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Topic: Usefulness of the Marks Chart
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viviette Knowflake Posts: 331 From: FR Registered: Feb 2018
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posted February 09, 2021 07:00 AM
Has anyone used a “Marks chart” to get more info for each individual from the Davison chart ? How useful do you find it ?IP: Logged |
Graham Knowflake Posts: 2453 From: Registered: Apr 2019
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posted February 09, 2021 09:12 AM
Never used it in practice ... but like the theory, and have a high regard for Bob Marks (the astrologer that created it).Perhaps we could test it's validity and potential usefulness here, using the charts of a celebrity couple that (to the public) seemed ideally matched yet broke up (like Jennifer Anniston and Brad Pitt) or never actually became an item/couple (like Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean). IP: Logged |
viviette Knowflake Posts: 331 From: FR Registered: Feb 2018
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posted February 09, 2021 09:56 AM
Good idea we should be able to see both points of view
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Graham Knowflake Posts: 2453 From: Registered: Apr 2019
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posted February 09, 2021 10:32 AM
quote: Originally posted by viviette: Good idea we should be able to see both points of view
Astrodatabank gives Jennifer and Brad's birth times an AA and A rating respectively ... So, let's use those :- Brad Pitt 18th December 1963 ... 06.31am ... Shawnee, Oklahoma ... 35N20 : 96W56 Jennifer Aniston 11th February 1969 ... 22.22pm ... Los Angeles, California ... 34N03 : 118W15 IP: Logged |
viviette Knowflake Posts: 331 From: FR Registered: Feb 2018
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posted February 09, 2021 10:38 AM
Jen natal Davison (u) Brad natal about to draw up the 2 Marks to get the relship of each individual to the relship, by doing a further Davison.. out of the existing Davison + Natal (per person) = Marks (Hope that is correct procedure.. Also, I used ”uncorrected” Davison. Agreed? And do we need to include other chart objects like vertex or stay puritan?) IP: Logged |
viviette Knowflake Posts: 331 From: FR Registered: Feb 2018
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posted February 09, 2021 11:32 AM
Marks chart (Brad) Marks chart (Jen)
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Graham Knowflake Posts: 2453 From: Registered: Apr 2019
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posted February 09, 2021 12:02 PM
I agree with using the uncorrected Davison ... and that the charts you have posted are calculated correctly, and are the ones we need.So, now we need to attempt our interpretation of the two Marks Charts. ... And see immediately that his Sun-Uranus qcx is likely to feel very differently about this relationship than her Sun-Saturn qcx. ("Freedom" cries Brad ... "Responsibility" cries Jenn)
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Hikaru29 Knowflake Posts: 3201 From: Asia Registered: Nov 2018
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posted February 09, 2021 12:58 PM
I read that Sun shows how they behave in the relationship and Moon shows how they feel. IP: Logged |
viviette Knowflake Posts: 331 From: FR Registered: Feb 2018
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posted February 09, 2021 03:32 PM
quote: Originally posted by Graham: I his Sun-Uranus qcx is likely to feel very differently about this relationship than her Sun-Saturn qcx. ("Freedom" cries Brad ... "Responsibility" cries Jenn)
A mutual friend of theirs allegedly said, “Having a baby was not his priority, whereas for Jen it was.”
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viviette Knowflake Posts: 331 From: FR Registered: Feb 2018
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posted February 09, 2021 04:08 PM
I hear Ascendant ruler is important ?What do we look at after sun for possible dealbreakers? IP: Logged |
Graham Knowflake Posts: 2453 From: Registered: Apr 2019
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posted February 10, 2021 02:14 AM
quote: Originally posted by viviette: I hear Ascendant ruler is important ?What do we look at after sun for possible dealbreakers?
The basic meanings of astrological indicators remain the same as in natal chart interpretation ... What changes is the context in which we are interpreting them - which, in this case, is a relationship rather than an individual/person. So ... if these two Marks Charts were the natal charts of a person/individual, what astrological indicators would you consider to be deal breakers? (I'd consider these to include Sun/outwardly-expressed-views; Moon/inner-feeling (perhaps not openly expressed); Ascendant/how-seen-by-strangers; Descendant/how-partner-is-seen; MC/reputation-and-status; IC/how-this-relationship-might-descend-into-"hell on earth".)
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Graham Knowflake Posts: 2453 From: Registered: Apr 2019
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posted February 10, 2021 02:34 AM
quote: Originally posted by viviette: A mutual friend of theirs allegedly said, “Having a baby was not his priority, whereas for Jen it was.”
Perhaps they actually clashed about the responsibility of bringing a child into the world/environment in which they were obliged to live. ... (My gut feeling is that Brad would have been very aware of how this would restrict the child's development, whilst Jenn might have seen their celebrity status as a "good thing" for their children.) Note how the Uranus-opposite-Saturn conflict in his Marks Chart is stimulated by the qcx contact with Sun AND eased by the trine+sextile from Neptune (which provides him with an escape mechanism). ... Then, note how the more-grounded Mercury/Neptune mid-point in her Marks Chart blocks his escape mechanism. ... (Interestingly, this blocking may have been the inspiration/basis of the difficulty his character had with her's when they appeared together in "Friends" ... perhaps in an effort to release the real-life tension.) http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=friends+brad+pitt+episode&view=detail&mid=BD6870F58251900E5455BD6870F58251900E5455&FORM=VIRE&ru=%2fsearch%3fq%3dfriends%2bbrad%2bpitt%2bepisode% 26form%3dAPMCS1%26PC%3dAPMC IP: Logged |
Hikaru29 Knowflake Posts: 3201 From: Asia Registered: Nov 2018
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posted February 10, 2021 06:34 AM
quote: Originally posted by Graham: (Interestingly, this blocking may have been the inspiration/basis of the difficulty his character had with her's when they appeared together in "Friends" ... perhaps in an effort to release the real-life tension.) [URL=http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=friends+brad+pitt+episode&view=detail&mid=BD6870F58251900E5455BD6870F58251900E5455&FORM=VIRE&ru=%2fsearch%3fq%3dfriends%2bbrad%2bpitt%2bepi sode%]http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=friends+brad+pitt+episode&view=detail&mid=BD6870F58251900E5455BD6870F58251900E5455&FORM=VIRE&ru=%2fsearch%3fq%3dfriends%2bbrad%2bpitt%2bep isode%[/URL] 26form%3dAPMCS1%26PC%3dAPMC
I’m reminded of how handsome he is. 🤤 Graham, how would you interpret this intertwining pattern in Marks?: Sun opposite Saturn and square Uranus, forming a t-square. This looks very difficult but... Saturn is also part of a grand kite with trine to Venus/Vertex conjunction, Neptune/Eros conjunction and sextile to Pluto (Pluto opposite Venus). *Venus is chart ruler. Sun is also sextile Neptune, trine Pluto. Would you say the supportive aspects are providing enough to keep him interested? If yes how strong is this? IP: Logged |
Graham Knowflake Posts: 2453 From: Registered: Apr 2019
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posted February 10, 2021 09:26 AM
quote: Originally posted by Hikaru29: I’m reminded of how handsome he is. 🤤Graham, how would you interpret this intertwining pattern in Marks?: Sun opposite Saturn and square Uranus, forming a t-square. This looks very difficult but... Saturn is also part of a grand kite with trine to Venus/Vertex conjunction, Neptune/Eros conjunction and sextile to Pluto (Pluto opposite Venus). *Venus is chart ruler. Sun is also sextile Neptune, trine Pluto. Would you say the supportive aspects are providing enough to keep him interested? If yes how strong is this?
I cannot visualise the pattern, Hikaru. Sun-Venus-Saturn-Pluto are in a mystic rectangle? ... Sun-Saturn-Uranus are in a Tsquare? ... And Venus-Saturn-Uranus are in a medium learning triangle (trine-square-semisextile)? ... But, is Neptune conjunct Venus? What signs are each of the planets in?
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Hikaru29 Knowflake Posts: 3201 From: Asia Registered: Nov 2018
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posted February 11, 2021 12:28 PM
quote: Originally posted by Graham: I cannot visualise the pattern, Hikaru.Sun-Venus-Saturn-Pluto are in a mystic rectangle? ... Sun-Saturn-Uranus are in a Tsquare? ... And Venus-Saturn-Uranus are in a medium learning triangle (trine-square-semisextile)? ... But, is Neptune conjunct Venus? What signs are each of the planets in?
Maybe it's easier if I post the Marks chart. Can you see Venus-Pluto-Saturn-Neptune in a grand kite? Vertex is conjunct Venus as well. Sun also sextile Neptune, trine Pluto. But at the same time... Sun is locked in a t-square with Uranus & Saturn. The orb is very wide 8-9° so I'm not sure how impacting this is on him, but still curious what this means in Marks.
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Graham Knowflake Posts: 2453 From: Registered: Apr 2019
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posted February 12, 2021 02:11 AM
So ... the pattern we are looking at is :- The orb issue is going to complicate our analysis of this ... because we do not know the extent to which this chart owner's level of sensitivity is above/below that of the "average" person. So, let's start by analysing the patterns as if every planet involved was at the same degree as (say) Pluto BUT still in the sign/house of their location in this Marks Chart. ... Thus, every aspect is exact - so, manifesting at it's strongest. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ If all aspects in these patterns were exact .... this pattern is connecting a mystic rectangle (sun-venus-saturn-pluto) to a detective figure (sun-pluto-uranus-neptune), and it is immediately apparent that it is driven/fuelled by the sun-saturn-uranus Tsquare. ... However, what is not so obvious is that all of the energy is focused upon developing Venus - the "peak" planet at the tail of the Kite (and the fastest-moving planet in the group). In the sport of Boxing, this would be akin to the lightweight champion (Venus) being "knocked into shape" by the 4 hardest punchers in the heavyweight division and the middleweight champion (Sun) ... IF THEY CAN CATCH HIM. And ... if these orbs were exact, they would easily catch/influence him ... So, those wide-orbed Venus aspects may indicate that the chart owner does not want this relationship to change his values. IP: Logged |
Hikaru29 Knowflake Posts: 3201 From: Asia Registered: Nov 2018
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posted February 12, 2021 12:08 PM
quote: Originally posted by Graham: And ... if these orbs [b]were exact, they would easily catch/influence him ... So, those wide-orbed Venus aspects may indicate that the chart owner does not want this relationship to change his values. [/B]
Thanks, Graham. So by this concluding statement, is this saying that this relationship may not be what he wants? What does it say about his affection then? IP: Logged |
Graham Knowflake Posts: 2453 From: Registered: Apr 2019
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posted February 12, 2021 02:00 PM
quote: Originally posted by Hikaru29: Thanks, Graham. So by this concluding statement, is this saying that this relationship may not be what he wants? What does it say about his affection then?
I think it is saying that he needs to be changed/taken to the water at his own pace rather than the partner's. For example, that Saturn-Neptune-Pluto triangle is very willing to embrace change and the Sun-Saturn-Uranus Tsquare is actually wanting it. ... But Venus needs to be persuaded to let-go of the old values (perhaps acquired via childhood conditioning). I can relate to this one personally ... in that I resisted the efforts of teachers/mentors to prepare me for a white-collar career, because I wanted to remain in the working-class environment into which I had been born. However, I still wanted to be educated-and-developed by those teachers and mentors. IP: Logged |
Hikaru29 Knowflake Posts: 3201 From: Asia Registered: Nov 2018
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posted February 13, 2021 08:47 AM
quote: Originally posted by Graham: I think it is saying that he needs to be changed/taken to the water at his own pace rather than the partner's.For example, that Saturn-Neptune-Pluto triangle is very willing to embrace change and the Sun-Saturn-Uranus Tsquare is actually wanting it. ... But Venus needs to be persuaded to let-go of the old values (perhaps acquired via childhood conditioning). I can relate to this one personally ... in that I resisted the efforts of teachers/mentors to prepare me for a white-collar career, because I wanted to remain in the working-class environment into which I had been born. However, I still wanted to be educated-and-developed by those teachers and mentors.
Thanks, I can understand better with your example. In some ways he does seem like that...he resists any attempts (intentional or unintentional) from my end to drive the relationship... but when I let go, he starts moving and leading. So you see his Sun-Saturn-Uranus Tsquare as actually activating him, not resisting? How would you intercepted Venus conjunct Vertex? IP: Logged |
Graham Knowflake Posts: 2453 From: Registered: Apr 2019
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posted February 13, 2021 09:51 AM
quote: Originally posted by Hikaru29: Thanks, I can understand better with your example. In some ways he does seem like that...he resists any attempts (intentional or unintentional) from my end to drive the relationship... but when I let go, he starts moving and leading. So you see his Sun-Saturn-Uranus Tsquare as actually activating him, not resisting? How would you intercepted Venus conjunct Vertex?
The Venus-vertex conjunction indicates that he was fated to enter into this relationship - probably because it is helping him to overcome this resistance to letting go of his childhood-conditioned Venus values.In effect, this conjunction indicates a "partnership made/agreed in heaven, to be fulfilled on Earth" ... And, of course, it suggests that (at the Soul level) he has incarnated with the intention of changing those Venus values - and the relationship provides a mechanism to counter any resistance (from the one-lifetime ego) to doing so.
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Hikaru29 Knowflake Posts: 3201 From: Asia Registered: Nov 2018
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posted February 14, 2021 12:51 AM
quote: Originally posted by Graham: The Venus-vertex conjunction indicates that he was fated to enter into this relationship - probably because it is helping him to overcome this resistance to letting go of his childhood-conditioned Venus values.In effect, this conjunction indicates a "partnership made/agreed in heaven, to be fulfilled on Earth" ... And, of course, it suggests that (at the Soul level) he has incarnated with the intention of changing those Venus values - and the relationship provides a mechanism to counter any resistance (from the one-lifetime ego) to doing so.
That’s right, he told me he has always felt that our relationship is fated and meant to happen, but does Marks chart actually describes the reality - "partnership made/agreed in heaven, to be fulfilled on Earth" - or just how he feels? There’s a Juno-Jupiter opposition that might support this but I’m not sure. Our Davison Vertex also has trines to Moon-Venus sextile Jupiter, forming a grand kite. I’m thinking his Venus/Vertex conjunction in Marks maybe showing he’s more in tuned to this sense of fatedness. IP: Logged |
Graham Knowflake Posts: 2453 From: Registered: Apr 2019
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posted February 14, 2021 01:04 AM
The Marks Chart tells us how HE feels about the relationship. ... Your Marks Chart will tell us how YOU feel about the relationship. ... And the Davison Chart created by your two natal charts reveals the reality.However ... ALL Davison Charts are relationships/partnerships/contracts/agreements "made in heaven, prior to incarnating". ...So here, we would look at the Davison to confirm whether or not "changing his Venus values" is the purpose (or one of the purposes) of this relationship.* [ * I have the charts of you and your partner on my computer, and can see the Kite figure created in the Davison by Moon-Venus-Jupiter-Vertex ... which is effectively a "fated" Moon-Jupiter opposition that is eased by the Venus trine + sextile. (And Moon is the focus of the Kite energy, rather than Venus.) As with all natal charts, the ultimate purpose is "to make the Sun shine". ... And, in this Davison, that is hindered by the interceptions and duplications - which highlight an 11th house issue, involving Sun+Mercury+Venus (and adversely affecting the 12th house in a way that, until resolved, locks up the positive qualities of intercepted vertex + Mars + Virgo + Pisces). So ... ONE of the purposes is to integrate (or close the gap between) VENUS and the Sun - which will require a change in the Venus values of at least one person in this relationship.] IP: Logged |
Hikaru29 Knowflake Posts: 3201 From: Asia Registered: Nov 2018
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posted February 14, 2021 05:07 AM
Thanks, Graham. I'm still unable to pinpoint what exactly is the thing that's causing his resistance. Is it something about me or him...or perhaps something about this relationship that's too much out of his comfort zone. I know my values towards love and relationship shifted because of him. I'm not sure about him...sometimes it feels like he's not brave enough or too comfortable staying in familiarity...kinda disappointing. I've Venus in Gemini and patience isn't one of our traits. Haha...IP: Logged |
Graham Knowflake Posts: 2453 From: Registered: Apr 2019
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posted February 14, 2021 09:10 AM
quote: Originally posted by Hikaru29: Thanks, Graham. I'm still unable to pinpoint what exactly is the thing that's causing his resistance. Is it something about me or him...or perhaps something about this relationship that's too much out of his comfort zone. I know my values towards love and relationship shifted because of him. I'm not sure about him...sometimes it feels like he's not brave enough or too comfortable staying in familiarity...kinda disappointing. I've Venus in Gemini and patience isn't one of our traits. Haha...
We'd look for the answer to/cause of that in HIS natal chart. ... And there, we do indeed find slow/reluctant-to-change Saturn conjunct Venus in "I'm ok" Leo/9th house of "dun-roaming" ... with their mid-point semi-sextile Sun in "this guy is not for turning" Virgo + 10th house of status/reputation. So ... he is indeed coming from a perspective of "why change that which is already perfect?" ... [And that is compounded by the Mercury-Mars-Chiron-Uranus Cradle Figure, encouraging him to stay in the warm bed of his comfort zone of houses 6 to 11 rather than venture into the unknown territory of houses 12 to 5.] Hence, changing his Venus values is a (psychologically) status/reputation/"life"-threatening thing for him. ... So, the fact that he is merely resisting (rather than running for the hills in fear) indicates his enormous respect/love for you. ... And, in return, you can show your respect/love by allowing the change to happen at a pace that he is comfortable with (rather than you).
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maleja.rangel Knowflake Posts: 110 From: Bogotá Registered: Feb 2020
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posted February 14, 2021 12:20 PM
Hello Graham, I hope you can answer me when you have the time. I decided to do the Mark chart of my partner. When I check the synastry or composite, I feel astrologically overwhelmed haha, but I decided to do this because I find it fascinating. In this case should I count also the minor aspects or just the form in the graphic? Would you mind helping interpreting this? Do you think he probably doesn’t feel emotionally connected? Just asking because our marks are highly different hahaha. This is mine I see more flowing aspects in my case according to emotions. That’s why I was wondering about that Thank you ❤️ IP: Logged |