From: kehoe@netcom.com (Thomas David Kehoe)
Newsgroups: alt.astrology
Subject: Re: horoscopes
Date: 27 Jan 93 17:03:36 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)

>>      I am interested in a daily horoscope that I could consult.  Is there a
>> usnet group of this kind?  Several of us make a habit of checking the paper
>> each day and thought a usnet group might offer more.

Your question is answered in the FAQ...but astrologers call
these things "transiting planets," not horoscopes (I'm not
what a horoscope really is, as I've heard natal charts
refered to as horoscopes).  Or they're called "daily transits."

Astrolog prints out your transits, without interpretations.
I've got the interpretations in electronic format (also
on the alt.astrology server).  I've asked Walter to add
a feature to Astrolog that would print the interpretation
along with the transit date.  If you'd like this, please
tell astrolog@byron.u.washington.edu.

I've also asked him to include Void-of-Course Moon times,
take out the sextiles, squares, and trines of house cusps,
and add a feature that would look at your files of birthdata,
and note your friends' birthdays on your transit report.

I'm sure Walter is busy with his new job.  Maybe someone
else would like to add these features?  Newspaper horoscopes
are by far the most popular use of astrology.  A similar
transits+interpretations features would probably be the
most used feature of Astrolog.  Imagine being able to,
with one command, print out a month of transit interpretations
for a friend.  Or restrict it to outer planets and print
predictions for the coming year.

Getting back to Sandra's question: instructions on how
to do this are in the transit interpretations file.  That
file and Astrolog are available on the server.  The FAQ
explains how to access the server.

And if you're still not clear what a transits are, here's
mine for this week (VOC stands for Void of Course Moon):
--
1/26 7:53pm VOC --> 1/27 5:29am Aries!

 1/26/1993  9:15pm - trans Mercury (Aqu) Con natal (Aqu) Saturn
Mercury Conjunct Saturn: Proceed with caution, tend to not see forest 
for the trees, and see peoples' negative characteristics.  You may have 
to say good-bye to someone.  Intellectual precision, critically sharp.  
Afraid to communicate, but what you don't say could hurt someone.

 1/27/1993  7:25pm - trans Neptune (Cap) Sex natal (Pis) Mars
Neptune Sextile Mars: Success will not seem so important to you, more 
interested in higher goals.  Your ego will be less demanding, allowing 
you to work with others towards shared spiritual goals.

 1/28/1993  3:56pm - trans Mercury (Aqu) Squ natal [Sco] Neptune
Mercury Square Neptune: A day of confusion, misunderstood 
communications, and idealizing persons and situations.  Don't keep 
something secret to avoid a confrontation.

1/28 8:52pm VOC --> 1/29 5:38pm

 1/29/1993  4:08am - trans Mercury (Aqu) Tri natal (Lib) Ascendant
Mercury Trine Ascendant: Good for communications, travel.
1991: got two summer internship job offers..

 1/29/1993  7:30am - trans     Sun (Aqu) Con natal (Aqu) Saturn
Sun Conjunct Saturn: Turn attention to duties and responsibilities.  
Good for professional advancement, organizing and planning.  Low energy, 
hard to relate to people.

 1/29/1993  5:50pm - trans  Uranus (Cap) Sex natal (Pis) Mars
Uranus Sextile Mars: "Freedom to be myself!"  Clear view of your 
personal needs.  High physical energy, work hard, but not for 
disciplined, self-sacrificing work.  You will be released from 
restrictions of the past, and you should take advantage of the 
opportunities and explore them.  Good for taking risks.  Possible 
interest in social movements, especially if associated with freedom.

 1/29 - Jupiter retrograde

 1/30/1993  8:16am - trans Mercury (Aqu) Sex natal (Ari) Sun
Mercury Sextile Sun: Busy, mentally stimulating.

 1/31/1993 12:11am - trans Mercury (Aqu) Opp natal (Leo) 11th Cusp
Mercury in 5th house: Good for expressing yourself, enjoying mental 
amusement, possibly prankish, inadvertent useful education. 

2/1 1:21am VOC --> 3:16am

 2/01/1993  8:26am - trans     Sun (Aqu) Squ natal [Sco] Neptune
Sun Square Neptune: Low energy, take the day off.  Feel discouraged or 
inadequate.  Possible idealism, although goals may be unreachable.

 2/02/1993  5:26am - trans     Sun (Aqu) Tri natal (Lib) Ascendant
Sun Trine Ascendant: Good for enjoyable and gratifying things, for 
expanding daily routine, and being with other people.  Your energies are 
strong and you make a good impression on other people.

2/2 6:48pm VOC --> 2/3 8:57am

 2/04/1993  6:04am - trans     Sun (Aqu) Sex natal (Ari) Sun
Sun Sextile Sun: Integrate your energies with people around you, work 
effectively with others.  If two months before your birthday, think 
about what you have accomplished or failed at during this Sun cycle.  If 
two months after your birthday, examine how far you've gotten towards 
your goals since your birthday, and plan to avoid conflicts in thirty 
days caused by things you are now ignoring.

2/5 3:25am VOC --> 10:52am

 2/05/1993  9:42am - trans     Sun (Aqu) Opp natal (Leo) 11th Cusp
Sun in 5th house: "the Sun is happiest in the fifth house."  Enjoyable, 
free-spirited, involvement with children.  Relationships are lighter, 
like being on a stage.  But try to know yourself rather than just being 
yourself.

 2/05/1993 12:33pm - trans Mercury (Aqu) Opp natal [Leo] Uranus
Mercury Opposite Uranus: Scattered, undisciplined, nervous, but 
stimulating, and you understand ideas faster.  Be careful not to be 
blunt with people.
-- 
"Why my thoughts are my own, when they are in, but when they are out
they are another's." - Susannah Martin, hanged for witchcraft, 1692.
Thomas David Kehoe          kehoe@netcom.com         (408) 354-5926