Skyscript Astrology Forum

Hi Martin,

Congratulations on the book.

I would like to ask you: how many of the charts have you provided the chart data for?

I have your very useful book on primary directions, but a lot of the client chart data is withheld there. I notice the chart data is missing in the free pdf extract of this book as well, and I recognise the same Sagittarius Asc chart with the Sun, Jupiter and Saturn in Virgo.

I am asking as someone who practises these (and other) ancient techniques with the tropical Zodiac. I want to be able to recreate your results. Aside from the directions, everything else will be different. It is possible that even the sect of the chart would change in some of the revolutions.

So will astrologers who use the tropical measurement be able to use your book fully?

I hope you understand my intent. I also have clients and have agreed not to publish their full nativity without their written consent.

And may I say, it is refreshing to see a serious astrological book without the trans-saturnian planets.

Thank you, Zagata. I decided this time to provide data for all charts used in the book, not least because it is generally possible (if a bit fiddly) to reverse-engineer the data anyway. I believe some software even includes that as a function.

You are absolutely right that the tropical revolutions will be different from the sidereal ones, not just in the zodiac used, but in the time they occur -- unless, of course, you use the hybrid solution of 'precessed tropical' revolutions. (I address that point in Chapter 5.) The directions through the terms will be entirely different, too, although the aspectual directions will stay the same.

Thank you for the clarification and for providing the birth data, Martin.

This means tropical astrologers can easily make use of your book. I will order my copy today.