Alois adds: A tricky matter, those 'better choices'. Some like it hot, and some like it cozy - there is not one rule to bind them all, whatever the Ring might say.

Please, give "Free Horoscopes -> Astrology for Lovers" a try. It looks like just Sun signs, but you can learn a lot about them.

Alois adds: For ALL services of astro.com, the only city you enter with the natal data record is your birth place. If you are born in Kansas, MO, then this is what goes into your natal data, and it will be NEVER changed.

The 'reference place' which is indicated with some charts has no purpose for Astroclick Travel. If it had, it would be indicated on the map page.

There are some astrologers out there who try to make a business out of messing natal charts up with fake birth towns, but we do not do that at Astrodienst.

Please take note of the introductory warning of AstroClick Travel:

Alois adds: It means that this particular transit by the moon is NOT STRONG, i.e. often not felt at all, and that it is of a transient nature, i.e it is OVER QUICKLY, in a matter of hours.

Alois adds: You can choose the house system and other technical details with most chart drawing under Free Horoscopes.

For interpretation of horoscopes however, our astrologers make the decisions about which techniques (including which house systems) they use. If you want an interpretation from us, please accept that we decide about the technique we use. If you are an astrologer, and people come to you for a reading of their horoscope, you will probably also reserve the right to make technical choices for yourself, in agreement with your own professional experience.

For the other question about the choice of reports, please let me ask back: Which painting is better, one by Picasso or one by Van Gogh?

Alois adds: The free report 'Short report Forecast' is incomplete by design, and we make no secret of that fact.

I recommend that you read the introduction of Short Report Forecast before you send such comments. It says:

Alois adds: All your partner need to do is to write to the birth registry office in Stuttgart, and request a copy of the registry entry for his birth. The German name for the office is "Standesamt Stuttgart" (google tells you the address).

He has to ask for a 'Auszug aus dem Geburtenregister mit Uhrzeit'.

He should add a photocopy of his passport and birth certificate, as proof for his entitlement to get such personal information. Probably adding a 10 Euro note will be sufficient to cover the fee for the copy and the mail answer. I am not sure whether they can handle credit cards at such offices, so cash is better.

Actually, it can here be done online Please click on 'Geburtszeit' in the right column and follow the instructions.

Alois adds: Distances of planets in the zodiac are usually not measured in inches, but in degrees (a full circle is 360 degrees, a quadrant is 90 degrees, a 'sign' is 30 degrees). Many astrologers consider planets within a perimeter (called 'orbis' or 'orb') of 10 degrees to both sides of a given planets as being in conjunction. In synastry, where you have twice the number of planets, compared to a birth chart, it makes sense to reduce the orb to a smaller value. Astrologers use different orbs, however, there is no fixed rule which serves for all.

Alois adds: I am afraid that at this time we have no plans to expand into any of the Asian languages. We lack the means, and the talent to support them.

Alois adds: The fact that Mars is about 0.1% closer than in other years has no astrological signficance, I am afraid. It is only a media effect.

Alois adds: In deutsch ist das nicht einfach; es gibt viele Bücher zu Spezialthemen, sowie einführende zum Komposit, aber ich kenne keines zur Synastrie (Horoskopvergleich). Bitte sehen Sie sich selbst bei www.astronova.de in der Rubrik Partnerschft um.

Englische Bücher zum Thema finden Sie in unserem Literaturverzeichnis. Dort würde ich das Buch von Marion March empfehlen.

Alois adds: Thanks for the feedback.

Regarding your son, you might overestimate the effect of a Libra ascendant, in a case when this Venusian element is not backed up by the rest of the chart.

Considering his Mars in Aries, Moon in Leo and the (wide) squares Moon-Mars and Moon-Pluto, you will find a lot of emotional energy expressed. The rebellious and sometimes nervous energy of an Aquarius Sun does not help to put that in check.

But these days doctors and teachers are very quick in handing out labels like ADD to children with a non-boring personality. It is wise to remain sceptical in face of such diagnosis.

I highly recommend Liz Greene's Child's Horoscope to you. I ran it for your son, and the table of contents for him reads like this (abbreviated):

Alois adds: I am afraid we have stopped showing NFL games on our TV channels. There was not enough interest among our users. Please get something else to chew.

Alois adds: You can try a proposition in Bismarck to have the city name changed, so that it fits your spelling.

Alternatively, try 'bisma' - type less, find more. It is always wise to type only the first few letters of a city name, as the chance for spelling errors is reduced if you type less.

Alois adds: Please study the published books on this subject, e.g. those listed here

Alois adds: Many thanks for the kind feedback.

Alois adds: Homepage -> Ephemeride für 3000 Jahre -> entsprechendes Jahr aufrufen.

Stationär ist der Planet an den Tagen, an denen er die Richtung wechselt, also rückläufig oder direkt wird. Diese Tage sind mit 'D' und 'R' markiert.

Will man es noch genauer wissen, so benutzt man die Swiss Ephemeris test page mit kleinen Zeitschritten.

Alois adds: Thanks for the feedback.

I think you err in one point: The extended daily horoscope with free day choice was never free.

For replacement copies due to customer error (loss, data error etc) we charge 25% of the original price, plus shipping.

Alois adds: Thanks for the feedback, Sarah.

I felt I had to edit out your long list of sufferings and injustice, as it had no relevance for this website feedback area. I can understand that you have the need to get attention and to get listened to. Maybe a local self-help group, or some kind of councelling offered in your environment would be more helpful for you than publication here?

Alois adds: Wir machen abendländische, moderne, psychologische Astrologie. Eigentlich ist das offensichtlich, wenn man in den Bereich Astro Wissen geht und die Augen offen hat. Auch die Antwort zu Ihren anderen Fragen finden Sie vermutlich, wenn Sie die Website gründlich erforschen.

Alois adds: Please see the FAQ: Why do you give different transit durations / orbs in the Daily Horoscope and the Forecast?

Alois adds: I tried finding the data at the obvious places, without success.

Alois adds: How about getting back to your local astrologer with a follow-up question?

Alois adds: Mars is about 0.1% closer than in typical other "close" years which are quite frequent. I do not see astrological significance in that.

We live in a world dominated by media who are seeking 'superlatives' at any price. It is wise to ignore a very large part of media disinformation and clutter.

Alois adds: Thank you for your feedback!

Alois adds: there was a 6-minute service interruption from 20:34 to 20:40

Alois adds: Niemand muss auf www.astro.com "plötzlich bezahlen". Es gibt sehr umfangreiche und grosszüge kostenlose Services, und daneben gibt es auch erweiterte Dienstleistungen sowie Shop-Angebote, die etwas kosten. Die Einnahmen aus den kostenpflichtigen Dienstleistungen und Produkten machen es überhaupt erst möglich, einen Service wie www.astro.com zu betreiben.

Alois adds: Die Hauptarbeit zur systematischen Erfassung der Zeitzonengeschichte der meisten Länder wurde von Thomas Shanks, ehemals Firma ACS, San Diego, geleistet. Sein International Atlas ist das Standardwerk.

Zu den besten Quellen gehören die dicken, zweimonatlich publizierten IATA Flugpläne, die die Lokalzeiten aller Flughäfen und deren lokale Sommerzeitwechsel dokumentieren. Diese reichen bis in die 50er Jahre zurück und sind eine der Quellen von Shanks. Ansonsten lohnt sich Nachforschung in lokalen Zeitungsarchiven. Die meisten Tageszeitungen erwähnen die Zeitumstellung, falls Sommerzeit beginnt oder endet. Es ist eine mühsame Arbeit. Am besten beginnt man damit, bei einem unstrittigen Datum von Zeitzonenwechsel nachzulesen, ob dieser erwähnt ist. Dann kann man sich strittigen Daten zuwenden. Staatliche Stellen gibt es praktisch nirgends, auf die man sich verlassen könnte. Es ist ein Problem, das 'nur' die Astrologen interessiert.

Zu Polen ist uns kaum Unsicherheit bekannt; es gab und gibt, auch während der kommunistischen zeit, eine aktive und zahlreiche 'astrological community' in Polen, und wir haben nie von einem Widerspruch zwischen Shanks' Daten und den in Polen gebräuchlichen gehört. Sie können sich daher auf unsere Datenbank verlassen.

Die einzige mir bekannte Unsicherheit betrifft die Zeit zwischen 6.Okt. und 30. November 1944. Deutschland war auf dem Rückzug, und die Zeitzonenregelungen der Zivilbevölkerung bei wecheselndem Frontverlauf (die Soviets brachten Moskauzeit mit sich, unter anderem) sind naturgemäss etwas unsicher. Für den Sommer 1949 gibt es bei Whitman ebenfalls Abweichungen von Shanks.

Aktuell am besten gepflegt ist das 'tzdata' Archiv, öffentlich im Web (googlen: tzdata elsie, oder direkt ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub - eher was für Leute, die mit tar.gz umgehen können). Für die historischen Daten verlässt sich aber tzdata weitgehend auf die Quelle Shanks, gibt jedoch auch abweichende Meinungen und Informationen wider.

Alois adds: I personally am not a great friend of relocated charts. People have been trying to use them to avoid fundamental issues imbedded in their birth charts, and I think this works only to a very limited extent. But this is my private opinion, and I am not a consulting astrologer who sees clients and reads charts for them. I am only an experienced observer of astrology.

An important rule in astrology is "anything goes". Different astrologers use different techniques and systems all the time, and usually they work for them. Therefore, you are perfectly entitled to follow your own rules, different to some extend from ours.

Alois adds: Relocation has no relevance for transits.

You should view it like this: your natal chart creates a set of 'marks' on the zodiac - where the natal planets were, where the natal house cusps were.

Your natal chart remains fundamentally valid for all of your life, like a set of genes you were born with. Even when you move to Mongolia, you don't get slit eyes, unless you were born like that ;-)

The transiting planets touch these marks, directly or by aspect, and this gives the transits. The moment of such a 'touch by transit' is an absolute moment in time, independet of where you are at this time. Only the expression of that time in 'local zone time' varies according to your local timezone. For this single purpose our daily horoscope allows the selection of a 'reference place'.

Alois adds: In this report, we use one degree orb before and after the exact conjunction.

If you check the Ephemeris (http://www.astro.com/swisseph/ae/2000/ae_2003.pdf ) you will find that Jupiter is at 29°55 Leo on 27-aug-2003 and at 1°52 Virgo on 5-sep-2003 - midnight Universal time positions. It moves two degrees in ten days.

Alois adds: During the year 2003, the time range for the extended daily horoscope is 1 Jan 2000 to 31 Dec 2004.

During the year 2004, starting on 1 Jan 2004, the time range will be shofted forward by one year, from 1 Jan 2001 to 31 Dec 2005. Each year the range will shift again.

Alois adds: Dear Jessica, we are happy to grant you permission. I have sent a more detailed reply by email.

Alois adds: I cannot make out that the website you quote names an official source. I have no reason to assume that this website has more reliable sources than we do, until I see printed official documents.

You may investigate the matter yourself via newspaper archives, of a good national newspaper. Please check the days around 3.6.1973 and 4.11.1973 first to see whether (and in which section) the newspaper mentions the begin and end of summertime. Once you have established that, go back to the issues for the years 1972, 1971 and 1970, to see whether the summer time (or absence of such) is mentioned. That way, you will have an immediate 'objective' source.

If you believe in the information of your source more than in the data we have, simply use 'manual timezone' on data entry to override our automatic assignment.