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Astrodienst Online Guestbook Archive October 1997

Alois Treindl [ *astro.ch ]
Meilen, Switzerland --- Friday, October 31, 1997 at 18:55 Swiss time

Stefan Lehtilä (Lehtilae) [ *swipnet.se ]
Joenkoeping, Sweden --- Friday, October 31, 1997 at 00:02 Swiss time

cz
--- Thursday, October 30, 1997 at 20:44 Swiss time

jody schlatter
--- Thursday, October 30, 1997 at 20:41 Swiss time

Alois sagt: danke für den Hinweis.

Azzouz Ejjabli [ *swipnet.se ]
Malmö, Sweden --- Thursday, October 30, 1997 at 19:48 Swiss time

Alison Radovanovic [ Alison.R*softcare.co.uk ]
London, UK --- Thursday, October 30, 1997 at 16:25 Swiss time

Alois adds: The ecliptic latitude of the planet (distance from ecliptic).

Eva-Maria [ S*aol.com ]
Dayton, Ohio --- Wednesday, October 29, 1997 at 02:51 Swiss time

Dorna Robinson [ *hotmail.com ]
Annandale, VA, USA --- Tuesday, October 28, 1997 at 22:20 Swiss time

Alois adds: Dear Dorna,
the problem is that the person who told you about Leo was totally wrong. Your Ascendant is Capricorn. Your Sun sign is Virgo. There is no room for another opinion in this matter.

Simple common sense can already show you. The Sun was in Virgo, is was 5.02 in the afternoon late in August. In which direction on the sky will the Sun have been? It will be in the west, south west at this time of the day. Now Leo is immediately the neighbouring sign to Virgo, to the right of it when you look towards the Sun. Leo will be in a western direction on the sky.

The Ascendant however is the sign which rises in the east at a given moment. If Leo is in the west, it cannot be rising. The rising sign must be a sign more or less on the other side of the zodiac, and happens to be Capricorn.

Thanks again for this terrific service, I will visit you often. The adopted woman who wrote in should consider therapy throgh some sort of public venue, I feel very sorry for her view on life.

Pamela Langley [ A*aol.com ]
Temecula, USA --- Monday, October 27, 1997 at 19:05 Swiss time

Alois adds: Dear Pamela, only if you go back in birth time to 1.45 you would get a Leo ascendant.

The most important step for you is to write to the birth registry in Berlin for your registered birth time. If your parents where part of an US army installation in Berlin, I do not know whether your birth was registered in the normal civilian German birth registries. But in any other case you will be registered. It would be good to know which district of Berlin your parents lived in, because the public administration is organized by city disctricts within West Berlin. You need to write to the Standesamt, Geburtenregister (citizen administration, birth registry) and ask for a copy of your birth registry information including time of birth (German: Auszug aus dem Geburtenregister mit Uhrzeit). It will cost about 5 - 10 Deutsche Mark. If you add a 5 USD bill with your request, it will be fulfilled.

To make it simpler, you may ask a good friend of mine, Mona Riegger, who runs the Astrologie-Zentrum Berlin. She has a lot of experience with getting information from the registries. I send Mona a copy of this answer, so that she knows already about the problem, and you should mail her directly at mona.*t-online.de
You should include your full name, parents names, address of the parents at time of birth and name of the hospital where you where born. There are strict data privacy laws in Germany so it depends on the mood and understanding of the officials whether they will give the information to a third party like Mona. If they don't, you will at least learn from her where you have to write to exactly, and how much it costs.

Only after you have verified your birth time from the official registry it will make sense to dicuss your chart.

D J Nunnally [ *proidgy.net ]
Cape Girardeau, USA --- Monday, October 27, 1997 at 15:25 Swiss time

Iljas chekomyrov
Tallina, lettland --- Monday, October 27, 1997 at 15:24 Swiss time

Alois adds: you are welcome to provide a list of cities with coordinates in Turkmenistan, and we will add it to the database.

Andrew Thompson [ *aries25.demon.co.uk ]
Rotherham, United Kingdom --- Monday, October 27, 1997 at 13:22 Swiss time

Helga Kochert [ *ub.uni-stuttgart.de ]
Stuttgart, Deutschland --- Monday, October 27, 1997 at 11:10 Swiss time

Alois adds: Sie dürfen nichts umrechnen, einfach 9.50 Uhr eingeben. Es ist ja gerade der Zweck unseres Dienstes, das alle Zeitzonen/Sommerzeiten automatisch korrekt berücksichtigt werden, weil hier die meisten Fehler gemacht werden.

I guess what you are doing is good, people seem to think so if the comments are real. But I see that you then say the people have to pay for a report, guess that tells what that chart means, so its just all another racket to get money. The god and ruler of this world or else you die. What a life isn't it. All about money for those that have it. To me this is just like the whole god game I don't believe in anything or anyone, lifes a bitch and then you die. Guess you people have that thing called money to be happy along the way. Don't know what to do with this chart except delete it. Know this letter won't make your archives, it is not perky enough but it is my reality. Bye

Antoinette [ *gte.net ]
Hawaii, USA --- Sunday, October 26, 1997 at 21:32 Swiss time

Alois adds: Dear Antoinette, I do not unstand what you refer to in your first sentence. Nobody from Astrodienst sent you anything. We do not use email for marketing - I despise unsolicited mass email. You seem to have visited our web server to get this entry into our guestbook.

I am aware of the problem that many adopted persons have no recorded birth time,often not even birth date. There is nothing one can do about this. But one can live well without astrology. There are many ways to knowledge, insight and wisdom.

Jan van der tang [ euro.insurance.*tip.nl ]
Zeist, the netherlands --- Sunday, October 26, 1997 at 13:33 Swiss time

Alois adds: Yes, you can order English reports from Aries.

If you don't want to give you credit card number in our own online order form, you can type 'by fax' instead of the number. The system will complain about an invalid number but accept the order anyway.
Then you can fax your credit card information to +41-1-391 7574. You can also phone in your complete order to +41-1-392 1818 (limited office hours only).

marie andersson [ marie.*fceduc.umu.se ]
umeå, sweden --- Sunday, October 26, 1997 at 13:09 Swiss time

Alois adds: I have no complete overview of the astrological software market. We mostly use our own inhouse software. The free software ASTROLOG by Walter Pullen which we use in our web chart service is available from several sources. Please consult the LINKS page on our server.

Drago1964 [ Appreciation ]
Acworth, Ga. --- Sunday, October 26, 1997 at 06:25 Swiss time

Angela Kellogg [ *prysm.net ]
Shreveport, LA, U.S.A. --- Sunday, October 26, 1997 at 05:53 Swiss time

Andi Stoeckli [ *borox.ch ]
Zürich, CH --- Saturday, October 25, 1997 at 20:21 Swiss time

Richard Weston Brown [ *aol.com ]
ABILENE, U.S.A. --- Saturday, October 25, 1997 at 15:48 Swiss time

Alois adds: For interpretation of horoscopes, we offer a set of excellent reports. The best in you case would be the Psychological Horoscope Analysis by Liz Greene. Please visit our 'reports' area on the web server for more information and complete sample reports.

Jessica [ P*ime.net ]
--- Friday, October 24, 1997 at 21:13 Swiss time

Camille Flores [ *earthlink.net ]
San Jose, USA --- Friday, October 24, 1997 at 05:52 Swiss time

Daniel J. Curran [ DanielJ*aol.com ]
Portland, Oregon, United States --- Thursday, October 23, 1997 at 21:54 Swiss time

Tom Lattanzi [ *erols.com ]
Royersford PA, USA --- Thursday, October 23, 1997 at 17:08 Swiss time

Lynn Lucas [ *voyageur.ca ]
Kenora, Canada --- Thursday, October 23, 1997 at 08:02 Swiss time

Christina [ *goldstate.net ]
Penn Valley, CA --- Thursday, October 23, 1997 at 07:50 Swiss time

Kent Johansen [ *cloudnet.com ]
St Cloud, USA --- Thursday, October 23, 1997 at 06:25 Swiss time

Donna Thompson-Baugh [ DThomB*aol.com ]
Wash. DC, USA --- Wednesday, October 22, 1997 at 20:01 Swiss time

Alois adds: I just re-ran your chart, I can find nothing wrong.

What browser are you using? Have you turned graphics on?

Bobbie Deshong [ *cheshire.net ]
--- Wednesday, October 22, 1997 at 15:36 Swiss time

Alois adds: You are wrong. The change of the Sun from Cancer into Leo can happen on the 22nd or 23rd, at some time of the day. This time changes from year to year. The change does not happen at midnight (and it is not midnight at the same time all around the world).

In 1971, the Sun entered Leo at 12:15 pm Universal Time on 23 July. Where you where born the timezone was Eastern daylight time. Only after 8.15 am EDT the Sun was in Leo. As you are born before, you are a Cancer. I am sorry for you, would-be Leo. At least your Moon is on Leo, so not all is lost.

Carol-Ann Soames [ carolann.*swipnet.se ]
Motala, Sweden --- Wednesday, October 22, 1997 at 12:40 Swiss time

Alois adds: I have chosen to remove the 'Learn - Share' counting because it is not well known. I also have replaced the M N A D labels with more intuitive ones.

Ang counts the planets in angular houses (1, 4, 7, 10)

Suc counts the planets in intermediate houses (2, 5, 8, 11)

Cad counts the planets in cadent houses (3, 6, 9, 12)

Robyn [ E*aol.com ]
, USA --- Tuesday, October 21, 1997 at 23:48 Swiss time

Alois adds: You are born at 10.45 Eastern Daylight Time and this gives 22 degrees Leo Ascendant. Any other result is wrong, there cannot be two different valid results.

People make often errors with timezones and daylight time, and Ohio is a complex state because different timezones exist(ed) within the state.

LARRY WOODALL [ *earthlink.net ]
FAYETTEVILLE, USA --- Tuesday, October 21, 1997 at 08:39 Swiss time

ingela [ *gaia.swipnet.se ]
Stockholm, Sweden --- Monday, October 20, 1997 at 13:18 Swiss time

Marie Harrup [ *centuryinter.net ]
Maxwell, USA --- Monday, October 20, 1997 at 02:47 Swiss time

Alois adds:
Your question is not so clear. There are various techniques:
a) The actual position of the planets now is not a chart which is personal for you but for everybody the same, a 'mundane' chart.
b) A transit chart: positions of the actual planets in relation to your birth chart. There you use the houses of the birth chart.
c) A progressed birth chart, derived with the rule 'one astronomical day after birth equals one year of life'. This is done with the birth town.
d) A relocation chart: use the date and (Universal) time of birth but the town where you live. This is a chart 'as if you where born somehwere else'.

Thanks again, from another Virgo.

Trudi Hahn [ *gw.startribune.com ]
Minneapolis, USA --- Sunday, October 19, 1997 at 04:26 Swiss time

Alois adds: there is no catch - it is a service to the astrological community. Astrodienst has been a successful company since 18 years, I love the Internet and like to share. Maybe my Pisces Sun comes into it as well.
Of course we love it when some vistors who come for the free chart service also develop an interest in our excellent reports (which are too valuable to be free). We get a good number of report orders from this.

There are some obscure features in Walter Pullen's Astrolog program. The M,N,A,D values are counts of the planets (incl. node) in the hemispheres of the chart.
M = MC's hemisphere = above horizon
N = Nadir's hemisphere = below horizon
A = Ascendant's hemisphere = east half
D = Descendant's hemisphere = west half

Angela [ *unidata-ap.com.au ]
North Sydney, Australia --- Thursday, October 16, 1997 at 04:49 Swiss time

Ernst Keller [ ernst.*bluewin.ch ]
--- Wednesday, October 15, 1997 at 20:39 Swiss time

Alois adds: Finden wir auch, deshalb ist es auch nicht gratis.

Nefilim [ *pacbell.net ]
Studio City, CA --- Wednesday, October 15, 1997 at 08:20 Swiss time

Alois adds: The problem with progression, transits etc is that it requires addidional input (for when it should be computed) which needs more interface programming for which we have no time at the moment.

[Sunday morning, Oct 19] I found the time to add an option for 'progressions for today'.

Sherri Burch [ OREGMAC*aol.com ]
West Linn, USA --- Tuesday, October 14, 1997 at 17:39 Swiss time

Alois adds: If there was Daylight time, our system would have shown it, so it is sure that there wasn't any at that date.

Only in 1918, 1919, 1942 and then from 1967 on every year was Daylight Savings time in this part of Ohio.

Angela

Angela [ *unidata-ap.com.au ]
North Sydney, Australia --- Tuesday, October 14, 1997 at 07:51 Swiss time

Alois adds:
Dear Angela
The timezone is 9h30 east of Greenewich, the GMT/UT 9.15 am, same date. Every astrologer should be capable of computing the correct 1° Pisces Ascendant. You have to go back to 18:38 to get Aquarius Ascendant. You got it wrong from the do-it-yourself books because they probably contained no Ascendant table for southern latitudes, or gave wrong instructions.

To get the Sun into Leo you would have to adjust your time to 17:13 (5:13 pm). If you want to be Leo, you might look into Sidereal Astrology (Hindu Astrology) which uses a different Zodiac. This gives you a 5° Leo Sun! You can check the Sidereal chart on our server, in the list 'Select among various chart types'. Sidereal astrology is not my personal favorite, but Australia is closer to the part of the world where it is practised, so who knows...

Nicole Thomas [ *mail.connect.usq.edu.au ]
Toowoomba, Australia --- Tuesday, October 14, 1997 at 00:30 Swiss time

Alois adds: Yes, Dienst is German and means 'service'. It is pronounced like 'deenst'.

Dr. Elmar Perkmann [ *geocities.com ]
Völs am Schlern, Italien --- Monday, October 13, 1997 at 19:49 Swiss time

Alois adds: answered by personal email.

j.armando arias [ *infosel.net.mx ]
mexico --- Monday, October 13, 1997 at 00:59 Swiss time

Alois adds: A person can only be borne on a point, not on in a wide area. For this reason, our database contains cities, no other geographical objects which cover a large area like countries, provinces, islands etc. We only give points, not areas. For cities, we give a central point.

tim urban [ TUrban3358 ]
burbank, usa --- Sunday, October 12, 1997 at 10:38 Swiss time

Malay Vaghela [ *hotmail.com ]
Ahmedabad, India --- Saturday, October 11, 1997 at 22:27 Swiss time

Syndi [ *cis.ysu.edu ]
Youngstown, USA --- Saturday, October 11, 1997 at 21:18 Swiss time

becky cole [ *aol.com ]
Cincinnati, USA --- Saturday, October 11, 1997 at 20:44 Swiss time

Vady Kaiser [ VK*aol.com ]
Dallas, USA --- Saturday, October 11, 1997 at 18:13 Swiss time

Gloria Lane
--- Saturday, October 11, 1997 at 16:58 Swiss time

David Bailey [ David.B*JET.UK ]
--- Thursday, October 9, 1997 at 18:26 Swiss time

Alois adds: Dear David

You can rely on our timezone database. The best argument I can give you: We have two licensees of Astro*Intelligence reports in the UK, Equinox in London and the Midheaven Bookshop in London. Both operate with our software, which contains a copy of the same timezone atlas we present on the Web.

We would have had feedback many years ago if our timezone database was wrong! They have run and sold many thousands of reports for people born in the UK in this period.

By the way, the time when Britain tried Central European time was short, only from 1968 to 1971.

agustin mazzeo [ *hotmail.com ]
caracas, venezuela --- Thursday, October 9, 1997 at 07:52 Swiss time

Aryza [ A*bway.net ]
NYC, USA --- Wednesday, October 8, 1997 at 16:08 Swiss time

Alois adds: You have to give correct birth data, and the chart will be correct. I have computed (through Astrodienst, whose programs I wrote) close to one million of correct charts in my life. I do not understand where there should be ambiguity in the matter. Send me your data by email, and I will run the chart personally.

Sven Mieske [ *nw80.cip.fak14.uni-muenchen.de ]
Muenchen, Deutschland --- Tuesday, October 7, 1997 at 17:23 Swiss time

Deborah [ L*aol.com ]
n.o.,La., USA --- Monday, October 6, 1997 at 15:05 Swiss time

Sally K.
--- Monday, October 6, 1997 at 14:41 Swiss time

Alois adds: We feel that too much is made of the very small risks. There are so many other people in the world with access to your credit card number - any shop or restaurant where you ever used it.

However, on our order form you can put the entry 'by fax' into the credit card number field. Our software will warn about invalid card number but accept the order anyway.

Then please fax your credit card details to us at +41-1-391 7574. Faxing is perfectly safe! Thank you!

Guido Venturini [ *bluewin.ch ]
CHIASSO, TESSIN --- Sunday, October 5, 1997 at 22:59 Swiss time

Jorge A. Leyva Romero [ *mailexcite.com ]
Mexico City, Mexico --- Sunday, October 5, 1997 at 09:33 Swiss time

Cobie v.d.Bunt [ *tref.nl ]
Duiven, NL --- Saturday, October 4, 1997 at 22:24 Swiss time

Alois adds: Es tut mir leid, aber ich habe KEINE Ahnung von holländischer Software. Gehen Sie in eine esoterische/astrologische Buchhandlung und studieren Sie dort die astrologischen Zeitschriften. --

Jennifer Watson [ *compuserve.com ]
Acharacle, Scotland --- Saturday, October 4, 1997 at 18:47 Swiss time

Clóvis J. Gualbero [ *virtual-net.com.br ]
Guarulhos, Brasil --- Friday, October 3, 1997 at 22:13 Swiss time

Kristin Carlson
--- Friday, October 3, 1997 at 17:34 Swiss time

Alois adds: Our data are right. Winter 1973/74 was special. It was the time of the oil crisis where many countries were afraid of being cut off from oil sources. Emergency measures of all kinds were introduced, in some parts of the US daylight savings time was started on January 6th 1974, instead of the usual late April date. As always I suggest: check your local newspaper archives for the days around January 6th; it should be mentioned in the daily papers.

Holly [ HD*aol.com ]
Dallas, TX USA --- Friday, October 3, 1997 at 15:30 Swiss time

Alois adds: use the menu 'Various chart types' at the bottom of the timezone page. There is a choice to see the aspect grid. In ASTROLOG, Walter Pullen's program which we use, is no graphics with both, chart wheel and aspect grid on one display.

Alois Treindl [ *astro.ch ]
Zollikon, Switzerland --- Friday, October 3, 1997 at 15:30 Swiss time

hanna
, sweden --- Friday, October 3, 1997 at 08:56 Swiss time

Hanna
, Sweden --- Friday, October 3, 1997 at 08:50 Swiss time

Alois adds: With unequal house systems like Placidus or Koch, the houses do not measure 30 degrees. Particularily in high latitudes like Sweden it happens frequently that a house is over 60 degrees. With equal house systems this is different, of course, but then the MC does not coincide with the 10th house.

rachel [ rachel.*pwgsc.gc.ca ]
ottawa, canada --- Thursday, October 2, 1997 at 21:29 Swiss time

rodney coker [ *cantech.com.au ]
perth, western australia --- Thursday, October 2, 1997 at 12:03 Swiss time

Donetta Ditton [ *hotmail.com ]
Melbourne, Australia --- Thursday, October 2, 1997 at 04:51 Swiss time

Carrie Akins [ *baxter.com ]
Waukegan, IL, U.S.A. --- Wednesday, October 1, 1997 at 21:39 Swiss time

Alois adds: First you should read all the information on the timezone page, and click on the map-image to get the help page.

Greenwich, UK does currently have daylight savings time (until last Sunday in October), so its time zone is 1 hour east (h1e) as it should.

There is nothing 'special Astrodienst', our databse does all the work with timezones. You enter civil birth time, and the computer does the rest. It knows about timezones and daylight saving times, you need not do anything.

David Lucas [ ? ]
Phoenix, Arizona, USA --- Wednesday, October 1, 1997 at 09:06 Swiss time