Natal Horoscopes Vs. Magazine horoscopes

Normally people tend to open their favorite magazine, and read their Horoscope sign. But what you read will always be short and very general, because it has to fit a lot of people. I quit like these Magazine Horoscopes, but I very rarely pay them extra attention. There is absolutely nothing wrong in magazine horoscopes or in reading them, but one must remember how general they really are.

A Natal Horoscope is the precise horoscope which fits one’s individual. This is done through the calculations of people’s birth place and date. But to be even more precise an astrologer has to have the persons Time of birth, which adds another layer to their horoscope. I had a teacher once who explained it in such a lovely way:

“You should see your horoscope as a layered cake, each layer has its own content, and so does astrology.” So adding the time of birth will give a deeper insight to your being. Natal Horoscopes can actually be pretty long, but many contain the same content in more than one place, this is because it is computer made, and not handled afterwards by an astrologer. Yet another misconception to this field, many believe that the computer version is valid, which it is for an astrologer in themselves. But the real person /astrologer can something which no computer can; we are able to read more than two connections between planets, the computer only has the ‘basis’ of the calculation system, and in many cases a short description to each combination. Everything else has to be handled by the astrologer, who uses all their humane capability to interpretive a person’s individual chart. And they will also fill all the pages, but with no repetitions.

2008 By Karima Lachtane

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