posted December 18, 2014 06:43 AM
I don't think the "energy" changes much.But I use westernMaybe sidereal seems a lot more fatalistic than western? That's why I avoid it? But overall,I really don't see much of a difference.
The thing that freaks out most people is when they "lose" their original sign placemnts i.e I am Venus in Libra(sidereal) and Venus in Scorpio(Western).
Now the energy of Libra and Scorpio is very different in both western and sidereal. So it makes many question the legitimacy of either one or the other(based on preference).
But I had my chart done by an astrologer a year ago. He emphasized that he preferred sidereal astrology but he was not that good actually
But I do recall thinking that much of what he said didn't surprise me or make me go "huh?"
I already knew a lot of stuff and would even complete his sentences(and that annoyed him because he wanted to appear allwise and "all knowing" )
Now if someone was to go more deeply and explore the degree placements and how they interact with each other.I'd be more interested
Or someone is able to describe my physical appearance,life history very intimately- based on my positions. I would trade in western for sidereal.
Until such time,I look at both as two sides of the same coin; saying a lot. But leaving a lot "open" to interpretation too.
But I hear that there are astrologers in India who cast birth charts for people who have yet to visit them. They just "know" that a certain person with certain placements will visit them on a particular day.
Would love to experience that.