Alois adds: Thank you for the corrections.

Alois adds: You best enhance your fortune by becoming a seller of gemstones. Personally, I am not convinced that wearing them solves problems related to your birth chart and your personality.

On the other side, wearing a gem will not hurt you, and if it gives you a good feeling, it may even be helpful.

Alois adds: Horary astrology is not personal - it does not consider your chart at all, it only uses the chart of the moment when a question was asked. I have not yet been able to experience its validity.

Alois adds: What aspects (and which orbs) a particular astrologer uses to read a chart is a matter of personal style, as much as the choice of colour and brush for a painter. There is no common set of rules uses by all astrologers alike.

Please accept that Liz Greene uses HER style for reading charts; if you can't accept that, maybe you should read your charts yourself according to your own style.

Alois adds: Our server farm (6 load balanced servers) runs perfectly. The only reason for slow response can be internet connectivity problems from your local provider to our datacenter in Zurich, Switzerland. We are colocated at the Swisscom data center in Zurich; Swisscom is the leading phone and internet company of Switzerland.

I myself access the system currently from my vacation home in France and have never observed a problem.

Alois adds: Es tut mir leid, wenn das für Sie so schwer zu finden ist.

Menuzeile 'Gratis Horoskope' -> Rubrik Interaktive Horoskope -> AstroClick Reisen

oder in English: menu line 'Free Horoscopes' -> Section Interactive Horoscopes -> AstroClick Travel

Alois: was answered via email.

Alois adds: Please see the Ephemeris of the current year

Uranus moved into Pisces on 11 March 2003, returns to Aquarius in 16 September and comes back into Pisces on 31 December 2003 for good.

Every minute the current planetary positions get listed on our homepage.

Alois adds: If you click in 'extended chart selection' on the checkbox 'add some fixed stars', you will find that Sirius is added among others, marked as SIR.

Alois adds: Thanks for the kind feedback.

About the text for AstroClick Travel, I think the problem is that it was originally grafted for a texbook, not for a personal reading. In a textbook, the situation is much less sensitive than in a personal reading situation. We cannot yet promise a date when the new locational astrology reading we are developing will be ready.

For discussion groups, please use what is available on the web - there are plenty. We believe - and have observed at many occasions - that unmoderated discussion groups deteriorate quickly and are dominated by cranks. We lack the man/womanpower for constant moderation of such a group, and this is why we cannot host it on our website.

Alois adds: it has always been present on the 'my astro' page. The logoff link is called 'leave this profile'

Alois adds: You can use copy/paste to copy any page content into an email.

Alois adds: Homepage linke Spalte -> Quaoar

Alois adds: Believe what you like, this is a free world. The planet Saturn, however, is at 5 degrees Cancer today.

Alois adds: Nein.

Den Asteroiden Vulcano gibt es, den angeblichen Planeten hingegen nicht.

Alois adds: Be assured that we know much more than you do about timezone history of Turkey and all other countries.

Turkey had summertime after 1950 in these years: 1951, 1962, 1964, 1970 - 1983, 1985 - now

In 1970, it was from 2 May until 3 October.

Alois adds: We don't know yet whether we can afford to continue with free Thursdays. The more subscription we get, the more likely it will be.

Never take a free meal for granted permanently. Eat it while it is available, and hope for the best.

Alois adds: This question has been answered several times in the guestbook. In addition, it is in the FAQ

Alois adds: Thanks for your assistance, Pam.

As the formal creation of a Palestinian state is indeed pending and an official US government plan, I have decided to duplicate the west bank and Gaza strip towns under an additional designation. We have many such duplicates, for areas which have changed political association at some time, so that our atlas users can choose "in which country they wish to have been born".

Alois adds: Our atlas is for providing geographical coordinates and correct timezone history information. The designations of country names, provinces etc associated with the city data are not relevant for that purpose.

Before the occupation of the Jordan west bank by Israel in 1967, this area was politically under control of Jordania. After 1967, it is under control of Israel. It is to be expected that a Palestinian state will be formally founded in the near future, and that it will receive the currently reserved ISO country code 'PS'.

All cities on the west bank have been listed twice in the atlas, under country abbreviataion 'JOR' and under 'ISRL'.

I have now triplicated the westbank cities, and added them with the new (inofficial) country code PS; the same was done for the 12 location names in the Gaza strip, which are now also duplicated.

A search entry
,PS
(comma followed by two letters) will list all towns in the Palestine area our atlas contains.

Alois adds: If you check any ephemeris (tables of planetary positions), you will find that the Sun entered Sagittarius on 22 Nov 1942 at 22:30 Universal Time. What time that is in your timezone depends on where you were.

The sun does not change signs at midnight (midnight where?), but each year and each month at a different time. Even the calendar date can vary by one or two days.

All the popular listings like 'Scorpio from 23 Oct to 22 Nov' are just rough approximations and CANNOT be precise on the border day. Only a personal calculations of your birth chart can be precise.

Alois adds: I must say that I do prefer my books bound and printed, so that I can take them anywhere and read them. To print off a 300 page book on your inkjet and laser will cost you considerable more, even when you do not count your time, than buying it from a bookshop. To read it directly on the screen is not such a good idea, in my eyes.

For the reports, we might at some future point offer download versions. But we have reservations here too - valuable content like Liz Greene's personal reports should be presented and packaged in an adequate form. A stack of sheets coming out of your inkjet printer is in many respects not an adequate form. There is a 'relationship between form and content', which colours our perception of said content.

Alois adds: Please look at tomorrow's horoscope, as it is a free Thursday. For subscribers everything is exactly like it is there, just for every day, and the can navigate freely in the extended day choice, too. There are no 'hidden' features.

Alois adds: We were never gone. If you have connectivity problems, please run 'traceroute' and talk to your Internet provider or network administrator.

www.astro.com has a server uptime of about 99.8% (less than 20 hours downtime per year).

Alois adds: My Italian is far from perfect, but I understand you are asking for a good moment to conceive a child and to have a good pregnancy.

This is a complex question, and we would not answer it in any of our computerized reports, as it concerns a sensitive area related to health. Please try to find a good astrologer for a personal consultation in this matter, in your local environment.

Alois adds: Please see extended chart selection -> Group Pullen/Astrolog -> Local Horizon chart

Entering the search term 'local horizon chart' in the google search in the left column of this page, also takes you there, with the second search hit (as of today - search results vary often)

Alois adds: Please read the introduction of 'Short report Forecast'. It answers your question.

Alois adds: Astrodienst offers excellent free services on its website. To be able to continue this quality service, we need sufficient funding. This is even more true in economically challenging times.

The 'extended daily horoscope' subscriptions help us to provide this funding. There is a surprising number of users of www.astro.com who understand this, and support the website bei either ordering our reports, or by subscribing to extended online services. We are grateful for the large number of subscriptions we have received so far, and which we are still receiving every day.

Many of our visitors are satisfied with the basic daily horoscope service. If you think you really need the extended service, you will certainly be able to set aside the 2.66 Euro per month you need to pay for it. Otherwise, the free thursdays are an option.

Alois adds: Primary direction arcs are not along the ecliptic but along parallels to the equator. It makes very little sense to try to draw something like that into a 'flat ecliptic projection' chart.

Please see Extended chart selection -> group Astrodienst special -> Primary directions for special diagrams which do show the primary direction arcs.

Alois adds: I am afraid our previous representative in Argentina is no longer active. You could try our partner in Brazil, Mr Wilton Carvalho, Cond. Jardim Gantois - Quadra D - Casa 3, Piatan, Salvador-Bahia. Tel/Fax: 0055-71-973 5112.

Of course, you can also use our online ordering system, choose payment option by bank transfer, but then send the US Dollar amount in cash, instead of using a bank. Please make sure that you send the complete amount which the order system indicates, including the shipping cost.

Alois adds: happy to answer:

a) The internal logic of the Astro Intelligence reports by Liz Greene is based on a synthetic analysis of the chart. The patterns considered in this analysis are rich and complex. There is no way to assign just single chart elements (like single aspects, sign or house positions) to the text of the reading. The reports are FUNDAMENTALLY different from other, more trivial, horoscope readings, which lack usually all synthesis. This is why no "astrological aspects" can be given. Also, we do not want to disclose the well kept 'trade secrets' of how our analysis works.

b) The services we provide are predominantly intended for non-astrologers. The typical reader of any of our reports is not interested in technical astrological details, but in the actual MEANING of the chart. As an example from another field: When someone is interested in a new car, the chemical composition of the paint and body of the car is also not of interest, nor are the construction details of the engine, except for very few specialists.

Alois adds: It is difficult to recommend an astrologer, unless one has been already in a personal reading with him/or or is otherwise closely involved with his or her work. If you can get a recommendation from a friend, please go for it.

Alois adds: Danke für die Blumen.

Ihre Frage kann man so generell nicht beantworten. Ein Astrologe würde unbedingt die Natur der selbständigen Tätigkeit, und andere Umstände mit einbeziehen wollen. Das geht über die Möglichkeiten eines Computerhoroskops, das mit vorgefertigen Texten arbeitet, die notwendigerweise allgemeiner, weniger spezifisch bleiben, hinaus. Ich würde daher eine Beratung bei einer guten Astrologin empfehlen. Wenn Sie niemand kennen, probieren Sie vielleicht die Beraterliste des Deutschen Astrologenverbands. Im PLZ-Bezirk 4 kenne ich niemand, im PLZ-Bezirk 5 sind mir persönlich bekannt Herr Schlieffen, Frau Reimer und Frau Treier. Diese drei kann ich bestens empfehlen.

Wenn Ihnen das eine Schwelle zu hoch ist, versuchen die die Jahresanalyse von Liz Greene. Diese ist nicht spezifisch zur Beantwortung von Fragen wie Ihrer obigen geschrieben. Dennoch ist gut möglich, dass Sie darin wertvolle Hinweise für Ihre Entscheidung finden.

Alois adds: Adresse ist: webmaster at astro.com; Frage wurde per email beantwortet.

Alois adds: Danke für das feedback. Wünsche nehmen wir gerne zur Kenntnis. Viele davon fliessen im Lauf der Zeit in die Weiterentwicklung unserer Website ein. Jedoch stehen der Erfüllung oft hohe technische oder ökonomische Probleme im Wege. Ich will kurz aufzeigen, wo diese bei Ihren Anregungen liegen.

Kennzeichnung besuchter Links: Das macht nicht der Server, sondern der einzelne Browser des Besuchers, der sich merken kann, welche Links (idetifiziert via Zeichenfolge der URL) er schon besucht hat. Im Tageshoroskop würde das aber in die Irre führen. Morgen hat die URL für z.B. den zweiten Transit der Liste genau den gleichen Wert wie heute. Wenn Sie heute das Tageshoroskop besuchen und den zweiten Transit in der Liste anklicken, würde dieser nachher zwar grau unterlegt. Aber wenn Sie morgen wiederkommen, wenn der INHALT des zweiten Tagestransits ein ganz anderer ist, würde Ihr Browser diesen immer noch als 'besucht' kennzeichnen, da die URL genau die gleiche ist wie am Tag zuvor. Aus diesem Grund steuern wir global die Anzeige der Linkfarben so, dass besuchte nicht markiert werden, da diese Markierungen irreführend wären.

Markierungen in der Datumsnavigation für 'interessante' Tage: Der Programmteil, der die Datumsnavigation erstellt, hat keinerlei Kenntnis vom Inhalt des Tageshoroskops der jeweiligen Tage. Daher kann er auch keine speziellen Tage kennzeichnen. Der Inhalt eines Tageshoroskops für einen bestimmten Tag wird erst in dem Moment ermittelt, in dem Sie draufklicken.

Bitte beachten Sie, dass das 'Tageshoroskop' - analog zu einer Tageszeitung - eben wirklich als solches nur für einzelne Tage gedacht ist, als unterhaltender, besinnlicher und bereichender Begleiter für jeden Tag. Sein Zweck ist nicht, Uebersichten über lange Zeiträume zu erhalten.

Für eine solche Transitübersicht verwenden Sie am besten:
Gratishoroskope > Erweiterte Grafikauswahl > Gruppe Astrodienst Spezial > Transitkalender für drei Jahre
Dort finden Sie eine bequeme grafische Uebersicht über den Ablauf der Transite. Diese wird Ihnen auch erlauben, "interessante Tage" aufzuspüren.

Alois adds: I agree that it might not be such a good idea to use such a polarizing personality as a horoscope sample. I have followed your suggestion and removed this particular sample.

On the other side, there are certainly more and deeper levels to discover in a person who has made it to become US president, than you are willing to see with your somewhat one-sided perspective.

Also, a personal horoscope reading your receive from us will never be written 'to put down' a person. This would be very distructive. And because the published VIP samples are not edited to fit the current public image, you will never find the kind of negative portrait you apparently would like to see about this particular politician.