noby
When it comes time to go back to college, I drive from home (VA) to college in California. During my most recent roadtrip (8/23-8/27), I noticed how dangerously scattered and distracted I was, as well as how accident-prone. I sliced my fingers open on a razor--twice, constantly dropped things, and in the event that takes the prize, I accelerated forward to drive out of a parking space--and right over the concrete barrier I had forgotten was there! At first I couldn't get my car back over the barrier, and I was so grateful that I didn't end up blowing a tire, screwing up my car, or staying stuck. I couldn't make decisions worth a damn either--I almost ran out of gas one day when I couldn't decide where to stop, then realized I was in the middle of nowhere and if I kept going I was going to run out of gas before I got to the next station, and had to backtrack. And on and on.
As I was driving through Albuquerque, NM, I stumbled across an astrologial report on the radio. I was surprised to hear astrology on the radio period, much less an actuall discussion of the movements of the planets, rather than simplistic by-sign horoscopes. The astrologer mentioned a few different planetary relationships, and then, even before she went on to explain, a smile of recognition crept across my face when I heard "Mars Square Neptune." I could just see how those two planets when in an inharmonious relationship could lead to scattered energy and mistakes. And from what I recall, the astrologer's interpretation verified my initial recognition.
I'm just a neophyte at this, and have a few questions. Would you all describe Mars Square Neptune as helping to create this effect? And the astrologer said this relationship did not become exact until the next day (my mounting of the parking barrier incident had happened that morning). How far out from the moment of an exact square would this aspect have an effect?
Finally, a much broader question. I initially learned astrology by studying the qualities associated with the planets, signs, and houses, and then the qualities associated with different relationships between and among planets. I then put in my information at astro.com and have studied my chart, and now also study my daily horoscope there, with its list of various long-term and short-term transits.
My question is, what is the relationship between one's personal transits (movements of planets relative to their position at one's time of birth) and the general movements of planets? I would assume it's a matter of how one's personal transits might or might not counteract or amplify the general movements in the heavens at the time. Which leads me to a practical question--where would one find lists of general planetary movement and aspects, as opposed to one's personal transits? Is such a list what is referred to as an "ephemeris"?
As I was driving through Albuquerque, NM, I stumbled across an astrologial report on the radio. I was surprised to hear astrology on the radio period, much less an actuall discussion of the movements of the planets, rather than simplistic by-sign horoscopes. The astrologer mentioned a few different planetary relationships, and then, even before she went on to explain, a smile of recognition crept across my face when I heard "Mars Square Neptune." I could just see how those two planets when in an inharmonious relationship could lead to scattered energy and mistakes. And from what I recall, the astrologer's interpretation verified my initial recognition.
I'm just a neophyte at this, and have a few questions. Would you all describe Mars Square Neptune as helping to create this effect? And the astrologer said this relationship did not become exact until the next day (my mounting of the parking barrier incident had happened that morning). How far out from the moment of an exact square would this aspect have an effect?
Finally, a much broader question. I initially learned astrology by studying the qualities associated with the planets, signs, and houses, and then the qualities associated with different relationships between and among planets. I then put in my information at astro.com and have studied my chart, and now also study my daily horoscope there, with its list of various long-term and short-term transits.
My question is, what is the relationship between one's personal transits (movements of planets relative to their position at one's time of birth) and the general movements of planets? I would assume it's a matter of how one's personal transits might or might not counteract or amplify the general movements in the heavens at the time. Which leads me to a practical question--where would one find lists of general planetary movement and aspects, as opposed to one's personal transits? Is such a list what is referred to as an "ephemeris"?
