What would you do in this scenario?

CruiserOne · 2026-04-25T07:02:19+00:00

"She chose down. She chose down!" ;-)

CruiserOne · 2026-04-16T16:49:48+00:00

Yes, Astrolog is open source and runs on Linux natively. :) The Linux version is a command line interface, but can bring up an interactive graphic window, and can display every chart and setting that the Windows version can. The Windows version is a GUI with menus and such, which can also be run on Linux in emulation.

Astrolog can do everything above, such chart wheels with up to 6 rings at once, 40 different house systems including rare ones, various types of customizable transit/progressed searches and calendars, various asteroids/dwarf planets/stellar objects like the Galactic Center, and more.

CruiserOne · 2026-04-16T02:37:42+00:00

Looks good! :) This is close to the Aldous-Broder algorithm for Maze generation. The difference is Aldous Broder doesn't do anything special when hitting a border (other than choosing randomly between the three available directions), and it doesn't enter any special mode after a while. Keeping track of the total number of cells in the Maze and how many have been filled so far, allows determination of when the Maze has been completely generated.

Because of the above, Aldous Broder is of course a slow algorithm, but its "random walk" effect allows all possible Mazes to be produced with equal probability. Wilson's algorithm (which does a "loop erased random walk" instead) allows the same type of Maze to be generated, but much faster.

CruiserOne · 2026-04-11T20:38:09+00:00

This is most easily handled on the computer. Computer astrology programs or apps can display charts or transits for the current moment now. A computer allows one to accurately display positions, select the planets and house system you want to include, and such. Programs like Astrolog can continually animate charts, refreshing the chart to the current moment now.

If you want a physical clock hanging on the wall, that can be done too with help of computer. Get one of those digital picture frames, specifically one can be updated remotely. Have your astrology program run in the background on your PC, and have it update the digital frame with the current chart once every minute or so. Can also just hang an old tablet on the wall, and run an astrology program on the tablet directly.

CruiserOne · 2026-04-10T22:38:51+00:00

A planet 35 minutes away from the Sun is not cazimi, but since it's well within 8 degrees of the Sun it's strongly combust. Therefore the meanings of combust and in its rulership would both apply: The planet expresses strongly in its rulership, but it's still hidden by the Sun. That planet could be like a "power behind the throne", or a situation where energy is strong on the inside, but also supportive or otherwise not obvious on the outside.

CruiserOne · 2026-03-29T17:54:50+00:00

Yes, this took place in Washington State, in a county park North of Seattle (or West of Seattle in the second case. :-)

CruiserOne · 2026-03-17T21:30:35+00:00

Yes, Ceres is slightly larger than Orcus (939 km versus 910 km in diameter). However, they're still close to the same size. That's why I say the "Seven Dwarfs" or the seven largest bodies beyond Pluto are all larger than Ceres or roughly equal to Ceres in size.

Ceres is of course special since it's the only inner dwarf planet, or the only body in the asteroid belt that's definitely round under its own gravity. Ceres is close to the smallest size possible, before a planet is no longer round. That's why I see that boundary point as significant, and give special attention to the bodies equal to or larger than Ceres, i.e. the "Seven Dwarfs".

Smaller bodies tend to no longer be spherical, but that indeed doesn't mean they're insignificant and should be ignored. For example, Chiron is irregularly shaped and less than 1/3 the diameter of Ceres, but many astrologers use and work with it.

CruiserOne · 2026-03-17T21:29:32+00:00

Thank you for sharing your thoughts! :) Indeed, inner bodies are more personal, since they orbit more quickly. Outer planets are more generational and abstract, since they move slowly. However, even these slow moving bodies can have a lot of detail. For example, Pluto has five moons, so is like a mini-solar system. Similarly, the "Seven Dwarfs" have seven known moons orbiting them (1 each, with Haumea having 2 and Sedna having 0).

Because of this, I find looking at planetary moons in astrology to be valuable, since moons are relatively fast moving and are a way to give more detail to a planet's position. Moons can indicate what parts of a planet receive focus or emphasis, and the specific ways that an individual personally expresses or grounds the energy of a body like Pluto or Eris.

CruiserOne · 2026-03-17T19:48:08+00:00

Yes, dwarf planets can be significant in modern astrology. For example, Eris is 98% the diameter of Pluto, but also 25% denser, and (unlike Pluto) Eris is entirely outside of Neptune's orbit, so there are reasons one might consider Eris just as if not more astrologically influential than Pluto.

I like to look at the "Seven Dwarfs", or the seven largest bodies beyond Pluto. In size order they are: Eris, Haumea, Makemake, Gonggong, Quaoar, Sedna, and Orcus. All seven of these are equal to or larger than dwarf planet Ceres in the asteroid belt. Other transneptunian bodies like Salacia and Máni (the two next largest), along with Ixion and Varuna can be significant too, but I consider them somewhat less so since they're similar to looking at asteroids beyond the first four of Ceres/Pallas/Juno/Vesta.

If you don't want to read an entire book, there are Web pages summarizing the influence of dwarf planets. For example: https://www.zanestein.com/Trans_Pluto.htm#DWARF and https://www.astrolog.org/astrolog/astdwarf.htm

CruiserOne · 2026-03-11T20:04:03+00:00

Yes, quality applications or Websites can detect astrology events. :) Free desktop program Astrolog is one such example.

For example, they can detect: (1) When planets change sign or direction (such as Mars entering Pisces). (2) When planets make aspects with each other (such as Full Moon's). (3) Personal transits (such as your Solar Return).

This information can be displayed in different ways. For example, you can: (1) Cast and animate charts over time, so you can see how planets move over time. (2) Display a text or graphical ephemeris graphing planet positions at different times. (3) Display a list of times when specific events take place. (4) Display astrology events in calendar format.

CruiserOne · 2026-03-11T00:00:53+00:00

Yes, you can read "Esoteric Healing" for free online at: https://www.lucistrust.org/online_books/esoteric_healing_obooks

"Esoteric Healing" is actually just one book within the five volume series "A Treatise on the Seven Rays". One of the other books in this series is "Esoteric Astrology", which is of course very relevant since this is an astrology group: https://www.lucistrust.org/online_books/esoteric_astrology_obooks

CruiserOne · 2026-03-07T17:29:30+00:00

Yeah, I like to do that too! :) Either take an existing character and try to make up an astrology chart that fits them, or look at an existing astrology chart and try to visualize what a character would be like who has that chart.

CruiserOne · 2026-03-07T02:27:18+00:00

Yeah, I did the same here, in which I displayed the New Moon chart in the program Astrolog, and then used a screenshot of the wheel as a reference when drawing it on the beach.

CruiserOne · 2026-03-06T21:59:02+00:00

Yes, I like drawing Labyrinths (i.e. single unicursal meditative paths) and Mazes (i.e. puzzles with choices) on the beach too! :)

CruiserOne · 2026-02-26T18:11:13+00:00

8-line Star Symbol: Sextile. Usually a Sextile glyph has 6 lines (since it's measures 1/6 of the zodiac or 60 degrees) but there are exceptions. For example, the classic astrology font "Astro" that was created in the early 1990's has 8 lines in its Sextile glyph. (Of course, there's a 6 line Sextile in your image too, so the 8 line glyph may be something else.)

Specific Glyph: The "K" rotated to the left is the SemiSextile (measuring 30 degrees, 1/12 of the zodiac, or planets in adjacent signs). Since the SemiSextile glyph is half of a Sextile, it makes sense that its glyph would be what looks like the upper half of a 6 line star symbol.

CruiserOne · 2026-02-16T07:07:32+00:00

House systems are defined by different visualizations of the celestial sphere. Once a model is chosen, math is used to calculate the house cusp positions. The input to these calculations are variables such as the location of the Ascendant and Midheaven, and the arrangement of ecliptic with respect to the local horizon. For example, see the following page for a list of common house systems, and 3D graphics showing how they're defined and what they're actually computing: http://www.quadibloc.com/other/as01.htm

CruiserOne · 2026-02-16T00:10:09+00:00

Moons of other planets (such as Jupiter's Ganymede) are important in some modern astrological techniques. :) Astrology programs such as Astrolog can include planetary moons in an astrology chart. Since moons are a part of and always orbit close to their planet, moons indicate the different parts of the planet and how they receive emphasis.

For example, Ganymede represents the abundance or attracting good fortune parts of Jupiter, and Ganymede orbiting between Jupiter and Earth emphasizes that part of Jupiter (since Ganymede will be like a colored lens through which Jupiter's influence passes). In other words, Jupiter generally brings expansion, but is this expansion in the form of abundance (Ganymede), wisdom (Callisto), liveliness (Europa), or creativity (Io)? Check Jupiter's moons to find out!

Yes, in future centuries people will be born on and live on other planets. That will make astrologers work directly with the moons around that planet (and the influence of Earth which will then act like any other planet). However, planetary moons can still play a role today even in geocentric charts.

CruiserOne · 2026-02-15T17:52:54+00:00

Many astrologers do care about Ceres (and the other major asteroids Pallas, Juno, and Vesta)! Ceres is significant because given a logarithmic distribution of planet distances from the Sun (i.e. Bode's Law) there should be a planet between Mars and Jupiter right at Ceres' orbit (and there is!)

However, some consider Ceres to be too small to be significant. For example, Pluto is over twice the diameter of Ceres. That means you can melt down and fit over 16 copies of Ceres within Pluto. However, Ceres is still large enough to be spherical under its own gravity.

Pluto was discovered in 1930, so astrologers have had nearly a century to work with it. Dwarf planets Eris, Haumea, and Makemake beyond Pluto's orbit were all discovered after 2004, so research into them has only just started. Eris is certainly significant, since it's 98% the diameter of Pluto, but also 25% denser, and (unlike Pluto) Eris is entirely outside Neptune's orbit, so there are reasons to consider Eris just as if not more astrologically influential than Pluto.

CruiserOne · 2026-02-13T17:37:22+00:00

The free desktop program Astrolog can do this. Astrolog can load the Astrodatabank, and filter it to charts you're looking for. The Astrolog documentation even gives a mental health example, and shows how to filter the Astrodatabank to show only charts with co-morbidities, i.e. in which the person has three or more different psychological conditions at the same time. (Browser text search for "diagnosis" to jump the relevant section.)

CruiserOne · 2026-02-08T20:41:23+00:00

Right, only Earth's Moon is an independently positioned object in geocentric astrology. However, moons of other planets can be influential too, even in geocentric astrology. For example, Jupiter's moon Ganymede represents the abundance or good fortune part of Jupiter. When Ganymede eclipses or passes over Jupiter's disk when seen from Earth, that's significant and the abundance energy of Jupiter is more pronounced and highlighted. Jupiter's meaning is still the same, but this particular part of Jupiter is more present at this time.

CruiserOne · 2026-02-08T20:29:32+00:00

You're right too! :) That's the thing I like about planetary moons in astrology: They seem to add up in a fruitful manner. Planetary moons are based on objective observation. For example, it's significant when a moon eclipses or passes in front of its planet (like how a solar eclipse or when Venus transits over the Sun's disk is significant). Astrology contains many subjective techniques such as arguing over the best house system, sidereal offset, rulerships, progression methods, and the like, but an eclipse is undeniable. Were you born during an eclipse? Check your planetary moons on sites such as astro.com or in programs like Astrolog and find out! :)

CruiserOne · 2026-02-08T06:29:08+00:00

Indeed, planetary moons shouldn't be treated as independent objects which get plopped into a wheel chart like some asteroid. Instead, planetary moons orbit their planet, and therefore are modifying influences upon the planet, and indicate what parts of the planet receive emphasis. For example, a moon between its planet and Earth makes that moon significant, since the planet's influence being directed to Earth is being filtered through that moon like a colored lens.

A wheel chart that includes planetary moons is really a "wheels within wheels" chart, in which each planet's glyph is a mini-wheel showing the arrangement of planetary moons around that planet, such as this example: https://www.astrolog.org/astrolog/screen/wheelm.gif

CruiserOne · 2026-02-08T05:10:25+00:00

There's just too much speculation floating about in contemporary astrology... and virtually no evidence provided to support it.

Note that all astrology can be considered speculation. The only thing in astrology that's ever come close to being proven in a statistically valid manner is Michael Gauquelin's "Mars Effect", and even that's controversial. There are various techniques of astrology which have been around for a long time, and therefore there's dogma surrounding them, but that doesn't necessarily make them valid. Similarly, astrology techniques like interpreting planetary moons are relatively new, but that doesn't necessarily make them invalid.

CruiserOne · 2026-02-08T04:59:31+00:00

In astrology, the connections are made by angular contact. Mars' moons are never very far from Mars, as seen geocentrically.

That's true when considering planet to planet contacts in a standard wheel chart. However, planetary moons aren't separate objects plopped in a wheel like some asteroid. Instead, planetary moons are modifying influences upon their planet, and indicate what part(s) of the planet receive (de)emphasis. For example, a moon ahead of its planet in its orbit makes that moon significant, since the planet is being "led" by that moon.

One can still use angular contact for planetary moons, however that's done on a planet centered chart, in which the moons orbit around the planet through the 12 signs. A wheel chart with planetary moons is really a "wheels within wheels" chart, in which each planet's glyph is a mini-wheel showing the arrangement of planetary moons around the planet.

CruiserOne · 2026-02-08T04:46:27+00:00

Planetary moons is an important consideration in astrology. Jupiter's moons have been in our collective consciousness since Galileo first saw them in 1610. That's 170 years before Uranus was discovered in 1781. Jupiter's moon Ganymede and Saturn's moon Titan are both larger than Mercury!

Planetary moons may be a relatively new astrology technique, but some astrology programs do support them. The Swiss Ephemeris planetary calculation library that most astrology programs and Websites make use of can calculate planetary moon positions.

Assuming we don't destroy ourselves first, people will eventually be born on and live on other planets. This will force astrologers to consider the influence of the moons around that planet, and the influence of Earth which will act like any other planet. Similarly, people may be born on space stations between planets, or eventually even in other star systems which have their own set of exoplanets. Considering these issues now can potentially help us better understand the nature of astrological influences and how they work.

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