joya250
Time of Birth ... I knew it was relatively important, but I didn't know it had the potential to change the position of your moon and your ascendent -- two very powerful factors (I think) in the astrological chart. In fact, the more I'm learning about astrology, I am realizing that the ascendent is known as the "gatekeeper" of the expression of the other planets/signs/aspects, and is pretty much one of the most , if not the most important, placement on your chart.
Yet, I am astounded at how much mine shifted when I tried a different birth time. You see, I always had an idea around what time I was born. I always thought it was 5:00 pm, more or less. But the other day I asked my father, and he seemed to think it was around 3:30ish pm. For years I've always had my chart calculated with the latter of the two times. And this resulted in a moon in cancer, and ascendent in scorpio. Today, for the first time, I calculated with the 3:30 pm time -- and with this time my moon becomes a moon in gemini (!!!) and my ascendent then appears in libra (again, !!!)
This to me seems more fitting then the cancer moon, scorp ascendent -- even though for years I was aligning myself with those as definitions.
Now, I find this odd that the birth time -- something that I've heard even the most "wisened" of astrologers not put too much emphasis on. Now why would they do that? Would this be because they still want to "read" for you (for those that sell their skills) or because they don't want you to feel "left out" if you don't know your birth time? To me, it seem this is a crucial part of information -- and although it may only effect the more faster-moving of the planets, they are some of the more "important" ones.
Thoughts? Do many of you know your exact time of birth? For those of you who calculate charts... what do you do when a client knows everything (date, location) but the birth time? Do you feel you can still get an "accurate" read, even lacking or perhaps mis-laying the ascendent?
I hope this post makes sense, and is not just a ramble. I've been sitting in the sun all day, attempting to teach myself astrology...
thanks in advance, joya
Yet, I am astounded at how much mine shifted when I tried a different birth time. You see, I always had an idea around what time I was born. I always thought it was 5:00 pm, more or less. But the other day I asked my father, and he seemed to think it was around 3:30ish pm. For years I've always had my chart calculated with the latter of the two times. And this resulted in a moon in cancer, and ascendent in scorpio. Today, for the first time, I calculated with the 3:30 pm time -- and with this time my moon becomes a moon in gemini (!!!) and my ascendent then appears in libra (again, !!!)
This to me seems more fitting then the cancer moon, scorp ascendent -- even though for years I was aligning myself with those as definitions.
Now, I find this odd that the birth time -- something that I've heard even the most "wisened" of astrologers not put too much emphasis on. Now why would they do that? Would this be because they still want to "read" for you (for those that sell their skills) or because they don't want you to feel "left out" if you don't know your birth time? To me, it seem this is a crucial part of information -- and although it may only effect the more faster-moving of the planets, they are some of the more "important" ones.
Thoughts? Do many of you know your exact time of birth? For those of you who calculate charts... what do you do when a client knows everything (date, location) but the birth time? Do you feel you can still get an "accurate" read, even lacking or perhaps mis-laying the ascendent?
I hope this post makes sense, and is not just a ramble. I've been sitting in the sun all day, attempting to teach myself astrology...
thanks in advance, joya