posted August 20, 2019 02:56 PM            

2nd
do we count many parallels as stelliums?

3rd
are cazimis and combustions relevant?

4th fixed stars?

What am I missing from my astrological repertoire.

posted August 20, 2019 03:48 PM            

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Originally posted by DRVM614K:
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North node parallel mc.

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You'll first need to know the precise accuracy of your Asc with tested certainty to be sure you have that or any other point-specific aspect. That is an astrological proposition, not a question of whether your birth time was recorded to the minute on a specific document. If the aspect is there it indicates that substantive accomplishment of higher aims is necessary for your well rounded development this lifetime and to leave behind what in your private life holds you back.

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do we count many parallels as stelliums?

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The term 'stellium' seems to not be used in reference to multipled linked parallels of declination, but if they appear it is very much like a stellium. Whether you use the term I suppose is up to you. If you were to say a stellium in declination I would immediately get the general idea of what you mean.

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are cazimis and combustions relevant?

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Being a modern astrologer I don't use those concepts.

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4th fixed stars?

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I pay little attention to them, and certainly don't consider them all equally or that they are all of equal relevance. However, I am aware of the greater relevance of some of them in some natal charts, but I have not yet ventured into interpretive application. The current literature is old, worn out, superstitious, and wholly inadequate for application to interpretation. So this is an area I'm leaving to careful consideration for future practice.

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What am I missing from my astrological repertoire.

got planets, signs, houses, solar returns progressions, synastry aspects, fixed stars, asteroids and other hypothetical objects. Vedic, planetary nodes, phases, skipped steps though I know I havn't seen a lot of evolutionary astro on here, intercepted and duplicate houses, oblique aspects, pluto generation. I think everything else I've encountered is more subjective.

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The core information that matters most, as I mention in my most recent article, is:

1. Planets, including the precise positions by using the declinations, and all their aspects with planets.
2. Signs.
3. Houses -- but this one is only as reliable as your ability to confirm through methodical testing the accuracy of the Asc figure of any chart. Houses also have their full 4-dimensional place only if you include declinations and learn to broaden interpretive perspective.

These are the prime ingredients that determine the actual strength of each planetary energy and what the full 4D natal horoscope shows the person is actually starting with in life.

You can extrapolate these elements to predictive astrology by simply learning transits involving these factors before moving on to secondary true (quotidian) progressions. I don't bother with anything I term symbolic fictions: directions, solar arcs, etc. In my approach all planet positions or movements must originate in a synchronous motion of nature.

Be sure you are using topocentric positions, especially to compensate for the parallax effect of the Moon. The standard calculation for Moon's position uses a line through the center of Earth, not the natal location. So when Moon is near Asc/DC axis it will be shown 1° off from its actual location.

Not really sure how else to answer, except to say you might check out my Articles page.

It is ultimately a matter of your own unique perspective and what you can deliver as clear insight to the chart holder. But declinations are the #1 most important piece missing for most astrologers. It's like missing one eye.

posted August 20, 2019 11:48 PM            

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Originally posted by DRVM614K:
much appreciated. Yes it was definitely a phase of reconstruction. As far as rectification goes, are comparisons to aspects concerning progressed transits applicable? what other techniques do you suggest?

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Not sure what you mean by "progressed transits." I look at the transits for major life events to see if they confirm the general idea of where I think the correct Asc is. If I get enough confirmation, I use the chart I think is pretty close and take a look at the secondary progressed aspects for those life events. Probably 90% of the time the first chart I consider isn't at the right degree for the Asc. It's usually the second or third degree area I consider that turns out to be correct.

I look carefully at both transits and progressions in declination as well before the degree area for the Asc/MC is narrowed down.

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Originally posted by DRVM614K:
and thanks again for being so thorough and precise. Gotta be the Virgo ascendant

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You're welcome, and yep

posted August 21, 2019 01:21 AM            

And as for declinations. Im picturing a chart in 3d with objects on the ecliptic and my head feels like junk is being reorganized in my head. Like places i feel tension head aches have become firm and picturing this is loosening up what ever junk is stuck.