Astrology: Astrology And Our Birth Chart
08/10/22 13:44 Filed in:
AstrologyAstrology can be extremely accurate. Yet, it is only as accurate as our birth time, which is used to calculate not only the planetary positions, also our Ascendant (Rising Sign), to the exact degree and minute. That calculation then determines the degree on the Midheaven and all of the house cusps. The cusps then determine in which house our planets will fall. Without an accurate birth time, interpretations and forecasts are invariably incorrect. All of this information is then used in interpreting our personality, determining our career choices, comparing and contrasting our chart with those of other people we know, and forecasting events in our life.
Before we schedule a consultation or order charts and reports, we should obtain a copy of our birth certificate. If we do not have a birth certificate, if the time is not stated on ours, if we suspect our birth certificate is in error, or if we have only an estimated birth time, we may want to have our chart rectified (see next section).
Yet what about our birth certificate? How accurate is it? It may not be as accurate as we think. It's not hard to get the date and the place correct, birth times are an entirely different story. Since doctors and nurses are not usually astrologers, they give little attention to the exact time of birth. For example, they may round off an 8:38 birth time to 8:40 or 8:35. A doctor may fill out the birth certificate later on and use an estimated birth time that could be far earlier or later than the true time of birth, or then the time recorded on the delivery room records.
Depending on where and when we were born, our birth certificate may not even have a space for the time of birth. Some people have no written birth certificates at all because they were born at home, or during times when birth certificates were not considered necessary, or in countries where birth certificates are or were not issued.
Without an exact birth time, astrology in general, and predictive astrology in particular, are rarely accurate. There may be some general information and interpretations that are correct, yet the subtleties and events-oriented aspects will be wrong.
