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hamish didn't say when the abuse stopped.. he speculated with a high degree of confidence that his oldest sister had been sexually abused herself via her uncle - who was married to his dad's sister... he was never able to have this conversation with her though and it was years later... when hamish went to private school around age 13, that would have stopped all this, but i have asked him for clarity on this - along with the birth data we are still waiting on..
the D7 chart for me was just another way to address some 7th harmonic aspects in hamishs chart which seemed to describe his relationship with his siblings.. whether the chart gets used for this - i kind of doubt it, but i am not thinking D7 chart so much as 7th harmonic aspects... this is another reason i have been drawn to indian astrology.. the info and knowledge on harmonics in the west is pretty limited.. i have been curious to know how these divisional charts are used and understood in indian astro.. hamishs relationship with his 2 daughters from 2 different marriages is one of estrangement as well.. there is no communication between them.. this is how his 2 daughters want it.. sun on the south node rising in his D7 chart and sun in direct opposition to pluto in the 7th definitely describes this.. whether it describes his relationship with his oldest sister - it would seem to as well.. thanks for your feedback on the usefulness of the D4 and D12 in this regard.. i don't have enough experience and this motivates me to consider this..
thanks for the refresher on the nodes and whether they make aspects or not and etc.. this quagmire in the literature is replicated with regard to rulership themes on the nodes and etc. etc.. i like what judith hill
https://judithhillastrology.com/ has said on the nodes in her book on the nodes... she tends to associate a more positive expression to the north node and a more negative one to the south node, but she is much more nuanced then this in her writings.. she is a 2nd or 3rd generation astrologer who i highly regard..
as a result of my temperament, i am inclined to keep an open mind on what does or doesn't work with regard to the nodes.. as a consequence of this, it means i haven't put my eggs in one of these theoretical baskets and tend to forget what all the different baskets look like!
with regard to midpoints and so much of astrology for me - i am more into the research - hindsight astrology basically.. i am not a practicing astrologer, but i am fascinated by the connections and correlations that appear.. ''as above, so below'' is a saying i relate to.. perhaps that is my philosophy, although i never really thought of it like that until now.. astrology is a reflection of this ideology in action.. midpoints seem to have a lot of merit... the sun-moon= neptune in hamishs chart seems to hold true based on my understanding of him..
thanks for your comments!
