Charts > Astrodienst round

1. How can I determine which harmonic chart should be generated?
   
   Enter a number in the 'start date' field in the page for 'extended chart selection'. The first number there is used as harmonic number, in the case of harmonic horoscopes.
   
   
2. What is the purpose of the "Nine Persona Charts"?
   
   This is a method, developed by the German astrologer Peter Orban. Please, read the article on "Persona Charts" in the Understanding Astrology section of this website for more information.
   
   
3. Is it possible to show aspects between transits (or solar return) and natal positions?
   
   Not directly. You can do a work around, if you enter the data of your solar return or transit chart as the chart of a second person and then select the chart type "Synastry Chart (2)" for your natal and the transit chart. This shows aspects between the outer (transit) and inner (natal) chart.
   
   
4. What is the difference between the "corrected" and "uncorrected" Davison Relationship Chart?
   
   The Medium Coeli (MC) computed for the time midpoint, which is the basis of the Davison chart, deviates very slightly (usually by less than 1 degree) from the composite MC (computed as the midpoint between the two personal MCs). The time correction applied to the standard Davison chart brings its MC into perfect alignment with the meridian axis of the composite chart. Most astrologers read the composite chart and the Davison chart together.
   
   
5. How can I change the Universal Time on transit charts?
   
   There's a trick. Display the transit chart and see that it shows UT: 00:00:00 below the date, in red, in the upper left corner.
   Now edit the URL in the browser and append. &stx2=vshgmt=16 and press ENTER.
   You will get the transits for UT 16:00.
   For setting the minute, you need to use decimal hour fractions, e.g. vshgmt=16.5 will result in 16:30 UT etc.
   
   

Astrodienst round > Return Charts

1. How can I choose the starting date for a Solar Return chart?
   
   The 'Extended Chart Selection' page contains a field for the start date. Use the year field there to choose your solar return year - the day and month have no effect for Solar returns.
   
   
2. How can I change the reference place for a Solar Return chart?
   
   Just follow the link "modify reference place" at the very bottom of the page Extended Chart Selection.
   • If you haven't chosen a reference place before, uncheck the box "use birth place" and click on "continue". Now choose a country and enter the name of the place where you have spent or will spend your birthday. Then press the "continue" button twice, and you will get back to the extended chart selection .
   • If you have chosen a reference place before, click on the link "other town" beside your current reference place and change it to the place where you have spent or will spend your birthday. Then press the "continue" button twice, and you will get back to the extended chart selection.
   Now, you can choose the chart type "Solar Return chart". Please, remember that your reference place remains changed after this, and the Personal Daily Horoscope, for example, will be done for the date and time of this new reference place. This might turn out as a bit of a surprise, if your reference place for the solar return chart was on the other side of the world.
   
   
3. How can I run return charts for planets other than the Sun and the Moon?
   
   For return charts, you can always check the ephemeris first, and find the date of the return of a particular planet. Then play a little with the time to get it precise.
   Otherwise, there are great astrology programs like Kepler or Solar Fire out there which you can buy and which probably take care of any special technical needs.
   
   

Astrodienst round > Relocation Charts

1. How can I do a relocation chart?
   
   First of all, follow the link "modify reference place" at the very bottom of the page Extended Chart Selection.
   • If you haven't chosen a reference place before, uncheck the box "use birth place" and click on "continue". Now choose a country and enter the name of the place you want your relocation chart for. Then press the "continue" button twice, and you will get back to the extended chart selection.
   • If you have chosen a reference place before, click on the link "other town" beside your current reference place and change it to the place you want your relocation chart for. Then press the "continue" button twice, and you will get back to the extended chart selection.
   Now, you can choose the chart type "Relocation chart". Please, remember that your reference place remains changed after this, and the Personal Daily Horoscope, for example, will be done for the date and time of this new reference place. This might turn out as a bit of a surprise, if your reference place for the relocation chart was on the other side of the world.
   
   
2. Is it possible to gauge the relocation chart with the lines in the Astromaps?
   
   Find your answer in FAQ -> AstroClick -> Travel -> Other maps.
   
   
3. Do I have to adjust my birth time to the time zone of the place I'm doing a relocation chart for?
   
   No, you use the birth time (i.e. wrist watch time) given at your original place of birth. The only thing you need to change for a relocation chart is the reference place (see question 1).
   
   

Astrodienst round > Composite Charts

1. Why does the Astrodienst Composite Chart come out with a different Venus (or Ascendant) placement to the one I've seen somewhere else?
   
   There are different ways of calculating composite charts. One of these differences concerns Mercury and Venus: some astrologers transpose Mercury and Venus by 180° to the opposite sign, if they come out on "the wrong side of the Sun" in the chart.
   We offer both variants. In the chart section of the AstroShop, for type 62, the two planets are always put on the side of the Sun, in chart type 671 and all reports they are not moved but remain where they technically fall.
   
   For the calculation of the Ascendant, see question No. 2 below.
   
   
2. Why does the Ascendant of the composite chart change by 180° if I change the birth time of one of the partners?
   
   The Ascendant in a composite chart can be computed in different ways, depending on the technique the astrologer uses.
   One cannot look at the Ascendant in an isolated way without considering the position of the MC. We calculate the MC first and go from there. Sometimes a raw calculation of the Ascendant results in an impossible sequence of houses. A change in the birth time of one of the partners may have the same result. This is why the ASC / DESC axis is swapped (by 180°) in such cases.
   With midpoints, there is always an axis with a near and a far midpoint for each pair of factors. Both midpoints are nearly equivalent in meaning and can be reversed if needed.
   
   
3. Is there a way of setting a composite chart so it can be added to My Astro? I would like to use it as a 'normal' chart for synastry, astromap etc.?
   
   Unfortunately, there is no such way. A composite chart cannot be used as a 'normal' chart because it isn't one. It does not represent a real constellation of planets but is a mere mathematical construction. This precludes its use in many of the standard astrological techniques.
   
   
4. Can a composite chart contradict the synastry chart?
   
   Both views represent quite different perspectives, and of course, they can disagree.
   The composite is a third chart, calculated from the two individual horoscopes, and it shows the dynamic of the relationship as a separate (third) entity. The synastry compares the two individual charts and points out what the two people involved "trigger" in each other.
   There might be contradictions in relationships, just like individuals are full of contradictions by nature.
   
   You can find more information on synastry and composite charts in the AstroShop. Or read Liz Greene's article on composites.
   
   
5. What kind of chart comparison can I do for twins? A composite chart comes out the same as the natal charts, are there other methods?
   
   The composite chart does not work for twins. The only approach for a relationship chart for twins, which we know that works, is the one by our author Mona Riegger, as used in the report "Horoscope for Two". It can be ordered in the Astro Shop.
   Mona's approach makes a distinction between 'the older' and 'the younger', which is always defined with twins, even when born by cesarean section. Then she reverts some elements of the Davison relationship chart for the younger one, getting two distinctive charts that way. She is able to make very interesting deductions about the relationship between the two. Not accidentally, Mona is a mother of twins.