posted August 14, 2003 09:56 PM              

Can anyone shed some light here for me please?? Its for a friend who has a 0'14" Aries Ascendant. Would that mean his ascendant is influenced by Pisces??

Thanx
Nebel

posted August 14, 2003 10:16 PM              

personally i am of the school of thought that there are no 'cuspal' planet influences, that a person is either an aries or a pisces, not shades of both. saying that someone is an aries with pisces influences because of a cusp just muddies the water and makes it much harder to interpret. i know you said asc but i was generalizing with sun because its easier that way, i know you know what i mean.

if there are influences from a 'cuspal' sign, they will manifest in other areas of the chart, whether that be through other placings in that sign, or mutual reception and dispositors. a mutual reception is... ill give an example, as its easier that way. in my chart, the ruler of my libra sun, venus, is in virgo. the ruler of virgo, mercury, is in libra. those two planets have mutual reception. they are in each others natural rulership, and the energy they share is sympathetic to each other. had my mercury been in virgo or scorpio, it wouldnt be a mutual reception, and i daresay i would be even *more* complex of a person. the venus wouldnt harmonize as well with the rest of my chart makeup.

that said, with an asc its harder to really know the *exact* placing when one is so close to the cusp. it may well be that the birth time was a couple of minutes off, placing the asc into pisces. so, its very important for everyone, but especially in cases like that, to have the chart rectified. with such a small orb, if the birth time is even a couple of minutes off, youd likely see a big difference, especially since its the ascendant concerned. a proper asc is MOST important, as its placing determines the houses, the 'stage' if you will, for the rest of the players to interact. its of grand importance.

does that help at all?

~faery

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posted August 17, 2003 01:30 PM              

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where i end and you begin there's a gap in between there's a gap where we meet where i end and you begin
and i'm sorry for us the dinosaurs roam the earth the sky turns green where i end and you begin