Horoscope Interpretation:
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can entertain, reveal, answer, guide, inform, warn, validate and encourage.
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People report greater insight, self-recognition, acceptance, relief from guilt, clarity about the past, more confident orientation in the present, and encouragement in planning the future.
It can be a reality test, and stimulate contemplation and creative imagination.
Relationship Dynamics:
A comparison of charts of lovers, friends, family and colleagues can explain our reactions to others, and help us to appreciate and respect our own individuality and that of others.
This includes both general factors like temperament, and more specific ones: the direct connections when one person's planets connect with or plug into another's.
Career and Vocation: Recognising our natural talents encourages us to cultivate them - and avoid dead ends!
Astro-weather Forecasting: Birthday Charts (and other techniques) map out the themes and opportunities ahead. Attunement allows us to plan wisely.
Specific Questions: can often (but not always) be answered using a 'Horary' (or divinatory) approach. This involves casting a chart for the moment of the question.
Advice with Timing:
The astrological quality of a time shows favourable and appropriate times for action.
The Birth Moment
The birth moment is understood as a reference point or template for all future developments. Why? People returning from near death experiences report that their whole lives flash up before them. Psychiatrist Stanislav Grof's researches suggest that something similar happens at birth, and the totality of any individual's potentiality is present in condensed form. (Griof, S.: The Holotropic Mind).
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Birth time unknown?
It is worth consulting family members or hospital records to find one's time of birth. However even without a known time, a birth chart can be very helpful, and concentrate on the big picture rather than fine detail. It is important to tell an astrologer whether the time is accurate, approximate, or extremely vague. Sometimes it is possible to work out the birthtime by looking at important events in the life (rectification).
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