 sa,cp
1962 pi,aq
2018
2019
2021
2022
2078
2081
2082

Sahin Guler [ sahin_69.xyz*xyz.yahoo.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
San Juan, Puerto Rico --- Thursday, December 26, 2002 at 17:42 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: The reference place is indeed global for all data in your profile.

Laurette [ laurette99.xyz*xyz.excite.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Chicago IL, USA --- Thursday, December 26, 2002 at 12:47 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Our data entry page requires 'wrist watch time' for data entry. Wrist watch time is what a normal person's watch, or a wall clock, will have shown at the location and date of the (birth) event.

Whether your birth certificate recorded wrist watch time (which would be usual and sensible practice) or a manipulated time we cannot know.

steven

steven
--- Thursday, December 26, 2002 at 09:37 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Debby [ mikemcg53.xyz*xyz.msn.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Meriden, usa --- Thursday, December 26, 2002 at 01:36 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

sabine [ tamina.xyz*xyz.goldmail.de --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
--- Wednesday, December 25, 2002 at 16:59 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

SMTC
--- Wednesday, December 25, 2002 at 10:07 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

steven
detroit, mi --- Tuesday, December 24, 2002 at 21:16 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: let's exercise some Christmas generosity.

Mary Novak
Shamanic Dreamkeeper

Mary the Aquaarian [ Shaman1313.xyz*xyz.aol.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
St Louis, USA --- Tuesday, December 24, 2002 at 19:24 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Pam Young

Pamela Young [ 2pyoung.xyz*xyz.rogers.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Guelph, Canada --- Tuesday, December 24, 2002 at 14:20 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Pam, I have a kind of indirect relationship to that project, and it is not the first time that Astodienst donated to it. Beat Richner MD was one of the two pediatrists who attended the birth of my twin daughters to take care of the newborns. That was in 1991, shortly before he moved permanently to Cambodia.

hp

hp
--- Tuesday, December 24, 2002 at 09:49 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds on 9-Jan-2003: Ab heute verfügbar

Tout d'abord un grand merci pour ce site très riche où je viens chaque jour puiser l'au de ma journée.
J'apprécie que vous traduisiez les horoscopes en français, je ne risque plus de faire de contre-sens. Envisagez-vous de traduire également les commentaires un jour ou l'autre?
Amicalement.
Mireille

Mireille Perlot
, FRANCE --- Tuesday, December 24, 2002 at 09:30 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Ich will mich nur bedanken für diese fantastische Website.
Habe sie schon 2x weiter empfohlen.
Frohe weihnachten + frohes Neues Jahr !!!

Matthias [ mgpunkt.xyz*xyz.web.de --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
München, Deutschland --- Monday, December 23, 2002 at 06:47 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Are the charts accurate BC? I was checking an alleged chart for Jesus, April 17 -6 (bc). The star of Bethlehem is supposed to have been the conj of Jup-Sat in Aries. I find the conj to be in Pisces. Any help appreciated

stanbee [ stanbee.xyz*xyz.myyellowstone.net --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Sf, Ca, USA --- Monday, December 23, 2002 at 05:11 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Of course the charts are correct. I can only say that we compute the real planet positions, not "supposed" ones.

For data entry of historical data, please click on the [i] info button besides the date entry field, or read the FAQ. You will want to add 'jul' behind the year, and take care to use astronomical year counting for BC dates.

denis hayes [ dmichaelhayes.xyz*xyz.hotmail.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
--- Monday, December 23, 2002 at 01:12 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: We have not received such email from you. We will be happy to ship the report in the next few days. Thanks for the re-order.

Hatch [ jalapep.xyz*xyz.innercite.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Somerset, CA, USA --- Sunday, December 22, 2002 at 21:15 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: For the orbs we use in our standard chart styles, please see the page http://www.astro.com/info/in_aspect_e.htm and scroll to the bottom.

Orbs are a matter of personal taste, like the dress you wear. Our standard web styles use Liz Greene's customary orbs. Other chart styles have rather different settings, but these are currently not documented on the website (you can try the definition files in directory /h/mthsrc but do not expect to understand anything or to get an explanation).

A user interface to allow full fredom in choice of orbs on this website would be far to complex. If you need that, you are better off with astrology software for your PC, like Kepler or Solar Fire.

Please be aware that a large orb does not say anything about the importance you place on an aspect. Wider orbs will have the effect that you see more aspects in a chart, so you don't overlook them. Whether you then consider aspects with a wide orb as relevant or not, is a decision you have to make when you interpret the chart - if you want to disregard wide orb aspects of a night Sun, the decision is up to you. You might still want to see those aspects, so that you can consciously decide, and learn.

Roos van Velden
, Netherlands --- Sunday, December 22, 2002 at 19:34 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

So anyway, I just felt that I should maybe speak up for Hand and Pelletier, because having recently lived through some very negative transits, I know that it can help to validate your own experience when someone else tells you that yes, this is a bad time for you, but it will definitely end by such and such a time. I tell myself this now, when I read the Chiron transits presently gracing my Astrodienst readings. You want to feel depressed, try reading the interpretations of Chiron conjunct Chiron, or Chiron opposition Ascendant, or Chiron opposition Uranus, all of which I have at present. Ouch!

Pam Young [ 2pyoung.xyz*xyz.rogers.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Guelph, Canada --- Sunday, December 22, 2002 at 18:12 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Thanks, Pam, for you feedback, which is as always worthwile to read. I admit that I have my difficulties with some of the Pelletier readings. But I can also see the value of his blunt, no-nonsense interpretations. We have an ongoing project of editing his text to take of the edges, but with the recent gigantic work our online editors had to put into the new foreign languages for the website, there has not been much progress with this task.

Monika Schmidt [ Tolle_Trolle.xyz*xyz.web.de --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Bochum, Deutschland --- Sunday, December 22, 2002 at 15:21 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Solche Bauernregeln gibt es, jeder Bauer hat seine eigenen. Sie sind ungefähr so wertvoll wie diese: Kräht der Gockel auf dem Mist, ändert sich das Wetter oder es bleibt wie es ist.

Die Interaktion zweier Horoskope ist von Natur aus komplex, man hat doppelt so viele Horoskopelemente und die Anzahl der Wechselwirkungen steigt quadratisch an, im Vergleich zum Einzelhoroskop. Das macht es selbt für erfahrene Astrologen schwierig, eine zuverlässige Einschätzung einer Beziehung abzugeben. Meist muss man sich darauf beschränken, die tatsächlich wahrgenommenen Wechselwirkungen astrologisch zu beleuchten.

Manche Menschen brauchen Spannung, andere suchen Harmonie - aber es ist keineswegs einfach, dieses Bedürfnis zuverlässig aus dem Einzelhoroskop abzulesen. Ausserdem ist es zeitlich nicht konstant.

Sehen Sie sich die verschiedenen Arten von Partnerschaftshoroskopen, die wir anbieten, einmal gründlich an, und wählen Sie, was Ihnen vom Stil her am ehesten zusagt.

Francesca Antonia Pavolini [ pavolinibh.xyz*xyz.ig.com.br --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Belo Horizonte, Brasile --- Sunday, December 22, 2002 at 10:10 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Please allow me to answer in English. The Moon's Node is shown in the normal chart drawings under 'oroscopi gratuiti' -> Tema natale e Ascendente. The Node is not shown in AstroClick Portrait because the authors whose text we use have not written interpretations for the placement of the Node and for its aspects.

Jeanette K. Oswald [ starlady.xyz*xyz.atlantic.net --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Ocala, Florida,USA --- Sunday, December 22, 2002 at 00:16 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: You can create an ephemeris yourself in the Swiss Ephemeris test page. It is not important to include any asteroid in the natal chart, it can actually be rather confusing. Only after you have really understood the whole chart just with the regular planets, you can start playing with asteroids. Don't be seduced by Eros' name, it is just a minor asteroid. Look at Venus in your chart to understand 'Eros' as a theme.

Laster: A link in the left column of the English language homepage was added on Jan 7.

Monika Schmidt [ Tolle_Trolle.xyz*xyz.web.de --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
, Deutschland --- Saturday, December 21, 2002 at 23:03 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Was ist schon 'normal' - dass wir Fussbodenheizung und prall gefüllte Supermärkte haben und nicht alle paar Winter einige Mitglieder der Sippe verhungern, erfrieren oder vom Säbelzahntiger verspeist werden, ist das 'normal'? Der Begriff der Normalität ist sehr relativ für die jeweilige Kultur.

Die Astrologie ist pragmatisch - sie arbeitet mit der realen Geburtszeit, aus welchen Gründen auch immer diese zu Stande kam. Bewusst aus astrologischen Gründen die Geburtszeit zu beeinflussen fällt unter das Kapitel Hybris, so wie andere Manipulationen im Bereich der 'Reproduktionsmedizin' auch. Das müssen die verantworten, die sie praktizieren.

Auch nach meiner eigenen Erfahrung gilt das Horoskop des tatsächlichen Geburtsmoments. Ich kannte bei meinen Töchtern die Geburtszeit bereits am Tag vor der Geburt, hätte sie aber nur unter grössten Bedenken aktiv beeinflussen wollen. Die "medizinischen" Sorgen sind in einer solchen Situation meist wichtiger als die astrologischen.

Eine gewisse Widersprüchlichkeit in meiner Haltung ist mir bewusst - wie kann man von der Astrologie überzeugt sein, und sie in einer solchen Schlüsselsituation nicht aktiv "zum Besten des Kindes" einsetzen wollen. Aber nur weil etwas machbar ist, ist es noch lange nicht gut, es zu machen, selbst wenn man die Astrologie wichtig nimmt. Das Horoskop eines Menschen ist so multidimensional und die meisten Menschen sind überraschend kreativ darin, wie sie die Konstellationen ihres Horoskops ausleben. Das Horoskop ist oft klüger als die Astrologen, die es zu deuten versuchen.

Zugleich sind die schwierigen Elemente eines Horoskops sowieso nicht zu eliminieren - irgendwo müssen Saturn oder Pluto usw. ja hinkommen; wichtige Aspekte zwischen den langsameren Planeten wird man durch eine Zeitmanipulation auch nicht los. Wenn man mit grösseren Aspektorben (10°) arbeitet, so dauert ein bestimmter Aspekt der inneren Planeten zu den äusseren ca. 20 Tage. So viel Spielraum hat man bei der Geburtsplanung nicht, ausser man ist SEHR manipulativ. Die Möglichkeiten, das Horoskop auszusuchen, sind also doch recht begrenzt. Daher ist es m.E. sinnvoller, auf Manipulationsversuche ganz zu verzichten und sich erst mal auf das Kind und die Geburt zu freuen.

Warm regards,
Michele

Michele Delaplagne [ mdelaplagne.xyz*xyz.yahoo.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
London, UK --- Saturday, December 21, 2002 at 12:11 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: You find the 'lover' in all of the descriptions, even when there is no extra headline for her/him. The whole thing is called 'Astrology for Lovers', after all.

ian sadler
vancouver, canada --- Saturday, December 21, 2002 at 04:51 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: I agree that there are significant differences in quality of writing between the various authors we are working with - as there are, for example, between teachers working at a particular school or university. In life, you have to work with what you have got.

However, I do not agree with your judgement of Robert Hand's writing. The longer we work with his text, particularily on Transits, the more respect I have got for his work. Many of his short transit descriptions are brilliant, and they are certainly not shallow. The planetary events are often shallow, i.e. most of the transits showing up in the daily horoscope arise from transiting Moon, Sun, Mercury and Venus, and these do often have no deep meaning, they are just ephemeral and hopefully entertaining.

Very little of the text in the free horoscope section is from Liz Greene. Only 'Astrology for Lovers', and while this is "just" sun-sign astrology, it is indeed deep, funny and very intelligent. We would love to have more of her in the free area, but we do not want to rip her work apart to present it in short 'point and click' bytes. The longer form of the printed reports with 20 to 40 pages is much more appropriate for her style, and this kind of quality has its price - we can't offer it for free. I do even think it would not be appreciated enough if it was for free.

A lot of the negativity issue arises from the fact that we present text in rather short quantities on the website, one screen-ful or popup-window-ful at a time. The perception of the reader is different than when he/she would be reading a lengthy printed report or a textbook. The impact of single sentences is much stronger in the web application. It is not necessarily the fault of the authors, who wrote their material originally for lengthy printed reports.

We are learning, and we are working on continuous improvements. Sometimes the bashing we receive is helpful. It is not that the customer is always right - I do certainly not subscribe to that silly idea, as is obvious from my responses. In many cases the customer is outright stupid. But one can always learn something from the feedback.

marc italix [ antocles.xyz*xyz.mail.vu --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
new york, berlin --- Friday, December 20, 2002 at 23:58 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Jeanette K. Oswald [ starlady.xyz*xyz.atlantic.net --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Ocala, fL.,usa --- Friday, December 20, 2002 at 20:44 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: menu 'Free Horoscopes' -> extended chart selection -> scroll to bottom, enter the number 433 into the field for asteroid numbers, click on button 'Click here to show the chart'

Eros is one of about 10'000 named asteroids. Eros is special as it approaches the Earth rather closely - for example in 2012 as close as 0.18 AU. On 12 feb 2001, the NEAR space probe was landed on it by Nasa.

Most asteroids are not 'important' in astrology, but sometimes to play with.

Don't be mislead by Eros' name. To understand the theme of 'Eros' in your chart, look at Venus, not at some obscure little asteroid.

Laster: A link in the left column of the English language homepage was added on Jan 7.

Pat Schubert [ patschubert.xyz*xyz.yahoo.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Kansas City, USA --- Friday, December 20, 2002 at 18:30 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Research on vector analysis? That is an established mathematical technique, used on a daily basis in astronomical computing. I seem not to understand your question - probably one of us needs a vacation.

Paula Boehringer
Lanesborough, usa --- Friday, December 20, 2002 at 13:21 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

thanks: judy

JUDY C. FENDERSON [ jude33150.xyz*xyz.yahoo.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
MIAMI, United States --- Friday, December 20, 2002 at 09:48 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: We have a midnight (Universal time) ephemeris for 1500 - 2100, see Homepage, left column. For Universal time at noon, you take the middle between two midnight listings. For local noon, you have to interpolate according to your local timezone between Universal time midnight points.

My view is that astrology, numerology, alchemy, etc are in the domain of spirituality. They're methods to learn and grow. I have many questions and I will continue to ask them so that I can understand what it is I am doing here.

marc italix [ antocles.xyz*xyz.mail.vu --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
berlin, ny --- Friday, December 20, 2002 at 08:14 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Sorry about the mistake. Yes, Neptune/IC does indeed read rather negative. We will edit it in due time. The problem is that the text comes from a 'teaching book', where the reader reads the whole text more or less at once. An occasionally negative tone is not so noticeable, as it is balanced by other sections. In AstroClick, when single text blocks jump at you as individual readings, the impact is much stronger.

Your feedback is welcome. I have received a few to many comments in recent days where readers were going on about the supposed negativity of our readings - it is strange how these reactions appear in chunks.

Megan [ hobbit_kisser.xyz*xyz.hotmail.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Spring Creek, USA --- Friday, December 20, 2002 at 06:52 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Mrs Thangamani [ thangamaan.xyz*xyz.usa.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Coimbatore, INDIA --- Friday, December 20, 2002 at 02:33 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Sean Walsh [ prosim.xyz*xyz.esper.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Knoxville,TN, USA --- Thursday, December 19, 2002 at 20:35 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: 1/12th of the population will share your rising sign, so the answer is that the probability is 8.33%. What really matters is where the planets are, and the aspects between the two partners' planets, not where the signs are.

Signs and houses are stage background, the planets are the actors.

Sometimes, I am not getting Longitude and Latitude location information for some cities/towns in INDIA. Do you have any other web site, where I can find them and feed in your web site? please write back your sugegstions, would appreciate. Thanks and Regards

RS Gonela [ ramaseshu.gonela.xyz*xyz.corporate.ge.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Connacticut, USA --- Thursday, December 19, 2002 at 17:53 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Maybe you have a spelling problem with geographical names, and this is why you do not find the towns you are looking for? [I draw conclusions from your spelling of Connacticut]. With our system, it is sufficient to enter the first two or three letters of a city name. The number of hits will be larger and you have to scan a longer list, but with uncertain spelling this might be wise - type less, find more. Also, the transcription of local Indian names to English in our atlas does not follow the most modern rules - Mumbai is still Bombay, etc.

Daniel [ libra955.xyz*xyz.hotmail.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Burlington, U.S.A. --- Thursday, December 19, 2002 at 17:07 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Frances Kendall [ franceskendall.xyz*xyz.bigpond.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Wagga Wagga, Australia --- Thursday, December 19, 2002 at 10:18 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: It is true that you have several transits which involve Saturn at this time or in the near future, and they are not simply nice and pleasant. It is very important to read the interpretations carefully and completely, and not to 'freak out' at a single sentence.

In any case you are misrepresenting Robert Hand's writing in your comment. You have been reading the text about Uranus Square Uranus, which is quoted in full below. If you read it completely, you will notice that the last sentence says precisely what you have been demanding.

I am quite surprised that you make statements about how you are going to feel next year in February. The transit is not here yet! You might be confronted at that time with feelings which seem so remote now.

On a pivot
25 February 2003 until 4 April 2003: This influence signifies the changes that take place as you approach old age. There is often a crisis associated with this period, when you suddenly realize that you are getting old. Roughly twenty-one years ago you confronted a crisis of reorientation. At that time you should have turned your attention toward your inner values, those that were important to you alone. If you handled that time properly, this period will not be especially upsetting. Your life as an individual will have enough richness that you will know how to handle the years ahead.

A common problem for people approaching retirement is that they have no idea what to do with their coming leisure time. All they know is their work, and when that ends, their life effectively ends. This is the crisis presented by this influence. You must realize that the richness of your life does not come only from your achievements in the outer world of business and society, but also from what you know and understand about life.

In consulting the Astro Travel to undertake an important life changing move, I am at odds with the results i.e. I have found areas that support me totally, though, when it comes to my three year old daughter that lives with me, the results read as dangerous, painful and disruptive for her. Can you tell me how strong an influence is the results on Astro Tavel, for our children? Do you need to be aware of their astrological energies to make a positive move? Could you offer other advise on finding a positive area to raise my child?

T Davis [ regnans.systems.xyz*xyz.dcsi.net.au --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Melbourne, Australia --- Thursday, December 19, 2002 at 00:29 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Please do not expect that much from AstroClick Travel. It is an entertaining online application of Astro-Maps, to allow you to get familiar with the concept. It is not intended as a decision tool for major life decisions. Please note the last sentence of the section 'Introduction to Astro Maps'.

We will edit the introductory sections of AstroClick Travel in the near future to point out the limitations of this free service.

Thank you very much for the oportunity .

Gibrill Munir [ galmunir.xyz*xyz.hotmail.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Accra, Ghana --- Wednesday, December 18, 2002 at 23:20 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Thanks for the feedback. The mansions of the Moon are not a concept used in mainstream western astrology - you might find more information on a Vedic/Hindu astrology website.

Our services represent the style of astrology practised by Astrodienst and its authors. There are many other techniques and styles of astrology which we do not cover.

R Shaw [ becca_s49.xyz*xyz.hotmail.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
, N.Z --- Wednesday, December 18, 2002 at 22:58 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: The 10 planets are always distributed in an unbalanced way within the 12 signs and the 12 houses - exactly as they were on the skies at the moment a person was born.

For examples of what is discussed in a full reading, please see our samples section.

Raven [ truthqwest.xyz*xyz.yahoo.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
, usa --- Wednesday, December 18, 2002 at 17:15 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: please use the feedback area for feedback on Astrodienst's services and website. It is not a chat room or general astrological discussion board.

Raven [ truthqwest.xyz*xyz.yahoo.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
, USA --- Wednesday, December 18, 2002 at 17:11 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

khlefa sana [ fatmaaliamna.xyz*xyz.yahoo.fr --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
ksibet el mediouni, tunisie --- Wednesday, December 18, 2002 at 14:58 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: We cannot see a reason for wanting it by email. If you call your daily horoscope up on your browser, and then add a bookmark to it onto your desktop, you can access your daily horoscope any time you click on this bookmark. This is better than email, which tends to arrive at a time when you are not interested in your horoscope.

By making a local bookmark, your daily horoscope is always exactly one mousclick away. If you want to see it for several people, you just make the appropriate bookmarks.

helen tucker [ helentucker.xyz*xyz.fsmail.net --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
nottingham, uk --- Wednesday, December 18, 2002 at 10:36 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

By the way, if you havent guessed already, I particularly like that Astro Click Travel.

marc italix [ antocles.xyz*xyz.mail.vu --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
brooklyn, usa --- Wednesday, December 18, 2002 at 07:03 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Like with any writer on this planet, the writing is influenced by the personality of the writer, obviously, which again is related to the birth chart of the writer - much less by his/her location at the time of writing. If you don't like what one writer says, why not find another, or write yourself...

About a supposed negative tone of some horoscope readings: We do not sugarcoat everything. In most cases of comments like yours, when I looked at the text myself - here Neptune/MC in Astroclick Travel - I found that the commentator had apparently read only part of the text. If you read the four paragraphs of Neptune/MC instead of only the first two, you will find that it is not at all that negative, even when it indeed starts off that way.

Skye Bethel [ skyebethel.xyz*xyz.yahoo.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Harrisonburg, Va., USA --- Wednesday, December 18, 2002 at 05:59 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: I am not aware that the reading for Saturn trine Chiron mentions such a time period. Saturn trine Sun does mention it. It has not directly to do with your Saturn return, which will happen in about 2 - 3 years.

Merry Christmas!

David [ swami_abalone.xyz*xyz.skyhighway.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Santa Cruz, California, USA --- Wednesday, December 18, 2002 at 00:25 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: You might make a thinking error. Doctors and nurses don't have to honor time zones, when they record a birth time. They only have to look at their wrist watch or wall clock and record the wrist-watch time. This is what they do, and this is what our data entry page requires to get entered.

It is our software which has to take timezones into account, and we do that VERY WELL, much better than you will ever be able to. You need not think about that issue for one second when you use astro.com - you will only introduce errors, if you use anything other than recorded wrist-watch time.

Henny
, Belgium --- Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 19:24 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

pam britton [ pjabritton.xyz*xyz.yahoo.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
conway, usa --- Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 18:13 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

dragana peric
bijeljina, republic of srpska --- Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 16:16 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

jean [ blodwen.xyz*xyz.iprimus.com.au --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Osborne Park, western australia --- Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 13:57 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Daniela [ be-vt.xyz*xyz.infotel.bg --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Turnovo, Bulgaria --- Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 11:35 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Claudia Jane Hutchinson [ cjhutchinson.xyz*xyz.hotmail.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Daytona Beach, FL, USA --- Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 11:06 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: It's a simple translation error. It should be 'detriment', which is the sign opposite to the sign ruled by a particular planet. The German word for this dignity is 'Exil', and it had been translated instead of searching for the traditional English expression.

Apollonia
--- Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 11:03 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: I wonder who is judgemental here. Your's is a typical foul quote procedure - picking out the last sentence of a beautiful article about one of the most important once-a-lifetime transits. The last sentence should not be read by anyone who has not read the full story. Your quote is misleading.

Here is the full text (by Robert Hand):

This influence at the age of forty or forty-one marks a period of major transition in your life. This is the crisis of middle age when you have to come to terms with a number of realizations that may not all be pleasant. For example, even though you are not very old, you are no longer young. Have you accomplished or begun to accomplish what you wanted when you were younger? If you have, was it an appropriate accomplishment for you? Are you happy with your close relationships, your marriage, your work?

Many people encountering this influence discover that the answer to several of these questions is no. If this is your situation, you may become seized with a feeling of urgency that you have only a short time to correct the problem. Consequently you may begin to act rather disruptively and quickly. You may leave a marriage or an old job and take up a lifestyle quite different from your earlier one. Your friends are likely to be rather shocked at the change. You may spend more time with younger people, for their youth is a symbol of the opportunities you feel you have almost wasted. This seems to be your last chance to take advantage of those opportunities.

It is also quite possible that you make none of these drastic changes. If you have taken advantage of opportunities right along and have not allowed your life to become prematurely old and rigid, this time will not be so upsetting or disturbing. You will experience the real meaning of this influence ­ a climax of the direction your life has taken since childhood and a shifting of direction toward the issues you must confront in old age.

If you have been successful in your dealings with the outside world, you will continue to be, but now it will have to mean something in terms of your own life and perception. You will not be able to live for some external purpose, the purpose must come from within. If you don't reorient yourself, your life will become hollow and meaningless, regardless of what you accomplish from here on.

Mohsin Farhat [ mohsin_farhat.xyz*xyz.hotmail.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
lahore, pakistan --- Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 09:51 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: I am afraid there is no "SIR" who will do personal consulting work for you, Sir. There is however - under the menu item FREE HOROSCOPES - a collection of excellent computer services, for you to use as you like and see fit. Please use them.

Please do not use the feedback area for requests of personal consulting. Such requests will not be answered, and if they are totally out of place, they will be deleted by the webmaster.

Stine [ stine.xyz*xyz.grytoyr.net --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Oslo, Norway --- Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 09:21 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Melanie [ tazcat2k.xyz*xyz.yahoo.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Boston, MA, USA --- Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 07:39 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: The houses of your chart are a personal feature, valid only for you yourself. The signs of the zodiac are collective - when the Moon is in a sign, it is there at the same time for everyone. We do not interpret collective constallations in the *Personal* daily horoscope.

TC Anderson [ qadashu.xyz*xyz.hotmail.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Muscat, Oman --- Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 06:44 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Thanks for the feedback, TC, and thanks for ordering from us.

Tracey
Victoria, Canada --- Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 01:47 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Lisa [ lisa.xyz*xyz.charlesseminars.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
NY, USA --- Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 02:58 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: What you ask for is an 'electional horoscope' and we do not currently offer it. You may use the Personal Daily Horoscope, to read about your transits on that particular day. For looking ahead so far, you will need to subscribe online to the 'extended day choice' for the daily horoscope.

ana savic
bijeljina, bosna i hercegovina --- Monday, December 16, 2002 at 19:55 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Mary the Aquarian [ Shaman1313.xyz*xyz.aol.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Saint Louis, USA --- Monday, December 16, 2002 at 19:04 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

AHHA
EUgene, USA --- Monday, December 16, 2002 at 10:20 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois: Dear Anonymous, I am sorry if you dislike the amount of information on our website. I fail to understand the term 'information horde', but I presume that you mean to say it is too much for you. Please try to find out where the 'off' button on your display is to protect yourself from information overload.

I also fail to understand what you mean by 'little cost to the provider'. In fact our free service is provided at very high cost to Astrodienst, as the ever growing number of users requires high bandwidth, a 'farm' of fast servers and permanent support, not to speak of the translation needs for those who do not understand English. Astrodienst spends between 20'000 and 30'000 US$ every month to provide the services of this website.

Part of the future of human kind are quality information services, and we are happy about this particular trend. We work actively to enrich it with the kind of very personal information we consider important. We are happy about the large number of visitors who enjoy our services, and for those who don't, the 'off' button is hopefully close enough. A wire cutter for your Internet connection is another low cost option - besides providing effective virus protection.

LYNDALL MCQUINN
, AUSTRALIA --- Monday, December 16, 2002 at 03:51 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Ann Marie [ missannie100.xyz*xyz.hotmail.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Scottsdale, USA --- Sunday, December 15, 2002 at 21:58 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

steven [ dearbornhair.xyz*xyz.yahoo.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
dearborn, us --- Sunday, December 15, 2002 at 21:11 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

ana savic
bijeljina, bosna i hercegovina --- Sunday, December 15, 2002 at 16:55 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Please, use one of our "official" website languages to communicate, preferably English. We cannot permit messages on the website which we do not understand. My apologies - in another life I will learn Bosnian or Serbocroatian.

Walter H. Lindgren [ wlindgren.xyz*xyz.mcleodusa.net --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Lakewood WA, USA --- Sunday, December 15, 2002 at 16:29 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Cate
Adelaide, Adelaide --- Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 23:38 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: Thanks. Whoever we are is found here.

Lyndia Storey [ ll.xyz*xyz.lanceandlyndia.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Lihue, HI, USA --- Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 20:03 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: If you use our site, you will find that very little of the astrology we offer goes "by sign". Astrology is much more individual than twelve Sun Signs can represent. You might find what you look for in Free Horoscopes -> Astroclick Travel

Marjana Kavaric [ sanathea_pg.xyz*xyz.yahoo.com --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Podgorica, Yugoslavia --- Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 15:38 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Karen [ --- .xyz*xyz. -> * ]
Canada --- Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 15:07 Universal Time (UT/GMT)

Alois adds: I am afraid not. We offer a lot of free horoscopes, which are about as good as the horoscopes which other websites sell. Our horoscopes in the shop area are top quality, and have their price. Excellent content deserves and needs excellent presentation. We will not compromise in quality of presentation. At this time, this means physical that delivery of bound booklets is the only option we offer.

kelley [ kelley.xyz*xyz.135