Almaser wrote:

Gio's star machine <insert Akio joke>

How 'bout just insert Akio?

Wheee, PMS makes me just mad horny.

http://ohtori.nu/forumstuff/Almaser.zip

SleepDebtFairy wrote:

I like witchcraft.

What does that mean, though? I looked at the chart, but it confuses me.. so I'm reading the stats. ;

Well, open up your chart and we'll look at it together!

In the outermost ring of the chart, you'll see a bunch of weird colored symbols -- twelve in all, arranged in a circle.  Those symbols represent the signs of the zodiac -- from Aries, the red symbol which in your chart is just to the right of the very bottom of the chart (the "nadir"), to Pisces, the pink symbol which is all the way around the chart counterclockwise from Aries until it ends up just to Aries's left.  The positions of the signs in your chart represent the positions of the zodiac constellations in the sky at the moment of your birth.  For instance, the signs near the top (Libra and Virgo) were directly overhead.  East and west get flipped in this chart compared to a normal map, so Sagittarius (far left) was rising, and Gemini (far right) was setting.

Now, most charts (I think) have each sign represented exactly once.  But if you read counterclockwise from Aries in your chart, the symbols go: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Gemini, Cancer, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Pisces.  The progression skips Leo and Aquarius while duplicating Gemini and Sagittarius.  I'm sure there's a good reason for this; I just don't know it.

Just as the symbols in the outer ring represent where the signs were when you were born, the symbols in the next most outer ring represent where the planets were.  You may even recognize the symbols for Mars and Venus, in the bottom left and top left respectively on your chart, and the symbol for the Moon is pretty self-explanatory in the bottom right.  A great page for learning the symbols:

http://www.cafeastrology.com/astrology- … lyphs.html

The smaller symbols in the same ring clarify exactly what sign the planets are in and where in that sign they are.

The next ring in contains the numbers from 1 to 12.  They represent the Twelve Houses, which govern various areas of your life.  For instance, the Second House, where your Mars is, governs money and finances.  Mars, the planet of war and sex, in the house of money means that you're likely to be aggressive in business, maybe to the point of unscrupulousness.  On the other hand, Mars is also in the sign of Aquarius -- the humanitarian -- so if I were an astrologer, I would feel comfortable downplaying the unscrupulousness.

The next ring has a bunch of red and blue lines with geometrical shapes on them.  These lines point out the relationships ("aspects") between the planets.  You've got a bunch of great aspects!  A lot of blue lines (representing "trines" and "sextiles" -- planets that are about 120 or 60 degrees apart tend to favorably reinforce each other), and not very many red lines (representing "squares" and "oppositions" -- planets that are about 90 or 180 degrees apart tend to negatively reinforce each other).  Continuing to look at your Mars, your Mars has a square with your Sun -- see the red line leading from your Mars to your Sun (in the Eleventh House)?  The Sun has to do with your outwardly expressed personality, so Sun-Square-Mars means that you may be outwardly warlike in a negative way, manifesting as bossiness or a need to prove yourself.

And that, my dear SDF, is how to read a birth chart! 

Last edited by satyreyes (07-10-2007 01:47:45 PM)

Giovanna wrote:

Almaser wrote:

Gio's star machine <insert Akio joke>

How 'bout just insert Akio?

Wheee, PMS makes me just mad horny.

http://ohtori.nu/forumstuff/Almaser.zip

Gio, can you please reupload mine? It doesn't seem to want to work

Almaser wrote:

Giovanna wrote:

Almaser wrote:

Gio's star machine <insert Akio joke>

How 'bout just insert Akio?

Wheee, PMS makes me just mad horny.

http://ohtori.nu/forumstuff/Almaser.zip

Gio, can you please reupload mine? It doesn't seem to want to work

Try now?

Can someone help me with interpretation of mine? I get kind lost after Mercury

I'm a Scorpio.. Now that pluto is "no longer a planet.." I'm not sure what my planet is.

Rising Sign    is in    00 Degrees    Taurus
Calm and deliberate, you hate to move quickly or act hastily. Very practical, every effort must count or you can't be bothered. Patient, persistent and steady, but very stubborn -- you can't be pushed or pressured into anything. You seem outwardly self-assured because you tend to repress your inner tension and turmoil. You exude an earthy warmth, friendliness and charm. You demand comfortable surroundings and appreciate the good life. Be careful of a tendency to be overly self-indulgent. At times, you are lazy and difficult to motivate. Overcoming inertia is a problem for you and, because you are not by nature a self-starter, it is often necessary for you to receive stimuli from others in order to get moving.

Sun is in    08 Degrees    Libra.
Very sociable, you enjoy being with others and definitely prefer not be alone. Warm and affectionate, you go out of your way to make others like you. You despise ugliness, for you being surrounded by beauty and harmony is a necessity of life. You prefer fine clothing, an attractive home and pleasant surroundings wherever you are. Your refined tastes apply to music and to art as well. At times, you are very indecisive you waver and falter when forced to make a choice because you have the ability to see both sides of any question. The positive part of this is that you are very fair-minded and can be trusted to settle disputes. Your greatest challenge is to take any one- on-one encounter and make the most of it.

Moon is in    26 Degrees    Leo.
You always want to be proud of yourself and will never do anything that will make yourself look bad. You need the respect and admiration of others and enjoy attracting attention to yourself. Everything you do tends to be self-emphasized and self-exaggerated. Very stubborn, willful and independent yourself, be sure to allow others who are close to you the similar right to "be themselves." Your need for love, affection and reassurance, and your tendency toward vanity, allow you to have your head easily turned by flattery. The more insecure you are, the more you tend to be a showoff. You love games and sports as a matter of fact, you would usually rather play than work. Be careful of a tendency to be snobbish and uppity -- it does not become you.

Mercury is in    03 Degrees    Scorpio.
You are a born investigator. You are fascinated by secrets and mysteries and unanswered questions of any kind. When you become upset or angry, your emotional reactions are overpowering -- reason and logic disappear in an uncontrollable passionate outburst. You tend to keep your thoughts secret and bottled up and this makes others regard you with suspicion. It is not that you are trying purposely to be evasive, it is just that you would rather not deal with the explosions and hassles that often occur when you reveal your true feelings and opinions. Your sense of humor tends toward sarcasm and irony.

Venus is in    15 Degrees    Scorpio.
Your feelings about others are deep, powerful, intense and complex. When you like someone, you do so totally and obsessively if you do not like someone, they do not exist. Your faithfulness and loyalty to your lover is unquestioned, indeed at times it is too much so -- you get so possessive that you almost smother your partner. At times, your feelings are kept deep within you and, because they are so complex and intense, they frighten you -- this is the way that you try to ignore them. But the more you try to do this, the more explosive things get when you eventually do express them.

Mars is in    28 Degrees    Cancer.
Your moods are very important to your overall well-being. You are confident and self-assertive when you are feeling upbeat, and you are retiring, irritable and grumpy when you get depressed about anything. Very sensitive, you wear your heart on your sleeve. You are easily angered whenever you think someone has slighted you. It is best for you to show your anger immediately and let it all out, rather than to try to hold it in or to hold grudges for a long time. You're extremely loyal and defensive of your family, neighborhood, community and culture.

Jupiter is in    15 Degrees    Scorpio.
You love to dig deep beneath surface appearances in order to find out what is really happening. A persistent researcher, you are very interested in the psychology of any situation. You tend to become overwhelmed by the complexity of what you uncover, however, and that makes you a bit gun-shy about explaining things to others. But you must learn to try to communicate as best you can because what you know is really very valuable to others.

Saturn is in    06 Degrees    Pisces.
Your tendency to think that your life is out of control is based on an unreasonable fear, probably connected with an unfortunate experience with the person who filled the father figure role in your early life. Learn to take responsibility here and now for your own life. Try to stop having unrealistic expectations about guide figures. Remember that they are merely human, with all the same faults and self-doubts that you have. When you get confused or uncertain, try to simplify your lifestyle -- things will then become easier to bear.

Uranus is in    22 Degrees    Capricorn.
You, and your peer group as well, seek out practical solutions to a changing society's attitudes to customs, traditions and authority structures. Your logical and orderly manner of dealing with these matters will result in permanent and carefully planned, but sweeping, reforms.

Neptune is in    20 Degrees    Capricorn.
You, and your entire generation, will idealize work, practicality and the ability to attain reasonable goals. But, because you will also stress the need to be selfless and giving, you may find it difficult to attain your goals unless you have lowered your expectations on all fronts.

Pluto is in    26 Degrees    Scorpio.
For your entire generation, this is a period of intense research and discovery in areas that were heretofore considered mysterious, remote or taboo. The root causes for many complex occurrences will be unearthed due to the intensity and thoroughness of the search.

N. Node is in    15 Degrees    Scorpio.
You have a special aptitude for working by yourself, or with a like-minded group of dedicated individuals. Once you've committed yourself to a person or group or project, your loyalty and devotion are total until the group's goals have been realized. Not at all gregarious by nature, you're uncomfortable around strangers, greatly preferring to be in known and familiar situations. Others may regard you as shy or eccentric, but those who know you well are aware of the intense loyalty that you have to your friends.

That was mine, and most of it was dead-on.

sharnii wrote:

You know how you can get your stars done for each individual year? Is there any place on the net that's good for that, that people would recommend? A place to look up your stars for 2010? Or a book I could buy possibly? I totally enjoy star signs, their accuracy notwithstanding.

Maybe this is what you are looking for.

http://alabe.com/freechart/

Necro'd!!  A little while ago I ordered an astrology course from the American Federation of Astrologers, which they send in print in a huge binder.  Because of various postal-service-related shenanigans, I wound up with two copies of the course.  This is a really good course; it focuses on the natal chart, and includes details about ideas like aspects and progressions that are harder to get clear answers about online.  It even teaches you how to do the math of casting a precise birth chart by hand, using an ephemeris.  I don't need two copies of the course -- so, my extra copy is free to a good home for the cost of shipping.  (It's heavy, so I'm guessing about $10.)  Any takers?

I have still got it.   Message me with your address and I'll send it out to you, just as soon as I overcome crushing election-related existential despair!