From: roy@vaxb.acs.unt.edu
Subject: Re: 0Tau02? (Newbie question re: cusps and such)
Organization: University of North Texas
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 14:17:39 GMT

Hi Folks,
It is good to be back. Now that the transit of Uranus is direct and
separating from my relocated IC for New York and the dust is settling 
down it is time for a posting. I have been reading a.a all along but because the
system here is a VAX/VMS and I only knew to operate UNIX I had to learn the
procedures all over. I hope that this first posting from Texas will go through.

There were several interesting treads I follow-up quite closely but was unable
to answer. Here are some thoughts.

Concerning the sign cusps (re: 00Taurus02). One should look at the entire chart
for clues. I tend to agree that there ought to be a sharp dividing line between
signs. It is either Aries or Taurus but not both. But that is only part of the
story because as we all know the Sun sign does not tell the whole story. If the
Sun is in 00Taurus then Mercury and Venus are either in Aries or Taurus. Their
placement will certainly color the interpretation of the Sun. The Moon,
for example, in Aries or even in another earth sign will also make a
difference. And what about the progressed Sun? Suppose the native has Mercury +
Venus + Sun in the last degree of Aries and by progression at age 5 or 6 they
all move into the first decanate of Taurus, wouldn't that make a big difference
in chart interpretation? The chart is a whole just like personality and no
single aspect should be understood in isolation.

Concerning house divisions. I generally draw Placidus and Koch in all my
important charts and watch transits and progressions to both. I used to work
with Koch but since Placidus turned out to be more accurate I have switched
back. I also draw my own cusps according to the real size of the house. It
helps understand transits and progressions. A large second house for example
will contain transits and progressions much longer than a small third house. In
a non-equal house division this will be quite obvious. Like Chris I too have
learned  to rely primarily on the angles (Asd/Desc, MC/IC) and discard the
intermediary houses. This is particularly true concerning transits, 
progressions and synastry.

Of course that I had no choice but come across the postings of the 
fundamentalists from sci.skeptics here in a sacred mission to save us from 
our heresies. If we were in the Middle Ages their cousins (the scientific 
inquisitors) would have already committed all of us to the real flames. In
their holy land of the ReadNews when someone disagrees too much the priest and
censor scepticus maximus shuts him or her up. That should say something about
personalities. I have known too many of those types: they are authoritarian,
closed minded, reductionistic, materialistic, never wrong, and superior because
they are the guardians of true science. Sickos. Take Casper, for example (I
wished I knew how to use the Unix Kill file in my new Vax system, but I did not
so I got to silently analyse the jerk). He defenitly has a problem with the
fundamentalist mother.Not only the entire chart is clear about that but his
interaction with women in this net is also testimony. He is engage in a
conflict with the mother that is projected on her fundamentalist activities. He
has not dealt with her on the personal level and so the conflict explodes on
the realm of religion and science. And since he has not dealt with that the
troubled mother relationship is projected upon 11th house activities which is
alt.astrology. It is easier to engage in a conflict with us, try to 
transform us (Pluto in the 11th) than deal with the mother. "Know thyself"
could help. There is only one lady he respects: Windy. Where are you Windy;
let's compare notes.

Well folks this is all for now.

Roy