posted January 26, 2019 06:06 PM            

Hi, when casting a whole sign chart on Astro-seek, under aspects and terms, which one is the best to choose?
Aspects:
1. By Orb
2. Whole Sign

Terms:
1. Egyptian
2. Ptolemy
3. Chaldean

posted January 27, 2019 08:27 PM            

For Whole Sign,
just choose option Whole Sign.

The 'Orb'
When you see "default", that's usually good to use.

Now, I have not studied this at all.
Looks like medieval astrology.

Those are the 'ruling planets' that cover particular small little segments of the sky.

It is called, "Terms" … Divisions of sky.

Wheel of The Zodiac
- http://www.quadibloc.com/other/asint.htm

ref.
- http://www.oocities.org/astrologysources/classicalgreece/tetrabiblos/ptolemylexicon.htm

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excerpt quoted from ..
- http://dlib.nyu.edu/awdl/isaw/isaw-papers/1/

(1) The system designated by Ptolemy as "Egyptian", which is also described in numerous other Greek and Latin sources, none of which refer the system to the Egyptians, or to anyone else for that matter, and in Demotic papyri.
This is the only known system attested in papyrus horoscopes, and by far the most commonly attested one in the horoscopes in astrological treatises.
It assigns Terms only to the five planets. We will discuss this system in more detail below.
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(2) The system designated by Ptolemy as "Chaldean".12
It is attested in no other source.

The Terms are assigned only to the five planets,
following a regular pattern for the order and lengths of the Terms based on the grouping of zodiacal signs into Triplicities, and the planets that were regarded as lords of the Triplicities.
This system has distinct diurnal and nocturnal versions.

(3) Ptolemy's own system, which he professes to have based on study of an old and damaged manuscript.13
It is elsewhere rarely attested, and only in sources dependent on Ptolemy.

The Terms are assigned only to the planets, according to a complicated system of criteria determining their order and lengths.
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There are Tables for the Terms if you scroll further down the article.
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This is advanced astrology, Primarose.

posted January 28, 2019 08:38 AM            

I had tested my own chart that first day, before answering here. All the math turned out the same as astro com.

Maybe start over?
Pay close attention to the selected items before you submit to calculate. Even afterwards, closely check to see if some item changed in the selection, all by itself? .. like autocorrect can do sometimes!

Another idea--If you know the coordinates of your town, then there's place where you can put that in by hand, instead of going with the defaulted coordinates the computer chooses.

I checked that for my self too, and the coordinates they chose for my birth town were VERY close, and didn't make a difference.

posted February 04, 2019 01:40 PM            

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Originally posted by Aries23Degrees:
Oh ok. I did what you suggested and it came out perfect....***breathes sigh of relief***

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