When a novice astrologer ventures on an adventure of
interpreting other people’s birth charts and passionately devotes
himself/herself to revealing the secrets hidden in the other horoscopes
– having previously interpreted only his own and naively thinking he/she
had analyzed it inside out - he/she does not have any clue about the
ordeals he/she will be put through on this new task. The first thing one
faces is that more often than not there will be cases where “nothing
makes sense” because words of a client sound confusing and do not fit
the picture one has in ones mind i.e. the theoretical thesis a diligent
astrologer had so meticulously studied. It simply seems as though the
picture is disappearing and becoming misleading, unfathomable and
inexplicable. Eventually, after numerous sets of examples and many years
of astrological practice one summons up the essence of things and, at
first timidly but in time, with more courage, asks a question to such
clients: “Are you sure this is your exact time
of birth”? Shocked, they answer: “Certainly, it is written in my
birth certificate, isn’t that correct enough for you?” Or more often:
“My mother told me so, she remembers for sure. I know what she is like,
she has a very good memory”. At that moment our poor astrologer finds
himself between a rock and a hard place because he must be convincing in
producing his arguments and explanation for having asked such a question
and explain the importance such information bears for the client’s birth
chart.
Well, why do we actually do that? When - in addition
to the other necessary information - there is the exact time of birth,
the interpretation of such a chart should present no difficulties for an
astrologer. However, if we have to make even the smallest correction of
our clients’ time of birth, we apply the astrological method called
RECTIFICATION. What does this miraculous and extremely complex method
include? It includes the creating of a new birth chart which is supposed
to show all the crucial moments in the subject’s life and many new
information we obtain the moment we become confident that we did this
arduous task well. More precisely, it includes paying attention to the
cusps of newly created houses and their rulers and aspects. However,
regarding the method itself, it seems that every astrologer has his/her
own (unique) way of performing the rectification which is, in fact,
irrelevant, because we are only interested in the outcome - the
corrected birth chart. The greater effort an astrologer puts in the
research and incorporation, the greater pleasure he/she has, and the
interpretation becomes better and more complete resulting in the mutual
pleasure of a client and astrologer. Nevertheless, those cases with the
absolutely unknown time of birth are the most difficult for the
rectification, when a person does not have the slightest proof of even
the time of the day when the birth took place and when those who could
possibly help us had passed away. If you are not absolutely confident in
your knowledge, do not even try to go down this abyss of research
because it will easily lead you astray blurring your way out. Anyway, I
have to repeat that although the work method itself is extremely
difficult, carried out successfully it brings the astrologer an enormous
pleasure thus increasing one’s self-confidence and reliance upon one’s
own work.
I dedicate this article to my oldest client whose
birth chart I have rectified and who, believe it or not, is exactly 80
and still around, alive and reasonably well, consulting me on a regular
basis. His faith in astrology and the advice I provide as an astrologer
have been very helpful to him, and his modern views on astrology as the
integral part of our lives deserve admiration. I am especially grateful
to him for the respect he has shown for me in our cooperation. All this
carries even more weight when you realize that it is a person having the
Sun in Scorpio. It is a common knowledge that these are extremely
suspicious people who need a lot of strong evidence to be convinced in
the accurateness of somebody’s statements, and even then you cannot be
sure that they have accepted them entirely before they had “filtered”
them through their own reasoning. The reason why this respectable
gentleman came to the astrologer was even more interesting. These were,
among other things, emotional problems! This strong life spark of his
should serve as an example to us all.
Well, what was so interesting about the
rectification of his birth chart? First of all, after I had obtained the
information I deemed necessary, he told me that his mother claimed that
he was born at 7 p.m. which, naturally, seemed barely credible and
completely inaccurate. However, after I had shifted the time of his
birth by just 3 minutes (!) I obtained the genuine horoscope which
honestly shocked me, because I had been expecting a much harder job. All
of a sudden, it seemed as though the picture on my computer screen came
alive and the information started following one another.
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Well, he was born in Istanbul then called
Constantinople (30 October 1920 at 19:03, EET-02, 28E58, 41N01).
How can this be seen? The cusp of the 4th house moved to the
21st degree of Leo ruled by the Sun in Scorpio. According to the
theory of Nikola Stojanovic, the 21st degree corresponds to the
9th sign of
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Sagittarius and thus we can conclude that his roots
(axis of the 4th house) are in a foreign country (21°) and its capital
(Leo), i.e. that he originates
from a Muslim country (the seat of the Sun is in Scorpio which is
connected with the Muslims). He said that he supposed that his father
was a foreigner – the cusp of the 10th house (father) is also at the
21st degree (Sagittarius – foreigner) indicating German origin (within
the 10th house there is Uranus at the 1st degree which is, according to
Nikola Stojanovic’s theory, equal to the 1st sign of Aries, which points
out to Germany). But these facts have either been unknown or suppressed
(the seat of Uranus in Pisces – to hide something as a secret).
Furthermore, his mother was born near the lake of Prespansko – Jupiter
at the 12th degree of Virgo rules the cusp of his 7th and mother’s 4th
house (her origin). According to the theory of the mentioned author, the
12th degree corresponds to the 12th sign of Pisces which, in nature,
symbolizes seas or lakes, while Virgo itself indicates fine sand, i.e.
beach. His father was an intellectual (Uranus in the 10th house) and the
owner of the first Serbian journal and the Serb School in Constantinople
– the ruler of the 3rd and his father’s 6th house (his daily work) is
the Moon at the 18th degree of Gemini (schools and journals), while the
cusp of this house is in Cancer, which again means that both school and
journal were in the language of the native country, homeland (Cancer).
That 3rd house also presents his brother’s first house. His brother was
a polyglot and spoke several languages (the ruler is the Moon in Gemini
– languages) one of which was French (the Moon is at the 18th degree
analogous to Virgo – Paris was born under Virgo). For the same reason my
client drives a French car (his third house – traffic, means of
transportation) the make of Citroen which is one of the powerful and
leading car factories (Neptune in Leo in the 3rd house – leading,
powerful – at the 13th degree corresponding to the 1st sign of Aries –
to be the first – leading).
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Placidus
Houses
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Born in Istanbul
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My question whether he had put up an icon of a woman
saint at home at a prominent place pretty much shocked him but he
answered affirmatively. How did I find that out? Saturn, the ruler of
the 9th house (religion) takes place in the 4th house (home) in Virgo
(female sign) conjunction Jupiter (prominent place, honor), but also at
the very cusp of the 5th house, which slightly confused me. I managed to
solve this mystery. It was the Holy Virgin (presented by Saturn – a
parent) with the child in her arms (the cusp of the fifth house -
children)!
However, since Virgo is a dual sign, there was yet
another icon of a female saint (Virgo) next to it – the icon of the
Saint Petka. Anyhow, his flat is on the sunny side - which shows the
cusp of the 4th house (home) in Leo (light, the sunny side) - and is
extremely spacious (Jupiter in the 4th house). He complains about his
furniture was old-fashioned (Saturn representing something obsolete and
archaic is in the same house). The flat was (in the meantime he moved to
another one) in the vicinity of TANJUG news agency– the Moon (a house,
home) in Gemini (media).
He was employed in the federal administration (the
Sun in the sixth house) and his office (work place – the sixth house)
was in the Albania Palace (the seat of the Sun in Scorpio – Albania) He
said he had transacted business with the Albanian (Scorpio in the 6th
house) intellectuals – next to the Sun, in the 6th house, there is also
Mercury (intellectuals) in Sagittarius (foreigners). Naturally, that
cooperation was extremely well because the same Sun in Scorpio trines
Uranus placed in the 10th house. His next business premises i.e. the
office, was in the Street of General Zdanov – again the Sun placed in
the sixth house sextile Jupiter (generals) at the 12th degree (the
twelfth sign of Pisces - Russians), i.e. the general of Russian origin.
He had his stomach operated on when he was 60 – Mars
in the 8th house (operations) in Capricorn (when old) and in the exact
opposition to Pluto (destruction) in the second house - so a part of his
stomach (Cancer rules stomach) was removed (Pluto). Unfortunately, this
sweet man has never been married and, as it seems, it was because of his
dominant mother (the Moon at the Ascendant and the ruler of the 7th
house in the 4th house). Nevertheless, he has had a several marriage
opportunities, and I found that the latest one was when he was 64, in
fact, nearly 65 when, by the system of primary direction, Pluto reached
Jupiter ruling the 7th house (marriage). He was in love with a woman
from Split (Jupiter is at the 12th degree - sea), a Croat woman (the
seat of Jupiter in Virgo – Croatia) who worked in a library (12° is
Pisces degree which represents the limited-access institutions, which
also includes libraries where it is peaceful which again is the symbolic
of Pisces).
Of course, there is much more to be read from this
interesting birth chart, but I am going to leave it to you, my dear
fellow astrologers, wishing you to enjoy your work and embrace the
challenge of other rectifications, so enthralling for the audience but
so difficult for us astrologers. Good luck.
Author: Svetlana
Panjkovic, Professor
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