posted September 25, 2020 03:11 AM
I guess the first step is to link to the existing astrodienst forum threads on this at https://forum.astro.com/cgi/forum.cgi?num=1347079749And then to list here, and provide an image of, what is currently available at astro.com. ... So, using Muhammad Ali as the example/chart-owner, this is :-
Each of these charts has "additional tables" that provide more information, but I have extracted (for the natal chart) only the two tables above - which show the high/low/balanced energy points of each natal house; the progressed location of the age point each year and the "dynamical evaluations" of the natal signs + houses.
At this stage though ... note the reversal of the sign wheel in the Moon Node Chart, and the uneven size of the signs in the house chart (due to the houses themselves each being drawn as 30 degrees wide). ... And observe the subtle modifications made by these differences to the aspect patterns in the inner circle.
Finally ... bear in mind that these 3 charts relate directly to Assagioli's "Egg" model of psychosynthesis, described at http://zoepopper.wordpress.com/2017/08/15/an-introduction-to-psychosynthesi s-the-consciousness-egg/ ... Natal Chart = Middle Unconsciousness : Moon Node Chart = doorway between Middle Unconscious and Lower Unconscious : House Chart = doorway between Middle Unconscious and Higher Unconscious.
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The Natal Chart
1. The first thing we look at is the natal chart - and the first thing we do with that is to meditate upon the (unique-to-the-observer) image created in our mind by the aspect lines in the inner circle. {This is to engage the right-brain in our analysis of the chart, which the Hubers believed to be an essential requirement.)
And ... in my case ... the image I see in Muhammad Ali's chart is that of a mountain being formed in 3 distinct stages.
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2. Next ... we look at the individual aspect patterns made by the lines in the inner circle. ... Only ptolemaic aspects are valid in Huber astrology, and they are made only by planets and the North Node.
In Ali's chart ... there is a Grand Trine (Sun-Neptune-Saturn+Uranus) : a Learning Triangle (Jupiter-NN-Moon+Mercury) : a Tsquare (Sun-Mars-Pluto) ... and a kind of "I wish" struggle to create a tsquare connection for Pluto-Uranus+Saturn-Sun+Moon+Mercury+Venus.
These patterns are then analysed, interpreted and synthesised in the same way as one does in all astrology systems - but the Hubers researched them extensively, before writing "Aspect Pattern Astrology" (a book that I regard as a must-have for anyone practicing modern/psychological astrology).
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3. At this point, we will already have acquired a good understanding of "the person depicted by the chart". ... But, we look next at the high. low and balance points of the energy levels in each house ... noting if any planet (or the North Node) is within one degree of a conjunction to them.
Planets that are conjunct the cusp/high-energy-point will be very visible to others; planets at the low-point will seem (to the chart owner) to go unnoticed by others and balance-point planets will be "comfortable in their own skin".
These 3 energy points are shown on the extreme outer rim of the wheel diagram ... with the house cusp being the high energy point, the first (anticlockwise) marker being the balance-point and the second being the low-point. ... Their degree locations are also shown in the Additional House Data Table.
In Ali's chart, Uranus is at the balance-point of the 10th house (so he was very comfortable with standing alone/apart from the herd). ... It also has Venus at the cusp/high-energy-point of the 7th house (and his attractiveness was highly visible, to both men and women - as was his hetro-sexuality). ... There is nothing at a low-energy-point (and indeed, nothing about the "I am the greatest" Ali went unnoticed by others.
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4. Our use of the natal chart will then be completed by looking at the Dynamical evaluation table.
This is about nature-nurture/childhood conditioning, and is best used by the chart owner himself/herself (as a mechanism for increasing self-awareness) rather than as a tool for sharpening the astrologer's overall "picture of the person".
It is based upon the Huber's conclusion that sign placements show the chart-owner's instinctive/natural way of behaving and the house placements reveal the extent to which the people with whom he/she interacts will attempt to change that natural behaviour. ... So, this table attempts to quantify the potential stress that the chart-owner will experience from his/her "nature vs nurture" conflict in the current lifetime.
Thus, the total strength of the planets (+ North Node) is calculated twice - once for sign placements, and once for house placements. ... The sign totals are then subtracted from the house totals, and a +/positive difference indicates that the person is being impelled to develop more of the quality - whilst a -/negative difference indicates he/she has more of that quality than others will want.
Scores between +5 and +25 indicate that the the stress created by this "impelling" will stimulate a healthy psychological growth in the chart owner. ... However, scores below +5 indicate unwanted energy (that will create unhealthy stress if not used elsewhere) - and scores above +25 indicate insufficient energy to meet the demands of others (that will create unhealthy stress, unless reduced or handled via an effective coping strategy). ... Scores of +65 indicate potential "burn-out" (if not dealt with appropriately).
So, can anyone relate the Dynamical evaluation table of Muhammad Ali to his eventual onset of Parkinson's Disease? (And, would Ali have listened to anyone that had been able to predict it before his nature took him into "one fight too many"?)
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The Houses Chart
1. In Huber natal charts, signs are of equal size (30 degrees) and houses are of unequal size - whilst in Huber house charts, houses are of equal size (30 degrees) and signs are of unequal size. ... Thus, the natal chart views the ecliptic subjectively (from the birthplace/location-on-Earth) whilst the house chart views it objectively - and Bruno Huber found that the latter also provides an objective view of the person/chart owner. ... So, the house chart reveals how the person is seen by the world and how the world will behave towards him/her.
2. The House chart is analysed, interpreted and synthesised in the same way as the natal chart. ... But, when doing so, we are looking at behavioural traits which are being learned in the current lifetime (in response to how the world behaves towards us).
3. The House chart is always considered alongside the Natal chart, because we are looking at how the person's nature is being modified by nurture - and whether that will place a healthy or unhealthy level of stress upon him/her.
4. For example, comparing the aspect patterns of Ali's House and Natal Charts immediately reveals that the red Pluto-Mars line in the latter has been replaced by a blue Pluto-Neptune line in the former. ... So, someone in his childhood/adolescence (perhaps Angelo Dundee) was trying hard to steer his stubborn Taurus Mars in a different direction.
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Astrological Psychology - The Huber Approach (published by the Astrological Psychology Association) contains the following guidance on working with the house chart :-
"The house chart provides us with an objective view of the individual. It shows what the world tried to impress upon us in our formative years backed up by the conditioning and influences we received from our family, friends, teachers, schools, community, religion and culture - and it incorporates our inherited traits and potential with our taught traits."
"The first step when studying your house chart is to look at the overall picture your chart presents and let an intuitive image come up. Is it similar to or different from your natal chart? Did the environment see you (and subsequently treat you) in a very different way from that which is indicated in your natal chart?"
Subsequent steps involve looking for detailed changes between the radix and house chart ... colour balance, chart shape, aspect patterns , Sun-Saturn-Moon (family model) relationship, planets at high/low/balanced energy points, and so on. ... And the guidance concludes with :-
"what we need to remember is that the contents of the house chart are a moveable feast. We can choose from the menu those elements which are the most positive and useful to us. If we can choose consciously, we will gain the most benefit. The amount of freedom we have to move from the house to the natal chart depends on how awake and aware we are, and on our ability to choose."
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The Moon Nodes Chart
"Expressed in terms of depth psychology, the Moon Node chart makes visible the shadow of our personality. We all have an invisible part of our nature containing drives, wishes and projections. Since these are not accessible to our waking consciousness, we usually suppress them - as they are unusable or even dangerous in everyday life. Thus, this shadow in us is usually designated as negative or 'black'.
However, we also unconsciously suppress personal qualities and character traits that are positive - simply because they do not fit into the dogmatism of our thinking, or are not welcome by our environment. It is important to realise that they are nonetheless parts of ourselves which do not find outward expression, and that we use up considerable energy in keeping them hidden from consciousness." ... (Extracted from Astrological Psychology - The Huber Method ... written and published by the Astrological Psychology Association.)
1. In this chart, the north node of the radical/natal chart becomes the ascendant degree - and the ascendant degree of the radical/natal chart becomes the North Node. ... This is because the Hubers agreed with the theory that the Ascendant of the last incarnation is the North Node of the current incarnation.
2. Equal houses are used, but the signs are placed clockwise around the zodiac circle. ... This is because the Age Point progresses backwards through the zodiac signs of the Moon Node chart, and forwards through them in the radical/natal chart.
3. Hence - what changes (in the two charts) is the house locations of the planets, and the aspects made by them to the North Node. ... So, these are what we need to look at.
4. However, we should also note the point/degree-location at which the two Age Points meet (in their respective clockwise and anti-clockwise cycle through the signs). ... Because, these two crossings invariably highlight a significant change in the life of the chart-owner - with the second being linked to the first, and taking place exactly 36 years later. ... [To find the crossover point**, visually track the Age Point's 6-years-per-house ANTI-clockwise progressions around both charts to identify the sign (and age/year) at which they meet. Then, track them in both charts at monthly intervals to identify the month at which they meet.]
5. For Ali, those crossover points happened in July 1980 and 2016. ... In July 1980, he was refusing to listen to the pleas of his doctors and trainer (Angelo Dundee) to NOT fight the reigning heavyweight champion of the world (Larry Holmes). The fight took place in October 1980, and he suffered a severe beating that (his doctors believed) resulted in him later being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease - from which he eventually died on 3rd June 2016.
6. However, I have too much admiration and affection for this exceptional person to outline here how his inability to listen to the advice of others is revealed by his Moon Node chart and led to the the eventual "undoing" of a physical specimen that should have lived well beyond the age of 74.
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** The Age Points in both the radix and the Moon Nodes chart move/progress anti-clockwise through houses 1 to 12, starting at (and returning to) the Ascendant degree. However, the signs are anti-clockwise in the Radix and clockwise in the Nodes chart. So both Age Points are progressing (anti-clockwise) through the houses at a speed of 6-years-per-house - but the signs in those houses are not the same UNTIL THE TWO AGE POINTS APPROACH THEIR CROSSOVER POINT.
Thus, we visually track the Age Points every 6 years (when they arrive at the house cusp) until both are in the same sign. In Ali's chart, that happens in the 7th house (where Aquarius and Pisces are located in both the Radix and the Nodes chart).
We know that the Age Point reaches the cusp of the 7th house at age 36; the cusp of the 7th in the Node Chart is at the same degree as the Ascendant (14deg16mins) - but in the sign of Pisces ... and (from the additional tables) that the cusp of the 7th in the Radix is 19Aquarius31. ... So, at Age 36, the two Age Points are 24degs45mins apart - and coming together at a rate of 5degs-a-year (in the Node chart) and 4deg35mins-a-year (in Ali's Radix)* .... which is 9degs35mins-a-year when combined.
Hence ... it takes a further two years (to age 38) for the two Age Points to arrive at where they are 5deg35 apart (24deg45 minus 19deg10). ... And that is on Ali's birthday, on 17th January 1980.
We then divide that 9deg35 speed by 12, to get the monthly speed at which the two points were closing (48mins). So, it takes a further 7 months for the two Age Points to arrive at their crossover degree - which is 17th August 1980 (but "July 1980" is near enough for practical purposes).
[ *The additional tables for the Radix chart show the degree locations of the 7th and 8th house cusps, enabling us to calculate the degree speed at which the Age Point passes through the 7th house.]
This seems complicated when written down, but that is because it is unfamiliar. ... In practice, the year of crossover is ascertained by "eyeballing the two charts" and the calculation of the combined monthly speed-of-closing is not difficult.