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Little wing
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Do you have a method?
« on: 01.10.2007 at 02:22 [UT+1] »When you look at a chart, do you have a method? What do you look at/ for first?
With so many newsters on this site maybe some of you ole timers, ( and stared up members) (to give some hints.

) may want

I look at the asc and sun, and the overall shape ( which i am currently learning about), but its not a very
thorough method. I also am drawn to the houses where I have planets, cos i know them.
What do you do?
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Jupiter's Daughter

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Re: Do you have a method?
« Reply #1 - on: 01.10.2007 at 03:03 [UT+1] »Shape, signature and hemispheres and chart ruler before anything.
then I notice if there are any major aspect patterns (yods, crosses, etc) or a clear majority of a particular aspect(all squares, all trines, or a lack of an important aspect
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then planets nad angles in signs and houses and at this point it starts getting mixed up wiht aspects anddepostiors - depends on what's showing up in the chart & what the client needs as to what approach I'll take
I always consider moon phase, and more recently have started giving more weight to depositors in readings - I
used to leave them out.
I mkae a special effort to look for some of the minor aspects quintiles, spetiles and quindeciles - as when theyshow up they are really important.
time wilson has a website with a tutorial for newbies that has a lot of good info - he's linked to it in many of his
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Re: Do you have a method?
« Reply #2 - on: 01.10.2007 at 03:23 [UT+1] »hi Little Wing~)
i don't do readings but i've been looking at charts for long time~)
first i look at at-a-glance standouts,,,then ascendant, sun, moon and moon phase, and the moon's nodes

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then i run through all the dispositors of the chart, starting with the ascendant. this pulls me more into seeing
the chart as a whole.
then major planetary aspects and aspect patterns.
then 'minor' aspects, asteroids and fixed stars.
i don't do readings because i have trouble with the whole "voice of god" thing.
i don't know what the future's going to be,,,and i SURE don't want to tell somebody what to do wih theirlives,,,but i like looking at charts~)

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Jupiter's Daughter

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Re: Do you have a method?
« Reply #3 - on: 01.10.2007 at 03:37 [UT+1] »Behobo - the decent astrolgoer I know don't tell the future of what people should do - they point out
tendencies, trends, conditions as a form of empowerment so that people can find themselves in teh chart andbetter make their own decisions Posts: 1767

I think you would be great at reading charts you have such a wonderful way about you.

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Little wing
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Re: Do you have a method?
« Reply #4 - on: 01.10.2007 at 04:04 [UT+1] »Behobo< i agree with jupiters daughter....you do have a way about you that would be good at reading charts,
but hey looking at them is good to. I suppose this is what i would like to do to.....just to look at them....its
more for clarifying things in my own mind than being able to tell the future.....what would clairvoyants
do???????
And jupiters daughter, thanks for telling me about Tim wilsons site.......he has replied with clarity and uses easy
language to understand, to lots of my posts, so will look up his tutorial now.
CheersLW
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Tim Wilson

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Big picture, to wing
« Reply #5 - on: 01.10.2007 at 17:33 [UT+1] »wing,Thanks for the kudos!
I like to look at the big picture and then look at the details. As Daughter mentioned,
hemisphere emphasis, then overall planetary concentration in house (looking for the "heaviest" houses) is agreat, easy way to get a "quick feel"of the overall chart. Then comes chart patterns (for how the chart
works as a whole) and aspect patterns (to see where energy is focused in a chart). And then it's a "freeforall"Posts: 4706

and time to look at everything else: dispositors, rulerships, least-/un-aspected planets, "fate degrees", etc. So
get the big picture first and then "drill down" into the picure to see how it all fits together!
For your easy reference:
http://www.geocities.com/wilsontctc
Linking in time,
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Wonder Fish
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Re: Do you have a method?
« Reply #6 - on: 01.10.2007 at 19:26 [UT+1] »Tim's a genius. His website is the best out there. I can attest to you I had learned a whole lot from him.
Perhaps, Tim should change the title of his website to Astrology for Dummies cuz he putted in a lot of efforts
to make them easy to understand.
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Re: Do you have a method?
« Reply #7 - on: 02.10.2007 at 04:35 [UT+1] »Quote from Little wing on 01.10.2007 at 02:22 [UT+1]:
When you look at a chart, do you have a method? What do you look at/ for first?...

i guess it may be because i am a bit of an astrodienst junkie and that i like to look at charts using their method
over most of the other styles they offer, but i am sure that i look at what i call the planetary energy patterns ofthe aspects.
this causes me to begin to focus on concentrations of activity in the various houses - eg: hmmm, conjunction
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of saturn and mars in the twelfth square mercury....definitely going to be prone to worry..... grand trine fromfirst to fifth to ninth....wish i had that.....etc (then i watch which houses are repeatedly involved in dispositorship and in what order they are in, i like to lookat the varous aspects of the dispositing planets and from which house because i see these as responsibilities
each of the various planets has for and in "running" the houses they rule.
if the moon is dispositing the planet were to rule the second and fourth house for instance i would know thatemotions will run high in financial concerns and details of security (however that example would also be
impossible with whole sign houses which i usually refer to for a second look when i don't look at it first)
whereas mars ruling the fourth and ninth placed in the sixth with a big old opposition to moon in the twelfth
and anchoring a grand trine would mean something else entirely.
if a planet is unaspected and/or it's own dispositor i look at the emphasis that puts on it and the houses itrules.
i find out where the sun is at and give it a good look for aspects then balance that with the ascendant as being
the "other side of the coin".
i love the nodes and hate the trouble they make, but i gotta know what they are doing.
i take time to listen to the moon.... i don't know how else to put it.
by this time i often want to look at the sidereal chart and especially if there is a specific question i am trying toanswer.
in other words backwards from the way most cookbook astrology texts usually teach it nor in the same order asbehobo and the others who have posted so far do either, though their systems are very good and may be easierfor you.
good question/post.
take care,danieledit:
oh yeah, i always click a few fixed stars on. in fact today i got my paran report and realize that they click wellwith how i have always instinctively viewed the zodiac and the night sky.

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Re: Do you have a method?
« Reply #8 - on: 02.10.2007 at 07:25 [UT+1] »Everyone,Thanks for your really informative responses. To a beginner ( with a thirst) it actually quite daunting when you
realize how many things can be read on a chart, and the books you read give lots of practical advice and thelike but really just add to the confusion. You've made this thread very valuable.
I had a look at Tims site last night and I will admit that i have learned heaps ( really, well done tim......!). Its
actually really nice to feel confident to even look at another part of the chart, than where I have something
myself.
As my love of this subject, and my understanding of it grows, You will no doubt hear more from me. At themoment I want to go read some more.............THANKYOU
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