Astrology originated in ancient times, at the intersection of astronomy, religion, and philosophy. Some of the first systematic observations of celestial bodies and attempts to interpret them appeared in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) in the 3rd–2nd millennia BCE. Priests created calendars and predicted events such as floods or eclipses. Over time, the idea of constructing horoscopes arose in Mesopotamia: a person's fate was determined by the position of the celestial bodies at the moment of their birth. These ideas later spread to ancient Egypt, Greece, Persia, India, and other regions.
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Natal astrology, also known as genethliac astrology or genethlialogy, is a system of astrology that claims to shed light on an individual’s personality or path in life.based on constructing a horoscope or natal chart that includes the exact date, time, and location of an individual's birth. Natal astrology is found in the Indian, Chinese, Hellenistic and Western astrological traditions.
A horoscope illustrates the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets, Ascendant, Midheaven, Descendant and Immum Coeli as well as the aspects or angles between them. Interpretation includes noting the placement and significance of important features. Chart Weighting analyzes Zodiac Signs and Houses. Chart Shaping analyzes planetary aspect patterns. #Astrology #NatalChart #Natalastrology
A horoscope illustrates the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets, Ascendant, Midheaven, Descendant and Immum Coeli as well as the aspects or angles between them. Interpretation includes noting the placement and significance of important features. Chart Weighting analyzes Zodiac Signs and Houses. Chart Shaping analyzes planetary aspect patterns. #Astrology #NatalChart #Natalastrology
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Predictive Astrology
Predictive Astrology Techniques:
Techniques for Preparing for the Future and Understanding the Past
Most astrologers use a variety of techniques to “look into the future” of an individual. There are plenty of techniques used to make predictions — and plan — for the future. Here, are my preferred techniques–transits, secondary progressions, solar arc directions, solar return charts, and more.
Transits, for example, challenge and pressure us to make changes in our lives and in our attitudes toward our lives. They bring us joy and sometimes sorrow–they pull out parts of ourselves and “force” us to face them. Secondary progressions reveal our cycles of maturity and growth, showing us how our personalities unfold.
Transits & Cycles
Our natal chart is very much like a snapshot of the sky at the moment we took our first breath. We carry our natal chart with us through the entire course of our lives, even though the planets and luminaries continue their movement and cycles. However, as the planets and points move ahead, they form special relationships to the planets and points in our individual natal charts.
So, for example, if my Sun in my natal chart is at 25 degrees Virgo, and Saturn is moving towards that same degree of Gemini (25 degrees of Gemini), Saturn is said to be transiting square my natal Sun. Similarly, if Saturn is in 25 degrees Gemini, I can look in my natal chart to see where Saturn would fall in terms of house position. If that degree of Gemini is found in my 3rd house, then I would know that Saturn is transiting through my 3rd house.
It is not our aim here to offer tutorials on the technical aspects of transits. We will assume a basic knowledge of the technique so that we can move ahead to interpretation of transits.
Transits act to stimulate what is already there! In other words, they highlight and trigger parts of our own psychological make-up.
Outer Planets First, Inner Planets Later
With transits, it is generally best to first look at the outer planet (slower-moving) transits and cycles in order to get an overview and a “context” before refining our predictions with inner planet cycles and transits. Here are some general guidelines:
Determine “where a person is at” in an overall achievement sense by looking to where transiting Saturn is by house. Read more about Saturn Transiting Through the Houses.
Note whether transiting Uranus, Neptune, or Pluto are making major aspects to the individual’s natal Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Ascendant, or Midheaven. Read about Uranus Transits, Neptune Transits, and Pluto Transits in more detail.
Determine Saturn’s transits. Read more about Saturn Transits.
Look to the Jupiter cycle–where is transiting Jupiter by house, and what aspects does it make to natal planets? Read about Jupiter Transits to the planets.
Working “outside in” is best because this way one gets a broader overview of the longer-lasting transits and conditions. This provides better context for the refinements that the inner planet transits offer us.
coffeesteamingOuter planet transits affect us in large chunks–they can be active before the transit is exact by aspect, but we have seen the following: Many times an outer planet transits our natal point once by direct motion, moves forward and then retrogrades back over that point, only to turn direct again and pass that same natal point for the final time in that cycle.
Generally, the seeds of the transit are being sown in the first part of this cycle (when the transiting planet first “hits” our natal point), and the “problem” or crisis reaches a head during the middle part of this cycle (when the transiting planet retrogrades back over the point). Finally, the situation is resolved around the time the transiting planet moves over our natal point for the final time in the cycle.
#Astrology #NatalChart #PredictiveAstrology
Predictive Astrology Techniques:
Techniques for Preparing for the Future and Understanding the Past
Most astrologers use a variety of techniques to “look into the future” of an individual. There are plenty of techniques used to make predictions — and plan — for the future. Here, are my preferred techniques–transits, secondary progressions, solar arc directions, solar return charts, and more.
Transits, for example, challenge and pressure us to make changes in our lives and in our attitudes toward our lives. They bring us joy and sometimes sorrow–they pull out parts of ourselves and “force” us to face them. Secondary progressions reveal our cycles of maturity and growth, showing us how our personalities unfold.
Transits & Cycles
Our natal chart is very much like a snapshot of the sky at the moment we took our first breath. We carry our natal chart with us through the entire course of our lives, even though the planets and luminaries continue their movement and cycles. However, as the planets and points move ahead, they form special relationships to the planets and points in our individual natal charts.
So, for example, if my Sun in my natal chart is at 25 degrees Virgo, and Saturn is moving towards that same degree of Gemini (25 degrees of Gemini), Saturn is said to be transiting square my natal Sun. Similarly, if Saturn is in 25 degrees Gemini, I can look in my natal chart to see where Saturn would fall in terms of house position. If that degree of Gemini is found in my 3rd house, then I would know that Saturn is transiting through my 3rd house.
It is not our aim here to offer tutorials on the technical aspects of transits. We will assume a basic knowledge of the technique so that we can move ahead to interpretation of transits.
Transits act to stimulate what is already there! In other words, they highlight and trigger parts of our own psychological make-up.
Outer Planets First, Inner Planets Later
With transits, it is generally best to first look at the outer planet (slower-moving) transits and cycles in order to get an overview and a “context” before refining our predictions with inner planet cycles and transits. Here are some general guidelines:
Determine “where a person is at” in an overall achievement sense by looking to where transiting Saturn is by house. Read more about Saturn Transiting Through the Houses.
Note whether transiting Uranus, Neptune, or Pluto are making major aspects to the individual’s natal Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Ascendant, or Midheaven. Read about Uranus Transits, Neptune Transits, and Pluto Transits in more detail.
Determine Saturn’s transits. Read more about Saturn Transits.
Look to the Jupiter cycle–where is transiting Jupiter by house, and what aspects does it make to natal planets? Read about Jupiter Transits to the planets.
Working “outside in” is best because this way one gets a broader overview of the longer-lasting transits and conditions. This provides better context for the refinements that the inner planet transits offer us.
coffeesteamingOuter planet transits affect us in large chunks–they can be active before the transit is exact by aspect, but we have seen the following: Many times an outer planet transits our natal point once by direct motion, moves forward and then retrogrades back over that point, only to turn direct again and pass that same natal point for the final time in that cycle.
Generally, the seeds of the transit are being sown in the first part of this cycle (when the transiting planet first “hits” our natal point), and the “problem” or crisis reaches a head during the middle part of this cycle (when the transiting planet retrogrades back over the point). Finally, the situation is resolved around the time the transiting planet moves over our natal point for the final time in the cycle.
#Astrology #NatalChart #PredictiveAstrology
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Milky Way over Yellowstone
The Milky Way was not created by an evaporating lake. The colorful pool of water, about 10 meters across, is known as Silex Spring and is located in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, USA. Illuminated artificially, the colors are caused by layers of bacteria that grow in the hot spring. Steam rises off the spring, heated by underground magma associated with the Yellowstone Hotspot. Unrelated and far in the distance, the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy arches high overhead, a band lit by billions of stars. The picture features a 16-image panorama taken in 2014. If the Yellowstone Hotspot causes another supervolcanic eruption as it did about 640,000 years ago, a large part of North America would be affected.
Milky Way over Yellowstone
The Milky Way was not created by an evaporating lake. The colorful pool of water, about 10 meters across, is known as Silex Spring and is located in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, USA. Illuminated artificially, the colors are caused by layers of bacteria that grow in the hot spring. Steam rises off the spring, heated by underground magma associated with the Yellowstone Hotspot. Unrelated and far in the distance, the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy arches high overhead, a band lit by billions of stars. The picture features a 16-image panorama taken in 2014. If the Yellowstone Hotspot causes another supervolcanic eruption as it did about 640,000 years ago, a large part of North America would be affected.