posted August 15, 2004 09:10 AM
Greetings...Star, what a versatile mind you have. Magic, Astrology, Tarot... each of these could be one lifelong study, let alone trying to delve into them all. I respect that, as it is very similar to my own Path... 
As to Magi Astrology. I haven't really devoted any time to studying it yet. Relationship astrology is not my main area of interest (more of a medical and Horary Astrologer I suppose). So I cannot really speak intelligently about its methods.
In terms of Chiron, or any other asteroid or planetoid or what-have-you. Personally when I do a natal chart or any other type... I do not use them. This in no way implies that I don't believe in their use... I think if the Creator(s) put it out there.. it can tell us something.
BUT... personally, and I AM an opinionated Astrologer, I don't believe that most astrologers REALLY know their Basics: the Planets, Signs, Houses and Aspects. Due to this lack of a foundation in their own art/science, they want to add bits of space debris to a chart to tell them that which they are unable to detect by use of these basics alone.
That may sound harsh, but, I have yet to see anyone tell me anything about myself, or predict any event for me using those secondary factors that I could not describe with just the BASICS.
When one of these modern astrologers (as I call them) can describe a person by looking at the chart and NOT having met the individual (describing scars, marks, moles, height, and probable hair and eye color)... when they can predict an event with precision, or diagnose an illness from the chart with just the BASICS.. then I might be inclined to listen to their opinions about secondary factors that have not been the subject of study for thousands of years, as the BASICS have.
I suppose this makes me sound like an old poop, but it is how I feel. I think people for the most part want to skim the surface of Astrology, and psychologize it for acceptance, than to truly master its depths and intricacies. I love the Science; I am sure this is not my first encounter with Astrology in my history of Incarnations, so I may be a wee bit prejudiced in this matter.
That having been said. I apologize if I step on any toes, but I think I shall remain...
The Opinionted Astrologer. 
In the Light...
A 
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"The ALL is MIND; the Universe is Mental." *** The Kybalion