Alois adds: This happens if the angle between the Ascendant and the MC axis in the pogressed chart happens to be exactly 90 degrees, AND the progressed MC ist just at the end of a sign.

Is it common? No.

A simple hand-waving analysis: assume even distribution of Asc-MC angles between 60 and 120 degrees -> probability of having between 89°59 and 90°01 is 1 / 1800.
Probability that this happens at 29°59 of a sign = 1 / 1800.
There are 60 years of adult lifespan for this to happen once.

total probability = 60 * (1/1800) * (1/1800) = 0.000018.
It happens to one out of 54'000 persons at some point in that person's life.

Statistical probability analysis has little value in astrology, as it does not convey any MEANING. The really important question is always: what does it mean? and not: How frequently does it occur?

Alois adds: Please take the time to read the introduction to 'short report forecast'.

Alois adds: There are two possibilities:
a) This website is a fake
b) You lack some understanding of astrological technique. Having a natal Sun in Scorpio, you prefer to hit the other in the face with your mistrust instead of simply asking for an explanation.

b) is true. Apparently you have not read the FAQ section about the technique behind the daily horoscope, and apparently you do not understand well what 'transits' are.

Please, look at the FAQ question How can two people have exactly the same daily horoscope? and also at the other sections nearby.

In your case, it is the MC you have in common (only 1/3 of a degree apart) and all aspects of planets to the MC happen for both at nearly the same time. For a slow transiting outer planet the 20' can make a difference of a few days, but for a fast one like the Sun, which moves a full degree per day, the hits are on the same day, about 8 hours apart. You have all the houses actually lined up close together, so that also all transits of planets through a particular house will occur at the same time for both of you. It would be a good idea to get familiar with both your chart drawings, so that you become aware of the differences as well as the common elements. A Synastry drawing shows that even immediately, see extended chart selection.

Alois adds: I am sorry if you were disappointed about one of our reports.

To read a person's or couple's horoscope is always an risky act for an astrologer - there is the possibility that he/she fails to meet the client's expectations, and is blamed for that.

Astrology is not a science, it is an art. Two different artists, when asked to produce a work on the same 'subject', will come up with differnt results. That is in the nature of the art. Some artist's work will speak to you more than another's.

Of course it makes a differnce for both, Liz Greene's Relationship Horoscope, and Mona Riegger's Horoscope for Two, whether the partner is born a year later or earlier. Already a day can make a huge difference. It always depends on the individual case.

That said, I also like Liz' report better; but there are many cases, where the result of Mona Riegger's work is very refreshing and interesting. It can throw new light on elements of a relationship which remain in the dark with any other technique.

We keep the different techniques not secret - we have complete sample reports of all our reports, and they each contain an appendix explaining important parts of the used technique. Customers can really get full information before they order anything.

You will find yet another partnership horoscope in our service, AstroText Partner by Robert Hand. It is based exclusively on the Composite, while Liz Greene uses a combination of Synastry, Composite and natal chart reading, and Mona Riegger uses what is called 'Combine Chart' in German, and Davison Relationship chart in the english speaking world.

Alois adds: We really have experience only with our own software, the one we use for the reports we sell. We think it is by far superior to any 'astrological reports writer' software you can buy, and our customers seem to think so as well. Many professional astrologers use reports they order from us, to enhance and deepen their work with their clients.

When we came out with our first report, the Psychological Horoscope by Liz Greene, seventeen years ago, it was a big step forward in computerized astrology. We expected the 'competition' to make an effort and to catch up with us. Apparently, this has not happened. We are still far beyond everyone else in the field.

Of course, there are important elements in a personal chart reading with a client, which a computer report can never provide, e.g. the feeling of empathy, human warmth and understanding. Even when the text written by our authors often also evokes such feelings in the reader, it remains detached and is just 'letters on paper'. Here, a feeling human astrologer can provide something different to her client.

Alois adds: If you switch to German on our website, and go to Astroshop - Astrodienst Verlag, then you will find the book by Harald Mayen, Astrolandkarten.

This is the basis of Astroclick Travel.

Otherwise, look for books in English about 'Astrocartography'. We do not use this term, because some people try to claim copyright protection on that word. It is a ridiculous claim, but we want no conflict with them.

Alois adds: I think most people consider this 'vertex' as a very technical concept, as not interesting, and that it means nothing to them on an intuitive level. This is why we don't use it.

Ask the Americans why they use it even when it means nothing on the intuitive level....

Alois adds: Thanks for your attention to that, Ariella.

The site you refer to (I have deleted the link, as I don't want to advertise them) is just one of the junk astrology sites which uses chart images created on our server, for decorating their site.

This is not such a terrible thing. Our chart drawings are free for private use, and they kept our logo, so people can see where to get the good stuff. It would be a very different matter if they had ripped off text from our website - we would not tolerate that.

Alois adds: Please, read the introduction word by word. It tells you that 'Short report Forecast' is incomplete by design.

Alois adds: Britain did some experiments with its timezones. Trust us!

Alois adds: In our experience with running this service since more than seven years, it is likely that you made an error.

If you believe that our web service has an error, please use the link on the page where you see the supposed error, near the page bottom, "report a problem". Only that way we can see what you see, with the actual data you have been using. We cannot look into your problem unless we can reproduce it with your data.

Alois adds: It is a bug in Internet Explorer, it displays long text data tables very slowly.

Please wait up to 3 minutes for the page to display. You will find that it does.

Alois adds: 2004 DW is not yet numbered, but we have added it a while ago under a provisional number '99999'

2003 VB12 (there is confusioan about VB12 or VB16, I think VB12 is right) is not numbered either. We gave it for Swiss Ephemeris usage the provisional number 99990. A preliminary ephemeris is available

Alois adds: Wenn Sie gelegentlich die gleichen Transite haben, so hat das eher prosaische Gründe. Sehen Sie genau hin, welcher Geburtsplanet (der zweitgenannte) am Transit beteiligt ist, und dann prüfen Sie am geburtshoroskop, wo dieser steht. Wenn Sie Planeten am gleichen Ort haben wie der Partner, so sind natürlich alle Transite über diese Planeten mehr oder weniger gleichzeitig für Sie beide.

Alois adds: We do not practice Hindu sidereal astrology at Astrodienst. We practice western astrology, which uses the tropical zodiac, starting at the vernal equinox.

By using Google you will certainly find a Hindu astrology website which provides the free services you are looking for. There are so many talented programmers in India and I am sure someone has set up a generous and perfect free service there.

Alois adds: The composite chart does not work for twins. The only approach for a relationship chart for twins, which I know that it works, is the one by our author Mona Riegger, as used in the report 'Horoscope for Two'. You can order it from Astro Shop, we cannot offer it for free.

Mona's approach makes a distinction between 'the older' and 'the younger', which is always defined with twins, even when born by cesarean section. Then she reverts some elements of the Davison relationship chart for the younger one, getting two distinctive charts that way. She is able to make very interesting deductions about the relationship between the two. Not accidentally, Mona is the mother of twins. I am the father of twins, by the way, and have sibling twins. This gives me a natural interest on the subject.

Alois adds: Free Horoscopes -> AstroClick Portrait

Alois adds: Basically, you are asking how and why astrology works. We do not really know, we - like many other people before - have just noticed that it does seem to work.

For one approach towards an explanation, please try Astrology and Psychology in the section 'Understanding Astrology'.

Alois adds: I think your best choice is Free Horoscopes -> extended chart selection -> group Astrodienst special -> Transit calendar for 3 years

Print out the PDF files, and then paint on them with colour as much as you like.

I think that ephemerides set for midnight Universal time serve easily for the whole world. All you need to know is the offset between Universal time and your local timezone, which is fixed. For eastern timezone, at midnight Universal time (beginning of a new day), it is 7 PM in New York during winter, and 8 PM in New York during US daylight saving time in summer, the evening of the still previous day. I don't see why this should be hard to handle.

All important transits are active for many days and weeks anyway, and the precise hour is quite irrelevant. They don't usually show effects by the hour and minute.

PS: The plural of 'ephemeris' is 'ephemerides'. But you don't need the plural. An 'ephemeris' is a book of printed planetary position tables, i.e. one ephemeris, e.g. for the whole century, contains already all the information you need. In a bookstore, you might find several ephemerides, but you only need one, really. Or lets say two, one for the 20th and one for the 21st century, though there are some on the market covering 1900 - 2050.

Alois adds: It is a 'mundane' Sun Venus conjunction, which happens about twice a year in ecliptic longitude. Because Venus' orbit around the Sun is slightly tilted versus the plane of the ecliptic (3°39') these conjunctions in longitude are usually not exact in latitude, i.e. venus passes in most cases a bit below or above the Sun, which has an apparent diameter of 1/2 degree.

This June, it happens to pass over the Sun's disk. Astrologically, this has no particular relevance. Mundane Sun Venus conjunctions are so frequent and regular, that they are not of much concern, even when one of them is a bit closer than the others. Of course, for children born during the hours of this transit, they will have a really close Sun-Venus conjunction in their birth charts, and this will be effective forever in their personality.

But it is certainly interesting to watch. You need a solar eclipse filter for your binoculars or telescope, large enough to cover the complete lenses (the side where the light from the Sun comes in), too look directly into the Sun.

Last year, there was a Mercury transit over the Sun. I together with my colleague Dieter. We are going to watch Venus too, if the weather is OK.
[later] I just realized that I will be on vacation in the south of France at that time, for a two week trip on a friend's boat. I can't take the big telescope along, a pair of binoculars will have to do.

Alois adds: What does 'is creeping me out' mean?

Alois adds: Easy enough to explain: The "other outfit" prepared a false chart.

Alois adds: How should we know that? Please ask in your next bookshop!

Jeff Green is in no way related to Astrodienst and our work.

Alois adds: Sorry, we have currently no open position, except maybe for a genius young programmer.