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Calculating
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Astrological
Tarot Meditation
By Unregistered Guest
This meditation is not taken
from any books but its rather similar to a daily tarot
reading as I use tarot for meditation and based on Golden
Dawn's teaching on Tarot. First I take out card that
rules the current decan from the deck. for those who
do not know about decans, decan is a 10 days period
split from zodiacs. The deck must be on all upright
position. Then shuffling the deck while praying to God,
"Tell me what I should know about today".
Then after I feel right, I draw 2 cards from the deck,
that would be 2 cards of the day. Now based on GD's
teaching, I take out Major Arcana associated planets
that influenced current decan. for example, now is June
18, the card is 10 of Sword, "The sun is on 3rd
decan of Gemini, Earth on Yetzirah" so I take The
Sun out and for Earth, I take Ace of Pentacles. I take
my personality card out too, at this point I start reading.
Using elemental influence, I decide which card is badly
aspected and which card is well aspected.
For example :
10 of Swords (Decan Card) [Air] {Bad Aspected}
Knight of Pentacles (Personality) [Earth]
The Sun (card affecting decan card) [Fire]
Ace of Pentacles (card affecting decan card) [Earth]
The Empress (1st card of the day) [Earth]
The High Priestess (2nd card of the day) [Water]
This is last night's meditation.
Yesterday, I have some attainment,
while on the same time there is a hidden influence that
I don't realize, someone feels happiness because of
my action and I feel happy for realizing that someone's
hidden affection toward me. The influence of the decan
is weak against me, so I don't have a war, ruin or something.
It's a good thing, if it's bad then I need a quality
that I should cultivate today. The qualities I choose
from Major Arcana according elemental influential. I
choose the one to strengthen my character and to power
the weak card that should be strong.
Astrology: Calculating Your Birth Chart
By 2CrowWoman
Hi, I've often been asked
what/where/why questions about astrology birth charts
and it just dawned on me today that maybe posting a
simple basic explanation might be useful for anyone
else curious about astrology. Now, this is written to
be just that - simple and basic, but if anything still
is confusing or too vague please ask and I'll try to
explain it better or in more depth. There's also an
article on Chinese astrology in the Main library here
if anyone's interested in that as well. :nod Note -
astrologers don't agree on things any more than anyone
else in any other line agree on things! You will find
astrology books disagree or argue against each other
on certain areas. Your birth chart is a chart that calculates
where every planet was at the moment of your birth.
To do this properly an astrologer needs to know where
you were born (place so they can work out latitude and
longitude) as well as when (time, day, month, year).
Some people panic because they don't know all their
details. They might be adopted and not know the time
or even the place. This does make it harder, but it
is still possible to calculate about 90% of a chart
just on basic birth date and a rough place, like say
"Texas" or "France". The reason
for this is because of the planets and how fast they
move. Some planets are so big or so far away that they
take months to years to move. With those planets not
knowing the time of your birth doesn't matter very much!
Where the biggest problems lie with not knowing your
time is the Ascendant, or Rising Sign. That's because
this is the constellation that is rising in the East
at the time of birth and since our Earth moves a full
circle within a day those 12 constellations go past
much faster - in hours and minutes. So what's the point
of a birth chart and how is it useful? Most people think
of horoscopes when they hear the word "astrology",
but this is really just one aspect.
In a horoscope that is done
for you personally the astrologer takes your birth chart
and then compares all your planets and works out the
difference between where they were when you were born
and where they are now.. or at some future date. In
a magazine/newspaper horoscope they simply take the
Sun and work out a generic reading for everyone on that.
It's clumsy, it's very basic, and I must admit I hate
them. They're as likely to give you the truth as pulling
bits of paper with predictions on them out of a hat!
Now back to that birth chart…I'm going to list
all the planets a full chart will calculate and a brief
explanation why each planet is important.
| Sun - The most
commonly known sign. The Sun gives us our basic
personality "type". |
| Ascendant-
or Rising Sign. This gives us our underlying
personality. In some cases people use the Ascendant
as a "mask" to hide their real nature.
In those cases the Ascendant characteristics can
actually be outwardly stronger and more noticeable
than the Sun sign characteristics. At other times
where the two signs are compatible they may blend
together creating a personality based equally on
Sun and Ascendant characteristics. |
| Moon - The Moon
controls our intuition, moods and subconscious.
It sets the pattern of how we feel about ourselves
and how we express this self-image. |
| Mercury - Mercury
governs our mental abilities: how we think, reason
and communicate. Mercury also guides how we process
this information, how we perceive the world around
us; how we learn and what we remember. |
| Venus - Venus
is traditionally seen as a "feminine"
planet governing romantic love. Venus influences
how we express love and affection in both romantic
and friend/family relationships. The Arts and money
are also seen as areas under the control of Venus.
|
| Mars - Mars is
traditionally seen as a "masculine" planet
controlling action and aggression. Mars governs
our attitudes to physical activity and all our energy
levels including sport and sexual desire. NOTE:
The way we deal with anger is also influenced by
Mars. |
| Jupiter - Traditionally
Jupiter is seen as a good (benefic) planet of luck
and fortune. :up Nowadays it is seen as influencing
our personal growth and development. The planet
that shapes our attitude to life in general. Jupiter
is also the planet that governs our ethics and religious
beliefs. Jupiter completes a full zodiac cycle every
12 years. Therefore every 12th year (12, 24, 36,
etc.) of a person's life is a time of change and
challenge, usually prosperous. |
| Saturn - Saturn
used to be seen as a bad (malefic) planet that controlled
our fate and sorrows. :no Nowadays it is seen as
the planet that helps us shape our lives through
understanding and overcoming our inhibitions. Saturn
completes a full zodiac cycle every 29/30 years.
Therefore every 30th year (30, 60) in a person's
life is a time of great restlessness with possible
changes in career or lifestyle. In Karmic astrology
Saturn controls the life destiny. It uses problems
and challenges to help us become self-aware and
thus self-confident by being made to "make
a stand" in some way. |
| Uranus - It strengthens
the effect of any other planets in the same constellation.
Passes through the zodiac every 84 years. Half way,
at a person's 42nd birthday, it passes through the
Polar/Opposite sign. This can cause emotional tension
and restlessness. People who reach the full 84th
year can undergo a kind of "rebirth" of
renewed energy! |
| Neptune - Far
away, passes through the zodiac every 168 years.
It has a mild influence over entire generations
of humanity. Neptune is a planet of ideals, illusions
and mystical energies. It inspires
and adds "magic" through creativity and
imagination and it influences psychic energies.
|
| Pluto
- Very far away, passes through the zodiac every
248 years. A mild influence over whole generations
of people. |
GentleEyesWolf:
I am very
intrigued, is there something in the Library telling
the steps one takes to create a birth chart? Thanks
for sharing this information I find it very interesting.
2CrowWoman:
Hi GentleEyesWolf, Nothing in
the library as far as I know. To calculate for yourself
you'd need to get a good book that has ephemera - planetary
position tables. These give lists of exactly where each
planet was on each date.
There may be online sites with
tables? I must admit I've never looked. I either use
books or computer software. Nowadays even cheap software
can do the calculations for you and draw up a birth
chart wheel with all the aspects on it so doing it by
hand is going out of style. I'm not sorry! Doing it
the old way is ok if you're only doing yourself, but
if you start doing a lot of charts for family and friends
etc. it can get very tiring.
