posted February 23, 2010 04:28 AM         

I was thinking it would be a good idea if you can share your thoughts on how you ended up becoming experts in this field. It will be very facinating and inspiring for rest of us to be like you (IQ and DD in particular). I am not sure who else is equally good at this, since I am fairly new to this website (joined only 3-4 days back).

posted February 23, 2010 07:40 AM         

Same way, introspect and note down all your personal strengths and weaknesses.
Then check the natal chart descriptions for a planet in a sign or house to see which ones fit and which ones dont.

Last but not the least, read
1. "The Astrology of Inner Space" by Carl Payne Tobey
2. Sun Signs, Love Signs and Relationship Signs by Linda Goodman for the most clear understanding of astrological principles.

And this free correspondence course: http://mysite.verizon.net/bonniehill/pages.aux/astrology/tobey/index.html

These wont teach Asteroids or esoteric astrology but will strengthen your basic understanding for applying astrology principles.

posted February 23, 2010 07:43 AM         

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posted February 23, 2010 07:55 AM         

Three or four HUNDRED books, tell me, where do you store them all?????

posted February 23, 2010 08:00 AM         

Have you thought about maybe doing one thread and listing your questions on it as they arise?

We have no search function on LL and i already find it hard to keep up with new threads that get shunted down before i've had a chance to look at them

posted February 23, 2010 08:14 AM         

Hey Lara, I understand where you are coming from. No offense taken. But you see, my questions are different from each other. Therefore I think it is better to seperate my questions. Otherwise, I will be confusing the reader. For example, in one thread I was asking questions on Vertex; in another one it was about my transit reading; whereas this one is more generic. If I club them into one message blob, I am not sure it will be easy for people to grasp. After all, isn't this the reason why we have these messageboards? so as to seperate our ideas and thoughts into different threads and people can pitch in based on the concept that was brought up? By the way, I am only sending postive vibes to you; please do not take this in a negative way.I am just giving you reasons.

posted February 23, 2010 10:03 AM         

A lot of self reflection and introspection is good too - so I agree with the above poster about that! I have also looked at friends and family's transits and charts. I will actually do in depth readings for friends - using various charts - natal, solar return, progressions, relocation charts etc...

So read and practice astrology is a very good way to do it.

posted February 23, 2010 12:00 PM         

It started when I was 14, really. The local library had a few books and a few computer programs on astrology and because one of those books sparked my interest in in-depth astrology (because most books only mention the sun signs). Once I got an astrology program and saw my chart, that is what really sparked my interest.

So I kept on buying books about in-depth astrology, but after a while I went into a chat room on astrology. There is probably where I learned most of what I now know about astrology. And astro.com helped me a lot for checking charts quickly and easily, making it even easier to learn about astrology.

And there were a few other websites too, but since I learn better hands-on than through a book, I learned most of what I know from the astrologers who were in that chat room.

I sometimes miss that chat room, if there's anything that will teach you to think quick on your feet when it comes to astrology, it would be that

posted February 23, 2010 11:02 PM         

lol I became more interested in the books than she was. One of them was "Sun Signs" by Linda Goodman

Later, in high school I realized the entire chart is significant so I did the same thing belgz did.. and I looked it up online at astro.com (& other sites) and read more about the different aspects.

At that stage I was uncertain of astrology even though I liked it, but I liked it in the way you'd like a fairytale (something you know to be surreal.. that you still look at just for fun).

After I drew my chart - I decided to investigate this further and I looked into everyone I knew, all my friends, family etc..

By the end of the year I knew everyone's birthdays off by heart LOL

So in time I realized it DOES actually work, and it isn't just a "story".

I'm still a little in awe of that fact ^

posted February 23, 2010 11:26 PM         

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OMG! You are in Sydney. So I can visit your place to look at those books. LoL! just kidding hehe

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Yay!! come over...

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Do you speak 3 languages Belgz? Ami

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Yes my dads german and my mums turkish and Im an aussie hehehehe

posted February 24, 2010 03:07 AM         

And somewhen down the road my brain started to put things together in its own way I guess, of course influenced by some of the authors I read.

posted February 24, 2010 04:16 PM         

I know, sad, isn't it?

posted February 24, 2010 04:24 PM         

unfortunately it did not allow for daylight savings time!! which meant originally my asc came up as capricorn,

and the fact that that did NOT make sense to me is what really got me interested...