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The archetype of Lilith, the Black Moon, has emerged as one critical to many
people looking to understand and heal themselves. Its true position is
therefore critical to know.
I request that your free charts include the true BML position and not the
mean, the position of which can vary up to a highly significant 30
degrees.
Between the confusion people encounter sorting out the vague information
available currently regarding the differences between the Black Moon, the
asteroid Lilith and the Dark Moon, there are enough red herrings swimming
around this area of work. By offering the true position in free charts by
default, Astrodienst would be providing an extremely valuable service in the
form of standing for what's really going on with the Lilith archetype, and
thereby be on the cutting edge of this corner of astrology.
Thank you,
Tom Jacobs
tom j a c o b s [ mot/tom àt tdjacobs/com ]
explain e-mail
venice, ca, USA --- Thursday, November 30, 2006 at 19:30 Universal Time
Alois adds: You seem to have fallen into the trap of the word 'true'
in relation to the osculating lunar apogee.
Please read the Swiss Ephemeris
documentation regarding the problems of The
Osculating Apogee (so-called 'True Lilith' or 'True Dark Moon').
The information we are providing in Swiss Ephemeris
documentation is anything but vague. If you are following our
arguments you will understand that using the osculating lunar apogee is
a worse choice than using the mean apogee. You can use the code h13 in
extended chart selection to include the osculating apogee in a chart.
We recommend that you try also h21, the interpolated apogee.
i was looking for the rectangular chart type of jyotish and couldn't find it
at all ... is it there and could it be easier to find .. it used to be ...
like that
James D u k e
richland, USA --- Thursday, November 30, 2006 at 17:34 Universal Time
Alois adds: We never had such a chart style. Please visit a hindu astrology
website for this type of chart.
Kristine,
Try changing chart drawing style (the second drop-down menu under Methods on
the Extended Chart Selection page).
Tomasz S t r a m e l
Poland --- Thursday, November 30, 2006 at 16:32 Universal Time
Horrors! You've changed the Extended charts section, and I no longer get a
nice readable chart, but some nasty thing with fat aspect lines and no
degrees. What can I do to get the better chart back? This will ruin
everything. PLEASE HELP
Kristine O' G r a d y
Lockport, NY, USA --- Thursday, November 30, 2006 at 15:44 Universal Time
Alois adds: Just select 'char drawing style': web default
to get the thin drawing style back. At Astrodienst, we offer many drawing
styles, and prefer actually the one where the aspect line thickness indicates
the precision of the aspect.
Who is Jenna_perso@apoutastro.com? And why is she sending me urgent emails to
help me because of what she sees in my chart? and how did she get my chart?
And how did she get my email? WTF? I am NOT happy about this. And it is
clearly a scam. Please advise.
Catt
Catt P a l y o
Kenwood, CA, USA --- Wednesday, November 29, 2006 at 16:20 Universal Time
Alois adds: I have no idea. Please be aware that the website 'apoutastro.com'
(misspelled on purpose) has nothing to do with astro.com. It just tries
to imitate and you can be sure their name choice was on purpose, to create
confusion with astro.com and our high reputation. I am under
the impression that it is a fraud website. I hear sometimes that people are
molested by this fake 'Jenna' person and that they get cheated out of their
money.
If you have been hurt by unlawful activities, please do not hesitate to
contact the police.
The domain name is registered by a company named Atoll in Langorain, France. Another fake astrology
personality connected to this seems to be Angela Curtis. If you search google
with that name, you will find a lot of information about a particular kind
of scam. Jenna seems to be the latest incarnation. Sara Freder might be
another one. These are all fake names,
no real persons. It seems there is the same man behind all of them. And the
same concept: to create fear via emails, which then requires the purchase
of expensive amulettes, magical photos and similar garbage.
My advice: stay away. Of course no 'jenna' has ever seen your chart. they
send the same scam email to everyone.
Hi all - peace and blessings to you and yours,
I am running into a little discrepency with the chart transit for December
3-4th, 2006 - as far as the moon in concerned. According to a resource I
check in on occassions such as full moons and new moons - on December 4th,
around 4:25 PST, there will be a full moon in Gemini 12º 43' . Your chart
isn't reflecting that..........................wait a minute, LOL, look at
me, what a studge, you know, as much as I've looked at my charts via your
site, i should realize by now that your charts reflect 12:00a.m. of each
particular day unless otherwise (date of births on natal charts, etc.).
I apologize profusely for my misunderstanding.
Peace and blessings to you and yours.
T
Doofus M c g o o
USA --- Wednesday, November 29, 2006 at 15:26 Universal Time
Alois adds: There is a Full Moon, 12°58 Gemini exact at 12:59 pm
Universal time on December 5th.
It is listed on the personal daily horoscope of 5th December. The time
indicated there will be depending on your choice of references place, as shown
on the bottom of the daily horoscope. All times are given in the local
timezone of the reference place you have chosen for your daily horoscopes.
Even the date can vary, if the Universal time/Greenwich time is closer to
midnight than this one.
I just ordered the transits for the year, and I feel I didn't find out
anymore than I did in the extended daily horoscope. I will not be ordering
this again.
Kathy C a s t l e
Centennial, CO, USA --- Wednesday, November 29, 2006 at 11:33 Universal Time
Dear Astrodienst,
I found your reports extremely accurate!!! However, I have a specific
question about my relationship that I would really need to ask. Do you offer
any private consultation where I could do so? If not, could you please
recommend someone? I will be in Zollikon next year in March.
Thank you very much!
Jessi
Jessi
Manly, NSW, Australia --- Wednesday, November 29, 2006 at 01:54 Universal Time
Dear Astrodienst,
I was not to happy with the long term horoscope I purchased from you
recently.
Jupiter entered the sign that it rules, Sagittarius, on November 23rd, 2006,
and will stay in this sign until December 2007.
The report did not mention anything on how this may affect me and what if it
left out other important aspects for the years following 2007.
Not to happy :( would like a refund.
Regards,
Jesse
Jesus V M a r e s
Imperial, CA, USA --- Tuesday, November 28, 2006 at 23:26 Universal Time
Après avoir lu mon horoscope, j’étais vraiment estomaquée de constater que le
portrait me ressemblait étonnamment (au niveau personnalité, dons artistiques
et ressentis) et en quelque sorte me bouleversaient réellement par certains
passages.
Il est vrai que j’ai certaines grosses zones d’ombres et que j’essaie d’y
voir clair depuis un certain moment et qu’il n’est pas simple d’y faire face
mais me retrouver face à elle avec ce portrait qui me les relataient noir sur
blanc est quelque chose d’assez troublant.
Les relations avec mes parents se révèlent être elles aussi très juste et
franchement je ne voyais pas du tout cette image de mes parents ainsi. Je
ressentais depuis quelques années que je devais me confronter à eux parce que
je ressentais confusément que des choses me gênaient et que je ne pouvais pas
être ce que je voulais être avec eux et qu’ils me considéraient encore comme
une petite fille.
Voilà je suis bien contente d’avoir fait faire cet horoscope. Merci à Liz
Green pour ces pages de grandes qualités.
Muriel H o f f m a n n
Paris, France --- Tuesday, November 28, 2006 at 21:42 Universal Time
Peter Hagedorn:
A big philosophical one, but your question will it produce the desired
result? seems to imply there is such a thing as a perfect chart. As an
astrologer yourself you will know there is no such thing and that all of us
have talents and difficulties in our characters in roughly equal measure.
Our expectations are what defines our questions: all three of my children
were born early, astrologically far different from what I now realise I was
sort of expecting. There IS no such thing, it is our idee fixe only.... and
realise we all have great expectations, especially of our nearest and
dearest. If a child dies early everyone will say it should not have happened
(because we hope and expect a child to have a long life) but you could say
the same of birth - it should not have happened a month early, but it did.
Every one of mine was a different sun sign even than I had been expecting.
What did I learn from this? That nature/God is supreme, even if it seems that
doctors 'interfere' - they are more often instrumental in cooperating with
the universe, though it may not seem so from outside. As astrologers we go a
bit too close sometimes to peer over the edge into the mystery of why things
happen but we are no nearer the answer than anyone else.
In my opinion only, a baby's chart timed to the physical birth whenever it
occurs, reflects the character and talents very specifically. Surely that is
the gift of the astrologer, to be rooted in reality - the here and now, no
if's or but's -and interpret the potential in a new baby to it's parents.
Maggy C a s s i n
Netherlands --- Tuesday, November 28, 2006 at 11:53 Universal Time
sorry - last is a dead link. i typed house in the astro dictionary ...
this is a very interesting web site, there is always something new to be found
Bill
USA --- Tuesday, November 28, 2006 at 08:11 Universal Time
did a search on astro dictionary and found this:
http://thenewage.com/cg/x.dll
thank you
Bill
USA --- Tuesday, November 28, 2006 at 05:29 Universal Time
The focus of today's reading is 99 % on how I will get along with my parter.
As someone who does not have one, a sentence or two on overaffectionate
tendencies and advice on don't take any relatioships that commences today too
seriously seems a little disproportionate. I always felt your service was
very effective at balancing the content to addres singles and couples. Guess
I'm feeling a little oversenstitive about an entry that does not hit that
mark today.
Barbara N a s t o
Jersey City, USA --- Monday, November 27, 2006 at 13:25 Universal Time
My beloved daughter will be delivering second child (a girl) on the morning
of 8 December in Portland, Or. by Caesarean section. It is my feeling that
a birth time at or a little before 7:40 would be in the best interests of the
child and her family. Aside from astrological judgements like, Is a Sun
conj. Asc better then a 12th house Sun? my questions are these. 1) Will a
chosen birth time produce the desired result? 2) Is manipulating the birth
time ethical. These are serious questions and so I am interested in the
opinions of my fellow astrologers.
Peter Hagedorn
aka donpedro3
Peter H a g e d o r n [ epnod/donpedro3 ät optonline/net ]
explain e-mail
Glen Cove, NY, USA --- Monday, November 27, 2006 at 01:59 Universal Time
Alois adds: There are some provocative questions which come to my mind:
Why not throw in a little genetic engineering as well?
Are you aware how thin the lline is beetween 'wanting the best for your (grand)child' and manipulative power games aka playing god?
Are you sure you want to carry the
responsibility for the child's chart?
How important is it for you to be in control over the people in your family?
I know that leaving the decision to the hospital's surgery room schedule
planning staff is not the most creative, but I believe it is still better than
trying to play fate. The scheduling staff will have their very non-spiritual
reasons for selecting a time, but at least they will not try to manipulate the
child's personality by doing so. That's as good as it gets in such cases.
I find your questions important and fundamental, Peter, and I have been facing the same
at the birth of my own two daughters.
Your Website is AMAZING!!! SEEK THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU
FREE!!!...Thank you!!!
Ursula
Red Bank, USA --- Monday, November 27, 2006 at 01:53 Universal Time
Regarding finding Aspects to your North Node, I have mentioned (and others
agreed) that they do NOT all appear on astro.com. They will appear
visually/manually when looking directly at the image of the Natal Wheel, but
when it comes to any grids, they do not.
For example:
I have-
North Node in Leo at 26.25 Degrees
Vertex in Libra at 26.57 Degrees
Jupiter in Capricorn at 27.27 Degrees
astro.com does NOT mention Vertex or Jupiter Aspecting my NN in their grid.
If you think, well, it must be the Orb they use - I have Uranus in Leo at
28.46 Degrees which DOES show up in the grid as a Conjunction even though
it's further away than the two above.
The only other Aspect which DOES show up on the grid is North Node Square
Ascendant, although it's at 29.41 Degrees, still further away.
WHY ????????? And is there a work-around I can tell my students about so
this doesn't happen to them?
Thank you.
G P
Winter Park, FL, USA --- Sunday, November 26, 2006 at 21:34 Universal Time
Alois adds on Dec 1: It took me a while to get my attention to this. There was
only an orb of 2° configured for the minor aspects of Jupiter, whereas our
own documentation lists 3°. I have fixed this now to 3°.
Because mathematical points like Lunar Nodes carry no orb, the effective orb
for Jupiter quincunx Lunar Node is only half of that value, i.e. 1°30'.
Now with the corrected orb value it is listed in the grid for your chart.
An aspect between Vertex and Lunar Node is an aspect between two mathematical
points. In our current model, it carries no orb. Because it is very rare that
an aspect angle is absolutely precise, you will not see aspects between
Vertex and Lunar Nodes listed.
Thank you for your quality products! I've purchased many reports over the
years and have sent many people to your site. I'm very happy to see that
reports are offered via email now. I'm surprised, however, that they cost
the same as real snail-mailed reports. Why are we being charged for paper
and binding we don't receive? Just curious.
Catherine
Los Angeles, CA, USA --- Saturday, November 25, 2006 at 16:16 Universal Time
Alois adds: You don't pay us for the paper, you pay us for the content, the art
and the work which is behind our services. We actually like to send our work
to you in printed and bound format, and have for a long time resisted the demand
for electronic versions. Please order the printed version, if you want to
spare yourself from printing and binding.
To Stephany Paulson - What you're asking for already exists! Just go to the
Astro Shop, choose the kind of report you want to buy, and then choose
e-horoscope (online delivery). It's sent directly to your computer as a PDF
file, so you can read it immediately onscreen, and print it out yourself if
you wish to do so. Problem solved!
Pamela Y o u n g
Guelph, ON, Canada --- Saturday, November 25, 2006 at 15:37 Universal Time
I wish you could have the ability to have the reports you have available to
buy. Sent to you by email and not by postal. I would be more then interested
in this area. I don't like the idea of having them sent in the mail. Or
better yet, maybe have an option?
Stephany P a u l s o n
Coeur d Alene, ID, USA --- Saturday, November 25, 2006 at 15:29 Universal Time
Toutes mes félicitations pour votre site (sans oublier le labeur des
traducteurs). Je viens d'effectuer ma première commande et je constate après
lecture de l'analyse approfondie de l'horoscope annuel de Liz Greene qu'il
n'est fait nulle part mention des transits référenciés dans les Prévisions
(lecture libre). Cela se pourrait-il que la version complète d'AstroText
Prévisions selon Robert Hand, diffère à ce point de l'Analyse annuelle de Liz
Greene? (L'heureuse vision de multiples transits favorables ne serait-elle
qu'un mirage?). Merci d'avance de votre réponse. Tous mes voeux de réussite à
chacun d'entre vous.
Thay
B., Espagne --- Saturday, November 25, 2006 at 12:39 Universal Time
HOLA BIEN BIEN
Rebeca B a r b e r e n A [ ceber/rebecabarberena æt hotmail/com ]
explicar
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica --- Saturday, November 25, 2006 at 01:58 Universal Time
Oh yes and I forgot. The Free Thursday astrology is such a great feature.
Thank you for that as well.
Marvel B
USA --- Friday, November 24, 2006 at 23:13 Universal Time
I just wanted to express my gratitude for this great Astrology site. I've
been a registered user for years and as a budding astrologer I've enjoyed all
the different interactive areas of the site. I also want to mention that
while surfing the www I have yet to find such a generous and informative site
to work with. Thank you.
Marvel B
Eugene, OR, USA --- Friday, November 24, 2006 at 23:10 Universal Time
I am completely fascinated by your daily illustrations and would like some
information on the artist .
Dennis D a r r a g h
Vancouver, BC, Canada --- Friday, November 24, 2006 at 00:36 Universal Time
Alois adds: Please see FAQ -> Personal daily Horoscope -> Images
Hello, I have frequented your site for my Daily Free Horoscope for some time
now .. I wonder how you utilize the rising sign of an individual in your
interpretations.? Can I look up an interpretation by my rising sign ?
Susan T
USA --- Thursday, November 23, 2006 at 17:37 Universal Time
Alois adds: You can go to Astroclick Portrait, and click on the Ascendant
or the Ascendant sign.
To continue re Placidus. Campanus and Regiomontanus are about the only two
systems capable of use in polar regions, which may one day be achieved. The
quadrants are indisputably formed by the vertical plane thru' the axes of the
celestial poles and the zenith-nadir and the plane of the horizon then halves
those equal-sized hemispheres. Only by coincidence can the ecliptic/zodiac
disc be thus quartered ( into segments of 90*)
Brian G a w i t h
New Zealand --- Thursday, November 23, 2006 at 12:02 Universal Time
Alois adds: Please be so kind not to continue this issue here. It belongs
to an astrological discussion forum, not in the Astrodienst guestbook.
Thank
you.
Alois + Susan D. again. More of my screed, Quadrants (of the celestial sphere
whose central dot is earth globe, oriented to present the zenith-nadir axis
vertically) are formed by a plane thru' the afore-mentioned axis and that of
the poles, which crosses it at earth's centre, = 2 hemispheres. These in turn
get equally disected by the horizon (of the event/birth). Only by coincidence
will the zodiac disc be equally apportioned by those planes
Brian G a w i t h
Palmerston Nth, New Zealand --- Thursday, November 23, 2006 at 11:26 Universal Time
Alois adds: Please be so kind not to continue this issue here. It belongs
to an astrological discussion forum, not in the Astrodienst guestbook.
Thank
you.
Events occurring near the poles must have extremely different zodiac content
in the opposite pairs of quadrants, one of which pair has finally to be
eliminated altogether for a crossover position. Regiomonts. makes a change in
method of further division of quadrants to get 12 houses, but for reason only
to avoid often very unequal houses. Campanus, earlier than most commonly
used ones, simply continued equally dividing the 3-dimensionally equal-sized
quadrants equally. C.E.O.Carter, Dane Rudhyar, Donld Bradley and other top
astrologers ended up with Campanus. Within two years I aim to publish what
will leave few practitioners with any doubts. We should all be free to say
yea or nay. Mayo was. You are. +me? Cheers.
Brian G a w i t h
Palmerston Nth, New Zealand --- Thursday, November 23, 2006 at 10:20 Universal Time
Alois adds: Please be so kind not to continue this issue here. It belongs
to an astrological discussion forum, not in the Astrodienst guestbook.
Thank
you.
House systems are a matter of the personal taste of the Astrologer. We cannot
give advice on this choice. There is no right or wrong. It's more a matter of
experience with different systems.
Direct quote, this site.
Bill
USA --- Thursday, November 23, 2006 at 10:12 Universal Time
Alois, Re Susan Davis and Placidus houses:--
I wish firstly to heartily congratulate you and ASTRODIENST for this
outstanding contribution towards bringing enlightenment kicking and
struggling, to more general public awareness.
I confess that after an exhaustive study ofall the astronomical features
involved, and all the essential factual data requiring incorporation in
horoscope construction, I have to unreservably endorse Mayo's statement.
Brian G a w i t h
Palmerston Nth., New Zealand --- Thursday, November 23, 2006 at 08:57 Universal Time
Kære Astro dienst
Har i overvejet at tilføje en særskilt sundheds- helbredsprognose?
Efter min mening er dette ellers den dejligste af alle astrologitjenester på
nettet, så veludført og professionel på alle måder. Og så rammende. Tak! Jeg
er meget glad for at kunne benytte mig af den.
Venlig hilsen Eva Christensen
Eva June Vith C h r i s t e n s e n
Fur, Denmark --- Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 14:42 Universal Time
I'm glad that at last I asked for my astrologic sign. And know I can
understand why things are not the way I wished they were.
Thanks for that free beginning. We can see the reason of your success.
Claudia Grael
Brazil
Claudia G r a e l
Niterói, Brazil --- Tuesday, November 21, 2006 at 16:40 Universal Time
Good afternoon,
Wanting to order a second version of our relation horoscope in the manner
that the other partner is spoken too, I can't find a space in the order
facilities to fill in the code of our first version.
Could you please help me out ?
Sincerely, Peter de Beer
Peter de B e e r
Hilversum, Netherlands --- Tuesday, November 21, 2006 at 11:23 Universal Time
Dear People at Astrodienst,
I have enjoyed your website for years. Many thanks to all of you for your
hard work,
and the excellent quality of your products and services.
Best wishes for a safe and enjoyable holiday season 2006 and a prosperous and
healthy 2007!
With gratitude,
Joy Ruppersburg
San Rafael, CA, USA
Joy R u p p e r s b u r g
San Rafael, CA, USA --- Monday, November 20, 2006 at 23:54 Universal Time
Although I entered the number and clicked on the selection for Eris, it is
still not appearing in my chart. Is there a problem plotting its position,
and if so, when will this be remedied?
Thank you.
Kestrel C a r l s o n
Ellettsville IN, USA --- Monday, November 20, 2006 at 14:01 Universal Time
Alois adds: When we have time, we will fix it. Please be patient. At the
moment we have other much more urgent work to do.
I want to change my email address. How do I do that?
Karen K i e l y
USA --- Sunday, November 19, 2006 at 09:10 Universal Time
Alois adds: Please see the FAQ entry How can I change my e-mail
address?
What is geb?
I purchased the hardcopy of my psychological horoscope analysis several years
ago and was puzzled then by this odd word or phrase in my otherwise English
translation horoscope. The original was lost long ago in a move and I
repurchased it in pdf format this week.
On delivery the anamoly persists unchanged from years ago. The title page
says Psychological Horoscope Analysis for
My Name, geb. My birth data.
Have done internet search now for the meaning of geb or even what language
it represents. I presume it means ... born ...
However, my search yields info that geb is spelled with a capital G and
refers to an Eygptian Earthy God who was father of Kronos.
Do you have a Gremlin named Geb running loose in your software?
Gwyddion
Saturday, November 18, 2006 at 01:15 Universal Time
Alois adds: Yes, we had apparently such a gremlin, which introduced the
geb-bug on the cover page of the electronic edition of PHE. The original bug
on the printed copy had been eradicated long ago.
geb. is the abbreviation of the german word 'geboren' which means 'born'.
Thanks for pointing out the problem.
P.S. I had the great good fortune to talk with an astrologer assocaited with
CPA and I am well aware that there can be no astrological information that
will make any sense to you until the addiction you mention is dealt with.
However, beyond this, you have managed to find this site and to ask very good
questions. I am not associated with this site, but the fact you found it and
ask your question here shows a lot about an orientation, be it instinct or
perception I do not know, that will serve you well once you RECOVER and then
begin the hard work of understanding the self.
Bill
USA --- Friday, November 17, 2006 at 05:45 Universal Time
Mr Brown
Here is a possible web site for help...
http://www.users.qwest.net/~aaogden/
there are any number of ways to get help but you do have to reach out for it
- best wishes
Bill
USA --- Friday, November 17, 2006 at 03:16 Universal Time
I am interested in any professional and recommended resources that this site
offers concerning one who is concerned about personal dificulties with issues
about addictions. I mean directly those issues that deal with obsessive and
compulsive disorders in personal behaviors. I hav already studied my chart
and have coe to the conclusion that I cannot explore it on my own. I have two
afflicted planets in my twelfth house and these are severely afflicted by
intrinsic influences. I am very mch in love with my wife and she with me but
we both seem preoccupied with our own concerns. She,on the other had, is
driven to love me enough to hope to help me overcome my addictions. Some of
these are chemical and soe ideals. My concern is fro the perspective of our
universal contact as spirit beings. I think that we have strong universal
contacts for some reason. Contrary to her past influences, she is convinced
that astrological contacts are somehow a curse. I am convinced that they can
enlighten both of us. Up to this point it has simply led us to cling to each
other belonging togehter for some reason. the benefit is mine more than hers,
especially financially and materially. I want to see how to free her of this
by reciprcating somehow. She is a wonderful and loving wife but frustrated
with me. Why are we so bound and waht are we supposed to achieve spiritually
together? Can you help me in undestanding this with your professional
contacts?
I received Tao with a temple contact. My spiritual advisor insists that her
opinions are driven spiritually and she refuses to offer birth data even
though she has read the same about a Tao tool of using these resources to
build spiritual oneness and spiritual growth. I will not argue this. She has
mine and my wife's also but not exactly, only mine. I am spontaneous about
siritual growth but most I am acquainted with are not. Perhaps I am deluding
myself. One thing I am not deluded about is spiritual growth and its
importance. Waht i have learned from astrology is that waht is contained in
my own chart is waht I need to learn. Plese recommend what I should do before
Neptune and afflicted Saturn continue to restrict me to this adverse
experince and frighten my wife more.
Steven B r o w n
Ogden, Utah, USA --- Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 08:06 Universal Time
Alois adds: Steven, we cannot give personal advice here, or from a remote
position. I highly recommend that you seek qualified
psychological counselling and
therapy. I don't think that astrological consultations are sufficient for
solving your problems.
Where might I find viewpoints/ insights on Lillith by transit conjuncting my
natal north node in my 5th house. Just very curious. Red
Red D a w n
USA --- Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at 17:33 Universal Time
I have been an avid student of your wares for the past four years, but up
until a month ago I had only utilized elements of your site that were free.
But of recent I have come upon a period in my life that can onyl be described
as the beginnings of an intense growther peiod for myself and my girlfriend,
and I felt that buying the relationship horoscope and the year long personal
forecast would be very helpful. What I didn't anticipate was just how
incredibly accurate it all is. I appreciate your services in such a profound
way. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Learning about astrology has become
such a mind and life opening experience, and your website has been the means
by which I have bene able to expereince this life and mind expansion. And as
I approach my Saturn's Return in the up coming months, no doubt, your website
will come in handy in helping me to better understand that interesting life
experience. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Jeremy Thomas
Jeremy T h o m a s
Hatfield, PA, USA --- Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at 16:37 Universal Time
Hi Pamela, that last point you made - an astrologically oriented therpaist
would not necessarily mean that that individual would be an amazing therapist
was not clear from your post. I fully agree! it is that way we everything.
Cheers
Ruby
London, Great Britain --- Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at 12:55 Universal Time
Alois, I am sorry that you misinterpreted my question about House Systems,
which was written in a spirit of open and friendly enquiry.
If you read again, you will see that I did not say Placidus was worthless.
Rubbishing other people's methods is really not my style. I was simply
asking why the Faculty of Astrological Studies UK, traditionally prefered
Equal House, which is of course the oldest of all systems.
To quote Jeff Mayo, 'Placidus presents a gross distortion and
misrepresentation of individuals born in the higher latitudes.'
This is not my opinion. As an enthusiastic amateur and visitor to your
excellent site, I was simply confused, and therefore asking for
clarification.
I am sorry to have caused such offence.
Susan
Susan D a v i s
craven arms, Great Britain --- Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at 11:14 Universal Time
Alois adds: No problem, Susan.
I do not want to go into the old and worthless discussion about house systems.
Everything has been said too many times already. It is as pointless as
arguing about the advantages of Lutheranism versus Calvinism. The godess is happy
enough if you believe in her at all.
Regarding your Mayo quote: He seems to be saying, that, because the division
of the celestial sphere into 'houses' is difficult with Placidian rules beyond
67° latitude, one should not attempt to make such a division at all.
As far as I am aware, a VERY small fraction of the world population is born
inside the polar circles. It is like saying everyone MUST be wearing
fur caps and fur coats all the time, because it can be cold on some very
northern places at some times.
The sky can still be divided into quadrants, determined by the local
meridian and the rising/setting points of the ecliptic, at all latitudes.
Our system switches from Placidian quadrant division to Porphyrian quadrant
trisection at the polar circle. Of course I respect any other decisions an
astrologer might make for his/her technique in his/her practice.
I believe in local solutions to local problems. Maybe this is a consequence
of living in Switzerland, where this approach ist customary.
Ruby - I really do not think that I was using astrology as an excuse or
defense. As for the fact that I was being challenged by the analyst , and
that maybe that indicated that there was something worth looking into there,
I had already thought of that and had stayed in the analysis for some time
past when my gut feeling told me that this was not the right analyst for me.
Her remark, Forget the charts! was the last straw, since the reason I had
chosen her was because I believed she was someone who took astrology
seriously.
I was not asking for help when I wrote in, I was just replying to Aldo. I do
stand by what I said in my post then, namely that therapists, regardless of
how well qualified they may be, and regardless of their theoretical
orientation, are human beings first. Consequently, they are not necessarily
wiser than anyone else, and they most certainly are not necessarily any more
objective than anyone else.
Mind you, some therapists are amazing - but my point to Aldo was that, should
he manage to find a psychologist who was very conversant with astrology, that
would not necessarily mean that that individual would be an amazing
therapist, just by dint of being astrologically literate. And that is all I
was saying.
Pamela Y o u n g
Guelph, ON, Canada --- Tuesday, November 14, 2006 at 22:48 Universal Time
I am curious to know, why you , like many astrologers these days seem to
prefer the Koch House system?
Back in the seventies, when I first learned about astrology, the favoured
method was Equal House. Koch/Placidus were considered pretty much worthless,
due to house distortions for northern hemisphere.
For instance, my original chart, (equal house) positions sun and 4 other
planets in Libra in 3rd house. This would seem appropriate for a
professional novelist. However Koch/Placidus places sun firmly in the
fourth, thus making me a homebody!
I'd be grateful if someone could shed light on this.
Many thanks, Susan
Susan D a v i s
craven arms, Great Britain --- Tuesday, November 14, 2006 at 16:53 Universal Time
Alois adds: You observed incorrectly. We do not use the Koch system, but the Placidus house system
exclusively.
In our opinion it divides the sky in the most natural manner,
first into proper quadrants, and then into time-based houses. The equal house
system ignores the spherical nature of the celestial globe, where the
celestial theatre show
actually happens.
It is a trivial construction on paper, in comparison,
looking at flat charts instead of the actual sky. This kind of system was most
popular before people could handle more complex math.
I recommend that you remain in your believe system, as you seem to be happy
there, but maybe hold back
with calling other techniques 'worthless'.
Hello from Sydney Australia. I have been a registered user of your site for
some years now and have learned so much from reading and using your site. I
have just seen that you are located on Lake Zurich which for me is a very
specail place. In 1984, at the age of 18, I arrived in Zurich and spent
several days by myself wandering up and down Bahnhoff Strasse and by the
Lake. It must be a great pleasure and very inspiring for you to do such
important work in such a beautiful location. Keep up your good work, you are
appreciated in this part of the world. Regards, Michelle
Michelle M a k l e r
Sydney, Australia --- Tuesday, November 14, 2006 at 11:15 Universal Time
Thank you so much for your free horoscope services.
Blessings to you.
Jeffrey S w a i n h a r t
Minneapolis, USA --- Tuesday, November 14, 2006 at 03:25 Universal Time
Hello Alois et al,
I have a suggestion for the selection criteria of the important long-term
influences delineations in the Personal Daily Horoscope. The suggestion is
this: to determine first if there are long-term transits occurring to planets
already in relationship in the natal chart and if so, to give those first
priority.
For example, in my chart Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto are all at 11 degrees,
though they are in different signs. Since transits to the three planets
always happen simultaneously, I would like to be able to read the
delineations for them together. Today I can read the delineations for
Mercury aspecting Saturn and Pluto but not for its aspect to Jupiter. I think
that seeing them listed together would remind me of the natal relationship
and help me to notice how planetary aspects affect my particular
configuration.
As always, you have my deepest respect and gratitude for the excellence of
your site.
Linda Vanzant
Linda V a n z a n t
Petaluma, CA, USA --- Monday, November 13, 2006 at 20:48 Universal Time
Pamela, it is quite possible that you were using astrology as an
excuse/defence and the therapist mirrored that back to you? It's also quite
possible the therapist was not interested in astrology, however it takes 3
years to do the Cert and minimum 40 seminars plus 30 supervision sessions
with highly qualified and experienced tutors (of which there are a handful).
the ins and outs and different types of clients are explored, including the
ones who come to a reading with a desire to hear what they want and nothing
less. Having said that there's also the possibility that the Jungian
therapist in question was not a good match for you, but the very fact you
were challenged might suggest going a little further with them?I'm trying to
suggest looking at it another way. In my experience there are clients who
will say 'just look at the charts, it will never work' and life just ain't
quite like that. Astrology is for guidance, it can be interpreted on so many
different levels, but it is not the be all and end all. If someone's Saturn
is on my Moon a traditional cookbook interpretation will paint a bleak
picture of restriction and limitation, however, flip the coin the other way
and depending on the rest of the configurations of the charts,I could well
experience their Saturn on my Moon as something which is anchoring or
containing, or they may well help me bring the meaning of my moon by
sign/aspect and house into a concrete expression by virtue of my experience
of their Saturn ........i hope this is of help and makes some sense.
Ruby
London, Great Britain --- Monday, November 13, 2006 at 17:51 Universal Time
Hi!
I am new to astrology and have produced short reports via your website.
However I also wish to find some information relating to my children. They
are twins, and have generated exactly the same report (born only 7 minutes
apart). How can more (differentiating) information be obtained? THanks!! -
Jules
Jules
Australia --- Sunday, November 12, 2006 at 09:29 Universal Time
Alois adds: Our FAQ section has an article about the horoscope of
twins
P.S. - I forgot again not to put semi-colons in my post. Sorry about that.
I hope it's still comprehensible.
Pamela Y o u n g
Guelph, ON, Canada --- Saturday, November 11, 2006 at 16:31 Universal Time
To Aldo - Just keep in mind, before you go travelling somewhere in order to
meet a particular therapist, that no matter what their knowledge or
qualifications, therapists are human beings too, and bring their own
prejudices to bear when dealing with a client in the therapeutic situation.
A knowledge of astrology will not necessarily help.
I speak from sad experience, since a couple of years ago I decided to enter
Jungian analysis, and I felt the same as you. So I chose someone whose
qualifications as an analyst were impeccable, and who also had the
certificate from the Faculty of Astrological Studies she had gotten her
qualifications as a Jungian analyst in Zurich, and had even attended at least
one of Liz Greene's seminars while there. She listed astrology as one of
her interests on her website based on that, I chose her from a long list of
qualified Jungian analysts.
Well, guess what: it didn't work out. She was indeed very knowledgable
about astrology, but at a certain point in the analysis, when I said, in
speaking of a relationship, Look at the charts! she replied, Forget the
charts! When it came down to it, she threw astrology out the window if it
didn't match her preconceived notions of what should be. So much for
astrologically-trained analysts!
Pamela Y o u n g
Guelph, ON, Canada --- Saturday, November 11, 2006 at 16:28 Universal Time
Aldo,
there are some superb astrologers, who have graduated from CPA with
distinction and are based Stateside but travel frequently in the States and
Europe, and do phone readings. A requirement of CPA is for students to
undertake a minimum of a years's psychotherapy - inevitably, as my own
experience, it opens up many possibilities and although I've finished the
course I'm still going to psychotherapy. CPA can recommend a list of
qualified astrologers who have a bias towards psychotherapy. I' m not sure if
I can recommend people on a place such as a feedback website but if you are
interested let me know and I will write to you privately and recommend some
wonderful astrologers.
Ruby
London, UK --- Saturday, November 11, 2006 at 15:36 Universal Time
Kent,
I'm glad we both have come to understand my original question.
I wish you a very good night 1:09am in LA, I presume),
Tomasz S t r a m e l
Poland --- Saturday, November 11, 2006 at 09:09 Universal Time
Thomasz - Now that you describe what your display looks like mine looks
identical. The Astrodienst blue banner extends the full horizontal width of
the screen but the paragraphs of text and diagrams of data reside entirely
within the left-most half of the screen. I am so used to seeing it this way
that I never even noticed the right half of the screen is always empty.
Kent T o l l e y
Long Beach, CA, USA --- Saturday, November 11, 2006 at 01:42 Universal Time
Kent,
1. Much as I appreciate your response to my feedback, I must say I was (and
still am) hoping to get a hint or two on this issue from Mr Treindl or the
website's designer, Mr J.V. Stork (unless he's no longer with the staff).
2. I agree that it makes sense to fix problems where they are, as opposed to
fixing problems where there are none.
3. Let me just clarify one thing: when I said: 'the contents of a single
Astrodienst webpage fill only the left half of the total area of the display'
I meant neither of the following: (a) the width of my browser window is half
the width of the display, (b) the width of the webpage in a fully expanded
browser window is half the width of the browser window. I meant this: in a
fully expanded browser window the webpage takes up the entire window but the
readable and otherwise interactive content entends from the left side of the
window to about half its width.
4. You said you also use this type of display and the same resolution. Could
you please also specify which operating system and what browser you use? If
you use MS operating system, could you please share your display DPI setting
(rightclick anywhere on the desktop - all windows closed - then click
Properties - Settings - Advanced)? If you use IE: could you please advise
whether you use a specific user style sheet (Tools - Internet Options -
Accessibility)?
Thank you for you help,
Tomasz S t r a m e l
Poland --- Saturday, November 11, 2006 at 00:06 Universal Time
Reply to ALDO searching for a therapist who uses astrology:
I live in Los Angeles, a city as big as NY. If I google psychotherapists who
use astrology in Los Angeles I get back pages and pages of therapists who
use, in some way, astrology in therapy. Try it. The CPA that was
recommended to you is London-based and you probably want a therapist you can
sit down with face-to-face.
Kent T o l l e y
Long Beach, CA, USA --- Friday, November 10, 2006 at 19:17 Universal Time
Thomasz -
I also use a 17 inch (diagonal) LCD set to 1280x1024 resolution and the
Astrodienst pages fills and fits exactly on my monitor as does every other
website I've visited. If the display problem is exclusively on your side of
the interface doesn't make sense for you to fix the problem at your end?
Kent T o l l e y
Long Beach, CA, USA --- Friday, November 10, 2006 at 18:19 Universal Time
Hello,
Here's a technical question: I use a 17-in LCD (res. 1280x1024) and the
contents of a single Astrodienst webpage fill only the left half of the total
area of the display. I hasten to add it doesn't in any way apply exclusively
to your website. However, there are sites that somehow automatically adjust
the contents of a webpage to neatly fit whatever type of screen or display or
resolution you're using. Would it be possible by any chance to modify the
source markup of your pages along the same lines? I know I can work with zoom
levels and other browser settings (Accessibility - Formatting in IE) but
these (esp. the latter) can really mangle the layout.
Thank you,
Tomasz S t r a m e l
Poland --- Friday, November 10, 2006 at 08:33 Universal Time
Alois adds: Our pages are designed to display even on old screens which are
only 800 pixels wide - there are still many computer users with such screens.
You don't have to make your browser window full screen size, but can keep
other parts of your desktop - or other applications - visible besides the
browser. This is also convenient to have space for the popup windows of
AstroClick or for help popup windows.
Personally, I do not like websites which try to take over the full screen;
I prefer if they stick to book-stlye formats, not newspaper style formats.
Please bring all the actual longterm aspect-interpretation in the daily
horoscope - not only three selected! And please make a little graphic curve,
which marks when in the period a longterm aspect starts, ends and culminates.
Its fine that you select the most important and mark them, but please bring
the rest too ...
MM
Denmark --- Thursday, November 9, 2006 at 14:54 Universal Time
Alois adds: I am afraid you misunderstand the purpose of the DAILY HOROSCOPE.
It is really meant to give a daily inspiration, based on your personal
transits. This is why it varies each day, and why also rather unimportant
transits are chosen as the 'theme of the day'.
The daily horoscope was never intended to provide an overview and
readings for all relevant transits in your life.
You will find an excellent overview including graphics under
Free horoscopes -> extended chart
selection -> group Astrodienst special -> Transit Calendar
There you can select between various formats and durations.
Hi ! I've researched the Vertex on the Internet and I think I found the way
it is supposed to be calculated, but my results would place it a few degrees
norther (if it was above he DESC) or souther (if it was below the DESC) from
the position calculated by your site ... I'm no mathematician, but I folowed
the incredibly simple instructions ... Maybe I got it wrong somehow ... I
couldn't figure out how you're supposed to know if it falls north/south from
the DESC and I was hoping that someone here could shed some light, as I'm
sure the actual calculations are more elaborate ...
~Mara
Mara
Thursday, November 9, 2006 at 13:29 Universal Time
Alois adds: you can be sure that we compute the Vertex correctly, and you
cannot do it without serious trigonometry. Please see the Swiss Ephemeris
documentation for more details.
It says:6.2. Vertex, Antivertex, East Point and Equatorial Ascendant,
etc.
The Vertex is the point of the ecliptic that is located precisely in western
direction. The Antivertex is the opposition point and indicates the precise
east in the horoscope. It is identical to the first house cusp in the horizon
house system.
There is a lot of confusion about this, because there is also another point
which is called the "East Point" but is usually not located in the east. In
celestial geometry, the expression "East Point" means the point on the horizon
which is in precise eastern direction. The equator goes through this point as
well, at a rectascension which is equal to ARMC + 90 degrees. On the other
hand, what some astrologers call the "East Point" is the point on the ecliptic
whose rectascension is equal to ARMC + 90 (i.e. the rectascension of the
horizontal East Point). This point can deviate from eastern direction by 23.45
degrees, the amount of the ecliptic obliquity. For this reason, the term
"East Point" is not very well-chosen for this ecliptic point, and some
astrologers (M. Munkasey) prefer to call it the Equatorial Ascendant. This,
because it is identical to the Ascendant at a geographical latitude 0.
The Equatorial Ascendant is identical to the first house cusp of the axial
rotation system.
Note: If a projection of the horizontal East Point on the ecliptic is wanted,
it might seem more reasonable to use a projection rectangular to the ecliptic,
not rectangular to the equator as is done by the users of the "East Point".
The planets, as well, are not projected on the ecliptic in a right angle to
the ecliptic.
The Swiss Ephemeris supports three more points connected with the house and
angle calculation. They are part of Michael Munkasey's system of the 8
Personal Sensitive Points (PSP). The PSP include the Ascendant, the MC, the
Vertex, the Equatorial Ascendant, the Aries Point, the Lunar Node, and the
"Co-Ascendant" and the "Polar Ascendant".
The term "Co-Ascendant" seems to have been invented twice by two different
people, and it can mean two different things. The one "Co-Ascendant" was
invented by Walter Koch (?). To calculate it, one has to take the ARIC as an
ARMC and compute the corresponding Ascendant for the birth place. The
"Co-Ascendant" is then the opposition to this point.
The second "Co-Ascendant" stems from Michael Munkasey. It is the Ascendant
computed for the natal ARMC and a latitude which has the value 90° -
birth_latitude.
The "Polar Ascendant" finally was introduced by Michael Munkasey. It is the
opposition point of Walter Koch's version of the "Co-Ascendant". However, the
"Polar Ascendant" is not the same as an Ascendant computed for the birth time
and one of the geographic poles of the earth. At the geographic poles, the
Ascendant is always 0 Aries or 0 Libra. This is not the case for Munkasey's
"Polar Ascendant".
[end of quote]
It would be nice if we could progress the relocation charts and maps.
Timmy D e v i t o
Wickliffe, OH, USA --- Wednesday, November 8, 2006 at 13:22 Universal Time
My personal data was sent by your website to another person! How could this
breach of personal security happen? How can I be assured it is not happening
all the time... to everyone? It is very frightening to me!
Arthur Herman
Santa Barbara CA USA
A H e r m a n
Santa Barbara, CA, USA --- Wednesday, November 8, 2006 at 13:21 Universal Time
Alois adds: Surely, it was not 'sent by our website'. there are more than 4 million profiles stored here, and I doubt you see any of them except your very own, or a few unprotected ones whose owners have published links via blogs and google if you access our site via some blog link or via google hits.
But if you use a computer accessed also by
others, and you take no precautions, these other persons can see your data.
You might choose to use the 'high security' profile option.
Please see the FAQ section on Data privacy
Aldo:
Website: www.cpalondon.com
Bill
USA --- Wednesday, November 8, 2006 at 07:46 Universal Time
Dear friends of Astrodienst,
I am very fascinated by the psychological side of astrology and I have been
wondering for some time if there are true psychologists (who really treat
patients with their issues) who have an understanding of astrological
influence. I have been in therapy for years, changing several therapists due
to my moving around, but what I want and need today is a therapist who
includes astrology and the study of the chart as an integral part of the
therapy. Is there such a thing or am I being delusional? I would appreciate
an answer if possible for you into my e-mail since i don't often have time to
go into the board. I reside in New York but I would consider traveling to
meet an enlightened psychotherapist with solid and healthy astrological
knowledge. Thank you so much.
Aldo
New York
Aldo
New York, USA --- Tuesday, November 7, 2006 at 22:20 Universal Time
I agree with Tom and Maggy here. If you feel that the Robert Hand transit
explanations given in Personal Daily Horoscope are negative then don’t read
them or at least put them in some kind of perspective. On any day, if you
consider all the transits, most charts will have some easy and some difficult
aspects. Recently someone complained that the forecast is always negative
and then cherry-picked 3 days of difficult aspects as evidence for “always.”
Please be reasonable. When the Moon is in Aries it’s going to be in easy
aspect to all planets located in Leo, Sag, Gemini, Aquarius. At the same
time it will be in difficult aspect to all bodies in Cancer, Libra and
Capricorn. If you have a lot of planets in Cancer, Libra and Capricorn you
will be reading a lot of difficult paragraphs from Robert Hand that day.
There is no conspiracy and you were not born under an unlucky star you just
have a lot of Cardinal planets. Do yourself a favor and learn what that
means. Alternately you could write letters of complaint to Alois and look no
further into your preponderance in Cardinal signs.
Kent T o l l e y
Long Beach, CA, USA --- Tuesday, November 7, 2006 at 18:14 Universal Time
Tom London, I'm with you, opening the champagne as I type......Astrodienst is
honest - people reading these pages are mostly grown up adults who through
their own experiences will know life cannot always be all sunshine and roses.
A warning here and there can be timely and at least make you conscious of
your own attitude, and the way it is done on these pages is realistic and
professional
Maggy C a s s i n
den haag, Netherlands --- Tuesday, November 7, 2006 at 14:01 Universal Time
From time to time feedback is posted by people complaining that the
Astrodienst daily horoscopes are overly negative in tone. I find this
baffling, as I have never encountered forecasts of doom and gloom. In fact,
today’s free horoscope is so very positive in every respect I may crack open
a bottle of champagne and it’s only lunchtime. Maybe I was just born under a
lucky star...
Tom L o n d o n
Great Britain --- Tuesday, November 7, 2006 at 13:24 Universal Time
I read Alois as saying that the options Female, Male, Event, for daily
horoscope etc are linguistic categories. They change the way the language is
constructed. But English can be reconstructed to accept gender neutrality.
Does anyone recall the joke about religion? Some soldier is asked about his
religion. He says he is agnostic. The Sergeant says, You are free to worship
any way you want. (Wilde? Shaw?) So I have to agree with the point made.
There is a gender bias and it need not be there. It only advocates outmoded
thinking. I think I remember a discussion about medieval forms of thinking
and the modern world...
Well... The joke is depends on the soldier being an athiest! And it is
probably by that philosopher... whats his name...
Bertrand Russell? Never mind. Ok. Who wrote this?
young life is breathed
on the glass
the world that was not
comes to pass
Bill [ brrac/carrb005 èt hawaii/rr/com ]
explain e-mail
USA --- Tuesday, November 7, 2006 at 10:35 Universal Time
Alois:
Thanks for reading my feedback and replying. However, I'm not sure you
heard it.
Unlike binary logic programming, earthlife (expressed in either biological
sex or social gender) is a bit more complex than substituting pronouns after
a search, eradicate and replace mission, or after a series of forced choices
between if/then tests is transformed into a character string assignment. I
believe you that your current programming structure is somehow configured in
this or some equivalent manner. I was and am still hoping your approach to
psychological astrology and the use of artificial intelligence could be
stretched to a bit further sophistication.
Gender is a culturally determined root construct underlying most social
communication. It may or may not parallel very closely the biological sex
that parents and/or doctors thought they saw at birth, and in some cases
struggled to figure out. For at least a few thousand years on this planet
the humans who prefer their distinctive dualing (of he versus she, black
versus white, switched on vs off, and prime versus zero) have frankly had
plenty of catering to... if not held nearly absolute sway. However, black
and white are not lost in a full color world nor on the computer screen.
That may be a fear. In some cases an illusion when the light level is low.
Instead their communication value and opportunities for higher resolution, as
well as richer and deeper expression are vastly enhanced. Okay. May there
is a cost to upgrade, but I don't know very many people who really want to
go back to monochrome now that they've seen with more clarity than the limits
of using only their peripheral vision.
I strongly doubt that the Cosmos pre-determined that specific energy patterns
were really supposed to be assigned to a few dominate myths, mostly of
western european origin, and then restricted to the resultant human traits
and gender assignments chosen by the the carvers of Western Civilization.
You may have a different perspective, but I imagine that western mythology
has been grafted onto the cosmic energy patterns, and when associated with
sufficiently powerful political or religious movements also deeply grafted
into our language and behavioral roles... unfortunately grafted along with
the potential for numerous noisy signals, bugs, typos and mutations in the
process of code translation. The latter are problems that grow in magnitude
when critical programming languages underlying nearly all social
communication on Terra Firma can only be imagined as either/or binary
systems.
It would be truly refreshing to see some original aquarian-like thoughts that
attempt to launch us beyond a few of these boundaries to see what else can
unfold before our expanding vision -- maybe there is something better
awaitng and without the apparent and curious contradictions mentioned in
Michal's feedback to which you referred me.
By the way. I'm puzzled. Why would your programming need to delete the
grand He's and She's you already employ for those people who want them and/or
feel proud to be so identified -- just in order to create an additional
option ( or options) for those of us who are not are rare as you may think
and whose anatomical and cosmic fingerprints, much less our gender role
choices, simply fail to conform to monochrome worlds and skyscapes.
It seems you might already be nearly prepared for some progressions. Your
personal horoscopes already solve most of the personal pronoun dilemma --
they refer to the primary reader as you and your. When I sign on as a female
(or male) the daily horoscopes already differentiate potentialities which
might occur in various types of relationships (business, social or romantic)
with women from those which might occur with men. Your partner horoscopes
likewise already give the option of naming whether the partner is a male or
female (and an additional option or options could be added).
Hence nothing needs to be lost, and you language would not necessarily become
anymore gender neutral for all those situations when the user wants to
intentionally choose male or female. Rather than losing, wouldn't you gain
greater relevance? And it would open countlless doorways besides those about
initial pronoun assignments for future software development and
individualization.
Funny thing. Your response that in accomodating my request somehow much
would be lost seems to parallel the typical first reaction, regardless of the
context, when other people are asked to contemplate a broader universe for
biological sex and social gender. So you are not alone. You have more
company than I do.
So from the comfort and vastness of being in the majority, can you think
about it again. Is this somehow threatening? Why? Why would leaving space
for another person to be both, neither or something entirely different
necessarily diminish the boundaries that He and She have already conquested,
conquered, and controlled. We are not on a crowded island here -- we are
talking about the infinity of space. My point of view is the majority of you
can still have your cake to possess and eat either way. Actually its the
requirement to ignore a part of my anatomy, biology and psyche every time I
am required to check one but only one of those darn FM boxes at a time that
results in a loss. But, its not just me that loses, or others like me. Its
majority of you who also lose the full potential that contemplating and
incorporating our diversity would bring to you and to our world once the
rest of us could exist in it openly as whole entities.
Space, somewhere between its macro- and micro-cosmos must surely have a few
additional dimensions tucked between the darkest corners and brightest stars
where you could travel and find a multi-faceted box, return home and place it
gently next to Male and Female, grant it a provisional name such as the Rest
of Us, the Other, Mystery, Yet to be revealed, or ___________, but please
do better than calling us...it.
I may be wrong. You revised your first reply to Michal. Maybe someday you
and our world can revise your replies to my question as well. I still want
to believe that after the first reflex and clonus have died down, a bit of
dreaming and more thought by people as skilled as those on your staff in
recognizing the power and importance of symbolism can react different. I
still hope you might also grasp the symbolic significance of recognizing and
positively accomodating this fundamental root of diversity in the human
species, in much of the animal and plant kingdoms, and beyond -- perhaps in
the heart of our LifeForce.
As many astrologers, I suspect including you would argue, the restriction of
astrology to only a solar chart printed in the Sunday tabloid is far too
simplistic and often misleading. Sun and Moon aren't really enough either.
Now even the most basic chart requires at the very least 3 points -- Sun,
Moon and Ascendent. But the drive for colors, sounds, textures and flavors
in order to compose a more holistic, accurate and recognizable experience is
what already underlies your very need for the computer calculations and
artifical intelligence you've crafted here. So...Does adding an Ascendant
calculation make you lose the value of Sun and Moon?
Respectfully,
Gwyddion
USA --- Tuesday, November 7, 2006 at 07:52 Universal Time
Alois adds: We will take your ideas in consideration.
However, you will have to
allow us to make our own choices into which areas we invest our work time and
energy first. There are many demands both by customers and by urgent business
needs. Aside of such necessities, we have many creative ideas about what we
like to develop and offer.
Please be patient, and use your own apparently
enormous creativity to translate content which has many shortcomings into your
special life context.
The best recommendation I can make is this: learn the language of
astrology yourself, so that you can do your own interpretation. That way, you
become independent of 'canned' text written by others which may not fit
your views and expectations. You may even create a web service where
you offer your creative readings to others who feel along the same lines.
The beauty of the Internet is that you can create content for it yourself,
and reach those who share your interest or world view.
In the past, there have been many other demands to which I had to reply
in a similar manner. For example, some people have written to us that they
have firmly decided to live their lives without partners. They asked us to
delete any reference to partnership or love issues from our (single person)
horoscope readings, because they feel offended by any reference to a
non-existing and non-desired partner. So far, we have been unable to fulfill this wish, even
when we understand the pain such a person may be going through.
Have used your service for many years.
But only yesterday I had realised that my horoscope is unique.
All 10 planets are in the males signes. All the fire planets
(Mars,Sun,Jupiter) are in the fire sighs a well. Such planet combination
happens only twice between years 1900 and 2050. But a strange thing - I
don't feel myself as 100% a man. I can count a lot of woman's features in my
behaviour...Why ?
Mikhail B a r a b a n o v
Moscow, Russia --- Sunday, November 5, 2006 at 10:46 Universal Time
Alois adds: Hello Mikhail, I am afraid this guestbook is not the best place to ask
for or to receive personal astrological advice. The guestbook serves for feedback on our
website and our professional services.
Of course, your question raises also issues of general interest. I think the
distinction male-female signs is a simplifying concept; it has some value
but also its limits. For example, there are many male qualities in the sign
of Taurus, even when it is counted as a female sign. Libra is counted as a
male sign, but has strong female qualities. If you think about the
signs (or planets) in some depth, you fill find both male and female qualities
in all of them.
Along the same line of thinking, Jupiter is not only fire planet. Jupiter rules
over both Sagittarius and Pisces. The Sun is not just a male planet, and the
Moon is not only female. By the way, in German the word Sonne is female,
and the word Mond is male. Gender can be a very ambiguous thing.
For further discussion of your personal chart,
I recommend that you either join an astrological discussion forum in the
internet, e.g. the newsgroup alt.astrology.moderated, or consult a local
astrologer with your interesting problem.
My daily horoscope today included mercury trine venus, however, mercury is
retrograde right now. So instead of my horoscope reading sweet talk maybe
it should read deep thoughts ?
I also wanted to know why when i go into extended chart selections why the
progressed chart i do there does not match up with the progressions given in
my daily horoscope.
I would appreciate any feedback, as i am just curious and a daily visitor and
interested ameteur astrologer.
Thank you very much!
E E
USA --- Sunday, November 5, 2006 at 07:00 Universal Time
Alois adds: The daily horoscope does not give progressions. It is based on your
personal transits, which are something quite different.
Hello, I am not sure I understand how your method works with the daily
horoscope. You say we need to give the place where we were born, but what is
I have been living 6 time zones away form that place for more than a decade.
Is the horoscope still applies even if there is tomorrow and where I live it
is still today?
Thank you for your answer. I tried to see how to contact you personally, but
could not find an e-mail address.
Sincerely,
EJ
EJ
USA --- Sunday, November 5, 2006 at 02:13 Universal Time
Alois adds: Please visit the FAQ section to find out more about how the
daily horoscope works. It is based on your natal chart, and the current
transits. Your natal chart does not change by moving soemwhere else, it is
like a genetic print embedded in you, and you carry it with you.
Sandra Robertson: Sandra, your natal chart always remains the same (it is
just a photo basically of a moment in time, frozen). However, when you move,
other influences may play a part. If you use Astro Click-Travel you will see
how it changes (quite significantly in your case, as being born in the
southern hemisphere practically turns your chart upside down). If you have an
astrology software program you can get the same effect (it is hard for
beginners, for example, to extrapolate info from the lines on Astro
Click-Travel sometimes) by pumping in London as your birth place (birth time
remaining the same as the real birth time) - this shows you how your birth
chart 'works' in London.
For example if your Moon is in the 4th house in your natural birth chart, it
may be in the 9th/10th in London - and the appropriate interpretation of that
would be valid IN THAT PLACE. We do not change character in other locations
but you may feel more happy/inspired/ambitious/healthy etc in one location
than another. Your basic character CAN be influenced by the energies in the
place you currently live.
Having lived in many different countries my opinion is that
Astro-Click-Travel works well, but you remain true to the birth blueprint,
but coloured or in a subtle way changed by the places you live in.
Maggy C a s s i n
den haag, Netherlands --- Saturday, November 4, 2006 at 19:54 Universal Time
Have used your service for several years and appreciate the breadth of ideas
or general scope of the interpretations,. Even though specifics may not
match, frequently the gist of it can be adapted -- which appears to be the
main point anyway.
The variety of transits, sometimes with opposite influences on any given day
indeed seem to parallel of the complexities of daily life. Micro- and
macrocosm are usually a blend of balancing influences to maintain the center
(or in phsyiology -- homeostasis).
There is something I am now wishing your site would accomodate, even be the
pioneers for other astrologists. Astrology and alchemy both are integrative
intuitive systems more likely to recognize and struggle with traits including
gender and biological sex which fall on a continuum and are not really
descrete and opposite categories -- shown repeatedly to be the case in many
species besides humans.
Would very much like to see you lead the way in accepting that some of us are
neither exactly male or female. It would be nice to finally have a site that
does not force making such a choice when none currently offered really fits,
simply in order to proceed at all in obtaining a reading.
Those of us who are intersexed are still clearly human, still members of the
animal kingdom, still earthwalkers. I feel we could, and at least I do
relate to the human, person-oriented and soul perspectives included here.
However, the boxes for female versus male cut a little too tightly -- don't
you think the universe might be more spacious than that?
Gwyddion
USA --- Saturday, November 4, 2006 at 17:50 Universal Time
Alois adds: I recommend that you enter your birth data twice, once male,
once female, and then read both readings. In English, they will differ
only rarely. In other languages with more gender dependent word endings, the
gender change will be more pronounced.
The universe is certainly spacious,
but a large number of people likes to be referenced (or see their partners referenced)
as 'he' or 'she'. They are proud to be distinctly female or distinctly
male.
I don't believe that anything is gained by switching to
gender neutral language. Often, a lot is lost that way.
PS: Maybe you also have a look at my reply to Mikhail to his 5-nov question
about male and female signs or planets.
Hi there, I think Astrodienst is a great site, however may I suggest that
your auto reply to password changes does not include the actual password it
self, but rather the usual ****** sort of thing. Many thanks, David
David
Saturday, November 4, 2006 at 16:02 Universal Time
I have been reading forcasts from this site for a number of years. I moved to
Londn in July 2006 and wonder are the forcasts still relevant for this side
of the world or do they only relate to if I lived in Australia? The reason
for my query is I read somewhere that if you move to another country you
change your destiny...is this so?
Sandra R o b e r t s o n
London, Australia --- Friday, November 3, 2006 at 17:49 Universal Time
This message is for Linda from London, Great Britain: I never live my life
according to the transits or any other astrology. I did not intend to give
that impression. I was just simply expressing my thoughts. Astrology is one
of my hobbies that I enjoy. I'm am a Libra and Libra's represent love,
peace, harmony. We don't really care for a lot of negative
energies......that's all I am saying. My Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ is
who I really put my trust in. Peace and Love
Francia M c C a l l
Capitol Heights, MD, USA --- Friday, November 3, 2006 at 16:43 Universal Time
Francia, the forecast is what it is - simply an interpretation of the
potential that exists, how you work it is up to you and frankly living your
life by what it states in the forecast isa very dangerous thing.....maybe try
not reading it for a few weeks and months, or take up the study of
psychological astrology yourself - then you can make an informed decision
yourself on what is positive or negative and how to work with it.
Linda
London, Great Britain --- Thursday, November 2, 2006 at 15:34 Universal Time
I notice that various transit to natal aspects are missed. For instance
today Moon enters Aries and is conjunct Jupiter. Todays reading shows 2
aspects to Chiron but not the Moon conjunct Jupiter which is in a trine to
Pluto. At other times, I have notice other major influences that are missed.
I can always go look them up of course but I am surprised that aspects
involving the inner planets is so often skipped.
Patricia E B r u m m
Alamogordo, NM, USA --- Thursday, November 2, 2006 at 13:05 Universal Time
Alois adds: I presume you refer to the 'Personal daily horoscope'.
Yours for today is discussing the transit Mars trine Chiron.
Then it lists among 'other transits' occuring today:
Moon Conjunction Jupiter, exact at 08:59
Moon Square Chiron, exact at 19:48
Moon Trine Pluto, exact at 07:49
Moon Sextile Mars, exact at 01:32
Moon enters Aries, 08:47
Clock times are given in the timezone which is valid in Alamogordo, New Mexico
I am not sure what you have been looking at and what you are critizising.