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Confusion is not necessary
Hi Lunalafey. At this point I've combined mid-points and planets in containment for two simple reasons. First, the book for PIC contains very robust descriptions of each planetary pattern. These are far more extensive than what is in Ebertin's CSI. They can be simply adjusted for use in interpreting mid-points. Second, planets in containment are very easy to use; there is no math involved, no lists to sort through. My feeling is that more people ought to give them consideration due to their accuracy and easy use.
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For awhile, I'll label each posting or section of a posting as MID-POINT or CONTAINMENT to more clearly seperate the topics.
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As for folding the chart -- I can see how that might be confusing. Let me start over. Every circle, and your basic horoscope chart, has 360 degrees. Lets pretend that you erase all numbers that depict the degree points from a chart, leaving just the one degree tick marks. Now, start at one point and label it Zero. Go four tick marks (these were "degrees" on the 360 chart) and mark that point One. Go another four tick marks and mark that point Two. Continue in that manner and when you get back to the starting point you will be at Ninety. This means that zero Aries, zero Cancer, zero Libra and zero Capricorn all reside at the same point. Note that each tick mark in the 90 degree chart now represents 1/4 of a degree or 15 minutes of arc. This makes it easy to enter two or more planets that are near the same degree point.
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I'm sure you can find examples of mid-point usage and the 90 degree chart in many places -- almost any astrological software program, books by Noel Tyl (USA), books that cover Uranian astrology (which includes 8 hypothetical planets beyond pluto), the several books by Ebertin (CSI, Applied Cosmobiology, The Annual Diagram [this is complex]), most books that cover Solar Arcs and various magazine issues. Today, almost everyone uses mid-points as part of their tool-set. I'll try to keep future replies simple and seperated (relative to mid-points and containments). Dave.
Hi Lunalafey. At this point I've combined mid-points and planets in containment for two simple reasons. First, the book for PIC contains very robust descriptions of each planetary pattern. These are far more extensive than what is in Ebertin's CSI. They can be simply adjusted for use in interpreting mid-points. Second, planets in containment are very easy to use; there is no math involved, no lists to sort through. My feeling is that more people ought to give them consideration due to their accuracy and easy use.
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For awhile, I'll label each posting or section of a posting as MID-POINT or CONTAINMENT to more clearly seperate the topics.
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As for folding the chart -- I can see how that might be confusing. Let me start over. Every circle, and your basic horoscope chart, has 360 degrees. Lets pretend that you erase all numbers that depict the degree points from a chart, leaving just the one degree tick marks. Now, start at one point and label it Zero. Go four tick marks (these were "degrees" on the 360 chart) and mark that point One. Go another four tick marks and mark that point Two. Continue in that manner and when you get back to the starting point you will be at Ninety. This means that zero Aries, zero Cancer, zero Libra and zero Capricorn all reside at the same point. Note that each tick mark in the 90 degree chart now represents 1/4 of a degree or 15 minutes of arc. This makes it easy to enter two or more planets that are near the same degree point.
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I'm sure you can find examples of mid-point usage and the 90 degree chart in many places -- almost any astrological software program, books by Noel Tyl (USA), books that cover Uranian astrology (which includes 8 hypothetical planets beyond pluto), the several books by Ebertin (CSI, Applied Cosmobiology, The Annual Diagram [this is complex]), most books that cover Solar Arcs and various magazine issues. Today, almost everyone uses mid-points as part of their tool-set. I'll try to keep future replies simple and seperated (relative to mid-points and containments). Dave.