Hi Mark, The only thing I?m worried about is the opposition of the Sun to the Moon, his significator. The Sun rules the radical 12th and is in his turned 7th house, the house of the enemy. Do you think it possible the radical 12th can be read as the enemy's 8th? If so then the enemy's lord of death ...

Hi All, Thomas Merton, in the opening line of his autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain , tells us his birthday, birth sign and birth place: "On the last day of January 1915, under the sign of the Water Bearer, in a year of a great war, and down in the shadows of some French mountains on the...

Hi Tom,

What a great chart for the Xmas season ? actually for any season. I really appreciate all the work you put in hosting these mystery charts. Each thread is more interesting and informative than the last one. Have a Merry Christmas and a great trip.

Alex

Tony and Tom ? Thanks for the info regards rectification. I find posting blind on these mystery charts to be daunting enough, add to it the many experts on this forum... Anyway, feeling a little less blind due to Tom's helpful corroboration to subsequent posts made by trailblazers Tony Louis and Lib...

Hi Folks,

Temperament might have some bearing on the question of the birth time, especially if one humour is in the extreme. Using the 9am time, I find a strong choleric temperament. Slightly earlier gives a Pisces ascendant and a dramatic change in temperament to phlegmatic/sanguine.

Regards,
Alex

Hello Gary,

Bravo for your excellent article on an important (and difficult) topic - I will be reading this one a few more times. Keep on keepin' on

Best regards,
Alex

Hi Moondance7, you wrote The reason I am asking is because another more skillful horary reader, said the moon interferes with the applying trine from venus and said no relationship eventuates. It is my understanding that the Moon is translating the light of Venus to Saturn, not interfering. Deb?s ar...

Tom,

I did not see your error post changing balanced to sanguine until after I made my last post

OK, so I will change my answer to your question from "with verve" to 'with verve and thoughtfulness'.

Hello again, Tom, thanks for the temperament and manners help. You are right, the balanced temperament doesn?t aid me much in isolating his professional choices. Also I agree with those who see the Sun ? Moon square as important. How does a balanced, steady individual express that angular aspect? I'...

What an upfront and interesting chart Tom selected for us. Five of the traditional seven planets are angular including both luminaries. Three of these five are in the 10th - Mercury, Sun and Jupiter and Jupiter is making a phasis. Very promising for fame and fortune. The only two non-angular planets...

Virginia went on Eastern War Time on Feb 9, 1942 and went back to standard time on September 30, 1945. Ditto what Tom says here about EWT. By an Act of the United States Congress War Time was observed nationwide during these dates - it was federal law. In addition, my printed copy of Time Changes i...

Hi Papretis, Great find! Definitely sounds like Ibn Ezra's 'pleasantness' and 'recompensate' have some similarities to the jyotish neecha banga ? which is encouraging. Cher?s chart is another good example: Cancer asc with LoA (Moon) detrimented in Capricorn in 7th and L7 (Saturn, sig for husband) de...