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Cor Leonis
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
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 Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 4:09 am Post subject: Saying Hello. |
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Hi Astro and all, just registered.
(17th April, 4.29am, 3w3 / 53n45, England, BST)
The data is my nativity as a forum member, from my own perspective as it's set to my location.
Looks like a nice place you have here. Thought I'd drop in to help populate the place.
I like the idea of a forum that focuses upon traditional methods, while being willing to incorporate modern ideas.
Personally, I'm mainly into exploring traditional methods, I went through a stage of being a bit puritanical about it, but I'm learning to keep an open mind.
I enjoy visiting Skyscript, although it's very conservative. Deb's site is a wonderful resource, but often, it's easy to get the impression that people are being supercillious or condescending, never from Deb mind you, but like I say, it's a very conservative environment, which I like, to an extent.
I also love Astrology Weekly, a liberal and very fun and friendly environment, you feel that you can say anything there, but not so many there are interested in traditional methods to any great extent, so if this place turns out to be somewhere between the two, that would be perfect. 
Horary astrology was almost exclusively my area of interest, but I feel I have pretty much got to grips with that, I feel quite capable so I need a new challenge, so the last few months I've been finding myself focusing more upon natal astrology, and I see this as the next rung of the ladder. I'm okay with assessing the temperament according to the adaptation of Lilly's method by Frawley, identifying the LoG, LoM, etc., so I'm able to get my ingredients together, I just stumble in blending everything in order to build a coherent picture, but a lack of confidence in getting my ideas down might have something to do with this.
I'm a Virgo, Leo Moon on Regulus (hence the username), with Aquarius rising.
Well, I've said hello. I look forward to communicating with you all.  |
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astroteacher
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Welcome!
Thank you for your compliments. I know what you mean about the other boards, I feel the same way as you. There can never be too many Astrology boards however. So the more the better! (especially one of quality Astrology and not Sun Sign Newspaper trash!). I should warn you though, if you state something out of no where ill need to ask you to back up your purpose! Dont be afraid to state and analyze!
I find it interesting that you chose to study Horary as your primary focus before all others. Did you find it difficult to learn from that starting point? My studies began with Nativities and from that all others seemed very simplistic after learning it. Nativities seem to be the most detailed and challenging (being that Humans are so multi-layered) where I find Horary, Electional, Mundane fairly simple since it relies on significators mainly.
| Quote: | | I just stumble in blending everything in order to build a coherent picture, but a lack of confidence in getting my ideas down might have something to do with this. |
This is the #1 stumbling block of ALL Astrologers so you arent alone. I know I suffered with this in my infancy but I find the more you understand and absorb the more you read and take in what your reading. I can give you some advice though to help with this; the more powerful Planet is always the dominator. Meaning, if Jupiter is in Sagittarius, conjunct Saturn (for the sake of example we will exclude Accidental dignities in this case), Jupiters significators would have more power over Saturns. Once you understand the power struggle of the Planets, commixture isnt as difficult to grasp. Without knowing the dominance or submission of the Planets, its almost like having a cookbook without any measurements!
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Cor Leonis
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Hi Astro.
Sorry that it has taken so long to get back and reply.
| Quote: | | I find it interesting that you chose to study Horary as your primary focus before all others. Did you find it difficult to learn from that starting point? |
When I first started using the internet a lot, I discovered horary astrology, which I never even knew anything about before, and I was hooked.
I don't think that horary is a bad place to start, because it gets you into the use of the full scheme of dignities and debilities, and once you have been dependant upon them, you'll always use them, and many modern astrologer's overlook the full scheme of essential dignities, which is the loss of some very important tools.
I suppose horary is all about beaming into the miniscule details, whereas mundane astrology is more the opposite, it about looking at the grand scheme of things.
I started with horary and electional, and now I'm more into natal, and I'll make my way into exploring mundane eventually, I suppose I'm taking steps up from analysis of the details to the broad sweep of the big picture.
I think I'll always have more leaning to horary though, as I love detective work and detail.
| Quote: | | This is the #1 stumbling block of ALL Astrologers so you arent alone. I know I suffered with this in my infancy but I find the more you understand and absorb the more you read and take in what your reading. |
True. I think something that makes astrologers hesitate is fear of being disastrously wrong in laying something down, but then again, you could have been wonderfully correct, but you'd never know if not taking the risk. Getting somehting wrong is also a better bonus than being correct, because it affords the opportunity to learn something.
| Quote: | | the more powerful Planet is always the dominator. Meaning, if Jupiter is in Sagittarius, conjunct Saturn (for the sake of example we will exclude Accidental dignities in this case), Jupiters significators would have more power over Saturns. Once you understand the power struggle of the Planets, commixture isnt as difficult to grasp. Without knowing the dominance or submission of the Planets, its almost like having a cookbook without any measurements! |
Yes, I already know this, I can even tie my own shoelaces! 
Ha, I'm just kidding, I probably gave the impression that know less than I actually do, but I know all about accidental and essential dignity.
Anyway, I'll see you around. |
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