Blog — Astrology FAQs

I use the mean nodes when calculating the lunar nodes. I’ve found them more accurate in my practice. The names mean and true are slighly misleading. For a deeper understanding of how the calculations are made, read my article on the Mean Nodes vs. the True Nodes.

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I have found Placidus house cusps to work consistently the best for me. I am not rigid about it except with my students — astrologers should celebrate diversity, I think! But I would always use Placidus, and just trust the message of the symbols from that point of view. For House positions I also allow …

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My attitude is that any kind of birth, whether natural or induced, is still valid astrologically. Here’s my reasoning: If we imagine a soul mis-matched with a personality (i.e., someone having the “wrong” birthchart), then it would follow that such people would be more poorly adjusted to life than the rest of us. Since I …

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