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Topic: How to practice reading charts
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cthonicstar
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posted November 25, 2019 11:02 PM
  
Hi! I want to improve my skills and understanding of charts. What would you suggest the best ways to do this? Practicing and having feedback/answers available to see how accurate my interpretations are? Thanks for your help-you guys are amazing! Great community. IP: Logged |
Aries23Degrees
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From: South Africa
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posted November 26, 2019 07:14 AM
Take 3 people from different walks of lifebut with common aspects/placements.Then look for a common thread.Size this up against interpretations read online, then draw a conclusion. Always go back to tweet and relook for all angles. Clues are always there and additional info too. Leo 6th, Sun in Virgo,Virgo 5th house for instance have a common thread. One who finds self expression or creative expression through work or through structure, form and refinement. IP: Logged |
Graham
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posted November 26, 2019 05:19 PM
1.) Obtain the chart of a wrinkly that has lived long enough to have become familiar with how the astrological indicators in his/her natal chart have manifested; is comfortable with confronting his/her shadow and is willing to openly admit to any issues that your analysis might reveal.2) Keep aspect orbs tight ... to focus your analysis upon dominant natal issues/patterns/themes that a person of average sensitivity is likely to be consciously aware of. 3) Engage your right-brain from the outset, via a holistic examination of the chart. ... This will help you to synthesise your detailed/left-brain analyses and interpretations of the astrological indicators (i.e.. to see the person, rather than his/her chart).
____________________ Here is the chart of myself - a 71 year old wrinkly (born on 20th November 1948) - with aspect orbs set at 3 degrees maximum. What does your initial holistic analysis reveal? ... http://www.astro.com/astrology/opa_article191119_e.htm  
____________________ Is your initial analysis helped or hampered by setting the maximum aspect orb to 6 degrees? 
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Graham
Knowflake Posts: 761
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posted November 26, 2019 05:42 PM
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"before studying other factors in a chart we need to have a holistic view and combine the meaning of hemispheres, quadrants and aspect pictures. Such an approach can reveal much information about a person. Following this, a deeper insight will be provided into chart shapes, aspect pictures and aspect patterns by combining them with the information gained from midpoints and harmonics." ...http://www.astro.com/astrology/opa_article191119_e.htm
____________________So ... would engaging your right-brain be helped or hampered by reflecting upon the aspect patterns (and pictures) in the Huber-Style natal chart? ... http://i.pinimg.com/originals/8b/5c/a5/8b5ca5db36f828d7dfe880c5533fa695.jpg  IP: Logged |
Ami Anne
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From: Pluto/house next to NickiG
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted November 26, 2019 05:52 PM
Do as many as you can and pick people's brains about how they feel the aspects. You have to truly want to learn astrology to go from beginner to intermediate. House Rulers helps you to put the different parts together, too. My goal was to make a 3 D person from a chart and it took quite a while to get there but if you want it, you can do it!------------------
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Cayenne
Newflake Posts: 6
From: Bemidji, Minnesota, USA
Registered: Nov 2019
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posted November 29, 2019 10:24 PM
I am making charts of most of the people I currently know and talking to or making charts of people I previously knew very well. I start by slowly learning the times of birth for most of them. So by doing that I slowly learn more about a hand full of people. Then I discuss their aspects with them if they are interested. It's a good way to learn I think. IP: Logged |
cthonicstar
Knowflake Posts: 172
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Registered: Sep 2019
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posted December 03, 2019 06:22 PM
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Originally posted by Aries23Degrees:
Take 3 people from different walks of lifebut with common aspects/placements.Then look for a common thread.Size this up against interpretations read online, then draw a conclusion. Always go back to tweet and relook for all angles. Clues are always there and additional info too. Leo 6th, Sun in Virgo,Virgo 5th house for instance have a common thread. One who finds self expression or creative expression through work or through structure, form and refinement.
Thank you! That's a great pattern to look out for. IP: Logged |
cthonicstar
Knowflake Posts: 172
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Registered: Sep 2019
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posted December 03, 2019 06:30 PM
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Originally posted by Graham:
1.) Obtain the chart of a wrinkly that has lived long enough to have become familiar with how the astrological indicators in his/her natal chart [b]have manifested; is comfortable with confronting his/her shadow and is willing to openly admit to any issues that your analysis might reveal.2) Keep aspect orbs tight ... to focus your analysis upon dominant natal issues/patterns/themes that a person of average sensitivity is likely to be consciously aware of. 3) Engage your right-brain from the outset, via a holistic examination of the chart. ... This will help you to synthesise your detailed/left-brain analyses and interpretations of the astrological indicators (i.e.. to see the person, rather than his/her chart).
____________________ Here is the chart of myself - a 71 year old wrinkly (born on 20th November 1948) - with aspect orbs set at 3 degrees maximum. What does your initial holistic analysis reveal? ... http://www.astro.com/astrology/opa_article191119_e.htm
____________________ Is your initial analysis helped or hampered by setting the maximum aspect orb to 6 degrees? [/B]
Graham, are you a teacher? I feel like you break things down and make it easier to digest before moving up the next level. I tried your method with the four charts I have on hand and the advice is helping with a more structured approach. May I review your chart and come back to this thread with questions? IP: Logged |
cthonicstar
Knowflake Posts: 172
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posted December 03, 2019 06:31 PM
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Originally posted by Ami Anne:
Do as many as you can and pick people's brains about how they feel the aspects. You have to truly want to learn astrology to go from beginner to intermediate. House Rulers helps you to put the different parts together, too. My goal was to make a 3 D person from a chart and it took quite a while to get there but if you want it, you can do it!
Thank you for the kind words of encouragement! I feel like I'm still barely scratching the surface. IP: Logged |
cthonicstar
Knowflake Posts: 172
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posted December 03, 2019 06:33 PM
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Originally posted by Cayenne:
I am making charts of most of the people I currently know and talking to or making charts of people I previously knew very well. I start by slowly learning the times of birth for most of them. So by doing that I slowly learn more about a hand full of people. Then I discuss their aspects with them if they are interested. It's a good way to learn I think.
Agree! I need a variety of charts too to really get a grasp of how everything's expressed. Let's do our best! 
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Graham
Knowflake Posts: 761
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posted December 04, 2019 01:04 AM
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Graham, are you a teacher? I feel like you break things down and make it easier to digest before moving up the next level. I tried your method with the four charts I have on hand and the advice is helping with a more structured approach.
Not a teacher ... a father/grand-father (in the home) and a manager (in the workplace). quote:
May I review your chart and come back to this thread with questions?
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cthonicstar
Knowflake Posts: 172
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posted January 24, 2020 08:54 PM
Graham, how did you become interested in Astrology? IP: Logged |
Dumuzi
Knowflake Posts: 2323
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posted January 24, 2020 09:11 PM
i learned by pretending i knew what i was doing and reading charts on an anonymous boardskeptics in particular btw, they're the most likely to want to criticize you IP: Logged |
Graham
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posted February 11, 2020 04:08 AM
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Originally posted by cthonicstar:
Graham, how did you become interested in Astrology?
Apologies for not replying earlier to this, cthonicstar ... I only saw/noticed it today. Ill-health enabled me to retire from my career at the age of 44. This left me not needing to work (for an income), and curious about how I had arrived at this watershed moment in my life. So, I took up the study of astrology as a full-time hobby ... because it provided a mentally-stimulating occupation (to replace my work/career), and a mechanism for exploring how my life had unfolded/brought me to this watershed event.
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