posted January 02, 2008 08:43 PM              

Experience will tell you alot and you will make your own decisions. What I have found is aspects to the sun are by far the most significant. A conjunction from someone elses moon for instance could go up to 10 deg and be "felt" while a conjunction of say juno to venus would not be much in play beyond 3 deg. A conjunction to the sun *in transit* from saturn or neptune could be felt 3-4 and maybe even 5 degrees out while applying. Less while seperating. A planet like mars experiencing the same transit conjunction from neptune would probably not feel anything until it was within 2 degrees. Of course, natal aspects and transits are very different as far as orbs.

The standards you find around the internet of 8-10 deg orbs for most major aspects apply only to the sun in my experience. Other planets would get 2-4 degrees less for conjunctions, depending on relative importance in a chart and angularity (placed in an angle house or near an angle).
Sensitivity to dif energies will also be a major factor with orbs from one person to the next.

posted January 02, 2008 09:25 PM            

but I would also use the same orbs for the Sun for the Moon,Ascendant,and Midheaven too. The angles are very important points,and so is the Moon. I would think many female astrologers would protest about overlooking the importance of the Moon and emphasizing the Sun so much. Even in Vedic Astrology, Moon has more importance the Sun and that's why they look at transits from the Moon.

posted January 03, 2008 01:32 AM              

Also, I have yet to see any aspect other than the conjunction have any real effect on the ASC or MC and even then it pales comparison to transits to the sun. Transits to angles tend to be event oriented and less internal. Transits to the sun are both but far more transformative.