posted April 15, 2008 12:38 AM              

I wanted to know if anyone else has had this experience, or would like to try out the comparison for themselves, right here. I'd be willing to create and post the charts myself, and even offer some input on the analysis.

Anyone wanna try?

posted April 15, 2008 03:10 AM              

dunno

posted April 15, 2008 03:45 PM              

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Now, having said that I do slightly disagree with Rob Hand, I'm going to present an argument that completely support his position. Because the Composite Chart is a Midpoint Chart, it's not possible to be "positive" of the sign placement of any of the planets. The most that you can do is to be sure of the sign axis.

In general, when working with midpoints, the sign and house position is not taken into consideration. Most midpoint work is done using the 90 degree dial which ignores the individual signs and houses entirely and operates entirely based on hard aspects. Each point on the 90 degree dial is actually 4 points on the 360 wheel, so when working with midpoints, both the direct and the opposite midpoint are combined, along with the two points that square the midpoint axis. Midpoints between two planets can be "triggered" at any of the 4 points: the direct (or near) midpoint, the opposite (far) midpoint, and also at the two points squaring the midpoints. Considering the Composite Chart is a midpoint chart, this is a pretty compelling argument to ignore the signs.

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I remember creating a midpoint chart with one of my exes where we had a couple of stellium spread over 3 consecutive signs. I suppose I could interpret this as being in a constricted relationship with a tight focus, but that's about all that was accurate. The Davison chart I cast showed all the interactions within the relationship - our Uranus/Moon conjunction (yes, we have a very emotionally torrential relationship) opposing our Mercury/Sun (totally a relationship based on mental interaction). These two themes were definitely at odds and after it became clear that these recurring, almost regularized relationship meltdowns were never going to be resolved, I decided we needed to part ways. It was tough getting out tho, almost as if the relationship was very restrictive and binding, as shown by the midpoint chart.

posted August 24, 2009 05:30 PM            

And well, we can say that composite is a hypothetical chart based on mathematical midpoints. Yet isn't the whole astrological system abstract and based on mathematics?
Also, the midpoints are actually based on the existing physical positions of the planets between two charts, which seems to make more sense than planetary positions that were in the middle of time and space between two people's birthday.

But well, in any cases, it's possible to find insights through different systems of symbolism, and it actually depends on how skilled an astrologer is to be able to find useful information out of each system.
Each system is different, and it's up to each of us to find out which works better.