posted January 18, 2005 01:36 AM              

I hear some people say only 1 degree and then I've googled other sites that have all sorts of different rules for different planet combos.

posted January 20, 2005 03:19 AM              

I think I need to become more experienced to decide what I think about orbs personally... But 3 sounds sensible and 5 for conjunctions... I will look at my charts and see what I think..

posted January 22, 2005 02:57 PM            

Synasty and transits are not the same as Natal charts, that use much wider arcs.

As far as 1 degree being lazy, thats dribble. All astrological aspects have a decay of influence or affect the larger they become. Where you draw the line depends upon how accurate you want to be. I suspect that some people increase the arc to include aspects that they want to have in their relationships, even if their significance is miniscule.

posted January 22, 2005 06:34 PM              

So far, I find the 0 and 1 degree orb to be exact and I always look to that as the defining influences. But others, within 3 degrees seem to put together the background tapestry of influences in the relationshop. Like, you can weave them together and see what the over all feeling is even if the influence of those with greater orb doesn't jump out at you...

Anyway, that's just what I've found so far by comparing what I see in the chart to what I see manifested in my own life. I am still learning a lot.

posted January 22, 2005 07:33 PM              

I dont think that looking at orbs outside of only one degree is being lazy. I just think that by not counting an aspect because it is at a one or two degree orb is silly. That aspect will still be felt a large part of the time. At least as far as I've noticed. ONLY using a one degree orb will cause you to miss out on alot of aspects that are really "there". I dont think there is anything wrong with going as far as two or three, but not past that. And used sparingly.

Yes, there is a bit of a "decay" in the influence the further away you get, but it's not always gone!

posted January 22, 2005 10:27 PM              

I'd still take into account an orb of 3 or like lioneye said up to 5 for conjunctions because I think aspects generate some sort of magnetic field and the closer you get the more you feel them in your relationship. So far I'm pretty much convinced a 3 deg orb can be felt pretty strongly though I agree that 1 deg or less would theoreticaly be even stronger (though I hav to say...I believe that a 1 deg trine between outter planets would be felt a lot less than a 3 deg conjuntion between venus and mars..for instance.. so it depends a lot on the planets and aspects involved as well)

I tried doing charts with a 1 degree orb only, and there's only a couple of aspects left IF that. That includes my mum, my dad, ppl I'm close to, guys I've liked in the past and my current bf...so I did quite a few but I'd feel a bit strange to only interpret 1 or 2 aspects with any of these ppl. It seems like there's a lot more to the relationship I'd be missing out on

So every buh day ...what about natal charts ..what orbs would you allow for a natal chart? I read something about it, that said 8 deg for conjunctions and oppositions and 5 deg for everything else (if I remember right...I'll try to find that site again)

posted January 25, 2005 08:53 AM            

I strongly feel the effects of a Venus-Pluto conjunction with a guy I know and it´s 4 degrees apart...

Even when it´s not a conjunction, I think we should consider a wider orb... Otherwise we will be missing very valuable background information that will colour the relationship... Recently I was detailing the effects of the square Mars-Venus for someone in this site when I realised it resembled powerfully to the kind of relationship I had with my ex-boyfriend... And when I checked our comparison chart I discovered my Venus and his Mars were square with a 6º orb... Some people will think that is a too wide arc, but we did feel its influence powerfully... The realisation came after identifying myself with that Venus person squared by someone else´s Mars... So I wasn´t trying to include aspects that I want to have in our relationship. In fact, I wish we never had that placement...

posted January 25, 2005 11:30 AM              

If I were to use a 1 degree orb in the synastry between my s/o and I, we would have no business being together - but we are. That to me is testimony enough that aspects with a wider than 1 degree orb ARE influencial.

And by the way, I have never seen that opinion of allowing only a 1 degree orb in synastry supported by any other astrologer anywhere on the net, or in any book. The only time a 1 degree orb is recommended is in Predictive Astrology, especially in regard to planetary aspects to the angles. (1.5 is allowed for the lights).

posted January 26, 2005 07:35 PM            

Is it possible that we have a communication problem here?

posted July 16, 2009 03:26 AM            

And I believe using larger orbs has NOTHING to do with "reaching."

posted July 16, 2009 01:30 PM            

I like to analyze synastry in the context of the real-life relationship, moving between the synastry and how it seems to actually be playing out, so I agree with Got Gemini to a certain extent.

posted July 17, 2009 12:45 PM            

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It is easier to get the main picture of the chart if we use tighter degrees, and maybe then we can try to analyze the wider ones to see if they are really noticeable in the real life.

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